The most difficult graduation season in history, I just graduated at the beginning of the school year, and I stayed in Yunshi for two weeks and did not find a job.

My family asked me to go back to the civil service exam, but I didn't want to. Finally, one day at the end of June, I received a recruitment text message, which was the front desk of an inn in a nearby ancient city recruiting night shifts.

I studied marketing, so it wasn't easy to find a job. The salary given by the inn is high, including food and accommodation of 4,000 a month.

I thought about it for a while, told my family that I was working in a hotel, and came to the ancient city with my luggage.

There are not many tourists in the ancient city, and the inn is by the river in the ancient city, which is an old-fashioned small building with a wooden structure.

The boss is a chubby young man, three or four years older than me, his name is Tu Yu, and I call him Brother Yu.

He made a photocopy of my ID card and graduation certificate, and it was officially hired.

"I've been on a long trip recently, and ten days and a half months may not be. On our side, we generally pay wages in the middle of the month, and we pay half a month's salary. When you eat, you follow Sister Lin to eat, and she is responsible for cleaning and cooking during the day. You'll be waiting in the hall from eight o'clock in the evening to eight in the morning. Generally, there is nothing to do, if a customer has something to do with you, you can deal with it. ”

As he spoke, he shouted Sister Lin inside.

Sister Lin is only in her early forties, wearing rubber gloves on her hands, and she is washing something. She greeted me with a smile and went back to the water room.

"The front desk during the day is Song Meng, and she went to pick up the courier. I'll be back later. You learn how to register with her during the day, and you can get started at night. ”

Finally Tong Li guided me to the back room, "You live here." ”

The room is not big, eleven or twelve flat. There was only a bed and a table. Luckily, I don't need anything else.

I put my luggage in, and Tu Yu sat back at the front desk and told me to wander around.

The inn is not large, with three floors. On the ground floor is the hall and kitchen, and there are seven rooms on each floor.

After a while, Song Meng came back.

She was very cute, with a round face and a little baby fat, with a high ponytail, and looked about the same age as me.

Tu Yu said: "Then I'll go first, Xiao Song, you teach Yang Dong." ”

After speaking, Tu Yu pulled the prepared trolley box and left.

Song Meng beckoned to me, "Hello, I'm Song Meng." ”

"My name is Yang Dong."

"Let me tell you about the work at the front desk, in fact, there is nothing to do, just register and collect money. If the customer's luggage is too much, they have to help carry the luggage, and there is also online order processing. "Song Meng taught me by hand.

Things are not complicated, but they are trivial, I took out my notebook and wrote down everything Song Meng said.

Because it was a week, there were not many guests, and after Song Meng finished teaching me, he took the notebook at the front desk to watch the TV series, and chatted with me with or without a match.

"Yang Dong, why did you come to the current stage?"

"It's hard to find a job this year, so let's save some money first."

This job doesn't pay much, but it includes food and housing. Otherwise, just finding a place to live in the city would cost thousands.

"If you're fine, go around, this is a map of the ancient city's attractions, don't ask you you can't answer." Song Meng handed me a map.

I'll just go out shopping.

The ancient city is built along the river, the scenery is beautiful, and the ancient buildings are also very well protected. It took me more than two hours to walk around.

When I came back, I bought a pack of cigarettes at the small supermarket next door.

It was getting late, and the owner of the supermarket next door was holding a bowl of noodles.

"You live at the Lethe Inn?" The boss's bald head is shiny.

"I'm new to the night shift reception."

"Tut-tut." The boss smacked his mouth. "What are you doing here?"

I was a little angry, "What the hell is going on?" "One by one, they are full, but they haven't eaten your rice.

The boss saw that I was anxious and didn't say anything, "The old inns are a little evil, and this one has been gone to the front desk for several night shifts." ”

It turned out to be this. I laughed.

The boss has Buddhist beads around his neck, and he is quite superstitious.

Back at the Lethe Inn, Sister Lin had already cooked the meal.

She has good craftsmanship and delicious home-cooked food.

After eating, Sister Lin left. She's a local. Song Meng lives in the hotel, and her room is next door to me.

The two of us were chatting at the front desk, and when a guest came, I registered on the software, and Song Meng was on the side to guide.

After a while, three groups of guests came.

"Business is good." I say.

It's a week, and there aren't many tourists in the ancient city, so I thought the inn wouldn't have many people.

"Our inn has been open for several years, and it has a reputation on the Internet." Song Meng looked at her watch, "It's almost eight o'clock, I'll go back first." Shift change tomorrow morning. The sound insulation of the inn is not good, don't be afraid of any movement at night! ”

"I'm bold."

"Oh, there's more. After eleven o'clock, the door was locked. No one who wants to stay at the hotel in the middle of the night can agree. Remember, remember. ”

Song Meng showed a strange smile and went back to her room to rest.

I wonder why I can't receive guests after eleven o'clock.

But since it's a store rule, I'll just do it. I'm not the boss, I don't care about anything else.

This piece goes down to the river. The gate is a transparent glass door, and you can see the river embankment from the front desk.

Two more guests came in before eleven o'clock.

By eleven o'clock, I stood up and locked the door, and then pulled up the curtain on it.

There are rollaway beds and summer quilts at the front desk.

It's actually quite easy, and I have free time. It also includes food and accommodation. I took out my phone, looked at the group of classmates in the class group who were lamenting that they couldn't find a job but couldn't find a house, and sent a photo of my room.

"It's okay to eat and live. It's just not as high as your salary, only 4,000. ”

"I'm worth a lot of four thousand, and I'll get one thousand and six dollars a month for rent. It's not the master bedroom yet! ”

"I don't even have a place to eat in the industrial area here, and a rotten lunch downstairs costs twenty!"

"Envy ......"

After watching a group of people post emojis of envy, jealousy and hatred, I was overjoyed.

Eleven o'clock was too early to go to bed, and I had been scrolling through Douyin and Zhihu, and I happened to turn to a Q&A.

"The paranormal events you've experienced."

"In May, I worked in an inn in the ancient city, including food and lodging, 4,000 a month."

My treatment is about the same, is there a price for the ancient cities of the country?

I continued to look down.

“…… At night, I always meet an old man in a black raincoat who says that there is someone singing in the next room. But in fact, there was no one living in the next room. The old city was very lively in the peak season, and the bar would play songs all night, I thought he was too old to hear clearly, and he explained several times before he stopped. But I didn't expect that once when I complained to the front desk about this, the front desk said that there was no uncle at all. Then I resigned. I heard that my last buddy only lasted a day and ran away. ”

There are all voices of doubt underneath, after all, this matter is too mysterious.

I flipped through the pages and saw someone ask him what inn it was.

"Lethe Inn."

Is this the same name?

I suddenly felt a little seepage around me, and as soon as I put down my phone, I saw an uncle standing in front of me.

Wearing a black raincoat.

He stared at me with a miserable face.