山重水复疑无路
A way out from the endless mountains and rivers
走，到深圳去！
Let's go to Shenzhen!
在北京的两天时间里，举目无亲流落街头的周兴和一共吃了5碗面条，睡了两夜汽车站。在彻夜难眠的静夜里，他一个人痛苦地思考了两天。何去何从呢？在痛苦地思考中，他突然想起了邓小平在南方画了个圈的深圳特区，那里是改革开放的前沿，那里大规模的建设正需要和招揽各种人才，在那里肯定会有更多的机遇。可，在那里他是人生地疏，两眼一抹黑，怎么办呢？
During the two days in Beijing, Zhou Xinghe, who lived alone on the street, ate five bowls of noodles and slept at a bus station for two nights. In the silence of the night, he thought bitterly for two days. Where to go? In painful reflection, he suddenly remembered that Deng Xiaoping had circled Shenzhen Special Economic Zone in the south China, the frontier of reform and opening-up, where the large-scale construction needed and recruited all kinds of talents, and where there would surely be more opportunities. But what could he do there, since he was totally unfamiliar with the place and the people there?
车到山前必有路，船过滩头自然直。自小就在苦难和逆境中摔打的周兴和，他对未知的前景虽有几分担心，但更充满自信。他设想，到了深圳后，可以利用自己的能力和智慧去帮人打工，而不谈任何待遇问题，告诉老板只要管3顿饭就行了。他相信自己在半年之内，就可以为老板做出成绩。到那时，他可以向老板摊牌了：我是当老板的料，过去我就曾经当过老板，如果你相信我，我可以为你创造更多的利润，你的企业可以在原来获得利润的基础上，再增加20%承包给我。如果老板不同意也没关系，到那时自己已经熟悉了深圳的情况，有了一定的成绩和基础，还可以向其他老板提出同样的要求，总会遇到一个慧眼识人的老板——何况，身上还揣有8万元买来的专利和众多媒体的报道为自己作证啊！
Things will eventually sort themselves out. Zhou Xinghe, who had been fighting in hardship and adversity since his childhood, was somewhat worried about the unknown future, but he was more confident. He imagined that when he arrived in Shenzhen, he could use his ability and wisdom to work for others, without any discussion of salary, just telling his boss that he only needed to have three meals per day. He believed he could make some achievements for his boss in half a year. Then he could have his cards on the table with his boss: I've been boss before; if you believe me, I can create more profits for you, and you can conract your enterprise to me with 20% more on the basis of the original profit. If the boss did not agree, it’s OK too; since he was already familiar with the situation of Shenzhen then, and had certain achievement and foundation, so he could put forward the same requirement to other boss, and there always should be a people-reading boss - not to mention, he still had the patent that bought in 80,000 yuan and numerous multimedia reports to testify for himself!
想到这里，周兴和有点兴奋起来，他一翻身从车站的椅子上坐了起来，他横下一条心，第二天就赶到深圳去！
At the thought of this, Zhou Xinghe became a little excited. He turned over and sat up in the chair at the station. With a firm resolution, he decided to go to Shenzhen in the next day!
可，深圳远在南方的广东，就是火车也要几天几夜呀！自己身上腰无半文，怎么去呢？那也不用担心，天无绝人之路，没钱坐客车，那就偷爬货车吧！即使沿途的警察把自己抓住了，跟他们说明情况，无非就把他赶下车来就是了。
However, Shenzhen was far away in the south of Guangdong, which would cost a few days and nights even by train! How could he go without a penny? Don’t worry, there’s always a way out. No money to take passenger vehicle, then secretly climb the truck for hitchhiking! Even if the policemen caught him along the way, he could explain the situation, and they shall just kick him off.
天一亮，周兴和从北京火车站左边方向出发，步行前往火车货运场走去——可让他万万没想到的是，妻子刘凤琼很有预见性地在货车站门口等着他！看样子，她已经在这里等他很长时间了。她当然知道，周兴和身上没有钱，北京又没亲戚朋友，他要离开北京，只能是偷爬货车！
As soon as the day dawned, Zhou Xinghe set out from the left side of Beijing Railway Station and walked to the railway freight yard - to his surprise, his wife, Liu Fengqiong, was waiting for him at the gate of the freight station. It seemed that she had been waiting for him here for a long time. Of course, she knew that Zhou Xinghe had no money and no relatives or friends in Beijing. If he wanted to leave Beijing, he could only secretly climb the truck for hitchhiking!
