Da Pan hung up the phone on his wife and stopped talking after that. I asked him what happened at home. He smiled bitterly, then picked up the wine glass and drank it all.
A few days ago, Da Pan’s wife was expecting a baby, so she asked for leave and went back for a week. When he asked for leave, he asked me how many days it would be at most. I told him that Party A’s father was rushing to meet the deadline. Looking at the situation, the house would be handed over by the end of the year, so he shouldn’t have too much hope.
His wife is an only child. Her hometown is in the county. Her mother is a teacher and her father is in the Environmental Protection Bureau. She has been the jewel in her hands since she was a child. Her parents never let her have a tight hand when it comes to money. But when she was in junior high school, her mother was hit and killed by a dump truck hauling earth at a nearby construction site while riding an electric bicycle to work. After that, her father fell into despair until he retired.
Da Pan’s hometown is in the village of Linyi . In addition to his two elders, he also has a younger sister who attends junior high school in the county. As soon as he gets his monthly salary, he first saves 200 yuan, saying that he will keep it for his sister to go to college. .
Both Da Pan and his wife graduated from Tianjin University . He majored in civil engineering and his wife majored in foreign languages. He told me the story of how they met. One time during self-study in the library, he fell in love with her. Mobilized roommates to formulate a tracking plan. Then he followed her for about half a month and finally determined that she didn't have a boyfriend. While they were going to the bathroom, I secretly put a note in their book, which said "Mg+ZnSO4=MgSO4+Zn (your beauty stole my heart)". I asked, "What happened next? Your wife How do I know you were the one who set it off?" He said that the follower was discovered. When people questioned him, he was as embarrassed as a thief. He wanted to kill him but he was angered by saying "coward". He said, "My father has been a coward in the village all his life. My sister and I were bullied everywhere. As soon as I heard someone scold me, that's enough for me." I said, "What happened next?" He smiled sheepishly and said that we were together after that. It was very bullshit, and it sounded like it was just made up, so I didn’t ask any more questions.
Our project is not big, with 2 residential buildings and more than 10,000 square meters of commercial space. The project manager is less than 40 years old, and the project members are all young people, and we are very happy to get along with them. He granted Da Pan a seven-day holiday. On the day his wife gave birth, he was the only one in the hospital. Da Pan said that that day he suddenly felt very scared and helpless. When he spoke, Da Pan lowered his head and looked lonely.
On the afternoon of the day he was discharged from the hospital, Da Pan came back. There were design changes, and the project was in a hurry to make technical handover orders for subcontractors. I went to the station to pick him up. I asked what it was like to be a father, and he hit me hard on the shoulder and said I was tired. Six months later, the project was successfully delivered. I called Da Pan to tell him. He was very happy on the phone and asked me to send him some photos. He said it was a pity that he did not witness that moment.
When I met Da Pan again, it was a year later. I went to the company headquarters to get my seal stamped and we made an appointment for dinner.
I asked at the dinner table why he was so decisive and left without telling everyone. He said, "Enough is enough!" A few days after he came back from leave, his wife's wound from a caesarean section became infected and she was very scared and asked him to go back. He said that he was on schedule and had just asked for leave, so he was too embarrassed to speak to the project manager again.
Because the wound was not treated in time, her wife’s stretch marks looked like big bugs lying on them, which was very ugly. He said that every time he saw it, he thought of the construction site, and he blamed himself a little and felt guilty. I asked why he chose to do engineering in the first place, and he said, "They say it makes a lot of money!" We looked at each other, and then smiled helplessly.
Then Da Pan asked me if I still wanted to know the story between him and his wife. I said, "That's for sure. I felt so stupid after you told it. I didn't want to ask again." He said, "My wife's mother is here." I was a teacher who taught chemistry at that time, and she knew the formula. "
" is very romantic!" We raised our glasses and drank it in one gulp.
It was getting late and the lights were on the street. I got on the bus back to the project and wrote my resignation report under the anesthesia of alcohol.
Postscript:
After Da Pan resigned, she stopped working in engineering. Her mother had a bad waist and could not take care of her children. He first looked for a job for a while, but there was nothing suitable, so he simply stopped looking.Later, by chance, his wife's friend worked in the marketing department of a convenience store and learned that he had not found a suitable job and recommended him to join a convenience store. Now their youngest daughter is 3 years old, and the family of three is living a good life. He manages the store and his wife works.
In fact, many times, people complain about the present while placing hope in the future. But few people calm down and think about it. If they keep complaining and never try to make changes, the so-called future is just a distant present.
