in the river island

The sound of chirping downstairs, the sound of traffic and people can be heard endlessly, a ray of sunlight shines into the room, just hitting the eyes, the person curled up in the bed moved, slowly stretched his body, Yu Zhou stretched his arms out of the quilt Lazy, it took a long time to open my eyes, move my legs, lift the quilt and sit up.But as soon as he moved, he noticed that something was wrong. The position of his ear socket was throbbing and painful. He touched it and pulled off an earphone. The earphone was plugged in all night. He probably slept on his side when he was sleeping. He rubbed it a few times. It still hurts badly.

He set up a small table on the bed last night, and the sound props were scattered on the bed. He had no memory of when he fell asleep. Looking at his phone again, he patted his chest and breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, last night I plugged it in consciously, and now the battery is fully charged.

Yu Zhou clicked on WeChat, and the other party hung up on the voice call last night. Yu Zhou rubbed his neck to recall, did Lu Zaihe fall asleep last night?He thought for a while, but had no memory.

Yu Zhou: Good morning

Yu Zhou moved his fingers to send someone a message, got out of bed and changed his clothes, his ears were still uncomfortable, even if he didn't touch them, and he didn't know how long he was pressed, he walked out of the room quickly and went to the bathroom, Yu Zhou in the mirror With sleepiness all over his face, his bangs were biased and flew up obliquely. He wet the water and pressed his hair. He pinched his ear in front of the mirror and looked at it. The inside of one ear was red.

Kneaded a few more times to relieve the pain, Yu Zhou didn't care anymore, he got up late today, time was tight, he didn't have time to cook after washing, so he went straight out, rode the battery to the intersection and bought two deep-fried dough sticks with soy milk, The warmth entered his stomach, and he squinted his eyes in comfort.

Halfway through the breakfast, the phone rang and the pop-up screen lit up, causing Yu Zhou to turn his head to look. There was a new message on WeChat, which was sent by Lu Zaihe.

Lu Zaihe: morning

Yu Zhou put the fritters in his mouth to reply to the message.

Yu Zhou: Did I fall asleep early last night?

As if he had lost his memory, he had no memory of how long the sleepiness had lasted.

After biting off the fried dough sticks and drinking soy milk, Lu Zaihe returned the news.

Lu Zaihe: Around twelve o’clock, I was also sleepy at that time

Lu Zaihe: Have you had breakfast?

A picture popped up on the screen. There were two slices of bread, an egg and a glass of milk on the table.

Yu Zhou's fritters were almost gone, and when he saw the photo, he quickly rescued the remaining half from his mouth, put it with soy milk, took a photo and sent it to him.

Yu Zhou: I'm eating!

Yu Zhou: I have to go to work after eating

Lu Zaihe: Cheers.jpg

Lu Zaihe: The work is going well

Yu Zhou stared at the news with a smile, quickly disposed of the deep-fried dough sticks and soybean milk, and threw the paper cups into the trash can. He rode on the battery and set off quickly.

When he arrived at the store, the door was already open, and the food delivery car had arrived at the back door, so Yu Zhou put down his things and went to help carry the food.

"You are here." Stretching out his hands in front of him, Zhang Fuqiang turned to look at him. He has a zigzag face, generous and upright, with wide eyes and a thick nose. His skin is a little dark. Contaminated with a bit of naivety, Yu Zhou responded with a smile and lifted the vegetable basket away from him.

"Don't unload it, it's fine if I'm here, you can deal with that white radish head, and I'll cut the meat here after I finish cleaning." Zhang Fuqiang greeted Yu Zhou with a slap on the back.

Yu Zhou looked back at him and nodded solemnly.

The weather is hot now, and Yu Zhou wears a light blue T-shirt. He is too thin, and the bones in his back are a little protruding.

"Being smaller than you is also the case. Eat more food and grow fat. How much do you weigh? I feel like I have to be as heavy as two of you." Not too much.

Holding the vegetable basket in his arms, Yu Zhou couldn't take out his mobile phone to chat, so he turned his head and smiled at Zhang Fuqiang, straightening his back a little.Zhang Fuqiang shook his head and sighed. He knew a little about the situation of Yuzhou's family. He came out to work hard at a young age, and he was still disabled. It's fine if he doesn't have any help. The family members are still holding back, Zhang Fuqiang couldn't bear it. , turned around and took out two candies, and called Yu Zhou to stop.

"Does Xiao Xiao eat candy? My daughter stuffed it in my pocket. It's sweet and delicious. Try it!"

Yu Zhou put the vegetable baskets on top of each other at the entrance, and looked at Zhang Fuqiang in astonishment when he saw this. Seeing his dumbfounded look, Zhang Fuqiang still had a lot of things to do, so how could he have time to chat with him? , walked up to Yu Zhou in two strides and stuffed the sugar into his hands.

"Take it and taste it."

Yu Zhou stood silently holding the candy. Before Zhang Fuqiang turned around, Yu Zhou suddenly bowed to Zhang Fuqiang with a twinkle in his eyes.

"Hey, what is this for? Where are the two candies?" Zhang Fuqiang took a step back in fright, waved his hand to signal Yu Zhou not to make a fuss with him, turned around and continued unloading, Yu Zhou was kneading the candy wrappers, and the plastic candy wrappers were crushed by him There was a clatter, and it took a while to put it in my pocket.

Zhang Fuqiang hummed a song, very at ease, Yu Zhou turned around and went back to the back kitchen, put the dishes to be processed on the table, threw the radish into the sink to wash the mud, the sound of the water overwhelmed Zhang Fuqiang's singing, and there was a rush. Without stopping, Yu Zhou took out a candy from his pocket, opened it carefully and put it in his mouth.