“兴和……”一见到疲惫憔悴的周兴和，她就哭了起来，“我们不要争不要吵了，我们还是一起回去，我跟你一起在盐亭创业吧……”
"Xinghe......" As soon as she saw Zhou Xinghe, who was tired and gaunt, she began to cry, "Let's not argue or quarrel any more. Let's go back home together. Let me start a business with you at Yanting..."
周兴和看着妻子哭泣着真诚哀求他的样子，他心软了下来，沉吟了一阵，他原谅了妻子：“既然这样，那好吧，我们一起回去……”
Zhou Xinghe saw his wife crying and begging piteously. His heart softened and he thought for a while. Then he forgave his wife, and said, "In that case, well, let's go back together..."
回到盐亭，周兴和于1991年初，创办了“盐亭县星河建材厂”。这是周兴和在创办企业注册时，第一次取其自己名字谐音——“星河”，作为他企业的名字。他的释义是：“星”乃天上之星，星辰是天宇中最灿烂的一景，是人类向往美好与未来的象征；“河”乃大地之河，水是大自然中所有生命的源泉，是生生不息奔腾不止的标志。
Back in Yanting, Zhou Xinghe founded "Yanting County Xinghe Building Materials Factory" in early 1991. This was the first time Zhou Xinghe took his own name, Xinghe, as the name of his enterprise when he found and registered the enterprise. His interpretation is: "Xinghe" is the homophonic of "star and river" in Chinese; the "star" in the sky is the most brilliant scenery in the universe, and is the symbol of human yearning for a better future; the "river" of the earth is the source of all life in nature, and is the symbol of endless succession.
当然，这个名字包涵了周兴和对事业的全部追求和希望。后来，成都市西沿线有了以他企业名字命名的“星河路”和“星河南街”，非洲埃塞俄比亚有了以他企业名字命名的“星河科技园区”、三台县三元乡也有了以他名字命名的“兴和路”、“兴和桥”等。“星河”这个名字，逐渐为世人所识所知，进而成为一个国内外响当当的名牌——当然，这些都是后话了，还是让我们回到他事业初创时期来。
Of course, the name implies Zhou Xinghe's full pursuit and hope for his career. Later, there would be Xinghe Road and Xinghe South Street in the west of Chengdu, Xinghe Science Park in Ethiopia, Xinghe Road and Xinghe Bridge in Sanyuan Township, Santai County. The name "Xinghe" has gradually come to be known to the world and become a famous brand both at home and abroad. Absolutely, this is all for later; let's go back to the beginning of his career now.
在周兴和用购买的发明专利创办建材厂同时，他利用妻子刘凤琼自有的120平米地基，又靠从亲戚朋友处筹集起来的10多万元开始修房建厂。
While Zhou Xinghe was building the factory with the invention patent he bought, he used his wife Liu Fengqiong's 120-square-meter foundation and more than 100,000 yuan raised from their relatives and friends to construct the factory.
在修建房屋期间，从图纸设计、购买材料，到物色工人、质量监督，一切都由周兴和独自承担；而买菜做饭、保管材料、记账核算、料理家务就由刘凤琼包干。在近一年的时间里，他们在一起度过了最艰难、最困苦、最贫穷的日子。由于家里缺钱买米买肉，孩子无人照料，他们就把孩子送到乡下王琼华那里。在最艰难时，他们连买米买菜都很困难了，只好回农村老家去挖红苕和背包谷回来度日。
During the construction period, Zhou Xinghe was responsible for everything from designing drawings and purchasing materials, to finding workers and supervising the quality. And Liu Fengqiong did all the cooking, material keeping, bookkeeping and housework. For nearly a year, they spent the most difficult, hardest and poorest days together. As the family was short of money to buy the rice and meat, and no one to take care of their child, they sent him back to Wang Qionghua in the countryside. In the most difficult time, they even had difficulty in buying rice and vegetables, and had to go back to the countryside to dig the sweet potato and carry the corn to make a living.
