My name is Tian Jian, from S City, I am fifty-six years old. My wife's name is Wang Yan, from H City. She is thirty-six years old this year. I married Wang Yan when I was fifty. She was thirty years old at the time, the most prosperous age in her life.

My name is Tian Jian, from S City, I am fifty-six years old. My wife's name is Wang Yan, from H City. She is thirty-six years old this year. I am twenty years older than her, and she is my second wife.

I married Wang Yan when I was fifty. She was thirty years old at that time, the most prosperous age in her life. In fact, at that time, she was one of a kind in terms of appearance and body. But I was doing pretty well at that time. I ran a large food factory in City S. The orders alone were enough to keep more than a thousand of my workers busy for a year. I was so proud that I became an entrepreneur that everyone in S city envied.

But my success is inseparable from the hard work behind me. How sad it is for a few people to know that I am in my thirties and at the beginning of my business.

Of course, my achievements today are inseparable from my ex-wife Suqiu. All my successes today are due to her sweat. I can say that without her, I would not be where I am today.

That was thirty-five years ago. Firstly, our family had no money, and secondly, we had no connections. Our family was extremely poor, so I was thirty-one years old and still had no wife.

In those days, people got married early, and a man who had not yet started a family at the age of thirty would be laughed at. People of the same age as me have two or three children at home. I can only work as a monk and clock the clock, doing odd jobs for others, or working as a small laborer in a house-building class. Just chewing grain for one day.

To be honest, I was very disappointed with my life at that time. I watched my peers getting rich, and I felt an indescribable sadness in my heart. It was the early days of reform and opening up, and there were a lot of business opportunities, but I was like a blindfolded dog, full of confusion and disappointment about the future.

It was probably in the second half of my thirty-first year that Su Qiu came to me at the construction site and asked me to take the time to help her build a stove. The bonus was that I would be given two packs of lotus cigarettes.

I readily agreed.

Let me explain first, I am not doing it for those two packs of lotus cigarettes. Suqiu and I have known each other since we were young, and we can be said to be "childhood sweethearts". However, later on, when someone else's family got rich, our family felt that we couldn't afford it. Otherwise, given my admiration for her, I would have asked someone to go to her house to propose marriage.

But when I went to her house three days later, I found that her purpose was not to let me "build the stove." Her stove is very new, it looks like it hasn't been there for half a year. I was surprised what she asked me to do.

Suqiu smiled and asked me to sit down. Then she went to the kitchen and brought me a bowl of steaming noodles. In fact, I had already eaten before I came to her house. I don’t know what kind of drama she was singing. Was it to make me full and concentrate on work?

I don’t want to eat, but she insists on letting me eat. When I took a bite, I was fascinated by this "noodle" that I had never eaten before. Really, that bowl of noodles is so delicious!

I finished the last sip of the soup and asked her, what kind of noodles are these and why are they so fragrant? She smiled and told me that this was called "instant noodles", and the noodles were deep-fried. "With seasonings, they are naturally delicious!"

I wiped my mouth with my hands, still immersed in the delicious taste. But after a while I thought, she didn’t just ask me to come here to eat this bowl of noodles, right? I asked her what she did.

Su Qiu smiled and said:

"Tian Jian, do you want to get rich?"

I said "yes".

She told me a bold idea, "How about we sell instant noodles?"

I was noncommittal. To be honest, I don’t know if I can make a fortune selling instant noodles.

"You are almost dying of poverty, so what do you have to worry about? Rather than dying of poverty, it's better to get a job, and in the worst case, I'll be your laborer!"

She talked about my heartache, thirty-one At the age of 18, I was also a passionate man, so I cruelly agreed to her. What happened after

was too exaggerated. Suqiu and I started from scratch, starting from knowing nothing about instant noodles. We experienced obstruction from both parents and incomprehension from relatives and friends; we experienced losing all our money, unable to sell instant noodles, and the whole family ate instant noodles... Of course, we also experienced the joy of earning our first pot of gold.

