In the noisy market, there is a small vendor called the Spectacles Butcher Shop. An old grandmother said to us, "I can trust the pork of Peking University!" We couldn't help but be impressed by the middle-aged man in front of us, wearing white short sleeves, a pair of black-rimmed glasses on the bridge of his nose, and holding a butcher's knife in his hand.
He used to be a graduate of Peking University, but he claimed to be just a pig killer, and he had nothing to do with Peking University or school. When the reporter asked him his true identity, he showed his Peking University graduation certificate, revealing his true identity.
He is a noble son from a poor family, but his current life makes people wonder, is he a butcher who strayed into a college, or a pearl left on the street? His experience is intriguing.
In July 1985, Gaozhaizi Village, Chang'an County, Shaanxi Province, had been silent for a long time, and an acceptance letter brought new vitality to the village. The villagers rushed to tell each other and cheered, because they knew that Lu Buxuan, the child of the old Lu family in the village, was admitted to Peking University with his excellent results of 14th place in the province!
This is the glory of the village, and it is also the realization of Lu Buxuan's dream of rural Wabei.
The admission letter of Peking University brought light to Lu Buxuan, and his father even entertained relatives and friends. They are all full of hope for Lu Buxuan and their lives. However, the hardships of life did not make Lu Buxuan succumb, he was eager to use knowledge to change his destiny, and his efforts were also rewarded, often taking the first place in the exam.
Before the college entrance examination, he also challenged the teachers of various subjects to prove to them that he was the best with his own strength. His unwavering belief and outstanding performance stem from his love of life and desire for the future.
With his proud results, Lu Buxuan became the only one in high school who was admitted to college. His arrogance is not only reflected in this achievement, but also in the fact that he personally tore up the admission letter and vowed to only be admitted to Peking University, because he firmly believed that only that university could be worthy of his ambition and aspirations.
In order to achieve this goal, he spent a year devoting himself to his studies, almost forgetting about the human world. Eventually, he got his wish and was admitted to Peking University.
This achievement of his, as can be seen from his one-man tall workbook, is not accidental, but a manifestation of his perseverance and unremitting efforts.
On August 28, with the expectations of the villagers and his father, he went to Peking University to report alone. Although he is still full of confidence that the future is like the tail of a rainbow, which can be reached with a little effort, the reality has given this rural youth a blow to the head.
In this society, it is difficult to water towering trees with sweat alone. When he first arrived in Beijing, he was thrilled by everything: the towering buildings, the busy security guards, and even the bicycles in the city.
He believes he can make his mark on the city, just as confident as he was in high school. However, the first lessons of society impressed him on the first day of school.
There are a total of 21 people in his class, all of whom are leaders in various places, champions, and most of them are urban people. At this time, he found in his communication with them that their knowledge and vision were far beyond his own.
In the evening, they discussed philosophy, a term that he had never even heard before. Proud and arrogant, he began to try his old high school methods, he went to the library early the next morning to borrow a philosophy book, and his college life was spent almost constantly studying and catching up, because everyone around him was talking about terms he knew almost nothing.
He can't fall in love because most of his time and energy is devoted to his studies.
During the days of studying at Peking University, the atmosphere of the study room deeply affected Lu Buxuan. Although his pride has been eroded, his ambition remains the same. Like his classmates, he has a clear career plan and goals, and they all feel that as liberal arts students at Peking University, they have a sense of responsibility and mission to transform the world, and they believe that they can do it.
Lu Buxuan's dream was to become a writer, but his first job after graduation gave him a blow. In 1989, he was successfully assigned to Xi'an, but in order to be assigned to a good unit, he chose to work hard like he did in high school.
However, he soon discovered that society was not as simple as he imagined, and no matter how hard he tried, it was difficult to enter the doors of provincial organs, state-owned enterprises and other units. Despite many setbacks, Lu Buxuan did not give up on his dream.
He always believes in his ability to achieve his goals and is constantly looking for new opportunities and challenges. His experience has taught us that dreams are not easy to achieve, but as long as we persevere, we can achieve our dreams.
Under the pressure of reality, Lu Buxuan realized that it was not easy to stay in the big city, and he chose to return to his hometown. In the process of looking for work, he found relatives, but unfortunately, his place was replaced by a connected college student.
Although Lu Buxuan found a job in a factory on the verge of closure, his arrogance had vanished, and he chose to compromise and worked as a temporary worker for three years.
Lu Buxuan once firmly believed that no hard work would result in a harvest, and he had done everything perfectly in 3 years, but his efforts were not rewarded, but he was deeply frustrated because of low wages and poor treatment.
Even so, he is still proud of his Peking University education and believes that with his ingenuity, he will be able to succeed. So, Lu Buxuan decided to give up the status quo and pursue his dream.
However, he encountered many difficulties in the process, even to the lowest point in his life. He had to borrow money, sell meat for a living, and even go into debt. During this difficult time, his wife also filed for divorce, putting his life in an even bigger predicament.
However, even in such a situation, Lu Buxuan still held on to his beliefs, and he believed that his talent and hard work could eventually change his fate.
He still firmly believes that if you work hard, you can succeed.
