Chapter 3 Farewell Before Departure
On the third day in the hospital, I peeled oranges and came to my parents: "Dad, Mom, I'm ready to go to work, and I'm looking for a job again." My mother looked at me, "You don't have a job before, you have to find another job." "Ahem... In the past, there was no future in his factory, so he went to find a job where he could learn the craft, and if he didn't want to help someone one day, he could rely on this craft to start a small business on his own. Dad coughed a few times and said to me.
"Okay Dad, you cooperate with the doctor in the hospital, and I'll go to the labor market later." I said to my dad as I handed him oranges. Dad took the orange and looked at me, I thought he was going to say something to me, but he lowered his head and began to sort out the orange. "I'm leaving. After I finished saying to the second elder, I walked to the door, and my father didn't raise his head and said, "Make a call when you find a job." I answered, "Oh, yes." ”
I stood at the door of the labor market, and suddenly I didn't know what I should do, because I hadn't smoked for too long, my throat always felt phlegm, and I walked into the labor market after a dry cough. In the labor market, there is no occupation that can learn the craft, either this kind of factory recruitment general worker or insurance sales. At this time, I thought of Chen Jiao and saw what she thought of these professions.
When I came to the door, I took out the phone, found Chen Jiao's phone and dialed it out, and the phone rang twice: "Wang Shuo, why do you have time to call me, didn't accompany your uncle and aunt?" "I'm looking for a job in the labor market, I want to ask you what job is better, my dad wants me to find someone who can learn some trades, I have to listen to him this time." I looked at the bustling crowd and said, "Why don't you try it at a cake shop?" Chen Jiao said. "Even if I make pastries, I still want to ······ Wait, I can learn to cook. As I was talking, I suddenly thought of the chef industry, which is similar to that of a pastry chef, "It's okay, go ahead and try it, I'm going to get busy." Toot Toot ········" The call ended again in this state of speechlessness.
After having a goal, the road to finding a job is much easier, and I came to a hotel called Lao Workshop, where a red recruitment notice was posted at the door of the store, recruiting Dunzi apprentices, with a salary of 1200, including food and accommodation. Looking at this recruitment, I walked in, "Hello, welcome to the Old Workshop Hotel, do you have a reservation?" "Hello, how do you apply for the job?" I asked embarrassedly, I must have just been greeted by others with courtesy, but I didn't come to consume. "Please come with me. One of the little girls said to me with a smile.
I followed her through the hall and came to a manager's office on the left, "Manager Zhao, someone has come to apply." The little girl knocked on them. "Xiaoli, bring it in. "I followed this girl named Xiaoli to the manager's office, where a lean man sat at the desk, wearing a sky-blue suit and a fresh, flowing hairstyle. "Manager Zhao, I'll go out first. After speaking, Xiaoli walked out of the office and closed the office door.
"Please take a seat, what position are you applying for?" Manager Zhao raised his hand and motioned for me to sit down, I didn't expect this manager to be so approachable, unlike those managers in the factory who felt as if they owed him millions. "Hello Manager Zhao, my name is Wang Shuo, and I am here to apply for an apprenticeship. I said to him.
"Have you ever had any work experience in this area before?" said Manager Zhao with a smile when he looked at me, "I cook at home, so it shouldn't be difficult to get started, I mainly want to learn chef skills slowly." I said simply, "Okay, you can only start from Dunzi when you first come, the salary internship period is 1200, 1500 after a month, 4 days off per month, working hours from 9 am to 2 pm, 5 pm to 9 pm, can you do it?"
"No problem, when will I be able to go to work?" I said impatiently, after all, this is my first job where I can learn a trade, and the most important thing is to make my dad feel at ease. Manager Zhao stood up and said to me: "You can go to work tomorrow morning, wait for you to make a copy of your ID card, and come to work tomorrow and hand it over to the front desk. I hurriedly got up and said, "Thank you, Manager Zhao, I'll come back tomorrow morning, I'll get off work at noon tomorrow to decorate the dormitory, my daily necessities are at home." ”
The problem of work was solved, and I returned to my father's hospital room, "Dad, I have found a job, Dunzi apprentice, and I will go to work tomorrow." I'll go home and bring some daily necessities, I'll live there tomorrow, and you'll be discharged from the hospital in a few days, and I'll be so far away from home as soon as you leave. ”
Dad ate pigeon soup and said, "Well, do a good job, the main thing is to learn the craft, just don't stand still." ”
When the time came for me to go to work and pay my salary, even though I only had 11 days' pay, I was still looking forward to it. At 2 o'clock in the afternoon, I received a notice from Manager Zhao that all employees had a meeting, even the dishwashers had to wait for the meeting.