在建设厂房时，由于当地农民的嫉妒、自私和狭隘，处处阻挠刁难他们的施工。建厂时由于砍掉旁边农民的一根树丫，他们说破坏了他家的风水，漫天索价硬敲诈了周兴和1000多元，否则就不许他们动工；施工中一块瓦片掉下来砸在一头小猪身上，要叫他们赔10头猪的价钱，其理由是母猪还要生仔猪，仔猪长大了还会生仔猪。周兴和说这是头公猪时，他们说公猪配种比母猪更值钱。这样一件小小的事情，他们竟纠集了100多人到他厂里打砸抢，连县委县政府的领导几次出面调解也无济于事……
In the construction of the plant, because of the jealousy, selfishness and narrowness of local farmers, they obstructed their construction in many aspects. When building the factory, as a result of cutting a nearby farmer's tree limb, they said that it destructed their fengshui, and extorted Zhou Xinghe over 1,000 yuan, or they would not be allowed to start construction; during the construction, a tile fell on a piglet and they were asked to pay the price of 10 pigs, on the grounds that it was a sow, which shall have piglets and the piglets would still have piglets when they grew up. When Zhou Xinghe said it was a boar, they said a boar to mate was worth more than a sow. Such a small incident, they unexpectedly gathered more than 100 people and went to his factory to beat, smash, and loot, and even the county party committee and county government leadership mediated for several times but of no help...
“难哪！由于当时盐亭那地方封闭落后，当地人的思想观念狭隘保守，无论做什么事情，他们平白无故都会给你制造障碍。”周兴和回忆道，“他们看见私人办企业，私人修厂房，私人请人做事，这不就是私人要当老板吗？特别是见一个农村人要出来办企业，有些人眼红得都要滴出血来！”
"It’s really difficult! At that time, Yanting was a closed and backward place, and the local people had narrow and conservative minds. Whatever we did, they would create obstacles for no reason." Zhou Xinghe recalled, "They saw the individual running companies, building factories and hiring people to do things. It was a private person wanting to be a boss? Especially, when a rural people wanted to run an enterprise, some people were so jealous!"
这些困难都还罢了，最要命的是周兴和满怀希望从北京博览会上买回的专利，在厂房建好试生产后，因受四川地理环境、气候温度等具体情况的影响，加之原材料成本较高，受当地经济状况和购买力等条件限制，发明专利产品却不能大批量生产，新开办的企业维持起来日益维艰。尽管周兴和想尽办法，苦苦支撑，但企业的生存依然艰难，更不要说求得更大的发展了。
These difficulties were bearable; the worst of all was those patents bought back by Zhou Xinghe from Beijing Expo. After the trial production at the factory, due to the geographical environment, climate, temperature and other specific conditions in Sichuan, combined with the high cost of raw material, and the constraints of local economic conditions and purchasing power, the invention patent product could not put into mass production, and the new enterprise was difficult to maintain increasingly. Despite Zhou Xinghe's efforts, the company was still struggling to survive, not to mention to achieve greater development.
买回来的发明专利就像一粒金贵的种子，但没有太适合它发芽生根的土壤，要开花结果当然就更困难了！望着生产出来但销路不好的产品，连周兴和自己都有些傻眼了。
The patent was like a precious seed, but without the soil suitable for it to germinate and take root, it was even more difficult to blossom and bear fruit! Even Zhou Xinghe was dumbfounded at the poor sales of the products.
“我早在北京的时候就说过，你花那么多钱买回来的就是废纸！你不相信，这不，还是被我说准了！”妻子刘凤琼每当想起那买专利的整整8万块钱，就心痛不已。她见产品的生产销售困难，时时气不打一处来，这下当然有话说了，“8万块钱，我们一家大人小孩要过多少年哪！8万块钱，我的天，你要何年何月才能赚得回来呀！”
"As early as I was in Beijing, I said what you spent so much money to buy is the waste paper! But you didn't believe me. Now what? I've told you so!" His wife, Liu Fengqiong, felt heartbroken every time when she thought of the 80,000 yuan he paid for the patent. She saw the difficulty in the production and sales of products, and always got angry, of course, now she was assured and bold, "80,000 yuan is enough for the adult and children of our family to spend so many years! 80,000 yuan, my god, how long will it take you to earn it back!"
