Early in the morning, Dien Ky opened her eyes, the dormitory was still drunk with the snoring of some men. He got up, scratched his head, and walked into the bathroom, the wheezing of his roommates making him even more sleepy. A slap on the cheek hard, if you don't work hard today, you have to work hard for tomorrow's food. Brushing his teeth and washing his face, he changed into the most comfortable clothes and dived down.
The old dormitory, because it's old, it's cheap, he went through the stairs that had worn out paint stains. I heard that that year, there were students who jumped from the top floor because of heartbreak, and then a few more people saw red and red balls walking around on the top floor. It's a lie, you and your friends here since freshman year haven't seen any ghosts and ghosts. And thanks to that, the room rate is surprisingly cheap. For poor students in the countryside like you.
Carrying a backpack worn by the sun and dew, he watched the sun slowly rise, high in the sky, there was the sound of birds chirping. The dormitory has a few security guards sweeping the trash, there is also a person in charge of doing it, but that janitor is very sick, when it is morning, he gets out of the blanket, picks up the broom, and they have finished sweeping half of the yard. The toilet was wiped clean, dirty talking, on the girls' floor it was said to be temporary, but the men's place was like a big house. Many times when I come home from school I want to take a shower but I'm afraid to get dirty after taking a shower.
As a poor student in a poor family, in the countryside, there was also a grandmother who had to be raised in the countryside, he gritted his teeth while studying while running from one end to the other to work part-time. Today came to take half a day off, he rushed to work to receive the job, although the work was a bit tiring, he got a temporary living salary. Looking at the clock, it is not yet 6 o'clock, the bus outside the station is almost here, sitting and breathing on the waiting chair. He took advantage of taking a piece of paper to read, anyway he did not have time to study, so he took advantage of his free time to read through the speaker to gain more knowledge.
The bus was empty, mainly poor workers, they sat on the bus, preparing to rush into the fight with their strength to exchange for money to make a living. The city rubs flowers, looking at those beautiful high-rise buildings, everyone forgets the poor fate like them. Yan Qi leaned back on the chair, he read the documents about the machinery for harvesting trees. He studied agriculture, partly he liked farming, partly cheap tuition.
After reading through the speakers, the bus stopped again, the people below got on the bus, some people were planning to go home, some people in the countryside were going to visit their children, and they also brought a chicken with a slap. He looked at the rooster lying in the big basket, suddenly missed her. Sighing, every year he tries to save money to return to Tet, returning to play Tet is his only day off. The old woman, living with her uncles, became ill, and sometimes wanted to leave, but every time she beat him.
Learn, then get rich.
The eternal sentence, not wrong... but too difficult.
The car stopped for a second time, and he was freed from the thought of his uncertain future. Stepping out of the car, he worked as a janitor at a small company, mostly doing something wrong, sweeping and cleaning the room also 'played'. Normally, he worked in the evening, but today, when the other sister was ill, he rushed to work this morning.
Entering, he changed into a janitor's clothes and started cleaning. His face was covered by long bangs, he didn't mind waiting when it was too long to cut it with scissors, it was good to buy rice to eat and still have a full stomach. After cleaning for a while, the company is small, so the office is not very big. He cleaned and wiped for about half an hour, and then someone waddled in. The girl's round face is like a cake with a bit too much powder applied to make it white, her cheeks are red, her lips are wide and thick. When he was alone, he turned his head to look at her so scared that he almost shouted math, but fortunately, he couldn't help it, he smiled and asked:
"Miss Suong goes to work so early?"
She looked at him, her eyes were painted a little too much so it was like she was beaten to the dark, her red mouth smiled showing bright white shaved teeth, she lifted her fat body to step into the chair when she asked him immediately shook his head with boredom and said: "Soon, because I didn't finish the reports yesterday, I have to do it today, the boss will deduct the salary."
Speaking of the boss, he was the ugliest businessman he ever met, stingy enough. Every time he went to work, he had to do it carefully, afraid that he could see a speck of dust, and then demanded to deduct his salary. The mother, the salary is sloppy, tired to the point of death, and also requires a salary deduction. If it weren't for the poor people who had no other choice, they would have left long ago.
Knowing that he was just a salaryman, he gritted his teeth and resisted. Quickly clean up the hallway, it seems to be time to do it now. The employees of this company are not many, from top to bottom there are only twelve people, each of them has different good and bad, some are good and bad, some are very eye-catching. For example, the girl walking in, honestly she's so normal, you swear to yourself you've met so many people, she's nothing, she can't even carry sandals for a handsome guy with hair platinum when you met. However, I thought I was a beauty and always dreamed of being a beauty queen.
Every time Dien Ky brought her documents, she would sit and look at her nails, then stroke her hair, Take a selfie, then open it up to see. Sorry for being a man, your son won't scrutinize women's beauty, but that's too much. The way you talk is ungrateful, but you like to talk, it's stupid and windy. He felt sorry for anyone who could bring this woman back.
