Chapter 15 Flower Season and Rainy Season - Chapter 15 First Arrival at Biji Factory

Any organization that introduces students to work during winter and summer vacations only introduces girls.Because the factory only needs female workers.Many students in the class signed up, but gladly they didn't.The factory reached an agreement with the school to accept these vacation workers in batches, so that they can be managed and taken care of.Xinran thought of a classmate who had no classmates.Going to a factory with no acquaintances, she thinks that only then can she truly understand the life of a migrant girl and exercise herself.Xie Xinran stated his intention to the teacher in charge and asked him to write a separate letter of introduction.No school reference letter.Manufacturers refused to accept and did not dare to accept, and recruited workers illegally, and they would be fined.

My mother disagreed with her approach: "We all go to the factory to work together, and we have to take care of each other. Now you go alone, what should you do if something happens?" "Mom, I just want this experience. It's boring for everyone to go. Isn't it the same as school!" "Aren't you afraid of bad guys?" "Mom, I'm fine if the bad guys aren't afraid of me!" "It's so crazy that you don't know the heights of the sky and the earth!" Xin Ran took a handful of millet to the balcony to feed the pigeons.These little pigeons grew almost as big as their mother except for being a little weaker.

"Mom, why did the little pigeon get into this cage?" I was pleased to see that the little pigeon had already set up a new family. "Oh, yesterday morning. The mother pigeon drove them out." "How is it possible? That day, when I wanted to touch the baby pigeon, I was pecked by the hen. Why did the hen turn her face and refuse to recognize her in just a few days?" "When I was young, my mother tried my best to protect the children. When they grow up, the hens will drive them out, let them live independently, and go out on their own. This is true love."

"It seems that the pigeon's education method is very advanced." He turned to his mother happily. "Mom, you have to learn from the pigeons. You can't keep me under your wings." Only then did the mother who was kneading the dough understand the teasing meaning behind Xin Ran's serious disguise, "After a long time, you're talking nonsense, girl!" "Mom, then you agree!" Xin Ran said happily. When a child grows up, he should have his own sky and fly alone.Parents cannot always keep their children under their wings, and children cannot cling to their parents forever.

Xinran took the school's letter of introduction to Biqi Factory.This is a Japanese-owned enterprise.Production of dictating telephones.Xinran asked the guard and went straight to the workshop director's room. "Excuse me. I'm a student in No. 9 Middle School and I want to work on vacation. Are you here to report? "Yes." A very capable lady received her. "Our factory has to rush a batch of goods. The time is very tight, and there may be no Sundays. Can you bear hardships?" "Yes." Xin Ran nodded solemnly. "Okay, fill out the form."

He gladly took the form, read it carefully, filled it in, and handed it back to the lady: "What else do you need to do?" "Your handwriting is so beautiful!" The lady smiled and handed over another card, "Okay, you are from the first workshop, and this is your work card. You punch the card every morning when you go to work to record the working hours; Check the card again to record the off-duty time. If you work overtime, you need to print the overtime card to calculate the worker's absence from work.The factory provides lunch at noon, and the working hours are eight hours, from 8:00 am to 12:00 pm, and from 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm. However, overtime is often required during this period, and the extra hours vary from two to four hours a night. Someone will notify you when the time comes.The monthly salary is 300 RMB, 100 Hong Kong City, plus overtime pay.You start working tomorrow, and someone will arrange for you to work, do you understand? "

After listening to these words happily, one feeling is that this lady is very similar to Xiao Hong in (Dream of Red Mansions), and she is very articulate. She took the job card: "Thank you." "You're welcome. My name is Li Yi, I'm Kewen (clerk), and that's the assistant. That's the manager." Xing Ran followed Li Yi's directions and saw a man in his 30s on the phone, "Is he the Japanese boss?" Li Yi smiled and said, "Of course not. He is just my boss, and the Japanese boss is the big boss." "Where does he work?" "In Japan. This is just one of his branch factories. He comes to Shenzhen once or twice a year and lives for a few weeks. I don't usually see him, but for a while, I can say that I can see him every day."

"How do you say it?" "I'll sell it first. It just so happens that the boss will come to see the goods tomorrow, and you'll understand then." The next day, Xin Ran got up early in the morning, and she deliberately combed her hair so that she would look more mature.From afar, I saw a group of working girls in Biqi factory uniforms pouring into the factory.Xinran was very excited, and a sense of intimacy emerged spontaneously. She stepped up her steps and quickly joined the crowd.Standing at the entrance was a skinny old man, who kept bowing and kept saying, "Good morning! You have worked hard!" Xin Ran was surprised, and asked a working girl beside her, "Who is that person?" ?”

"Are you new here?" "Yes, first day at work." "No wonder. He is the big boss of Biqi Factory." "yes?" Xin Ran was even more surprised, and couldn't help but look back at the skinny old man, he was still bowing all the time, really tired.The dignified big boss was so "low-spirited" when he came to visit the factory, no wonder Li Yi said he could see it every day.I am happy to think of political books that say that capitalists get rich by exploiting surplus value.Oh.This capitalist who squeezes the blood and sweat of the workers really has a way.Whether he was sincere or not, only he knew in his heart, but surely no one would object to his salute.Little Japan is really very sophisticated, and it warmed the hearts of all the workers in the factory in just ten minutes after entering the factory.This move against the Japanese boss.Xinran admires it very much.

Xie Xinran was arranged in the middle of the assembly line. The work was very simple and mechanical. The parts completed by the workers in front flowed to her through the conveyor belt. She used the special tools on her workbench to install the small parts that she was required to assemble. , put the part back on the conveyor belt to flow to the next worker.The process that each person did made it impossible for people to think of any relationship with the telephone. Xinran had heard of the term "assembly line production" a long time ago, but she didn't know anything about the production method.Sitting on the workbench and practicing, I am glad to immediately appreciate the ingenuity and insidiousness of Westerners.

