Yao Hongtao's original novel 丨 undulating pebbles (Chapter 15)

Ringling cobblestone (Chapter 15)

Text/Yao Hongtao

Chen Xingke returned home exhausted and fell into a deep contradiction. There is no doubt that he likes Zhang Yuning! Her gentleness and passion have already occupied his heart, and now his shadow will appear in his mind. He believes that Zhang Yuning also likes him, but he always feels unrealistic. It seems that there will be a cloud in the sky, and sooner or later, he will disappear. He couldn't help but think about a question, can they really be together? It is very likely if you put aside the two families; but it may not be involved in two families. According to Zhang Yuning's personality, maybe she will always persist, and they may eventually be together. But their premise may be that he lives humblely and integrates into their circle of life. He is the only child of his parents. It is impossible to consider the feelings of his parents, nor can he ignore his grandparents' bodies. Let Zhang Yuning integrate into their family may be willing, but her parents may not agree. People with different backgrounds in their families are destined to have a sacrifice for one party and sacrifice, and they are likely to be the one with poor family conditions. Also, will they be favored by everyone in love or marriage? Chen Xingke cares about this problem because the marriage that is not favored and blessed will eventually have problems.

At this time he remembered Dong Yanyan. If they are together, he has no such concerns. They will live blandly and naturally integrate into each other's family and life circle. But his heart was also very disturbed, because of the meeting yesterday, he felt her hesitation and dodging. Her thought was too alive, it was too easy to go against it, and it was too weak. Such a personality determined that she would not be firm in terms of emotion. Moreover, her grades are so good. They are completely sure to admit to key universities. She will definitely encounter people with higher levels in the university. Falling in love or marriage with her is simply a joke! He couldn't help thinking of what she said when she refused on Dashiqiao two years ago -she hoped to find a man who was older than her and had a certain economic foundation to care for her.

Chen Xingke remembered the past depressed. But remembering what Dong Yanyan said on the train, the truth was as if in front of him, and he re -ignited his hope. He wanted to listen to her voice again, maybe her voice is the best mood stabilizer, which can calm his mania and depression. He picked up his mobile phone and called Dong Yanyan, and the other party still turned off. Her phone is really a problem! He couldn't help but think of it, and suddenly remembered to give her a mobile phone.

Chen Xingke was excited about the idea of ​​emerging just now. In the past three years, Dong Yanyan has sent his sneakers and cakes, but he has never given her gift. right! Send a mobile phone when she received the admission notice! As for money, he has it! On weekdays, he divided his money with his parents' money very clearly: every month's living expenses and traveling meetings, these money should be provided by his parents, and he should be dominated by him if saved. The salary of a food factory was obtained through labor, and of course he also returned to himself. The New Year's money needs to be distinguished. Grandpa and grandma given the money to himself. Other money considers that parents need to pay back, and he usually returns them after the Spring Festival.

He decided to find a job tomorrow. In fact, after the college entrance examination, Chen Xingke began to consider going out. He needs money, a lot of money! He doesn't want to be a poor egg without money! He is an adult immediately, and he reached out and asked his parents to ask for money. He wants to achieve economic independence or semi -independence through his hard work. He can't make himself sleepy because he buys a mobile phone! Chen Xingke has always had a concept that money is earned rather than saved. The money that should be spent must be spent; of course, he does not know frugality, but the premise of frugality must be able to make money. Only the results of the college entrance examination will come out for more than ten days, and it will involve the volunteers. Of course, getting the admission notice and enrollment are of course later. In these two or three months, the work should be a fulfilling and satisfactory choice. He also chosen early in the industry, that is the restaurant. Because of the wages, most of the hotels provide accommodation and lodging.

He thought of this and felt that Liu Yihua should be pulled together because the family situation of the two of them was similar. Thinking of his embarrassment today, Chen Xingke couldn't help laughing. Liu Yihua is too lacking in exercise, and even a girl is not as good. If he let him work together, his body may be stronger.

He picked up his mobile phone again and left a message to Liu Yihua on QQ: I went home very early! Have you considered finding a job during the holidays?

Liu Yihua quickly responded to his message: I arrived early. Do you want to work? What are you going to do?

