Fall in a second

After Lu Ming had lunch at her senior's Thai restaurant, she had a one-hour lunch break. She would start preparing the evening dishes at four o'clock in the afternoon. During this time, almost everyone was lying on their stomachs for a lunch break, and Lu Ming was no exception. The fan whirred and whirred, resembling the scene when she was lying on the desk in the morning when she was in school. Lu Ming did have a dream. In the dream, she returned to the middle school days, and once again returned to the tense and cumbersome world. In her study and life, in her dream, she was frantically brushing up questions for the upcoming entrance exam.

Later, she was woken up by a sound, Lu Ming raised her head from the table, her face and arms were imprinted by the hair, while Qi Nansheng was carrying the table with a waiter, and when she saw her wake up, she stopped .

"Did it wake you up?" Qi Nansheng asked softly.

"No, no." Lu Ming looked up at the time, immediately wiped his saliva and stood up: "Did I sleep for too long?"

"No." Qi Nansheng smiled generously, "The time is just right, do you want to wash your face?"

Lu Ming nodded.

Zhou Yi asked Qi Nansheng curiously, with a smile in his eyes that couldn't be fully expressed: "Why is the store manager who is usually so fierce, so gentle to his little girl?"

Qi Nansheng shrugged and asked himself, "Am I usually fierce?"

"Did you just see that she is a beautiful little sister..."

"Go, go, I'll just treat her as a younger sister. It's not as complicated as you think."

Lu Ming cleared up a lot after washing her face. Qi Nansheng asked her if she usually cooked. Lu Ming said that she could cook a little, so she called her to the kitchen to prepare dishes. The moment she got the knife, Lu Ming began to cook on the cutting board Showing his proficient knife skills, Qi Nansheng was a little surprised: "You can do it, you can cut it better than the aunt in our shop, you are too humble."

Lu Ming smiled embarrassedly, and continued with the work she was doing.

In the evening, the restaurant’s business hours start at 05:30 and close at 09:30. It is a very tiring and hard job. Lu Ming doesn’t feel that he is working hard, but he knows that it is not easy after he has really worked in this line of work.

The number of customers in the evening has also increased a lot compared to the noon period. Even the open space outside the restaurant is full of tables, and the seats are full. Lu Ming just goes back and forth to serve food and water. Quickly clear the table and receive the next table of guests.

Lu Ming came out with a heavy Tom Yum Kung Soup. During the period, there were two children chasing and playing on the narrow road. They should be the children of a certain table of guests. Lu Ming walked very carefully, but was still hit by a child , the soup in his hand shook and spilled out, just on the shoulders of the table of guests to be delivered, the man became furious instantly, pointed at her and cursed: "What's the matter with you, can you do things?" !"

Lu Ming endured the pain of being scalded, and kept apologizing: "I'm sorry, I really didn't mean it, I'm really sorry."

"Is it useful to be sorry? Look at my shirt, it's all stained by you!" The man yelled at her.

Qi Nansheng, who was entertaining guests in the store, caught a glimpse of the situation outside and hurried out to check.

"Hello, what happened?" Qi Nansheng asked politely.

"Are you the boss here? Look at what your employees are doing. The soup was spilled, and my clothes were dirty. It's really bad luck to come out for a meal."

Qi Nansheng glanced at Lu Ming, who was full of self-blame and bowed his head, and then smiled at the guests: "You see, I won't charge you for this Tom Yum Kung Soup, and let the kitchen make it again for you. In addition, how about giving you a [-]% discount on all the dishes on your table today?"

The man thought about it for a while, and it was a good deal, so he didn't care about it, waved his hand and said generously: "For the sake of your attitude, let's forget it."

"Okay, you can use it slowly first, and the soup will be brought back to you later." After Qi Nansheng finished speaking, he turned to Lu Ming and whispered, "You come in with me first."

Lu Ming felt that she might be scolded, but she did something wrong and was too careless. Even if she was scolded, her salary was deducted, or she was not allowed to do it, she could accept any result.

Zhou Yi, who was busy, saw them walking in and asked curiously, "What's wrong?"