First of all, put an end to laziness and carelessness.This kind of production method can only be fast, not slow.If one person is slow, the process of the entire assembly line will be affected. It is clear at a glance who is clumsy and who is not working hard.And it can't be sloppy, a process goes wrong, and the entire assembly line is reworked.It is impossible to deny who is wrong. Secondly, it prevents you from learning the real thing, even if you work for ten or eight years, once you leave that position.You are still good at nothing.It is simply impossible to "steal art" and "start anew". Xinran belongs to the category of people with ingenuity and ingenuity.This kind of simple work is not a problem at all.She moves very quickly, so she has no time to look around. The factory building is very large and tidy, and there are people walking back and forth on each assembly line. "Are you new here?" asked the migrant girl behind. "Ok." "I think you are still young, student?" "yes." "Come to work during the winter vacation?" "Just for fun." Xin Ran said this intentionally, and then asked, "What are those walking around?" "Elongated." "Oh." Xinran is no stranger to this, "stretch" is the length of the assembly line, the transliteration of English Line. "My legs are numb, my waist is sore, and my eyes are blurred. I really want to stand up and walk. Although this kind of work is not heavy, it is very tiring to sit for four hours." "Then you use an excuse to go to the toilet." The person behind immediately gave an experience. At this time, Kewen Li Yi came, and she explained a few words to each leader, and then stayed on Xinran's unstretched assembly line.From time to time, she gave pointers to the workers, and when someone went to the toilet, she would only work for a while, and of course she would curse at others: "Why have you been in the toilet for so long? It's already beyond the stipulated time, so gossip again!" In this way, I will fry you loach!" Because of her position, no one dared to speak, and they all buried their heads in work.Glad to marvel at her power. "Attention everyone, when the Japanese boss comes to inspect it, everyone pay attention." Li Yi said. Not long after, the Japanese boss, the skinny old man who stood at the door and bowed in the morning.After a group of people shouted and rushed down to the workshop.At this time, his boss was full of airs, his face was cold and rigid, and he walked around the workshop to check whether the things on the pulleys were neatly placed, whether the tools on the workstation were properly arranged, and of course, observing the production situation of the workers was indispensable. When the boss left, all the female workers breathed a sigh of relief, and several leaders looked at Li Yi in unison.Li Yi neither criticized nor praised, but only said: "There is half an hour to eat. It's fresh, why don't you say "off work" and say "eat"?" With the sound of a bell, all processes stopped and everyone stood up.Xin Ran waved his arms, wanting to relax.The working girl in the back called Xinran to eat.Oh, it turns out that as soon as I leave the workshop, I go into the cafeteria. No wonder there is only "eating" and no concept of "off work".He happily followed them to the cafeteria.Xinran quickly remembered the workers at the front and back of the workbench, the one in front was called Achun, and the one behind was called Yanmei.Seeing that Xinran was a newcomer, Ah Chun helped her cook and took her to find a place to sit down. "Why are you all sitting here?" I was pleased to find that there were more and more people, and their seats were getting more and more crowded, while there were many empty tables over there, "Why don't you sit there?" "Don't be so loud, there are stretchers over there, and PE over there, you can't sit around." "Who stipulated it?" "There is no regulation, but everyone has done it." Ah Chun obviously had no objection to this "sitting" method, she just warned Xin Ran to keep her voice down. "Why didn't we stretch it?" "The former leader is gone. But there will be a new leader soon." Ah Chun smiled mysteriously after speaking, and this smile immediately made the wise and happy to understand what was going on.Ah Chun added, "If you become a leader, you can sit there." Ah Chun enthusiastically introduced some positions in the factory: "QA is a quality inspector, QC is a quality controller, PE is a technician, and Kewen is..." "Those leaders are in charge of us, that woman is in charge of the leader, that woman is that man's assistant, that is..." Following Ah Chun's finger, Xin Ran kept changing her point of view. When she pointed to Li Yi, Xin Ran couldn't help interjecting: "That woman's name is Li Yi, she's Ke Wen, right? She was the one who received me yesterday." "Run to death!" Yanmei said. Xin Ran was surprised, this is not a light curse word, it describes a person who loves the limelight, loves the standard, and is self-righteous.Xinran didn't know whether Yanmei's words were aimed at Li Yi or her, and felt a little unhappy.When she wanted to communicate with Yanmei with her eyes, Yanmei kept avoiding her. Ah Chun explained: "She originally