But many people have worked hard all their lives and still live at the bottom of society. When they get old, they will find that nothing has changed, and the children may have to go their own way again.
This sadness, in the eyes of outsiders, is also a kind of lament. In fact, it is not that they have no chance to change their destiny, but they just miss it again and again.
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I didn't change my destiny through education, nor did I take learning as a way out.
My cousin awei, who is the same age as me, passed the threshold of 40 this year. He called me the day before yesterday and asked me for money, saying that the new house was built on the second floor and there was no money. He knew I was poor, but he couldn't help talking. He must have borrowed it from someone else. After some hesitation, I promised to lend him 10,000 yuan.
Awei bother to thank, I quickly hung up the phone, the in the mind have mixed feelings.
When I was a child, awei and I went to primary school together, in the same class. The difference is that I always come first in every exam, and awei always comes last.
At that time, awei's family had a big orchard. Uncle menstruation is busy planting fruit trees, and he is helpless about awei's absent-mindedness in his studies. Besides, they were busy all the year round, so they followed him.
My family is really poor and a girl. What my parents say most is "go home and farm if you can't read." So every day, we should be in a hurry, help with housework as much as possible, and then study in our spare time.
I still remember that every Chinese text can be recited backwards, even which word is in which position and what punctuation marks are used after which sentence.
Through hard work, I finally got into the normal university in the provincial capital and became a teacher. With unyielding strength, he became the backbone of teaching, was admitted to the teacher establishment of a public school far from his hometown, and realized his dream of going to the city. But I still dare not slack off. Besides teaching, I insist on studying every day.
After graduating from junior high school, awei didn't go to senior high school and didn't want to go to vocational high school. He originally wanted to learn a trade. At that time, there were not many family cars, so Uncle menstruation sent him to learn auto repair, but after studying for a week, awei was tired and came back.
Later, like many young people, awei went to work in a factory, where he met his wife who was six years younger than him. After they got married, only three months after giving birth to their eldest daughter, they entrusted their children to their uncles and aunts to work in coastal cities.
Two years ago, they gave birth to two more children and worked outside for many years, which was not enough for them to rent a better house, so they came back.
But the house in my hometown is too old. If it is not demolished and rebuilt, it is in danger of collapse. The couple took out all their savings, only enough to build a floor.
Originally, we all advised awei to finish the decoration first, then move in, and add a few more floors when he has money. But awei's daughter-in-law said, I'm so embarrassed. I'm going to build the second floor anyway.
Because there is no skill, awei only listens to his daughter-in-law. As for how to spend the little money earned, it is also her daughter-in-law who has the final say.
I can't help but see awei's confusion and helplessness. Who is to blame for this? Can only blame him for not knowing how to cherish and change when he was young. He never paid attention to study, and never thought about it. He can still learn a trade as the basis of his life.
Now awei's eldest daughter is about to enter the third grade, and it is almost impossible to get into high school with poor grades. According to awei's daughter-in-law, you can go to work after graduation. I seem to see her repeating her parents' path, and there is no way to tell her sadness.
They lack knowledge and talent. When they are hired, they have little choice. They can only sell their labor in the lowest service industry. Once the whole industry is depressed, it is no suspense to be eliminated.
Because they have no knowledge and narrow vision, they not only have a hard life, but also affect their children and repeat the same mistakes.
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The job you are engaged in has not grown, and the older you get, the less valuable it is.
Even if it is hard work, some people become more popular as they get older and become respected masters. Some people can only earn some hard money by being young.
A Qiang is a neighbor of my hometown, one year younger than me. He is more stupid than the average person, and he doesn't want to go to school until he finishes primary school. A Qiang's parents had to let him follow him to the construction site.
When A Qiang was young, he followed his mother to cook for the construction team and did other housework as much as possible. Later, I began to pick bricks, and later learned to build walls and plaster, and the technology became more and more mature.
When A Qiang came of age, he was already a diligent plasterer. He married a blind girl and shouldered the heavy responsibility of supporting his family side by side. He is ashamed to go out early and come back late every day, but his income of two or three hundred yuan a day makes him very satisfied.
But in the past two years, there have been fewer and fewer jobs available to A Qiang. It turns out that many construction teams have added mechanical equipment, which not only improves efficiency, but also improves safety. A Qiang and his parents' construction teams are older, and fewer and fewer people are willing to hire them.
A Qiang wants to join other construction teams, but in a small place, each construction team has its own wall builder, and there are many younger and more agile people than him, so A Qiang's disadvantage is even more obvious.
I have worked hard for most of my life and earned hard-earned money. But now, even if you are willing to suffer, it is difficult for any market to accept yourself. A Qiang was very confused and helpless, but he didn't know what else he could do except build a wall.
This kind of high-intensity, repetitive work is physical strength, and the older you get, the less valuable you are. Therefore, even if you are a hard worker, you should find yourself a job with "room for promotion".
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Lack of adventurous spirit, dare not find another way.
Awei and A Qiang, don't they work hard? Of course not, they are the epitome of many migrant workers at the bottom of society. However, what they did was exactly what they said: "Efforts in action can't solve mental laziness."
Just like awei, many villagers who went to work with him have long since stopped being assembly line workers. They brought the money saved by working back to their hometown, some opened stores, some learned new skills, and gradually found their own way to get rich. To make matters worse, I used my family's fields to grow vegetables and sell them, and gradually became a skilled vegetable farmer.
On the other hand, A Qiang is mentally retarded, and his parents dare not let him try another profession at all. Even if there are fewer and fewer jobs, they firmly believe that someone will always hire them. It doesn't matter if they earn less money, just live frugally.
In fact, if awei and A Qiang are determined to find another way, it is not too late. However, they have all kinds of worries about this, fearing that they will step out and fall into the bottomless abyss.
Fate has always been in your own hands. Want to change, need fearless courage and courage, need to keep up with the pace of the times, continuous learning, improve their ability.
A person who has worked hard all his life, but still lives at the bottom of society, takes an evasive attitude when facing the opportunity to change his destiny, in order to muddle through.