On the way to the beginning of our business, I backed down several times and told Suqiu that I would not do it anymore. I would go work and earn a stable income. But she would persevere in motivating me, telling me stories about other people’s fortunes, and using money to inspire my fighting spirit. Or, they purposely ridiculed me, just to make me take responsibility like a man.

I was driving a tractor through the streets, and she was sitting in the carriage shouting loudly:

Selling instant noodles, delicious instant noodles...

She was obviously tanned, which made me think that she and I have nothing to do with each other. , a woman two years younger than me can endure hardships like this. As a man, what reason do I have for not working hard? !

When we make enough money, I want to use the money to build a house. But Suqiu refused my approach. She said that we should use the money to invest in building a factory and buying equipment. "Tian Jian, we can't always buy other people's finished products and sell them, right? If we want to grow bigger, we must have our own brand."

Although I don't It was satisfying, but we felt that she was right, so we invested our hard-earned money into our original factory. So when we got married, we spent the wedding ceremony in an old house.

Later, it was proved that Su Qiu's vision was never wrong. After more than ten years of hard work, we have made our food the best in the country. We have achieved unprecedented success and accumulated unimaginable wealth.

But when I was forty-nine and Suqiu was forty-seven, she suddenly changed.

She became taciturn at first and didn't care about me or the company. This has never happened before!

I asked her if she was sick, and she said "no".

"Then what's wrong with you? Did someone make you angry?"

"No," she looked up at me with red eyes, "How could that be possible! Xiaojie is also old, and he doesn't care about the company's affairs. It’s time to learn to manage.”

What Suqiu said is right, but also wrong. My son Xiaojie had not graduated from college that year, so he should be allowed to exercise. But he is still young, how can he manage the company's business?

But I didn’t refute her, because I knew it would be in vain to ask her again. She was so stubborn that even nine cows couldn’t pull her back. Anyway, I think she will be fine. We do physical examinations every year, so she probably won't get any serious illness. The big deal is that she is in a bad mood, and she will get better after a while. So I was still busy with business during the day and came back to spend time with her at night.

A year has passed so quickly. It seems that nothing has changed around me, and it seems that everything has changed. I kept the company in good order myself, and the business only increased. At the same time, Su Qiu became obsessed with traveling. She often traveled to the south with a woman named Xie Wanbi.

I think it’s okay for her to go out and have fun, which is better than staying at home all the time. Besides, we also have the economic strength. But I hate this woman Xie Wanbi.

Xie Wanbi is about thirty years old, and she is very beautiful, but this person feels very cold, like a piece of ice that has just been taken out of the ice cellar, braving the cold air. But she has a father who is a real estate businessman, which gives her the capital to despise everything.

I don’t understand how Su Qiu, who has a cheerful personality (at least she used to be), became friends with Xie Wanbi, who is much younger than her.

Suqiu also asked me to travel to the south with them, but I didn’t have time, so I could only wish them a happy time. Everything was fine until she brought Wang Yan to me.

To be honest, I was very surprised when I first saw Wang Yan. This is not to say how beautiful and young Wang Yan is, but what I am curious about is: Didn't Su Qiu go on a trip? Why did you bring such a beautiful and generous girl back?

Suqiu explained to me that when she was traveling in the south, she went to Xie Wanbi’s friend’s house and met Wang Yan. Through the conversation, she felt that this girl was not simple – “She not only graduated from a prestigious university, but also had a very advanced business background.” I tried every means to win her over to our company."

She was very proud, as if she had done something very wise.

As for me, although I smiled at her on the surface, because Wang Yan got to know Su Qiu through Xie Wanbi, I originally hated Xie, loved the house and the bird, and felt disgusted with Wang Yan.

But I had to give Su Qiu some face, and since Wang Yan came all the way, I followed Su Qiu’s wishes and kept her in the company.

I originally planned to find her a position in the office and give her a salary. But Su Qiu had arranged a position for her from the time she "invited" her to come.

