splendid star

Chapter 8 Yu Yangchu Arrives in Beijing
I opened the curtains and looked up. I don't know when, but the continuous mountains outside the window had disappeared. What came into view now was the endless plains. Large tracts of cornfields quickly moved back in the field of vision, filled with a scene of a harvest in sight.
We should have entered the North China Plain, right?Yu Yang looked out the window sleepily, stretched, and was getting closer to his destination!Beijing, here I come!Thinking of this, Yu Yang immediately became energetic.
The train was speeding all the way to the north. The early autumn sun was still scorching hot. The light shone straight in from the window and was dazzling. Yu Yang stretched out his hand to pull down the curtain of the window.
Yu Yang has graduated from junior college in three years. He made an appointment with Guan Lu that he would come to Beijing to set up camp first, and then follow Guan Lu after she graduated, and they would start drifting north together.
Not long after, a pleasant voice on the train announcement brought Yu Yang back from his thoughts to reality: "Dear passengers and friends, the train is running ahead and is about to reach the terminal station of this train, the capital of our great motherland - Beijing. Exit Passengers of the train, please take your luggage and items to both ends of the train and wait to get off..."
Wow!Beijing!finally reached!
With great excitement, Yu Yang followed everyone off the train and stepped firmly on the soil of Beijing.He looked around the vast station, then picked up his suitcase and slowly walked towards the exit along with the bustling crowd.
There are many strangers carrying big and small bags around. They must be like me, coming to Beijing to find their dreams, right?Yu Yang thought to himself.
After leaving the train station and coming to the vast station square, looking around, there were all hurried passers-by. Walking by seemed to bring a gust of wind, and Yu Yang felt their busyness.The pace of life in Beijing is fast!This is Yu Yang's first and most intuitive feeling after arriving in Beijing.Thinking of the small town where I studied in college, the pedestrians on the road were walking slowly and leisurely, as if they were deliberately killing endless time.
While Yu Yang was pondering all the unique features of Beijing, he stopped and attracted several people soliciting business. Some asked if they needed accommodation, some asked if they needed a car, and some asked if they were traveling. Yu Yang was all cautious. He waved his hand to express his refusal.Only then did he realize that it was time to arrange his next trip immediately.
He picked up the mobile phone he had just collected money to buy before Beijing: "Hello, is this Mr. Hu? I am Yu Yang. I have contacted you before. I have left Beijing Station. How can I get to you?...Hmm, okay. , I’ll call you to pick me up after I get off the subway, right?...Okay, okay, I’ll see you later.” Before coming to Beijing, he contacted someone on the rental website and said he was renting directly from the landlord.But the accent on the phone just now sounded like a foreign accent. It couldn't match the accent of a Beijinger - although Yu Yang didn't know much about how Beijingers spoke.What's more, the station was so noisy that it was hard for him to think clearly.
After making the call, Yu Yang raised his head again and looked around. He wanted to appreciate this dreamy metropolis, the majestic station building, the rows of high-rise buildings, the various brightly decorated advertising signs, and the endless flow of people. Busy traffic... All these things are rushing towards us, making people's hearts tremble and not knowing why.At this moment, Yu Yang was so excited that he couldn't describe this bustling metropolis in words. He wanted to remember what he saw today and share it with Guan Lu as soon as he settled in.
Every Beipiao person with dreams looks forward to integrating into this city from a foreign land, taking root, gaining happiness, hope and dignity, and becoming a new Beijinger.Yu Yang is no exception.He secretly made up his mind to make a career in Beijing, and he wanted to give Guan Lu happiness!
After asking around and grinding all the way, Yu Yang finally got out of the subway station and called again. The person who picked him up came over soon. He was a middle-aged man in his 50s. His clothes were a little wrinkled, but his voice was somehow different from the one on the phone. The foreign accent matched: "Are you Yu Yang?" Yu Yang hummed.Is this the landlord?No matter how you look at it, it doesn’t look like it!But people should not be judged by their appearance, maybe the uncle is hiding something secretly!
The man quickly put Yu Yang's luggage on an old tricycle, turned around and said to Yang, "Come up!"
"Uncle, are you really the landlord?" Yu Yang timidly expressed his doubts.
"I am the second landlord, and I have a basement on the first floor." The uncle replied casually.
"Oh." Yu Yang replied in a low voice.
The uncle's tricycle turned a few corners and then entered a narrow alley. There were all kinds of debris piled on both sides of the alley, making it even more crowded.
"We're here." The uncle stopped at the door of a dilapidated old community.Yu Yang took out his luggage, followed the uncle into a unit building, and went down the stairs together. The light in the basement was dim, in sharp contrast to the bright sunshine outside.Waves of musty smell hit my nose.The uncle continued walking into the corridor. There were small compartment doors on both sides. It was roughly estimated that there were more than thirty households.
