During the holidays, there was naturally no one in the school, Jia Tianer and I walked side by side on the school path, which reminded me of this time last year, when I walked with Lin Qian on campus, when the two of us were still so sweet, who knew that she had left me for more than half a year. Now that the person around her has become Jia Tian'er, it feels both familiar and unfamiliar.

Everyone in the dormitory went back, empty, I was going to ask if there were any girls in our class who didn't go back, let Jia Tianer live in the girls' dormitory, who knew that Jia Tianer saw that there was no one else in the dormitory, so she simply decided to live in our dormitory, she slept in my bed, and I slept in Lu Xiaojun's bed on the opposite side. It's more convenient in summer, you can sleep when the mat is wiped clean, but it's a little troublesome to go to the toilet, Jia Tianer needs me to help her guard outside every time she goes to the toilet, although there is no one on the entire floor, but I'm still afraid that someone will break in.

Lonely men and widows are in the same room, and they are very unaccustomed to the first few nights, although they have also been in the same room with Lin Qian before, but they were still young at that time, and they don't know much about many things between men and women, but now they are all adults. I am a boy with strong blood, and there is a beautiful woman lying on the bed next to me, which is really unpleasant and difficult to sleep.

However, as soon as I thought of a time at Jia Tianer's house, she told me that she was a very traditional person in her heart, and she hoped to keep the most precious things until the happiest day, so I immediately stopped all kinds of evil thoughts in my mind, after all, I am also a very responsible person, I can't give her any promises now, and I can't easily take her most precious things for myself.

Once we settled in, we started to wander around the various scenic spots to see if there were any temporary workers needed. It may be that there is a shortage of people in various places during the tourist season, or it may be that we are lucky, and we found a job at the cruise ship terminal by the Li River at the first stop.

We first went to the dock to ask the security guard, learned the location of the dock management office, and then went straight to it. The management office is responsible for a middle-aged uncle, surnamed Meng, a profiteer, everyone calls him Director Meng, he heard us say that he came to work-study, very happy, said: "Great, we are short of manpower now." ”

Director Meng took the two of us to the shore, only to see that there are three kinds of boats on the water, one is a double pedal boat, which tourists can drive by themselves, the other is a bamboo raft, some people who specialize in supporting bamboo rafts, tourists can also row by themselves, and there is a larger cruise boat, which can seat more than a dozen people, with special drivers and commentators.

Director Meng pointed to the big boat and said: "Have you seen it, this is a motorized boat, each boat is equipped with a driver and a commentator, before a husband and wife contracted a boat, the day before yesterday suddenly resigned and left, now it is the tourist season, there is not enough manpower, it just happens that you are also two people, this boat will be handed over to you." ”

I said, "Huh? I've never sailed a boat. Director Meng said: "Don't worry, this boat is very simple to drive, many of us who have never gone to school, and they will be able to work hard in a while, and college students like you will definitely learn faster." I snapped in and said, "Okay, I'll try." Director Meng said: "By the way, let's talk about the salary with you, we don't have a guaranteed salary here, according to the number of trips, run for an hour, 30 yuan, no problem." Jia Tianer asked, "Thirty yuan is one person or two people?" Director Meng smiled: "Of course it's two people, if one person is thirty, I will lose to death." I said, "No problem, we don't have a high demand for wages, just have something to do." ”

Director Meng briefly explained the work process to us, gave us a set of work clothes and a work card to hang around our necks, and then gave Jia Tianer a few pieces of paper, which were all the content that the commentator needed to memorize, let her memorize it, and then taught me how to drive the boat. It took me less than half an hour to get acquainted with the boat, and the operation is really simple, that is, forward, backward, and turning, and this half an hour, for a person with strong learning ability like Jia Tianer, it is enough to memorize the explanations on a few pieces of paper.

It was already five or six o'clock in the afternoon, and we took advantage of the freshness to run three times, and even forgot to eat dinner, but we also got the whole process done. When the two of us finished work, we were hungry and groaning, so we went to a small restaurant to eat a bowl of noodles.

In the next two months, we came to work every day, we could have had one day off a week, we didn't want to, we felt that we were driving boats in the scenic area every day, and we were in contact with all kinds of people, which was very interesting and could make money.

The two of us are different from other staff, most of them have been working for a long time, they have long lost their passion for work, the service is very formatted, unlike us feel very fresh, and it is a short-term job, there is no pressure, so the service attitude is particularly good. And we are younger than them, and we look good, especially Jia Tianer, who wears an antique overalls, which looks more delicate and moving, and Jia Tianer can speak, have a good voice, and have affinity, and can often chat very happily with the guests on the boat, so we can often receive tips from guests. At first, we were too embarrassed to accept it, but then we got used to it and smiled generously.

We had several memorable experiences regarding tipping. Ordinary people give tips, either five yuan or ten yuan, more than ten yuan is very few, but once, we met a few tourists from Hong Kong, well-dressed, a look is very rich kind, Jia Tianer introduced the content of the regulations, I also introduced other famous scenic spots and delicacies in Guilin, chatting very happily along the way, Hong Kong tourists are very satisfied with our service, one of the tourists actually stuffed us with a hundred yuan bill as a tip, we were stunned.

