True Love (novella) Zhang Baotong

The next morning, Liu Shiliang brought Xu Li to the building materials city. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 Info Building Materials City is the largest building materials mall in Northwest China. The five-storey building is all covered with large blocks of glass, which looks very grand and luxurious. She had never seen such a high-end and expensive shopping mall. Today, she finally saw the world.

When she came to the front of the mall, a warm heat came to her face, which made her feel warm and warm, and she was very welcome. Entering the mall, the shops inside are all separated by glass, so you can see everything inside, and the large tiles on the floor are mopped by the cleaning lady with a mop to spotlessly clean. The shopping guide in the store is almost a young girl of blue color, wearing a uniform black suit, very spiritual, very beautiful, and very enviable. Xu Li thought that if she was also educated, she wouldn't have to go to the restaurant as a waiter, and she could enter this store as a shopping guide. Not only do people look decent, but they also have high wages. Therefore, she regretted that she didn't go to school crying with her mother, because she was uneducated and couldn't do anything.

After taking a turn in the building materials mall, Liu Shiliang took Xu Li to the four-story office building of the building materials city and entered the office of Deputy General Manager Xue. Mr. Xue was smoking a cigarette while admonishing a subordinate, because his tone was very heavy and his face was ugly, so Xu Li felt that this Mr. Xue was very powerful. However, after the subordinate left, he saw Mr. Xue smiling and starting to shake hands and talk to Principal Liu.

Liu Shiliang said to Mr. Xue, "This is my very good brother's sister-in-law, so she is also my cousin, she didn't go to school much in the past and didn't know much, so I want to ask my brother to do her a favor and find her a proper job." ”

Mr. Xue looked at Xu Li, expressed his satisfaction, and said, "No problem, Principal Liu, you can rest assured." ”

The two only said these two words, and then the matter was done. Principal Liu said, "I still have to go back to school for a meeting, and when I have time, I will invite my brother to go out and sit together." With that, he hurried away.

Mr. Xue poured Xu Li a cup of tea and asked her, "Did you bring your ID card?"

Xu Li said, "Bring it." He took out his ID card and handed it to Mr. Xue.

Mr. Xue looked at his ID card and said to Xu Li, "Let's go, come with me to apply for a health certificate." ”

Xu Li followed Mr. Xue downstairs and asked, "Why do you apply for a health certificate?"

Mr. Xue said, "To work in the canteen, you have to ask for a health certificate, and now the above is very strict." ”

went downstairs and came to the parking lot in front of the building, Mr. Xue opened the car door and let Xu Li into the car. Then, I drove to the district center for disease control and prevention. Mr. Xue took her into an examination room, filled out a form, and paid 50 yuan. The disease prevention and control staff did some tests on her and issued her a health permit. Then, Mr. Xue took her back to the big canteen in the building materials city.

This cafeteria is so big, the big cafeteria alone is the size of two basketball courts. There are fifteen or sixteen windows for cooking. There were three or four hundred dining tables. Xu Li had never seen such a big staff restaurant, so she said, "This restaurant is really big." ”

Mr. Xue said, "There are 70,000 or 80,000 people working in the building materials city and building materials market alone, and how many people do you want to eat here in a day." As he spoke, Mr. Xue led her through the restaurant to a manager's office. In the office sat a lean and beautiful woman of twenty-seven or eighteen years old, dressed in a very neat suit uniform. Mr. Xue said to the woman, "Manager Cui, this is Xu Li, a new waitress in the restaurant, and she was arranged to work in a private room." ”

Manager Cui immediately got up and said to Mr. Xue, "Okay, Mr. Xue." ”

Mr. Xue said, "I handed people over to you." Then he said to Xu Li, "What is the matter to call me?"

Xu Li immediately said, "Thank you, Mr. Xue." ”

After Mr. Xue left, Manager Cui asked Xu Li, "Have you ever worked in a restaurant in the past?"

Xu Li said, "I just came from my hometown in the countryside, and it was the first time I went out. ”

Manager Cui took Xu Li to the private room, pointed to the 401 private room and said to Xu Li, "You work in this private room, how to do it, I'll let Wang Ping tell you." As he spoke, he shouted, "Wang Ping." ”

Soon, a tall, handsome girl trotted over and said, "Manager Cui, you call me?"

Manager Cui said, "This is Xu Li, a new waitress from the restaurant, in the 401 private room. She's just here, she won't know anything, you have to teach her well. ”

Wang Ping said, "Don't worry, manager, it's on me." ”

Then, Wang Ping took Xu Li's hand and entered the 401 private room. While helping her clean and tidy up the private room, he taught her what to do. The two of them wiped the cloth clean and spread it out on the table. Then, Wang Ping taught Xu Li how to set up the stage.

Wang Ping asked Xu Li, "Are you from Shangxian County?"

Xu Li said, "My home is in Shanyang, what about you?"

Wang Ping said, "My family is in Changwu. ”

Xu Li asked, "Where is Changwu?"

