the most beautiful time

Chapter 32 Waiting for the salted fish to turn around
When I was in middle school, because my family was far away, I lived at my uncle's house in the county seat.A son of my uncle's family named Feng was one year older than me, but because of poor grades, he was kept a grade behind, so he went to the same class as me and was under the jurisdiction of my study committee.It is the teenagers who have a lot of good times to waste, so the two of them did not classify each other like adults because of their grades. To hit it off.

When I was about to graduate from high school, there were frequent pre-exam simulations in the school. Not only was Feng's grades far behind by me, but he was also far away from the threshold of the university.It was at this time that my uncle and aunt began to slowly express the anxiety and jealousy in their hearts.Finally one day, when Zaifeng couldn't write an idiom that my uncle asked me, but I blurted it out, the anger from the bottom of my uncle's heart burst out.Uncle burned almost all of Feng's schoolbags, while aunt took a feather duster and chased Feng.I wanted to stop him, but my uncle pushed me aside, and when I stepped back, I tripped over a chair and fell to the ground.Listening to Feng's wailing and howling, my heart suddenly felt sharp pain as if I had been whipped by my aunt's duster.I finally understood that the rage of my uncle and aunt was actually more because of the excellent me who stabbed their eyes with the radiant light.

In the college entrance examination that year, Feng caught up with the expansion of enrollment, and barely spent money to attend a third-class university in the provincial capital, while I entered a national key university in the provincial capital.Feng and I, of course, still go together during the holidays like we did in middle school.Sometimes when each other's parents come, the two of them also go to see each other.I always thought that Feng and I were like other people, like brothers and sisters, without jealousy or estrangement, and whoever made achievements would be sincerely proud.But slowly, I discovered that no matter how close the relationship between two people is, after all, we are still slightly jealous because we were not born to the same parents.

At that time, I was able to fully support myself with the manuscript fee, and I was able to have enough surplus to send the manuscript fee to my parents, so that they could not only feel relieved, but also have enough capital to show off in front of relatives and friends.But at that time, because of extravagance and waste, Feng became a typical example of a prodigal son in the mouth of relatives and friends.He also caused some troubles from time to time, such as fighting with others and smashing the doors and windows in the school, or he was jealous with a certain boy over a girl, causing troubles all over the city.Almost every few months, for one reason or another, my uncle and aunt would be invited by the school to apologize for Feng in front of the teachers.And the money spent because of this is of course even more incalculable.

Although my uncle and aunt didn't say it verbally, it was very uncomfortable in my heart, especially when I transferred money to my uncle's card who worked at the post office and asked him to withdraw money on behalf of my illiterate parents.It was only later that I heard from my mother that once my uncle helped my mother withdraw the money with a smile, and then praised me for being a sensible child with undisguised envy. He got angry at him and almost got into a fight with him, so that his unit deducted his bonus for the month because of it.He had this impulse several times later when he helped his mother withdraw money. Although outsiders couldn't understand it and thought he was really motivated by something, my mother and I both guessed the helplessness that was overflowing in my uncle's heart. The helplessness and bitterness that can be applied everywhere.

When I graduated from college, I found a high-paying and stable job.At that time, although Feng had already graduated from university, he lost his degree certificate because he took more than three make-up exams. Finally, because of troubles before graduation, he almost lost his diploma.However, his laziness and habit of gnawing on the elderly caused him to miss the best opportunity to find a job, so he kept procrastinating, and finally became an unemployed youth who caused headaches for his uncle and aunt.

According to the rules, when I found a good home, I should have held a banquet in the family to celebrate, but when asked by outsiders, my family and I chose to be vague, saying only that we are an ordinary person. The business unit of the company is barely able to support itself.This kind of lie makes parents feel a little embarrassed in front of their relatives and friends, but it quietly eases the relationship with their uncles and aunts; just like, Feng and I have returned to the time when we were in middle school together. Feng and I are also close siblings who have no stake in each other.

It's just that the beautiful-looking flowers often stab us mercilessly with the hand that leans against us.

