In Qiao Jianjun's view, Xiao Tong, the "hired worker", was obviously a little ignorant and dared to blatantly propose to leave in front of the boss. Lao Qiao was so angry that he dropped his apron and walked out of the wonton restaurant, and the little boy lost his temper as soon as his head was hot. The pan was still hot, so he went outside to smoke. When Lao Qiao came back from the toilet, the fire in the kitchen was already high.

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It is said that Qiao Jianjun has a good temper, but once he starts a fire, it will make people shudder. If you want to say that the last time he was so angry, it probably dates back to the time when he misunderstood Qiao Nan cheating. Qiao Nan is his son, he can do it, but Xiao Tong is his buddy, if he does it, it will be abuse.

Although he didn't do anything, many people who came to eat knew that Qiao Jianjun was furious, and that stupid guy couldn't hold his face and rushed out of the door. Even so, Lao Qiao was still angry, so angry that his hands trembled: "I didn't go down as a soldier, I didn't go down as a technician, I finally became a cook, and I was almost ruined in the hands of a man...... Such a guy is terrible, go wherever you like!"

However, Xiao Tong has nowhere to go, and if he loses this job, it is estimated that his girlfriend's father will look down on him even more. He estimated that the boss was discouraged, so he sneaked back. Old Joe didn't expel him, but he didn't give him a good look either.

A cook must be watching the fire in the kitchen, but the boy actually forgot even this most basic common sense; even if it is on fire, he doesn't know what to do, Lao Qiao usually teaches him how to use a fire extinguisher, but at the critical moment, he will only panic.

Old Joe couldn't help but nag again, his attitude was very cold, he was waiting for the child to reflect and apologize. But the boy was at odds, saying he was just reluctant to use a fire extinguisher. This attitude angered Old Joe even more, and he left again in anger.

That night, old Joe remembered the messy kitchen, and the rebellious words of the little boy, and he smoked several cigarettes in anger, and finally decided to launch a reconnaissance skill after a long absence—he went home first, pretended to sleep, and waited until the dead of night, and then he came back to see what the fellow was doing.

In the middle of the night, he quietly went out of the house. After all these years, there is still no nightlife in the port city, the streets are quiet, and there are almost no pedestrians in sight. The wonton restaurant was as dark as the streets, and it seemed that there was nothing unusual that night. Old Joe stopped at the door for a while, thinking to himself, it's not good to go in like this abruptly, isn't this obvious that he is here to catch a thief?

He finally walked into the room left by Lao Dong, where there was a sofa bed, and he slept there for the night. In this way, when others see it, he will say that he will remember his old friend, and others will not be suspicious.

Only one stationery shop behind the wonton house was brightly lit on the entire street, and a few chatters and laughter could be heard from time to time. The young couple loved to be boisterous, and when they kept vigil in the store, Old Joe was often woken up by them in the middle of the night. I told them a few times, and they didn't change much. Over time, everyone can only passively get used to it.

Lao Qiao walked into Lao Dong's shop, thinking about how to do the child's ideological work the next day. If this kid really went to work somewhere else, he would definitely be bullied again. However, he has not accumulated resentment towards himself for a day or two, and if he really has the intention of leaving, how can he keep him? He has a very bad attitude towards work now, so what good is it to keep him?

In the port city of that year, Qiao Jianjun paid for the child's food and lodging, and gave him 2,005 a month. In his opinion, this treatment is not much different from that of the waiters in those big restaurants. But with Xiao Tong's IQ, are the owners of those big restaurants willing to take him in? Are they willing to spend a lot of time teaching him how to work? He thinks that he is absolutely worthy of Xiao Tong, but he doesn't know what Xiao Tong thinks.

Alas, although the child is intellectually deficient, like many young people, it is really difficult for him to learn more things in a down-to-earth manner.

The air conditioner ran for a while, the room heated up, and Old Joe gradually fell asleep. In his sleep, he was scorched by a wave of heat, very uncomfortable, and just wanted to turn over, but woke up with a bone. But he got up too quickly, and accidentally twisted his old waist, which hurt him so much that he grinned.

It was already eleven o'clock in the evening, and the smell of smoke was wafting from nowhere. After so many years in the catering industry, the string called "safety" in Lao Qiao's mind has always been very tight. The first thought that flashed through him was that he was worried that his house was on fire, and if it wasn't right, it was caused by the child's foolishness.

Before he could see the scene, anger had already risen. It's like when his son was a teenager, as long as he heard that he had done something bad, he didn't want to do anything wrong, and just wanted to catch him back and beat him.

He hurried out of the barbershop, and sure enough, he saw puffs of black smoke rising from the direction of his back kitchen. Old Joe slammed the door hard, desperately shouting for the little boy, but there was no response from inside.

Could it be that the little boy slept too hard? But he should have woken up with such a big movement! Thinking of the gas pipe in the kitchen, Old Joe broke out in a cold sweat. He pulled out the key, his hand shaking violently, but he couldn't open the door. It wasn't until a woman's cry for help came from the back of his house that he realized that it was the stationery store behind their house that was on fire.

Alas, this mistake of being confused when you are in a hurry really can't be changed when you are old.