"It's okay, I'll take her in first, I have something to talk about, you can look into the shop for me." Qi Nansheng said.

Lu Ming was taken by her to the small workshop in the store, which is also a warehouse for stacking materials. Before Qi Nansheng could speak, Lu Ming had already admitted his mistake: "It's my fault, I'm sorry, I accidentally spilled it. Soup."

In the end, she didn't wait for the blame she imagined.

"Is it burning?" Because of the height difference, Qi Nansheng asked while looking down at her.

Lu Ming subconsciously withdrew her right hand, shook her head in denial.

But this little detail was still caught by Qi Nansheng, she raised her hand to grab Lu Ming's wrist, and saw her reddened tiger's mouth, as if she had caught evidence, which made her unable to argue.

"It's really okay, it doesn't hurt anymore." Lu Ming murmured.

"I didn't expect to see you this year, and you are still so stubborn." Qi Nansheng smiled helplessly, "You wait for me to get off, and I will get you something to wipe."

After speaking, Qi Nansheng walked to a work table, bent down and opened the drawer to find a ointment, turned around and said: "In our line of work, it is inevitable to get burned. This ointment is very good. It works, and it also has the function of anesthesia and pain relief.”

Qi Nansheng was about to help her paint it with his own hands, but Lu Ming felt embarrassed and a little weird, so he hurriedly said, "I'll do it myself."

Qi Nansheng's hands froze in the air, a little embarrassed, and hurriedly handed the ointment to her.

Lu Ming said again: "Sorry to trouble you, if you don't want me to do it, I can leave right away, and I don't want my salary."

"Let's go? What should I do if my shop is so busy after you leave?" Qi Nansheng laughed angrily at her, "It's just a little thing, don't worry about it."

"But I did bring losses to the store. The table is [-]% off and the soup is free. I will lose money."

"Don't worry, if I say it's okay, it's really okay." Qi Nansheng comforted.

"You can work in the store after you finish it. Those kids outside are making a lot of noise." Qi Nansheng said, in fact, she saw most of what happened outside just now, and she knew exactly what happened.

After Qi Nansheng finished speaking, he left the storage room first, found Zhou Yi who was busy outside, and said, "Today's account is on me."

"Come on, it's all trivial matters." Zhou Yi said nonchalantly.

"That won't work. There must be business principles in doing business."

Zhou Yi couldn't laugh or cry: "Look at what you did, I, Zhou Yi, am not someone who is short of money."

"This is not a matter of poor money or not, it is a matter of principle..."

"Okay, okay, okay, I understand, I can't beat you." Zhou Yi reluctantly compromised.

Lu Ming was so busy that she almost forgot the time. When she suddenly looked up, it was already nine o'clock in the evening. She didn't know if Aunt Ji had dinner or slept, but she still had something to do, so Lu Ming didn't dare to use it. Send a message to Aunt Ji during working hours.

At this time, there was still a table of guests still drinking and chatting, and the dinner that Qi Nansheng had promised had already started, Lu Ming was cleaning the table while listening to Zhou Yi say: "I didn't expect Qi Nansheng to be very kind to you."

Lu Ming smiled embarrassingly. In fact, senior sister has always been a very righteous and enthusiastic person, but that's all. The relationship between them is very pure and pure.

"Do you have a boyfriend?"

Lu Ming shook her head.

"What about your girlfriend?" Zhou Yi asked curiously again.

Maybe it was heard by Qi Nansheng in the kitchen, and she hurriedly raised her voice to remind: "Zhou Yi, you are a bit nagging."

"You can't even ask!" Zhou Yi pouted.

"Clean up and have dinner later." Qi Nansheng said.

Lu Ming glanced at the clock in the restaurant again, secretly anxious.

"What's the matter, are you rushing back?" Zhou Yi asked curiously.

Lu Ming pursed her lips and shook her head in embarrassment. Aunt Ji should have slept by this point.

Why haven't you come back yet?

Ji Youqing frowned while holding the phone, and this child was too, it was not worrying at all, he went out for a day without news, and he didn't come back so late.