Dao Zhang and Dao Li are the two tutors of our School of Foreign Languages.Dao Zhang is over fifty years old, with a slight baldness on the top of his head, and two thin lips that flap up and down. Almost no one can match his witty words like pearls.So when attending Director Zhang's class, you can always hear anecdotes or gossip about the past teachers of the School of Foreign Languages ​​from him.Moreover, others are mean, and when they mention someone, they are always flattering and subdued, with the jealousy and bitterness of a literati clearly in their tone.Therefore, any student who has taken his class sits in the audience, always worrying, fearing that if he is not careful, his instructor will be dragged into the criticism stage by Director Zhang, and he will chatter endlessly about his instructor's point. All the shameful things were exposed.

And Li Dao is the teacher who likes to get out of the whole thing in the academy.Because of the promotion of academic and professional titles, the two had confronted each other many times, and the result was that they were evenly divided and not convinced by each other; although they kept silent and called each other brothers as usual when they met, the haughty glance behind the lens still made people look at each other. Get swords.

So Director Zhang, who is good at verbal skills, often finds opportunities to comment on Director Li in class.It seems that Director Li is a certain piece of porcelain in his bookcase. Anyway, he has no ears in class, so he can’t hear his derogatory remarks, so he can talk freely, from trivial things when Director Li was a student, to staying in school, When it came to getting married and having children, Director Zhang was so blunt that he salivated, his forehead lit up, and he was very excited.

But there are always times when it comes to getting bored. When our first-level students have finished listening to Director Li’s ulterior secrets, Director Zhang himself feels a little tired of talking about it. It’s a pity that Director Li has no new news to tell. Director Zhang entertained, so for a while, the two lived in peace for a while.

Not long after, Director Li made a major event.He had an affair with a student in the college, and his wife came to the college several times to make trouble, trying to get Director Chen Shimei and Li to change his mind.The incident, at our conservative university, was almost explosive.The first to break the news was of course Director Zhang who lived across from Director Li.

When Director Zhang mentioned this matter, his eyebrows were almost beaming, the gleam in his eyebrows was definitely no less than the excitement of having a scandal.When Director Zhang talked about Zhang Hui’s novels, he explained the reasons why Director Li embarked on the road of extramarital affairs in detail for a whole class. They were blushing, as if it was not Director Li who had the scandal, but themselves.And we, direct disciples of Director Zhang, also feel that every word of Director Zhang is like a needle prick in the heart of Director Li's disciples, and it also hurts us face.

Most of Dao Li's disciples knew that Dao Zhang lacked eloquence, and that it was not uncommon for scholars to look down on each other, so they silently swallowed this breath and did not intend to haggle over every detail with Dao Zhang.But there are still two self-respecting students who insist on saving Director Li's face even though their mother is ugly.So the two students went to Director Li's house, and angrily dumped everything that Director Zhang said in class to Director Li.

This time it was like stabbing a hornet's nest.Director Li quickly visited and asked Director Zhang directly why he was talking about off-topic topics that had nothing to do with his major in class, and he spent the entire class time. As a colleague, can't he be merciful?
It is said that Director Zhang, who was already at fault, was ridiculed face to face by Director Li, but out of face, he falsely apologized to Director Li, saying that he had no such intentions, but was just worried about him, so he didn't keep his mouth shut.At that time, Director Li was suffering from an extramarital affair, and he had the intention of resigning to find a new position, so he didn't think too much about it, and only warned Director Zhang that it would be better to talk less in the future.

But after Director Li left, our Director Zhang became Sherlock Holmes, "interrogating" several of Director Li's students one by one, using both hard and soft tactics, and finally succeeded in extracting the names of the two students who had informed him.The two students were trembling, thinking that Director Zhang would wear shoes for them, or expel them from the classroom directly.But nothing happened, Director Zhang just told them lightly, don't be so troublesome in the future, and let them go.

However, since the two classmates saw his shiny forehead and sharp gaze through the lens in his class, they felt fear in their hearts, always feeling that his gaze would turn into two sharp daggers and swipe at them When it flew over, it pierced into the chest in an instant.

Such fear until the end of the semester, Director Zhang didn't bother them any more.When I came back from vacation, as soon as I entered the classroom, I heard two classmates crying miserably. After careful questioning, I found out that they failed the final exam, and they were not even given a chance to make up the exam.It is said that on the test paper, Director Zhang scored the marks with extra effort, so it seems that he has accumulated for a long time.