The stationery store sits west and faces east, and there is only an alley less than half a meter wide from the wonton restaurant. The wind in the port city has always been strong, and the flames are swaying around with the strong winds. Lao Qiao ran to the back of the house to see that the tongue of fire was licking the window of his hotel, if he really jumped into his own store, then what would it be?

The fittings behind the gas stove are a bit old and it's time to get a new one, and there are two liquefied gas tanks in the kitchen in case of emergency. As the temperature gets hotter, so does the chance of catching fire, and if it gets severe, it can even explode. Old Qiao was worried, dragged his old waist with his hands, and returned to the wonton restaurant as soon as possible, he had to take out the liquefied gas tank first.

At night, most of the neighbors closed their doors and couldn't find anyone to help. Old Joe decided to take out the stubbornness of a veteran, and he had to minimize the probability of the kitchen catching fire. But when he walked to the door, he couldn't help but be stunned, the liquefied gas tank he was worried about had already been placed in front of the store.

The boy took the fire extinguisher and hurried out, apparently to go to the back to put out the fire. Old Joe was stunned, why was that stupid big guy suddenly as agile as a firefighting hero?

The boy said hello to him and ran to the back with a fire extinguisher. I heard that the man of the stationery store was still trapped inside, and the boy was about to rush inside. Old Joe dragged his waist and drank him: "119 is coming soon, you have no professional training, don't mess around!"

But Xiao Tong didn't know what was wrong, and his face was full of excitement, as if this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, a chance to become a big hero. He took the fire extinguisher and sprayed wildly, and then he got into the fire. Old Joe went mad in a hurry, took off his coat, and put out a fire at the door.

With the sirens of the fire truck, the boy and the man came out of the fire together. Seeing that the two of them were safe, Lao Qiao collapsed and almost fell to the ground.

That night, Qiao Jianjun was slightly injured on the back of his hand, and Xiao Tong's eyebrows were roasted into a very strange shape, but fortunately, his throat was burned and he had to be atomized for a few days.

Old Joe said that there was nothing at home and there was no need to come back, but Jolene was worried that her father was lying to her, so she insisted on going back to take a look. The wonton restaurant is still open, but the outside of the back wall is blackened, and the windows are burned to ashes. Seeing the burnt marks, Jolene was very afraid, but fortunately her father and the child were safe.

As for the damage, Qiao Jianjun was very helpless, and the husband and wife of the stationery store connected the wires indiscriminately and caused a fire, and they were detained for a few days. Faced with the accusations of the victimized neighbors, they only said that they could not afford to pay compensation. Lao Qiao said: "Our family didn't suffer any losses, so forget it, people are better than anything else." ”

Jolene quipped, "Fortunately, Brother Xiao Tong didn't live in the store that night, otherwise he would have been roasted." ”

Old Joe also learned later that Xiao Tong went to look for his girlfriend almost every night, and on the day of the fire, he was lucky to come back later than usual. He saw the flames from afar, and his first reaction was not to let the wonton restaurant catch fire. In fact, he didn't have much common sense and didn't know what to save first, but he later told Lao Qiao that there had been an explosion of liquefied gas tanks in their village, and the tragic accident left a deep shadow on him, so he took the two canisters out.

Old Qiao asked him, if he was so afraid, why did he have to work so hard? The little boy said innocently: "If someone dies, it will be even more frightening." ”

The child rushed into the fire to save people, and was also issued a certificate of "righteousness and bravery" by the street office, and Lao Qiao was very happy for him. Xiao Tong was also very happy, he said that it was the first time he saw the boss shouting at him in such a hurry, and his voice was hoarse. That expression reminded him of his long-deceased father.

The boy must have been really moved to say something like that!

After that accident, the contradiction between the two soon disappeared without a trace. Qiao Jianjun was reluctant to lose this simple and kind guy, and Xiao Tong also opened his heart to him - he did not do well enough before, he couldn't leave the wonton restaurant, and he still had a lot to learn.

He also said with a smile: "Xiaomei said, you are a very good boss, you don't bully people, you don't deduct money, she asked me to follow you to do a good job." ”

Xiaomei is his girlfriend, although she has a physical disability, she is very clever and her heart and eyes are not bad. If she had followed Xiao Tong, he would have avoided many detours.

Old Joe's waist is not good, and after he twisted it on the night of the fire, he received physical therapy for a long time. During the time when he was recuperating from his injury, he asked Xiao Tong to let go of his hands and feet and let him remember the word "heart". In order to make him understand, Lao Qiao, who has limited expression ability, struggled for a long time, and finally found a way to make him enlightened.

"Every time you cook food for Xiaomei, you want to give her the best food, right? Even if you can't do it well, you want her to feel that you have put a lot of effort into it, right?"

"Of course!"

"Then you think of all the people who come to eat as Xiaomei, you have to cook the best meal for them, let them feel your sincerity, then the food you cook will definitely be the best. ”

Xiao Tong's eyes lit up: "Really?"

"When did I lie to you?"

Since then, Xiao Tong has really opened up, his skills have risen gradually, Lao Qiao has been much easier, and he has also increased his salary. He knew that it was very difficult for a child like Xiao Tong to gain a foothold in the city. And what he can do is to train him to be a qualified small businessman as much as possible.

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Countdown to the move, the phone was about to burst this night, and the train of thought was interrupted N times, but fortunately it was finished...... Good night~~