came out to work with us." Xinran understands that Yanmei's words are aimed at Li Yi, and also knows that Li Yi, Achun, and Yanmei are from the same village.Now Li Yi is in his prime. "Actually, the boss looks at the people who order the food." Yan Mei glanced at Li Yi and said. Xin Ran thought, the conflict between them and Li Yi was big enough, what kind of person is Li Yi?What kind of people are Achun and Yanmei? The migrant girls chattered while eating.Talking is not allowed during working hours, they have to talk enough in an hour at noon, they talk about everything, where things are cheap, which hair salon is good, boyfriend... Xinran didn't speak.She doesn't have the habit of talking while eating, otherwise, my mother would immediately list ten medical terms that are unhealthy for eating and talking. Who would call my mother a doctor?Besides, Xin Ran couldn't say anything. After dinner.Ah Chun asked Xin Ran to go to the dormitory.Xinran wanted to walk around more, so she walked around the factory with an English book and memorized vocabulary at the same time.When I walked to the door, I saw that the bulletin board was empty, so I took a pen to paint on it. raised as elongated "Hey, what are you doing? Don't you know you can't scribble?" A man in a suit said as he approached her. Only then did Xin Ran realize that this was not a school, but a factory.I'm really used to being a propaganda minister, and there is no room for blank space anywhere.Xinran felt a little sorry: "I'm sorry, I don't know, I'll wipe it now. "It's the first time I've seen such a good character, like a calligrapher's. This is not flattery, Xinran's handwriting is loved by everyone, and anyone who has seen her handwriting will inevitably give a few words of praise. "Student? Freshman?" The man saw the English book in Xinran's hand, "Come out during the winter vacation to make some money? Are you used to this job..." Interrupted him gladly: "Correct your mistake: I'm not here to make money. I'm here to exercise myself." The man was amused: "Student accent, all students are like this, I was also like this when I was a student, very serious, now? Hmph." After speaking, he laughed at himself. "What's your name?" the man asked again. Xin Ran didn't answer, and the man introduced himself first: "My name is Hao Jun, the workshop manager." Then he handed over a business card. The titles on the business card were repeatedly applied for, Xin Ran made a rough calculation, there were no fewer than 7, and she was secretly funny.Those with more than 3 titles written on the business card.Xinran felt a little awkward.What's more, it's a long list, which makes Xinran feel funny and contrived. "You have enough official titles." "Where, there are a lot of things that haven't been written." Xinran laughed "puchi": "My name is Xie Xinran, I don't have any title, I'm just a student." Hao Jun looked at the blackboard and said, "You can help publish an issue of 'New Year News'. This bulletin board has been empty for a month, and there is nothing to announce on weekdays. Can you publish it?" "no problem." "It deserves a raise." "Mr. Hao, I have to correct you again..." Hao Jun took the blame: "You posted the poster not for money, but for exercise." Xie Xinran's "New Year's Newsletter" caused quite a stir in the factory.After work, there will be groups of migrant girls watching.Life in a factory is tedious.So a little bit of novelty can cause Lu Lan.The workers guessed crossword puzzles with great interest, read short poems, and commented on mastheads.Xie Xinran was very proud.People asked who made it, and Ah Chun said proudly: "It's one of our sisters." He listened happily and was surprised. When did she include herself in the ranks of sisters?But Xinran is very happy that someone is with her. After eating at noon, I happily followed Achun and Yanmei to their dormitory.The dormitory was a bit dark, so Achun turned on the lights and looked around the room with pleasure. It was more than 20 square meters, with 8 bunk beds and 16 female workers, which was very crowded.Almost every bed has a nice suitcase and a stack of clean clothes. "It's quite crowded." Ah Chun pulled her, "Aren't you used to it?" "No, no." Xin Ran hastily denied it.She didn't want to show the slightest sense of superiority in front of them. "It would be nice to have a bed, but now part-time jobs are the most difficult problem to solve." "How long have you been doing this?" "It's different. Even if Sister Achun came here earlier, she has been here for 6 years." "Six years? Are you homesick?" "Sometimes I go back and see that my family is very poor, and I always hope that we can earn more money to supplement the family. I have three younger siblings, one older sister, and the younger brother is still in elementary school. We all come out to make money." "Is the treatment in this factory okay?" "It's a Japanese factory. How can there be a lot of money? It's just that there are beds here, and I've been doing it for so long. It's better to be familiar with it." Achun said while knitting a sweater. Xin Ran carelessly flipped through Ah Chun's photo album, the migrant girls in the photos were different