Chapter 013: Auntie's Notebook (I)
Liu Jingjing's eyes are red, her eyelids are a little swollen, have you cried?
When he saw me, he gave me a big bear hug and dragged her to her small room. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
After tying the door, I took out a locked notebook from the quilt and handed it to me, it belonged to my aunt.
You want me to show her how to pick locks with my bare hands? But I'm not a locksmith, and I'm not a magician.
Look at me with my notebook in my hand and glaring at her. Oh, and she quickly pulled the key from under her pillow.
It was like being a thief.
Delicate brown leather cover, smooth and delicate paper, feel very good, the inner page is mixed with simple and fresh vignettes, this notebook is of good quality, at first glance it is bought at the stationery counter of a department store.
On the title page is written a line of delicate small letters: "Strive for everything that is worthwhile, and work hard!" The payment is Liao Hui.
It turned out that Liu Jingjing's aunt was called this name, and she thought it was a boy just by looking at the words.
A thick book, in which there are many diaries, some long like prose, and a few short words.
It seems that this notebook was bought at least two years ago, because the first diary entry reads:
On the 3rd of January, the weather was clear.
I didn't take a vacation this New Year's Day, and I didn't go back to Liaojiaqiao because I needed to earn three times the salary of the holiday.
A message came from the family saying that my parents are in good health, so don't read it.
Jingjing, this kid, came over on New Year's Day, and he was not in a good mood, saying that he had failed the exam at the end of the month. I reassured her not to have too much psychological pressure, as long as she tried her best, the occasional failure in the exam would mean nothing.
I don't really want to do it in this restaurant, it's far away from Liaojiaqiao, it's not easy to take care of the family, but the salary here in Phoenix is high, and it takes money to repeat quietly, if she is admitted to the university she wants to go to, then there will be more places to use money in the future.
Jingjing's child is so pitiful, she has not been hurt by her parents since she was a child, I am her aunt, I must help her, help her be admitted to the university she wants to go to, so that she can be worthy of her sister and brother-in-law in heaven.
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On the 5th of January, it was sunny and cloudy
The mood is like the weather
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On the 15th of January, it rained lightly
Today's salary was paid, 1,000 were sent back to Liaojiaqiao, Jingjing paid for food, and gave her another 500 to spare, and the female classmates who went to school in the city could not have no money. I don't have more than 600 yuan left, so I have to wait until the 15th of next month.
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On the 20th of January, it was cloudy and rainy.
In the evening, the box came to the table with a huge annoying guest, as long as the waitress entered, she would be pulled to pour wine, and even the eldest sister who went to serve the food was forced to have a drink.
Say anything as long as you drink a tip, fifty for a large glass of beer and a hundred for a small glass of liquor. If you don't drink, you won't leave, and you will get the money when you finish drinking.
These fifty or one hundred may not be anything in other places, but restaurants and restaurants here do not have the habit of tipping, and occasionally give ten or twenty yuan.
But is it great to have money? However, the manager didn't dare to offend these rich people, I heard that they all had local backgrounds.
Even our restaurateurs are local snakes, and when we see them, they all nod and pretend to be grandsons.
The manager knew I could drink some wine and asked me if I wanted to make money?
I agreed, I'm worried about the doorway that doesn't make money, and what I send up doesn't make money in vain, who would be afraid of having too much money.
When I walked into the door of the box, I was coaxed and shouted at me, "Beautiful women come and drink, give money when you drink, and talk counts." ”
On the turntable of the dining table, more than a dozen wine glasses are lined up, half liquor and half beer.
I walked over and threw a glass of liquor into a beer glass (this is called a depth charge at the table, and drunkenness is more powerful than just drinking any kind of alcohol), and asked the person at the table who was screaming the hardest:
"If that's how you drink it, how do you count it?" The other party was stunned and did not speak.
Next to him, a man about forty years old, wearing glasses and a watch, answered:
"Drink like this, a cup will count you two hundred."
I reconfirmed, "Do you mean counting?" ”
The people next to him replied, "Of course, pay the money on the spot, and never pay the bill!" ”
Okay, deal! I threw all the liquor glasses on the table into the beer glasses.
I raised my neck and toasted a glass without stopping, and then I raised my neck to make a toast, wiped the beer foam from the corner of my mouth, picked up another glass, and drank it with a grunt.
Three cups of "depth charges" went down, and none of them hiccuped, and the people in the box looked stupid.
The man with glasses who said, "One cup counts two hundred," squinted with a smile:
"Are you okay? If you can't drink it, forget it. ”
Put away your pretense, it's too late to worry about the money now. My sister has practiced, and she grew up drinking spirits with her father since she was a child. My dead brother-in-law never beat me when he drank before.
