suddenly tired

Early this morning, Ji Sumian cooked himself a bowl of wontons. It was very fragrant. The meat filling was delicate and small grains of meat could be eaten. The aroma of green onion and ginger was present, but the main body could not be seen. Presumably it was smashed The most surprising thing is that although the wontons are not big, each one contains half a fresh shrimp, which looks ordinary but is very delicate.

He heard Zhong Lei's cell phone ringing in the attic, he picked it up and said a few words, and then a man with frayed hair and looking full of resentment jumped down.

"Second Uncle's wontons are so delicious. How did you manage to have shrimp in each one? I thought they were bought from outside. No, it's much more delicious than bought ones." He ate something in his mouth, muttered.

Zhong Lei's anger for getting up obviously hasn't dissipated, so he glanced at him and went into the bathroom.

After washing up, Zhong Lei unscrewed a bottle of mineral water and leaned against the door to watch him eat.

"With your IQ, how did you study economics and minor in law? Can you keep up?"

"Huh? What?"

"Put the minced meat and shrimp in two bowls respectively, one spoonful of meat and one shrimp, wrap it up, understand?"

Ah... Ji Sumian felt that he asked a stupid question, so he scratched his head: "Hey, you are really stupid, it seems that your IQ is so low."

"You don't usually cook, do you?"

"I can also do it, but I spend more time buying and eating. Second uncle, I have enough IQ, but it is really hard to learn one more pre-law project, and I don't have enough time." Ji Sumian stared into his eyes, earnestly Said.

"Well, I see. After eating, it's time to go."

Ji Sumian's work content is fairly simple, and he is well-behaved. He doesn't complain about what he wants to do, especially when he needs to run up and down to get materials and deliver documents. He said that girls wear high heels, so it should be up to him Responsible, and the work of receiving VIPs, meeting guides, and being in the limelight will automatically retreat to the back and let the sisters go first. Within a week, everyone fell in love with this young man and pulled him into the milk tea delivery list of the administrative department group.

The so-called fight order group is actually a complaint group with no managers or above. Of course, it also takes into account the function of eating and drinking.In a group, reception, marketing, personnel, public relations, fleet and general affairs office, these administrative departments are gathered together to gather and distribute gossip. Ji Sumian is a little busy during work hours, so I remembered that there was a group at night, so I dug it out to see the chat history. Breathtaking.

"Second Uncle, why do they talk so much every day, which manager is going to be replaced, which supervisor is going to be promoted, who is having an affair with whom, they all know it all, it's amazing!"

Zhong Lei leaned over and took a look: "Single single group?"

"It's actually a gossip group."

"Just take a look, don't make a fuss about it."

"Ah? Why, wouldn't that seem too out of place?"

"Too many words will lead to failure. There are dozens of floors in your building. The more people there are, the more complicated the environment is. Do your best and don't meddle in it."

"Oh."

Seeing the child's unconvinced look, Zhong Lei added a few more words: "every sentence and every word you leave in every place may become evidence for others in the future, and these things, if you wait to eat It’s too late to learn the lesson.”

Ji Sumian nodded: "I know Second Uncle, talk less and do more. That's what my dad told me before."

"Yeah, government officials will be more cautious." Speaking of this, he realized that Ji Sumian's father had changed from a government official to a person who was about to serve his sentence, "Uh, I mean before, oh yes, what about your father? Alright, can I have a visit?"

"Not yet, wait for the court session. He asked his lawyer to tell me not to let me go there. He can go to see him later, and he will talk to me face to face."

"Yes. I had the opportunity to visit and told me in advance that the place is far away without a car."

"Thank you, Second Uncle, you are a very good person, even if your mouth is a little bit poisonous."

"Take back the second half of your sentence! By the way, in that group, it's okay to participate in the takeaway milk tea order, and take the initiative to help people run errands, don't feel troublesome."

"Hey. Good."

Downstairs in Junwei the next morning, the good driver was still educating the children: "I'm a bit perceptive at work, don't just stand still at the front desk stupidly."