"Dien Ky, bring this over to Mr. Tuan to help him."
"Ah, yes." He didn't pay attention to that mother anymore, ran over to the next table to get documents, and let him sit far away. Actually, it's only a few steps, but these guys intentionally create jobs for you, or to put it more simply, they're lazy.
This Tuan is considered the best in the company, he is very good, sometimes his grandmother in the countryside is sick, he brings all the money down there to examine her, although she curses him saying that she died so that he could live better. but the whole family is alone, you are so unfilial. When he had no money left, he always ate noodles, until he lost his strength, this Tuan was the one who brought him to eat when he finished his shift or would bring lunch boxes for him.
Anh Tuan looked at him, smiled softly, and said: "What time do you go to school this afternoon?"
"Yes, 14 o'clock. What's wrong?"
"It's okay, I'm going to invite you to lunch. My wife doesn't make rice today, come eat with me, just for fun."
Dien Ky heard him complain about his wife many times, I don't know if he was ungrateful or not, but he felt that his family had problems. Looking at that sad face, he thought he wanted to find someone to confide in, smiled, and replied, "Yes."
Lots of work to do, not paying attention to the time, so it's time for a lunch break. The company has a workaholic boss, but fortunately, the lunch break is also temporary, taking a break from 11 a.m. is to 1 p.m., he ate a lot of fresh bread, so now his stomach growled, holding his hungry stomach, he tried to calculate how long his money would last, how many more days he had to receive his salary.
The other Tuan was just as promised, he drove him in an old car, it was really old, but it was the whole fortune of the poor worker. The car took two people to the familiar restaurant, Miao Cau restaurant. Normally, he often comes here to eat, the price is affordable but the quality is superior, the other people describe it like that.
He had seen the owner of the shop, a handsome old man who heard that he was rich and sold it to entertain his old age. Next to the shop is a chiropractic clinic opened by the owner's spouse, many people come and go, doing well. He saw that people who are already rich know how to get rich, sell for fun, but make a lot of money. The restaurant was very crowded, he began to think about whether to leave the company that exploits the other person to come here to work as a waiter or a kitchen assistant.
Busy thinking, he didn't know when he sat down, the restaurant usually sells lunch to customers who are workers or office workers at a nearby company. Because the restaurant is delicious and affordable, it is frequented by many people, usually, he often comes here to buy lunch. Customers were already packed, twenty sets of tables and chairs were packed, and people were queuing up to buy rice. You and Tuan were lucky to have the last table sitting in the corner. According to the habit of ordering a plate of rice with ribs, he and Tuan waited while talking about trigrams.
The guests were crowded, one person said a sentence the other added a sentence, so it was very lively. The waiters ran back and forth looking miserable, sweat rolling down hot cheeks. From the crowd of guests, an extraordinary young man with white hair blowing in the wind of the fan, he frowned and stepped inside. The other employees were so familiar with him, they ran and said:
"You and these guys find a great place to sit, if there's no room, go to the kitchen and eat. It's too crowded."
It's not the first time Bang Du has experienced this, since he was kicked in the kitchen when he was in school because there were too many guests. Without saying a word, he carried a few people behind him into the kitchen.
People outside saw a few 'not-so-ordinary people and were amazed, especially the handsome young man in the lead, the girls began to hold their hearts and wish. A few girls were whispering in each other's ears, she said: "You just come here to eat often, there are some handsome guys who come here often. I come every day, always see it. That guy from time to time. When I just arrived, sometimes there were a few other people who were equally handsome and sat down to eat. I was so happy to eat while looking at handsome boys."
The girls next to her were so happy that they trembled and asked, "Really, sister?"
The other girl pouted her lips and said seriously: "You're lying. There are also some pictures of eating and joking with each other, her mother's eyes are healthy."
"Ahh." The whole table of five girls shouted with joy, making everyone look back and think they were crazy.
Different from the girls who are busy dreaming about where to sit over there, at this table, Dien Ky nodded repeatedly, he decided that he must come here to apply for a job. Looking at the other waiters running like crazy but no one complained, he also noticed that there were a lot of customers but he hadn't lost any of them, surely the salary was high enough to stay. The boss won't sting you for lunch. Dien Ky was so engrossed in his imagination that he couldn't wake up even after bringing out the rice.
Anh Tuan saw him in ecstasy, he smiled, reached out his hand to brush his long hair covering his eyes, with the other hand knocked, Dien Ky was surprised. When he regained his senses, Mr. Tuan smiled and asked: "What's wrong?"