Chen Xingke immediately answered: I want to go to a restaurant to work, do you go together? If you want to go to look for tomorrow.

Liu Yihua sent a smiley face and replied: OK, let's go together. When you go to which restaurant, when do you get, you leave me a message in advance.

He started to browse the web online, looking for the top ten hotels in this city, to understand the location of the hotel, the number of employees, the characteristics of the cuisine, and the recruitment conditions, positions, wages, etc. The information and arrival time sent Liu Yihua.

In the morning, Chen Xingke rode Zhang Yuning's bicycle to the hotel, and Liu Yihua was waiting for him at the door. They locked the car and came to the door of the manager's office and knocked on the door. A woman wearing a silver -gray professional short -sleeved and work skirt opened the door. She stretched her right arm elegantly and turned back to the chair behind the desk, sitting at the young man on the opposite side. "Hello, hello! Do you recruit summer vacation in your hotel? We want to come here to work here." Chen Xingke looked at the female manager who was 30 or 40 years old in front of him, bent his waist and asked.

"Workers? You use the wrong words! We are not construction sites here, we don't need to move bricks." She corrected his mistake with a ridiculous tone, and asked kindly, "Are you a student who has just college entrance examination?"

Chen Xingke stunned and immediately understood what she meant, and had a sense of intimacy in her heart. He took over and said, "Yes, we have just ended the college entrance examination. Although it takes two or three days to fill in the volunteer and receive the admission notice, we can work at least two or three months."

She looked at the two people who were still childish opposite, and said, "I am also a student. Now students are willing to leave their parents like you to find a job. , Seemingly a little worried: "But our hotel is very busy, very hard, I don't know if you can do it! The boys here are mainly miscellaneous workers, that is, to obey the chef's arrangement. , Kitchen hygiene, cleaning, passing vegetables, etc. The short -term work is calculated by the day by day, eighty daily, three meals in the morning, middle and evening, and poor accommodation conditions. More than 20 people are squeezed up and down. After get off work; work at 5 pm, work at 10 pm; work ten hours a day. You consider whether you want to do it! "

They looked at each other and nodded with each other. Chen Xingke took a step forward and said, "We are willing to do it. Will we start work tomorrow, okay?"

"Okay, I will lead you to see the chef first, and you will be familiar with the environment there. If you need to stay, I will arrange the bedding, I will arrange it." She finished speaking, stood up and led them to the kitchen.

"Captain of the chef, two students are here to do miscellaneous workers today, how do you see how to arrange! They will officially go to work tomorrow." She pulled the chef's side aside and introduced the two people next to them. The chef looked at the Jianshuo Chen Xingke nodded, and looked at Liu Yihua, who was weak, frowned. In the end, he walked over and said, "You follow me!" Chen Xingke followed him to the first stove.

"Introduce, this is Master Ma Zhengyuan, who is our head, and he will be responsible for arranging your work in the future. The young man, do things and be diligent, the eyes should be alive, young people do more, not to suffer!" Speaking.

After the chef left, Chen Xingke looked at the tall middle -aged man in front of him wearing a tall chef hat, which could not help but admire and envy. He looked at Master Ma, who was cutting vegetables, and seemed to contain a faint sadness in Junyi. He couldn't help but want to closer the distance between them. I have not been in contact with the kitchen; you are the elders of the chef industry, what should I ask you to teach me. "

"Cleaning and passing vegetables still need to be taught! I won't do it, I can't see it! The two holes under the eyebrows are used to get angry! See how others wash vegetables, how to cut vegetables, how to use vegetables, and still No! "Ma Yuanzheng was still busy and said without lift his head.

It seemed that a stone suddenly smashed, and Chen Xingke couldn't help it for a long time. He quickly adjusted his emotions and said, "Master Ma! Let me take a look at the surrounding environment first. I will officially go to work tomorrow, and I will try my best to satisfy you."

Ma Zhengyuan waved his hand, and continued to cut the vegetables without raising his head. Chen Xingke was busy watching the masters in the back kitchen. Come over. At this time, the master who cut the vegetables suddenly stopped and asked, "How? Master Ma is not easy to get along! This weird man is first -rate, but all the help chefs are difficult to enter his eyes. Who has seen the chef himself? Cut the vegetables, he took all the help chefs, of course, he could only do it by himself. But the chef really had a way to send a newcomer to him. It's not easy to mix under him ... "

"Master, do you teach us how to use the knife method and skills?" Chen Xingke took his words.

