Luting Canteen

When he first heard that the new intern was the son of a friend of the boss, Liang Jiezhou had no special thoughts in his mind.Originally, this kind of favor arrangement is not surprising, as long as you don't come to cause trouble.The few college students who came here before just wanted an internship evaluation. In the first few days, they were full of enthusiasm and motivation, but after a while, they had to ask about everything, completely out of their own minds.

Although this company is not big, it has made some famous names in the industry, and because many teachers from the former School of Architecture are here, so there are more projects for the school's library or auditorium.So this makes those students who want to know the tutor so that they can stay in school or study in graduate school, try to get in.

Jiezhou is 29 years old this year, and has worked here for more than seven years, so he is considered a veteran.He himself was recruited by his boss before he graduated, so when these college students come to practice, he understands that most of them just use this place as a springboard, but he still somewhat expects to meet a good seedling, but In recent years, he has given up hope.

When he arrived at the company early this morning, as expected, the boss pushed the new student to him.

"Xiaoliang, take this kid with you for now. You're welcome. What should I do? His father has known me for many years, and he specially asked him to come and study hard."

Kua Zhou replied politely with a smile, and glanced at the boy standing beside the boss.She is dressed neatly, is tall, and has a face that should be popular with girls, but she has no expression.

"Yan Ting, this is Liang Jiezhou. He is the pillar of our company. You should follow suit and don't let your father down."

The boss said that as long as he was the child of an acquaintance, he would basically say the same thing, patted Yan Ting on the shoulder with a smile, and praised Jie Zhou again.Jie Zhou raised the corners of his mouth slightly to prove that he was listening, and said a few more polite words. When his eyes stopped on Yan Ting, he found that the child just smiled faintly, without the little excitement that newcomers usually have.

"Okay, then you guys are busy first, Xiao Liang, take a look and take Yan Ting to have a meal at noon, I have to go to the tax bureau, I guess I will go in the afternoon when I finish it,"

While talking, he called the accountant who was waiting on the side, and the boss smiled and told Yan Ting a few words, and then hurried out, the rest of them were busy in their own cubicle outside, and Jie Zhou took the bag to the person on the opposite side of the table. Throwing it on the sofa, he took the office door behind him, came back and leaned against the table to look at Yan Ting and asked:

"Department of Architecture?"

"Um."

"How old are you this year?"

"Junior."

"Hey, are you here so early?"

「嗯，家里人说早点熟悉，再过两年毕业就不会什么都不懂。」

Kazuya shrugged his shoulders, noncommittal.Yan Ting put his schoolbag on the ground beside the sofa and asked:

"what are you doing today?"

Raising his eyebrows, Jie Zhou thought that this guy was really rude, so he took out his notepad and flipped through it, and read to him one by one in an understatement:

"Go to the construction site in the morning, send a rendering to the client in the afternoon and talk about the plan, go to Jiuyao Road for dinner in the evening, feed the dog at home after eating, watch TV, take a bath, and sleep."

After Yan Ting listened, his eyes lit up a little:

"Do you have a dog at home?"

"What, you like dogs?"

"I like cats."

Jie Zhou was choked up by his answer, and then saw that the slender-eyed boy didn't look like he was joking on purpose, so he couldn't help laughing out loud.

"My family is just a Labrador, and he likes cats too."

After understanding the joke in Jie Zhou's words that were both true and false, Yan Ting just smiled lightly and said, "That's good."

"You can follow me from today, some things are easier to understand when you see them yourself. By the way, have you had breakfast yet?"

"No."

Kazuo frowned:

"Come out with me after breakfast."

It's not that he cares about Yan Ting, but if he goes to the scene without breakfast, he will definitely not be able to resist hunger at his age, and he will have to find something to eat when he is hungry, which will waste time.

"I see."

Jie Zhou took out a few packets of soda biscuits from his bag and threw them to him. Yan Ting thanked him, opened them and ate them immediately, and followed Jie Zhou out the door.

