(78) First day of work
Meng Qi saw that Jingrou had already understood, so she greeted Jingrou with a smile while leading the way in front and said, "Okay, you know the basic situation, then you can follow me to the store and start working now." ”
Jingrou said yes, and then she followed Meng Qi into the lobby of the store, and came to an unknown world that she had never set foot in.
As she walked, Jing Rou took a rough look at the environment of the store, which was a rectangular three-dimensional space, and there was a long bar counter near the door, and the bar counter almost occupied a wall of wine cabinets, with all kinds of alcohol, and the manager and another waiter were standing in the bar at the moment looking at everything in the store.
Opposite the bar, directly across from the restaurant as soon as customers walk into the store, is a stage with microphones for customers to sing and a screen that can be moved. From the bar to the middle of the stage is a wide aisle, and 10 sets of black sofas are neatly arranged on each side of the aisle, in the shape of an L. The whole space is spacious and bright, and the store is also full, and the customers and girls are happily drinking and singing.
However, Jing Rou took a closer look and found that among the girls in the store, except for herself and Meng Qi, there was no longer a Chinese face, and they were all faces of Southeast Asian people with slightly darkened skin. This made Jingrou feel a little surprised, and at the same time a little curious, but she didn't say anything, just followed Meng Qi to a place where the guests were.
Meng Qi introduced Jingrou to the guests in Japanese, and at the same time taught Jingrou how to greet in Chinese, Jingrou learned her appearance one by one, but her mouth still could not speak fluent Japanese immediately, so she could only use a gentle smile instead.
The guests were very amiable when they saw Jingrou, and they didn't need Meng Qi to bother at all, so they all took the initiative to ask the waiter to order beer for Jingrou.
Jingrou looked at the small bottle of beer brought by the waiter, and didn't know what was going on, so she turned her head to look at Meng Qi, who was busy beside her, and asked her what she should do with her eyes.
Meng Qi immediately explained with a smile: "You can drink it, you can drink it, you will get a commission for drinking a bottle, this is also our job!" After saying that, she quickly helped Jingrou open the cap.
Jingrou felt that it should be no problem for her to drink a little beer, after all, this beer is not only to do a good job in the store, but also to increase her income, how could she let go of any opportunity to make money now!
But before Jingrou could pour the beer into the wine glass in front of her, a guest helped Jingrou fill the wine glass with a very good eye, and the other guests all picked up the wine glass and looked at Jingrou and smiled. Seeing such a scene, Jingrou could understand it even if she was unfamiliar with it, so she didn't need Meng Qi to remind her again, she immediately raised her wine glass with a smile and toasted with the guests, and then took a sip and put the glass on the table.
Because Jingrou is not familiar with the environment at all, and she doesn't know when the work will end, let alone whether the beer here is strong or not, and whether she can cope with the amount of alcohol, how dare she get drunk all of a sudden! Fortunately, after sitting for a while, Jingrou found that there were no guests asking the girls to drink, everyone just chatted easily, drank and sang. So after figuring this out, slowly Jingrou didn't feel too much pressure.
About an hour later, he had been sitting closest to the door of the store, observing Jingrou's Brother Hu, and seeing that Jingrou didn't seem uncomfortable, he got up and said goodbye to the store manager and left. Although Jingrou couldn't walk over to see off Brother Hu, she also smiled at him and waved her hand, showing her gratitude to him.
After Brother Hu left, Jingrou stayed by Meng Qi's side, and Meng Qi constantly introduced her to many different guests, and then she continued to repeat the process of greetings, ordering wine and food, and toasting.
In this way, it was not until one o'clock in the middle of the night, when the last batch of customers was finally sent away, that the store manager instructed everyone to get on the bus and go back to the dormitory, of course, this is also what she only knew after Meng Qi translated it to Jingrou.
Because Jingrou is the first day of coming today, the store manager wants to take her to meet the proprietress, that is, the store manager's mother. And because Jingrou can't speak Japanese, Meng Qi has always been by her side as a translator.
The manager drove them to a relatively small tavern-like place, and when they sat in the car, Meng Qi told Jingrou: "The proprietress and her husband also run a tavern called an izakaya in Japan." After we get off work in the store, if we can, we will take the guests to the hostess's izakaya for a second consumption. It's just that there's no commission to get here, so it's not necessary, but you still have to do your best to be popular in the store. ”
Jingrou didn't say anything else, she listened carefully to Meng Qi's introduction all the way, and kept nodding her head to show that she understood, but by the way, she also asked Meng Qi to know that the girls with Southeast Asian faces in the store were all from the Philippines.