Ji Youqing tried to make a phone call, but was prompted that there was no answer for the time being.

Lu Ming put the phone into the pocket of the overalls, and now she took off the overalls and put them in the storage room, because it was too hot to wear, and coupled with the noise in the restaurant itself, she didn't hear the call at all .

"Let's eat outside, the scenery is nice." Zhou Yi suggested.

So Lu Ming and her brought the dishes to the prepared table outside. Another boy in the store who came to the evening shift in the afternoon was too embarrassed to sit and eat with them, so he packed some food in a bowl and took it away.

Qi Nansheng also took out a few bottles of beer from the freezer, and the three of them sat down to eat together.

"Qi Nansheng, you do so much at night."

"Of course, our new employee Xiao Lu is not welcome." Qi Nansheng skillfully pried off the cap of the beer bottle.

"Hahaha, I see that she is the elementary school girl who welcomes you." Zhou Yi teased.

Qi Nansheng didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and poured wine for her, and the golden wheat wine gurgled out to produce white foam.

"Are rich people so straightforward?"

Zhou Yi winked at her.

In fact, it was Qi Nansheng's idea to open this store at the beginning. Zhou Yi wanted to partner with her after hearing about it. For Qi Nansheng, this store was her painstaking effort and her career, but Zhou Yi was different. Knowing her is the same as playing tickets. It's not that she doesn't care about this store, but that whether this store is dead or alive, it won't have much impact on her in the end, and Qi Nansheng dropped out of school because of this store. Already braving the whole family's opposition, she bravely walked down the road, and she has no room to turn back on this road.

"Come on, Lu Ming, fill it up for you." Before Lu Ming agreed, Qi Nansheng had already poured wine into her wine glass. Lu Ming was very surprised, and just about to say something was discovered by Qi Nansheng: "Beer, Don't you drink?"

Lu Ming was too embarrassed to refuse, so she had to say, "Then have a little drink, only one drink."

Qi Nansheng raised the corner of his mouth and said: "Eat quickly, or the dish will be cold, try my cooking."

Looking at the Thai dishes on the table, Lu Ming took the chopsticks and began to think about which dish to start with.

Zhou Yi happily introduced to her: "This is curry fried crab, a famous dish in Thailand!"

I took a sip of Luming. It has the spicyness of curry and the sweetness of crab meat. The taste is rich and full of aftertaste.

"And then there's this, steamed sea bass with lemon." Zhou Yi said again: "This is a classic Thai dish!"

Luming also tasted it. The taste of the steamed fish is slightly light, but because of the addition of lemon, there will be a unique sourness in it, which combines the deliciousness of fish, the refreshingness of lemon, and the spicyness of millet. This kind of stimulation on the taste buds contains a strong Thai style.

At this moment, Qi Nansheng pushed another dish in front of Lu Ming, and offered to introduce: "Thai-style pineapple fried rice."

Luming took a bite, and the ingredients were extremely rich. The shelled shrimp was wrapped in it, mixed with the aroma of pineapple and mixed vegetables. It was really delicious, all of them were delicious.

"Sister, how did you learn so many Thai dishes?" Lu Ming asked curiously.

"This is a long story, so let me make a long story short. A relative in my family opened a Chinese restaurant in Phuket, Thailand. I went there to help during the summer vacation after the college entrance examination. I also ate local Thai food, so I followed I learned a little, and when I planned to open a store, I studied systematically for a while.”

After hearing this, Lu Ming immediately gave her a thumbs up: "It's really good, I mean, it's really delicious!"

"Nonsense, can you open a shop if it doesn't taste good?" Qi Nansheng smiled and spoke in a cool tone, holding a wine glass and drinking heavily, his eyes couldn't hide the joy of being praised.

Everyone ate, drank beer, and chatted. Lu Ming began to let go of her restraint from the beginning. Because of her senior sister, she also met Sister Zhou Yi. Sister Zhou Yi is really a talkative and cute sister.

"By the way, Lu Ming, the National Day holiday is about ten days away, will you go home then?" Qi Nansheng asked.

