River City Story

Lin Yan has no real relatives to keep in touch with, and every first month, he lives peacefully.He Zhengxi is different. The families on both sides of his parents are very big, and He Yi is busy with hospital affairs, so it is difficult to get away from him. Therefore, from the second day to the seventh day, He Zhengxi accompanied Fang Ximin almost all over Yancheng, two days a day. By the third game, the seamless connection, the pattern on the soles of the sneakers was almost worn out.

"Still going out today?" Lin Yan drank a bowl of chicken porridge sleepily, while He Zhengxi sat across the table, peeling boiled eggs attentively and carefully.

"No, I don't need to be there in person for the remaining ones." He Zhengxi slowly tore off the last piece of shell membrane with his slender and strong fingers, and then he compared the two eggs together for a few seconds , picked the whiter, tenderer and smoother one, put it into Lin Yan's porridge, and then retracted his arm with a grin.

Lin Yan glanced at him, lowered his head, picked up the bamboo chopsticks, split the egg from the middle, scooped out the yolk, and kept the white as a spoon, and scooped up the porridge in small bites.

"Come with me to the community clinic after dinner and have someone show you how it hurts," he said.

"Pain is normal." He Zhengxi twisted his neck, rubbed his shoulders and said, "Just spray some more medicine, it's a pity that I can't go out for a run with you these two days."

"It's a smoggy day, I don't dare to run for the time being." Lin Yan drank the porridge and ate the eggs, stood up and stretched his body, walked to the sofa in the living room, and kicked the quilt in the living room. , turned to He Zhengxi and said: "You remember to take Lin Cong to do your homework, his math grades are too horrible, I'll check after work."

He Zhengxi stuffed the breakfast into his mouth two or three times, jumped up and shouted: "I'll go too, I'll be back after sending you to the restaurant!"

"Look at your injuries first!" Lin Yan shouted while brushing his teeth while standing in the bathroom.

After the site selection for the new store was completed, Cheng Qi was summoned to be the person in charge. For the school restaurant, Lin Yan was promoted to be the supervisor, and a new round of recruitment was about to start after the festival.Before the Lantern Festival, he had to choose a reliable person from the old employees as his deputy, which was a real headache.

He belongs to the kind of personality who can handle things well. He doesn't have a clear job position for himself. He can stretch out his hands when he can, and learn when he doesn't understand.But according to the current situation, he can no longer use this behavior model to operate restaurants in the future.After the summer vacation, he will be promoted to the junior year. The courses are becoming more and more complicated, and the experimental projects of professional courses that he plans to participate in are also more important.

All things add up, it is bound to reduce the energy in the restaurant.So when Cheng Qi left, he was a little bit powerless.

It is easy to recruit part-time jobs around the school, but it is difficult to recruit long-term shop assistants. Even though their shop has a good income and reputation, there are still very few people who are willing to take catering as a career.Some people feel that they have lost their place, and some people feel that they are not safe enough. Of course, part of it is to learn experience, spend three to five years, and return to their hometown to start their own business.

Once everyone starts to live independently, it is normal to be selfish, which is a manifestation of being responsible for life.Just thinking about it from Lin Yan's point of view, he still has to plan for the future of his subordinates.

Lin Yan leaned on the back of the chair and sighed, holding a stack of materials of all the interviewers during this period in his hand.He turned over one by one, his brows furrowed tighter and tighter, and finally he simply threw the pile of papers on the table, supported his forehead and said, "It's fine to wear heavy makeup and nail polish, why do you have to confess in your self-introduction?" of."

Chen Song, the foreman, took out those resumes that were not considered normal, and said to Lin Yan, "The girls from the nearby universities have made it clear that they just want to come and watch you, and they are willing to work in the restaurant even if they don't need money."

Lin Yan: "I have clubbing in my head, can I make money by watching me? Or forget it, the customers who come here regard them as their ancestors? Maybe they are forming a group to play and tease me?"

Chen Song shrugged his shoulders and said, "You are really unaware of your own charm."

Lin Yan shook his head and said, "It's because they are unaware of their own charms. They spend their youth on more glamorous things. I can't give them what they want."