from usual: they put on the most beautiful clothes, dressed decently, or stood in front of tall buildings, or with cars and flower beds as the background, laughing. very brilliant.These bring a kind of satisfaction to the migrant girls, and also bring a kind of comfort to their families. Suddenly she found a photo of a man in Ah Chun's photo album, she seemed to have seen it before, yes, she had seen it, it was that Hao Jun, Hao Jun with seven or eight titles!How could his photo be in Ah Chun's photo album?Xin Ran looked at Ah Chun suspiciously. Ah Chun was still spinning—she was knitting a men's sweater.Xie Xinran typed "?" and closed the album without showing any emotion. For a few days, she got along very well with everyone.She personally experienced the joys and sorrows of a working girl.Xie Xinran did a great job, and none of the products she handled were substandard.Unlike some urban children, she can endure hardships and is not lazy, which makes many people look at her differently.Li Yi once said to her half-seriously and half-jokingly: "Fortunately, you are only a holiday worker, otherwise my position would have been replaced by you. It's always good to be praised.Xinran believes that one can be a good student in school and a good worker in the factory.As long as there is a stage, no matter how small it is, we must try our best to put on a good show. Xinran gradually adapted to the law and atmosphere of the factory.At noon, she also chatted and laughed with the migrant girls.When it comes to stretching, almost all working girls don't like stretching. "None of the leaders can get on well with the workers," Yanmei said. "Why?" Xin Ran wondered. is talking.Li Yi approached them: "Xin Ran, come to my office after dinner. Li Yi looked directly at Xie Xinran, and at Ah Chun who was next to her. Sister Yan and the others didn't even look at her. As soon as Li Yi left, Ah Chun and Yan Mei hurriedly asked: "Xin Ran, what's wrong with you, what did you do wrong? Is it a defective product?" Xinran shook his head.After dinner, she went straight to the office. "Oh. Here you are, sit down." Li Yi didn't behave like ordinary working girls. Xinran was a little nervous and sat down timidly. "Xie Xinran, how long have you been working?" When asked by Li Yi, Xin Ran became even more nervous: "I, did I do something wrong?" Li Yi smiled: "I want to tell you a good news and a bad news, which one do you want to hear first?" "Then let's hear the bad news first." "You have to add labor and labor hours." "why?" "Then you have to hear the good news, you have been promoted to elongated!" "Me?" Xin Ran pointed at herself. "how can that be possible?" "How is it impossible? In my eyes, you have always been very confident. Why, no confidence in yourself?" Let Xie Xinran be the class monitor in the school.Minister, she is confident.in the factory.Even if it's just the elongation of a dozen or so people, she has no confidence at all. "Xie Xinran. You have worked here for a week and your work is very good. The QA passed unanimously. Our recommenders don't want to recommend anyone, we have to take an exam, and everything depends on your real ability. I am optimistic about you. Let me send you a word :Water flows to lower place, man goes to higher position." "Thank you." Xin Ran thought for a while. "It's usually more than 3 months before promotion here, and I only worked for a week." "This is an exception, and it also shows that you have done a good job. You are only a holiday worker. You will leave after a month, which is a bit of a loss to us. But during this period, we will look for other people to see who else is suitable..." "I think Sister Achun is quite suitable. She has worked for so many years, and..." "Achun?" Li Yi repeated the name and asked Xinran, "Do you think she is suitable? No. You just sympathize with her. She has been working for six or seven years, and she is not even a leader. You have considered her work. ability?" She readily admits that Ah Chun's speed is slow and her quality is not high, perhaps because she is old; she also admits that she has sympathy, but she doesn't like Li Yi's tone of voice.After all, they are fellow villagers.What's more, Ah Chun took good care of her, she couldn't take other people's jobs. "Xin Ran, you may already know, they told you. Me, Ah Chun, and Yan Mei came out together, and grew up together, talking about everything. But now? We don't even say hello. Why? " Xinran also wondered about this question. "In their eyes, I stand out, climb high branches, and even think that I will do whatever it takes to achieve my goal, but in my eyes, they are not motivated." Xin Ran stared blankly at Li Yi. "I still have the same saying: People go to high places, but water flows to low places." for people but not for people When Li Yi announced to the female workers in Quanla that "from now on, Xie Xinran will be stretching this stretch", Xinran clearly felt that eyes with different expressions gathered towards her.For some reason, Xin Ran didn't dare to look back, she was afraid of seeing A Chun's disappointed and Yan Mei's angry eyes.Li Yi left.Xin Ran just said: "Everyone, do your best!" One