I graduated from the Normal College in 85, and my pension was only 1,500 yuan
My name is Lao Ma, I am over 60 years old, but I still set up a stall in the vegetable market, and the pressure of life makes me unable to stop. The monthly pension is only 1,500 yuan, which is far from meeting the needs of life, and he has to take out part of it to pay off his son's mortgage. Although I am at an age where I should enjoy family fun, I dare not slack off, all this is my own choice, and I cannot blame anyone else.
I graduated from high school in '81 and was a student in a key class at a local key school. The success of the college entrance examination into the Teachers College made the whole family happy, because I finally escaped the fate of the peasant family through hard work.
After graduating from university, I was assigned to teach chemistry at a middle school in my hometown. Two years later, I married a woman who had no regular job. In the second year of our marriage, we welcomed the birth of our daughter. The family of three lives on my salary alone, and although they are not wealthy, they are doing well. At that time, everyone's standard of living was about the same.
The elders of the family wanted me to have a son, because in the traditional rural concept, there must be a boy in the family. At that time, my daughter was already four years old, and my mother began urging me to have another son.
In 1992, the family planning policy was strictly enforced, and the state encouraged couples to have only one child. In rural areas, if the first child is a girl, it is possible to have another child, but not in the cities.
My wife also agreed with my mother and soon became pregnant with a second child. In 1993, we had the birth of our son, but I was expelled from school for violating the family planning policy, and I paid a heavy price for it.
After losing my job, my wife and I went to the market to set up a stall and sell vegetables. A college graduate, a former teacher, turned out to be a vendor in the market, which is really a trick of fate.
During this time, we have suffered a lot. Wake up at 3 a.m., pedal a tricycle to the wholesale vegetable market, and then pedal the dishes home. My wife and I took turns guarding the stall and had to go home to cook for our children.
Not only do we have to earn enough money for our family of four, but we also have to earn enough money for our husband and wife's insurance. To this end, we work hard and do not back down no matter how difficult it is.
Fortunately, the years of hard work of our husband and wife have not been in vain. The daughter and son were both admitted to the university, and the daughter was even admitted to the 985 key university, and now she has a stable job in a state-owned enterprise and lives a happy life.
After graduating from university, my son failed to enter the civil service, but now works in the private sector. His income is not high, in order to help him get married, we took out all our savings, bought a house for him, paid a down payment, renovated the house, gave a bride price, and bought a wedding payment, and we and I worked hard for this.
Today, I am still struggling for my son's mortgage, and my monthly pension of 1,500 yuan is far from enough to cover my living expenses, so I dare not slack off at all, and still insist on setting up a stall in the vegetable market until the last moment of my life.
I never go to college reunions. Some students transferred to work in the ** department, became a certain level of ***, and several students became principals, vice principals, and the worst is also a teacher with a senior title. Their pensions are all around 10,000 yuan.
Sometimes I think that I have tried my best to get out of the countryside by studying, and I could have had a bright future like other students. Even if it's just to be a teacher for the rest of your life, it's not bad. But because of the family planning policy, I lost my job and ran into problems. I think I'm unlucky, it's in vain to read so many books.