Part-Time Job in Guangzhou: Starting from 300 Yuan

My dad used to work in Guangzhou, and when he came home during the Chinese New Year, he would occasionally talk about what happened back then. He said that when he got off the train, he only had a few dozen yuan left in his pocket. He stood at the exit of the station and looked at the tall buildings and crowds, and his mind was confused. He said that what he feared most at that time was not that he couldn't find a job, but that when he couldn't find a job, he couldn't even find anyone who could make a phone call. After reading the first chapter of this book, I kept thinking about what he said. The protagonist Lin Shen went to Guangzhou from Huaihua in 1998 with thirty-six yuan and seventy cents in his pocket. I didn't dare to eat more corn cakes on the train, for fear that I would finish them before arriving in Guangzhou. When I arrived in Guangzhou, I lost contact with my cousin. He couldn't read all the words on the bus stop signs, and no one answered his calls. He didn't even have enough money in his pocket to buy a return ticket. My dad has experienced these things. When he was squatting next to the phone booth and waiting for a call back, he didn't write about how uncomfortable he felt. He just wrote that the sun was burning his back and sweat was flowing down his spine. This kind of writing is more effective than any sensationalism - it's a bit painful, but it feels light to say it, but it's hidden and not said, which makes people breathless. Later he met boss Wang from his hometown, old Chen from the scrapyard, the boss of the car repair shop, and Su Xiao who was willing to give him the meat slices. A pair of hands tore open the bottom net one by one. This book is not written in the kind of way where "the protagonist is handed a mission from heaven and fights back all the way". It is written in the way that after reading it, you will remember that you or your parents went through this when they were young. In urban villages in Shenzhen, Dongguan, and Guangzhou, there were people like Lin Shen walking in carrying snakeskin bags. Some of them stayed and some went back. But those years should not be forgotten. Vote for it, this book deserves to be seen by more people.