This is the 994th real person we tell
I am Lao Guo , a native of Shandong born in the 1960s, and now lives in Jinan, the provincial capital.
I have no earth-shaking deeds, nor am I a big boss with assets of over 100 million yuan. I am just an ordinary person who strives to take root in the city from the countryside.
But I still feel that I am a "glorious hero". Through hard work, I have my own house, my own store, and a small processing factory with more than 10 people.
is nearly 60 years old. Although I have not achieved too dazzlingly, I am willing to contribute my meager strength to my hometown. has built a road trip to my hometown and donated supplies to the elderly and children. Life is of different significance.
(I am now)
In 1965, I was born in a small village in Pingyin County, Shandong Province. Both parents are honest farmers. Facing the loess and facing the sky, they don’t know what the world outside looks like, they only know how to plant in spring and harvest in autumn, and make a living in the loess.
I have my brother and sister above and my younger brother and sister below, and I am the third brother. In that poor era, it was a luxury for our family of seven to fill our stomachs.
As the saying goes, rely on the mountains to eat the mountains and rely on the water to eat the water. Our village is located at the foot of the mountain. In addition to farming, our ancestors can also open mountains and cut stones to increase their income.
When it reaches a certain age, the boy will follow his father up the mountain to move the stones. The girl stayed with her mother and learned to do housework and needlework. My family is no exception.
is just that in my book, I have seen the majesty of Mount Tai , and I have also seen the boat on Daming Lake. At that time, I made a vow to go and see it myself.
(The village I live in is located at the foot of the mountain)
Teacher also often tells us how solemn Tiananmen is and how spectacular Great Wall is. I made my blood boil and inspired my love for learning.
The day I received the high school admission notice, I was ecstatic and went to see my father happily. Unexpectedly, his words told me to fall from the sunny clouds to the deep valley in an instant.
My father said that my mother spent all her money when she was sick, my brother wanted to get married, and my younger brother and sister had to go to school. I was able to finish junior high school, which was the greatest care for me.
I threw the admission notice into my father's arms in despair, ran out of the house angrily, and hid at my classmate's house.
There was no phone call at that time, and my father and brothers and sisters looked for me for several days. My father's voice was hoarse and his mouth was covered with blisters. Now I still feel very distressed when I think of my father at that time.
(Travel by the sea)
Looking at my father's backbone being bent by life, thinking about the difficulty of his mother's death early, I wiped my tears and stopped worrying about going to school. The next day, I embarked on the old path of making money with my father and brother, and worked for three years.
In the past three years, I have never given up on my dreams. abacus is my unique skill, and even the accountants in the village can't catch up with me. In my spare time, I don’t have any books to read, so I work hard on the abacus.
"All your efforts will not be wasted, and God will not let anyone down." I, who dreamed of breaking out of the farming family, ushered in the first turning point in my life when I was 20 years old.
My neighbor's sister wholesales and retails fruits in the county town. She wanted to find a young man who can settle the score, so I recommended myself and got the opportunity to enter the city.
To be honest, I have never been to the county town since I grew up, so I was so excited that I didn’t sleep well all night. The next day, I didn't know if I didn't look at it. I was shocked when I saw it. The cement road in the city was wide and flat, with bicycles and cars one by one.
(visiting a large factory)
Women are dressed in fashion and fashionable, and the leather shoes on their feet are rattled. I ate bean juice fried dough sticks in the morning, and Hu La Soup . I have eaten fried dough sticks, but I never know what bean juice and Hu La Soup look like.
My sister bought me a set of clothes and asked me to go to the bathhouse to take a shower. I have never seen this situation and can't even take a shower. Except for taking a bath in a small ditch in summer, how could I take such a serious bath? The hot water sprinkled on the body and the fragrant soap was hit on the body. It was so comfortable.
In the city, I felt a completely different life from my hometown.
In order to stay in the city, I took my work seriously. No matter how much goods there are, I never made any mistakes. My sister also admired me very much.
Just as I was looking forward to the future urban life, something happened to my sister's family and the business was not done, so I was unemployed.
(I have time to go around now)
As the saying goes, it is easy to go from frugality to extravagance, but it is difficult to go from extravagance to frugality, and I can't escape this rule. So when my father asked me to go home, I saw the colorful world outside. I didn’t listen to it even though I went to find a job in a steamed bun house. Although you earn less, it is better than driving a stone up the mountain.
There is no place to sleep, so I just slept in a small dilapidated house on the side of the road. Unexpectedly, when the boss found out, he looked at me with surprise.
