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Bend down to hold your head up

He is the president of a listed company and has a lot of money in his pocket.

By Noah S DuffPublished 3 years ago 3 min read
Bend down to hold your head up
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  He is the president of a listed company and has a lot of money in his pocket.

  

  He hadn't ridden a bus for a long time, and one day, he had a sudden idea to experience the life of ordinary people.

  

  He put in his coin and found a seat by the window and sat down.

  

  In front of him was a pregnant woman, behind him was an old man, these ordinary people, crowding the bus every day, living a miserable life but still very happy.

  

  Across from him was a very beautiful woman whom he could admire up close. When the bus arrived at the next stop, the number of people coming up gradually increased, and the beautiful woman was gradually obscured by people.

  

  He couldn't see her, so he closed his eyes and reminisced about the woman's exquisite style.

  

  Suddenly, a sharp voice came at him: "Can't you give up your seat? A big man is not a gentleman at all!" He opened his eyes and saw a woman holding a baby, standing in front of him.

  

  And the woman who threw out the sharp voice continued to yell at him who was in a daze: "What are you looking at, I'm talking about you!" The whole car looked over at him, and his face bristled with haze. He hurriedly stood up and gave up his seat to the woman holding the child.

  

  At the next stop, he woefully escaped from the car, he never thought he would make such a big fool of himself, before getting off, he took a hard look at the ugly girl with sharp teeth, hated straight gnashing his teeth.

  

  His company was hiring, and during the interview, he performed the gatekeeping. He saw a familiar face - it was her, the girl who had made a fool of him. The girl who had made a fool out of him. He was pleased that he finally had a chance to get back at her.

  

  The girl also recognized him and looked suddenly nervous, sweat seeping out of her forehead.

  

  "You polish each of our shoes, you can be hired." He said to her.

  

  She stood there, hesitating for a long time, her family's finances had all but collapsed and she needed this job so badly. Despite her high education and ability, many companies had turned her away because of her ugly appearance. Now, the opportunity was in front of her, as long as she put aside her pride and shine their shoes for once. But how could she trade her dignity for it?

  

  He concluded in his heart that this stubborn girl would not stoop to her level and continued to provoke her, but to his surprise, she agreed. She brought the shoe brush, squatted down, and began to shine the shoes for the examiners. He thought smugly, "Aren't you great? How come there is no movement?

  

  It was his turn, and he deliberately crossed his legs. Suddenly, he felt he had gone a bit too far, the girl in the car hurt him, but essentially for a good cause, a bit of chivalry. He asked his subordinates for her file, and her written test scores were first, way ahead of the people behind her. By all accounts, the girl was outstanding. Besides, one can never go back on one's word in front of everyone.

  

  So, after she finished polishing the shoes of several examiners, he announced in public that she was hired.

  

  She didn't look too excited, but just faintly thanked the examiners. Then she said to him word for word: "Counting you, I have polished 5 pairs of shoes, each pair costs 2 yuan, please pay me 10 yuan. Then, I can come to work."

  

  He didn't expect the girl to say that anyway, but his announced decision could no longer be changed. He had to give her $10 reluctantly. What was even more unexpected to him was that the girl took the 10 yuan and walked to an old man picking up garbage in front of the company and gave the 10 yuan to the old man.

  

  Some souls are destined to be noble, no matter how humble fate will take them. Just like this girl, although her dignity was hurt, she found a noble outlet for it.

  

  From then on, he was impressed by this ugly girl. The girl in the future work, indeed, performed very well, outstanding performance, for him to complete a lot of seemingly impossible tasks.

  

  One day, he could not help but ask her: "When I was so difficult for you, you have no resentment in your heart?"

  

  The girl replied, "I bend down, only to exchange a chance to hold up my head."

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Noah S Duff

It is a joy to swim in the sea of words

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