Another time, we put on a few foreign tourists, all of whom were white, and Jia Tian'er and I both spoke good English, using half-baked English and gestures, and we could actually chat with foreigners. I learned from the chat that they were from the UK, and they originally hired a translator, who knew that the translator had diarrhea today, so they had to come out to play by themselves, but it was difficult to meet people who knew English everywhere, and it felt very inconvenient, and this time I finally met the two of us who knew English. We introduced them to the surrounding attractions, shopping malls, stations, etc., so that they could go to other places, and they were very grateful and gave me and Jia Tianer two pound coins as tips, which was also the first time we received a tip in foreign currency. Jia Tianer and I were both seeing pounds for the first time, and we both thought it was fresh, so we both collected them, and these two coins are still hidden in my drawer.

However, there are also many tourists with poor quality, throwing melon seeds and peels all over the cabin, full of swearing, looking at Jia Tianer's good looks, teasing, and quarreling for position, often encountered.

Once there were a few uncles and aunts with northeast accents on the boat, with a lot of food on the boat, what melon seeds, peanuts, oranges and bananas or something, eating and throwing along the way, generally if thrown in the cabin, we will not say, at most it will be cleaned up, but these people are still thrown into the river, you must know that it is very troublesome to clean up the garbage in the water, so Jia Tianer politely persuaded it, who knows that these people not only do not know the mistake, but think that Jia Tianer insulted them, and scolded and scolded along the way, Jia Tian'er saw that they were unreasonable and scolded, and the fire also came up, and scolded them, Jia Tian'er's sharp teeth, plus I helped on the side, a few Northeast people did not take advantage of it at all. They later threatened to go to the management office to complain about us, but we didn't give in, saying that if they wanted to complain, we didn't care.

Later, a few of them really went to the management office to make a noise, and because of this incident, Director Meng also deducted 30 yuan from us. But Jia Tianer and I don't feel a pity at all, we think that although it is a pity and a lot of wrongs to be deducted so much money, there is no need to be angry with this kind of person for some money, if we meet such a person in the future, we will go back.

Another time at noon, there were fewer people, and only three lewd middle-aged men came up on the boat, and the accent was not local. When they saw that there were only a few of them on the boat, they began to tease Jia Tian'er verbally, Jia Tian'er was naturally not easy to provoke, and scolded directly, one of them wearing a vertical shirt actually reached out to pull Jia Tian'er, Jia Tian'er screamed in fright.

As soon as I heard that something was wrong, I hurriedly ran to the cabin to block Jia Tian'er and said, "What are you doing?" Another chubby man with glasses said, "Acquaintances, get out of the way, drive your boat well, or the brothers will fix you first." Jia Tianer shouted: "If you dare to touch us, I will call the police!" The vertical shirt sneered: "You shout, see if the police come to save you." "After that, roll up your sleeves and step forward.

As soon as I saw that the boat had reached the center of the river, the area of the Li River was very wide, and the other ships were far away from us, and it would be impossible for anyone to save us for a while. At most, I have to suffer hardships, but Jia Tian'er is going to suffer a big loss, and she shouted in a hurry: "Wait a minute, let me ask you, can you swim?" The three of them were stunned and looked at each other for a moment, not understanding what I meant. I said, "If you dare to do it, I'll capsize the boat, anyway, we both grew up here, and the water is so good, I don't know if you'll ever make it to shore alive." ”

Hearing me say this, all three of them hesitated, obviously they didn't know how to water. In fact, I don't know if Jia Tianer can water, but now there is only such a fight, in case it really comes to that point, I can only overturn the boat, even if Jia Tianer can't water, I am confident that I can persist in other boats to save us.

The fat man with glasses thought for a while and said, "Don't listen to him scared, let him down first." "As he got up, he was about to walk towards me, and the other two followed, and I was so nervous that when I saw them stand, I began to shake the boat from side to side. The three of them were obviously unable to stand still, and one by one they fell back to their seats.

In order to prevent them from standing up, I shook the boat more vigorously from side to side, and said to Jia Tian'er while shaking: "Tian'er, you go and drive the boat." Jia Tian'er couldn't stand steadily, but she had to cooperate with me at this critical juncture, and she almost crawled to the wheelhouse and drove the boat towards the shore.

The boat was shaking more and more, and water was already splashing in from the side of the ship. The three men thought I was going to capsize the boat, and they screamed in fright. The fat man with glasses shouted, "Dude, don't shake it, there is something to discuss." Another dark, thin man also shouted, "Dude, we were joking just now, don't take it seriously." I said, "If I don't shake it, go to the back of the boat." ”

The three of them had no choice, so they climbed to the last row of the boat, clutching the handrails one by one. I stood in the doorway of the wheelhouse, shaking the boat less, but staring at them with all my might, as long as they moved rashly.

The boat swayed and finally came to the shore, and the three of them hurriedly climbed ashore, because they had been dangling on the boat for a long time, they couldn't stand on their feet when they first got ashore, and they all fell up and down. Jia Tian'er shouted: "Security guard, the three of them just wanted to play hooligans, quickly arrest them to the police station!" Jia Tian'er's voice was high and crisp, attracting many people to look over here. The three of them hurriedly ran away, for fear of being caught.