"No, I'm just thinking about something." He took a spoonful of fish sauce, but now that he's worried, he'll remember being so hungry. Rushing in like a hungry tiger seeing meat for a long time, it is true that after seeing his meat for a week, he ate instant noodles with boiling water because he had no money to buy meat. Sometimes he even worried that he would become a Buddha, eating vegetables every day, never killing, creating blessings for his children and grandchildren.
Sighing, he intended to receive his salary at the end of the month and then thought that he was afraid that the other father would swallow the money he did not pay. At the beginning of last month, I applied for a job, but why didn't the boss post an employee recruitment advertisement, at that time he wanted to apply for a job but couldn't find it. Looking at Tuan, he kept smiling and looking at his phone, it seemed that he was talking to his daughter. He has a 5-year-old daughter, living in the countryside with his grandparents when he is free, he takes the phone to call her. He said many times he wanted to quit his job here and go back to his hometown...
"It's hard to work anywhere, at least when I go home, I'm still close to my children," Tuan said while eating. He and his wife began to have disagreements, the couple was poor, money problems were always the cause of friction. His wife kept complaining that he had no money, sometimes he didn't know where to go, people said his wife was with someone else, he didn't believe it at first but gradually began to doubt it. Having quarreled many times, he tiredly sighed, "Well, if we can't live together anymore, let go." Holding on is not always happy.
Dien Ky understood him, his parents were just poor workers, his mother left his father and then left him. When his father died, he was only 10 years old, from then on he lived with his grandmother, poverty followed. His mother did not keep the money back, nor contact, he knew that she had abandoned him.
Sigh, everyone has their suffering. No one is happier than anyone.
Lunch passed, Dien Ky refused to let Tuan drive him to school, he only studied for 2 hours, he went back to work after 1 hour, he was also afraid of him helping him. Besides, he wanted to ask if the restaurant was hiring.
Nearly 13 o'clock, the shop was quieter, only a few resourceful people sat to rest and enjoy the fan, the shop did not chase and took more iced tea to drink to cool down. At this time, the three new employees just started cleaning up on the table, one talking to the other laughing haha. Dien Ky saw that these guys seemed friendly, he smiled friendly and walked over.
The brown-haired employee has noticed him for a long time, he sat on the chair looking up at him, and Dien Ky smiled slightly and began to ask: "Can I ask, are there any employees here?"
Three young men sat listening to him talk, looking at each other as if they were talking, then one of them said: "Ah, no. Do you want to apply for a job? If you want to apply, let me take you to meet the boss."
Dien Ky was still afraid of being told he 'didn't hire' when he heard him say that, he felt a little relieved, then smiled and bowed his head: "Then, thanks to you."
The three people saw him as such a good boy, they were satisfied, they realized that he was a poor student, nowadays many students work part-time, but few of them look so kind, the young man burst out laughing and patted him on the shoulder and said naturally. : "Haha don't be polite, the boss is very easygoing. Just ask if he gives it, it's a bit busy. You're still a student, right?"
Dien Ky: "Yes."
The young man still smiled and nodded and continued: "It's okay, whenever you have free time, come to work, the salary is calculated by the hour, you work a lot, you get a lot of money. Okay, now the boss is eating with his wife, don't call him, Are you busy this afternoon?"
"Yes, I study at 14 o'clock."
"Yeah, it's okay until I finish school. Do you have another job?" Poor students often run to work part-time a lot, he asked only for yes.
Dien Ky hesitated a little, he thought that people had meant to let him stay, but also set out his conditions, but he didn't think it was true, at first, he just asked when he would quit his job. okay then officially come, who knows these guys are too enthusiastic. He shyly, hesitantly nodded, and said: "Yes...yes, but if I can stay here, I plan to take a break at the end of the month."
"Um, you just say that to the boss, he doesn't force me to do it right away. Let's start the month at the beginning of the month. Well, follow me to the kitchen, wait for about 15 minutes to see you." After saying that, he smiled and waved at him to ask to follow. Yan Qi knew that this person was a former employee, the way he asked him if he was sure he could accept it, he obediently followed.
The kitchen only took a few steps to come, different from what he imagined the kitchen here was much cleaner, even the base of the wall did not have a single stain. The kitchen is very large, divided into many parts, a place to wash, a place to cook, the smell of food makes him crave. The kitchen was a bit crowded, the chef saw him first, he was cleaning his knife, the knife under the lamp flashed a cold and sharp light, he looked at him and asked:
"You want to apply for a job? What's your name?"
Naturally, there were a lot of eyes looking at him, Dien Ky swallowed, why did he find himself standing in front of the crowd. To the far left, there was a large table, where his vision could not be seen, the other only saw a few cold-faced men with knife-like eyes shooting at him, even so. you're scared. He didn't know that someone had been staring at him since he walked in. Dien Ky was a little scared, the young man who brought him in saw that he was scared, frowned slightly, glanced at the other chef, patted him on the shoulder, and said:
"Don't be afraid, they just scare you."
