It was probably in 1998, when we were laid off together in a mine.
said he was laid off, but actually he quit his job. The unit had a new leader. It turned out that the previous leader's team had to be replaced. This was also to pave the way for him to sell off the minerals in the future.
’s husband, who is a member of the grassroots team, is also among them. So we went home and quit.
This unit is the first one my husband was assigned to after graduation, and it is also the unit I transferred from thousands of miles away. Although the unit is small, it is a state-owned enterprise.
was later sold to private operators for mining by the current leader, and each of us employees paid several thousand yuan to get rid of it.
I was young and skilled at that time, and I didn’t have much idea about being laid off.
Because the house we bought in a certain city was sold, we naturally went back. I stayed back for a month and started looking for a job. When I went to a job introduction place, there happened to be an old man looking for a cooking aunt, so I agreed.
The uncle is a retired teacher, he speaks kindly, and his wife at home has been paralyzed in bed for many years.
There is also a nanny at home, who looks young and is responsible for chatting and reading with her aunt. I am only responsible for cooking.
The uncle saw that I was educated, so he brought a lot of newspapers and put them in the kitchen for me to read.
I made my first meal under his guidance.
Rice and stir-fried pork with sauerkraut.
Since it was the first time, he watched the whole process. Chatting with me in the middle.
said that his boss had been paralyzed for many years and he was very depressed. He also said that I cook very quickly.
After the meal was ready, I ate it on the kitchen table, a small bowl of vegetables and a bowl of rice.
I looked at the food I cooked and had no appetite at all. I was thinking about how it tasted.
After they finished eating, I was responsible for washing the dishes and tidying up. The old man came over to see, why didn't you eat?
I said, I'm not hungry.
The old man asked me, you are far away! I said, it's okay. He sighed, Hey! Human beings are all made of flesh and blood!
I'm laid off now...
I'll go home after cleaning up.
I caught a cold the next day and felt uncomfortable all over, but I had to go even if I promised to cook. Others need to eat. I forced myself to get up and go there, telling the old man that I wasn't feeling well, or you could find another one.
Without saying a word, he went to find another one.
I cooked two meals. When I left, he took out ten yuan from his pocket and gave it to me. I was too embarrassed to ask for it, so he forced it on me.
It snowed that day. I packed ten yuan and rode my bicycle hard against the northwest wind...
Written at the end
Later, I was successively laid off and worked in private companies.
continued to work in private companies for a period of time until he retired.
Life is not easy. It doesn’t matter when I look back now, but at the time it made me collapse several times.
Life is a journey, and choices are important. If I had not left the unit where I was first assigned, there would not have been so many hardships. Of course,
will not have many different experiences and see many scenery.
cannot personally feel the wind of the prairie, the beautiful scenery and earthquake of Ya'an , and the experience of working in a private enterprise.
The journey of life is not far away. Cherish the days on the road. Even if it is hard, when you are about to reach the end, you will feel that it was beautiful!
