Chapter 10: Dead End
Although the An'an restaurant is small, it has all kinds of organs. Early in the morning, she had to go to the vegetable market with Boss Wang to buy vegetables, and after buying the vegetables, she had to go to the back kitchen to prepare the dishes, wash them, and cut them. All this is carried out under the guidance of Chef Wang. Just after eleven o'clock, the guests came up. There are not always a number of people who go to An'an Restaurant to eat, there are taxi drivers, and there are also some individual customers passing by, who want to serve two stir-fried dishes and a few bottles of beer. The business is reasonable, and there are always twenty or thirty such customers at noon. Since Boss Wang has her as a helper, he seems to be much more relaxed. Often standing behind the cash register, staring blankly at her. Sometimes when she is too busy, Boss Wang will also help her serve food, pour water or something.
After two o'clock, there were basically no customers in the restaurant. Chef Wang prepares the ingredients for the evening in the back kitchen, and she and Boss Wang clean up. In their spare time, the two sometimes chatted for a while.
Boss Wang often said with a smile: Your girls in the mountains of Guizhou are beautiful, much better than the girls in Beijing.
When Boss Wang said this, she smiled and did not answer.
Then, Boss Wang will also ask about her family. She said it simply. Boss Wang knew that she had a husband in Guizhou, so he asked: If you come out, he doesn't want you?
When she heard this, her face flushed. When I think of Wu An, my heart is heavy.
Occasionally, the two will also talk about Li Jing. According to Boss Wang, Li Jing worked here for three months and then left. Once, Boss Wang asked mysteriously: You don't know what Li Jing is doing now, right?
She knew, but said anyway: she worked as a waitress at the bathing center.
Boss Wang smiled mysteriously: Li Jing can make a lot of money now, more than I can earn by opening a small restaurant.
She didn't say much, but was still busy with the business at hand. After a while, Boss Wang said again: You won't leave here to make a lot of money, right?
She glanced at Boss Wang, shook her head, and said, "You're fine here, I'm not going anywhere."
Boss Wang looked at her and nodded meaningfully.
When she was paid her salary in the first month, Boss Wang gave her 500 yuan. She looked at Boss Wang in surprise. Boss Wang said: The extra 200 yuan is for you to buy clothes. You're dressed nicely, and it's for our business.
She thought, Boss Wang is really a good person. Later, she learned from Chef Wang in the back kitchen that it was not easy for Boss Wang. I used to work as a workshop director in a factory, but after I was laid off, I opened this small restaurant. After being laid off, his wife divorced him and went to Hainan with a rich man. Now Boss Wang also has a teenage son who lives with his grandparents. Later, she looked at the middle-aged Boss Wang's busy appearance, and thought to herself: Boss Wang is really not easy.
When she arrived in Beijing, Kexin never left her home in Guizhou. Although Wu An has been separated from her for so long, she is still his wife in name. Every once in a while, she would make a phone call home. Wu An said "hey" there, and she immediately said: It's me. As soon as he heard that it was her, he stopped talking. She said to the phone: I'm fine in Beijing. I read "Weather Forecast" that it rains in Guizhou, don't forget to add clothes.
He answered on the phone.
After she finished speaking, she paused, and seeing that he didn't mean to say much, she put down the phone. Every time, whether he spoke on the phone or not, she was pleasant. She was waiting for her husband's call, and she really hoped that Wu An would say on the phone: Wife, come back quickly, I need you. So she didn't hesitate to go back. However, Wu An has never said such a thing. He just said "uh-huh" on the phone.
Fortunately, Boss Wang of An'an Restaurant treated her well, saying that he gave her three hundred every month, but he would give her one or two hundred more every time, saying that it was a bonus. Sometimes Boss Wang also went to sit in the basement where she lived. He is not a man of good speech, and after a moment of silence, he said: It's not early, you can rest. Then he brought the door for her and left.
In a flash, half a year has passed. The regularity and stability of life have brought Liu Sisi back to the past. After all, this is not a small city in Guizhou, no one knows her, no one knows her past, and no one points fingers at her. Her mood gradually improved, and she began to pay attention to her dress. Her youth and beauty have made An An Restaurant have many repeat customers. When the guests are eating, they like to talk to her more, and sometimes twist their necks to look at her a few more times. Some people said in front of Boss Wang: Little girl, you are so beautiful, it is really condescending to work here, how can you be in a five-star hotel like you.
Listening to the guest's words, she smiled. Boss Wang also smiled.
When no one was around, Boss Wang asked: Sisi, you won't leave, right?
She shook her head: "Why, you're fine here."
After closing every night, she sat down to eat with Chef Wang and Boss Wang in the back kitchen. The two men drank some wine, she didn't drink and ate quickly. Then listen to two men talking about business or going around, and it's like a family.
One day, Master Wang had something to do at home, so he left without eating. Only she and Boss Wang were left. Boss Wang drank and talked to her without a match, all of which were short of some parents. She suddenly asked abruptly: Don't you want your ex-wife?
Boss Wang was stunned for a moment, and she saw that Boss Wang's eyes were moist, and there were tears flashing.
She sighed for Boss Wang in her heart, and felt that Boss Wang was also an infatuated man.
After eating, she wanted to clean up. Boss Wang said: Forget it, let's talk about it tomorrow.
It used to be too late, and there were times when I didn't clean. Every time, Boss Wang sent her to the door of the rental house, and Boss Wang left. There is a small alley of several hundred meters from the restaurant to the rental house, there is no street light, and Boss Wang always has to send her off for safety.
When she arrived at the door of the basement of the rental house, she said to Boss Wang: You go, be careful on the road.
Boss Wang answered.
She returned to the rental room, and as soon as she turned on the light, Boss Wang came in. Without saying a word, he hugged her. In the process, neither of them spoke, and she did not struggle too much.
Later, Boss Wang hugged her tightly on the bed and said: Sisi, you are so good. Don't worry, I won't treat you badly in the future. Later, Boss Wang left.
She saw a wad of money put down by Boss Wang on the table, which was the income of An An Restaurant for a day. She helped Boss Wang order, a total of 734 yuan. The current pile of money, Boss Wang gave her.
When she saw the wad of money, she cried. She didn't know why she was crying, and then she thought of Ma Bo, Xue Li, Wu An, and Boss Wang who had just left. She cried and cried, and her heart calmed down a little. Eventually, for some reason, she walked out and came to the payphone on the side of the road. In the middle of the night, a familiar "Hey-" came from the other end of the phone, and she said: "Haven't slept yet?" He answered on the phone. After a moment of silence, then a moment of silence, she put the phone down. Standing there in a daze, she felt that she was so far away from the small city of Guizhou all of a sudden, so far away that she couldn't remember Wu An's appearance.
She began to cry again, and walked back with tears in her eyes. This time, instead of walking back to the basement, I climbed up the stairs and walked to the terrace on the top floor.
It was so high in here, and she felt so close to the stars. Standing on the terrace, she looked into the distance. To the south of the horizon is her hometown in Guizhou, where there is a light that belongs to her home. At this time, Wu An was by the lamp. She smiled and walked towards the lamp, and said in her heart: Wu An, I'm back, I'm back......
Morning Post News (Reporter Shen Shen): The police have notified the family of Liu Sisi, who jumped off a building in Ya'an Park, Chaoyang District, half a month ago, but the family has not come. Mr. Wang from An'an Restaurant took care of the aftermath for him, and in the process, Mr. Wang kept crying, but he did not accept an interview with reporters.