One is called Cheng Xue, in her early twenties, from the countryside, she already has a partner, and she is going to go back to get married next month, so the proprietress is in a hurry to find someone, and the other is called Lin Jia, who is only one year older than me, very delicate, wearing a fuchsia old cotton jacket, her family is in the city, but her family background is not good, she has been working here for almost a year,

The proprietress of this dumpling restaurant is called Yi Xiuyan, and she is the most harsh and unreasonable.

"It's for food and housing, but what is the food, it's all rotten kohlrabi and cabbage or something, there is no oil at all, we all take the money to eat outside, and the place where we live is upstairs, then you will know, anyway, the conditions are poor, I wanted to make some money and go to work somewhere else, but I am also not angry, I went to the market during the New Year, and as a result, I lost all the money I had saved before, I cried for two days, and this can only be a few months," Lin Jia sighed,

I comforted: "It's okay, you want to open it, the money will be there sooner or later,"

Cheng Xue said: "Usually I tell you not to bring all the money with you, when have you heard of it, now it's okay,"

"Who would have thought that there were so many thieves," Lin Jia stomped his feet angrily,

As we were talking, Yi Xiuyan poked her head in: "What are you doing, you are still chatting here if you don't work well, I think this is your kangtou, hurry up and work,"

We said yes and continued to do things with our heads down,

There are indeed a lot of guests outside, the location here is good, just close to the government building, there is a hospital nearby, and there are many workers from nearby factories who eat here.

The main thing here is dumplings, leek eggs, pork and green onions, sauerkraut meat, a big plate for one dollar, a plate of shredded potatoes, and some simple dishes, dry tofu fried peppers, hot and sour cabbage, as well as pickled herring made by yourself, a few cents and a big cup of soju, it is a hearty lunch,

So the work we do is basically to mix the stuffing, make dumplings,

Yi Xiuyan's husband is called Zhao Jinku, he is in charge of noodles and noodles, in charge of the spoon, we girls are responsible for mixing stuffing and making dumplings, dare other chores, although I am also a hard-working person, but I am also busy in the morning, I am also busy and dizzy, my arms are a little stiff, this money is really not easy to earn,

At one o'clock, there were fewer diners outside, so we had time to take a break and have some lunch.

The leftover dumplings of the guests eaten by the proprietress and the boss, we ate the stewed cabbage made by Yi Xiuyan herself, brushed a little oil in the pot, a bunch of cabbage was boiled in water, and there were two cornmeal cakes, a bite exuded an unpleasant beany smell, not very cooked, and the taste was particularly unpalatable,

I took a bite and frowned,

Cheng Xue didn't eat the dishes here, ate the flower rolls she carried, and took out the pickles she brought from home and distributed them to us: "You deal with it, I just need to stay up for a month, I've really eaten enough,"

Lin Jia gulped down the cake and looked depressed: "If it weren't for the lack of money now, I wouldn't have wronged myself like this,"

Although I don't like to eat this meal, I don't have any money on me, so I can only suffer like this.

"We can't let the boss add some money, let's go out to eat,"

"I'm afraid it won't work," Cheng Xue said: "We have also mentioned it before, but the proprietress said that what if someone comes to eat in the middle, we still have to eat here, and said that we have a lot of things,"

The three of us finished the meal with sad faces, and before we could rest for a while, the boss brought us half a bag of potatoes for us to peel, and we threw the potatoes into the basin and scratched the potatoes to beat the skin.

"It's just Zhou Peel," Lin Jia said in a low voice, "I really don't dare to think about how long I have to suffer here,"

"It's not easy to make money now, and people can't give us money for nothing," I picked up another potato,

Cheng Xue said: "Isn't it, it's the same in other places, let's stay up first,"

The door outside was opened, and Yi Xiuyan hurriedly smiled when she saw the person coming: "It's Director Chen, come, sit down, He Yin is already doing it with us,"

I heard that Chen Jian was here, and hurriedly ran out of the back kitchen.

He was wearing a gray coat, he was very tall and quite handsome, and when he saw me, he smiled and nodded: "How is it?"

"Well, that's good," I said with a smile, "Thank you, Director Chen, for helping me find a job,"

"You're welcome, make me a plate of dumplings stuffed with sauerkraut, I'm going to take it away,"

"Okay," the proprietress personally cooked dumplings for him, and asked me to greet Chen Jian,

I poured tea for Chen Jian and put it on his desk: "You drink water, Director Chen,"

Chen Jian said in a low voice: "I know it's not good here, you hold on for a while, if there is a vacancy in the canteen, I will transfer you to the canteen,"

I looked at him gratefully: "Thank you so much, but why did you help me so much, what I helped you do, you have already repaid the kindness, and you have been so good to me, I really don't know what to say,"

"Because I used to be as difficult as you, you are a person with ideals, I don't want you to be knocked down by reality, you will succeed,"

I looked at Chen Jian in surprise, I basically didn't say anything to him, but it was really unbelievable that he would know what I thought.

