I, a Hubei native, quit my job in the system, drove a taxi in the United States at the age of 29, and married an American wife. Narration: Hao Wei compiled: Mr. Xiao Han Pictures: from the Internet, infringement and deletion My name is Hao Wei, I am 38 years old. Originally from

I, a Hubei native, quit my job in the government, drove a taxi in the United States at the age of 29, and married an American wife.

Narrated by: Hao Wei

Organized by: Mr. Xiao Han

Pictures: Sourced from the Internet, infringed and deleted

My name is Hao Wei , 38 years old, from Hubei, currently living in the United States and working as a taxi driver. A person needs to experience many unexpected things in his life, and I graduated from a 985 college and later got admitted to a public institution as I wished. Logically speaking, I should have lived a life without worries about food and clothing. However, life was never so satisfying, because I didn’t make much money, and because I was separated from my girlfriend of 10 years, she ended up cheating on her and marrying someone else. In anger, I came to the United States and joined my friends, but it didn’t work out. Want to become a taxi driver.

When I arrived in the United States, my friends were not doing very well. To sum it up in one sentence: barely surviving! I can drive, but I only have a domestic driver's license and a tourist visa. With the help of my friends, I spent 2,000 US dollars to get a work visa. Just like that, I took the American driver's license test in one week.

Driving a taxi in the United States is no different from that in China, but the salary is relatively higher. I am in Los Angeles, which is about US$24 per hour. This is the minimum standard. I am not familiar with the place. At first, I relied on the map, but later I probably could The most surprising thing is that I married an American wife and now my family of four lives in New York. Because I bought a house with US dollars, I have been living in my father-in-law's house. Relatively speaking, my life is pretty good.

In 1984, I was born in a small county in , Jingzhou City, . My parents both had stable jobs, and I had three children in the family, all of whom were college students. I am the second eldest child in my family and the most sensible child. As the saying goes, an honest child has little future, and this is also true.

Compared with my elder brother who opened a company and became the boss, I am not as good as him; compared with my younger brother who graduated from graduate school and works in a scientific research unit, I am not as good as him. Although I have worked in the system for six years, my monthly salary in China is several thousand yuan, which is only enough to cover my own expenses.

When I was young, there was a very small age difference between the three of us brothers. The eldest brother was one year older than me and the third brother was two years younger than me, so we grew up playing together. At that time, because there were many children, parents were under a lot of pressure. They usually lived frugally, but they still felt that they were not well-off.

Now that they are all in school, my parents feel a little more relaxed. They only need to concentrate on working and making money to support the family. Our grandparents take care of our three brothers’ lives. The three of us brothers have been top academics since childhood, and our grades were evenly matched. However, this beautiful state did not last long. By the time we reached junior high school, the gap suddenly widened.

The eldest brother has a flexible mind, is good at adapting, and has good academic performance. Later, he was admitted to a navigation school in Xi'an. Although I studied well, the gap between the scores of Tsinghua and Peking University was still a bit big, so I could only reluctantly study in a 985 university. , my younger brother is different. He successfully passed the and exams at Fudan University, and his life path will be smooth sailing.

When I was in college, I dated a girlfriend. She was also a very good girl with a good family background. It only took more than half a year from the time we met her in our sophomore year to fall in love with her. Our relationship was originally very good in the eyes of our friends, but the fact is that after graduation, I chose to return to my hometown to study for a public institution, and she chose to stay in Shanghai for development. No one was willing to compromise, and we ended up living apart in different places for six years. .

As I grew older, my parents kept urging me to get married, but every time I proposed to my girlfriend, I was ruthlessly rejected. In the end, what I was waiting for was a 3,000-word breakup letter. When they wrote to me, She has already taken wedding photos, received her marriage certificate , and is just about to hold the wedding.

Those days were the darkest and most painful days in my life. I had no intention of working, so I simply chose to resign.

spent a depressing time at home, and finally I decided to fly away and see the outside world.

When I arrived in the United States, I saw that my friend was living in a small room together, and his life was not as good as expected. I took it easy as I came, but he still entertained me in the best way and actively found a job for me, because my passport The problem is that jobs are hard to find. Later, I asked a friend to find connections, spent money to get a work visa, and finally became a taxi driver by accident.

In fact, this job is not hard. In the United States, being able to drive a taxi is a very good job. Chinese people are very hardworking no matter which country they are in. As the saying goes: Hard work can make up for weakness. This is how we continue to integrate into different national cultures.

stumbled at the beginning, but later became familiar with New York. This process requires carefulness.

In the second year after arriving in the United States, I met Jenny Carney. She is a white girl, very cheerful and kind. Originally, we were just a passenger and driver, but we had a good chat along the way, and we later kept in touch. way, I didn’t expect to invite me to her home the next day.

Americans are relatively simple and direct when it comes to socializing. They are not too polite, but they are also very realistic. Everything is based on interests. Unless it is between men and women, it is more about eye compatibility and personality. , as for material things, they are ranked lower. It’s not that American girls don’t care about money and only talk about feelings.

After several months of dating, our love reached its peak and we finally chose to get married.

Not long after our marriage, Jenny Carney became pregnant. At that time, I was living in a friend's house, which was very inconvenient. Eventually, Jenny Carney's father, my father-in-law, asked me to move back home.

In fact, in foreign countries, it is normal for a family to live together happily. In China, if a son-in-law lives at his father-in-law's house, he will be said to be a freeloader, or a door-to-door son-in-law. There is no such saying in the United States.

actually works in the United States. I often encounter some unreasonable people and dangerous things. I have been robbed several times, but with the attitude of not giving up my life, I still choose to hand over the money. Even if I call the police, it will not be a big deal. role.

Jenny Carney and I gave birth to two children. If there had been no epidemic, we would have returned to China in 2021. Because the children have to go to elementary school, I want to transfer the children’s household registration back, but the reality does not allow it. I hope everything will be fine in the future. All goes well, the family can return to their hometown safely.