Chapter 9: Escape
Liu Sisi, who wanted to stay in the city, could not continue to stay in the city now. Liu Sisi has become a celebrity within a certain range. Wherever she went, as long as she said that she was Liu Sisi, a graduate of the nursing school, people would drag out a long voice "oh-" and then look at her with content, making her feel like a thorn in the back.
Because of her history, Wu An always walked with her head down, along the wall, like a mouse crossing the street. Wu An and Liu Sisi's days were extremely gloomy.
When she was desperate, she thought of Yu Na again. Yu Na always lends a helping hand to her at the most critical time. This time is no exception, Yu Na looked at her who was crying in a low voice, and said in shock: You go to Beijing, it is the capital, a big city, no one knows you, and no one knows your past. After a few years, others forget about it, and you come back.
After speaking, he also found out the phone number of Li Jing, a classmate in Beijing. After graduating, Li Jing went to Beijing, first washing her hair in a hair salon, and then going to work in a bathing center, sending money home every now and then. People talk about Li Jing doing "that kind of work" in Beijing.
Beijing is a distant and beautiful myth for Liu Sisi. It seems that she can only go to that myth.
In a phone booth, she dialed Ms. Li's. Li Jing on the phone didn't show much enthusiasm, but asked lightly: If you want to come to Beijing, you can find me when you come. After speaking, he put down the phone, and it seemed that Li Jing's business was very busy.
She was determined to leave the city, there was no place for her anymore. She can tolerate other people's eyes and fingers, but what makes her unbearable the most is Wu An's attitude. She looked at the exhausted Wu An, and her heart was bleeding. The honest man Wu An recruited whoever provoked whom, all of this was the seeds of pain he planted. Maybe after she leaves, maybe everything will calm down, and then she will come back, live with Wu An with peace of mind, and give him another child. After thinking about it, she finally made up her mind.
That night, Wu An was lying on the sofa watching TV, and she walked over and stood at Wu An's feet. Wu An hadn't spoken to her for many days, and Wu An in front of her made her feel strange, but she still mustered up the courage and said: Wu An, I'm leaving.
Wu An raised his eyelids and looked at her in surprise.
She continued: I am going to Beijing to work, which is the capital, and it is easier to find a job.
Wu An's eyelids jumped, she saw that Wu An's face was blue and gray, she was so sad that she wanted to cry, thinking: This is her husband, why did he become like this?
Wu An sat up and looked at her stunned.
She also said: I have a classmate who works in Beijing for several years, and she has done a good job there.
Wu An lowered his head, thought about it, reached out and looked in the pocket of his clothes for a while, then stood up again, walked to the table and opened the drawer, took a few hundred yuan, and put it in front of her. She didn't pick it up, she had the travel expenses to Beijing, she went to Beijing to work, not to consume, she didn't have to bring so much money.
The next morning, she was gone. When she left, it was just dawn, and she didn't have anything to bring, just a few changes of clothes, just like before she walked into Wu An's house. When I walked out of the building door, something hurt in my heart, this is her home, she has a husband, and now she is leaving. She turned her head and saw Wu Anqing's gray face, silently sending her off with her eyes. When I looked back, tears flowed out.
When he arrived in Beijing, Liu Sisi changed cars several times before finding Jinfeng Chaoyang Bathing Center. The bathhouse doesn't live up to its name at all, it's located in a dirty, shady alley, and its façade isn't big. When she came, just after noon, Li Jing was still sleeping. Li Jing's dormitory is in the basement, which is even darker and damper. There were five or six people living in a basement, and Li Jing was the lower bunk. Later, Li Jing led her outside, Li Jing looked very pale in the sun, she said with dark circles under her eyes: Do you want to do it in the bathing center?
Liu Sisi asked curiously: What can you do here?
Looking at Li Jing, who she hadn't seen for a few years, she felt a little strange, and she couldn't find the shadow of the lively girl back then. Li Jing lit a cigarette, squinted her eyes and spit out a puff of smoke, and said: You have to do everything, as long as the guests have a request.
She understood. The various statements about Li Jing that I had heard before were confirmed at this moment. She thought of Wu An, she was still Wu An's wife, and she couldn't do anything to be sorry for Wu An. She wants to work in Beijing for a while, and when the people in the small city completely forget her, she still has to go back and live with Wu An. Thinking of this, she shook her head and said, "You can introduce me to another job."
Li Jing happily wrote down the address and phone number of An'an Restaurant on a piece of paper, handed it to her, and said: This is the place where I worked when I first came to Beijing, and the boss's surname is Wang. You go to him and try it.
She put away the piece of paper as if she was a treasure and looked at Li Jing.
Li Jing said: I can only help you introduce this place, if not, I can't help you.
After saying that, Li Jing left. She said that the bathing center would have guests coming in a moment, and she would have to put on makeup. When she left, she didn't invite Liu Sisi to come over to play, which made her feel empty.
She tossed and turned to find An An's restaurant. Boss Wang looked her up and down, and then picked up the piece of paper that Li Jing wrote to her and asked: Li Jing asked you to come?
She nodded: Li Jing is my classmate, and she said that she worked here with you.
Boss Wang said: I am a small restaurant here, and there are not many guests in normal times, so you have to do it, three hundred a month, and take care of food and accommodation.
After listening to Boss Wang, she nodded without thinking.
An'an Restaurant is indeed a small restaurant, with seven or eight tables and a back kitchen. There is a master in charge of the spoon in the back kitchen, also surnamed Wang, who is in his fifties and very fat. Before she came, except for Boss Wang, Master Wang was here. Boss Wang is responsible for invoicing, serving, collecting money, and helping Chef Wang in the back kitchen to prepare materials when he is free. He really lacked a helper.
Liu Sisi felt a little more relieved, she thought that An'an Restaurant was her foothold in Beijing, and she would work here for a while.