Chen Jiandao: "What's wrong with you, you seem to be distracted,"

"It's nothing, the dumplings are ready, I'll help you get them,"

The proprietress didn't use me, she held a plastic bag with a plate of hot dumplings, and gave him a dried tofu side dish, which was enthusiastic.

Director Chen thanked me for the money, then nodded to me, and turned to leave.

The proprietress sent him out and said to me, "You go back to the potato peels, don't always think about finding an opportunity to be lazy and mop the ground here,"

I hurriedly agreed to go inside, and halfway through I turned back and said, "Boss, I'll make our lunch for them in the future,"

The proprietress glared: "What, you think I didn't do well,"

I smiled and said, "No, I thought the proprietress was very hard, but it was just stewed cabbage and fried potatoes or something, I just did it,"

"That's okay, but you can't use soybean oil, it's very expensive,"

"Got it," I said and walked in.

Although Zhao Jinku is the boss, he still works in the security department of the coal mine, so he left in the afternoon, and the one in charge was replaced by the boss's wife, although she is mean, but her cooking skills are particularly good, and she can speak kindly, so there are still a lot of repeat customers.

I watched her stir-fry in my spare time and learned some knowledge.

There are many guests and few times, we have been until more than seven o'clock in the evening, the guests are almost gone, we are responsible for cleaning the sanitation here, the glass is cleaned, the dishes and chopsticks are all brushed, and then we go to the upstairs house to rest,

Here is Yi Xiuyan looking for the wall of the world, a small attic with a small area, as soon as she raised her hand, she touched the roof of the shed, the wall was covered with old newspapers, it was already yellow, and the air was not circulated, I heard Lin Jia say that it would be hot to death in summer.

"They bought a house in the opposite community, and we don't have to worry about thieves or anything when we live here, and we don't have to hire a watchman, it's really wishful thinking,"

The beds of the three of us were next to each other, the iron bed was a wooden plank in the middle, which creaked at the slightest movement, and the temperature in the room was still very low, and we all slept in sweaters and cotton pants.

I lay on the cot, thinking about my mother, worried that she would be embarrassed by my uncle's family, and it was less than a day before I lit a fire, and my throat hurt.

Cheng Xue was already asleep, breathing softly,

Lin Jia suddenly whispered: "Nizi, go to sleep, I have to work tomorrow morning,"

"It's okay, I'll be asleep soon,"

"Well, if you feel bored, go downstairs and wash your face,"

I agreed, but I didn't move, I turned over, I had slept in a worse place in my previous life, I didn't care about the bad environment here, I was worried about my mother, I fell asleep in a daze,

The next morning, we started another day's work.

I cut the cabbage, stirred the filling, Lin Jia and Cheng Xue rubbed the radish with the filling,

At this time, Zhao Jinku came over first with a bag of steamed buns, and as soon as he came in, he hurriedly said: "You hurry up and eat first, and when my wife finds out about the steamed buns you ate, you should be angry again,"

Lin Jia hurriedly agreed, took the steamed buns, and ate two herring fish that were sold last night.

Zhao Jinku looked at us eating and said with a smile: "You have worked hard, my wife is a person who is used to living a hard life, so she is a little mean, don't blame her, you want to be thrifty,"

I said in my heart, you are mean, but you eat dumplings, and we eat pig food, but just to save more money, and here are nonsense explanations,

Lin Jia and Cheng Xue didn't speak, probably as I thought,

I don't know if it's my delusion, when eating, I always feel that Sun Jinku's eyes keep looking in my direction, and his eyes are very uncomfortable, but this matter is not good to tell Lin Jia and them, and I feel bad in my heart, but fortunately, he left soon,

My part-time job began.

Every day is the same process, brushing the dishes and mopping the floor, making vegetables and dumplings, I was a little tired at first, but I got used to it after a long time.

Yi Xiuyan always finds excuses to deduct our wages, not that we talk nonsense, or that our cleaning is not clean, I wanted to explain at first, but Cheng Xue and Lin Jia have experienced it many times, so they just went back,

"Boss, if you don't like us, just open us up, why do you embarrass us like this, to what extent do you have to clean it up, or you can demonstrate,"

Yi Xiuyan gritted her teeth and said, "You really dare to say it, I just said two words, you dare to go back like this,"

Lin Jia said: "Because we have done it very seriously, you have been so unreasonable, and you are not allowed to say it,"