Ji Sumian went around to the other side of the car, and said to Zhong Lei with the window open: "Second Uncle, if you keep talking, you really won't be an uncle anymore. I have to call you Dad."

"Then you are screaming! Hurry up, I'm blocking the road!"

"Second Uncle, I have an interview in Jian'an District at five o'clock in the afternoon, can you take me there? It's too late for me to get off work at four o'clock to take the bus."

"Interview? Don't you have a job?"

"A part-time job, teaching English to children at night, is that okay?"

"Okay, trouble. Then I'll be downstairs at four o'clock. Come out quickly. You can't stop on this road for too long."

"If you come earlier, you can park at No. 17 in the parking lot. I asked the driver of the team, and there is no one in that parking space in the afternoon. Just tell the security that the car is reserved by the reception department."

"Yo, it's only been a few days, and there is still a parking space? Then I'll go to sleep."

Zhong Lei slept very comfortably this time. The roof of the parking lot softened the afternoon light a lot, making it less glaring. It's just that he rented a small yellow car, parked among a row of luxury cars visible to the naked eye and a few low-key luxury cars. , looks different, like a piece of dogtail grass in the middle of a precious orchid, shaking its head in the wind, very calm.

Seeing Ji Sumian running in his uniform without taking off his name tag, Zhong Lei handed him a bottle of water: "Don't worry, there's time."

He laughed foolishly, panting while sitting on the co-pilot.

"Why do you want to find a part-time job?"

"The salary is too low, it's just enough to live on. I don't know when the money will be returned to you. Besides, my mother has a daily expense. Except for the medical insurance, the hospital will call from time to time to collect the money. It's all money... ..."

"Oh."

"Actually, this training institution rejected me before, but they didn't use that official template to reject me. They told me what was lacking. It looked so sincere. I continued to chat with Miss HR and asked her Can you give me a chance to go for an interview?"

"And they agreed?"

"It took a week to contact me."

"That's because you didn't find the right one. Treat you as a spare tire."

"Why are you doing this? You think of people so badly. But even if it's a spare tire, I'll admit it. Let's go and see if it works. They are all evening classes. I leave work early, so I won't delay at all."

"You have seamlessly connected, and it has delayed my business."

"Second Uncle, I studied how online car-hailing orders are received the other day, actually..."

Ji Sumian turned on his mobile phone, and carefully explained to him the skills of taking orders for online car-hailing, how to set the destination along the way, how to receive reservation orders, etc., organically combining Zhong Lei's yearning for freedom and desire for money, and designed for him He set up a system for receiving orders from going out in the morning to returning home in the evening, and shamelessly added a part of the itinerary to pick him up at [-] pm to this system.

Zhong Lei frowned after listening to his babble, and looked at him intently: "Master, I think there are two bugs in your arrangement. First, am I doing business on the basis of serving you? ? Second, are you so sure you can pass the interview?"

Ji Sumian was speechless for a while.

"Why don't you count the fare for the way to pick me up and drop me off?"

"Good guy, you haven't paid back any of the money, and your debts have increased. It's really good. It seems that American economics can't be learned."

No matter how much he mocked and sneered, Ji Sumian didn't seem to back down at all, and insisted on asking, "Can you do it, Second Uncle?"

Zhong Lei laughed, he didn't know whether he was angry or helpless, but he finally agreed, thinking to himself, I'll see how this kid will pay off the debt.

The part-time job interview process was a bit twists and turns.In the first round of HR interviews, I felt that there was no problem, but the teaching supervisor had some doubts. I always felt that an English teacher could not win the trust of the parents without a bachelor's degree certificate, and without TOEFL IELTS Band [-] or [-] English proficiency test scores.It happened that the boss was in this campus today, so Ji Sumian was taken to a separate small conference room.

"USC? Why did you come back before you finished reading?"

"Something happened at home. My mother is in a coma in the hospital. My father is not here. I can only take care of her. No matter it is financial or practical, I am not allowed to continue my studies." Ji Sumian said frankly.

