Once that beautiful girl's sad prose

I went back to my hometown to find something for my daughter-in-law, and suddenly I dug out my previous photo album from my closet. Looking at it silently, the past is like a cloud, floating in my mind, and a different kind of touch is in my heart. Every friend is a poem. Although some of them are no longer alive, they are still beating in front of my eyes and chanting in my ear, which makes me remember the past years sweetly. But when I turned to Eiko's photo, I suddenly felt a little more bitter and sad. Not because she has passed away, but because she lingers on ...

Eiko is a girl I met in college, six years older than me, and occasionally met on a bus back to Ledu. Eiko is very beautiful and has a lot of temperament. Her long hair is fluttering, youthful and bright. She used to be an accountant in a foundry. Later, when her unit closed down and she was laid off, she stayed at home and lived on her laurels every day instead of looking for a job. Eiko's parents divorced and she lives with her mother. Mother loves playing mahjong very much. She goes out to play at two o'clock in the afternoon and comes home at ten o'clock in the evening. Eiko will lie on the sofa every day, holding the remote control in her hand. When she opens her eyes, she will turn on the TV, and turn from one station to another. From morning till night, TV has become her lifeblood.

At that time, Eiko was in her mid-twenties, and she was very beautiful. Many men chased her, some married, some unmarried, some genuinely liked her, and some cheated. Although Eiko knows a lot of men, she is basically a lady, because she doesn't like shopping or partying. Occasionally go to her house to play, in addition to eating, she often chats with me while staring at the TV. Sometimes I am in a hurry and force her out for a walk and a stroll. Because of the big age gap, she always treats me like a younger brother and tells me everything. She hates those men who have lied to her. Occasionally, when she is idle and bored, she makes me pretend to be her husband and make threatening phone calls to those men. After the fight and scolding, I laughed happily, and she smiled, but there was a hint of sadness in her eyes. I said, find a man who loves you and get married quickly. You're old enough. Eiko said what's the hurry? She's still young! I say get a job and stop lying at home watching TV every day. Eiko said she was too tired. Let's have a rest for two years.

In this way, Eiko mixed up to the age of 3, married a small boss who runs a logistics company in Xining, had a car and a house, and brought a teenage girl, and lived a good life. She helps her husband take care of the company occasionally, and works as a full-time housewife at home the rest of the time. Besides cleaning and cooking, she still watches TV. I said give birth to a child quickly, and you won't be so lazy with a child. Eiko, let's talk about the situation. He's still young anyway.

It would be fine if the days passed so quietly, but after less than two years, Eiko called me and said that she was divorced because of trivial matters at home. They never got a marriage certificate, and they never gave birth to a child. When they left, Eiko lived with her mother again. Eiko originally invested some money in her husband's company, but when she divorced, she calculated that there were hundreds of thousands of money with interest, but the man just delayed giving the rest except the capital. Eiko asked me what to do. I said yes, I really can't go to court!

because of busy work, we slowly lost contact. When I think about it occasionally, I think she may be doing well, but she is too lazy to call and say hello, so she only prays silently in her heart.

seven or eight years passed quickly. One day, while I was at work, Eiko suddenly called, her voice was a bit hoarse, saying that she had come to Xining and asked me if I was free. I am very happy to say yes, I haven't seen you for many years. Let's meet at noon and have dinner together. After work at noon, I excitedly walked to the appointed place-No.9 bus station, looking for a while before I saw Eiko sitting on the steps. God, I can't believe my eyes. Eiko in front of me is an old rural woman. A messy head of hair was tied in a knot casually, and a few leaves were still stained; There are many wrinkles on the face, and the eyes are dim. The original rosy lips are dry and full of small holes; I don't know the clothes I bought that year, and they are almost faded, so I just put them on my body; Carrying a bag in my hand turned out to be the small satchel that I was familiar with more than ten years ago. It had been worn white and the zipper was broken, so I tied my mouth with a rope. To make matters worse, she limped on one leg, leaning on a stick, and looked like a beggar. I looked at eiko in surprise and asked what happened to my leg. She said it was muscle atrophy!

There are too many people on the street, and she can't go far away like this, so I helped her to the nearest Harbin jiaozi City for dinner. I ordered a few dishes and three plates of jiaozi, and chatted while eating. It turned out that after the divorce, Eiko returned to her mother's house, and she still lived on the sofa watching TV and sleeping every day, instead of looking for a job or playing. Anyway, she turned on the TV when she opened her eyes and closed her eyes when she turned it off. Because the time is too long, I lie on the sofa every day, and usually I lie on my left side, and my right leg is always under my body. The result is slowly like this. Eiko also had several men outside, but they all disappeared for two days. Eiko still has the idea of sitting on the mountain. She always wants a man to support her, and she is a housewife at home every day. However, she is not a standard housewife. Her long-term lazy life makes her have no courage to go outside to find a job, and she can't take care of her family. She has scrapped herself. The original major has been abandoned, she has learned nothing about new things, is unwilling to do hard work, and has a low salary for easy work. She has really become a freeloader.

Eiko and I sat face to face for dinner. She said that she still wanted to ask her money from her old husband when she went to Xining this time. She also counted on him to give her some money for the sake of a husband and wife. I said stop dreaming, it's good that people have returned the money you invested, don't count on those so-called dividends, you have to rely on yourself. Eiko listened to me helplessly, eating jiaozi silently. I was angry with her, lamented her misfortune, and criticized her severely with mixed feelings. Eiko's eyes were red, and she refrained from crying in public. Our voice was very low, but someone still heard us. Several waiters looked at us from time to time, which made me very embarrassed. Eiko said that she had a serious gynecological disease and wanted to see a doctor without money. She asked me if I could borrow some. I gave her all the 8 dollars I had, saying that I don't need to pay it back. I just hope that you can stand up and support yourself, and don't rely on others anymore.

When she left, Eiko said to let me go first, and she walked slowly and packed the rest of the food and took it home. I said if I want to get along like this, don't call me in the future. I'm ashamed to have such friends! Eiko sat silently, and I paid the bill and left. When I turned the stairs, I found her sitting at the table with tears in her eyes and a face of loss and sadness.

It's been more than two years. I haven't contacted Eiko again, and she hasn't called me. Although I still care about her, I want to know how her illness is treated and whether her legs have recovered. But I don't want to make a phone call. I just hope that she can stand up by herself, live in a decent way, live happily and create her own sky with her own hands.

Sometimes when I see those young beggars squatting on the roadside in the street, I can't help thinking of Eiko. I don't know what else Eiko can do, but what can't a person do? Looking back at those old friends, they are all parents, and their lives are very tired, dull but full. What about Eiko? I have thought more than once: if Eiko could find a job in those days, it might not be what it is now! If Eiko had cherished it after her marriage, she might have been a modest female boss. However, her laziness made her a typical house girl, so that she had no ability to survive and lost her youth, soul and body.

But I don't believe in fate. I don't believe that Eiko's fate is what happens to beggars. After all, she is my friend. Touching the photos of Eiko's past, great sorrow surges from my heart! What a beautiful girl, now begging for a living beside her elderly mother. Life is only once for each of us. What can we do if we don't work hard? I silently prayed for eiko and prayed for eiko, longing for the day when eiko's phone rang again and heard the once energetic voice "Boy, I stood up ..."