Chapter 14 Thirteenth Shortcut to Home

Miao Town, where Jiechen lives, is surrounded by several mountains.Most of the mountains in the south have lush vegetation, and the mountains are not majestic, so they look a bit delicate from a distance.Because of this, there are often benefactors from other places who admire the people in the temple and say that your small town has a beautiful scenery and is located between mountains and rivers. It is definitely a good place to live. In fact, donors from other places only see the good side, and only those who have lived in it for a long time like Jie Chen will discover the other side. inconvenient.

Taking the town closest to Miao Town as an example, it is not too far away based on the straight-line distance.But considering the factor of detour to the mountain road, the time spent on the road will almost double. Of course, these difficulties have little impact on Jie Chen, because Jie Chen seldom goes out on weekdays, and occasionally going down the mountain is just wandering around in the town.But for locals like Wu Shizhu who work in neighboring towns, it was a torment. The benefactor Wu mentioned by Jie Chen is a native of Miaozhen, and his family lives in the easternmost part of Miaozhen. A few years ago, benefactor Wu came back from university in other places and joined the town government to work.For the people in the small town, being able to work in the town government is considered a relatively stable and good job, but the town government already has too many people, so Wu benefactor could not stay in Miao Town and was assigned to a neighboring town. town.Donor Wu has also tried hard to transfer back to work in this town, but he has not been able to do so.Such a result, in fact, everyone can guess.After all, the seniority of Wu's benefactor is relatively low, and it is unlikely that the unit will take special care of him. The only thing that can be done is to provide him with a single dormitory in a neighboring town.

Of course, the single dormitory is simple and crude after all, and it is only used for lunch break or short-term residence on windy and rainy days for Wu benefactor.And going home has become the most troublesome thing for Master Wu every day. In order to go home, Master Wu specially bought a bicycle as a means of transportation.But as far as Jie Chen knows, even if he rides a bicycle, Wu Shizhu spends a long time on the road every day, and it takes about two hours for a round trip.And in addition to the time factor, the journey is also very tiring. For such a situation, Wu benefactor is also depressed.Sometimes he would complain to Jie Chen that human life is so precious, there are only 24 hours in a day, but it is not worth wasting two hours on the road.Wu Shizhu also said that sooner or later, he will quit this job and find a job that can take care of his family life.

For Wu Shizhu's words, he was very serious about quitting anger, but after more than a year, Wu Shizhu did not show any signs of changing jobs.Junior brother Jie Ao said, these days, there are so many college students who can't find a job, it's not easy to find a better job than the current benefactor. After another half a year, a turning point appeared.Donor Wu said that the town decided to build a road around a nearby mountain. After the road is completed, there will be regular traffic vehicles going back and forth every day. When the news came, almost everyone thought it was a great thing, Jie Chen and Jie Pride were also very happy for Master Wu, because as soon as the traffic was opened, many problems that had troubled Master Wu were all solved.

Jie Ao said that the only worry is that he does not know when the road will be repaired, because the last time the town government planned to renovate the town hospital, it took five years from reaching the intention to completing it.I remember that when the plan was announced, Ami, the cat raised by Dr. Sha, a village doctor in the town, had just been born. However, Master Wu said that this time it must not be so long, because this road directly affects the tourism industry in the town, and the mayor of the town will be resigning in a year. This kind of project involving political achievements will definitely not let the successor Those who continue to do it will definitely complete it during the tenure of the mayor.

Facts have also proved that Wu benefactor's words are not wrong. The mountain road was built very quickly, and it was opened to traffic after only half a year, and Wu benefactor's daily time spent on the road was almost cut in half. When the story of Donor Wu came to this point, Jie Chen once thought it should be considered complete, because Donor Wu spent an extra hour every day with his family, which was naturally a joy. After that, Jie An didn't see Master Wu for a long time, and the car that Master Wu took happened to go directly to his house, so Jie An lost a lot of chances to meet Master Wu.

When I saw Master Wu again, almost another year had passed. To Jie Chen's surprise, Master Wu's appearance had changed a lot. Wu benefactor looks very bloated.Donor Wu told Jie Chen very depressedly that during the physical examination at the unit not long ago, several indicators of his body were abnormal, and his blood lipids and blood pressure were all higher than normal.Benefactor Wu also said that compared with the past, his diet and living habits have not changed much. If we want to investigate the reason, it may be because of the lack of exercise now.If you go back a year, Wu Shizhu, who has to travel for a long time every day, can't get fat even if he wants to.

Later, when Jie Chen and Junior Brother Jie Ao talked about the matter of Wu benefactor, Junior Brother Jie Ao was also very emotional.Jie Chen was thinking that the road through the mountain was once considered by Jie Chen to be a shortcut for the martial arts master, but now Jie Chen thinks that maybe there is no real shortcut in this world, and we are always wandering between gains and losses. When there is a harvest in some places, there may be some unexpected losses in other places. Junior Brother Jie Ao always feels that Jie Chen is a bit pessimistic. He said the same reason, when we lose something, we may have unexpected gains.It's like when Benefactor Wu used to look young when he was thin. Even when he was buying vegetables in the vegetable market, the aunt who sold the vegetables would charge him a little more. Now that he has gained weight, he looks much older and calmer. The aunt who sells vegetables is planning to cheat him Time, but also a little bit of fear.