Qingben beauty

Chapter 17 Met them again

Xiangcheng is an ancient city with a history of thousands of years. Its city center has always been in the east of the river. For the old city, Yuanjialing is not the most authentic city center. However, the city has developed in recent years, and several large shopping malls have been built there. move, become prosperous.

But I don't want to go there.

In the past few years, sometimes when it rains or when Gu Mingyuan is in a good mood, he will let me change into clean clothes and lead me to stroll around the city slowly along the streets.

He would tell me the history of the city while walking.

Those old city walls, those old houses, the layout of those old cities.

He would also take me to museums and libraries.

And while listening to Gu Mingyuan explaining those historical relics, I also went to see those streets.

Yuanjialing is bustling, but there are big shopping malls and many large units. For me, it is not easy to find a job.

I'm going to Bayi Bridge.

That, I just arrived in this city, the first time I knelt down and begged.

That area is the oldest urban area in Xiangcheng.

Surrounded by old houses and small alleys, there are many small shops of all kinds. In such a place, you should be able to find a hard-working job.

I walked along the streets around the Bayi Bridge for a whole day and asked dozens of small shops, but none of them were willing to hire me.

Because, I don't have an ID card.

After Gu Mingyuan adopted me, he also wanted to find someone to solve my household registration problem, but because Gu Mingyuan's own household registration has not been resolved, I am still a homeless child of unknown origin, even if someone nodded, they also proposed a high fee.

We cannot afford this fee.

So, until now, I am also a black household, a person without any identification.

I understand those people's reluctance to hire me.

After walking for a day, I found a step on the side of the road and sat down, looking blankly at the pedestrians on the road.

On the opposite side of the road is a small shop that sells donburi rice. The vegetables are being cooked inside, and the smell of meat wafts over with the wind, which makes my stomach growl twice.

I swallowed my saliva, thinking in my mind how long would the money on me last?

"Girl, are you looking for something to do?" A man's voice suddenly sounded beside her.

I turned my head and saw a lean man in his early forties with sunken cheekbones standing beside me, and my heart skipped a beat.

Still, I nodded at him.

The man narrowed his eyes, scanned me once, and said, "I'm the boss of the Futian rice cooker on the opposite side, but I need a small worker."

I hurriedly stood up, and said to him sincerely, "I can do it, I have strength, and I can do anything."

The man frowned slightly and said, "You don't have an ID card, do you?"

My face darkened.

"In this way, I will take care of your three meals, and there is a place for you to live behind the shop. If you work as a handyman, I will give you one hundred and fifty a month. Do you want to do it?" The man said with a casual smile.

150 yuan.

In the past few years, the price of goods in Xiangcheng has skyrocketed, and wages are also rising.

Even if I am young, I know that the small workers in these small shops cost about [-] yuan a month including food and lodging.

150 block...

I sighed softly in my heart, nodded and said, "Do it."

The man took me across the street, and said to a young woman in her early twenties at the cash register in front, "This is a small worker, with food and lodging included, 150 yuan a month, by the way, what's your name?"

"My name is Gu Qing." I said to the young woman with a smile on my face.

The young woman frowned, looked at me, and then at the man.

"This is my wife. My surname is Chen, and her surname is Niu." The man said to me.

"Boss Chen, lady boss." I said to the young woman with a bigger smile on my face.

After all, the boss lady made the young woman smile and said to me: "Since the boss said it, then you can stay."

As she spoke, she came out from behind the cash register, bumped Boss Chen with her body, and then led me to the back.

The store is not big. The front of the store is about 50 square meters, and the kitchen at the back is less than ten square meters. There is an open-air patio behind the kitchen. A man and a woman.

The store hired two big chefs to specialize in stir-frying, washing vegetables, picking vegetables, and washing dishes. It turned out that two old ladies were hired to do the work. Before I came, the two old ladies quit their jobs because of low wages and heavy workload.

After I came, these jobs became mine.

The location of this store is very good, and the business is also very good. Since ten o'clock in the morning, the flow of people has increased, and the store sells hundreds of rice bowls a day.

When the two cooking chefs are too busy, Boss Chen will go up to help.

And the more rice bowls sold, the more work such as washing and picking vegetables and dishes will be.

Fortunately, I am young, and my hands and feet are agile. I can do what the two aunts do by myself. Sometimes the lady boss is too busy, and I can also help deliver food and collect money.

After a few days of cooking, the face of the proprietress to me has completely improved. When I was eating, I no longer threw a bowl of rice for me to eat by myself, but called me to eat with the master chefs. .

The dishes that the master cooks cook for themselves, even if they use leftover ingredients, at least two of the three meals have more than two meat dishes.

Moreover, after the two aunts left, the six-square-meter hut was equivalent to me sleeping alone.

So, even if I’m as tired as a dog every day, and I’m paralyzed on the bed when I enter the house at night without any strength, even if I do the work of three people, I get half of my wages.

I also feel very satisfied!
Winter in Xiangcheng comes very suddenly. In one night, the temperature can drop by more than ten degrees, and the streets are suddenly cool.

In winter, everyone likes to eat hot food, and the business of the small shop will be even better.

At noon that day, after I was busy with the rest of the work, the proprietress called me to the front to order and deliver the food. The door opened and two young men came in.

At first glance, I didn't notice anything, and ran up to meet the guests, and took them to sit down in a newly vacated seat in the corner.

Until the young man who was always 1.8 meters tall and stared at me said: "Are you a girl?"

After a moment of surprise, I suddenly recognized the two people in front of me.

Fast forward six years, both the big head and the monkey have grown up, the big head has grown into a burly young man with regular facial features, while the monkey is still a little thin, but his height has also risen a lot, it looks like it is also more than 1.7 meters five , Moreover, his facial features have been opened, and he is handsome in his delicate appearance. He is not at all like a thief before...

"You're really a girl." The monkey chuckled sarcastically.

Well, the bastard is exactly the same as before!
I snorted, took a pen and paper and asked, "What do you two want to eat? Today's fried pork with white pepper is very fresh, and the wind-blown pork liver is also good. Would you like a pair of pork belly?"

"Yo, I've learned this well." The monkey snorted lightly.

"White chili fried pork is the same as the wind-blown pork liver." The big head poked him and said to me.

I quickly recorded it, then called out to the kitchen, and turned around to greet other guests.

"Niu, when did you come back?" The big head asked behind me, "Didn't you follow an old man?"

I paused, not knowing what it was like.

In the past six years, every time Gu Mingyuan took me to this area, I was a little apprehensive. Later, Gu Mingyuan rarely took me here.

I never saw either of them again.

Unexpectedly, the big head actually knew that I was following Gu Mingyuan...

There was only a pause in my steps, I didn't say anything, so I walked away quickly to greet other guests.

Noon is the busiest time in the store. There are so many customers that I don't have any free time to think about the two of them.

After delivering the food they ordered, he ran away without touching the ground, not even knowing when they left.

Until the end of the day, the proprietress handed me a note and said, "This is left for you by two guests."

On the note is a string of numbers.

I know, that's called a phone number.

I just glanced at it, then tore up the note and threw it into the trash can. I yawned in the satisfied eyes of the landlady and went back to my hut.

That night, for the first time, I didn't fall asleep right away, but slowly fell asleep after turning over on the plank bed for more than half an hour.

(End of this chapter)