"On the border between Shaanxi and Gansu, it's very poor, and it rarely rains all year round. So, the first thing we do every day after getting up is to pull a cart to the water station to pull water. Because I was very poor, I went out to work with my husband a few days after I got married. ”

Xu Li asked, "Why are you in such a hurry to come out?"

Wang Ping said, "No way, my husband spent more than 100,000 yuan when he married me, and I owe a debt of 70,000 or 80,000 yuan, and he wants us to work to pay off the debt." Then, Wang Ping asked Xu Li, "Do you have relatives here?"

Xu Li said, "No. ”

Wang Ping said, "I don't believe it. If you don't have relatives, how can you enter the private room as soon as you come, and it's the No. 1 private room. ”

Xu Li asked, "Do you have to have relatives to do this job?"

Wang Ping said, "Of course. Otherwise, if you want to go into a private room, you will have to work in the hall for at least a year or two. ”

Xu Li thought that Principal Liu's face was really big, she couldn't read, and everyone arranged her in the 401 private room. So, she asked Wang Ping, "Then you also have relatives?"

"I don't have any relatives, but I worked in other hotels before I came here. ”

Xu Li said, "Sister, you look young, how old are you?

Wang Ping said, "I am 24 years old this year, which is the year of my birth. The child is already six years old. ”

Xu Li was surprised when she heard this, and said, "You are two years younger than me, but your baby is two years older than mine." ”

Wang Ping said, "I got married when I was 17 years old, and I had my son at the age of 18. ”

The two of them talked and worked, and soon, it was time to start eating. At this time, guests came to Wang Ping's private room and hurried over to receive them. Then, Xu Li's private room also had guests, a total of six people, all of whom were building materials bosses in the south. Xu Li couldn't understand a word of what he said.

The guest ordered food, but Xu Li was illiterate and couldn't write, so she handed the list and pen to the guest and asked the guest to write it himself. Because Xu Li is beautiful and speaks well, guests like to talk to her when they have nothing to say. Wait for the guest to write down the order. Xu Li ran to the 402 private room next door and asked Wang Ping where to send the menu. Wang Ping pointed to the long line of food sales windows and said, "There is a small door on the south side of the window, you will know it when you enter it." ”

So, she sent the menu into the operation room, and then returned to the private room to wait. After a while, a male waiter brought the food to the door and handed it to Xu Li. Xu Li put the dishes on the table again. Wait until the dish is finished. Xu Li chatted with Wang Ping standing in the aisle in front of the door.

At this time, Wang Ping began to teach Xu Li some little secrets of getting more bonuses and commissions. She told Xu Li not to let customers bring drinks into the private room, because there was a big commission in the drinks. A bottle of five-year-old Xifeng is bought for 150 yuan in restaurants, but it is only sold for 70 yuan in some stores, which is more than double the difference. So, you can get a commission of nearly 10 yuan from just one bottle of wine. Also, try not to give customers a discount, because the manager can give customers a maximum of 8.5% off. If you give a discount to a customer, you have to take a commission of five to ten yuan less. Of course, when ordering, customers should order more expensive chicken, duck and fish, especially those expensive fish and seafood, and these big dishes are not discounted.

As she was talking, Xu Li saw that Mr. Xue was coming, and hurriedly signaled that Mr. Xue was coming. So, the two dispersed. Xu Li entered the private room and asked the guests what else they needed. The guest said no, and had to pay the bill. Xu Li delivered the menu and money to the bar and asked the cashier to find the money. Then, start tidying up and cleaning the private room. When she finished cleaning and tidying up the private room, she wanted to chat with Wang Ping, but saw Wang Ping coming out of the manager's office while wiping her tears.

Xu Li asked, "Sister, what's wrong?"

Wang Ping said, "Just now we were talking together, so Mr. Xue saw it, so Manager Cui called me to the office and deducted my half-month bonus." ”

Xu Li immediately said, "I'm sorry, it's all my fault." I'll go to Manager Cui and ask her to deduct my money, and I can't deduct your money. With that, she entered Manager Cui's office and said to Manager Cui, "Manager Cui, I just came here, and I don't understand any good things, so I asked Wang Ping to tell me how to work, so if I violate the discipline of not being able to chat at work, you will deduct my money, don't deduct Wang Ping's money, okay?"

But Manager Cui said, "You just came out of your hometown and don't know the work discipline, but Wang Ping is an old worker, can you not know the discipline and regulations?"

Xu Li returned to the private room and saw that Wang Ping was still sitting alone in the private room with tears shedding, and felt very uncomfortable, so she decided to go to Mr. Xue to talk about it. She came to Mr. Xue's office. Because it was the noon break, Mr. Xue was digging a pit with a few office staff, and when he saw her coming to him, he put the playing cards on the table, went out of the office, and asked her what was wrong. As soon as she said it, Mr. Xue smiled at her very kindly and said, "You go back, I'll call Manager Cui later and don't let her deduct Wang Ping's bonus." She bowed to Mr. Xue very gratefully and said, "Thank you, Mr. Xue." ”