"Tian Jian, Wang Yan will be your secretary from now on. Whatever decision you make, leave it to her to draft the copy. Or if she has any good ideas, you can discuss them."

I was startled, let alone saying that I have Secretary Xiao Liu, isn't it because Suqiu made such arrangements because he was worried about leaving the company in my hands and wanted someone to look after me? I was upset, but I still didn't show it to my face. I said "Okay", but what I was thinking was that even if Su Qiu arranged this, I would let her be a "spectator". There is no reason for a dove to occupy a magpie's nest.

After that, Su Qiu was still busy with her travels, but the difference was that she was no longer with Xie Wanbi, but became alone. I think the two of them must have had conflicts that led to their eventual separation. But this was something I had only dreamed about, so naturally I would not mediate for the two of them. I even had the urge to secretly rejoice. But just because I was so happy for them to be separated, I never thought why Wang Yan looked so much like Xie Wanbi? I made a stupid mistake that led to my irreversible failure. But that’s a story for another day.

After Wang Yan and I officially became colleagues, the company's operations were quite calm, with no big orders and no reduction in production.

I found Wang Yan an office far away from me, and asked Xiao Liu to find some work for her. Therefore, except for seeing her once during the morning meeting, I could not see her during the rest of my working hours. of.

Just during the thirty or forty minutes of my morning meeting, I looked at her three or four times, and she still left a deep impression on me.

She is sitting in the third chair to my left. If I don't look at her specifically, I can't see her. But she changes herself every day, always making me feel like there is another person in that position. When I look over, I find it is her.

The senior management of our company all wear uniform clothes: black clothes and white shirts. But Wang Yan can always make detailed changes. For example, she wears a white silk scarf around her neck today, or she puts a bow on her bun tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow she sprays her body with scented perfume, etc. .

She seems to enjoy these small changes of her own, but it arouses my infinite disgust. But after all, she didn't make any big mistake, and because of Su Qiu's face, I could only ignore her.

But I couldn't help but look at her secretly, just like I saw a particularly pretty little girl on the street.

When Wang Yan really caught my attention, it was a month after she came to my company. That day, Xiao Liu came to me in the office excitedly and said that he had a particularly good plan, so I let him talk about it. He told me about product grading and the idea of ​​additional drinks.

Sure enough, his plan aroused my interest, because if an enterprise cannot innovate in its development, it will eventually be surpassed by latecomers. I asked him to research the market and try to do it.

But Xiao Liu told me that this idea was proposed by Wang Yan and she should be allowed to start doing it. I was stunned for a moment, but it was related to the future development of the company, so I agreed to him.

So, I have to see this annoying woman Wang Yan often.

Strangely enough, Wang Yan always focused on changes in details when we didn't have close contact. But I have been in contact with her for a long time, and she has never changed. She always wears work clothes spotlessly (especially the collar of her white shirt, which is so white every day), and only uses one kind of perfume. It made me think that she was a dedicated woman, and the previous changes in details were just because she had nothing to do.

She has always been polite to me, and her behavior and conversation are always so convincing.I even compared her with Xiao Liu, who had been with me for seven or eight years. The result was that she was a hundred times better than Xiao Liu.

Maybe my judgment is a bit arbitrary, but I can't live without her from now on. Later, I even thought, why didn’t I notice such an excellent employee next to me?

I started taking Wang Yan to participate in various social activities. I felt that with her by my side, my business partners, leaders, franchisees, etc., would definitely look at me differently.

The facts also proved that my idea was correct. My friends, both familiar and distraught, praised Wang Yan for her beauty and ability. The words of these people often lie, but their expressions when they praise Wang Yan reveal a sincerity, which is rarely shown on their cunning and cunning faces.

I was naturally very happy. This was far more exciting than letting me pick up a gold ingot. Therefore, I could not avoid commending Wang Yan, but when I gave her material and monetary rewards in the name of the company, she refused to accept any of them. She smiled and told me that this was what she should do. Finally, I gave her a Hetian jade bracelet originally intended for Su Qiu, but she happily accepted it. She couldn't put it down holding the jade bracelet , her face turned red, and she couldn't help but thank me. I laughed happily.

