A foreign city, dear you

It's [-] o'clock noon on this day, and it's time to get off work.

One after another, Lijin Company employees stopped what they were doing, walked out of the office, poured into the elevator, and went to find restaurants for lunch.

Some of them went down to the ground, walked onto the streets, found a restaurant they liked, and ordered a dish they liked to satisfy their cravings and refresh their bellies.

But most people didn't want to go to that trouble, and wanted to fill their stomachs nearby. In addition, it was raining heavily outside today, and it was wet and cold. They didn't want to go far, so they poured in one after another on the first floor or on the first floor. The restaurant they often go to on the second floor.

Several people from the R&D Department also left the company and went to the Fuji Restaurant on the second floor.

Every rainy day, there are so many people at Fuji Restaurant, bustling with people, and the seats are often packed.

As soon as Cao Xueqian entered the restaurant, he noticed that there was an empty table in the middle of the restaurant, so he took the lead and occupied the dining space for a few people from the R&D Department.

There were originally five people in the R&D department, but today we have a new colleague, so there are six people in total.

Cao Xueqian heard that this new colleague's surname was Peng, Peng Peng. He had just left school and it was his first time to have dinner with everyone today.

The dining table was a bit small, so several people sat down next to each other, and then ordered a dish according to their own tastes, which was placed on the table for everyone to eat together.

According to their practice, as long as they eat together, no matter who pays the bill in the end, it is the AA system.

The waiters in the restaurant are all so busy that they wish they had only three heads and six arms.

After a while, the dishes ordered by Cao Xueqian and the others were served one after another: pork ribs with black bean sauce, kung pao chicken, scrambled eggs with tomatoes, shredded potatoes and pork, plus a green vegetable, which was just enough to eat.

In their words: "It is better to eat when you are full and not to waste."

Cao Xueqian and Cheng Yufei were chatting while eating, but Peng Peng just lowered his head and ate silently.

There were sounds in the restaurant of clinking dishes, the sound of chopsticks pulling food, and other sounds of eating and noise. The heat of the food and the heat of everyone's breath made the restaurant warm and cozy, and some people simply took off their coats.

Whenever a table is cleared, people immediately rush to sit on it.

There is limited time to rest after work at noon, and everyone is hungry after working all morning, so everyone wolfs down their meals.

Cao Xueqian's table was quickly cleared up, and everyone's face showed a sense of satisfaction after a full meal.

Cao Xueqian took the initiative to pay the bill, then divided the amount by the head, and then removed the fraction, so that each person should pay twenty yuan.

So, several others took out their wallets and rummaged for change.

Cheng Yufei had no change, so he gave Cao Xueqian a fifty yuan. Cao Xueqian then gave Cheng Yufei the only thirty yuan in change he had.

Cheng Yufei changed hands and gave the thirty yuan to a colleague at the next table, saying that he happened to owe that colleague thirty yuan a few days ago.

The other three didn't have any change, so they all took out fifty yuan or one hundred yuan and asked Cao Xueqian to find it.

Cao Xueqian couldn't laugh or cry: "Why are you trying to scare me with big bills? I'm a coward and can't accept it."

Everyone at the table laughed.

So the three people put together sixty yuan and gave it to Cao Xueqian.

Finally, there is Peng Peng.

Peng Peng also slowly took out an old-looking hundred-yuan bill.

Others looked at it and couldn't help laughing again.

Cao Xueqian couldn't help but laugh, thinking to himself, what the hell, why didn't he have any change?

Because Peng Peng was a new colleague, Cao Xueqian couldn't joke with him, so he said politely: "I don't have any change for you, can you look for any change?"

"I only have this money and no other money." Peng Peng was very sure.

"Then you can give it to me later." After Cao Xueqian finished speaking, he was about to leave, thinking that's all.

Not wanting Peng Peng to put the money directly into his hand, he said quietly but stubbornly: "No! It's my first time to have dinner with everyone, and I don't want to pay on credit. You can get my eighty yuan back."

