Chapter 2 Part-time jobs
At the same time, Jing Chu had also obtained information about Yang Mianmian, and as soon as he saw it, his original impression of her today was immediately subverted.
To put it mildly, this little girl is a tragedy.
Her mother, who was also a former college classmate of Jing Chu's mother, was originally a child of a rich family, but then her business went bankrupt, and she fell into the mud all of a sudden, and got married, but that man treated her badly and had violent tendencies, she died of illness not long after giving birth to Yang Mianmian, her father married another, and her stepmother had a son who dragged oil bottles, and her personality was domineering, and Yang Mianmian was not allowed to enter the door.
Her father gave two or three hundred yuan a month as child support, and now he died in a car accident, although the perpetrator lost a sum of money, but her stepmother did not give Yang Mianmian a penny.
In this way, it is reasonable that she does not feel sad about her father's death at all.
"What are you looking at?" Sitting in front of him drinking coffee was Jing Chu's current girlfriend, Luo Peipei.
Jing Chu put away his phone, smiled and said, "It's nothing." ”
"I guess it's another case." Luo Peipei's tone inevitably brought three points of complaint, "In order to handle that case, you didn't accompany me." ”
"I'm sorry." There wasn't much sincerity in his tone, or rather, Jing Chu had long been mentally prepared for this relationship - after all, this was not the first girlfriend to quarrel with him because of work.
"Alright." Luo Peipei is an understanding person, and she is just coquettish with him, because she also knows very well that even if she complains, there is no way to make this man give up his work to accompany him, and being conscientious and responsible for his work is also one of his advantages.
To put it mildly, she is satisfied with everything about Jing Chu, that is, she is very dissatisfied with his work, but how can there be the best of both worlds in the world? Jing Chu looks like a talent, his family is wealthy, and he doesn't have the messy problems of men, and he is also very competent as a boyfriend, except for the workaholic, he really has no regrets at all.
She should still catch this man well.
She took a sip of the cappuccino from her coffee cup, smiled and asked, "Then are you free tomorrow, I know there is a good restaurant." ”
"Okay." Jing Chu thought for a minute and agreed, because the previous case was overtime, this time the director specially said to give him three days off to comfort him.
Today I have spent writing the closing report, but tomorrow I can use it for a date.
The next day, it was a sunny day, Yang Mianmian woke up early in the morning, washed his face and brushed his teeth, the cup was an enamel cup with a piece of porcelain dropped, and so was the basin, the bottom of the basin was two goldfish, and several pieces of white porcelain fell on the side, all of which were old things.
The enamel basin has a very gentle personality: "Mianmian, got up so early?" ”
Yang Mianmian rubbed the towel with a toothbrush in her mouth, and said vaguely: "Go for a job, I have no money." ”
She rummaged through all the drawers at home yesterday and found that she only had sixty-two yuan and three cents left on her, which was all her belongings, and today it was August 1st, and school was about to start on September 1st, and her tuition fees had not been settled at all.
She changed into her new-looking clothes, a dark blue T-shirt that had faded into a light blue, a pair of denim cropped pants (it turned out to be cropped pants and now can only be worn as a cropped, fortunately she only grew taller and not fat), plus a pair of white sneakers that she had just bought at a discount in the supermarket for thirty yuan, and the comb lost a tooth, but she dutifully combed her hair into a ponytail.
But the tragedy is that the black rubber band that has been holding on for a long time for five cents and three pieces screamed and broke.
When there was no way, Yang Mianmian found an old piece of his clothes, cut strips of cloth and tied his hair, and the rest was just used as a rag.
The TV set was worried: "You're going to work again, why don't you sell me." ”
"If you sell it, you won't be able to make up for the tuition, don't worry about it." Yang Mianmian only brought ten yuan with her, "If you're bored, just watch TV, I'll come back late." ”
She walked all the way downstairs, there was a lively breakfast stall at the entrance of the community, it was summer vacation, there were many fewer stalls, and the whole street would be occupied after the school started.
"Two white steamed buns." She bought breakfast in a steamed bun shop, which used to be three dollars a dollar, but now it is seven cents a piece, but everyone is a neighbor, and the proprietress generously gave her a discount, two dollars a dollar.
The proprietress grabbed two white and chubby steamed buns for her with a plastic bag: "Mianmian eats white steamed buns again, and it won't grow tall." ”
"It's okay." She thought that she had already eaten a bowl of fried rice noodles for five yuan a bowl very luxuriously yesterday, and now she can save it, but that bowl of rice noodles is so expensive and so unpalatable.
"I'll give you another meat bun." The proprietress gave her an extra bun, three cents a piece, and the small meat bun was only the size of a fist.
"Thank you."
She gobbled up steamed buns and buns in her mouth, she was in the development period, her meal was much larger than before, considering the words of the proprietress of the steamed bun shop, she felt that it was urgent to make money.
You have to make sure that you can drink soy milk and eat eggs every day.
"Honey, throw me in the trash!" The white plastic bag chattered and emphasized repeatedly, and almost jumped up, "You must remember, you can't just throw me away, or I'll cry to you!" ”
I don't know why, although the personalities of the plastic bags are very different, but they all like to emphasize "you want to throw me in the trash", the chatter will read all the way to the past, and the shy and shy will never forget to beg the owner to throw themselves into the trash can at the end.
It's like that's something they were born with.
