Once again, I drove the broken van back to Moon Bay.

As soon as I walked into the hotel, before I had time to rest for a while, Zhang Xiaoting at the front desk ran out excitedly and gave me a thumbs up.

"Boss, you are simply amazing. ”

I looked at her calmly: "I stepped on shit when I went out, so excited." ”

"Boss, why are you so disgusting. Zhang Xiaoting made a gesture of covering her nose in front of me.

I walked around her, untied my backpack and lay down on the couch, lighting myself a cigarette.

"Tell me, what the hell is going on to get you so excited. ”

"Ever since you registered as a shop owner online, more and more travelers have come to us to book a room, although it's not as good as the sea view rooms outside. But at least it's a miracle, five people have come to live here in the past two days since you returned to Yangjiang. ”

"Miracles out of the blue?" where did you learn these idioms? And booking a hotel online is nothing new, you are a post-90s generation, you won't even know this. ”

Zhang Xiaoting smiled at me with a tone of lack of confidence and said, "Hehe, I grew up in a poor family, I have many brothers and sisters, and I read few books, how do I know this." And I haven't been far away since I was so big, and the farthest place I've been to is our Yangjiang urban area. ”

I don't deny Zhang Xiaoting's words, in fact, in some remote towns in Yangjiang, Yangxi, whether it is the post-90s, post-80s, post-70s or even earlier, their education is basically junior high school or high school, and even fewer can receive higher education.

In fact, the main reason is backwardness, one is that parents do not pay attention, because several generations have relied on fishing for a living, so parents feel that their children do not need to read too many books, they can make money to support themselves, and the family is safe. The second is the lack of educational resources, because of the backward location, many normal students who graduated from colleges and universities are reluctant to come to these remote mountain villages. The third is habitual, because what each generation has identified in their minds will also force the next generation to follow.

In short, the economy is improving, but culture and education are not keeping up with the economic development.

I patted the sofa with my hand and motioned for Zhang Xiaoting to sit down: "Then how old are you this year." ”

"It's been a few months of adulthood. Where's you, boss?"

"I'm 26, and the boss will make a lot of money in the future, I'll take you where you want to play. ”

"Boss, you're not kidding me, are you? ”

I patted my chest and promised, "If you say anything, you won't be able to pull the mud truck back." ”

Xiaoting looked very happy: "Really, hey, boss, you promise girls these words casually, aren't you afraid that I will fall in love with you?"

"I'm afraid it won't solve anything, and besides, I'm not out of money now? I don't know when I'll make a lot of money, and the main thing now is to run this hotel first." And you don't call me boss anymore in the future, call me old, just call me Brother Zhai or Xiuwen. ”

Zhang Xiaoting made a painful expression, and then said, "Then how long will I have to wait, but I will still call you Brother Zhai in the future." ”

I patted her on the head: "Okay, go and call Chen Zixia (blind) to come here, I have something to talk to him." ”

"Nice, boss. Zhang Xiaoting got up from the sofa, pouted again, and said, "Oh, it's wrong, it's good, Brother Zhai." After saying that, he jumped back to the front desk.

Her action made me laugh. Indeed, 18 years old is the most beautiful age in life, in the mood for love. At the age of 18, you can do a lot of things you like, go to college, find a female (boyfriend) friend to fall in love, and open your mouth with clothes and food. You don't have to think about the future troubles, and if you don't have any money to spend, ask your parents for it.

But for many 18-year-olds, these are luxuries. Since birth, they are far behind others in terms of both congenital conditions and acquired efforts. They have to shoulder the responsibility of a family from a very young age, they study hard, work hard to change their destiny one day, but the ideal is beautiful, but the reality is cruel.

Before I finish middle school, I have to drop out of school and go home. It's about to start working day and night to take care of the family. These children are far more mature than their peers, because from the day they step into society, they already know: "The world is not fair." ”

I think Zhang Xiaoting is such a girl, but I can't see a trace of complaint and dissatisfaction in her, every time I see her, she is full of vitality. Maybe she is more open-minded than I am, and knows better how to survive in this society of survival of the fittest.

Compared with Zhang Xiaoting, I am a relatively lucky person. Although my family is not a wealthy family, at least I have had no worries about food and clothing since I was a child. When I was 18 years old, I was still in college and was in an unrealistic relationship with the girl I liked. I can also have my own hobbies and play basketball games in my spare time.

But at the age of 18, she didn't know how many years she had been rolling in this cruel society, and how many eyes she had encountered.

But fortunately, she did not rely on her body and youth to make money like those girls who appeared in the bathing club. It's just that I receive a salary of less than 3,000 yuan a month in my small hotel.

I think I'm very funny, I don't know if this little broken hotel can make a profit of 3,000 yuan a month, but I am in the mood to worry about other people's things, and I am ashamed to say that I will make a lot of money in the future and take others to play, I think it is unrealistic and funny.

But Su Yi's joining has increased my confidence a lot, at least in the tourist season, with her leading the way of the group, the hotel's income must have increased exponentially.

If you just pin your hopes on the tourist season, then these rooms are not a waste in the off-season. And even in the tourist season, my hotel only has 16 rooms, which is obviously not enough. At that time, there will be not enough rooms and passengers will be missed, which is a big loss.

I thought for a while, picked up the cigarette in my hand and put it out and walked to the front desk: "Xiaoting, is the blind man here?"

"Boss Chen told you to wait a while, he is still busy with some things. ”

"Oh, I see. By the way, is your current salary 2800 a month?"

"Yes, Brother Zhai, are you going to give me a salary increase?" Zhang Xiaoting propped her arms on the table and looked at me mischievously.

"In our current situation, do you think I'll give you a raise?"

Zhang Xiaoting looked at me with her mouth curled downward: "I know." ”

I patted her on the shoulder and comforted: "Don't worry, in a few months, there will be more tourists, I will naturally give you a salary increase, but I am afraid that you will not be able to hold on until that time." ”

Zhang Xiaoting smiled at me: "Don't worry, as long as you don't fire me, I will definitely continue to work with you, and I also believe that Brother Zhai, you will definitely be able to run this hotel well." ”

"Come on, don't pat my ass, I don't know anything about running a hotel, and I'll have to help you Brother Chen when the time comes." ”

"Yes, with you and Boss Chen working together, I will definitely be able to give this hotel a bright future, so that I can raise my salary. Zhang Xiaoting opened her hands and made a gesture of hugging the sky.

I looked at her and smiled: "It's a combination of two cheap, and the slut is that cheap." ”

"How can you scold yourself. ”

"I'm not scolding myself, I'm scolding the old man named Chen Zixia. ”

Zhang Xiaoting covered her mouth and smiled: "Is it really good for you to say this about your good brother?"

"Blind man, he is very cheap, you don't know that when he was in high school, he wanted to fetch water for a girl in our class that he liked, and he didn't want to be found out that he did it on purpose, so he ran to help more than 50 people in our class fetch water, and even more hateful was to bring me. ”

Zhang Xiaoting seemed to be interested, and then asked me with wide eyes: "And then, then what?"

Then he fetched water for more than 50 people every day, and he was so confused that within a few days he loudly announced that after a penny for a penny, no one would ask him to fetch water. ”

"No, I'm talking about what happened to him and that girl. ”

"Later, he ran to the girl and said, 'Do you need me to help you get water?' and the girl gave him a blank look and said, 'I don't have any money.'" He never paid attention to the girl again. You say he's not cheap. ”

Zhang Xiaoting covered her mouth and kept snickering there, and suddenly a murderous aura came from my back: "Zhai Xiuwen, you kid is enough to be an uncle now." ”