Only then did I realize that it was the legendary "haunted house". Passers-by usually walk around it, and no one dares to get close to it easily. When I heard this, my scalp became numb and weak, but I had no choice but to continue sleeping there.
1988, the spring breeze of reform blew all over the country, and batches of migrant workers went to the city to work. I followed my steps and went to a larger city to work.
I came to a construction team in Jinan. I moved bricks and dust every day. and were tired and dirty, which made me upset. On the day I wanted to leave, I overheard my boss talk about steel with someone else.
(on the beach)
Their chat triggered my inspiration. High-rise buildings are being built all over the country. If you can’t invest in cement and steel bars, you can’t do it. Why not make a smaller hardware industry, and use more small things like hinges and paint.
Young people have ideas and have to take action. The next day I went to the hardware wholesale market. After walking around for a few times, I actually met a young man who was about the same age as me, who also wanted to start a business. He said that things like hardware cannot be damaged and have basically no expiration date. Unlike food, it is a good time.
He and I hit it off and rented a door-to-door house in a remote suburb. Then he went to the market together and said he knew many bosses from construction sites and from building materials markets, so he would be able to succeed.
I admire him so much that I am not a few years older than me, but I have a wide connection and understand a lot. Finally, we agreed that he would invest in a big investment, and I would take a small investment. He is the main market, and I keep the store.
(Outing for a trip)
I was ecstatic and after discussing the conditions, I handed over all my belongings to him. I happily went to the door-to-door room to wait for him to return from purchase. The excitement was beyond words. The joy of being a boss spreads in my heart, and I could laugh out loud in my dreams.
It can be the third day that my daydream is over. The door cannot be opened because the lock has been replaced! I anxiously asked passersby for help. Everyone worked together to help me open the door, but found that the thermos inside had been taken away.
The man ran away! I complained, and the 1,000 yuan I had saved with great effort was wasted. Think about it now, I was so brave at that time. I was so confused that I didn’t know the world was so strong. How can there be something about a pie falling from the sky? If you don’t know each other, you can do business with others? So stupid!
I regret it so much, how can I trust a stranger if I hate myself? I really want to be a boss and get so anxious.
(my yard)
During those days, I didn’t even have enough money to eat. At noon, near the restaurant, I saw someone with leftovers on the table, so I quickly ran in and had a few bites, only one meal a day.
I was in a daze and had no energy at all. spent the night under the bridge hole at night, and was extremely depressed and was so depressed that he didn't want to live. I was so confused that I finally fainted under the bridge at noon on the seventh day.
Maybe I really have a fate with hardware. When I opened my eyes in a daze, I saw that the shelves were neatly filled with goods, and it turned out to be a hardware store.
The boss was very happy to see me awake and quickly brought me some food and drinks. It turned out that when I fainted, he happened to pass by. Seeing that I was not like a bad boy, he brought me home. I told him about his recent experience. He was very kind and took me in and asked me to work in the store.
(take a carriage)
Boss is my savior, and I swear that I will do my best. I rush to carry boxes and bags when I move the boxes and put them in bags. After a long time, the boss gave it to me, including purchasing and settlement.
I treat my boss’s store as my own store and go out to purchase goods. In order to save money, I bargain with the supplier. Sometimes I couldn't come back that day, and I rarely stayed in hotels. Although staying for a night was only a few dollars at that time, I still saved as much as I could.
The waiting room of the bus station and the train station has become my habitat. When I am sleepy and tired, I will snatch my seats on the town seats for a while. I gradually became familiar with the station staff, and they were embarrassed to chase me away.
Later, when I was alone, I was still used to staying there. Now when I see the town chairs in public places, I feel so friendly.
As the saying goes, there will be unexpected changes in the sky, and people will have good fortune and good fortune at any time. Just when the store was doing well and the company was booming, the boss was diagnosed with cancer due to throat discomfort, but it was still in the late stage.
(the road built for my hometown)
The boss and his family no longer care about the affairs in the store, so they gave them all rights reserved to me for management. I was the only one who purchased, sold and delivered . Although I was very tired, I saw the store’s turnover rising day by day, the boss’s smile overflowed on his face, and his condition was controlled. I felt that everything I did was worth it.
This store is the hope of the boss’ family and my support. Although I managed this store carefully, I still had a lot of secrets.
At the end of each month, I will pay the account to my boss once. I remember that the third month when my boss was sick, the account was just awkward. There was a loophole of 1,000 yuan, and I didn’t know where I was neglected.
The boss said, "The tiger still has a nap. You are too busy during this period, don't think about this." Although he kept comforting me and not to worry, I felt sorry for it.