"I probably won't go home. The round trip is quite expensive, so I should stay here." Lu Ming paused and asked curiously: "Is senior sister planning to go back?"

"I..." Qi Nansheng fell into hesitation, "I'll see when the time comes, I will probably stay here in the store."

After hearing this, Zhou Yi said: "Oh, you don't have to worry about this. If you really go back, I will invite a few more people. The store will not be dirty if you are not here for a few days."

Qi Nansheng was directly annoyed by her and laughed out loud.

Luming had already eaten, but the two elder sisters were still eating. She was too embarrassed to ask to leave, so she just sat and waited obediently, feeling a little anxious, fearing that she would not be able to get in the car later and needed to walk back.

"By the way, where do you live, I'll drive you there later." Qi Nansheng made a mistake and hurriedly corrected him: "Bike, my little BMW."

"It doesn't need to be so troublesome, I'll just take the bus back later." Lu Ming said.

Zhou Yi suddenly asked again: "By the way, Qi Nansheng, why don't you buy a car?"

"I have no money, I don't like cheap cars, and I can't afford the ones I like for the time being."

Zhou Yi propped her hands on the table and smirked: "Which car do you like, I will help you!"

"Cut~ Come on, I can make money myself." Qi Nansheng coolly rejected her without any hesitation.

It was already ten o'clock in the evening, and Ji Youqing felt that this was not going to work, she had to go out and look for it, so she put on a coat and took the car keys and went out.

After wandering around in the surrounding streets, she didn't see anyone from Lu Ming, so she drove forward again, as if she really saw Lu Ming standing at the door of a restaurant across the road.

Coincidentally, Lu Ming's eyes accidentally looked at the road, and Ji Youqing's eyes met. Lu Ming was so shocked that she didn't expect Aunt Ji to find it so late. She was anxious and ashamed. Quickly said to Qi Nansheng: "Senior sister, sister Zhou, I have to go back quickly, someone is here to pick me up."

After finishing speaking, Lu Ming was about to cross the road in a hurry, when Qi Nansheng shouted anxiously: "You haven't paid your salary today."

Lu Ming hadn't responded, and she was far away on the other side of the road.

Qi Nansheng stood there looking at her back as she left, "Forget it, it's the same if she comes over tomorrow." Zhou Yi pulled her to sit down.

In order to be able to find a suitable parking space, Ji Youqing drove the car a long way forward, and Lu Ming followed after crossing the road, walking and running along the way.

Ji Youqing, who had parked the car, also got out of the car and walked back, thinking about meeting Lu Ming as soon as possible.

On the other side, Qi Nansheng also finished his meal and drank the last sip of beer: "I'm full, I'm done~"

"Can you still do this, ride at night?" Zhou Yi asked tentatively.

"You are still worried about me, worry about yourself, sober up before you leave." Qi Nansheng smiled helplessly, there was no way, every time after a tiring day at work, he would be greedy for this drink, if he didn't drink this, he would spend a day in vain Like.

The two started to pack up the tables and move them into the store. When they came to the warehouse, Qi Nansheng saw that Lu Ming had left his work clothes here. When he picked it up, his mobile phone almost fell out. Fortunately, she caught it quickly with sharp eyesight.

Zhou Yi happened to pass by the storage room and asked curiously, "Lu Ming's cell phone?"

"I think it is."

Qi Nansheng opened it curiously, and found that there was not even a combination lock. The child was a little worried, so he quickly closed it and stopped checking, and turned to Zhou Yi and said, "I'll hold it for her first, and give it to her tomorrow. "

Ji Youqing passed a barbecue stand on the road, and met a table of several drunks. They saw Ji Youqing, a single woman passing by at night, and couldn't help flirting with her.

"Where is pretty girl rushing to?"

"Yes, why don't you sit down and have a few drinks with your grandfather?"

"..."

Ji Youqing ignored it, and when she looked up again, she saw Lu Ming rushing towards this side with all her strength, and the drunk beside her pinched the hem of her skirt, and said angrily, "This white skirt is really coquettish!"

