A foreign city, dear you

A week later, it was also Monday, [-]:[-] in the morning.

He'ao Village platform.

A bus bound for Ningtouguan came.

"Then I'll get in the car." Cao Xueqian picked up a dark green duffel bag on the ground and said to Ye Lian.

Ye Lian nodded, turned her head, and her eyes turned red unconsciously.

The car door opened, Cao Xueqian got into the car with the bag, and waved Ye Lian back.

The car door closed, Cao Xueqian chose a seat by the window and sat down, put his duffel bag under the seat, and then turned to the window.

Ye Lian reluctantly waved to him, then turned and left.

Looking at Ye Lian's leaving back, Cao Xueqian felt a little sore in his nose.

What a familiar scene!

Every separation, the back view, the helplessness and loneliness, made him feel sad, made him blame himself and feel distressed.

After several years of marriage, we spend less time together and more separation.

When Ye Lian followed him to Yancheng, he worked overtime every day and had little time to accompany her.

Now, he went to work elsewhere.

Although we are still in the same city, because of the long distance, we cannot go home every day and can only go home on weekends.

As a result, not only could he not be with Ye Lian all the time, but he also left Ye Lian with the responsibility of taking care of the family alone...

Cao Xueqian thought, feeling full of guilt.

Dear Lian, I have made you suffer. One day, I will let you live a stable life. We will never be separated again...

Ye Lian had already disappeared, and after a few stops, the carriage, which was still sparsely populated at first, was already full.

Looking at the houses and trees passing by outside, Cao Xueqian's thoughts drifted back to Shunda Plastic Mold Factory.

After returning from the interview last Monday, the couple discussed for a long time and decided to work at Lijin Company. After all, this is a rare and wonderful opportunity.

Although rolling stones don’t gather moss, that’s not necessarily true, right? As long as it doesn't roll blindly, as long as it rolls to a place with sufficient moisture, it will be easier to get moss, right?

The next day after the discussion, as soon as he returned to Shunda Factory, Cao Xueqian typed his resignation report.

Seeing the resignation report, the old director was surprised at first, but soon became as expected. He punched Cao Xueqian and said, "You kid, I've long expected that you would fly to another branch."

The old director did not embarrass Cao Xueqian, saying that he would tell the boss and let him finish the work at hand.

Cao Xueqian was very grateful.

As for finishing the work at hand, there is no need for the old director to tell him. Cao Xueqian feels that this is the responsibility and quality that a resigned person should have.

He had already said in his reply to Lijin Company that he would not be able to go to work until next Monday, so that he would have enough time to finish the work at hand at the Shunda Factory.

Therefore, in the remaining few days, he continued to be serious and meticulous, completing the work at hand and handing it over properly.

During this period, Boss Xu learned that he was resigning, and Xu offered a salary increase to persuade him to stay. However, Cao Xueqian had already decided to leave and rejected Boss Xu's kindness.

On the last day, when he walked out of the factory for the last time with a few items and looked back at the words "Shunda Plastic Mold Factory", Cao Xueqian was filled with emotion.

This was the first factory where he settled down and worked in the city.

Here, he has been longing for, afraid, helpless, humiliated, hesitant, struggling, proud, and helpless...

It was so difficult for him when he first came.

Looking back now, more than half a year was just a blink of an eye.

Thanks to everything here, all the things he has experienced and the people he has faced have promoted his progress and allowed him to grow.

As he thought about it, the faces of Zhao Dongping, Jia Liwen, Lao Dong, and the Korean customer who praised him as a "good boy" appeared in Cao Xueqian's mind.

Farewell, Shunda Factory, farewell, friends!

……

I don’t know how many stops the bus has passed, but the bus was already packed with people.

Along the way, there were many people getting on the bus and few getting off. It was difficult for those who got on the bus behind to find a place to stay. The crossbar of the aisle was covered with dense hands.

It was not time to get off the car yet, but fortunately there was no traffic jam in the morning, and we drove normally and quickly all the way.

On his first day at work in a new company, Cao Xueqian didn’t know much about the company.

