10. There's a job
It was almost 10 a.m. when the train arrived at Haidu Station, and I left the station with the crowd with my bag. Looking at the crowded squares and tall buildings in the distance, I was so frightened that I even had the idea of going out to the ticket office to buy a return ticket, returning to my parents and relatives at home, and never coming out again. If I go back like this, I will be scolded by my mother for being bloody, and I will be laughed at by my sisters as a laughing stock for a year and a half, so no matter what, I must not go back like this.
I encourage myself: don't be afraid, no matter what, you are also born again, you are ten years ahead of the manager than others.
I dispelled the idea of going home, first bought a map of Haidu, figured out the location of the southeast, northwest and my own location, and the next step was to find a place to live. How nice it would be if I were a boy, anyway, it's not cold now, just go to that place for a night, but girls don't have this advantage, they have to solve the place where they live first.
I can't afford to live in those hotels, I don't even want to think about this, and based on experience, there are guest houses in universities, which are safe and cheap. I marked all the universities shown on the map. With his current location, from near to far, he locked three schools. Three schools, there should be one for me.
I found the change, took the bus to the nearest school, and finally found someone's guest house, but was told that it was full. I was a little disappointed, but I wasn't discouraged, and I didn't have a chance to get discouraged, and I had to find a place to stay before dark. While waiting for the bus, I took out an egg from my bag, drank a sip of water and ate a mouthful of egg, which was considered lunch.
The second school wasn't full, but the price was too high for me to accept. When I arrived at the third school, it was already four o'clock in the afternoon, I was very tired, I was already very tired after a day and a night on the train, and I felt that I was going to be exhausted after walking such a long way. "It's hard to go out for a thousand days at home", how well this sentence is said, I am now deeply understanding its meaning, and I think, no matter how expensive it is, I must live first, otherwise I will die of exhaustion.
But the third school was more expensive than the second, and if I paid the deposit, I was afraid that I would have less than fifty dollars left, and despair began to climb in my heart. I don't know how embarrassed I looked and how ugly my face was. Other people are reborn and come back with smooth sailing, left and right, why am I so useless, I can't even find a place to live.
When I turned around and walked out of the guest house, a boy passed me, he looked at me, walked a few steps, and then turned back and said, "Do you want accommodation?" ”
I looked at him quizzically and nodded.
"From our school all the way south, there is another school, their guest house is cheaper than here, you can go and check it out."
As if grasping at a life-saving straw, I hurriedly asked, "Is it far away?" ”
"It's not too far, it's almost a twenty-minute walk." He pointed me in the direction again, "Go out and go south, cross two intersections, you go over there and ask again." ”
I thanked him very gratefully and hurried to find the guest house. He was right, the price here is really much cheaper, checked in and found his room, this is a quadruple room, there are already two people, but neither is there. I was so tired that I didn't think about anything anymore, so I washed my face and fell asleep on the bed.
I also admired that I was able to sleep well, and I slept until the next morning. When he woke up in a hazy way, he heard the two men talking:
"Did she die of sleep?"
"Don't scare me, I'm very timid."
"Otherwise, I can sleep so much, she was sleeping when I came back yesterday afternoon, almost fifteen or sixteen hours, she didn't move, should we tell the service desk, if I really sleep to death, I'm also very afraid."
It turned out that they were discussing me, and I was secretly happy in my heart, whether I should learn to deceive corpses and scare them. Forget it, the first time we met, we were roommates again, and it would be troublesome if we didn't handle the relationship well. I rolled over, then opened my eyes, and the two of them stopped talking.
I stretched, sat up and greeted them, "Hello." ”
Both of them were also young girls, with normal appearances and friendly smiles at me.
After chatting, I learned that one of them is looking for a job like me, and the other is a graduate school major. The one who is looking for a job is called Xinxin, a graduate of a famous school in the north, and the graduate school entrance examination is called Manman, of course, my academic qualifications cannot be compared with others, but one more friend has one more way, if she finds a job, maybe she can introduce me to her company as a cleaner. I thought so to myself, and I said it like this, but it made them both laugh.