morning, I was pleased to find that there were a lot of people going to the toilet.I found that there were a lot of gossips, and I found that no one paid attention to her.When going to eat, she said to Ah Chun, "Let's go together." Ah Chun said coldly, "We don't sit together anymore." Yanmei said: "What qualifications do you have to be the leader. We have been doing it for many years. What about you? Do you know why you can be the leader? Because of Li Yi. Because Li Yi is jealous of Sister Ah Chun as the leader. She always It's Sister Achun." After speaking, he left angrily. Xinran dragged her heavy steps to the factory canteen alone.She saw other leaders calling her, oh, it's time to sit over there. "Xinran, what's the matter? Someone bullied you?" Someone asked. "No, no." Xin Ran listlessly pawed at the rice grains. "That's how they are, bullying the weak and fearing the strong, you have to show them color." Xin Ran was not in the mood to listen to these experiences, her eyes kept looking at the table she had sat on.She never imagined that a small extension position would make her "betrayed".Why did Li Yi let her be the eunuch?Is it really like Yan Mei said that she was jealous of Ah Chun and chose herself?What role did I play among Li Yi, Ah Chun, and Yan Mei?And that Jun Hao, he and Ah Chun... In the afternoon, the situation was even worse. They went to the bathroom together, and Xin Ran hurriedly said, "No! Go one by one." No one paid attention to her: "My stomach hurts. . . . leaving an empty workstation. Xin Ran wants to cry, this is a collective confrontation Her. At this time Li Yi came again. Seeing the scene, she immediately understood what was going on, ran to the toilet, and saw the female worker who went to the toilet chatting there. When the female worker saw her, it was like a mouse seeing a cat. Slip away immediately Back to work. "I know you are not convinced that Xie Xinran should be the leader. Li Yi began to lecture, "But which one of you can compare to her in quantity and quality?No, if not, then you have to accept it!Next time if I find this happens again.Deduct your wages! Li Yi was on the patrol, and walked to Ah Chun's station: "Look at your parts, I think I can do better than you with my eyes closed. I know, you are old and your heart is wild, since In this way, I think you should go home and get married! Li Yi finished speaking and left, Xin Ran was startled by her exaggerated words, Ah Chun cried "Wow".The cry seemed to crush Xin Ran, she approached Ah Chun, trying to comfort her: "Sister Ah Chun, don't cry." "Get out, get out!" Ah Chun vented his anger happily. Xin Ran was petrified, why could Ah Chun bear Li Yi's bad words and hurt others, but he had to be scolded for his kindness? Because of this trouble, all the work in this process was unqualified.Li Yi called Xie Xinran away: "The manager criticized me just now, and now I want to criticize you. What did you do? How did you become a leader? You must rework everything!" "They don't agree with you, do they?" She nodded happily. "That's normal. I've never met a leader who has a good relationship with a puller!" "Jealous. Chinese people are like this. If you are taller and more capable than them, some people will make irresponsible remarks, but if you are much taller than them, they will accept you. You can only envy them." Xie Xinran looked at Li Yi, Miss Kewen, who famously said "people go to high places, but water flows to low places". "Xin Ran. Go back. Go back to work. Swear when necessary!" When Xin Ran returned to the workshop, the other teachers had already left work, and only her own teacher was still at her work station.They are going back to work.The female workers complained, as if it was Xinran's responsibility. One day's long life made Xie Xinran, who is proud and proud, unable to bear this grievance any longer.She felt that she also had a resentment and anger to vent, but she didn't know whether to attack the female boss or Li Yi.After thinking about it, she suppressed her emotions as much as possible, and tried to calmly say: "We will rework at night. If it is fast, we can finish the work in one hour. If we still keep the efficiency of the day, we can't finish it in four hours. I don't care, I can do it." accompany. The women workers remained indifferent. "I don't know how to scold. First, I was a working girl, so I know what it's like to be scolded. Second, I'm younger than you, so I'm really embarrassed to scold. Can you give me a little face and also give yourself How about a little face?" That's it.Xie Xinran wanted to cry, really wanted to cry, but she gritted her teeth and pressed the tears back into her stomach. The female workers were a little surprised when they heard Xie Xinran's words, and then they calmed down a lot. This rework took an hour and a half. Xie Xinran finished sorting out the work and left the factory with a tired body.Not far from the factory gate, she found that Ah Chun was with the workshop manager.Xin Ran hurriedly dodged behind the wall, only to hear Ah Chun say: "Do you want to admit it...you heartless guy. I will fight you! Hao Jun pushed her away: "Calm down, okay?" Hao Jun