Lu Buxuan was depressed at the trough of his life, lost his former enthusiasm and sharpness, indulged in smoking, drinking and gambling, and no longer stood on the podium, and was known for his amazing words. He was forced to rely on playing cards to make ends meet, and whenever someone asked him about his job, he could only whisper, "I live by playing cards." ”
However, such days continued for many years, until he met his second wife. Although his wife is mediocre, her careful care and love make Lu Buxuan determined to change the status quo.
He started some small businesses, but never made any money. There is a saying in the industry: "If you want to make money, you must first sell fakes." However, Lu Buxuan's education did not allow him to do so.
Once, he accidentally got into a batch of fakes, and he decided to discard them instead of giving them to others. However, the turnover of the store does not lie. In the three-month business period, his loss reached 10,000.
This made Lu Buxuan's hair gray. One day, Lu Buxuan's wife went out to buy meat, and when she came back, she suggested that they open a butcher shop. Lu Buxuan had no choice but to adopt his wife's suggestion.
Because selling pork hardly requires any capital, even the pork that comes in can be settled the next day. However, it seems that everything is in order, and this seems to be the most suitable job for Lu Buxuan.
However, Lu Buxuan's literati aura once again occupied his heart. After half a year of psychological construction, Lu Buxuan finally put down his pen, picked up a kitchen knife and a chopping board, and named it "Glasses Butcher Shop".
Although he used to be an intellectual, now he has to adapt to a new life and work.
Lu Buxuan has never forgotten his identity, although he was forced to become a butcher due to his life, he still firmly believes that he was once an intellectual. He tried to disguise his identity as a graduate of Peking University, and even avoided buying the books and newspapers he needed to read, so as not to be seen by others.
However, his story of selling pork was transmitted back to his hometown, where he was used by villagers to warn their children not to study. Lu Buxuan's father was very disappointed by this, but Lu Buxuan had to take into account the responsibilities of the family, he had to live and solve real problems before he could chase his dreams.
After two years of hard work, Lu Buxuan's pork business has gradually won the trust of the surrounding people. He sold a large amount of pork and earned 40,000 yuan. Although he is no longer the respected student, he has fulfilled his responsibilities to his family.
However, his peaceful life was broken again, and when Xi'an TV was filming in a factory, he inadvertently revealed that Lu Buxuan was a top student of Peking University, but now he was selling meat on the street.
The reporter smelled the value of this news, and immediately went to the glasses butcher shop to interview Lu Buxuan. The next day, the article "Peking University Geniuses Selling Meat on the Streets of Chang'an" appeared in Xi'an's "Huashang Daily".
This extreme contrast has caused widespread social discussion, and Lu Buxuan has become the "butcher of Peking University" because of this news. With the increase in attention, many units in Shaanxi Province have thrown an olive branch to Lu Buxuan.
He could choose the job he coveted in the system, but he chose to write a local chronicle that didn't involve a lot of people. He still has only one mind, that is, he hopes to find a square table in a complex society, do a good job, and that's it.
In the following 12 years, Lu Buxuan participated in the compilation of two yearbooks and one local chronicle. He has gained a lot, including the noble man of his life - Chen Sheng.
Chen Sheng, who is also a graduate of Peking University, found Lu Buxuan and wanted to sell pork with him. Chen Sheng's experience is not simple, he has worked in business and real estate, then into the food industry, and in 2007 he founded a pork chain in Guangzhou.
Although both Lu Buxuan and Chen Sheng have received widespread attention because of Peking University pork, they both believe that as long as they can sell pork well, it is a success. At the invitation of Chen Sheng, Lu Buxuan went to Guangzhou, and his vision was enlarged again.
He found that pork could still be sold like this. Lu Buxuan immediately decided to cooperate with Chen Sheng and started his new life.
Chen Sheng and Lu Buxuan, the two founders, co-founded the butcher school, which is committed to cultivating professional industrial process experts, and wrote relevant teaching materials himself. Despite their growing wealth, Lu Buxuan always felt that he was not worthy of being a Peking University man deep down.
Even when he was invited to speak at Peking University, he was the first to express his guilt for his alma mater. For the past 12 years, his work in local history has left him with a trivial, boring life that he believes does not enhance his academic attainments or fulfills his life's worthiness.
On the contrary, he is convinced that he can become an expert in the field of pork.
Lu Buxuan, 50 years old, once made his mark in the pork industry. Although he insisted on three more years, he could retire early, but he resolutely resigned because he felt that life was short, and he knew his destiny at fifty, and he found his destiny, that is, to fight on the pig expert.
He decided to serve as the chairman of No. 1 Tuzhu Company and focus on doing a good job in this industry, which is also the spirit of his Peking University. This time it was not the sea of the year, their sales reached 1.8 billion a year, and Lu Buxuan also went from a rural baby to a net worth of more than 100 million.
Lu Buxuan's red apron read: The temple does nothing, and the meat case writes Spring and Autumn. He firmly believes that although reading does not necessarily change fate, it can change the way of thinking.
High-level thinking will broaden our horizons and enhance our pattern, which is another way to change our destiny. In this era of 360 lines, we no longer think that reading is the only way out.
Although reading cannot directly bring us prosperity, it is an indispensable stage for improving our self-cultivation.
Making money is not the ultimate goal of life, the true meaning of life may lie in the pursuit of independent thinking, and finding a stubborn stone to make it spark with the power of life.
That's the value of our lives.