"There are six most basic knife methods, which are straight, cutting, cutting, cutting, cutting, cutting, and rolling. I can no longer teach you, you can watch videos online and listen to the teacher's explanation. Use the knife to use the knife. The method is simple, but it requires a lot of practice; it takes at least one month to get started with good understanding and diligence. Your life may not be good ... "

Chen Xingke returned to Master Ma and watched the vegetables for a while. At this time, the manager told them to pass and asked, "Did the two of you bring your ID card?" After getting a positive answer, she said, "The two of you follow me as me Go to the job procedures! "

They returned to the office, copied their ID cards, filled the table, and issued work clothes to determine the waters. After conducting safety education for them, the manager said emotionally: "I also took the college entrance examination like you more than ten years ago, but I didn't have the money to go to college. I started from ordinary female waiters and walked step by step to today. So I am It is both your manager and your eldest sister! If you don't mind, call me Zhang, or call me Zhang Li directly! I will help you at work or life in the future. " Hurry to thank and say sincerely, "Sister Zhang, thank you for taking care of us!"

Chen Xingke walked out of the hotel and bought ten pounds of carrots from the vegetable market and came to Grandpa's house.

"Didn't you give the food the day before yesterday? Where did you get it?" Grandma put down the glasses and asked in the kitchen door in surprise.

"This was bought from the vegetable market." Chen Xingke sent carrots into the kitchen. Turning around and seeing grandma's confusion, he said, "Grandma, I will go to the hotel to do miscellaneous workers tomorrow. The master is more picky. I guess cutting vegetables is a problem. I bought some ingredients to practice knife skills. He has a strong eyes. Considering that the carrot is cut, he can be stored in the refrigerator after cutting, and he can buy ten pounds. "He explained to his grandmother's reason to buy carrots, and looked back at the clocks in the living room.

"I think of the time early, or I will wash the carrots now and start practicing! Grandma, I remember you cut fast and thin, or you will teach me." Chen Xingke said that Grandma blinked.

"Okay! Our children are sensible and become interesting. They also know how to suffer and work hard!" Grandma said with a loving light shining in his eyes.

Chen Xingke washed the dishes and was divided into two vegetable baskets. He walked out of the kitchen, packed the table, put on the chopping board and kitchen knife. He first browsed the web and watched the gesture of the knife method and the video of cutting vegetables. Then he stood up, took out a ravioli paper from Grandpa's study, and took a piece of flat on the chopping board. Hold the knife in the right hand, hold the knife body with your thumb and index finger, and hold the handle of the other three fingers; the left hand palm root is close to the paper, the index finger, middle finger, ring finger, and little thumb are close to the palm of the palm, and the fingertips of the middle finger are bent inward and clinging to the tightly. With a knife. As the tools rise and fall, the middle finger beating up and down like floating seeds, and it seems that the ruler moves slowly and slightly. Every five or six knives, his palm raised slightly as if a frightened stingworm moved backwards.

He cut one or twenty pieces in one breath, and after each piece of paper was cut, he always wanted to check the width, depth and spacing of the knife marks. He practiced more than a dozen again, Grandpa came home, and his grandmother also made meals. Chen Xingke packed the dining table, had lunch, and fell into thought after watching the video. He stood up, cut a thin piece of carrots and cut it into filaments. He looked at it and always felt dissatisfied. He knocked on the door of the bedroom and said, "Grandma, do you help me see, where do I do not do well, what's the problem?"

Chen Xingke cut one more face in front of his grandma. Grandma said, "There should be no problem with the technique, but your waist is bent very well, as if the whole body is working hard, and you have to bow your waist slightly. And you are too anxious, at the beginning First cut the vegetables, then increase the speed. "

Chen Xingke raised his waist, slowed down, and observed videos from time to time and practiced with woolen paper. Two baskets of carrots stopped and stopped for three or four hours. After all the radish was cut, he put it in the plastic bag and put it in the refrigerator.