"Didn't you see that I couldn't find it?" Cao Xueqian couldn't understand Peng Peng.

He looked at the hundred-yuan note and found that it was stuck in the middle with transparent tape.

Cao Xueqian handed the money back to Peng Peng and started to leave again.

"No, I haven't given you the money yet." Peng Peng refused to let Cao Xueqian leave.

"Is there something wrong with you? Can't you find me without looking?" Cao Xueqian became angry.

"You can go to the cashier to find it." Peng Peng gave Cao Xueqian a warm reminder in a low voice.

Cao Xueqian looked at the long queue at the cashier, feeling increasingly unhappy: Good guy, you didn't go find the money yourself, but you ordered me around?

"Can't I just give up your twenty yuan? Can I leave?" Cao Xueqian glared at Peng Peng.

"Why not? You look down on me?!" Peng Peng suddenly shouted as if he had been stung by a wasp, startling Cao Xueqian and causing other people in the restaurant to look over.

Cao Xueqian was really speechless. He didn't know where this man named Peng Peng had gone wrong.

It is unreasonable!

People who don’t know think I bullied him.

"Then why don't you go to the cashier and look for it yourself?" Cao Xueqian asked angrily.

Peng Peng didn't speak, and his pestle didn't move.

Except for Cheng Yufei, the other three people couldn't wait and left first.

Cheng Yufei watched with great interest and smiled happily.

"You're still laughing!" Cao Xueqian said angrily.

Cheng Yufei saw that Cao Xueqian was really annoyed, so he stopped laughing, took the hundred-yuan note from Cao Xueqian's hand, and went to the cashier.

The cashier is a very beautiful girl with curved eyebrows.

When Cheng Yufei handed her the hundred-yuan bill, she saw the transparent glue in the middle of the bill, and her beautiful eyebrows wrinkled slightly.

But she didn't say anything. After determining that the money was not counterfeit, she still gave Cheng Yufei a handful of change.

Cheng Yufei is a regular customer of the store, so she still has to give him this face.

The change problem was finally solved.

Cao Xueqian finally saw Peng Peng's stubbornness.

What a weird thing! A stick!

I'm here endlessly for a mere twenty yuan.

I don’t know if he is considered a newcomer. If he is a newcomer, I don’t know who will lead him. Whoever takes him will be unlucky.

Cao Xueqian walked outside the restaurant, still feeling inexplicably angry.

*

Go to work in the afternoon.

Cao Xueqian had just finished calling a customer when he was called out by Manager Su.

When he arrived at Manager Su's office, Manager Su kindly asked him to sit down on the sofa. Manager Su made tea by himself.

"Manager Su, do you have a problem with me?" Cao Xueqian asked.

"I have something to do, but don't worry, you drink tea first." Manager Su said while making a cup of tea for Cao Xueqian.

Cao Xueqian was not polite either.

After working under Manager Su for more than a year, he and Manager Su have become as familiar as good friends.

After a cup of tea, another person came to Manager Su's office.

Cao Xueqian took a closer look and saw that it was Peng Peng.

It feels a bit like enemies are on a narrow road.

Peng Peng approached, greeted him restrainedly and politely, and then stood there silently.

"Come, let me introduce you two to each other." Manager Su looked at Cao Xueqian and Peng Peng.

"No, we already know each other, and we will have dinner together at noon." Cao Xueqian said.

More than just acquaintance? Still impressed! But, why did Manager Su call me and Peng Peng together?

"That's best. I don't need to introduce you." Manager Su looked at Cao Xueqian and said, "Peng Peng just came to the company yesterday to report and officially starts work today. He just came here and doesn't understand many things. He will follow you first and be your boss." Assistant for a few months. You should teach him more."

After Manager Su finished speaking, he turned to look at Peng Peng and pointed at Cao Xueqian: "From now on, you will follow this worker Cao. Watch more, ask more, and ask for more advice."

Peng Peng glanced at Cao Xueqian, nodded hesitantly and said, "Please take good care of me in the future."

Cao Xueqian couldn't laugh or cry, why is it me?