Chen Song was noncommittal, and said: "When I go home during the Chinese New Year, my cousin's daughter still asks me about you."

Lin Yan was puzzled: "Ask me? It's an irrelevant relationship."

"Yes, I thought so too at first." Chen Song turned on his laptop, fiddled with it for a while, turned the screen over, and showed Lin Yan: "According to her instructions, I found this."

Lin Yan looked at the screen, there were several photos on it.He took a photo with Bi Shuzhi during his morning jog with He Zhengxi, a solo photo of him chatting with diners while working in a restaurant, and a sneak shot of Zhang's study room at school.

"The quality and aesthetics are not bad." He pinched his chin and said, "I have restored one-tenth of my handsomeness."

Chen Song closed the notebook and smiled.

Lin Yan tilted his head: "What are you laughing at?"

Chen Song: "You can also register an account and post photos every day, maybe it will really become famous."

Lin Yan waved his hand: "Don't, I can't play, that's enough for our restaurant." He rolled up his cuffs, picked out a few resumes and handed them to Chen Song, "Help contact these people for interviews, it's hard work."

Chen Song laughed again after hearing this.

Lin Yan: "?"

Chen Song withdrew his smile and said, "'Help' and 'Thank you', two humble words in a short sentence, as the supervisor here, you are really very polite."

"You're welcome?" Lin Yan was stunned for a few seconds, and then suddenly said: "Okay, I understand." He walked a few steps, then turned around and said: "Remember to call them, don't just use text messages or emails."

Chen Song gave him a no-problem gesture: "That's right."

Lin Yan is too young, with a friendly face, and there is no pressure to get along with him, but as a manager, such qualities make it easy for people not to take him seriously.At this moment, more than a year ago, when he was just 19 years old, he was forced by the proprietress to be the deputy supervisor. Among the shop assistants recruited at that time, few of them were convinced.

Chen Song used to be one of these people.

Before joining the job, Chen Song was the lobby foreman of a star-rated hotel. Because of a conflict with the airborne manager, he threw a resignation letter to the leader in a fit of anger, and then packed his luggage and moved out of the dormitory arranged by the hotel.He found a short-term rental home and rested for two months with nothing to do. By the third month, Chen Song couldn't sit still and began to submit resumes everywhere.As a result, two weeks later, I didn't even receive a single interview call.Soon, the 28-year-old Chen Song realized that he was probably blacklisted by the HR of similar hotels.

In a place like Yancheng, it is really difficult for a foreigner with tight savings and no income for three months to live properly.

That day, with his computer in his arms, he nestled on a small bed more than 1 meter wide in a short-term rental house and browsed forums to find part-time jobs.Accidentally poked the mouse into a promotional post on the adjacent section. After reading it, Chen Song felt that although the pile of text was well-written and not very bright, the shop in the accompanying picture looked very good. He is in this business Yes, with some experience, you can tell the good from the bad.After the picture was loaded, there was a recruitment poster at the bottom of the post, and Chen Song was a little moved immediately.He worked as a foreman in a big hotel, and he couldn't be seen in ordinary small shops, and no one would accept him in big places.Chen Song opened the mailbox and sent his resume according to the requirements on the recruitment poster.A few days later, he received an interview call.

"Our store may not be able to meet your salary expectations for the time being." Lin Yan said to Chen Song at that time.

Chen Song stared at the tender and half-grown boy in front of him, feeling a little annoyed, "Let your person in charge of personnel affairs talk to me." The interviewer was a child, and he felt that he was underestimated, so his tone was not very friendly.

Lin Yan handed his work ID to Chen Song, with a cold expression on his face, "I am the deputy supervisor of the store, and I am the person in charge of personnel affairs. If you want to talk to the supervisor, I can call him down."

Chen Song smiled and asked, "How old are you? Did you go to college? The rich second generation opened a store? Just having money is not enough, you have to manage it well."

Lin Yan glanced at Chen Song without saying a word, then got up and left directly.A few minutes later, Cheng Qi came down from upstairs. Although Cheng Qi was 30 years old, she was also very young just from the appearance, as if she had just graduated.Chen Song glanced at it, and immediately wanted to go out.This kind of store is the easiest to drive high and go low, and finally nothing happens.

