... Time is very long, but in fact it is short. Time is like flowing east, it can only flow but not return! This is how I feel at this moment.
I am 36 years old and was born in an ordinary rural family in Hengshui City, Hebei Province. The third child in my family. When I was born, my sister was 4 years old and my brother was 2 years old. After remembering, I heard from my breasts that I had or more talented (in our local dialect, it means that there is an extra second boy). When I was 5 years old, there was a big change in my family. My father's right leg was broken by wood, which seemed to make things worse for our originally not wealthy family. So in the next few years, my father could not do physical work, so he opened a convenience store in the lower room of his home (actually, the grocery store) and sold some oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, tea, etc. to support his life. The consumption level in rural areas in the 1990s can be imagined. There was no way to have time. My father could only ride a 28-year-old car to several nearby villages and sell along the streets (there were few grocery stores at that time). He worked like this for a few years. I remember that after the village opened two more stores, we closed down. That year, I happened to graduate from elementary school.
In the autumn of 2001, I stepped into the junior high school gate with extremely excited mood. In the three years of junior high school, I was inspiring, diligent and hardworking, Yuelongmen in the Ming Dynasty . Who knew that time flew and unknowingly ended three years of junior high school life. It was not until I graduated from junior high school and went to work in society that I truly realized that I had let down my bold words and wasted three years of great time and could never go back. Alas! My studies came to a regrettable end in junior high school.
2004 I was 18 years old that year and officially entered the big dyeing vat of society and started my working career.
Just entered society, and people like me who have no three-no-education (no education, no technology, no connections) can only go to the restaurant to serve dishes. In this way, I went to a small restaurant in our city that was not very big, and I worked for 10 yuan a day to control food and accommodation. After a few days, I started arguing with the customer because of my youthful vigor, and the boss ruthlessly copied the squid. So in the following years, I changed jobs frequently, worked as a small worker on the construction site, a handyman in the factory, a supermarket deliveryman, a salesperson, a seafood sold, a street stall... and so on, the longest jobs were not more than half a year. It was not until now that I realized the importance of learning. I was young and ignorant and did not study hard, which determined my life. This is the helplessness of life and the hardships of life. I always regret it when I recall the wonderful time I was studying in school! It really corresponds to the old saying, " doesn't work hard when you are young, but you will only be sad about ."
In 2008, I met my current wife. He was beautiful and generous, especially his big eyes, which deeply attracted me. A year later, we entered the palace of marriage. Now I am the father of two children! After becoming a father, I deeply realized the difficulty of my parents. I felt uncomfortable watching my parents grow old. After so many years of selfless dedication, I couldn’t give them a better life. The guilt and heartache in my heart were superimposed.
Now my parents are almost 70 years old, lamenting the ruthlessness of time. What happened when I was a child is still vivid in my mind, as if it was yesterday. What often appears in front of me is the figure of my parents working hard for me...