I walked outside the kitchen, dressed in a white chef's suit, and by the way got a new band-aid on my finger, and the scabs on my left middle and index fingers had not healed for a while. I suddenly remembered my parents at home, we were all in contact by phone, and we had never met. Dad's cough has eased, and he no longer coughs as much as before, thanks to those Chinese herbs, the Chinese herbs sent by Chen Jiao.
In the midst of a discussion, I saw a woman about the same age as me, dressed in professional attire, walk in, and "Mr. Yang, hello." He walked into the manager's office. I'm not a big fan of hustle and bustle, I just believe in one thing, curiosity kills cats. After a few minutes, Manager Zhao came out and shouted: "All the hot and cold dishes in the kitchen, the chef, the dunzi, and the lotus, come to the manager's office." ”
I walked quickly to the manager's office, the small room was crowded with 17 people in our back kitchen, Manager Zhao said: "Today's meeting is mainly because we are going to arrange two people to go to QD to learn technology, of course, QD will also send two people over, this time in the past do not need to fry how good the skills are, what is needed is smart, thick-skinned people." "Hahahaha..." Manager Zhao's words caused all the employees to laugh, "In the past, the learning time was 1 year, and within 1 year, I recorded all the cooking methods and seasoning usage I came into contact with in writing, and I was familiar with the production of at least 30 dishes in one year." ”
After listening to Manager Zhao's words, the employees present suddenly quieted down, except for me who was a little younger, the rest of the kitchen were almost middle-aged people in their 30s and 40s, but I didn't expect to be able to go to QD to study on behalf of the hotel.
Mr. Yang, who was sitting in the manager's position, suddenly said: "Is there no master willing to go?" This sentence once again attracted a whispered discussion, and I vaguely heard someone say about wives, children, and the elderly, and I didn't see anyone come out to talk until the end of the routine.
Manager Zhao looked around, sighed and said, "Okay, you all go out." I was at the back of the door, and I was about to open the door, when I heard Manager Zhao's voice: "Wang Shuo, you wait a while." "I thought it was my internship problem, so I walked to the side and waited for everyone to come out.
When everyone went out, Manager Zhao said to me, "Wang Shuo, are you married?" I shook my head: "Manager Zhao, I don't have a girlfriend yet." I remember when you came and said that you wanted to learn technology, this happened to be an opportunity, and the other masters have already married and have children, so it is really difficult to accept them to leave home for one year. "I ·····" To be honest, I did want to learn a skill, but I hesitated when I thought of my dad who was sick at home.
At this time, Mr. Yang said, "What, if you have any difficulties, you can tell us." I told Mr. Yang and Manager Zhao all about the situation at home, Mr. Yang was silent for a while, and then said: "That's it, Wang Shuo, you go to QD to study, and stay at home for two more days before you go." When you get to QD, you will be given a leave of absence every six months and go home for a week, what do you think?"
I know that this is already the biggest green light for me, "Mr. Yang, I'll go home and discuss with my parents, and give you an answer tomorrow, can you see it?" I looked at Mr. Yang and said. Mr. Yang smiled and said, "You have to go home to discuss, even if you just promised me, I will ask you to go back and discuss." ”
Saying goodbye to Mr. Yang and Manager Zhao, on the way back to the dormitory, I called my mother and told me what had just happened, and my mother agreed, but I didn't let him tell my father, because I wanted to tell him in person.
After work at noon the next day, I went home and told my dad that I was going to QD, and my dad agreed, and asked my mother to withdraw 20,000 yuan for me to spend on the road. In the afternoon, I came to Manager Zhao's office again, I didn't expect Mr. Yang to be there, I felt like I knew I was coming, I told Mr. Yang that I was willing to go to QD to study, and would record all the dishes and bring them back. The next few days were my vacation time (I was granted 5 days off before going to QD), I went home to fish with my dad, and my mom was with me, and as before, we seemed to forget about my dad's cancer.
On the fifth day in a blink of an eye, I received a call from Manager Zhao, asking me to go to the hotel and arrange for tomorrow's departure. When I came to the front of the hotel, I saw a little fat man who was about the same age as me standing next to Xiao Li, and when he saw me coming, Xiao Li said to the little fat man: "Then, he is Wang Shuo, and he will go to QD with you." The little fat man walked over to me with a smile and took out a cloud cigarette: "Brother Wang, my name is Liu Wei, and I am a colleague who went to QD with you." I thanked him for his cigarette "Thank you, I've quit, why haven't I seen you in the hotel before?"