"Yes..." Dien Ky silently recited the sutras in her heart, smiled gracefully, and introduced herself: "My name is Moc Dien Ky, a 3rd-year student at the University of Agriculture."
"Ah, student, come over here." The chef waved him to come closer to him, he was afraid to sweat, thinking that he wouldn't take that knife and break him into two pieces and then bring the stew. As he stepped forward, the cook was still wiping his knife, the knife cutting bones. Dien Ky looked at the knife set neatly on the table, he secretly shouted, don't say it seriously.
Who knew he had a whole orange in his hand, the chef laughed and said, "Afraid? Oh, the young man is getting shyer and shyer." Then burst out laughing. A few kitchen assistants were standing next to him who also laughed and laughed, Dien Ky didn't understand anything, so dumbfounded he said everything.
A few young kitchen assistants came over and patted him on the shoulder to get acquainted. Dien Ky has a feeling that he seems to have been accepted. But I haven't met the boss yet. Stupidly, he looked at the man who brought him to, who would have thought that he had gone somewhere, leaving him in this dangerous place. Dien Ky was dragged to a table, poured a glass of water, but still was not afraid, probably because the dangerous eyes of the people over there were still staring as if reading their thoughts peeling off each skin on their bodies. See if you're human or alien.
Dien Ky regrets a bit, how did he get into this cave.
But then someone opened the side door where the weird people entered the kitchen. He had devilish red hair, a middle-aged face but still handsome features that made people stare. This person looked at him from the moment he entered, seemingly always looking at him, and then smiled. He swore that no one in the world laughed to make him get goosebumps like that other person as if he knew something very, very interesting.
Vuong Minh came over, looked at him, still smiling, and asked:
"Ask for a job?"
"Yes." Dien Ky stood up very politely and replied.
"Pupil?"
"Yes."
"When to do?"
"Yes, the beginning of the month."
"Yes." After that, he went straight to the refrigerator to get a bottle of orange juice and then turned his head to the other door, opened and closed it. The speed was so fast that the wind disappeared from the room, it seemed that everyone in this place was normal, no one noticed him anymore.
"Yes?" Dien Ky did not understand, he did not understand. So that's it? No more questions? Never try a job? Stupidly looking at the people around him, he felt like he had turned into an idiot or something.
People find this to be so normal that it doesn't matter. Also because everyone confirmed that he was accepted, the boss came to ask for permission. The young men still saw that his face was still undigested, and laughed and explained:
"The boss doesn't pay attention to your resume. If you can do it, you can't do it. Don't mind, just work hard."
"Language, you just go and ask Mr. Dao the cashier, he is also an accountant. If you want to add or subtract anything, just say."
"There's a bonus, in general, you do it, there is a morning from 6 a.m. to 8 a.m., lunch from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., afternoon from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. is tired, the rest is healthy. You can eat whatever you want for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and dinner. You can eat whatever you want, only a third of the price, so you can rest assured that you won't starve. You can tell from your face that you're all eating instant noodles, right?"
Hearing everyone's friendly talk, Dien Ky shyly nodded. At that time, he worked at a cafe where he could drink at a staff price, but he found that place too exploitative, working hard but not enough to see his grandmother's doctor, so he quit. You seem to be better here, you eat and drink freely, but maybe you won't mistreat yourself anymore. Dien Ky laughed, he looked at the clock, it was almost 14 o'clock, really dead.
"It's almost time for school, I'll go first. Thank you, everyone."
"It's okay. When you have free time, come to work and get used to it."
"Yes." After saying that, he once again greeted everyone, he ran straight to the bus station, fortunately, the station was just at the beginning of the road. He calculated it, going from here to school is about 15 minutes, and to the dormitory is half an hour, not too long. Thinking back on the past things, the more he thought about it, the more he felt happy, the salary there was high, if he worked hard for about 8 hours, he would live well and send the excess back to his grandfather. The more I think about it, the more fun it is.
Inside the restaurant, the people eating over there saw it all. One of them told him that he was thinking about something:
"Boss, do you need an investigation?"
"No, never mind, if Uncle Minh accepted it, of course, it's fine." Bang Du said absentmindedly, he did not pay attention to the young man, he also felt that he had nothing to be wary of, one due to his intuition and the other due to Vuong Minh's indifferent attitude. If the other person had a problem, the response would have to be longer than a few sentences, but he saw that she only asked three questions and then left without even asking for her name, which is just a character that doesn't matter.
He holds his Ipad to see, the headset connects wirelessly. He looked at the handsome teenager in the camera who was trying to tell interesting news to him his master. He let out a long yawn, tears streaming down the corners of his eyes without bothering to wipe them. These men have been trained to be celibate since childhood, but looking at him like that, they also secretly screamed and hated him.