After Chen Xingke went out, he called and asked Zhang Yuning where he was sending the bicycle. When he learned that she was at home, he came to the door of the villa and pressed the doorbell. Zhang Yuning was wearing a pink dress, and the butterfly walked like a person. The loose Modal fabric bent her shoulders and covered her white upper arms; the skirt poured down like flowing water, wrapped in the jade body of Jane. It seemed that the skirts that had been hit by a big stone spread around, and the plain gardenia petals dripped into the knees. The strong long hair hangs behind, and the waterfall is scattered; the dignified goose egg face blooms with a flower smile, which is both grace and luxurious and fresh. Big round neck, naked neck and half -shoulders, and swans stretching; the collarbone runs through the entire shoulder from left to right. The deep neck and high clavicle are scattered with each other, full of mysterious texture and convex charm. Chen Xingke looked at Zhang Yaen's white skin, long beautiful shoulders, delicate necks, round arms, and determined that her previous life must be angels. He was afraid that his will was captured by the charm in front of him. He pushed the bicycle into the yard, leaned over and glanced at her injured knee, and turned to leave.

"Little girl! Are you going to leave? Am I a flood beast?" Zhang Yuning grabbed his right arm with both hands and said, "I know your mind -you like Dong Yanyan, dare not meet me, I'm afraid she is sorry for her ! ""

"Ah-" Chen Xingke turned to look at her sharply, and was shocked for a long time.

"What's weird about this! You secretly love Dong Yanyan, this is the secret that everyone knows! You are young, there are no guessing, but there is no play at all!" She looked at Chen Xingke with a confused face, as if a fog was lying on the tender grass On the bud, I said, "I don't have much contact with her, but I know her. She seems to be frugal, her personality is very weak; in fact she is greedy for vanity and care for herself. you!"

She still didn't believe Chen Xingke, saying, "Or like this -despite letting go and pursue her, and see if she can finally be like it." She sighed and said, "I believe you will not have any results! Because you will have any results! You are not all the people at all! "" Our family conditions are similar, why isn't it a one -way? "Chen Xingke thought that since he had opened his words, it was better to ask for it.

"You won't discuss this problem in the yard! Go, let's go back to the room!" She said, pulling his hand to go back.

Chen Xingke looked at the red car in the yard suspiciously, worried. At this time, Zhang Yuning "”-" said with a smile, "You are really a little girl! My parents drove a car to participate in an important dinner, this time you should rest assured!"

Zhang Yaen pulled him back to the living room and sat down on the sofa. She sorted out the skirt, covered her knees, and said, "Determine whether it is a one -way person to see three points: whether the pursuit is consistent, whether the attitude of people and things is consistent, and whether the method of doing things is consistent. She is pursuing status and money; You may also need money, but pay more attention to justice and emotions. She has a strong desire for status and money; you are destined to be tired and emotional, and will not lose their own heart because of money. I don't want to do this; and you will do something, even if you are abolished halfway in the end ... "

Chen Xingke listened to her and talked, and couldn't help asking, "Who do you say me and the people?"

She pointed to Chen Xingke, and pointed at herself, saying, "You and me, and Yang Dan, we are all the way. Of course, there is Li Changqing!"

"What about Liu Yihua?"

"He is not."

Chen Xingke stood up and thought the letter thought about her reason to say this. Zhang Yuning raised his head and stared at him, "Remember what I said today! I believe it will be fulfilled soon." She watched Chen Xingke walking in the living room, sighed again, and said, "I let me let You let go and pursue her, I mainly want you to give up! I don't want you to go without results in the alley in the black hole! "She suddenly stood up and hugged his neck with her hands, and her eyes seemed to be in tears," You promise me -to be good to me forever! You can't leave me at any time, you can't ignore me! "

Chen Xingke nodded heavily for her tenderness and said, "Yining, let me go! You can take care of yourself too!"

"I want you to go back and go again!" She said behind his neck and walked behind him. Chen Xingke squatted down, holding her thigh with both hands, and back her back steadily. He carried her in the room three laps and left after leaving.

[About the author] Yao Hongtao (male), born in March 1973 in Liling County, Xuchang City. He is currently working on the Zhengzhou Branch of the Crane Coal Group and settled in Luoyang. He was engaged in literary creation in 1992. The main works include more than 80 articles such as poetry, novels and essays.

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