"You seem to have offended the person with the longest seniority in our shop." Cheng Qi said with a smile.

A bit of doubt appeared on Chen Song's face, and Cheng Qi didn't say anything after seeing it, but asked him to talk about some restaurant team management and operation concepts in detail.After the interview, Chen Song returned to live in his short-term rental house again, and continued to aimlessly submit resumes and make phone calls.He had an intuition that the two managers of that restaurant didn't like him very much, and Chen Song himself didn't like to act with a team that was too young, so he might miss it this time.

A week later, Chen Song received a phone call, and the voice on the phone was very familiar—it was the young deputy director, asking if he was interested in going over to have a chat.

"Why do you still let me come?" Chen Song asked Lin Yan when he stepped into the store for the second time.

"I think you need this job very much." Lin Yan spread out a document in his hand, "Chen Song, 28 years old, has 7 years of experience in the hotel industry, starting from the age of 25 until more than three months ago , has been working as a foreman in a famous hotel. Currently...unemployed at home, oh no, unemployed, a short-term rental apartment that expires at any time." Lin Yan raised his eyes and stared at Chen Song, "However, you look very talented You should still love this industry very much.”

Chen Song nodded with embarrassment, but he still spoke calmly: "Yes, although my family is very opposed to my university major, they are all teachers and hope that I can also be a teacher. But I am not interested in teaching and educating people. Instead, working in a hotel makes me feel very comfortable.”

"So comfortable that I think I have the ability to challenge the immediate leader, and then beat the other party black and blue, and finally leave the resignation letter?" Lin Yan asked with a smile on his face.

Chen Song rubbed his nose and shrank half an inch into the chair.The smile of the child in front of him was obviously very warm, but Chen Song was inexplicably nervous.

Is this warning me?Get off your horse?Or revenge for a previous interview?Chen Song was not sure.

"Your resume did not include the reason for resigning from the previous job." Lin Yan explained, "So we asked a few acquaintances a little bit."

Chen Song picked up the glass, took a sip of water, and said in a hoarse voice: "That's right, I submitted a lot of resumes, but they didn't give me the chance to interview, but I don't want to pack up and leave, I still want to stay here and do my job. A job you like."

Lin Yan nodded, picked up Chen Song's information and looked at it casually. After a long time, he suddenly asked: "You are 28, and you are not going back to your hometown or getting married. Are you not in a hurry?"

Chen Song was stunned for a moment, this kind of question was asked from the mouth of a half-grown boy with delicate eyebrows and eyes, and he always felt that something was wrong.He coughed, and after serious consideration, he replied, "At present... I don't have enough capital to make my other half happy."

"Perhaps with your other half, you might be more motivated to fight?" Lin Yan asked quickly.

Chen Song: "You are right, but I am not here. Many people who studied and lived in Yancheng with me back then have returned to their hometowns to take the public examination or do other jobs. But I... …I don’t want to be like this. Maybe it’s too immature to say these words at the age of 28, and it’s a bit of a failure to live the way I am today, but I still want to try to chase my dreams and do something that I like and can support myself.”

It is said that talking about dreams is worse than talking about salary, but when it comes to the topic of longing, many people's eyes still flash unconsciously, and so does Chen Song.Before ending the whole conversation, he even said a little excitedly: "I don't want to admit defeat, I admit that it was impulsive to fight with that manager, and I am grateful that the hotel didn't hand me over to the police, but I still insist on my opinion and I hope to have the opportunity to give it a try.”

Lin Yan smiled slyly and said, "Then you have to treat me, Lao Cheng, and other people in the store with a better attitude." He pointed to his fair and beautiful face, and joked: "We all Without a fight."

Chen Song opened his mouth in surprise, but didn't know what to say.

Lin Yan usually had to go to class, so he had limited time to go to the store every day, and sometimes he was followed by He Zhengxi.Both brothers have a good temperament, so until Chen Song officially joined the restaurant work, he still firmly believed that the deputy director was a rich second generation, but not naughty.

