On a spring afternoon, I lay on the campus lawn that I was not familiar with, enjoying the laziness brought by the soft sunshine. The phone rang and I didn't want anything to disturb my beauty. It was not until it rang persistently for a minute that I reluctantly pressed the answer button. "Ah Jian, what is your donkey doing?" It's him. It's Jie. "you donkey!" When I was overjoyed, I knew this was the best answer. "when you say donkey here, no one knows what it means." Ajie, who is as far away as Changchun, began to tell the history of his struggle in the past half a year. The old man often said that some things can only be understood after they have experienced it. Just like in Chinese culture, when I began to use the modifier "donkey", I suddenly found that no matter how profound the dictionary of Chinese is, it is inexhaustible.
The first time I heard the word "donkey" describe a person at the end of his freshman year. After the last English exam, I dragged a little tired back to the dormitory. Pushing open the dormitory door, Ajie just got up from the bed, stretched himself and asked, "what are you doing?" What he said left me a little confused. "I just finished my English exam!" "English? I'm a little donkey. " At that moment, I found that Ajie's bleary eyes suddenly became bright and then dark, and finally showed remorse and unwillingness. Obviously, no matter how remorseful and unwilling Ajie is, he can't change the fact that he missed the exam, let alone the legend that he became a donkey.
Some people say that nothing is doomed, but the truth is that many things are destined to happen, just like some people are destined to succeed, some people are destined to become friends. In the first summer vacation of the university, only Ajie and I didn't go home in the dormitory-Ajie had to prepare for the English make-up exam, and I hoped to be financially independent in the university. I went to great lengths to find myself a job that most college students can do but is not particularly tiring-tutoring. In August, the sun in S City tried to suck water out of people like a water pump, scorching those who earn a living. I go out early and come home late every day and work hard, but I can't find a balance between my meagre income and my vow to be independent. It is strange that A Jie goes out early and comes home late every day, but I don't know what he is busy with, because he doesn't have to spend a lot of effort on the English make-up exam at all, he is just waiting for a chance to take a make-up exam.
"Ah Jian, are you tired like this every day?" A sudden sentence from Ajie surprised me, but he didn't seem to be waiting for my answer. "through observation during this period of time, I found that if I set up a stall in the night market, I could make a lot of money, and I …" It turns out that during this period of time, Ajie has been looking for "business opportunities". He found that setting up a small stall in the night market is a good choice, with a small return on investment, and he has found a suitable booth and purchase channels. Now, he just needs a partner, and I'm the natural choice. The next day, I quit my hard-won tutoring job and sold DIY T-shirts on a night market street with Ajie.
On summer nights, people are bustling in the night market. We provide people with painting tools and let customers splash ink on white T-shirts, which really attracts a lot of young people. I have to admire Ajie's mind, such a small booth has brought us a lot of income, and I have really achieved financial independence. In this way, we guard this booth on the night market, selling DIY T-shirts in summer and arts and crafts in winter. Our daily income is enough for us to live a comfortable college life.
Einstein once said that when a man sits with a beautiful woman for an hour, he will feel as if only a minute has passed, but if he is allowed to sit on a hot stove for a minute, he will feel as if a year has passed. The beautiful and comfortable life always passes quickly. When the pace of time comes to 04:00, I suddenly realize that the dream is about to wake up. At the crowded job fair, Ajie and I didn't know how many resumes we sent out, but we seldom received notice of the interview. When we are disappointed, we understand that all this is because our school is "too low-key". That night, we didn't go to the night market to run our "business". Walking in the busiest street in S City, we shouted like crazy people after drinking wine: "Why?" Why? Are we destined to always be hawkers in the night market? " Yes, we know very well that being a hawker on the side of the road is not a long-term solution. People always have to learn to change.
Social competition is always fair, when it raises the threshold of entry, it will also bring people an opportunity to improve themselves. The next day, we transferred the booth and sold all our inventory, and the self-study room for the postgraduate entrance examination became our new "battlefield". I told Ajie that if I was admitted to graduate school, I would set up a stall in a night market in another bigger city. "you donkey, it's so good to be admitted to a graduate school subsidy that only a donkey sets up a stall." Jie seems to be full of confidence in the future. I remember a brother once said that if a senior does not take the postgraduate entrance examination, every day is like the Spring Festival. Ajie and I dare not expect to have such a year, we must strive for a chance to change our destiny. In order to make full use of every remaining minute, we carried a pamphlet recording all kinds of knowledge points with us. Whenever we had time, we would ask each other questions. Whenever we gave the wrong answer, we would be despised and scolded by each other: "you donkey!" Such sounds filled every corner of the campus: canteens, corridors, dormitories. Of course, it often attracts people to look back in disgust and surprise, but we gradually find that it has become an indispensable pleasure in our daily life.
After studying day and night for many days, we walked into the examination room calmly, and the two-day exam was not as bad as we expected. That night, we drank a lot. Ajie said, "if anyone can't drink, shout'I'm a donkey'." So in the next half an hour, we shouted like two donkeys and did not know how many guests of the hotel were scared away. A Jie took me to the playground and took out a wish lamp that I didn't know when to prepare. I said, "you donkey, if this thing had worked, I would have bought 10,000, and I would have to look like a donkey like this every day!" Having said that, I was still piously tossing this Kongming lantern with Ajie, which I don't know if I could fly, just like many people said that we must study hard tomorrow, but we ended up playing all kinds of games the next day.
When we burned a big leak, the Kongming lantern flew reluctantly, and we clasped our hands together to make a wish that we had been blurred the next day.
There is a particularly inspirational saying: "A person should have a ridiculously high goal, so that even if he fails, he will be more successful than others." The result of the postgraduate entrance examination was announced. The bad news is that none of us have been admitted to our ideal school. The good news is that we have all been transferred to a much better school than the current school, and we have a higher platform. At parting, Ajie told me, "have a good time and don't be such a donkey like this again."
Listening to Ajie on the phone, after talking about the history of struggle for more than half a year, I got up and walked to the library. I seemed to see two donkeys running on the prairie.
Author: Zhang Weibo
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