Where is Suqiu?

She was still busy traveling in the south, and we hardly saw each other a few times in a month. Even if we did, the words we talked about were very limited - she asked me how I was doing? I said "ok"; she asked me how the company was? I said "ok" - but she rarely asked me about Wang Yan, as if she had forgotten the existence of Wang Yan. It is precisely because of this that Wang Yan and I got on the same "boat".

It was a celebration banquet for the success of Wang Yan’s proposal. As the head of the company, I attended the grand banquet at the Seven Star Hotel in S City. It was a lively day. In my impression, this kind of large gathering of company personnel only happens at the end of the year.

Everyone had smiles on their faces, and everyone toasted to me and congratulated me on my wise decision. I pushed Wang Yan to the first place. If it weren't for her, we wouldn't have the success we have today.

I propose a toast to Wang Yan. She lowered her head, shyly. At that moment, you can't see her decisiveness in doing things. She is like a girl who leads the family, and she is more innocent and cute.

I drank too much. I remember it was Xiao Liu who helped me take the driver Xiao Wang’s car back home. But when I woke up the next day, I found Wang Yan at my home. I asked her puzzledly, why is she here? She smiled slightly and said that she was afraid that I would become thirsty after drinking too much, so she decided to stay and look after me.

My heart warmed up, it was rare for her to have such love. When I thanked her, she was evasive to me, which made me confused. I thought, what's wrong with her? Is there anything wrong?

I asked her, but she didn’t say. This can only be done. I thought she must be tired from taking care of me last night and nothing would happen to her. But a month later, her body reacted and she started vomiting. I asked her eagerly what was wrong? She slowly said that she had sex with me that night when I was drunk. I was stunned on the spot, I had no impression at all. But I saw how pitiful she was, and the tears in her eyes didn't look like she was pretending, so I fell into endless trouble.

Su Qiu was somewhere in the south at that time. What would she think of me if she knew about this?

I am so anxious and scratching my head, how could this happen?

On the contrary, Wang Yan was very calm. She looked at me with a haggard look, which made me feel that she had done something wrong. "Mr. Tian, ​​don't be afraid, I will handle the matter myself."

My heart trembled, thinking, how can she handle this kind of thing, could she go...

But I didn't say anything, I was thinking about wine Did I really do that kind of thing that night when I was drunk?

Wang Yan took a month's leave. The reason was that she had something to do at home and needed to go home. Of course I know that she has not returned to her hometown, she is in her rental house.

But when I came to her house and knocked on her door, she did not open the door for me. Instead, her neighbor’s house opened the door, and a woman in her forties told me:

“There is no one at home."

I left in despair. The moment I turned around to leave, I seemed to hear the sound of footsteps walking in the house, or her quiet sobs. But I still left.

Wang Yan could only do this. I felt sorry for her. When I saw her again a month later, she seemed to be a different person, but the makeup on her face still couldn't hide her haggardness.

I whispered to her: "I don't feel well. How many more days of rest? "

She smiled at me and said to me in polite but emotionless words:

"Mr. Tian, ​​thank you! "

Everything seemed to be back to normal. The people or friends around me seemed to have not changed; the people or friends around me seemed to have changed.

Until Su Qiu and I divorced, and I married Wang Yan for the second time. It was the same expression as before.

It was she who initiated the divorce between me and Su Qiu. She said that she was tired of me and could not give me the warmth of "family", so she insisted on divorcing me.

I disagreed several times. Unable to stand Su Qiu's insistence, we ended our marriage in September of that year.

But we were still friends after our divorce. She introduced Wang Yan to me with a smile. Of course I didn't agree. I said, "You're just kidding me." Her daddy. "

But she still kept those words on her lips and hit me with ambiguous words from time to time, such as, Wang Yan is a good girl, or I should be responsible for her, etc.