"Are you really the second generation rich?" When signing the entry contract, Chen Song asked Lin Yan again, "I mean, I hope this store can go further in the future. I don't want everyone to disband after squandering their capital." He added an explanation.

Lin Yan flipped through the contract, and said condescendingly: "Let's not talk about your personal ability, after all, I haven't seen it yet, but please don't use the words 'rich second generation' when you speak in the future." His eyes were in the store Skimming around, and finally refocusing on Chen Song's face, "Everyone here, including Cheng Qi who came back from abroad, and the boss who is far away in Xicheng, are our bosses, and no one is a rich second generation." .Of course, not even me. What's more, many rich second generations are more outstanding than you can imagine."

Chen Song was about to speak, but Lin Yan leaned over and whispered in his ear: "Actually, I envy you very much. Your life is ten thousand times better than mine."

Chen Song immediately replied: "What's the good? I was taken care of by my family since I was a child."

Lin Yan fell silent after listening, he shrugged and did not continue to chat with him.

More than a year has passed quickly, Cheng Qi is now transferred, and Lin Yan intends to let Chen Song take over his original position.He needs an experienced elder brother to help manage the restaurant. Chen Song has a tough personality, integrity, and no lack of experience, so he is very suitable.

Before leaving get off work at night, Lin Yan found Chen Song and told him his thoughts.

"Let me do it?" Chen Song was a little surprised, and then resolutely refused: "I am only good at work, not suitable for managing people."

"Isn't suitable for managing people? Then all these years of your experience as a foreman have been directed against the air?" Lin Yan took out a document bag from the drawer, pointed to the thick stack of A4 papers filled with words, sincerely Said: "I keep your monthly suggestions, proposals, and summaries, and the people under your command also speak highly of you. Isn't this just the right opportunity to realize your original dream?"

Chen Song rubbed the back of his hands: "To tell you the truth, during the interview, I was a little bit passionate, but I just wanted to be safe and do what I can do well."

Lin Yan pursed his lips and smiled: "When I started my first part-time job in the fifth grade of elementary school, I also thought the same as you. I just wanted to earn some money safely and do what I should do well."

"Fifth grade?"

"Maybe sixth grade." Lin Yan tried hard to remember for a while, then spread his hands openly and said: "I forgot."

Chen Song: "On the day of the interview, Brother Cheng said that I offended the person with the longest seniority in the store."

Lin Yan thought about it seriously, then smiled and said: "I have been working part-time in an old shop in Xicheng since the first year of high school. I basically did all kinds of work, and later I was responsible for accounting and cashier. If you calculate it this way, your qualifications are not bad. .”

"Grade one?" Chen Song was dubious.

Lin Yan stretched out his fingers and counted them innocently, "Weekends, winter and summer vacations, and Golden Week."

Chen Song nodded. He really wanted to ask about Lin Yan's family, but maybe the relationship between the two is too shallow at the moment to be suitable.

But Lin Yan said clearly: "So you see, I'm really not a rich second generation, nor a middle class, or even well-off." He got up and made a cup of black tea for Chen Song, sat down again and said, "I'm talking to you These are not for the purpose of dissecting myself, I just want to say that I also want to run this store well, from a high school student working part-time, to participating in the start-up after being kicked out of the shelves, and even becoming a supervisor now, my mentality is also changing .I think this is not just a job, but a career. The restaurant relies on people to survive, and people rely on the restaurant to survive.”

Chen Song took a sip of water, looked at the young man opposite, "You really don't look like a 20-year-old college student."

"You're not the first to say that." Lin Yan laughed, "Don't underestimate college students, but my words, like you once said, are a little naive, but I really think so. I don't understand The management science of the system has never thought of controlling anyone, but I hope that the employees here can live with dignity, and when others ask 'where do you work', everyone can speak without any scruples."

"You..." Chen Song realized that he really had nothing to say.

Lin Yan said clearly: "I understand, it's too empty to talk about dreams, but it's not wrong to have a solid dream, right?"

Chen Song drank a whole glass of water, stared at the tea bag at the bottom of the bottle for a while, then raised his face and said, "That's right, I was convinced."

