There are many foreign rickshaw pullers' schools in Beiping: young and strong, agile in legs and feet, paying attention to renting beautiful cars, pulling all day, and having the freedom to drive and collect cars at any time; Pull the car out and put it at the fixed "entrance" (1) or at the door of the house, waiting for the owner of the express train; If you do it well, you may get one and two pieces at once; As it happens, I may have wasted a day and didn't even land the "car share", but I don't care. There are probably two hopes of this group of buddies: either pulling a chartered car; Or buy your own car, have your own car, and then go for a month or a seat, it doesn't matter. Anyway, the car is my own.
Older than this group, or who run a little harder for physical reasons, or who dare not waste a day for family reasons, probably pull 80% new cars; People and cars are beautiful, and they can maintain considerable dignity when asking for money. The rickshaw pullers in this school may pull "all day" or "half a day". In the latter case, because there is still considerable vigor, winter and summer are always "late". Of course, more attention and skills are needed at night than during the day; Naturally, you earn a lot of money.
I'm afraid those over forty and under twenty have no place in the first two factions. Their car broke down and they didn't dare to "stay up late", so they had to drive, which meant early. In mathematics, I try to base mathematics on logic. Yes, I hope I can switch from early morning to three or four in the afternoon, and pull out "car sharing" and my own chewing cereal. Their car broke down and ran slowly, so they had to walk more and ask for less money. They are the ones who go to melon market, fruit market and vegetable market to pull goods; There is little money, but there is no need to run fast.
Here, people under the age of 20-some have been in this business since the age of eleven or twelve-rarely become beautiful drivers after the age of 20, because they were injured when they were young and it is difficult to be strong. They may have been pulling rickshaws all their lives, but they have never even been in the limelight. Some people over 40 years old have been pulling cars for ten or eight years, and the decline of muscles makes them live a lonely life, and they gradually know that sooner or later they will die on the road. Their posture of pulling rickshaws, improvising when bargaining, approaching and going far enough to remind them of the glory of the past, fanning the younger generation with their noses and wings. However, this glory can't reduce the darkness in the future, and they themselves often sigh when sweating. However, compared with other drivers in their forties, they seem to have never suffered at home. These are things that I never thought I could get involved with foreign cars before. I only picked up the handlebars when the boundary between life and death was unclear. Dismissed patrolmen or school workers, vendors who have eaten up all their capital, or unemployed craftsmen, when it is time to sell, bite the bullet and walk down this road with tears in their eyes until they die. These people, who sold in the most prosperous period of their lives, are now dripping with blood and sweat from Wowotou on the road. Without strength, experience and friends, even among peers, you can't get a good spirit. They pull the worst car, and the belt may deflate many times a day; You have to ask for forgiveness while pulling people, although fifteen big coppers is a very sweet deal.
In addition, due to the particularity of environment and knowledge, some drivers have formed another school. Born in Xiyuan Haidian, it is convenient to go to Xishan, Yanjing and Tsinghua. Similarly, take Qinghe and Beiyuan outside Andingmen; It's a long way to Nanyuan outside Yongdingmen, so I don't want to sit. Because a trip is a trip, I don't care about the poverty of three or five coppers. But they don't have rickshaw pullers in Dongjiaominxiang. These people who specialize in foreign trade are all drawn from Jiaominxiang to Yuquan Mountain, Summer Palace or Xishan Mountain. Long-winded is no small matter. The reason why drivers can't compete in this business is mostly because these foreigners have a little different knowledge. They can speak foreign languages. British soldiers and French soldiers all know Wanshou Mountain, Lama Temple and Eight Hutong. They have their own set of foreign words and don't teach others. Their running style is also very special. They walked on the side of the road with their heads down and their eyes fixed on each other. They brought out the air that is independent of the world and has their own expertise. Because outsiders drag, they can wear long-sleeved white jackets, white or black pants, especially fat pants, and thin straps on their ankles, so they don't wear sizes; Feet are wide double-sided blue shoes; Clean, tidy and dignified. At the sight of such clothes, other drivers will not compete for seats and racing cars. They seem to belong to another industry.
With this simple analysis, we can say that Xiangzi's position is as accurate as-we hope-a nail on some kind of machine. Xiangzi, before having a relationship with the nickname "camel", was a person who was more "evolutionary epistemology" than a free foreign driver. In other words, he belongs to the kind of young and strong, and has his own car: his own car and his own life are in his own hands, and he is a senior driver. This is by no means an easy task. One year, two years, at least three or four years; One drop of sweat, two drops of sweat, I don't know how many drops of sweat to earn that car. The car was earned by gnashing your teeth in the wind and rain, and it was earned by hard work in rice and tea. That car is the total achievement and reward of all his struggles and hardships, just like the badge of a battle-hardened soldier. He rents someone else's car, just like a top pulled from morning till night, from east to west, from south to north; He has no ego. However, in this rotation, his eyes are not spent, and his heart is not chaotic. He always thinks that there is a car in the distance that can make him free and independent, like a car with its own hands and feet. With his own car, he can not be angry with the people tied to the car, nor have to perfunctory others; With your own strength and rickshaw, you can have food when you open your eyes.