Feeling offended, Ji Youqing broke free and said angrily, "Please show some respect."

In the end, the other party was still relentless, and even stretched out his hand to block her way: "Hey, don't go, drink with the brothers."

Lu Ming rushed over, knocked off their hands, stood in front of Ji Youqing fearlessly, and said to their group of drunkards, "Try again!"

Standing behind Lu Ming, Ji Youqing was shocked that there was so much energy in her small body.

"Where did this little girl come from? If the uncle doesn't play with the little girl, go away!"

Lu Ming had to stand in front of Aunt Ji for life and death, and even picked up a brick on the ground like crazy. I don't know if it was a coincidence. At that time, there was a brick on the ground in front of her. Lu Ming was super vicious. They said, "Come here and try, I'm not afraid of you!"

Ji Youqing was really frightened, and wanted to reach out to call Lu Ming: "Lu Ming, I..."

"Don't be afraid, Aunt Ji, I will protect you!"

Probably because after drinking some wine, the burden on people also increased. At that time, when Lu Ming did that, she didn't think about the consequences at all. She was full of thoughts that, with her around, no one could touch Aunt Ji. , otherwise she will fight desperately with the other party.

The drunks were a little scared in an instant. At this time, the owner of the barbecue stall hurried back to come to rescue him. He didn't expect such a big thing to happen when he just went to buy a pack of cigarettes. He didn't want to have a murder at his stall. Otherwise don't even think about doing business again.

Under the persuasion of the stall owner, the dispute ended, and Ji Youqing and Lu Ming left smoothly. Ji Youqing still had lingering fears, glanced at Lu Ming and reminded: "The brick in your hand."

Lu Ming was stunned for a moment, then quickly threw it into the grass, and hurriedly patted the ashes on his hands.

"You really surprised me just now." Ji Youqing said worriedly.

"They deserve it, who told them to do anything to you." Lu Ming said with her lips curled up.

"Thank you just now, but don't do such reckless things for me in the future." Ji Youqing murmured softly.

"Aunt Ji, I..." Lu Ming was about to say something, but was interrupted by Ji Youqing.

"My car is right there, let's talk after getting in the car."

Lu Ming had no choice but to shut up and follow her footsteps.

The two of them got into the car together, and when the car door was closed, Ji Youqing could smell the faint smell of alcohol. In order to verify that it wasn't something wrong with her nose, she deliberately moved her body closer to Lu Ming, who was fastening it When the seat belt saw Aunt Ji's whole body leaning over, she was so scared that she held her breath.

"Did you drink at night?" Ji Youqing looked up at her with scrutiny.

Lu Ming nodded guiltyly: "I only drank a little beer."

Ji Youqing returned to the seat and sat down again, started the car and saw the time in the car, it was almost eleven o'clock in the evening and couldn't help asking: "Who is the person who was eating with you just now?"

"It's my senior!" Lu Ming immediately explained, "I used to be a senior from high school. Today I met her when I was looking for a job. That's the shop she opened. I worked there for a day, and the salary is good. High!"

After hearing this, Ji Youqing asked with great interest: "How tall is it?"

"A part-time job costs 180 a day. My sister said that if you work full-time, you can earn more than 200 a day."

Ji Youqing was amused by her helplessness, and said to her very seriously: "180 is nothing, after you study hard and achieve success, let alone 180 a day when you come out to work, even 1800 a day is possible."

1800 a day?Lu Ming's mouth became O-shaped, are there so many?She couldn't imagine it.

"So do you know what is most important to you right now?" Ji Youqing tortured her like a patriarch while driving.

"Study hard, study hard!" Lu Ming replied seriously.

I hope you can do it, Ji Youqing said silently in her heart.

I haven't seen the streets of this city after eleven o'clock at night, high-rise buildings, thousands of lights, and fewer cars on the road than in the daytime. Lu Ming looked at the scenes passing by outside the window, After looking at it for a while, I finally saw the reflected face of Aunt Ji driving a car from inside.

The most important thing right now is reading.

And you.