splendid star

Chapter 29
"Where should we get together?" After returning to Beijing, Guan Lu couldn't wait to ask in the "Four Sisters of Beidiao" group.
"Lulu, you and Xiaoju come to my house, and I will take you to a good place." Yuqing answered in the group.
"Okay! When will we go there?" Xiao Ju asked.
"Six o'clock in the afternoon on the 8th of this month." Yuqing replied.
"Isn't that the opening day of the Olympic Games?" Guan Lu asked in surprise.
"Yes, Siyi and I discussed it and chose this day specifically." Yuqing replied.
"Okay! See you there." Xiaoju and Guan Lu replied.
At six o'clock in the afternoon on the 8th, Guan Lu and Xiao Ju came to Yu Qing's house as promised.As soon as he opened the door, he saw Siyi holding a bag of canned beer and Yuqing holding a large bag of snacks.
Guan Lu asked curiously: "What are you planning to do?"
"We decided to go crazy again!" Siyi said with all her strength.
"Yes! I have been depressed for too long. I want to completely relax today!" Yuqing is unemployed. For her, this is a rare opportunity to relax.
Guan Lu and Xiao Ju looked at each other and said with a smile: "Come on! Who is afraid of whom? I have also been holding back a lot of depression and need to vent it."
"Xiao Ju, don't hold it in anymore. Let it out today and let your body and mind completely relax." Guan Lu gently pushed Xiao Ju with her elbow.
"Okay! Come on, let's go crazy together! Where are we going?" Xiaoju hesitated for a moment, then looked like she was determined to risk everything.
"Let's go! I'll take you to a good place." After Yuqing finished speaking, he led everyone out.
The four of them came to the rooftop of a commercial building near Yuqing's home.
"Wow! The view here is really broad, you can see most of Beijing!" Guan Lu shouted excitedly.
"How did you discover such a precious place?" Siyi asked Yuqing curiously.
"On the afternoon of the day I left my job, I was wandering around aimlessly, and then came to this commercial building. Out of curiosity, I took the escalator to the top floor, came to the stairwell, and saw there were steps going up, so Coming up! No matter how loud you shout, no one can hear you here." Yuqing told everyone excitedly.
"Ah -" Yuqing took the lead and shouted into the distance.
Siyi, Guan Lu, and Xiaoju also shouted "Ah——".
"Are you feeling more comfortable?" Yuqing asked excitedly.
"Yes, yes, I feel much more relaxed after I shouted." Xiaoju said happily.
"Among our four sisters, three are unemployed now. We really share the same difficulties and share the same destiny." Siyi looked into the distance and muttered in despair.
Perhaps Siyi's words touched the most sensitive nerve deep in everyone's heart. At this time, the four girls were lying on the guardrail, looking into the distance together, silently thinking about their own thoughts.
Looking down at the vehicles coming and going like ants on the street, looking up at the rows of high-rise buildings, and thinking about the empty and illusory dreams in our hearts, everyone fell into infinite reverie.
"I'm praying here, I'm confused here
I'm here to find I'm here to lose
Beijing Beijing
......"
Yu Qing was moved by the scene and hummed a popular song "Beijing Beijing" by Wang Feng, taking the lead in breaking the reverie silence of the four of them.
"I'm laughing here I'm crying
I live here and I die here.”
Xiaoju couldn't sing this song, so she started humming along as she looked at this prosperous and beautiful metropolis, recalling every detail of her visit to Beijing.
"There are three blocks of cafes and squares
like the distance between the neon light and the moon
People console each other and hug each other as they struggle
Looking for and chasing the dying dream
......"
Guan Lu looked around most of Beijing and hummed along. She felt that the current situation of the four of them, compared to the Beijingers who were born and raised here, was like the distance between neon lights and the moon. At this moment, as the song goes, girls are "comforting and hugging each other". They are like ants in this huge city, struggling to chase the "dying dreams" in their hearts.
"Beijing Beijing..." Siyi also sang along.
As the capital of New China, Beijing is an all-round city that integrates politics, economy, military, diplomacy, science and technology, culture, education, sports, information and other centers. It carries the dreams of many northern drifters.Perhaps, except for this song "Beijing, Beijing", no other song can more accurately express the mood of the four of them at this moment, right?
"There are three blocks of cafes and squares
like the distance between the neon light and the moon
People console each other and hug each other as they struggle
Looking for and chasing the dying dream
Here we laugh and here we cry
We live here and we die here
We're here to pray we're here in the lost
Here we seek and here we lose
Beijing Beijing
......"
After everyone finished singing, Yuqing gave everyone a bottle of wine: "What was our dream when we came to Beijing? Everyone spoke freely and said what they most wanted to say. Let's have a good time tonight. Vent once and start a new life starting tomorrow!"
Siyi said first: "I originally pursued Yuqing because he got admitted to Beijing. After I graduated from college, my parents asked me to go back to my hometown to work as a professional. I didn't want to do it. I made an agreement with them to give me I spent two years looking for my dream. Maybe I hate the comfort of my hometown, or maybe I am greedy for the prosperity of Beijing. In short, I stayed. Maybe one day in the future, I will choose to leave Beijing, return to my hometown, and live a life like It’s an ordinary little life like my parents. But I believe that as long as I work hard, I will have no regrets in this life! I love you, Beijing! This is really a fascinating city.”