straightened his clothes: "It was you who volunteered at the beginning. In order to be the eunuch, you sent it to the door yourself. Now you don't take it as it, so you want to play wild with me." "You... you are despicable!" Xin Ran looked at them half understanding. The next day, Larry's discipline was much better. I wonder if it was because of what she said yesterday?Xie Xinran walked back and forth on the pull, giving pointers and helping.She noticed that Ah Chun was in a trance, so she said, "Let me help you." Ah Chun gave her a cold look.said nothing. Hao Jun came in: "Xie Xinran, the boss is waiting for you in the office and asked you to go." "Call me?" Xin Ran was so surprised that she couldn't guess what would happen to the Japanese looking for her. "Yes, I'm looking for you. You go, I'll ask Li Yi to take over your class." Hao Jun left after speaking.He didn't look at Ah Chun, and Ah Chun didn't show the slightest sign that he had anything to do with him. Xie Xinran left the workshop.After walking through many corridors, I arrived at the boss's office. I suddenly remembered that I didn't even know the boss's last name, so I went back.Li Yi told her that the boss's name is Kawada Ichiro.He also said: "Xinran, you are so eye-catching. I have worked here for six or seven years, and the boss has never talked to me alone." Xie Xinran smiled sweetly, wondering whether it was a good thing or a bad thing. She knocked on the door: "Mr. Kawata, are you looking for me?" "Ah, you are Miss Xie." Mr. Kawata looked him up and down, "Please sit down!" Xinran was not used to others calling her "Miss", so she said, "Your Chinese is really good!" "Where, with a southern accent and a northern accent." "Well. You are looking for me, what's the matter?" "It's like this. I'm on the bulletin board. I saw the beautiful calligraphy and learned that it was written by Ms. Xie. I admire it very much. May I ask which famous master did you learn from?" "Famous? No, I just loved calligraphy since I was a child. My father attached great importance to it and often supervised me. There was a calligraphy class every day in elementary school, that's all." "Self taught!" Xin Ran was embarrassed: "My handwriting is not good." "You are too modest! I heard that you are just a middle school student who came to work and study. It is a pleasure to meet you. I love collecting calligraphy and paintings. This time, I invite you to write a picture for me." Mr. Kawata pointed Said the Four Treasures of the Study. "Then I'll make a fool of myself." Xin Ran didn't push back too much. "I want the words 'to the man but not to the man'." "This is Sun Tzu's." "Yes, we in Japan highly respect "Sun Tzu's Art of War", and I personally admire him, but the Chinese don't seem to value him. Not many people know about him." Xin Ran smiled lightly, and just said: "Compared to this, I appreciate the grandson's 'The one who wants the same desire wins'." "Okay, very good, have you also read "Grandson?" "It's in our Chinese textbook." Xin Ran said casually.She wrote down the words "to others but not to others" with a brush. Mr. Kawata applauded repeatedly: "It's a pleasure to meet you." "Thank you, nice to meet you too." your last name should be "bad" Since Xie Xinran was "interviewed" by Mr. Kawata, her worth has doubled. Not to mention Li Yi and others, even the workshop manager Hao Jun and his like also admire her with admiration.Xie Xinran laughed at herself that she was just a fake and powerful guy. Due to the need to catch up with the goods, I worked overtime this night. Ke Wen was there, and the manager was also there. They were busy until the work was finished at nine o'clock, and everyone stood up.At this time, Yanmei's lead wire fell from her pocket.Li Yi saw it, Hao Jun saw it, and Xie Xinran saw it too. Hao Jun walked towards Yanmei.At this time, Xin Ran took the first step and said loudly: "Sister Yan, why do you always separate the lead wire from Carmen? It's so easy to forget. After she finished speaking, she went straight, picked up the lead wire, and put it back on the assembly line, "Look at you , and forgot again. " Yanmei blushed and stared blankly at Xinran.Everyone also looked at Xinran, and Xinran deliberately said relaxedly: "Sister Yan is always worried that she will mix Carmen and lead wire together. So she always separates them." Yanmei looked at Xinran gratefully, but Xinran acted as if she didn't know anything, and just said blindly: "Okay, now the work is over." The female workers started to retreat, Yanmei also mixed into the crowd, Xie Xinran breathed a sigh of relief, only Li Yi and Xie Xinran were left in the workshop. "Xie Xinran, how do you feel?" Li Yi asked with a smile on his lips. "What are you talking about? I don't understand." "Stop pretending. Yanmei steals, why are you covering for her?" Li Yi is really amazing.Xin Ran dared not look at her. "Fortunately, she was found here. As long as everyone doesn't tell her, she will be fine. If she is found at the guard, let alone you, even the manager can't keep her. "I think. Maybe she really didn't mean it. Sister Li Yi, let this matter go. Don't tell outsiders, okay?" "What do you