When he arrived at the construction site, Jie Zhou was thinking that the child had no expression and didn’t know if he would greet him well. As a result, no matter whether he met colleagues, Party A’s people or foreman workers, he always greeted him with a smile and a very polite attitude. He was neither humble nor overbearing. He carefully helped to take pictures and records at the scene. He would not take pictures when the shoes and clothes were dusty. Tidy up a little bit.

"How about it?"

"It's more vivid than what is taught in school."

Jie Zhou smiled, thinking that he was going to say something like "the school teaches all theories", but Yan Ting said seriously:

"Fortunately, the school taught these basics first, otherwise I would have no clue at all. It is the safest thing to learn and practice."

"Who said the latter sentence?"

Yan Ting glanced at Jie Zhou:

"My grandpa."

"Your grandfather is right. What is taught in school, no matter whether it is good or not, is the foundation. If the foundation is not solid, no matter how gorgeous it is, it won't last long."

It’s rare to tell people these things, and Kua Zhou said while driving:

"Are you hungry? Please have a good lunch at noon."

"Thank you, by the way, I can eat spicy food."

Jie Zhou glanced at him, he was looking at the photos just taken in the camera, and he didn't mean to be polite to Jie Zhou at all.This made Jiezhou feel interesting, and it was also the first time that he found that it seemed good to have an apprentice.

So we got along a lot after that, and Yan Ting talked more, even though Jie Zhou would instruct Yan Ting to serve him tea and water from time to time, Yan Ting also regarded him as respecting the elderly.The two of them were very compatible at work, so they slowly began to go to exhibitions together outside of work, or drive to surrounding cities to see ancient buildings.

This day was followed by New Year's Day on Sunday, and everyone was resting. Jie Zhou wanted to find some information, so he drove to the company. When he entered, he saw Yan Ting cleaning in the empty company, so he knocked on the door said laughingly:

"It's good to give you the key, remember to tidy up my desk too."

Yan Ting stopped his hands and turned around, Jie Zhou saw him with two dark circles under his eyes:

"What, didn't you sleep?"

"Ok,"

Seeing that he was not in a good mood, Kua Zhou went in and pulled a chair to sit down, then took out another pack of cigarettes:

"Do you smoke?"

"Won't."

"Just draw it and it will be done."

Yan Ting took one with some self-deprecation, and lit the mustard boat for himself first, and then lit the one in Yan Ting's hand.Yan Ting imitated him and took a sip.

"Why didn't you choke?"

"Are you going to choke?"

"Some people choke when they smoke for the first time."

"Oh, it's fine."

Jie Zhou smiled, thought for a while, then took out a piece of chocolate from his pocket and handed it over, Yan Ting raised his eyebrows:

"what is this?"

"Nut chocolate, you can be happy after eating it."

Seeing Jie Zhou's serious face, Yan Ting laughed softly:

"real or fake?"

"Don't believe me? You can check it out. Nuts can stimulate serotonin or something like that. It makes people happy."

In the end, it was obvious that he didn't remember getting past it, but Yan Ting still accepted it:

"Thank you. If it's really useful, I'll buy some for my brother later."

"You have a brother?"

Yan Ting nodded:

"The neighbor's child is called Ye Qi. He grew up with him. He is five years younger than me. He is sixteen this year."

"That's a good feeling."

"......Um."

Yan Ting rubbed the chocolate packaging bag with his fingers, and took another puff of cigarette silently.This puff was a bit deep, Yan Ting couldn't hold back, and coughed, after a while Yan Ting covered his mouth with the back of his hand, and Jie Zhou didn't look at him, just sat by the side and flicked the ash into the ashtray on the table inside.

"Uncle Chi...my younger brother, his father is gone."

When he heard him say "Uncle Chi", his voice became hoarse, Jie Zhou looked up at him, and Yan Ting smiled wryly and whispered:

"What happened yesterday, can't be saved."

"Where is your brother now?"