"Oh, that's true. I think you're looking for a part-time job at night, right? Do you have a real job?"

"Yes, at Denway Group, but I get off work early, at four o'clock."

"Need to make money to see a doctor for mom?"

"Yes, one job is not enough to live on your own, plus see a doctor and owe money to others."

"Okay, it's quite real. You have been in the United States for more than six years, and your English level must be fine, and the evening classes are all kindergarten children, so there is no difficulty. I have no problem here, but you still need to chat with the teaching supervisor After all, I have never been a teacher before, so you can listen to a class first and try to explain it yourself."

Ji Sumian thanked her, made an appointment for an audition and lecture tomorrow night, and returned to the taxi.

It was a rare day to finish work early, and Zhong Lei and Ji Sumian were sitting in front of an inconspicuous small restaurant by the side of the road.The store is very small, and the tables and chairs at the entrance are full of people. At first glance, it looks like a restaurant full of high-quality and cheap food. The service must not keep up. Orders need to be written by yourself and delivered to the back kitchen as soon as possible. If you just sit there and wait, you won't be able to eat all night.

Zhong Lei was familiar with such small restaurants, and without asking Ji Sumian what he wanted to eat, he wrote down the names of three dishes, passed through the crowd and handed them to the back kitchen, and came back after shouting, "This table is in a hurry".I don't know if it's useful or not, anyway, it's as if I'm a regular customer or a friend of the boss, and even the guests at the next table are looking at him.Zhong Lei pulled up his mask and sat down calmly.

"Second uncle, don't you even look at the menu when you order?"

"Order a signature dish, a seasonal dish written on the wall, or a dish that I'm used to, and I can't go wrong."

"Do you come here often?"

"Yes, the boss is nice, the dishes are large, and the seasoning and oil used are also regular."

Sure enough, they were regular customers, and the food was served very quickly. The two of them had been busy all day, both tired and hungry. They just buried their heads in eating without talking, but Zhong Lei stopped eating halfway through his chopsticks.

"What's the matter, Second Uncle, are you full?" Ji Sumian asked while chewing on the vermicelli in the braised fish.

"Well, you can't eat too much at night, you will get fat."

"Wow, you still pay attention to your body so much. Then I ate it, I'm still growing and I'm not afraid of getting fat."

Zhong Lei lit a cigarette, chuckled, and didn't answer him, his eyes fell on the opposite side of the road, or not on the other side of the road, but on the passing vehicles and pedestrians, watching the crowd wandering expressionlessly in the large and small spaces of the city, he saw Accustomed to people's vibrant mornings and exhausting nights, I am also at a loss and lonely.Ji Sumian didn't bother him, and picked and ate the leftovers. Seeing his hand holding the lighter, the gracefully curved wrist was hanging on the table, the thumb and middle finger were holding one end of the lighter, sliding down, He raised his wrist, turned the lighter, continued to slide, and repeated, the car windows passing by on the road reflected the colorful colors of neon passing by his hand, and Ji Sumian was fascinated by it.

After getting out of the car, he lit another cigarette, which was the last one to declare that the day's work was over and he could go home and sleep. "You go first, and I'll go back after I finish smoking." He said.

Ji Sumian hummed and walked in front, thinking that the hut was very hot after a day in the sun, especially Zhong Lei's attic, so turning on the air conditioner earlier would at least make it cooler when he came in.He quickened his pace.

The door of the house was right in front of him, Ji Sumian reached out his hand to find the keys in his bag, one of them tripped over something without paying attention, and fell to the ground with a plop, the fall was solid, his palms and knees were burning hot, before he had time to see the injury, Then he noticed that the thing that tripped him just now was a person lying motionless on the ground.

"what--"

He yelled involuntarily, wanted to stand but was unable to stand up, so he could only kick his feet and move to the side, looking cowardly and embarrassed.

Zhong Lei heard the movement and ran over after throwing away his cigarette, grabbed Ji Sumian, held his wrist like a cat, and asked "what's the matter?" Ji Sumian pointed to the ground: "There is... a person, he Is... dead?"