(Photo with the sculpture)
couldn't sleep at night, so he just reconciled the accounts page by page, and finally remembered it. When delivering goods to a construction site, the boss of the construction site did not give the money and forgot to write an IOU. The next day, I went to the construction site to get the money back, and the stone in my heart fell to the ground.
A few months later, the boss's condition worsened and he couldn't even drink water. On his dying day, he called me to his side and said that this store was his half-lifelong effort and hoped that I could continue to operate it.
In fact, I have already treated a store as my own and have put in 100% effort. Now that the boss is willing to hand it over to me, I will definitely manage it well. Finally, it was sold at a price twice that of the market. After the
was put into the store, the hard days really began. Because of the lack of the boss' connections, the business is becoming increasingly bleak, and we have to find partners in more remote places and endure all the hardships.
(Go out to visit)
I remember one time I went to a construction site in the county to find a builder. It was spring at that time. I never thought the weather was good in the morning, and there was a strong storm mixed with hail in the afternoon. I happened to be walking on the road without a village or a shop in the front, and I was wearing very little clothes, so I was trembling with cold. The hail hit my head and several packs were raised.
Later, I found a small hotel. The boss's wife saw that my face was flushed and weak all over, so she advised me to go to the hospital for a look, but how could I bear it?
The boss’s wife is a good lady. She brought me foot washing water and cooked a bowl of ginger soup. I kept thanking me, then I drank it down, and I felt sweaty after sleeping, and felt much more relaxed. This did not delay my business the next day.
Two years later, I opened another hardware store near the county town and became friends with the boss's wife. I have always been grateful to her for helping her in time that year.
(Realizes my college dream)
I am a native rural person, very suitable for developing in the countryside, dealing with people there, and I don’t feel unfamiliar. Later, I opened two more stores in the county town, and the business was good.
My business is getting better and better. Although I can make money, I dare not spend it randomly. In addition, the scale has been expanded one after another, so we are even more careful when spending money.
In order to facilitate business operations, I bought a second-hand van and ran hard day and night.I remember one time I was really tired and sleepy, and drove into the ditch with people and cars. Now I still feel scared when I think about it.
After 2000, the construction industry has made rapid progress, and tall buildings have risen one after another, and my career has also reached a new level.
On the basis of hardware, steel was added, and later aluminum alloy projects were successively launched, and a small enterprise with more than 10 people was established. When the business of is good, you can earn 1 million yuan a year.
(a corner of the aluminum alloy factory)
became a celebrity in the village for a time, and finally bought a house in Jinan and lived a life of a city-like person.
When you have money, your time is relatively rich. You go out to travel and see the beautiful scenery when you are free. I also enrolled in the adult college entrance examination, fulfilled my unfulfilled dream, and fulfilled my wish.
When sitting with young students, it seems like I am back to my 20s. The bitter and unbearable youth has now endured a sweet life.
In 2015, my father, who was in his 80s, passed away. I returned to my hometown and looked at this small mountain village where I gave birth to me and raised me. I couldn't help but think about it. Although I stumbled along the way, I also received help from a lot of kind-hearted people.
has always been grateful to my neighbor's sister for taking me out of the village and seeing the vast world outside, which gave me a chance to broaden my horizons, so I decided to do something for my hometown.
If you want to be rich, you must first build a road to the county town. You will first build a road to the county town for your hometown so that children will no longer have to walk on muddy roads when they go to school.
(build roads for my hometown)
When I have an idea, I put it into action. In a month, with the joint efforts of my elders in my hometown, the road was repaired. Looking at the wide road, I was extremely excited, and my fellow villagers were even more grateful to me.
Respecting the elderly and loving the young is a traditional virtue of the Chinese nation, and it is also taught to me by simple parents and fellow villagers through their words and deeds. Therefore, I often donate supplies to the elderly and children, trying my best to make some contributions to my hometown.
In 2020, with the arrival of the epidemic, the construction industry has suffered a huge impact, and the current business is not as good as before. I am nearly 60 years old and I am a little overwhelmed, so in the past two years, I have transferred several stores in the countryside, leaving only one store in the city and an aluminum alloy processing factory in the countryside.
Although I have money in my hands now, the pain I suffered when I was a child is still vivid in my memory. But how many people in our era don’t endure hardships?
(now only keeps a store and this aluminum alloy factory)
There is no one in the world who is not hurt, just like Yu Hua said: "When it's late at night, I take out my heart, sew and repair it myself, and then wake up after sleeping, and I have a hundred times more confidence."
Over the years, I have relied on sewing and repairing it myself, and I have become my "hero".
[Oral: Lao Guo]
[Editor: Fengge]
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