I and I Wang Yan got married in October, and I didn’t notify anyone except necessary friends (including my son Xiaojie). The day after our wedding, Su Qiu went to the south again.

Wang Yan and I knew we were getting married. , It only took half a year. But I feel that this half year is as long as a hundred years. Life is always changing unconsciously, and all your gains and losses are just a passing cloud. I suddenly feel that I am half a hundred years old. Life is very boring. You must know that I just married a woman who is twenty years younger than me.

I left the company completely to Wang Yan (it turns out that she also has this ability), and I live in seclusion at home. I am envious. Su Qiu travels all over the world, but when I contacted her, she had already changed her contact information. I had nothing to do, raised a dog, and bought a seven-hole harmonica , and time slowly slipped away. Epilogue

Six html Thirteen years later, a food company emerged in the market. This company was not outstanding in appearance and low-key, but it took away 80% of my business in half a year.

Although I had already lost my business. Regardless of the company's affairs, when Wang Yan told me about the current situation of the company, I was still stunned and speechless. However, I comforted her that everything would be fine, "We are an old and powerful company after all!" "

But the reality was not what I expected. Because there were no orders, the company's capital chain was broken. Then, even the workers' wages could not be paid. But more importantly, the company still owed huge loans from banks.

Wang Yan angrily told me the current situation and asked me to find money to make up for the shortfall. As a last resort, I took office again. But the building was about to collapse, and my appearance could only stabilize the situation for a while. The employees began to resign, and many people even went to court. Sue me for not paying my salary. My hair turned white overnight.

But when I peeked at Wang Yan, she didn't seem bothered by it, as if it wasn't her own business. I was furious and scolded her for the first time. A few words. Unexpectedly, she just smiled at me and did whatever she had to do. I became more and more angry.

In the six years we have been married, she has never given birth to a child for me - she has never even been pregnant. She obeyed my advice and smiled sweetly, but I never expected that when our company was about to close down, she would still look like this!

I asked someone to find out who the person in charge of the competitor was, and the news I got was: My secretary Xiao Liu. My eyes went dark, and I seemed to understand everything.

Five months later, the company was completely bankrupt.As the legal person and major shareholder of the company, I sold all my real estate in order to repay my debts. But the money was still a drop in the bucket, and I was declared an "untrustworthy person" by the court, also known as the legendary "Lao Lai".

That day in S City, the sky was blue and the clouds were white. It should have been a pleasant day. I asked Wang Yan:

"I have nothing now, you..."

But before I finished speaking, she interrupted me:

"Old Tian, ​​let's get a divorce! I have been with you for six years, you should be satisfied." ”

So that afternoon, we went through the "divorce procedures." Before Wang Yan and I broke up at the Civil Affairs Bureau, she gave me a thousand yuan and asked me to find a hotel to stay at that night.

I took the money with trembling hands and asked her:

"What about you?"

She smiled at me, turned around and left without saying a word. But what I was thinking about at this time was her unexpected "pregnancy". Didn't she leave in such a "fashionable" way? After

, I wasted a few days in S city, but I didn’t find any acquaintances or friends. On the sixth day, an old employee whom I had almost forgotten came to the hotel to find me. He first expressed his sympathy for my misfortune and that of the company, and then got back to the topic.

"Mr. Tian, ​​this is the car you rewarded me seven years ago. I can't use it now, but maybe you can."

Then he put the car key of a Toyota Corolla into my hand and turned around. Leave.

To be honest, I almost forgot about it. But even if I had the idea of ​​rewarding employees with cars, I couldn’t remember who it was. But when I chased him out of the hotel, he had already driven away quickly in a Mercedes-Benz car. It seemed that he was doing well, so I temporarily accepted his "gift". But I will definitely pay him back.

Two or three days later, I still didn't know what to do. Until the evening of the tenth day, I paid off the hotel room fee, then drove the seven-year-old Corolla and headed south.

