In 2020, shanghai police found a homeless man who made a living by picking up garbage in a demolition house, who seemed to be insane, and answered police questions incoherently and without saying the following.
Out of kindness, the police took the tramp away and took care of him for a long time.
Gradually, the homeless man became more conscious and able to reluctantly answer some questions, so he told the police that his name was Yao Yuan and he had been wandering outside for 12 years.
And just when the police helped him find his family, he unexpectedly learned that this person was originally a champion of Beijing Institute of Technology, and had a very decent job, which was the envy of everyone in his hometown.
From the Champion of Beijing Polytechnic to the homeless man who has been scavenging for 12 years, what has Yao Yuan experienced?
After receiving help from the police, how is Yao Yuan doing now?
When the Shanghai police found Yao Yuan in the demolition house, he was 49 years old, obviously still middle-aged, but he was already dying of old age, his hair was gray, and he looked tired, as if he was an old man over sixty years old, it was difficult to imagine that he was the college entrance examination winner who was full of vigor 30 years ago.
Yao Yuan is a native of Hubei, a local cattle man who has counterattacked from poor rural areas by relying on excellent learning ability. He studied well since he was a child, took the college entrance examination in 1990, and obtained extremely high results, becoming the local college entrance examination winner and the object of everyone's envy.
With such an arrogant college entrance examination score in hand, Yao Yuan had many life paths to choose from, and he finally chose Beijing Institute of Technology in the capital.
Before the start of the school, Yao Yuan's family came to a lot of relatives and friends, and everyone expressed their envy and blessings to Yao Yuan, which not only made Yao Yuan feel very happy, but also made his parents feel sincerely proud. In the midst of blessings and laughter, Yao Yuan got up and left home to go in a new direction of life.
Who knows, this direction does not lead to the victory of life, but to the end of all disasters.
After coming to Beijing Polytechnic to study for a while, Yao Yuan soon found that his classmates were very smart, and all of them were geniuses in their respective hometowns. Yao Yuan, as the winner of the college entrance examination, holds those advantages such as hard-working and excellent grades, and the students here also have it.
Not only that, Yao Yuan is no longer as outstanding as in the past, and his achievements are top-notch, because there are always more outstanding students than Yao Yuan who are excellent students in the south and north of the world. Even sometimes, Yao Yuan, who behaved mediocrely, was like an ordinary person.
This huge gap makes Yao Yuan, who has always been the "proud son of heaven" in the eyes of teachers and classmates, somewhat unable to adapt. He couldn't accept his backwardness, so he studied desperately and studied desperately, but when he tried to climb forward, his classmates who were better than him were not idle, no matter how much Yao Yuan caught up, he would soon be surpassed.
Pictured: Beijing in the 1990s
At this time, Yao Yuan had not yet lost, he firmly believed that he still had great room for growth, and constantly encouraged himself to compress time to catch up with those classmates who were far ahead of him. In this way, the originally relatively relaxed 4 years of university life, Yao Yuan was forced to exert himself under the huge and airtight pressure.
Yao Yuancai was just able to catch his breath, but he did not feel completely relaxed, and then he stepped into a more competitive society.
Yao Yuan was actually very lucky, and his efforts during college were not in vain.
When it was close to graduation, a scientific research unit in Beijing noticed Yao Yuan, who had excellent grades and outstanding performance in all aspects, and extended an olive branch to him, so after graduation, when some of Yao Yuan's classmates were still running around looking for a job, he had become a scientific researcher and sat in a clean and bright research room.
Although his parents were rural people, had little culture and no knowledge, they were not willing to force Yao Yuan to return to his hometown and work and live closer to them. After all, in the eyes of his parents, Yao Yuan is so outstanding, always knows what he wants, and can always fight for himself.
Yao Yuan worked in the scientific research unit in Beijing for 9 years under the proud and happy mentality of his parents.
That was enough time for a lonely, but brilliant young man from the countryside to settle down in Beijing. Just when Yao Yuan's parents thought that their son was expected to be able to take root in the capital, they suddenly received a call from Beijing.
The phone call came from Yao Yuan, and as soon as the phone was answered, he told his parents in a tired tone that he had quit his job and would go to Shanghai next. The parents were dazed, not knowing what Yao Yuan had experienced, why he had to give up such a good job, give up the city he was already familiar with, and run to another unfamiliar city.
However, although his parents did not understand, they still did not stop it, but only advised Yao Yuan to act more "twice before acting" to prevent regret later.
But at this time, Yao Yuan did not regret giving up his job in Beijing, because the competition was several times fiercer than in the university years, and he was overwhelmed, so he had to relax himself in the form of escape, and continue to look for new development opportunities.
But at this time, Yao Yuan's mentality was already very different from the past. Before he graduated, he was competing with talents of the same age, which already made him a little difficult, and when he graduated, Yao Yuan had to compete not only with his peers, but also with a group of outstanding newcomers who had just entered the society every year.
Yao Yuan still wants to continue to work hard, but he is no longer his student self, and his perennial work and overtime experience have made him physically and mentally exhausted, and his attention is not as good as before.
Although he was very unwilling, it was very difficult for Yao Yuan to keep himself from falling behind, and he really did not have the extra energy to compete with so many talents.