This shitty affair between the two mentors was finally settled in this way.

My friend Xuan, who has just graduated and started working, always complains and resents in her tone when she mentions the boss who recruited her to me at a gathering.

It is said that this boss is double-faced. When he first recruited her, he praised her in every possible way and seduced her with various advantages of the company. He also repeatedly mentioned that the company's interpersonal relationship is harmonious. He felt a sense of intimacy with this company as if he had met a brother or sister, and signed the "deed of sale" regardless of the dissuasion of outsiders.It's a pity that since signing the contract, that boss no longer has the same cheerful face as before. Every time she calls or goes to his office to ask questions, he always has a high-ranking and unapproachable majesty. Xuan who pushes the door to go in often doesn't know whether to put that foot in or pull it out silently.Of course, Xuan finally bit the bullet and went in to report on work. The boss who gave up his seat graciously at the beginning saw Xuan come in without even raising his head, and went about his business as usual. Lazily raised her eyelids, but she still wouldn't take the initiative to open her golden mouth. Every time Xuan summed up what she wanted to say concisely in a few words, she slipped away.

Xuan, who had been snatched up by many companies, couldn't bear such a gap for a while, and didn't know if she had done something wrong, which made her, who had just started working, be looked down upon by her boss.After much deliberation, the only thing Xuan can be sure of is that she has never made a mistake, so it can only be that her boss deceived her with her enthusiasm at the beginning, and used such arrogance to emphasize that her current position is just a pawn in his hands. Son, he asked her to charge forward, and she had to obey and obey without any conditions.

After thinking it through in this way, Xuan developed a estrangement and distance from her boss, and obediently put herself at the bottom of the company, full of complaints but helplessly living day by day.

However, Song Song, my mutual friend and I, dismissed Xuan's troubles after hearing this. He said that there is nothing to worry about. Your boss is an old man who has left at 50. Why are you afraid of him?In a few years, he will retire and step down. As soon as he abdicates, this country will be the world for you and me to gallop around.A group of people laughed when they heard this, saying that Song was really mean and vicious, and what he said had the momentum to overthrow the old country and establish a new dynasty.Song said that this is called the law of history, the waves behind the Yangtze River pushed the waves ahead, and the waves died on the beach; we are now the waves behind, so don't look at the waves ahead, but in fact there is fear in his heart, how much momentum does he have on his face, How much panic there is in my heart.

Song's explanation reminded Xuan and I of a joke, saying that a certain person is low-ranking and not valued, but he is trying his best to make a living. He always thinks about turning over salty fish, so every day when he passes by the boss's office, he will always say a few words in his heart like a prayer, Said that in a few years, this office and the proudly rotating boss chair inside will be my world, Zhang.The boss who was full of ambition in the office would never have imagined that the subordinate who was always respectful and pious to him would calculate him so bitterly every day and always have the ambition to replace him.

However, Xuan suddenly realized that she didn't care about being an ambitious subordinate, and thought that the boss's complacency was actually a paper tiger and would not last long. His troubles were instantly washed away without a trace.

Later I heard that Xuan’s sudden burst of confidence and vitality not only made her feel happy every day, and she no longer panicked every day because she was worried that her boss would wear small shoes for her, but also made her boss doubtful, and then tentatively smiled at her. , that flamboyant bravado, like a punctured tire, deflated little by little.

A year later, Xuan was indeed promoted. I called to congratulate her, and she showed off to me proudly, saying: It seems that the little employee who is not afraid to wait for Xianyu to turn around should be praised instead of ridiculed. Who doesn't climb up from the bottom of the pyramid? Even though the top of the tower sweeps the climbing ant down with strong winds and waves, one day, that ant will climb to the glorious tower. Let's go, and the bottom-level people like us who are constantly climbing, no longer have a little fearlessness and confidence in their eyes, and they are superior in momentum, and I am afraid that they will never have a bright future.

I laughed and said to her: from now on, you ant that climbed halfway up the mountain, you have to be wary not only of your immediate boss, but also the next newcomer waiting for Xianyu to turn around.

(End of this chapter)