Return To 1977 Chapter 719: Bipolar

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To be honest, the word "poor" does not completely give people a strong desire to become rich.

Taking our country as an example, the people are already used to being poor.

From the feudal era to the 1960s and 1970s after the founding of the People's Republic of China.

There are countless families living in embarrassment and starving in this ancient country of ours.

However, after the reform and opening up, there are very few people who can seize the historical opportunity in time, or even dare to seize this historical opportunity.

This is naturally because people are inert, and because they have been in a feudal farming society for a long time, they have the limitations of living in poverty and living happily.

Our people are too easily satisfied. As long as the steamed buns are replaced with white-flour steamed buns, and the pickled radish is replaced with stir-fried vegetables with a spicy flavor, all that is left is contentment to appreciate the nourishment of life.

Then people often comfort themselves with words such as "contentment", so as to find a reason to eliminate guilt for their lack of progress.

The African continent on the other side of the ocean seems to be strictly following this rule, so it has always been inseparable from poverty.

It can be seen from this that trying to get rich just because you are poor obviously lacks the logic of life.

If you look at it rationally, poverty and wealth are actually the north and south poles of life, and this change means going to extremes.

Therefore, the real motivation for the transformation of these "two poles" can only come from the awakening of one's own value orientation.

And this kind of awakening is destined to be unforgettable, and it must deeply touch the soul to achieve it.

Otherwise, why would a person dare to take the risk of big winds and waves and ups and downs from a habitual state to another unknown situation that is completely opposite?

The experience of Guo Changchun, who lives in Xisi, Beijing, is enough to illustrate this point.

Since he is the only son in the family, he complies with the policy of staying in the city.

So after graduating from junior high school in 1968, he did not go to the mountains and countryside like others, but was lucky enough to become a worker in a soy sauce factory.

Although the apprentice's salary was only 17 yuan and 8 cents, he stayed in the city and was a regular employee of a state-owned enterprise.

He also enjoyed the joy of youth and got married promptly at the age of twenty-three.

On these two points alone, he felt a sense of pride and satisfaction.

Guo Changchun, like his parents, is a person who only knows how to walk under his own feet.

He never climbed high and never thought about getting rich. He just wanted to live a stable life without any disasters.

So even if something good comes from the sky, he will not bend down to pick it up out of fear.

This is not a lie. Once, he picked up a leather bag containing two thousand yuan and sent it to the police station without hesitation.

The package was lost by a bank employee. The bank gave his unit a banner for this reason. The leader also wanted to set him up as a model and commend him to the whole factory.

But even when faced with the honor he deserved, he still retreated.

If you don't say, "I'm not very enlightened, I want to take that money. It's hot on my hands and my heart is dirty. I won't be rewarded in the future. I will definitely have nightmares at night. Why are you so **** yourself? Don't treat me like a ****. Don't even think about it." Lift me up."

As a result, one of the "advanced" candidates failed because of his "low level", and the leader crossed out his name from the list of reports.

However, after he found out, he didn't feel depressed or annoyed. Instead, he claimed it to the person who told him.

"I am not advanced in the first place. Even if you lift me up, I will fall down sooner or later. I really thank the leader for doing this."

As a result, everyone who knew him said he was stupid.

Think about it, with Guo Changchun’s deeply rooted and fixed thinking pattern, if no major changes occur in his life.

He must be like thousands of ordinary people, earning his dead salary peacefully, working step by step every day, returning to his home in his compound after work, and spending ordinary days with his parents, wife and children.

He would never deviate from his beliefs casually and have anything to do with setting up a stall.

But it was an accidental class reunion that caused him to experience a strong mental shock and pushed him into the business world.

It was before the National Day in 1981. Guo Changchun took his son to a restaurant for the first time to meet several of his middle school classmates, several educated youth who had just solved their work problems and had returned to the city.

We are not rich, so we should all raise the money for food together.

But because Guo Changchun is old and young, he only took out one yuan and two cents after rummaging in his pocket for a long time, which was still far from the standard of three yuan per person.

He didn't come alone, which made him blush a little. He could only deduce that he was in a hurry and forgot to bring money.

Later, a generous buddy came out for him. Everyone laughed and didn't take it seriously, and then started chatting about each other's situation over the years.

Needless to say, everyone was deeply envious of Guo Changchun for being lucky enough to stay in the city and giving birth to a fat boy, and compliments were inevitable.

This makes Guo Changchun himself a little bit elated.

But another accident happened while eating, which completely destroyed the psychological advantage Guo Changchun had maintained for more than ten years.

Qingqing Guo Changchun’s three-year-old son especially loves braised hairtail, but there are only about ten pieces of fish on the plate. How can he not allow seven or eight adults to eat together?

The child had just finished a piece of the bowl, and when he saw the fish on the plate disappearing like a cloud, he started to cry.

As for Guo Changchun, a grown-up man with a very rough heart, he coaxed the children and continued talking to their classmates.

Unexpectedly, his son saw the guests at the next table leaving, and there was also a plate of hairtail with not much left on the table.

While no one was cleaning up, he slipped off the table and ran over to grab the food on the plate to eat.

The result was that I didn’t pick the thorn and stuck it in my mouth. I burst into tears all of a sudden.