Yan Ting turned his head slightly. Seeing that he didn't really want to talk, Jie Zhou asked him to wait, got up and went to the office to find the documents, and threw Yan Ting's bag into his arms:

"Let's go."

"Where are you going?"

"The newly opened big supermarket is a little far away. Are you okay this afternoon?"

Yan Ting shook his head.In the morning, he really felt a little uncomfortable, so he ran to his work place, thinking about Uncle Chi, and wiped the house clean.Uncle Chi taught himself how to draw when he was young. Before Ye Qi, he took him and Tang Meng out to play, and always secretly bought them some snacks.What's the matter, he doesn't like to talk to his parents very much, but Uncle Chi always pats him on the shoulder and sits with him.

The funeral will be the day after tomorrow, and the only thing he has to do these days is to be with Ye Qi, who has refused to cry until now. Be a little manly.He was always smiling, and rarely saw him cry.

Yan Ting sat in the passenger seat of the mustard boat thinking about these things, looking out the window without saying a word.

"Yan Ting, let me tell you a joke."

Jie Zhou turned down the music in the car, Yan Ting glanced at him, Jie Zhou smiled and began to say:

"I, there was someone I liked very much in high school. Although she was my teacher, I might admire her to some extent, but she was really me. How should I put it? My first love. She taught English. I originally I don’t like English in particular, I think it’s troublesome to memorize grammar and vocabulary, and I basically rely on my sense of language to do the questions, but since she started teaching our class, my English scores have really improved.”

As if thinking of his own appearance at that time, Akuta Zhou curled the corners of his mouth.

"At that time, I was thinking every day, why didn't I have English class? Or after class, I deliberately walked around the office, knowing that she was in another class, and when the bell rang, I would go to that class to see. If you have friends you know, just say a few more words and see her surrounded by girls asking questions in the classroom. Fortunately, she usually seems to pay attention to me, and I can sometimes send her back to the dormitory.”

"You know, boys will imagine the girl they like more or less. At that time, I didn't dare to imagine her like that at all. Although she is not beautiful, she is gentle and gentle, refreshing and clean, and she smiles like a child , very interesting."

Yan Ting turned his head, he never thought about what Jiezhou's high school was like.This man seemed to have such a stable and sophisticated appearance from the beginning, but he didn't expect to have such a youthful side.

Kua Zhou cleared his throat and continued:

"Then one day, my friend and I saw that some new flowers had been placed in the abandoned parking lot of the school. It was very popular to eat a bunch of red nectar at that time. You know I love sweets, so we decided to go to See if there is any. Except for the janitor who goes there occasionally, there is usually no one there. While walking, I jokingly told my friend that we should just smoke it all, but I saw two people under the old carport hugging and kissing, one is her, and the other is, "

Mustard Boat smiled lightly:

"It's my dad."

Yan Ting was stunned, staring at Jie Zhou's side face for a long time.

"How? Is it funny?"

"Is not funny."

Jie Zhou glanced at Yan Ting, then continued driving.

"Yan Ting, except for my friend who knew about it, I never told anyone about it. I probably thought it was embarrassing and embarrassing at the time. Although it's been a long time now, it's nothing, but I will keep it in my heart. .”

After stopping for a while, Kua Zhou looked at the road ahead and said again:

"I was very uncomfortable at that time. My friend told me that when you are uncomfortable, you can cry, sleep, and eat. He also said, you can be uncomfortable for as long as you want. Who can control this matter? But, don't be alone. Man, if you want to fall down, it will hurt even more when you are alone."

"Yan Ting, I'm telling you this for nothing else, just to tell you that you don't have to hold on to everything, you have friends."

Glancing at Yan Ting who was still silent, Jie Zhou smiled:

"If you bother him once in a while, he'll be very happy."

The music in the car continued to play. It was a singer that Jie Zhou liked very much. He was singing "everyone I know goes away in the end" with a hoarse voice. Yan Ting leaned his head on the back of the chair, finally closed his hot eyes, and said something softly Thanks.