I'm from Shandong. During the four years of studying in the south, the experience of that summer vacation was the most precious and unforgettable in my life. The school is in Gannan, thousands of kilometers away from home. At that time, my family was poor, and I couldn't go home every winter and summer vacation, so I had to stay at school. First, it saves the travel expenses to and from home, reduces a lot of expenses, and lightens the burden for poor parents; Then you can avoid the twists and turns of buying tickets, crowding cars and congestion on the way back and forth; Also, you can do anything at school. I didn't go home that summer vacation because I had other plans: the school was more than 400 kilometers away from Guangzhou. At that time, Guangzhou was already a frontier metropolis of reform and opening up. It is a legendary land and gold, and it is a paradise that people yearn for. Why don't I use my summer vacation to go to Guangzhou to earn some money? One is to solve family difficulties, and the other is to take the opportunity to do some sightseeing, which is also a kind of exercise for yourself. Why not do it?

With this golden dream, I bought a ticket on the second day of summer vacation and embarked on a journey to work in Guangzhou.

At 7 o'clock that morning, I got on the bus to Guangzhou. Sitting in the car, while browsing the beautiful summer scenery in the south outside the window, the excited heart has already flown to Nandu, hundreds of kilometers away, thinking that there will be unique scenes, unexpected gains, and perhaps a shy Jiangnan woman ... How exciting it is to think of this!

The car galloped smoothly all the way and arrived at Guangzhou bus station as scheduled at 3 pm.

People come and go in the station, bustling and pushing each other, and the cries of vendors and the noise of the crowd come and go; The traffic on the street is endless, mighty and surging. I'm not visiting relatives in Guangzhou, so naturally I have nowhere to go. I think the best place for me to stay is the restaurant, which belongs to my refuge. I looked at the buildings on both sides of the street.

Walking into a small shop with the sign of "Southern Hotel", a chubby boss-like man was busy with something, so I went to inquire.

The other person looked at me and asked, "Where did you get it?"

"Ganzhou." I replied.

"Students?" The other party asked.

"Yes, I use my summer vacation to work." I answered.

When the price agreed to hire me, the other party suddenly asked to see my ID card. I can't get it out. It turns out that when I was at school, because I had to move my hukou, the Public Security Bureau didn't give us a batch of student ID cards when I entered school, so I became a "black household" without an ID card.

Because there is no ID card, things are so "yellow".

So, I found the second and third restaurants ... because of the ID card problem, none of them would hire me.

I sigh: Guangzhou, a huge city, can't accommodate me as a part-time student!

The sun is about to set, and the shadow of the sunset is getting old. The earth roasted by the sun gives off a foul smell, which penetrates into people's spleen and stomach and makes people want to vomit. I don't know when my stomach began to growl, but then I found that I had breakfast at school before I left, and there was not a grain in my mouth. I hurried to the restaurant for help. In the case of hunger, people are often desperate. I saw a restaurant, and there were leftovers on the table, which could solve my hunger problem. I got the permission of the restaurant master, found a small box to put on, and wolfed down the hunger problem.

Stay at night? This is another problem. I don't have enough money to stay in a hotel. Besides, without an ID card, even the humble small hotels of self-employed people will not let them stay.

Finally, I visited Yuexiu District. On a quiet street, a small shop was closed, and the sign hanging on the top could be used as a cover. I have to sleep in this street tonight. I've decided. The night is already deep. In the distance, people who spend the summer in the city are vaguely seen drinking and punching; From time to time, singing and dancing voices came from the surrounding square. This capital of reform and opening up is different from other cities, and people's nightlife is very rich. At that time, Guangzhou led the tide of China's reform and opening up. Everything here is at the forefront of the country. But at this time, I seem to have been out of this craze.

I took out my carry-on blanket, put my luggage under my pillow and spent the night half asleep. This is the first time in my life that I spent an extraordinary night alone on the corner of a distant city.

I have to look for a job the next day. I won't go to the restaurant this time. I'm going to a construction site. Can I always be a construction worker? I am young and strong. I thought to myself.

I found a construction site under construction. Fortunately, a middle-aged man who looks like a contractor seems to be interested in me. I am secretly happy. But I finally asked about my "ID card", and I tried my best to prove my innocence and student status. But he said, how can you prove that you are a legal citizen? Without an ID card, it's unreliable. What if you're a fugitive? What the other person said left me speechless.

"Evil ID card, how important it is at this moment!" I can't help but blurt it out.

