The story of Xiao He

One day, in the road that goes to the countryside to work, a few colleagues talked about in former days casual colleague -- now alcalde candidate small He. Xiao sister said: "Xiao He really can say, in the town defense Taiwan work meeting said the head, admirable!" I said: "Xiao He is a reserve of knowledge, I saw him in the office left a book, it is a philosophical book, so he has read a lot of books." Sister Xiao said, "He not only works hard, but also has a sweet mouth. He used to speak sweet words to everyone at work!" Although I have been with Xiao He for a short time, I think Sister Xiao's evaluation of him is right. Because I saw Xiao He a month ago.

It is July 7 this year wind chappaqua, "card" into the south China sea, I am driving provincial inspection group of comrades to districts north port inspection, encountered in the dam can lead to north port check fishery against Taiwan work, he shook hands with me, I respectfully call him "He Zhenchang", his name is respectfully call me a "righteousness". I from the town government issued to the village committee documents, already know at this time of small He is the deputy secretary of the town Party committee, mayor candidate. He also asked me about Xiao Chen. He graduated from the same university as Xiao Chen, and after graduation they both went to work in the same unit as me.

Xiao elder sister then sighed and said: "Small He all when the mayor, when Xiao Chen exam civil servants?" I say: "Xiao Chen this year already 35 years old, next year can't take a civil servant again."

Xiao He earlier than Xiao Chen two years in the unit, Xiao Chen to the unit, although Xiao He has been admitted to the civil service, but also in the unit to work, two people are brothers, good relationship. After Xiao He left the unit, Xiao Chen has been taking an examination of civil servants, but more than 10 years in the past, has been unable to go ashore. In ten years, Xiao Chen relies on his own efforts to support the unit an important unit room business, has been the unit leaders have been valued. The first of his four leaders offered him a government job, but someone pulled strings from the province to get it. The second and third leaders said they would make him a government employee, but they were stalled by institutional reforms. I have never understood that Xiao Chen, as a college student who graduated from General high school, has been working in this remote island more than 100 kilometers away from his hometown for more than ten years, with a small salary and heavy work. For more than ten years, in the unit of temporary workers in and out of a lot of general high school undergraduate students, their longest time in the unit is not more than three years, the shortest is less than three months. However, Xiao Chen graduated from the university in 2010 to the unit has been working until today, from the age of 24 to 35 years old, became the unit business backbone, is also an old employee, diligent dedication to the unit of their youth.

The iron - made yamen flowing official finally ushered in the current leader last year. However, this leader has a different management style from his predecessors. He likes the new and dislikes the old. He thinks that the old employees are all sophisticates and will not follow his orders. Especially at the end of the new recruit several young contract employees and apprentice after college students, because of its limited power threat in staff personnel, turned the gun on the side of those who do more than a decade of contract employees, behind him in front of the meeting in private, not to say "fuck off" is stop pay leave next month, I and xiao Chen and other old employees under the torture, panic, lack of sense of belonging, I do not know where the road is, I do not know when the leader kicked "egg roll" or fired "squid", deeply realize "black hair do not know to study early, white head party regret to read late."

After dinner, when I took a walk with Xiao Chen, the most we talked about was our current unhappiness. He was more worried about losing his job than I was. I think of the past because of the culture of Xiao Chen, and is the backbone of the business, deeply respected by the leadership, the person is quite frivolous and arrogant, in addition to the leadership also had not the establishment of some cultural level is not high in the eyes of the old staff. For the same status and his older than ten years old labor workers will be on a first name basis. Think of when the mayor of the small He, I met my older colleagues are respectfully called a "brother", details decide success or failure, attitude is different, the road is different, a person thought deeply inspired.

I remember one day seven or eight years ago, walking in a pedestrian street in the city, I heard several old people talking. One of them, a white-haired old man, expressed contempt for the rich and powerful: "Your money has never given me a penny to spend, and your official has never helped me a little. What bird are you? In front of me!" Its lofty spirit, iron clank, not afraid of power, caused me a strong resonance. Think in the unit, what is your official count? I am sweating and earning a little hard money, why flatter you or pat your ass!

When people grow older and lose their advantages, they still have to look at their rice bowls when they have more power and money. When they are proud of the money and the authority, they do not dare to be angry and angry, and they do not dare to act out their temper. Sometimes they have to bow their heads, because your rice bowls are not only related to your food and clothing, but also related to the life of their families.

I live to this age, just deeply realize: people in the young, hard work is not enough, but also need to study hard, learn to be a low-key person, learn a skill near body, try to change the identity, otherwise, the official will abuse you thousands of times, rich boss will abuse you thousands of times, life will abuse you thousands of times.