妻子的唠叨，当然无可厚非，周兴和一般情况下是低头不语。可在他心烦意乱的时，他只好一起身，门一摔扭头就走。
His wife's nagging, of course, was beyond reproach, and Zhou Xinghe generally bowed his head silently. But when he was upset, he just got up and walked away after slaming the door.
他不想和妻子争执。
He didn't want to argue with his wife.
“你没有道理，脾气还大得很！”妻子在后边抹起了眼泪，声音更是大了起来，“你欠人家一屁股账不说，还把我俩娘母也拖了进去！你听听，这大街小巷的人是怎么说你周兴和的？！”
"You don't make any sense, and you're in a terrible temper!" His wife began to cry, and her voice grew louder, "You owe others a lot of money, and drag me and my child into it too! Listen to what the people in this street say about you!"
周兴和停住脚，回过头来，冷冷看着刘凤琼。
Zhou Xinghe stopped and turned his head, looking at Liu Fengqiong coldly.
“人家说，哼，那个农村出来的人还想当老板？！”刘凤琼大概气急了，说话也就不太注意分寸了，“人家说，你是想钱想疯了，能办什么企业！”
"They say, well, that man from the country still wants to be boss?!" Liu Fengqiong probably raged, and did not watch her mouth, "The others say, you are crazy about money, how can you run an enterprise!"
“刘凤琼，你不要乱吵，不要过分了！”刘凤琼的话深深刺伤了周兴和，他回过头来，一字一句地对她说道，“你记住，不管欠了人家多少钱，都全部由我周兴和负责偿还！在北京的时候我就说过，你如果实在过不下去了，就把这房子卖了租了，也够你俩娘母生活的，我绝不会拖累你！”
"Liu Fengqiong, don't be disorderly and noisy, don't go too far!" Liu Fengqiong's words deeply hurt Zhou Xinghe. He turned around and said to her word by word, "Remember, no matter how much money I owe otheres, I will be responsible for the repayment! When I was in Beijing, I said that if you really can't live with me any longer, you shall sell and rent this house. It will be enough for you and your daughter to live on. I will never drag you down!"
“你说不会拖累我，但这几年你已经把我拖够了了！”刘凤琼更是感到委屈，她泪流满面地叫着，“为了和你结婚，我把一家人全都得罪了；为了你办厂，我把工作也辞掉了；为了给你借账还账，我是腿都跑断了！……”
"You said you wouldn't drag me down, but you've dragged me down enough these years!" Liu Fengqiong was even more wronged. She cried with tears streaming down her face, "In order to marry you, I have offended the whole family. In order to run your factory, I have given up my job. In order to borrow money to pay your debt, I almost broke my leg! ..."
周兴和在昏黄的路灯下呆呆站了一会儿，一转身走开了。他还是不想和妻子再争论，免得邻居们再看笑话。他精疲力竭，饿着肚子，心事重重地慢慢往涪江边上走去。来到河边，他坐在河滩的一块石头上，想一个人静静想些事情。
Zhou Xinghe stood for a moment under the dim lamp, then turned and walked away. He still didn't want to argue with his wife lest the neighbors saw the joke. Exhausted and hungry, he walked slowly, and preoccupied toward the bank of Fujiang River. When he came to the river, he sat on a stone on the beach and wanted to be alone and think quietly.
江风飒飒，江浪汩汩。天色已晚，天幕上闪烁着几颗若明若暗的星星，一块鹅黄的月亮缓缓爬上远处的山岚，最后倒映在眼前的江水中。
The river wind rustled and the waves gurgled. It was late; a few stars twinkled in the sky, and a yellow moon slowly climbed up the mountains, and finally reflected in the river.
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