I continued to drink glass after glass, and I drank all the wine on the table alone.
The manager asked, "Do you still have wine?" ”
The man with glasses jokingly said, "Forget it, forget it, it's over for today, and we must be bankrupt if we drink like this." ”
You have to ask me, are you drunk? Definitely drunk!
The manager asked someone to carry me back to the staff dormitory, and as soon as I went back, I threw up, and fell asleep after vomiting, and woke up the next afternoon, and I was still dizzy when I woke up. But the manager and the boss were terrified.
But after drinking it, I made almost 4,000 yuan.
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On the 24th of January, it was cloudy and clear
Last time in the box, the man with glasses who took the lead in fighting wine came again, this time at noon.
I heard the manager call him Mr. Wang, sitting alone at a table in the corner of the hall, just like last time.
I ordered a few home-cooked stir-fries and a bowl of rice, didn't order wine, and ate quietly with vegetables, and didn't yell at the waiter like other guests.
The waiter went up to pour him tea, and he always thanked him politely, or tapped the tip of his right finger on the tabletop. During the induction training, I mentioned that this is the table etiquette in Guangdong, which means that I feel the service you provide.
I looked at this "rich man" from afar, and I didn't seem to hate it so much.
When he finished eating and paying the bill, he happened to meet me going to the bar to place an order for the customer, he should have recognized it, he smiled at me, and left after buying the order.
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On the 27th of January, it was cloudy with showers
I transferred to Xiaomei, I was supposed to work in the middle class and she worked late, but she had something at home temporarily, so I worked the night shift for her. The evening shift has to start at 3:30 p.m. and work until 10:30 p.m.
When there are no guests, our job is to make up the clean cutlery in advance, spread the tablecloth, fold the napkins neatly, fill the kettle, and prepare the tea.
I was looking down to make sure that I almost hit someone, it was the man with glasses.
This time, I also brought a man and a woman to dinner, and the woman didn't talk to anyone, always looking very frightened. The man is a little familiar, as if he has seen it somewhere.
During the meal, the glasses man often picked up vegetables for the women, and he was very careful to remove the fish bones and bones, pour tea and water for a while, and take paper towels for a while, very patient.
Another man watched from the sidelines, stretched out his thumb and said, "Lao Wang, I really admire you!" ”
I don't know why, but when I was about to finish eating, the woman suddenly got angry and swept all the cups and bowls on the table to the ground.
I thought there was a problem with the food in the store, and I wanted to go forward.
I was grabbed by the manager, and he shook his head at me and motioned to leave it alone. I don't know why.
The man with glasses tried his best to comfort the woman, while looking up and apologizing to us, and the man who was traveling with him came out to pay the bill, saying that they would pay for the broken tableware, but the boss confiscated the money.
Later, I learned from the manager that the man with glasses is called Wang Heqiang, and he has been doing flower and fruit seedling business around Jishou, and he has done a lot of business, and he can be regarded as a successful businessman.
The woman is his wife, who has been stimulated by some mental stimulation, and it is normal when she is not having a seizure, but she may go crazy at some point, just like when she is eating.
They were accompanied by Wang Heqiang's comrades-in-arms, who said that after changing jobs, they had taken a job at the post office of Liaojiaqiao Town. I said, no wonder it looks familiar.
Suddenly felt that it was not easy for this surnamed Wang.
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On February 6th, it continued to rain
It's almost the Chinese New Year, many people are going home, and the restaurant business is much lighter than before.
I also wanted to take a leave of absence to go home and have a look, but I haven't been back for more than 1 month.
During the Chinese New Year, the restaurant was open as usual, and I was able to earn more overtime pay.
It's all about Xiang! Money! See!
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On February 8th, it rained lightly
I took two days off to go back to Liaojiaqiao and bought some gifts for my parents, mom and Jingjing.
When I got out of the car, there were too many things to carry, and a bag fell to the ground, and someone in the back helped pick it up and handed it to me. When I looked back, it was Wang Heqiang. When he saw me, he was obviously even more surprised, "So you are from Liaojiaqiao?" ”
He came to Liaojiaqiao to discuss the cooperation project of flowers and fruit seedlings, but he didn't expect to meet me.
After a brief chat, he hurried to talk to his comrades-in-arms about something, and I went home.
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I flipped through Liao Hui's notebook page by page, which was like a running account, recording different time periods, trivial matters of work and life, and her own mood.
It's more about the responsibility to the family, the care and love for the niece. No wonder Liu Jingjing's eyes are red!
When I was flipping over, I felt that the air pressure in the room was a little strange, and it suddenly seemed to be a lot more crowded.
When I looked up, I was shocked, when did Nima have two more people in this room?