Standing at the door of the dressing room was a man about thirty years old, with short brown hair smeared with hairspray, combed into a regular three-seven, with a set of white shirts and black suits. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

This is the duty manager of the olive garden where Lu Li works, Al.

"Lu, you're late!" Al scolded sharply, but there was no anger between his eyebrows, but a hint of pride.

Lu Li knew that Al had wanted to grab his pigtails for a long time. In fact, he is very innocent, Al is pursuing another waiter in the restaurant, Kelly, but Kelly has no feelings for him, but has a good impression of Lu Li. Since then, Al has begun to hold a grudge against Lu Li, and has been trying to seize Lu Li's loopholes, and then declare his personal vendetta well.

Today is the day Al has been waiting for.

"Being late is absolutely forbidden! Do you know how much of an impact this behavior has on our restaurant? Because you are late alone, everyone else's commuting time needs to be adjusted, and everyone has to pay for one person's tardiness, which completely disrupts our normal commuting system! To make matters worse, such an act is a serious blow to the image of our restaurant! This is not allowed in our restaurant! ”

Looking at Al foaming at the mouth, there was no end to the endless reprimands, and his cheeks even turned red from being too excited, as if his eyes could radiate laser light like Ultraman.

Although Lu Li wanted to laugh very much, he still held back and did not add fuel to the fire. Quickly put on the suit jacket, and then Lu Li took two steps forward, Al took a small half step back and made a defensive gesture, his height of one hundred and seventy-three centimeters was half a head shorter in front of Lu Li, and his momentum was suppressed at once, Al realized his timidity, and quickly opened his eyes wide, stared at Lu Li deadly, and roared inwardly, "What do you want to do!" ”

"Work." Lu Li said calmly and calmly, "In order to avoid creating more chaos, affecting the turnover of the restaurant for the entire quarter, and even triggering the potential of closure." I thought, I'd better get to work quickly, wouldn't I? After speaking, Lu Li also showed a polite smile - the kind that doesn't smile.

Al was directly choked, his hands clenched into fists, and he didn't know how to refute, but the green tendons in his neck were faintly popping out, and he could feel the tumbling river in his chest.

Lu Li stepped forward again, Al reflexively got out of the way, and watched Lu Li leave the locker room and walk in the direction of the lobby, the sense of humiliation swept over, and Al directly yelled, "Lu! Thirty percent must be deducted from the tip tonight! He directly issued the most severe punishment as the manager on duty, but Lu Li's footsteps still did not stop, and disappeared in a blink of an eye, leaving Al alone at the door of the locker room, messy in the wind.

In the peak of the peak season, it is not uncommon for a night to tip more than $200 or more, but not all of the tips received by the waiter belong to him, some of which must be handed over to the restaurant, and some of which must be taken out and distributed equally among other waiters who work at the same time.

Now, under the pretext of being "late", Al deducts 30% of Lu Li's tip income in one go, which is simply a vampire.

"David, I'm sorry." Lu Li came to the kitchen, and immediately saw David waiting for the handover, and he gave David a hug and apologized. David waved his hand, indicating that it was okay, but instead raised his chin, pointed in the direction behind him, and asked about Al's situation, Lu Li shrugged, "He finally seized the opportunity." A joke made David laugh.

Lu Li poked his head out to look at the situation in the restaurant, there was still some time before the official dinner time, and there were not many customers in the restaurant now, far from reaching the peak period. Lu Li patted David's arm, "I'll go to the front desk to say hello first." Then he left the kitchen and went to work.

After entering the dinner time, Lu Li's whole person quickly became busy, like a spinning top, his feet did not touch the ground, and he had no time to think about other things, but Al was ghostly, and finally grabbed Lu Li's pigtails, obviously he was not willing to give up easily.

"Lu!" Al rushed out of the staircase without warning, blocking Lu Li's way to the kitchen, "What the hell is going on with the plate at table eleven just now......

Lu Li was startled, his footsteps stopped suddenly, and the knives and forks in his left hand slid down unsteadily, and he reflexively grabbed those knives and forks to avoid creating more chaos, but he didn't want to, because he was too hard, the little finger and ring finger of his left hand actually made a cut, and the blood dripped down.

It looks scary, but the pain is actually okay.