This makes the physically and mentally exhausted Yao Yuan more like he is running away from the past when he comes to Shanghai than he is looking for new opportunities.
Photo: Shanghai
Fortunately, when he came to the new city, everything was brand new, and Yao Yuan cleaned up his tired psychological state and threw himself into the new life of Shanghai with great enthusiasm.
But reality hit him head-on again.
Just looking for a new job took Yao Yuan a lot of time and energy. After all, in this bustling metropolis that everyone yearns for, there is no shortage of high-achieving students like him, but there will always be more job seekers than him.
Yao Yuan struggled with one new company after another, gradually exhausted his enthusiasm and patience, and the mental state of those who were not willing to be left behind in the past also withered. Realizing that he was in a very poor state and needed a good rest, he resigned from the company that had just stabilized, ready to breathe a sigh of relief.
It was 2008, and Yao Yuan, who was looking for a respite for himself, did not know that a storm was approaching.
In 2008, a financial storm swept the world, almost all companies were busy laying off employees, and the unemployed were desperately trying to find work.
Yao Yuan felt that his mentality had eased, and when he wanted to rejoin the workplace, it was already difficult for him to find a job.
In fact, with his academic qualifications and resume, it is still very easy to find a job, but the trouble is that those jobs that used to be paid well and decently do not need Yao Yuan now, because many people who are better than him are also looking for jobs, and the company naturally wants to recruit better talents.
From Yao Yuan's past study and work experience, it can be seen that he is a person with high self-esteem and dares to compete, and naturally does not want to go to the companies that are not looked up to.
For a long time, Yao Yuan has not been able to find the job he wants, and when he sees his savings, he instantly feels despair.
At the same time, his parents who are far away from home are worried about him. Yao Yuan had not been home for a long time, nor had he called home. His parents couldn't resist calling him, only to find that his phone had been shut down in arrears.
Could it be that Yao Yuan has a new mobile phone number? But why not talk to them? The parents did not know Yao Yuan's address in Shanghai, so they could only wait at home nervously.
But after a long time, all kinds of bad speculations shrouded their hearts, they were afraid that their son had an accident in Shanghai so far away, there was no one around to take care of him, no one helped pass on the news, they could no longer sit still, they ran to Shanghai to find their son, but no matter how they looked for it, even if they asked the police, there was no clue.
Yao Yuan seems to evaporate in the world, past colleagues and friends have lost contact with him, he no longer uses his bank card and mobile phone, the police can not locate him through technical means, can only visit and inquire, but no one has seen Yao Yuan.
Disappointed and desperate parents can only return to their hometown in despair, posting search notices everywhere, waiting for news, and fantasizing that one day their son will appear in front of their door.
They waited for 12 years.
The turning point came in 2020, when police from Shanghai contacted Yao Yuan's parents and showed them a set of recently taken photos. The man in the photo looked weak and tired, with gray hair, and appeared to be an old man over sixty years old.
But the police asked them: "Confirm, is this your son Yao Yuan?" ”
The old,000-eyed parents looked at it hard for a moment, then froze. The people in the photo have changed a lot, but it is indeed his son Yao Yuan, who has been missing for 12 years!
The old couple almost cried bitterly on the spot.
After they calmed down, the police told them that not long ago, when the Shanghai police were collecting basic information, they found a ragged homeless man in a demolition house that had been abandoned for many years, and because he was mentally disturbed and unable to talk normally, the police took him back to be properly placed.
After a while, the tramp gradually woke up, recalled his name and past, and could communicate with the police, who came to Hubei to find his parents based on the information he provided.
When they learned that this homeless man who made a living by picking up garbage was admitted to the Beijing Institute of Technology many years ago, the police were a little incredulous, because he looked too depressed and pitiful.
With the help of the police, the old couple rushed to Shanghai, met their son who had changed his appearance, and brought him home, which was learned from Yao Yuan, who had regained his consciousness, that he had spent all his savings because he could not find a job, and he was ashamed to go home to face his parents and other acquaintances, and did not dare to go home, and could only live in Shanghai by picking up garbage.
There was something wrong with his mental state at that time, and then he did not get timely treatment, and gradually, he even forgot about himself, wandering and wandering in the garbage heap all day, not knowing where he was going.
After hearing this, his parents were heartbroken, but they did not want to complain about him, so they could only hug him and cry silently, and then encouraged him to cheer up again and welcome a new life.
Another year has passed, and at this time, Yao Yuan, under the care of his parents and other relatives, has a lot of spirits, actively accepts treatment, and re-cultivates his life ability.
Now when he talks to people, he will no longer appear in an incoherent state, and talking about the decadent and tired self in the past, unable to accept failure, Yao Yuan can also smile frankly and no longer escape, because he has learned to accept the real and no longer excellent self, and reached a reconciliation with his bleak life.
Maybe the "proud son of heaven" in the past may not come back, but at least Yao Yuan is confident that he will once again look like an upright social person.
In the adult world, there is never the word "easy", and some are just a sea of bitterness that is difficult to overcome. In each of us, there is the shadow of Yao Yuan, who is like a tramp.
How to be happy in an unhappy life is also a technology, for every social person who is struggling to survive, accepting the ordinary self, accepting the ordinary life, this is more important than everything.