Dong Qiangqiang's Story of Leaving Germany

Chapter 34
"Please stand by the slide and don't run around. Be careful with the packages on the slide." Just as Dong Qiangqiang ran to the bearded man, a thick German baritone came from above his head.

Dong Qiangqiang was only a few meters away from the beard, and just as he was about to call the other party, he heard a muffled "bang" from the slide next to him.

Dong Qiangqiang looked up and saw a solid square box tied with colored tape rolled from the conveyor belt to the slide.The carton seemed to have some weight, and after stopping on the slide for a while, it immediately accelerated down the slide.

Dong Qiangqiang quickly stood up, opened his arms, and greeted the square box.

The square box rushed down with acceleration. Although the slide was only a few meters away, Dong Qiangqiang was also mentally prepared, but the impact force of the fall still pushed him back a few meters, if not for the corner of the carton was stuck by the outer edge of the slide. , it may fall directly on Dong Qiangqiang's feet.

Dong Qiangqiang was really taken aback. He didn't expect that something seemingly inconspicuous could be so dangerous.He didn't dare to be careless, and no longer thought about getting to know Beard, but adjusted his movements, and stayed by the slide with all his attention, waiting for the next package.

The speed of the conveyor belt gradually increased, and more and more irregular-shaped packages rolled down the slide.Dong Qiangqiang watched what his colleague was doing, and he followed the same way. After working for two hours, he became familiar with the way: get the package from the conveyor belt - pack it into different areas according to the recipient's area. In the trolley - the trolley is fully loaded and then pushed to the designated location to be loaded into the truck.

This is a real physical task, and the parcels need to be divided by area before dawn.Although many German logistics companies have achieved mechanized classification at that time, there are still many non-standard packages that need to be manually separated.The number of packages handled by this logistics center at night exceeded Dong Qiangqiang's imagination, and Dong Qiangqiang and his co-workers hardly had time to chat.

Dong Qiangqiang had never been exposed to this kind of work before. Before he went abroad, he naively thought that going abroad to work was to help foreigners walk their pets or something.It was only in Germany that I found out that it is not easy to wash the dishes.

Just as he was about to move and divide the packages, the huge gray clock on the workshop wall made a long beep, and the conveyor belt gradually slowed down until it came to a complete stop.

Dong Qiangqiang didn't know what was going on, so he turned to look at the other coworkers, and saw that everyone was looking relieved and scattered.

"Why did it stop?" Dong Qiangqiang shouted, "The machine is broken?"

"The first work break, 15 minutes, you can eat, smoke, go to the toilet and make phone calls." Husband said, picked up his backpack and walked to the rest area.Dong Qiangqiang quickly put on his backpack to catch up with him.

"Dude, what's your name?" Dong Qiangqiang asked curiously.

Beard glanced at him sideways, smiled and said nothing.

Dong Qiangqiang immediately took the initiative to reach out his hand: "Thank you just now. My name is Dong Qiangqiang. I'm new here."

Beard stretched out his hand and shook it: "My name is Lei Lanting."

During the conversation, the two walked to the rest area, and saw sofas, round tables, chairs, microwave ovens, TV sets, refrigerators, and even game consoles and other home appliances distributed in every corner of the rest area.

"I think you are quite familiar with that man?" Dong Qiangqiang couldn't restrain his curiosity.

"It's alright." Hu Lei Lanting said as he took out the supper he had brought from his bag. Dong Qiangqiang took a peek, only a few slices of bread with lettuce and bacon sandwiched between them.

Seeing that the other party was eating deliciously, Dong Qiangqiang also felt very hungry.He took out his lunch box and staggered towards the microwave.

"Come on, let's eat together." Dong Qiangqiang put the lunch box he just took out of the microwave and the two newly bought cups of coffee in front of Lei Lanting.

Lei Lanting glanced at the lunch box: "Your daughter-in-law made it?"

"What daughter-in-law?" Dong Qiangqiang was amused, "I don't even have a girlfriend. I made it myself. Come on, chopsticks." Dong Qiangqiang handed him a pair of wooden chopsticks as he spoke.

The moment the lid of the lunch box was lifted, the aroma of Chinese food rushed out of the box, and Lei Lanting felt his nose quiver.

He looked down and saw that one of the two lunch boxes contained roast beef with potatoes, and the other contained Kung Pao chicken.

"Okay." Lei Lanting boasted as he rudely took a large piece of beef with tendons and skins and stuffed it into his mouth, chewing and picking up a large piece of fat, "I didn't see that my buddy's craftsmanship is good. what."

"Hey, make do." Seeing Lei Lanting's devouring look, Dong Qiangqiang felt very satisfied, and being appreciated is always a pleasant thing.Moreover, he always thought that it would be fun to eat together.

Lei Lanting put a few more pieces of beef in his mouth, then closed his eyes and chewed, enjoying the pleasure of the gravy bursting out of his mouth: "Well, fragrant! It's good to have wine at this time." said regretfully.

Dong Qiangqiang pointed to the alcoholic drinks in the vending machine in the distance: "There's only that one here."

Lei Lanting shook his head: "If the Germans see someone drinking at work, they will fire them."

Dong Qiangqiang asked curiously, "Then why are they still putting wine in the vending machine?"

Lei Lanting smiled: "They themselves will occasionally be greedy."

"So that's the case. Then I'll ask you to come to my house one day later..." As soon as Dong Qiangqiang said that, he suddenly remembered those people where he lived, and immediately swallowed the second half of his sentence.

Lei Lanting looked at him and patted him on the shoulder happily: "That's a good feeling. I'll bring a few more bottles of liquor, all of which I brought from China."

Dong Qiangqiang hurriedly changed the subject: "I'm going to work in a while, why don't I smoke one?"

"Let's go!" Lei Lanting didn't notice his change, happily took the cigarette and strode out the door.

Before the two had finished smoking one in the rest area, they heard a long ring of an electric bell, and the rest time was over.

The two walked towards their respective slides one after the other. Lei Lanting patted Dong Qiangqiang on the shoulder and handed him a pair of earplugs: "The old ones, wear them first to protect the eardrums."

Dong Qiangqiang nodded gratefully.

Practice makes perfect.Dong Qiangqiang was quick to get started, summarizing ways to improve efficiency and save physical strength while working, so when he took the second work break, he felt that he was not as tired as the first time off.

Lei Lanting seems to be more addicted to smoking than him, so he ran out to smoke without saying hello.

Dong Qiangqiang looked at the watch on the wall, it was almost 3:30, and it was already working time in China.He took out his mobile phone, but found that there was no signal in the workshop, so he had no choice but to walk outside the workshop.

Hard work pays off. In a remote corner, Dong Qiangqiang's mobile phone finally got a signal.He couldn't wait to dial the number of the German embassy at home, and there was a familiar "beep" sound from the phone, and he waited anxiously.

A meteor flashed by in the night sky above his head, and it may have heard Dong Qiangqiang's wish.

The call is connected.

(End of this chapter)