"This is the one." The uncle took Yu Yang to a door in the middle of the corridor and stopped. "Your room faces south, and the sun shines in during the day. The monthly rent is 350 yuan. The one opposite faces north, and is not seen all year round. Sun, it's cheaper, the monthly rent is 250 yuan. You'd better live in this room, this one is better." The uncle gave Yu Yang some advice.
Yu Yang looked at the south-facing room. The entire room was about 10 square meters. There was an A4-sized window on the wall facing the door, a wooden bed with four legs built with bricks, and a cloth with a broken zipper. The wardrobe, a table from the 90s, half of the drawers fell off.
"Uncle, where are the bathroom and shower room?" Yu Yang asked.
The uncle pointed at the end of the corridor with his finger: "It's right there." Looking around, it was dim and hazy, and he couldn't see anything clearly.
"By the way, the washing machine here is coin-operated." Yu Yang had never heard of a coin-operated washing machine before.
Yu Yang chose a south-facing room.After the transaction was completed, Yu Yang simply tidied up the room and lay on the bed. He felt exhausted from the long drive.
"Hey~ Lulu, I've settled in, don't worry. Well, I live well and have everything in the house. When you come, I will take you to eat Peking duck, visit the front door, visit the Forbidden City, and experience Let's go to the beautiful Beijing." Yu Yang looked at the A4 paper-sized window. Although he was tired, his face was still full of smiles, and he shared with Guan Lu his joy of arriving in Beijing for the first time. "Do you know? Beijing is so big! There are people everywhere. Walking on the road, you can feel the different style of the capital everywhere. It is so beautiful! I hope that we can also buy an apartment in Beijing and settle down in the future. !" Yu Yang paused and added without shame or impatience, "Have another baby!"
Not sure what Guan Lu said on the other end of the phone, Yu Yang laughed to himself, with a look of happiness on his face.
After making the call, Yu Yang looked at the simple house and secretly made up his mind: This is the first place to stay in Beijing.He swore that he would never stay in this miserable place for too long.
After eating, Yu Yang went to the Internet cafe and started looking for a job.Beijing is full of talents, and there are countless college students like him.From the beginning, I carefully selected and submitted my resume with full of longing, and later, I just ignored it and applied overseas.Half a month has passed and countless resumes have been submitted, but in the end few units responded.
I don’t have much money left with me, what should I do next?In fact, a small company currently responded and asked him to go to work. The monthly salary is 1200 yuan + 10% commission, and no insurance is provided.In fact, he has always wanted to find a job that matches his major, but continuing to look for it like this is not an option. People have to survive before they can talk about dreams!Yu Yang finally decided to choose this company to work first, and then ride the donkey to find the horse.
This is a small company that sells building materials. It has less than ten people and keeps everything simple. Yu Yang had no intention of staying here for a long time.But unexpectedly, just in time to catch up with the booming real estate dividend, the building materials industry also took a sip of soup.The company's business is busy, everyone is busy every day, and Yu Yang is not easy to deal with.In just a few months, Yu Yang earned a salary that was much higher than he expected. He was also praised many times by his boss for the newcomer's quick start and hard work.
It has been a while since I came to Beijing. Yu Yang has gradually transformed from the young man who was inexperienced in the world into a social youth with some experience of drifting to Beijing.After saving money, the first thing he had to do was move.
Through the website, he found a suburban village on the edge of the Fifth Ring Road. Although it was far away from work and required more than an hour of commuting one way, he finally moved above ground!
This is a large self-built house by farmers located on the second floor of more than ten square meters. Although it is small, it has all the necessary facilities, including an independent bathroom and a gas stove for simple cooking. However, the water and electricity bills are more expensive than those of normal residential buildings.
When settling the bill with the second landlord in the basement, Yu Yang was a little embarrassed. After all, he had signed a one-year contract, but the payment method was one deposit and one payment.Yu Yang didn't want to ask for the one-month deposit, but the uncle insisted on returning it to him.The uncle said that almost all the young people who rent his basement are people like him who have just come to Beijing to make a transition.He understands their difficulties very well and will not take advantage of them.The uncle also said that there are many young people who can't stand it after living there for a few days and leave Beijing to go back to their hometown. It's really rare for people like Yu Yang to move up from the basement in just a few months. He also said that Yu Yang The young man will have a bright future if he makes progress.After moving in, he met the landlord very few times. At first, he had a grudge against the uncle's description of the second landlord as the landlord's direct renting, but when he heard the uncle say this, Yu Yang's resentment disappeared, and he seemed to really I saw a bright future beckoning to me.
Lying on the sofa and looking at his new home, Yu Yang felt full of comfort.People, pain comes from contrast, and happiness also comes from contrast. The more abrupt the contrast, the stronger the sense of happiness.For a Beijinger, his life at the moment may be too ordinary, but for Yu Yang, he emerged from the basement in less than half a year, and at least after Lulu comes to Beijing, they will have a decent home.Yu Yang's face lit up with happiness when he thought of Guan Lu.
　Ten years ago, almost everyone who migrated to Beijing lived in a basement. This was a characteristic of that era.
　
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