When the people at Guo Changchun's table found out, Guo Changchun looked at the greedy child and felt angry, hateful and pitiful. He got angry and slapped him. His little face immediately became swollen.

The students quickly advised me. Some people coaxed the children, while others stopped Guo Changchun. It took a lot of commotion before the matter was over.

But the matter did not end here. Before leaving, Guo Changchun had drunk too much beer, so he entrusted the child to his classmates to take care of him, and then went back to the hotel to use the toilet.

Unexpectedly, he could clearly hear the voices of his classmates talking through the toilet window, and the center of the conversation was him.

Someone said, "I thought those who stayed in the city could do anything. Daqing is not much better than the big guys."

Someone else said, "That's right, it's embarrassing to stay in the city. Let alone not being able to pay for a meal. Look at the patch on the child's body, and look at the cigarettes that Da Chun'er smokes. It's only 12 cents a pack. , do you have the nerve to respect others?"

Of course there are people who understand. A female classmate said, "Don't stand and talk without hurting your back. How much are the wages of two employees? There is an older one and a younger one. This is how everyone lives. Wait until you get married. Just know. ”

But the most exciting words were actually said by the buddy who paid for Guo Changchun.

As soon as he heard it, he started shouting like a quarrel.

"Hey, hey, don't talk about this. Let me tell you, people who are incompetent should not get married or have children. Why would they bring their children into this world to suffer poverty? That is called irresponsible! You see, my brother, I won’t be able to hold an official position within three years. If you beat me to death, I won’t get married, so as not to call me a wimp when my children grow up..."

This sentence caused a burst of laughter. At the same time, the true attitude of the students behind their backs also completely pierced Guo Changchun's self-esteem.

When he came out of the toilet, although everyone was still so polite to him, they still expressed envy in their words for his good fortune over the years.

But he was no longer complacent, but felt an indescribable embarrassment and humiliation.

When I got home in the evening, my wife asked what was going on with the child’s face that hadn’t completely subsided.

As a result, before he opened his mouth, his son burst into tears when he saw his gloomy expression, and began to take the initiative to admit his mistakes to him.

"Dad, I will never eat hairtail again. I will never be greedy again. Don't hit me..."

Guo Changchun is an introvert who is usually taciturn. In addition, he has always believed that he should just live his own life, so he is not easy to express his feelings.

But that day, he hugged his son and cried.

Because he experienced for the first time that the feeling of poverty and embarrassment is far more uncomfortable than being hungry. It can make a person lose face and make a father heartbroken.

He can be shameless, cowardly, and let others gossip behind his back.

But he didn't want to hurt his child and let others look down upon him. I don't want my children to really complain about him when they grow up.

Because of this situation, he decided to do something and earn extra money.

The incident was caused by fish, so Guo Changchun’s first thought was naturally about fish.

Next to the factory where he works is the Shicha Sea, where there are wild fish and snails. So every day after get off work, he would go down to the river to catch fish and snails to sell.

Although I didn’t earn much money, it was really useful. After a few months, my family’s finances improved a lot.

But there is no airtight wall in the world. Soon the work was informed about this matter. The leader wanted to deal with Guo Changchun and asked him to hand over his illegal gains.

As a result, Guo Changchun was not convinced. He thought it was something he had caught.

I went down the river through the ice in the middle of winter, my clothes were as cold as armor, so I got this little extra money.

It is completely the result of labor and is not illegal at all. Why should it be dealt with?

Then he was just as stubborn as when he picked up his wallet last time and refused to give in. He even got into a quarrel with the leader because of this.

In this way, everything got out of control. The leaders had long disliked Guo Changchun because of his stubborn temper and difficulty in managing him.

Seeing him offending me again, I fell in love. Simply take this opportunity to remove him from the factory.

When Guo Changchun woke up, he had become a complete vagrant. And the Chinese New Year is coming soon, where can he go? Does he dare to tell his family about this?

From then on, his life officially changed.

It was in this desperate situation that he fully devoted himself to the business world and became a hawker selling insoles and Jiefang shoes at the entrance of the clothing night market.

But my luck was really bad. I worked for a month without telling my family, and I just got my salary for the New Year month. In the new year, his stall was raided by the industrial and commercial enterprises.

He had to pay a fine for the only five dollars he had. What would he do next? How would he survive?

Fortunately, there is always a way out. Even in this case, the door of fate still opened a crack for him.

At the door of the Industrial and Commercial Office, someone suddenly offered to supply goods for free and let him try to buy clothes at the clothing night market. Can he refuse?

Even if the six hundred yuan rent the other party mentioned was a huge joke, I wouldn't be able to pay it out even if I beat him to death.

But then again, the other party doesn’t know that he has no money.

Since he has nowhere else to go, why not try it for a few days?

The worst case scenario is that he can't sell it to anyone else, but he has already said it before. If it sells for more than 20 yuan, the money earned will be his.

After these few days, he would find an excuse and leave. This is better than sitting idle and worrying, right?

So, on January 30, 1982, Guo Changchun made the most important decision for the development of his life.

He joined a clothing night market trial sales team composed of more than a dozen people.

Among these people, there are both big men selling red pants and young men with long hair.

But I am afraid that no one will be in such a difficult situation as he is.