think of me, Li Yi!" Li Yi walked away. The next day, Hao Jun asked Xie Xinran to go to his office, thinking that it was because of Yanmei again, so he went.Hao Jun was wearing a sweater, he looked familiar, and remembered, the one Ah Chun had worn. Hao Jun smiled and said, "Close the door, I want to talk to you about something." Xie Xinran immediately retreated to the door, and said contemptuously, "Then you should talk to Ah Chun!" Since Xie Xinran started working, her mother's advice to "beware of bad guys and be careful" has been heard endlessly.Every time I said it, Xin Ran replied: "Mom, my ears are callused. She knows that mother is doing it for her own good, and she is afraid that she will take it lightly. Now it seems that mother is really a prophet. Hao Jun is a person, and in this short period of ten years In the past few days, Xie Xinran has seen through it all. He has a playful smile on every female worker, and he is obsessed with sex, as well as him and Ah Chun... Xie Xinran noticed that Ah Chun's expression was getting more and more strange recently, and his face was pale.Unconcious.Finally, Ah Chun passed out suddenly one afternoon.Xie Xinran panicked.Several eunuchs went to call Li Yi and sent Ah Chun to the hospital. "This woman is pregnant." The nurse said coldly. Xie Xinran fell down on the bench in the hospital, a photo of Hao Jun immediately flashed in her mind, remembering the quarrel between Hao Jun and Ah Chun that day, she understood. Xie Xinran returned to the factory, and the female workers who pulled her up were busy watching as if nothing had happened.Xinran walked to Yanmei's side and said in a low voice, "Let's go to the hospital together after get off work." Yanmei nodded with tears in her eyes. After finishing work, Xinran went to the office first, where Hao Jun was smoking a cigarette. "Sister Achun is in the hospital." Hao Jun looked at her for a long time, and then spit out three words: "She asked for it." "You mean!" "You don't have the right to say anything about me, you still have to thank me. If I hadn't asked you to publish a poster, Mr. Kawata would meet you? You will always be a working girl on the assembly line." "Thank you? I despise you at all!" "Huh," Hao Jun sneered, "Have you seen "Thunderstorm"? Lu Shiping is advertised as high, but in fact she is cheap, otherwise she would not have given Zhou Puyuan two children instead of one. This shows that she was also happy at the time. It was only after the Zhou family drove her out and cut off her life that she thought of committing suicide. Isn't this kind of woman cheap? " "We have learned an idiom called 'shameless'. I have never known what it means or when to use it. Today, you taught me, this is your patent!" After Xin Ran finished speaking, she turned around and wanted to leave. When she reached the door, she turned around again: "What's your name? Jun Hao? I made two mistakes at once. First, the surname is wrong. It should be 'Bao'. Not even human beings! The door closed with a "snap".Xinran went out and found Mei Yan outside the door.Yanmei only said one word: "Xinran, thank you." When they rushed to the hospital, they found all the migrant girls in Lashang. Ah Chun's lips were very white, and her hair was messy and scattered on her face.Seeing Xinran, she stretched out her hand with difficulty, and Xinran immediately catered to these hands.Ah Chun squeezed out a bitter smile.Xin Ran brushed away the messy hair on Ah Chun's face, and said softly, "Everything will be fine." The female workers worked hard, did not talk, made no mistakes, and did not use the toilet.Xinran finally won the partner again.Who said that there is no elongation who has a good relationship with migrant girls?This is gone!I smiled happily.But the mystery is hard to tell. Li Yi came to Xie Xinran again: "After finishing work in the afternoon, I will wait for you at the coffee shop opposite." gladly went.Li Yi dressed up very stylishly. "What's the matter with me?" Li Yi didn't rush to answer, he ordered two glasses of Kingway beer, the waiter brought them, one was placed in front of Li Yi, the other in front of Xinran. "I don't drink, drinking is not a good girl." Li Yi smiled: "What a little girl..." and drank by herself. "Xin Ran, today is New Year's Eve, I invite you out." Really, it's the new year, and the days are muddled. "I don't have any friends...so please." "You don't treat me as a child, as your friend, as your peer?" “对，在深圳我没有亲人，朋友也疏远我，我……你是个学生，我们之间没有冲突，也没有利用与被利用的关系，你很纯。所以……我有话也只对你说。”李艺几杯酒下肚，有点醉。 “你应该去看看阿春，“谢欣然却想到另一个问题，“你们毕竟是老乡。” “哼，老乡？她是自食其果。” 这口气很像郝君，欣然很反感。 “她怀过两次孕了。” 欣然想起郝君讲过〈雷雨〉的故事，叫道：“天啊！” 李艺看了她一眼：“这对你来说，是第一次见，我们早已司空见惯了，见怪不怪了。” “可我觉得你还是应该去看看她。” “她们不会欢迎我的。嫉妒！我做得比她们都出色，她们便嫉妒……我没有好朋友。有时候，真觉得无聊。活着，就这样活着，一天又一天……”说完又一杯酒下肚。 看不出李艺这种人也会对人生哀怨。“别喝了，你醉了。” “我，我没醉。”李艺晃晃脑袋接着说，“在乡下时，我们三个很好，好得穿一条裤子还嫌宽松。现在，不知为什么变成这样……我现在得意了。可又觉得，觉得失落了什么。” “到底失落了什么？”欣然问。 李艺没有再回答什么，用手转着酒杯：“欣然，今天来是和你说'再见'的。” "you are leaving?" “对。另一家合资企业看上我，让我去当总管，我明天就要走了。” “跳槽？” “人往高处走，水往低处流。”李艺每说这句话时，眼睛都是直视对方，充满挑战。 “最好只说'人往高处走'，不要说'水往低处流'。” 欣然知道为什么李艺每说这句话自己都不舒服。因为李艺并不真正理解这句话的含义。人向高处走无可非议，但何必蔑视'水往低处流'。 离厂一步三回头 今天是大年三十，也是工厂最后一天上班。女工们像往日一样。她们对阿春、燕妹的事，也许真像李艺所说的“司空见惯，见怪不怪”了。