Lin Yan held his cup, touched him in the air, and said, "Thank you."

At 11 o'clock in the middle of the night, Lin Yan carried a bag of handmade glutinous rice balls in his hand, chatted with Chen Song and went downstairs.

There was no one in the hall, except for the two high school students in the middle of the window who were frowning and processing their homework.

The two of them bumped their heads unconsciously, He Zhengxi kept writing on the calculation paper with a pen, Lin Cong stretched his neck to read it hard, and complained dissatisfiedly: "You write slowly, I can't keep up with logic." superior."

He Zhengxi slapped the pen on the table and said angrily, "Stop insulting logic, you don't have that kind of thing!"

Lin Yan shrank back to his seat with an oh, took out a piece of paper and followed suit.

Chen Song asked Lin Yan in a low voice: "Another younger brother?"

Lin Yan smiled wryly: "Well, although I don't want to either."

Chen Song looked at him sympathetically, patted his shoulder and said, "It's not easy."

Lin Yan shook his head immediately: "Don't think I'm so unfortunate, it's really not what you think."

"Okay." Chen Song took out the key from his bag, shook it and said, "Go first, I'll lock the door."

Lin Yan smiled at him and said, "It will be a lot of hard work in the future."

Chen Song took two steps back, rubbed his arms and replied, "Treat women like this!"

Lin Yan tilted his head innocently.

While the two were talking, He Zhengxi had already brought Lin Cong over, with an exercise book under his arm.

"Brother Chen, happy Chinese New Year, although this is considered a late year." He Zhengxi said.

"I wish you all a happy old age too." Chen Song said.

After He Zhengxi greeted Chen Song, he turned to Lin Yan and asked, "Going home?"

Lin Yan raised the glutinous rice balls in his hand and said, "Hey, are you hungry? Brother Chen sent homemade glutinous rice balls."

Before He Zhengxi could answer, Lin Cong behind him waved his hands and shouted, "I'm hungry, I'm hungry! Thank you, Big Brother Chen!"

He Zhengxi frowned: "What's the matter with you?!"

Lin Cong stepped forward and bowed to Chen Song pretendingly, took the glutinous rice balls from Lin Yan's hand, and said with a smile: "The long winter night is the most suitable for extra meals. Go for a walk and go back to cook glutinous rice balls."

Lin Yan was pulled by Lin Cong's arm and walked out the door. He Zhengxi said goodbye to Chen Song, turned his head and ran away.

The moonlight was hidden in the thick clouds, and the snow was fluttering on the street. The three of them were fighting and chasing each other. Some people looked back and watched, and more people hurried past without raising their heads.

Chen Song looked at them quietly, and at a certain moment he suddenly felt that his heart seemed to be a little brighter.

Lin Yan put on the gloves that He Zhengxi handed over, patted Lin Cong on the head and asked, "How many questions did you write today? I'll go home and look at them one by one. If you can't do it, don't think about extra meals."

Lin Cong's face drooped, and the bag of glutinous rice balls in his hand rattled. He pursed his lips and said, "I've been doing math since I woke up! It's too difficult. Is that a problem that humans can solve?!"

He Zhengxi mocked: "Just those pediatrics in your homework? Stop insulting humans."

"Hey! You!" Lin Cong jumped up and stepped on He Zhengxi's instep. Lin Yan stretched out his arms to push him away, and asked helplessly: "Are you a freshman in high school now, do you prefer to study literature or theory? If you really don't care about study Interest, is it too late to switch to a specialty now? Do you have a favorite project?"

Lin Cong let out a groan in distress, and fell silent.

"It's amazing." Lin Yan said with emotion, "We are brothers after all."

"You're boasting in disguise, and you're hurting me by the way..." Lin Cong said aggrievedly.

Lin Yan said frankly: "Yes, that's right, I am praising myself, and I am indeed mocking you."

Lin Cong groaned again, pinching Lin Yan's shoulder and shaking it back and forth.

He Zhengxi walked behind the two with a gloomy expression.He cared about Lin Yan's "brother", but he secretly looked forward to becoming a lover with Lin Yan.

On a night of minus ten degrees, he suddenly felt restless.