At noon on the weekend, a friend who had just retired asked me to have a small get-together. Since we usually have a lot of contact, we didn't ask who the people we got together were, so we agreed blankly.
Due to a little thing to deal with, when I arrived at the hotel, it was already 12 noon. My friend and two guests were already waiting for me with tea early. In fact, the four of us gathered at noon today. One is me, the other is my friend, and the other two are friends of my friend, including one Ms. Liu, whom I don't know. The noon reception was arranged by Ms. Liu.
Once seated, my friend introduced me to the two guests and exchanged a few pleasantries. There are not many dishes, but they are quite exquisite, and it can be seen that this Ms. Liu is attentive. The three of us men poured liquor, and Ms. Liu also took the initiative to pour a glass of red wine. Although it was the first time we met, the atmosphere was quite harmonious.
After two glasses of wine, everyone will naturally be lively when they talk. Especially this Ms. Liu, the more she talked, the more excited she became, and took the initiative to introduce her life story. I was also a little puzzled at the time, how could we do this because we were not familiar with each other? I didn't understand why until the end.
Ms. Liu said, "Both parents have been sick since they were in their 30s, and their health has been poor, and they can't do a little important work, and they basically lose their ability to work." "Oh, how old are you? My friend asked casually. As soon as my friend's words came out, I immediately felt that it was rude to ask the lady's age easily, so I immediately took it back. Ms. Liu just smiled and didn't answer. But on the surface, Ms. Liu is about 40 years old. Ms. Liu continued, "Since I was a child, my family conditions were very difficult, I came out at the age of 17 to work, worked as a waiter in a restaurant for two years, and the little salary I earned could not cover the family's expenses, and there was a younger brother at home who went to school. So I decided to partner with someone else in the coal business." "Come, let's have another drink together", Ms. Liu realized that the speech was a bit long and a little embarrassed. "Go on, Xiao Liu", the friend encouraged Ms. Liu. Ms. Liu was not polite, and continued: "I don't have any money to do the coal business, I basically work as a salesman, as a girl, I am still young, and the difficulty at that time, I still can't explain it in retrospect, and others will never understand it." After 3 years of hard work, I earned almost 300,000 yuan, which was a lot of money at that time. "Come, I salute the three eldest brothers, and dry the wine in the glass!" Seeing that Ms. Liu was having a good time, the three of us couldn't interrupt, and we could only echo a few words in the middle and continue to listen to Ms. Liu's story.
After 3 years of coal, the market competition is also fierce, and the user can't stand the pressure, so he saw that the sand and gravel business is okay, so he did the sand and gravel business again. Doing a sand and gravel business to make money is to make money, but there are too many ruffians and hooligans in the society, and it is too difficult for girls to do this business, and there are many things that happened at that time, you can't imagine. Speaking of this, Ms. Liu's eyes turned red.
Seeing this scene, we also felt very sympathetic, and hurried out of the round to ease the dull scene. "Come, let's have a glass of wine together, it's not easy for you, I wish you a bigger and better business. Ms. Liu took the cup, but did not drink, feeling that she still wanted to spit out the bitterness and bitterness of the past few years, as if there was still something important to say, and it could be seen that she was also hesitating in her heart.
Alas, I don't want to say more. If you talk too much, I'm afraid of disturbing the mood of the three big brothers. "It's okay, let's talk, maybe the three big brothers can give you some ideas and help a little." My friend said.
The difficulties in business have passed, and I won't talk about it. After so many years of hard work, all the money I earned was squandered by my husband in 5 years. "Ah, what's wrong, what's going on? My friend asked. "I've made up my mind to divorce him. He secretly engaged in pyramid schemes without me, and lost all the money I had worked hard to earn over the years. Not to mention, he found a mistress outside, you said that the mistress you are looking for is more beautiful than me, fat, black and thick, I am ashamed of him. The key is that my eldest daughter also knows, my eldest daughter is 12 years old and is already sensible, I am afraid that it will affect my daughter. The more Ms. Liu spoke, the more excited she became, and tears flowed from her eyes.
Alas, your husband was really born in the midst of blessings and did not know blessings. Let's not talk about that, drink. The three of us said almost in unison. First, I wanted to ease the atmosphere, and second, I didn't want Ms. Liu to continue. We were very sad and sympathetic to Ms. Liu's experience.
After Ms. Liu calmed down a little, we changed to a pleasant topic again. After talking for a while, Ms. Liu asked my friend with a smile: "Brother, I heard that you are familiar with XX company, I am now in the valve business, and now they are bidding, see if you can introduce me to it?" "My friend has always been slimy in his words and actions, and I know that. I don't know what's wrong, after listening to Ms. Liu's question, maybe moved by Ms. Liu's story, this time I replied neatly and very happily: Yes, I know their boss, and the relationship is not bad, I will lead you to meet him in the past two days, and by the way, tell him about this situation.
I participated in a small gathering, knowing that Ms. Liu's hardships and family misfortunes were not easy, and the enthusiasm of my friends might bring a little help to Ms. Liu, and I really wanted to help Ms. Liu.