The little fat man said while putting the cigarette into the cigarette case: "I work at the Haitian Hotel, we are not in a hotel, because our boss is a friend of Mr. Yang, so he arranged for me to go to QD with you, and I mainly went to learn seafood." I nodded, I just heard him say that it was another hotel, and I wondered, they all said that peers are enemies, why Yang always arranged for a peer to go together, it turned out that others and I were not studying in the same class.
Liu Wei and I came to Manager Zhao's office, Mr. Yang was talking with a chubby middle-aged uncle, and when he saw us at the desk, he said to the uncle: "Brother Pan, let's go to the private room to talk." He turned his head to Manager Zhao and said, "Manager Zhao, talk to the kitchen and prepare to serve." After speaking, he got up and motioned for me to go to the private room with Liu Wei, although Mr. Yang didn't look much older than me, after all, she was my boss, and I always felt uncomfortable walking with her. Turning my head to look at Liu Wei, I almost laughed out loud, the little fat man actually lowered his head and looked at his feet walking.
Entering the private room, I saw that 4 pairs of dishes and chopsticks and 3 cold dishes had been placed on the table, and Mr. Yang came to the position where the blue tablecloth was placed and said to Mr. Pan: "Brother Pan, come and sit down." After Mr. Pan sat down, he walked to the position of the yellow tablecloth and sat down, Liu Wei and I looked at each other, not knowing what to do, so we could only stand on the edge of the wall that had just entered the door. Mr. Yang turned his head to look at us, and I obviously saw the corners of her mouth turned up, and said, "Sit, are the two of us still eating people?" If someone else said this, I might still laugh and joke, but when Mr. Yang said it, I really didn't dare to laugh, so I could only answer mechanically: "Okay, Mr. Yang." "After seeing that we were seated, the waiter poured a glass of lemonade for each of us, closed the door of the private room and waited outside.
Mr. Pan looked at me and said to Mr. Yang: "Third sister, it seems that you are usually very strict with your employees in the hotel, you see how afraid your employees are of you." I muttered to myself, "You're not afraid, I still have to get her salary." Mr. Yang smiled, didn't answer Mr. Pan's words, and said to me and Liu Wei: "Tomorrow you will go to QD with a mission, I hope you can successfully complete the task assigned to you by the hotel, this meal is considered to be practiced for you, and Mr. Pan and I wish you a victory." After speaking, he picked up the lemonade in front of him and held it up to us. Liu Wei and I hurriedly picked up the lemonade in front of us and said, "Thank you, Mr. Yang, Mr. Pan." I thought it was just a simple gesture, but I didn't expect Mr. Yang to actually touch the cup with us, which I didn't expect.
During the meal, Mr. Yang suddenly said: "Wang Shuo, have you downloaded WX on your mobile phone?" I did hear of WX, but we all used penguins at that time, so I replied: "Mr. Yang, there is no download, we all use penguins." She took out her 4S and said, "Download one, what's there over there WX and tell me, it's more convenient than a penguin." "I took out my NJY5700 to find the app store and downloaded WX, at that time, WX could directly use Penguin to log in, which was more convenient, and after adding Mr. Yang, Liu Wei and I ate with our heads down.
After this uncomfortable meal, I went back to my dorm room and started to pack my bags before departure, when suddenly my phone rang with the popular DJ of the time: Feng Wu Jiutian 2 (current name: Da
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ow), I thought it was my mother's call, but I didn't expect it to be Chen Jiao, "Hey, Chen Jiao, what's wrong?" I jokingly said, "I'll come back tomorrow, do you have time, let's go out for dinner together." "Chen Jiao didn't answer my words, but if she did, it wouldn't be Chen Jiao. "I really don't have time tomorrow, I'm going to leave for QD tomorrow, so you can come back a day earlier. I replied, and I didn't know why I felt a sense of loss in my heart after saying this. "Well, okay, have a nice trip, toot toot·····" I smiled wryly at the red timer number on my phone, shook my head, and continued to pack my bags.
When I got home with my luggage, I said to my dad, "Dad, I'm going to QD tomorrow, and I may not be back until February or March next year, so you pay attention to your body at home." "I watched my dad slowly put down the bowl, I knew that his big truth was coming again, every time he put down the bowl during the meal, he would always say a big truth for 10 minutes, but I usually don't listen. This time I didn't do the same as before, I also put down the bowl and waited for my father's words, but I didn't expect my father to just say: "It's the north over there, it should be very cold these days, remember to bring your autumn clothes and pants." "I wish my dad would tell me the truth for 10 minutes, I held back my tears, nodded, and didn't dare to speak, I was afraid that what I said would be crying.