HJC character story series- Joe

2021-03-18
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湖南 张家界 Hunan Zhangjiajie 

花爷那年高考自以为不是很满意,跑去张家界打了一年半工,再回来慈利读过一年半的补习,考到北京的一所大学。自此,她的人生路就显得与村里其他一些青年有所不同。她在大学谈了一个男友,毕业之后,顺理成章的留在北京,顺其自然的跟男友结婚,大抵就这样算在北京扎下根来。

Joe was not content with the college entrance examination that year and went to ZhangJiajie to work for a year and a half. Later she returned to her home town -Cili for a year and a half of tutoring and was enrolled to a university in Beijing. Since then, her life has been different from other young people in the village. After graduated, staying in Beijing as a matter of course, married her boyfriend who met in college, she probably took root in Beijing like this.


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北京 Beijing

她这三十多年的经历,不过这短短一段话算是概括完了,却又并不是,她这些年来的经历,跟“花爷”这样一个声头,真是十分相配。

Her experiences over the past 30 years can be summed up in a short paragraph mentioned above, but not all of them. What she got through over the past years matched with her title “Madam Joe".



花爷是个有福气的人哎!我们都这样看她。


Joe is a really lucky girl! We all agree with that.

她自己也这样说,说起那年从打工妹回来复读的机缘,说起读大学偏偏跟了前男友现老公的这一段缘分,说起她工作上的机遇,说起她的婆婆她的闺女…….花爷嘴里的这些人和故事,是她人生的锦绣,她说起来总满怀着感激与感恩,花爷对生活的美好从来只有憧憬和向往,听不到半声抱怨,她做不成怨妇。

Madam Joe also admitted that, while talking about the chance that she came back from factory to prepare for the college entrance examination, the story she met her ex-boyfriend and her current Mr. Right, her job opportunities she missed and grabbed, the relationship with her mother-in-law and her daughter... These people and stories in the mouth of Madam Joe are the splendors of her life. She is always grateful what she experienced and only longed and yearned for the beauty of life, without any complaint. She will never be a grudge woman.


即使近些年有一点难,却哪里难得住她呢?


Even though it has been a little difficult in recent years, nothing can stop her from keeping forward?

花爷是一个弱弱小小的女人,典型的慈利女孩子,没有粉黛,偶尔一点淡妆,也并不像“都市丽人”那样的精致,衣服也是随随便便舒舒服服,她如今的生活在两个城市之间兜转,生活在北京,工作在长沙,还有频频的出差,又怎样呢?家里要布置好,事业上也要安排好,这不是当代女性最真实的写照么?她有一份事业心,是为了更好的生活,她是农村里出来的孩子,懂得感恩,懂得付出,亦懂得取舍。


Joe is a petite but not weak girl, a typical Cili girl. She has light make-up occasionally and just wears casual and comfortable clothes, not as delicate as "city beauties". Now she lives in Beijing, works in Changsha, commuting between 2 cites frequently. What's the matter? The family should be well arranged, and the career also be well organized. Isn't this the portrayal of contemporary women? She has a spirit of career, for a better life. Came from countryside, she knows how to be grateful, how to make effort and also how to choose.


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湖南 长沙  Hunan changsha 

花爷大学的专业是环境科学,从学校出来,没有找到本专业相关工作,为了留在北京做起了国内销售,后来不经意干起外贸的行当。她在学校攒了一点外语的底子,但凭着这一点底子做外贸,她自己心里也没底,没底归没底,袖子都已经卷上了,不干出个模样来,那可不是花爷。花爷的外贸干到今天也已经接近5个年头了,好不好大家来评。

Joe's major in college is environmental science. She didn't find a job related to her major after graduated. In order to stay in Beijing, she started domestic sales. Later she inadvertently began to deal with foreign trade. Just spent a little time to learn English in college, she was not confident to her work. No choice, but rolled up sleeves to do. Run away, that's not the style of Madam Joe. Till now she has been engaged in foreign trade for nearly five years. Achievements tell everything.


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花爷在上海水展上与客户的合影(左二)Joe in Shanghai Exhibition (second by left)

今年因为疫情,因为交通的限制,见花爷的时间不多,也因为疫情的原因,外贸订单的骤然减少,让花爷的朋友圈时常有一些危机感的感慨,花爷年初苦学了几个月的互联网销售,她同闺女一起趴在小桌子上,闺女专心的画着画儿,她专心的听网课看专业书做笔记写心得,花爷的人生,没消停过,她一个典型的湖南人,耐得烦、霸得蛮、吃得苦。

This year, due to the COVID-19 and traffic restrictions, we didn't have time to meet Joe. The sudden decrease of overseas orders, Joe sometimes expressed sense of crisis in Wechat moments. Suspended work, but never stop to study. She had time to learn Internet marketing for several months. Lying on a small table with her daughter, girl was drawing pictures attentively and she listened to online classes, read professional books, took notes and wrote her experiences. That's a such warm image. Joe’s life has never stopped. She is a typical Hunan girl, who is patient and strong.


吃起苦来,还比谁都要狠。


To bear hardships, no one can compare with her, Madam Joe.


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