But one thing he can be sure of is that as long as he is dedicated enough and works hard enough, Lijin Company will give him a higher and broader world.

Therefore, he comforted himself that the separation from his wife now was for the two of them to be better together in the future...

Around [-]:[-], another stop arrived and the car stopped.

Cao Xueqian looked outside and saw the Ningtou checkpoint arrived.

He quickly stood up and got off the bus. He needed to transfer here.

Strange, why are all the people on the bus getting off?

After asking, I learned that I had to get out of the car and check my documents to pass the customs.

Check documents?

Trouble!

After the interview last Monday, he put all the documents at home.

I took a taxi for my last interview, but I didn’t see anyone asking for ID checks.

How can this be good?

Cao Xueqian hesitated until the end before getting off the car, thinking about how to deal with it.

The city is divided into the outer and inner parts of the pass. To go from the outer part of the pass to the inner part of the pass, you have to go through the checkpoint and check your documents before you can pass.

On the first day when Cao Xueqian went to work in Guan Nei, he was so careless that he forgot about this problem.

Some previous rumors about passing the customs came to his mind at this time, and he was very scared.

He was worried that he wouldn't be able to pass the test today and wouldn't be able to go to work.

If he is absent from work on the first day of work, his impression score in the eyes of the company leaders will definitely be zero, and his job may not be guaranteed. He is even more worried that he will be arrested for investigation because he has no documents as the rumors say, so he will not know who he is. How will it be dealt with?

As Cao Xueqian thought about it, he broke into a cold sweat despite the cold spring weather.

Cao Xueqian went down to the platform and stopped there, not daring to move forward.

The words "Ningtou Checkpoint" had an invisible majesty that made him tremble.

Heading home? He was unwilling to give in.

Go forward? It's like throwing yourself into a trap.

what to do? Cao Xueqian's brain waves kept colliding.

Suddenly, he thought of a person, the introducer who asked him to go to Lijin Company for an interview. Not sure what he can do!

A glimmer of hope shines through the panic.

Cao Xueqian quickly took out his cell phone, found the person's phone number, and dialed the number.

"Hello -" Thank God, the voice on the other end of the phone rang in time.

"Hello, are you Chenggong? Sorry to bother you. I'm Cao Xueqian, the person who went to your company for an interview last Monday." Cao Xueqian tried his best to appear calm. He didn't want future colleagues to look down on him.

"Oh, what's wrong?" asked the other end of the phone.

"That's right. I'm at the Ningtou checkpoint now, but I forgot to bring my ID card and can't pass. What should I do?" Cao Xueqian asked his own problem.

There was no response from the other end.

Cao Xueqian's hopeful heart was filled with anxiety, thinking that there was nothing he could do about it, right? He won't hang up on me, right?

He gave another tentative "feed".

"Then wait for me, I'll be at the checkpoint soon." The other end of the phone answered again, but as soon as he finished speaking, he hung up.

Cao Xueqian was waiting at the platform, looking towards the roadside from time to time.

Sure enough, after two or three cars passed by, Cao Xueqian saw a somewhat familiar figure getting out of a car behind him. Cao Xueqian quickly waved his hand.

The man walked straight towards Cao Xueqian from the crowd. He was Chenggong, his name was Cheng Yufei, and he was a structural engineer in the Structure Department of Lijin Company.

According to the company's custom, engineers are generally called a certain worker, just like Cheng Yufei is called a Chenggong.

Cheng Yufei looks to be about the same age as Cao Xueqian, slightly taller than Cao Xueqian, slightly fatter than Cao Xueqian, with a square face, a tall and straight figure, regular facial features, thick eyebrows and big eyes. He wears a straight suit and carries a simple and square black briefcase.

Cheng Yufei took out an ID card from his briefcase, handed it to Cao Xueqian, and said, "You can use this to pass the test later."

Cao Xueqian took a look and saw that it was a "border management area pass" (Cao Xueqian later learned that this card is also called a "border defense card").

"How do you live here? This is your photo above." Cao Xueqian asked doubtfully.

He knew that Cheng Yufei was trying to find a way to help him, but it was obvious that he was trying to muddle through. Isn't this very risky?