?The man in front of him is approaching his forties and is already the father of two children. Think about it, when he left home and went out to pursue his career, he was still an ignorant boy. Growing up from an immature boy to a middle-aged man is a journey that is neither easy nor easy for him. Even if you are kissing someone again, you may never really know where it is quietly creeping up on his forehead. How much bitterness and pain is there in every wrinkle carved by time. In the eyes of others, he may be a moderate achiever. A high school graduate has been living in Shenzhen for many years. He has a fixed job, a house, a car and some small assets in such a first-tier city with fierce competition and great pressure. It seems effortless. to feed a family of four.
Every time someone asked him how his life was, he always said it was okay. But from his understated answers, I occasionally had the illusion that he really lived life effortlessly. Although I have no way of knowing every detail of his twenty years of wandering outside, I know that every step he took was difficult and every day was not easy. In those hard years of struggling alone in a strange city, I think maybe only he knows how much sweat he shed, how much hardship he endured, how much torture he endured, and how much loneliness he endured.
?When he just graduated from high school, he had no diploma or skills. With the help of an acquaintance in the village, he worked as a custodian in a warehouse. He used his spare time to self-study for electrician certificate and driver's license, and then changed many jobs. During the period, he opened a restaurant in partnership with others, speculated in real estate and stocks, sold cigarettes across regions on the sidelines, and created long-distance bus route signs. There were many ups and downs in the middle. He was forced to use credit cards to play the overdraft repayment game due to loans. He always tried his best to think about how to make money and how to make more money. The reality of life is often It's so cruel, especially in big cities. First you have to learn to survive. Only after you survive can you have a chance to gain a foothold. The pressure and sense of crisis of survival force him to run all the way without being able to stop.
?Children’s schooling has become a real headache. In order to choose a school, I am forced to take the exam to get extra points. But now the company's efficiency is not very good, so he will take Didi Express on his way to and from get off work or on weekends, and earn some money to supplement his family's income. He told me that he was going to take the exam to become an insurance agent next week and planned to sell insurance in his spare time.
? Many times, it’s not that people don’t want to be comfortable. When you are in the cruelty and pressure of a certain reality, you will know that only struggle can bring a sense of security, and for that solid sense of security , you must and can only move forward through all obstacles.
?A man with an unattractive appearance, a man who doesn't like to talk, just silently carries a family, his wife, children and the hopes of his parents, making himself a solid support for them. How much hardship he has endured, how much fatigue he has endured, how much anger he has endured, and how much pressure he has hidden in his heart, he will not let you know, he always talks about it all in an understatement. But who knows that those seemingly effortless lives, behind the scenes that others can't see, are actually working extremely hard, and every step is full of hardship and sweat.