After dinner, I went to the talent market with Xinxin, and she submitted a few resumes, but I didn't dare to vote because of my low education. In the afternoon, she had an opportunity to interview, so I went to the labor market by myself. There are a lot of job openings, and there are more job searches. I don't know when I was targeted by a woman, and in a corner with few people, she stopped me. I looked up at her, and the makeup was very thick, but I didn't think it looked good, like an old goblin. She asked me if I would like to work in a restaurant, take care of food and housing, and the salary is still very high. Of course, this was a huge temptation for me, but I was still relatively clear-headed, and I asked her if she had a booth in the labor market, and I went to sign up, and she said no. Looking at her fairy-like face, I wondered, and my father's voice sounded in my ears, "Don't make ill-gotten money."
I shook my head at her and said I didn't want to go, and hurried away.
In the evening, Xinxin listened to me and said, fortunately, you didn't go, she must be doing some improper business, I was afraid for a while.
Later, I found a job as a food delivery person, taking care of food and housing, and Shin Shin also found a good unit, when we broke up, she left me a mobile phone number, I didn't have a mobile phone, I told her to call her when I earned money to buy a mobile phone. At this time, mobile phones were still a rare item, but I knew that in a few years, mobile phones would become mass consumer goods. I remember in my previous life, I just bought a good mobile phone, I can take pictures, surf the Internet, and watch TV, but unfortunately I haven't enjoyed it for a few days, and I hung up! But it doesn't matter, I believe that in this life, I will definitely live better than in my previous life.
After that, I delivered takeaways, worked part-time jobs, worked as a flower girl selling roses on the streets, and settled down in a job as a cosmetics shopping guide in a large supermarket.
At the same time, I am also planning my future, such odd jobs are not a long-term solution after all, and this shopping guide job makes my eyes shine, makeup is very popular in the near future, and it is very popular to be a good makeup artist. With a small goal in mind, I began to study the cosmetics I sold with peace of mind.
I shared a house with a few colleagues and it was crowded, but a group of girls slept together and I felt a sense of security.
There are many people and many events, and it is inevitable that there will be all kinds of bumps and bumps, quarrels and bickering are commonplace, and armed conflicts will be carried out every once in a while. But I have never had a conflict with anyone, and I have always remained neutral, because my two sisters are older than me at home, and I am often oppressed, and my younger brother is the treasure of the family, and it is also a custom to make things difficult for me, so I have a good patience and tolerance, and I don't care about anyone.
At work, because the first three months are a probationary period, no matter how good I do, there is no bonus commission, so I don't compete with others for customers. Actually, with my personality, even after the probationary period, I won't compete with others for customers.
Another girl and I are in charge of a certain brand of cosmetics, in order to avoid the suspicion of advertising, we will hide its real name here, and call it oo brand cosmetics for the time being. The brand's makeup products are particularly comprehensive, from basic skincare to all kinds of makeup. In order to meet the needs of customers, I need to remember all kinds of uses, usages, prices, etc., and although it is annoying, I do it carefully.
In addition to understanding the product, but also to understand the customer, through observation, I found that most customers hate to look at the product when the shopping guide chatters endlessly. So when a customer comes, I don't greet them warmly, because the timid customer will be scared away by your enthusiasm, I just gently get out of the way and let the customer see for himself. If I notice that she is patiently looking at a product, I will walk over and say softly, "Hello, do you need help?" ”
If she wants to buy it, she will ask me for some usage or something, and if she doesn't buy it, I will politely say thank you for patronizing it, and not say welcome next time.
Usually when I introduce a product, I will observe the customer's skin and face shape or something, tell her the product that is suitable for her, and then introduce the use method to her, I never say how good my product is, so the customer will be annoyed.
These marketing tips I created didn't work well at first, but after a long time, I started to have repeat customers. In order to better answer customers' questions, in addition to reading the makeup knowledge books given by oo company, I also bought some skin care and makeup books to read. I like to draw since I was a child, because it costs a lot of money to learn art, and when I was in school, I had to endure the pain and cut my love, and I didn't dare to sign up for art classes, but my sensitivity to color and line was not buried because of this, and these happened to be used to sell cosmetics, and my repeat customers became more and more.