Yang Mianmian eliminated the steamed buns and buns, tied the thin white plastic bag into a bow, and gently threw it into the trash can on the side of the street.
The satisfied plastic bag threw her a flying kiss: "(づ ̄3 ̄)づ╭~ Goodbye dear, see you in the next life." ”
Spending one dollar for breakfast and two yuan for the bus, Yang Mianmian thought to herself when she got off the bus in the city's most prosperous business circle, she had to find a goal to get twice the result with half the effort. Nowadays, part-time students are very common, and cafes or restaurants are a good choice.
She fell in love with this high-end restaurant at a glance, with gorgeous decoration and elegant atmosphere, with violinists and pianists to set off the atmosphere, and it is said to be very expensive, belonging to the kind of high-cost restaurants that white-collar workers have to think about when they come to consume.
However, this also means that the salary will not be low, and there will be tips if it is not good.
The gorgeous giant sign shouts to passers-by: "Today's caviar is so fresh!" The master's dessert is Sophri! 30 servings a day, and when it sells out, it will be gone! ”
As the sign of a high-end restaurant, it is so down-to-earth, it is really rare, and the signboard of many big hotels is quite cold.
By the way, this restaurant is called "Time".
Yang Mianmian heard her stomach rumble, and then saw the doorman looking at her with strange eyes.
Today, although she has tried her best not to dress up simply, she can only be described as simple, although she will not be unable to enter the door, but it is inevitable to be taken care of by others.
She pushed the door in, looked up at the environment, and asked, "Where is your manager?" ”
"Classmate, are you in the wrong place?" One of the receptionists asked kindly.
Yang Mianmian didn't expect them to tell herself, but a passing red wine glass told her very enthusiastically: "Go straight inside, the innermost room is it." ”
Then she went straight inside.
Wine glass: "Σ(っ°Д°; Oh my God, can she hear me?! ”
The manager, a man over 30 years old, didn't raise his head when he heard someone knock on the door and entered: "I'm busy." ”
"Hello." Yang Mianmian glanced at his office and probably had an idea, "I'm here to apply." ”
"Apply? We're not hiring. He raised his head, was slightly stunned when he saw her appearance clearly, and unconsciously lowered his voice, "Classmate, are you mistaken?" ”
Yang Mianmian's voice was the pleasant voice of a girl: "Make no mistake, I want to work here." ”
The manager couldn't help but look at her carefully, she was a very beautiful girl, it was rare to be natural, she was still young, youth seemed to be able to radiate from every pore, her skin was as thin as a freshly shelled egg, standing in the crowd, it was difficult for you not to see her.
He felt his tone more kind: "You want to work here, do your parents know?" ”
"My dad died in a car accident, and I don't have the money to pay for my tuition." As soon as Yang Mianmian said that, the manager immediately showed sympathy for her: "In this way, are you an adult?" ”
"Just past last month."
"In this case, you come to work first, responsible for helping the guests order, we have to change into a uniform here, it is a hundred yuan a day, and the tip is your own."
"Okay, thank you."
But not everyone welcomed her arrival, and several girls said behind their backs: "I didn't hear the manager say that she was going to recruit people, why did you suddenly come again?" ”
Some people also expressed kindness to her: "Your name is Mianmian? Here's a change of clothes, I'll find you a similar set, can you wear a small size? ”
The clothes fit well, the shirt and skirt, and a pair of slightly larger mid-heeled leather shoes, the manager came over to take a look and thought, this girl is probably not retained, as the saying goes, never offend beautiful girls, because no one can predict their future path.
When she changed her clothes and came out, a tall, beautiful girl rolled her eyes at her and sighed with disdain.
Yang Mianmian has learned all her information in five minutes, Wang Lu, twenty-three years old, graduated from a third-rate university, working as a waitress here is to find a chance to be on the list, she also has this capital, in addition to a beautiful face, her bust has a d.
Then it's no wonder that Wang Lu is hostile to her.
Especially Yang Mianmian on the first day of work today, she originally had the mentality of watching jokes, who would have thought that Yang Mianmian would perform better than she imagined.
She doesn't seem to have stage fright at all, although it is the first time to use the iPad, she can use it immediately after learning it once, and the customers have not made any mistakes in the process of ordering.
However, this time, Wang Lu took away the ipad that ordered the food first, and left it to Yang Mianmian to announce that the power was out and turned off when the guest reported the first dish.
Wang Lu, who came back from ordering, hooked the corners of his lips slightly, and glanced at Yang Mianmian quietly.
She handed the iPad to the waiter at the front desk: "There is no power." ”
"I'll charge it," the service guy at the front desk looked a little handsome, and he didn't forget to ask her, "Have you ordered all the dishes?" ”
"No," Yang Mianmian squatted under the table and waited for the iPad to turn on, "but I made a note of it." ”
"Don't be mistaken." Wang Lu stepped on high heels and came over, condescending, "Otherwise, everyone will have to eat and hang up if they are complained by customers." ”
Yang Mianmian raised her eyes and glanced at her, there was no squeak, she just silently opened the ordering software, and entered the long list of menus just now, which was exactly the same.
Probably seeing that the goal was not achieved, Wang Lu's face sank, turned around and left.
The chair sitting on the front desk next to him couldn't help but say, "You have to be careful, she has already driven away several girls." ”
Yang Mianmian patted it and signaled that there was no need to worry.
Life is full of all kinds of tribulations, and this is really nothing to her.