"I also love Beijing, I love her antiquity and freshness, I love her breadth and depth. After studying here for four years and working here for one year, I am even more eager to stay in this city and realize my dreams, but Before I even found the door to Beijing, my dream was torn to pieces by reality. Do you know? What our manager Zhao said to me before I left, I thought about it for a long time, and now I finally figured it out, if I want to work in Beijing For the financial industry to develop well, it must have resources, background, and academic qualifications. All three are indispensable. So I have thought about it, and I must take the postgraduate entrance examination." Yuqing declared firmly.
"Then do you plan to study full-time or work?" Siyi asked.
"I am studying full-time. I plan to look for a job and study for the exam at the same time." Yuqing said.
"I came here because Yu Yang is here. But do you know? When I went back this time, my parents said that if Yu Yang wanted to marry me, he would either buy a wedding house in Beijing or a provincial capital, or spend 10 yuan The bride price. I know that no matter which condition it is, it is difficult for Yu Yang to achieve it now. So, I don’t know if Yu Yang and I will have any results..." Guan Lu said about her future with Yu Yang Full of confusion.
"Do you know? My mother called me again a few days ago and asked me why I haven't sent money to my family for a long time? At that moment, do you know what I was thinking? Why after so many years, my father Mom has never taken the initiative to care about me? She has never asked me how a girl lives alone outside? Have she ever met bad people? Why do they only care about money?! I know I made a promise when I was in college I have to bear the money to build a house for my family and the money for my brother to marry a wife. But since I was a sophomore in college, my tuition has been a student loan, which needs to be paid back within six years after graduation. Why don't they ask me about finding a job? How is it? Do you have the ability to return the favor?" Speaking of this, Xiaoju felt so aggrieved that she wanted to cry.
After a pause, Xiao Ju continued: "My purpose in coming to Beijing is very practical. I just want to find a job and make money. Only when I pay off my family debt and school debt can I be qualified to consider my dream. But ...I can't even find a job now." When Xiao Ju said this, tears could no longer hold back.She lowered her head and quietly wiped away her tears with her hands, then raised her head and stared blankly at the sunset in the distance. She felt that what qualifications did she have to talk about dreams now?
"Xiaoju, don't be discouraged, everything will be fine!" Yuqing comforted Xiaoju.
"Yes, life is a process full of ups and downs, and we will all get better." Guan Lu was also encouraging everyone.
"Come on, come on! Let's all drink together. We won't come home until we get drunk today!" Yu Qing greeted everyone while taking three swigs of beer in a row.
As soon as the beer bottomed out, the four girls relaxed even more. Looking at most of Beijing under their feet, they decided to shout out their wishes crazily.
"Ah - Beijing! I must stay here!" Yuqing shouted loudly into the distance.
"I must find a job and make a lot of money!" Xiao Ju shouted.
"I must start a career of my own, and I don't want to go back to my hometown." Siyi also shouted her heartfelt voice.
"I must have a house of my own." Guan Lu looked at the lights that were gradually lighting up and shouted her wish loudly.
Before you know it, night falls and the lanterns begin to turn on.The neon lights flashing everywhere, like stars, make this ancient capital resplendent, gorgeous or solemn, psychedelic or fashionable, and the beauty is amazing!
"Look! What beautiful fireworks!" Siyi was the first to see the Olympic fireworks and pointed them out to everyone excitedly.
"Wow! A big footprint! It's running north quickly." Yu Qing shouted excitedly.
"Everyone, come and count, how many big footprints are there?" Guan Lu said as she hurriedly counted.
"It's so beautiful!" Everyone looked at the opening fireworks of the Olympic Games in ecstasy.
It is true that "the east wind blows thousands of flowers and trees at night, and even blows them down, and the stars are like rain." In the night sky of Beijing at this time, the big footprints composed of fireworks passed through Tiananmen Square, all the way north, towards the main venue!The huge footprints instantly turned into stars falling down all over the sky, and then gathered into five glittering dreamy rings.
The Beijing Olympics has begun!A century of Olympic Games, witnessed personally, the four girls hugged each other and shouted excitedly.
"By the way, I'm going to volunteer for the Olympics tomorrow. Before I left my job, our manager applied for a spot for me." Yuqing shared happily.
"I also applied for a city volunteer for the Beijing Olympics when I was in college. Let's contribute to the Beijing Olympics together tomorrow!" Siyi also revealed to everyone excitedly.
"Xiao Ju, I can't find a job for a while anyway, why don't you become a social volunteer for the Olympic Games? Experience the joy of helping others, and maybe you will meet a noble person!" Guan Lu couldn't attend work, so she encouraged Xiao Ju.
"Well, okay, I'll go wandering around the streets tomorrow and do some good deeds along the way." Xiao Ju chuckled.
The four girls swept away the initial gloom and watched the bright fireworks while talking and laughing.Time flies, and in the flow of time, a great moment that the whole world is paying attention to is coming, and they have inadvertently become witnesses of this moment, and are fortunate to be led to the distant front by an upcoming new era.
(End of this chapter)