Chapter 1070 Classmates Returning to the City
Wang Aiping is Song Yangming's old classmate, but unlike Gong Shiqi, who was his classmate in junior high and high school, she was his classmate in high school.
Wang Aiping is the child of educated youth, which is the same as Song Yangming, but also different.
Back then, Song Yuanchao and his family returned to the city and went to their hometown, where they were admitted to university. After graduation, they got married and had Song Yangming. Wang Aiping's father got married in the local area when he was an educated youth, and he married a woman from the local village.
When returning to the city, since Wang Aiping's parents were one educated youth and the other a farmer, and Wang Aiping already had an older sister, her father did not return to the city for the sake of his wife and children.
As time went by, more and more educated youth returned to the city, but Wang Aiping's father never left. After the reform and opening up, life in the city became better and better, but the countryside was still so poor. Even though Wang Aiping's father found a job in the local area because he was an educated youth, her mother was still a rural person, and the family of four lived a very hard life.
A few years ago, Shanghai also filmed a TV series called "The Debt of Sin", which tells the story of the children of educated youth. Because the TV series was filmed very realistically, it caused a great sensation in Shanghai.
Wang Aiping and her sister are similar to the children in TV dramas. Fortunately, their father did not abandon them and kept them. This is a blessing in disguise.
Although her parents had a good relationship and Wang Aiping and her sister grew up under their parents' love, the countryside they went to was backward and poor after all, and it was difficult for the children to have any future.
So later there was a policy for the children of educated youth to return to the city, which allowed the children of educated youth who stayed in the local area to return to the city where their parents were born and have the opportunity to change their future. After this policy came out, Wang Aiping's father and mother discussed and decided to send Wang Aiping back to Shanghai to study and live.
Logically speaking, both sisters were qualified, but because Wang Aiping's elder sister was already married and pregnant at the time , she gave up the opportunity to return to the city.
Although there are policies from above, there are conditions for returning to the city. First of all, there needs to be relatives in Shanghai to receive them, so that the children of the educated youth returning to the city can have a home to live in and their household registration can be transferred there.
Wang Aiping's father had many relatives in Shanghai, but it was her aunt who finally accepted Wang Aiping. So according to the policy, Wang Aiping boarded the train to Shanghai alone that year. Wang Aiping was full of curiosity and imagination about her "hometown" that her father had mentioned countless times.
Wang Aiping’s aunt was a nice person, but their family conditions were not that good. The first problem was housing. The living environment of Shanghai citizens at that time was relatively poor, and it was common for a family of several people to be crowded in a small house. They had no choice but to find a solution on their own. This is also the origin of the idea that Shanghai people fully mobilized their brains and "built a temple in a snail shell".
After arriving in Shanghai, Wang Aiping moved into her aunt's house. The small attic of less than three square meters was her world. Although the place was small, it was already very good. You have to know that her cousin from her aunt's family didn't even have the qualifications to live in the attic. When he slept at night, he used a door panel and a few chairs as his bed.
Because Wang Aiping was a girl, and her aunt and father had a good relationship since childhood, in order to better settle her niece, this small attic was specially given to Wang Aiping.
In this way, Wang Aiping settled in Shanghai and started her new life.
After the household registration was settled, the next thing was school registration. According to the policy, Wang Aiping enrolled in a high school class that had already started, and was assigned to the same class as Song Yangming and his classmates.
Compared with other classmates, Wang Aiping, who came to the big city from a small place, seemed a little out of place. First of all, she was not fluent in Shanghainese, and she couldn't speak Mandarin well either. She had a southwestern accent that was difficult for everyone to understand.
Secondly, Wang Aiping's dress was different from that of her classmates. In other words, it was a bit rustic. In addition, high school students grow faster, and Wang Aiping was growing taller, so clothes and pants became tight on her. In addition, she had a good figure, which made her look particularly noticeable.
In order to hide this, Wang Aiping deliberately cut her braids and left a boyish hairstyle. But even so, the slightly tight clothes still made her look graceful, which made many classmates talk about her privately.
In addition, the education level in Shanghai is naturally not comparable to that in small places. You should know that the education level and teachers in Shanghai are among the best in the country. Wang Aiping, who came from a small place, had good academic performance in her hometown, but it was not so good after she enrolled in Shanghai. In the first placement test, Wang Aiping ranked last in the whole grade. Such a big gap made Wang Aiping cry secretly for a long time.
Wang Aiping was a very stubborn girl. With her own efforts and the help of her teachers and classmates, she gradually adapted to the study and life in Shanghai, and her grades gradually improved.
However, because of her poor foundation, Wang Aiping failed to be admitted to university when she graduated from high school and eventually chose to attend a technical secondary school.
After two years of technical secondary school, Wang Aiping went to work in a machinery factory. The work was very hard, but Wang Aiping was very satisfied that she could take root in Shanghai and have a stable job.