Al was still babbling, but Lu Li didn't have the energy to deal with him, "What did you just say?" The terrifying momentum made Al stunned, and the words behind him were unexpectedly unspeakable, Lu Li glared, "Please let me go, I still have work to complete." "It's been so busy tonight that people are turning over on their backs, and he doesn't have time to pay attention to Ayr's little girl-like chatter.

Al subconsciously took half a step back, Lu Li directly ignored him, and walked quickly into the kitchen.

Put all the utensils in his hand into the sink, raised his left hand and looked, the bright red blood had flowed to the root of his finger, and the tail ring on his little finger was stained with blood, which looked really shocking.

He was about to wash the wound and put a band-aid on it, when he saw that the tail ring was emitting a slight halo, as if it were ...... It was as if it was devouring blood, which was really amazing, even a little terrifying, as if it was a ring that had been given life in the "Lord of the Rings".

This tail ring was a gift from his grandmother and the only accessory he had on his body.

Lu Li hurriedly wiped his eyes, but then found that the faint halo had completely disappeared, and there was no movement at all, as if the surprise at that moment just now had not happened at all, "Lu!" Your service area now has two more tables of guests! El's talisman-like voice rang out again.

Lu Li didn't have time to continue to care, he looked at his little finger repeatedly, and even the entire palm, and confirmed again and again, there was still nothing unusual, but the bleeding from the wound seemed to have stopped, only the faint stinging sensation of the wound reminded that the skin was scratched just now, and other than that, everything was normal.

So, either he read too many novels and thought about it, or he was so exhausted that he was dazzled, and hurriedly washed his wounds, and since he couldn't find a band-aid, he could only find a napkin to wrap it simply, and then he started to get busy again.

After ten o'clock, this finally won some respite, Lu Li ran to the staircase leading to the warehouse on the second floor to laze, although he had long been used to it, his calves were still slightly swollen after standing for three hours, and he sat on the steps to relax his legs slightly.

In less than a minute, Fred's figure appeared at the top of the stairs, "It's crazy tonight, but it's only Thursday, what the hell is wrong with people?" Kicking Lu Li's calf, Lu Li moved out of an empty seat, and then Fred also sat down, he took out a cigarette case from his pocket and handed it to Lu Li.

Lu Li shook his head and refused, "Because the weather is rare today, everyone can't wait to come out to breathe, and the weather forecast says that there will be light rain tomorrow." ”

"Jesus Christ." Fred lit his cigarette, took a hard puff, and grumbled irritably, "It's going to rain again?" How long will this time last? I'm really fed up with the weather in New York, and when I ran out of water and power for a week in December because of a hurricane, I felt like I was going to be a wild man, and now it's raining and snowing, and it's endless. ”

Lu Li was amused by Fred's complaining tone, "Then you can go to the West Coast, if you don't mind the earthquake; Or head to the central part of the country, especially the one close to Mexico, where the sun shines all year round to keep you in a good mood. ”

"If only there could be a job for me." Fred raised his eyebrows and said seriously, making Lu Li chuckle. Fred is also a college student, a junior in college this year, he studied art, and stayed in a big city like New York in search of opportunities.

Looking at Lu Li's smile, Fred put away his joking attitude and said seriously, "I'm serious." Everybody wants to stay in the big city, not so much because there are more opportunities here, but because the future here is more clear, even if you don't know what you should do, just follow in the footsteps of other people, that's enough, and that's what I did. Fred's words carried a hint of embarrassment and self-deprecation, "But if you really have the opportunity, go back to a small town, guard a small wooden house, grow vegetables by yourself, raise some livestock, and be self-sufficient." Sunrise, sunset, feel the fresh air and warm sunshine, enjoy a moment of leisure and the comfort of life, and truly live, isn't it happier than crawling in the big city? ”

Fred's words sketched a vivid picture in Lu Li's mind, a cup of tea, a piece of cake, a touch of sun, a wisp of breeze, the sound of the woods fluttering in the wind, occasionally mixed with the neighing of horses and the crowing of roosters, as if he could clearly feel the touch of time sliding down his fingertips.

"Fourteen?" His thoughts were interrupted by a call, and Lu Li turned his head to look at Fred, "I mean, what about you?" What would you choose? Fred repeated his question.

Yes, if it were him, how would he choose?