I found several construction sites and refused to accept me. I secretly feel sad, disappointed and annoyed. I wandered the streets of the city. Mao Ning's songs played on the street over and over again:

Take away a fishing fire and let it warm my eyes/leave a true feeling and let it dock at Fengqiao/I have alienated that helplessness …

I want to go back to school. I have no money in my pocket. I need to find a way to earn money before I can go back to school. At that time, it can be said that "it should not be called every day, and the ground is not working." At that time, a young student was out of town, unable to find a job and had no money to eat. His embarrassment is unimaginable.

"Where is the return date? Where is my home? " I read it silently in my mind. Listening to Mao Ning's song "The Sound of the Waves Still", I thought: Yes, the situation of the hero in Mao Ning's song is a little far-fetched. "We are both unhappy-we will grow old forever." Helpless, I have been alienated and abandoned by Guangzhou!

I walked aimlessly in the streets of Guangzhou and suddenly passed dozens of places with dense garbage cans. I found that where there are trash cans, people look for things again and again: old cartons, old pieces of paper, empty wine bottles ... all these things are taken to waste collection stations to sell money. This inspired me. Why don't I learn from them, pick up garbage and sell money on Taobao to solve practical problems? The urgent task is to live!

Now I am enlightened. I temporarily put down my luggage, found a place with a trash can, and began to get busy.

Garbage cans, disgusting places, you will have a personal experience when you have been there. Especially in summer, mosquitoes and flies fly and stink, and with the turning of garbage, the stench rolls in. Fortunately, I was able to do it when I came and the flies and mosquitoes left angrily. I insisted on putting up with the strange smell in the trash can, sorting out waste paper boxes, old newspapers, old clothes, old shoes, old plastic bags, old empty thermos bottles, empty wine bottles, empty beer bottles, cans, empty cigarette cases, waste household appliances, scrap iron, copper, aluminum and so on, packaging them, and finally sending them to the nearby waste collection station. When you get there, check-weigh-collect money. I am happily holding the hard-earned "hard-earned money" and have a bottom in my heart. Gradually, I also got used to "working" beside the trash can. Not bad! Busy, dirty and tired, you can always earn a few dollars. This is also a kind of harvest and worth it. Then, pick up the trash can in this area and clean it up, and then find another trash can in other places.

In this way, I found a "fixed job" in Guangzhou-picking up garbage.

In this way, I also have the guarantee of life. Pick up garbage during the day and sell it in trash cans. Take the money to a nearby restaurant to eat noodles or fried dough sticks. At night, sleep in a corner of the street, count the stars, and fall asleep under the city lights. Although it is not decent and the accommodation is not so glamorous, it at least solves the accommodation problem. Although I have never met a beautiful woman in Jiangnan, I am slowly saving my way back to school.

I live the life of a big city. I sigh: the work of "picking up garbage" is also quite nourishing. Some jobs can't be done, but you can do other things! I can't help but sigh: God closed this door and opened another window.

But things didn't go well. As the saying goes, there are rules in the industry and rules in the road.

My work these days obviously touched some people's "cheese" and the local "beggar leader"-a five-year-old boy who broke his leg and attacked me in rainy days and beat me up. Robbed all my things and drove me away.

I was at my wit's end for a while, and then I was desperate.

One door closes and the other opens. My friend in life, who is also a beggar brother, came forward to help me out after knowing my situation. He is Zhan's big brother. He has been in Guangzhou for many years, collecting garbage for a living and has a kind heart. He often likes to fight injustice among beggars. Whoever is bullied, he will definitely help him out when he knows. Knowing my situation, he subdued beggar five. Tell him to be careful in the future. If you touch me, you will kill him.

Under the protection of Zhan Ge, I worked hard. I "worked" in Guangzhou for a month and a half, and I also saved a sum of money, which was enough for the trip back to school and the short-term living expenses. School is about to start, and my life of "breaking into Guangzhou" is coming to an end.

Now, more than 20 years have passed. Now that I think about it, I was moved by the dream at that time, by the impulse of the lush years, and by the bitterness, fatigue, torture and valuable help I got in difficult times. With the cycle of years, there have been several fate tricks in later life, and only the past of the South China that year is unforgettable.

A person always has to go through some special stages and things and meet some people. Looking back on that year, those things, those people, and the dreams and feelings I had at that time always touched my heart and made me cherish them for a long time.

After studying in Jiangnan for many years, there is no room for returning to China. It is difficult to find an official in the bustling city.

Thinking about the past and recalling that year, the sunset returned to the sunset. Tears on the streets, chasing dreams is already comparable.