但欣然不行，当她看到阿春空着的工位，燕妹那双飘忽不定的眼睛，她感到痛心。 阿春不在。欣然就顶她的工位。像第一周一样，前面的工人把活通过流水线传到她那里，她干完规定的活，就传给下一个工人，但这时欣然的心境已不同于第一周了。 下午三点，经理就宣布下班。忙了一年的打工妹们欢呼雀跃。大家开始离开工位。这时，欣然站了起来，向她们鞠了一躬。 “祝大家新年快乐！” 打工妹们嬉笑地围上去：“也祝你快乐！祝你永远这样讨人喜欢！……” “出粮了！”有人在门口叫一声，打工妹们高兴得蹦起来。 随着人群去了财务科，由于是过年，财务科科长亲自为大家发工资表示感谢，川田先生也在一旁感谢，感谢大家为他干活、为他加班、为他赶货、为他赚钱。钱是用红包装着的，年终了，红包也鼓了些。打工妹一个个排着队，签了名，领了钱。轮到谢欣然，不知为什么，一种伤感的情绪竟大于兴奋。 “啊。谢欣然，听说你干得很不错。来，签个字。”财务科科长是个胖胖的中年妇女。 “我想问一下，我们拉阿春的工资有没有？” “只有一半。她缺工时多天。” “阿姨，等她出院让她当拉长吧！” “恐怕不可能。她出了这种事，更没人服她了。” “你怎么不继续干下去？” “我要开学了，必须复习功课。” “再干几天，就能拿到拉长全勤奖。50块钱。” 欣然笑笑：“在我眼里，分数比钱重要。” “对，你是学生，我差点忘了，学习第一位。” 别说科长忘了，就是谢欣然本人也几乎忘了自己的第一身份——学生，一个好学生。 谢欣然在工资单上大大方方、端端正正答下“谢欣然”三个字。接过钱，觉得很沉。 她退出人群，看见川田先生正注视着她，接着迎她走来。伸出手：“谢谢你，辛苦了！” “祝您新年快乐！”欣然也伸出自己的手，这是平等的握手，欣然感到肉己是大人了，被人尊重了。 欣然依依不舍地跟工友们告别，走出碧奇厂时她是一步三回头，泪流满面，欣然不明白，自己在哭什么。难道是留恋这个厂？不对，工厂怎比得上九中校园；留恋这帮工友？也不对，她们之间亲善过也发难过，长期相处，那结果恐怕比李艺好不了多少；留恋这段生活？更不对，这3个星期在她16年岁月中过的是最沉重的了，沉得让这颗年轻的心担负不起。 既然都不是，为什么还哭呢，欣然自己也莫名其妙，许是前些日子太压抑了吧。 李艺、阿春、燕妹将来如何？No one knows.她们的故事没有完，而谢欣然的打工生涯已经结束了。 别了，我的打丁生活； 别了，我的工友； 别了，碧奇。 挥挥手，向前走。 “没有人生来洒脱，都总是在哭过之后才会感到轻松许多。有位作家说。 这个寒假不轻松 初三毕业时同学们曾经相约，每年春节都要到兰老师家拜访一次。今年是第一年，欣然希望圆满。 街上过年气氛非常浓重。不管大店小铺，门前都摆看两盆桔树。翠绿的叶子，大红的桔子，还有上头挂着的小红包，似乎在招呼行人向它靠拢，老板真是“开门大吉”了；最壮观的是香港过来的采购队，那些家庭妇女成群结队。一天几趟地跨过深圳河往回搬东西，河北河南差价厉害啊！ 阿琼在一家书店对面开了个饰物店，专卖女性用品，如胸罩、泳衣、化妆品、手提袋。她是没考上高中后做了个体生意，现在她的银行存折早已上了五位数。 阿琼正在档口忙乎着，看来生意很不错。她拿着花王系列产品给一群打工妹“授课”：如何永蔡青春；如何分辨皮肤的性质；如何做面膜。欣然背对着档口，阿琼没注意她。阿琼正在给自己这桩即将做成的生意加油。 “就拿我来说吧．今年24岁，可是人家都说我只有十八九岁，这就是'花王'的功力！” 宣传的结果是这群打工妹心甘情愿地掏了腰包，兴高采烈地离去。 “小姐，买什么？阿琼对着欣然的背说，十足的生意人口气。” 欣然转过身：“阿琼。” 阿琼也是16岁，可一点学生味都没有了。她穿着一件低胸的皮外套，这是校园女生无论如何也不敢穿的。烫的是时下最流行的玻栗头。嘴巴涂得很红。她看起来比实际年龄老许多。阿琼变得真快。以前她常和班上的女生吮着雪糕在时装店门口“望裳兴叹”；她常为十几元买到一件假冒名牌兴奋两三天。 “你怎么会想到来这里？”阿琼有几分紧张，又有几分惊喜。 “放假了，来看看你。” “哟。真难得啊！” 欣然被阿琼这么一说，很不好意思，抱歉地说：这么久了。我是应该来看看你的，可……” “算了，我也是讲笑，你今天来，就是看看我这么简单吗？” “我是来约大家一起去兰老师家拜年的。” 阿琼高兴地大叫起来：“好极了！欣然，我正无聊呢。” “阿琼。还有许多同学，我又不清楚他们地址……” “交给我吧。对了，今天是小笛生日，去她家，准保有许多人是原来班的。阿琼掰着手指数，“石里和他老豆去泰国了，波仔离我家很近，我去请……” 又来了几位顾客。 “买手袋的吧。”阿琼笑容满面地迎上去，“新到的。” 几个女孩子们比划着，嬉笑着。 “台湾货，今年将要兴。”阿琼刚招呼好顾客，脸一偏又对欣然说，“你听说了吧，白翎自杀了。” “啊！”欣然心里叫道，焦急地问，“真的吗？” “当然了，可她什么也没留下。日记、作文。信件全烧了，那天我们去看她……其实你们很应该去看她的，她和你们关系很不错。”阿琼把“你们”、“我们”分得很清楚。 欣然把脸深深地藏进大领子里。 “听说，她是看破红尘，也有人说她是随三毛去了。三毛死了。她也跟着去。也有人说是没考上重点想不开。” 欣然的目光落在一处不动了，茫茫然的。 那几个女孩子挑中了手袋：“老板娘，多谢了。这三十你帮着留下，我们叫Jane她们来买。 “没问题。”阿琼又笑脸相送，“请多多帮衬！” 阿琼真是生意场上的，把好手：“欣然，你要什么，我半价卖给你。” 欣然却问道：“还有呢？别的同学呢？” “嗯。一块去小笛家，你可能认不出她了。” “太夸张了。” “真的。她做了双眼皮手术，人都靓硒。” "Oh." “还有，波仔，一边上职高，一边上夜校，已经拿到好几个结业证书了。” “真棒！”这么长时间，这个消息最让欣然高兴。 “邓沙沙去了海南。” “你怎么知道这么多？”欣然吃惊中带有几分妒嫉。 “当然。”阿琼冷冷地笑了笑，“你们有高中同学，将来还会有大学同学，而我只念到初中，只有初中同学，当然不会忘了他们。” 谢欣然有点尴尬。 阿琼却又问：“你现在怎么样？忙什么？” “忙什么？什么也不忙，就是学习，每天上课、回家，上课、回家。” “那学些什么？” “什么都学。” “也学炒股票、炒楼花、房地产这些？” “那，当然不学那些。” “不学这些，怎么叫什么都学呢？叫什么都没学！你们还是学中国有几条内陆河，几条外流河，有多长，对吗？”阿琼笑笑。 “……”欣然不知该说什么。 “要是我们像你们那样，还过着两点一线的生活早闷死了。你们真有耐心。不觉得无聊吗？”阿琼又笑。 “啊，是……有点闷……但并不无聊。”欣然讲得前言不搭后语。 阿琼哈哈大笑，还用手抹着眼泪：“哈哈，你们真逗，哈哈！” “我们有时也看看报纸，看看电视，听听音乐什么的，对了，我们还有实习什么的。” 阿琼笑得更凶了。她的笑声很大，已不是校园女生的那种笑。她的笑，惹得行人回头看她。 欣然莫明其妙：“这好笑吗？” “我不是笑你们。阿琼停下笑，“我们和你们真是两个世界的人呐。but.我还是挺羡慕你们的。 " “这么说，你后悔了？挺留念校园吧？” “后悔？”阿琼转入沉默，想了好一会儿，平静地说，“不后悔。我是怀念校园生活，并不是留恋。” 欣然不做声，想不到阿琼会在“怀念“和“留恋”这两个词上咬文嚼字。 阿琼小声问：“你认为我很俗，很空虚吗？” “不。”欣然惊奇着抬起眼，“不！” 阿琼抿着嘴笑：其实一天到晚奋斗来奋斗去，也很俗气。也很无聊的。人应该活得轻松自在，做自己愿意做的事。我知道读书好，有学问好，可我觉得一个人把人生最短暂而宝贵的青春消磨在厚厚书本上是一种浪费。 阿琼又补充了一句：“有时确实有点空虚。” 她们出店的时候，天空灰蒙蒙的，快要下雨了，满是南方冬天的阴气，几个时髦女郎从她们身边经过，阿琼总要回过头再看。 “她眼影的颜色调配得很好，青，灰加棕……” “身材很正。” 阿琼自言自语。 她们走得很慢，一时想不出该说些什么。 “你还不知乐乐在哪所学校吧？”阿琼看了欣然一眼，问道。那语气明摆着对欣然和乐乐之间的友谊表示怀疑，又说，“我可以告诉你的。” 欣然停住，犹豫了一下，摇摇头。 初三毕业的那个暑假很炎热，爱小题大做的香港电台天气预报用了“酷热”两个字。乐乐却两手冰冷，眼睛红红的。她没考上九中。因为乐乐刚从内地迁来，初中就是在九中这所重点中学读的，高中考到了普通中学，给“刷”下来了。 “我完了……我完了……我死定了，我这辈子完蛋了……”乐乐双手捂住脸人哭。 “乐乐，你别难过了。路还长着呢，怎么能说完蛋、没有，没有完蛋。”欣然安慰乐乐，这也是她的心里话，“我会给你写信的。告诉我你的学校，好吗？ “怎么，你想看笑话吗？你还觉得我丢人丢得不够吗？你也来看我出丑？”乐乐恼羞成怒。 “你——”欣然惊奇又无奈地吐了一个字。 好久乐乐平静下来，用冰凉的小手去拉她：“对不起，欣然，可我只能这样。” 欣然只能用点头表示理解朋友的苦衷。此时无言胜有言。 当她们到小笛家，外面开始下起大雨。 客厅聚了十几个人，全是没考上九中或其它好中学的。 谢欣然进门着实让大家惊讶了一下，也例行公事般地表示了欢迎。但是转头便又自顾自地唱起来。聊起来。 “张艺谋和巩俐分手了。” “这届港姐不靓，不及李嘉欣一半。” “罗湖那边新开了家美容院，听说有隆胸的。” 他们没在乎欣然。兴致勃勃地谈论他们感兴趣的话题。欣然呆呆坐在一个靠窗的角落，看他们笑，听他们说。好像不认识一样。阿琼发觉了，因为欣然是她带来的，她不能让欣然冷落。 “大家知道欣然来干什么吗？” 谢欣然一怔，大家的目光已经盯在她身上。It's time to show up.她站起来宣告：“我来约大家一起去兰老师家拜年。 欣然觉得那冬雨，像是下在她心上。欣然替乐乐难过，她中考就差几分没进九中，余发的成绩离九中的录取线还差一大截，九中却能给他一个学位。钱的威力真不小啊。欣然一向认为爱钱的人俗不可耐，现在她有点折服了。 欣然本想对乐乐说说九中学生的喜怒哀乐，又怕乐乐误会，认为她在炫耀，便缄口不言。 这时，小笛的生日蛋糕开始切了，乐乐拉着欣然坐在一个角落里，小笛递上蛋糕。 “谢欣然，告诉你，你们去兰老师家。别问她儿子的事。他也没上重点。” “我听说了。” “还记得唐老师吗？他改行了，专门搞股票去了。那日我在证券部见到他，西装笔挺，手拿大哥大，派头极了。” "what?" “还记得白翎吗？死了。那些班长、支书大人。平日调儿唱那么高，又是团结友爱。又是互相帮助。竟没有一个来看她的。真虚！ 深红大衣领里藏着欣然烧得滚烫的脸。她为自己的“无知“害羞。 幸亏他们没发觉。小笛热情地又递上一块蛋糕。 欣然怯生生地问旁边的乐乐：“你去吗？” “我已经去过了，这次就不去了。见到都是咱们班，可现在又都是重点的，心里真不是滋床，再说快开学了，我得复习。” 这会儿工夫总是听见乐乐自怜自伤的话。欣然感到压抑。乐乐原来不是这样的，可欣然不敢说话，她担心自己无意间的哪句话会刺激乐乐脆弱的心。 “欣然，我和你们不一样，和我们学校的同学也不一样。九中的升学率是多少？我们学校呢？我们那个语文老师是北京四中的，很有水平，可他认为他来我们学校是阴差阳错，他宣布说：'你们在路上别喊我老师，我为你们羞！'这是什么老师！再看看我们班同学，拍拖、下舞厅、炒股票，五花八门…好些事你根本想像不到……” “乐乐。别说了。”欣然伸出手，紧紧握住乐乐，欣然觉得有水珠落在嘴唇边，用舌头一舔，咸的，“乐乐，我相信，三年后，我们会在大学相会，真的。” 乐乐感激地抬头看欣然，欣然觉得再打听乐乐的学校已是多余。 欣然和几个同学去了兰老师家，去的同学都是重点中学的。兰老师说前些天，阿琼他们也来过。一班同学分两批拜年。兰老师还问陈明怎么没来？兰老师总惦记着陈明。出了兰老师家，几个同学就分手了。 这个寒假，欣然不轻松。只有一件事例外，她把打工挣来的人民币200元以妈妈的名义寄给爸爸前妻的父母和哥哥。欣然自己只留下港市作为下学期的教育费。因为欣然户口不在深圳，她要比别人多交500元。 这是这个寒假做的唯一愉快的事情。 欣然没精打采地走在路上，这时，马路对向闪过一个人影，直觉让她产生一种冲动，她停住脚，是萧遥吧？欣然不敢确定。逆着人行道跑，看了一会儿，果然是萧遥。 “萧遥！” 萧遥也看见了她，隔着一条马路，大叫：“谢欣然！”就要横穿马路。欣然是他旅游回来遇见的第一个熟人，所以十分兴奋。仿佛她的出现才标志着回到家了。 萧遥寒假去了盼望已久的敦煌，美梦成真，心情岂止是激动。从任何一个繁华的城市到那儿，都非常的遥远。也许正是这种遥远才使它具有