The manager parked the car in front of the izakaya, and then walked into the hostess's tavern with Meng Qi and Jingrou. Because the space here is not large, before Jingrou can take a closer look, the store manager has already led the two of them to the hostess's bar.
The manager smiled and motioned for them to sit and wait, so the two sat on the small stool in front of the bar, quietly waiting for the arrival of the proprietress who had just sat down when she came out of it.
The proprietress is a chubby middle-aged woman, her face and the store manager's face look so similar, it can be said that it is the same as a touch, and you can know that it is the mother and daughter at a glance!
The proprietress came to Jingrou with a smile, she looked at Jingrou and immediately took a small piece of white paper from the side, and wrote something on it with a ballpoint pen, and then she handed the piece of paper to Jingrou, and motioned for Jingrou to look at it with her eyes.
Jingrou thought it was funny, she immediately smiled and took the piece of paper with both hands, and then she looked down and took a closer look to realize that the proprietress had only written two words on it: beauty.
After Jingrou finished reading it, she suddenly laughed a little embarrassed, and the proprietress saw that Jingrou understood what she meant, and she also smiled happily and said a bunch of things to Meng Qi next to her that Jingrou didn't understand.
When the proprietress finally finished speaking, Meng Qicai explained to Jingrou and said, "The proprietress said that you are very beautiful, she is very satisfied, and said that you will definitely bring more benefits to her store." She asked you to learn Japanese quickly so that it would be easier for you to work in the future. ”
As soon as Jingrou listened to Meng Qi's explanation, she hurriedly smiled at the proprietress and nodded, saying that she would work hard.
The funny proprietress was satisfied and immediately gave Jingrou a thumbs up, expressing her praise for Jingrou, and then she enthusiastically introduced a middle-aged man surnamed Okada, who was eating and drinking on the side, to Jingrou.
Okada is a Japanese man of medium height, wearing glasses, looking polite, he is a regular customer in the proprietress shop, he is kind and sincere, and every time a new person who can't speak comes to the store, the proprietress will ask him to help take care of him. So Okada not only gave face to the proprietress on the spot and promised to take care of Jingrou, but he also told Meng Qi that he would take Jingrou to buy some daily necessities tomorrow. Meng Qi immediately translated Okada's words to Jingrou, and Jingrou quickly nodded to Okada with a smile to express her gratitude to him.
chatting in the proprietress shop, the time soon reached 3:00 in the morning, at this time Jingrou had not slept for almost a day and a night, but she was still not sleepy and very energetic. After all, it was the first time to work abroad, everything was new and confusing for Jingrou, and she was anxious to adapt to the work and life here in the shortest possible time, because she didn't want to waste every day in Japan for half a year, she wasn't here to play!
finally said goodbye to the proprietress and sent Meng Qi and Jingrou back to their dormitory by the time the store manager sent Meng Qi and Jingrou back to their dormitory, it was already more than 4:00 in the morning. Because it was still a little dark at this time, Jingrou only vaguely saw that the dormitory was in a separate courtyard, a two-story Japanese-style building that was not small. After the store manager helped Jingrou carry her suitcase to a room on the second floor, which belonged to the bedroom that she and Meng Qi would share in the future, he said goodbye to them and turned around and left immediately.
This room is not too big, except for the two single beds, there is not much space to move, but the bedding and pillows on the bed are ready-made, Jingrou can go to bed directly without worrying about anything, so Jingrou tidied up the suitcase while listening to Meng Qi tell her about things in the dormitory.
Meng Qi told Jingrou that this dormitory was the old home of the boss, and after the boss's family moved to the new home, they turned this old home into a dormitory for employees. Although their room is not very large, it is relatively spacious compared to the rooms of other girls from the Philippines. Because although their room was almost the same size as Jingrou's, there were 4 or 5 people living in one more room, so their room seemed to be very crowded.
Meng Qi also said that because the dormitory was full of girls, the proprietress also arranged for a relative, an old man in his 70s to live in the room on the first floor by the door as a guard, while the female employees lived in two rooms on the first floor and several bedrooms on the second floor. On the first floor, there is a shared kitchen, toilet, bathroom, and laundry room, so the dormitory is ready for everyone to use, such as basic living equipment and household appliances.
After the introduction, Meng Qi took Jingrou to the first floor to wash up, and then as soon as she returned to the bedroom, she was so tired that she immediately lay down to rest.
Jingrou packed up her things again before she finally lay down in the bed, the sky was a little cloudy at the moment, and she finally felt a little exhausted, so she fell asleep after lying down for a few minutes.