I don’t know where I am going. I am undoubtedly a fly in the glass window, bumping against the transparent glass.

But one thing I am clear about is that I want to go to the south. But as for where in the south, I have no idea.

I drove probably three to four thousand kilometers and saw different customs and customs along the way. Fortunately, neither the car nor I had any problems. Otherwise, as a dying person, who would care about me?

It was probably when I had just passed through Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and I was suddenly attracted by a huge billboard on the road. I parked the car, stood ten meters away, lit a cigarette, and looked up at the content of the advertisement intently.

It was an advertisement for "instant noodles". The picture showed a middle-aged woman giving a thumbs up, smiling and praising her product. In addition to the familiar product that attracted me, this advertisement also attracted me to the smiling woman. She looked very much like my ex-wife Su Qiu. But I think this is just like, "What does it have to do with me?"

I threw the cigarette butt on the ground, stamped it out, and got in the car.

But when I was driving on the road, the image of the advertisement appeared in my mind from time to time. I clung to the memory and drove the car towards the instant noodles manufacturer.

However, I never expected that I would see Suqiu at the instant noodle manufacturer.

In the living room, Su Qiu looked at me with tears in her eyes. Her lips were trembling, but she couldn't say a word to me.

I am not the same. I look at my ex-wife with gray hair on her temples and feel mixed emotions in my heart. Finally, I asked her shamelessly:

"Is this your factory?"

She nodded and shed tears.

It was not until that night, in the guest room of the Changzi Guest House, that Su Qiu told me something I had never known.

It turns out that Su Qiu was obsessed with traveling to the South six years ago in order to inspect the market in the South and learn from other people's advanced management models.

"I went with Xie Wanbi because she has a wide network of contacts in the south."

At the beginning, under Xie Wanbi's guidance, she did visit many industry elites.But later, Xie Wanbi took her to visit some insignificant and powerful people, which was nothing more than eating, drinking, and boring worldly entertainment. At this time, she wanted to ask Xie Wanbi for help. Unexpectedly, she introduced her to Wang Yan, which made her eyes light up.

"To be honest, when I first met Wang Yan, I was attracted by her conversational skills. She studied business management in college and she does have unique insights into management."

Therefore, she paid a high salary to Wang Yan took it back to S city and incorporated it into his own company.

"Tian Jian, I brought you a talent, I am even happier than you are."

After that, she still went to the south to study, but when she went again, Xie Wanbi no longer accompanied her. She said she wanted to go abroad. So she wandered off alone.

But later Wang Yan’s plan was a great success. When she found out, she was even happier than me. She thought that she had finally seen the right person. But then her troubles came.

"Wang Yan called me and said she was pregnant with your child, and asked me to see the intimate photos she took of you and her, as well as the hospital's diagnosis certificate. I asked her how much it would cost, and she said she I want to marry you."

After repeated consideration, Su Qiu thought that Wang Yan might be more suitable for me, and then she cruelly filed for divorce from me. After that, she went to the south and never returned to S city.

"Tian Jian, I am very lucky. After divorcing you, I met a Taiwanese businessman, Mr. Gu. She admired my talent and drive, and then invested in this factory. After five years of development, it has formed the scale it is today." ."

She lowered her head and took a sip of water.

I was in a daze, I could not have imagined that this would be the result.

"Tian Jian, Wang Yan has been using your and my compassion, but everything has passed. Now that you are here, don't leave. Let's create greater glory together!"

I nodded, Su Qiu tightened Hug me tightly. That night, she didn't leave my guest room until eleven o'clock.

After Suqiu left, I couldn't sleep for a long time. Looking back on the first half of my life, I felt nothing but sadness. I hate myself for being so confused, but it's too late to say anything. How can I take back the water I spilled?

At three o'clock in the evening, I drove out of the industrial park. I shed tears in the car, but what I was thinking of was that I was driving a tractor many years ago, and Suqiu shouted from the carriage:

They are selling instant noodles, delicious instant noodles...

But all this has become the past.