If it continues like this, Wang Aiping's life may not be as good as her classmates who are born with good family backgrounds and good at studying, but it is still so-so compared to many ordinary people. After all, most people in this society are just ordinary people, and having a stable job and income is not bad for ordinary people.
But the good times didn't last long, as something bad happened to Wang Aiping's family. Her mother was seriously ill, and in order to treat her mother, not only did she spend all her family's savings, but Wang Aiping also spent all the money she had saved since she started working.
That’s not all. Wang Aiping’s mother suffered from this illness for three years. During these three years, Wang Aiping was very clear about the family situation and took the initiative to shoulder this heavy burden. For her mother, she not only sent all the money back home except for living expenses every month, but also borrowed a lot of money from relatives and friends. However, even so, her mother’s life could not be saved.
After her mother passed away, it was no exaggeration to say that the family was left penniless. Wang Aiping's father was in poor health due to excessive grief. In order to help the family, Wang Aiping even took on heavy debts.
These debts made her feel suffocated. In order to repay the debts, in addition to her formal job, Wang Aiping would set up a stall near the City God Temple after get off work, earning some money by selling some small items from wholesale, so as to slowly repay the debts.
It can be said that Wang Aiping's life was very difficult, and she no longer lived with her aunt's family. After she started working, Wang Aiping took the initiative to move out and live in the dormitory of her company. After all, her aunt's house was too small, and it was inconvenient for her, a grown girl, to live in a crowded place with her aunt's cousin's family.
In recent years, classmates who knew Wang Aiping's situation would more or less secretly help her, and Gong Shiqi was one of them.
However, Wang Aiping refused direct financial help from her classmates. She was a very strong-willed woman. In her opinion, the friendship between classmates was pure, and it would be different if it was mixed with money. Moreover, she wanted to repay the debt with her own hands, rather than relying on the charity of her classmates to solve the problem.
So everyone's help was indirect. For example, Gong Shiqi, who was a policeman, went to the police station where Wang Aiping was setting up her stall without her knowing and said hello privately. He also asked someone to find the Industrial and Commercial Bureau and the Market Management Office, and asked his friends to take care of his old classmate as much as possible.
Because of this, there has never been any mess at Wang Aiping's stall, and this is the real reason why Wang Aiping has been able to set up her stall there peacefully.
"She's not young anymore, right? She's not married yet?" After listening to Gong Shiqi's story, Song Yangming couldn't help but ask.
Gong Shiqi shook his head: "I heard that she had two boyfriends, but they all broke up because of her family situation. Think about it, a girl is the daughter of educated youth who returned to Shanghai, and she also has such a heavy debt. What's the use even if Wang Aiping is beautiful? Which man would marry a wife with debts? The debts must be paid off after marriage, and this amount of money is not a small amount. In addition, Wang Aiping's father and sister are still in the southwest. If she continues to pay money to her parents' home after getting married..."
At this point, Gong Shiqi sighed, and Song Yangming nodded to show his understanding. After all, Wang Aiping's debt was not a small amount. This money was nothing to the Song family, but it was a large sum of money for an ordinary family. Coupled with what might happen in the future, there were indeed not many ordinary people who could accept Wang Aiping.
In fact, Song Yangming and Wang Aiping had an ordinary relationship. After all, when they were in school, there was not much interaction between male and female classmates. In addition, Wang Aiping's presence in the class was not high. The most profound impression Song Yangming had was that Wang Aiping often wore ill-fitting clothes and lowered her head to read.
If Gong Shiqi had not mentioned Wang Aiping today, Song Yangming might have forgotten this female classmate long ago.
But when Gong Shiqi talked about Wang Aiping today, some things deep in his memory gradually came to light. In addition, when he heard about the difficulties Wang Aiping had gone through over the years, Song Yangming couldn't help but sigh with emotion.
The meal didn't take long. Firstly, it was a spur of the moment decision, and secondly, it was too late. In addition, no one had drunk any alcohol, so we dispersed in the middle of the night.
When they parted, Song Yangming and Gong Shiqi exchanged mobile phone numbers and agreed that Gong Shiqi would call them after he had contacted his classmates, and they would then set a time to get together.
After returning to the police station, Song Yangming took the packed meals to Chief Han and the comrades on duty. He also bought two packs of cigarettes to express his gratitude.
Han Suo was going to refuse at first, but accepted it after being persuaded by Gong Shiqi. When saying goodbye, Song Yangming asked Han Suo for his contact information, and said that they would have dinner together when Han Suo came back from Jinling. Han Suo nodded in agreement with a smile, and then shook hands and left.
It was past midnight when he got home. Qin Wenhui had also gone to bed. Without disturbing her, Song Yangming quietly got on the bed. As soon as he lay down, Qin Wenhui, who was in her sleep, seemed to notice that Song Yangming had returned. She turned around and hugged him. Feeling the scent of his wife, Song Yangming closed his eyes and soon fell asleep.