The temperature is high, the sugar has melted a bit, and it is so sweet that it is like honey.

Yu Zhou blinked slowly, rubbed the radish with a smile on his face.

The boss came in a little bit, and the back kitchen staff arrived sparsely. There was no business in the morning, mainly for preparing vegetables and clearing goods. Usually, there was a regular summary meeting. Their restaurant set up a suggestion box, and the boss had to open it every now and then. But generally no one writes, and if you have any opinions, ask the boss to talk about it in person.At the end of the regular meeting, Yang Meng, who was standing beside Yu Zhou, suddenly touched his arm.

Yu Zhou turned to look at her, Yang Meng blinked at him.

"Have you finished eating the biscuits I brought you last time?" Yang Meng asked in a low voice.

Yu Zhou nodded and gave Yang Meng a thumbs up.

Yang Meng smiled, and continued: "I did it again, you can walk slowly after get off work, or do you have a bag? I'll put it in your bag later."

There are many people coming in and out at mealtimes. The staff's bags and valuables are usually stored at the front desk. Yang Meng can look at them. Yu Zhou often carries a black backpack, which Yang Meng recognizes.

Hearing this, Yu Zhou shook his head.

"Do you shake your head because you didn't bring your bag or you don't want it?" Yang Meng asked.

With Zhang Fuqiang standing in front of him, Yu Zhou secretly took out his mobile phone from his pocket, opened the memo and typed.

Yang Meng has good eyesight, so she saw Yu Zhou's opening sentence "Don't give me away, eat by yourself..."

Yang Meng patted him angrily, Yu Zhou was startled, stopped moving, and saw Yang Meng staring with a pair of almond eyes.

"I said I'll give it to you, but I still have nothing to eat." Yang Meng said with an uncompromising attitude, "I'll put it in your bag in a while, don't forget, I made several flavors this time, my boy My friends praised it straight away, and others couldn’t eat it even if they wanted to.”

As Yang Meng spoke, the person in front looked back at her. When Yang Meng raised her eyes, she found that the boss's eyes were also wandering in the direction of the two of them. She stuck out her tongue and lowered her head, coughing lightly as if nothing happened. No more talking.

Yu Zhou was comforted in his heart, secretly thinking that he had to go to the supermarket after get off work, and pick some snacks for Yang Meng as a return gift.

After the boss finished his long speech, he clapped his hands and signaled everyone to disband. What should they do? There was a load-bearing wall behind him, and he quickly leaned against it.

As soon as Yu Zhou stood firm, Zhou Pai walked up to him and said with a smile: "It's you, I didn't pay attention, I'm sorry."

After saying this, Zhou Pai walked away with his hands behind his back. Before Yang Meng could go far, he frowned and murmured to Yu Zhou: "He must have taken the wrong medicine, he's crazy."

Yu Zhou turned his wrist, Yang Meng saw it, and quickly asked, "Did you twist your hand?"

Yu Zhou shook his head, because he stretched his muscles too much, he moved a few times, took out his mobile phone to type and handed it to Yang Meng.

--What do you like to eat?

"Why? You want to give me something?" Yang Meng rolled her eyes, annoyed him to be polite, and then pretended to say: "It's so strange, and my boyfriend is very jealous, so I won't accept things from men easily. .”

—Then I don’t want cookies either.

Yang Meng looked at it and frowned, "Okay you, Yu Zhou, you really failed at learning."

Yu Zhou raised her lips, and Yang Meng was taken aback by her youthful smile. She murmured to herself, "That means I have a beautiful woman... You can buy some. I like fruits. Buy me some oranges." Banana can mean whatever you want, so that you won’t have to worry about my favor all the time.”

Yu Zhou nodded and wrote it down.

Time-consuming and difficult dishes have to be prepared in advance, and the big dishes that are often ordered have to be prepared in advance. The back kitchen is very busy. I went to the back door and washed my face with cold water before going back to continue, but before I could sit down, the boss entered the kitchen.

Wearing a casual polo shirt, Yang Zhenyong went straight to Yu Zhou and gestured, "Younger, come out with me."

Yu Zhou didn't know, so he stood up and wiped the water on his apron. Hearing the movement, everyone in the back kitchen looked over. With the posture of coming, Yu Zhou's right eye jumped, and his intuition was not very good.

He followed Yang Zhenyong to the hall, and saw a few people standing at the front desk from a distance, Yang Meng was hunched over looking at the computer, and there was an impatient voice.

"Impossible, my earrings must have been dropped in a restaurant, you have to check the surveillance carefully." A middle-aged woman who looked over forty leaned half her body on the counter at the front desk, pointing to the computer and said: " Take a closer look, the gold pendant my son bought for me the day before yesterday, I just wore it out for dinner and it disappeared after a while, oh my god, girl, look for it carefully, I found something wrong when I got home yesterday, turn it around When you come back, you have already closed the door, hey, take a closer look, or let me go in and have a look—" She said, and she was about to go around to the front desk, Yang Meng stretched out her hand to stop her, but the woman lifted her Seeing Yu Zhou next to Yang Zhenyong, her eyes lit up, and she stepped forward and asked, "This is the little brother who cleaned our table yesterday?"

The restaurant was full of people and saw too many people. Yu Zhou had no impression of this aunt. Yang Zhenyong replied on his behalf: "Yes, he cleaned up the surveillance."

"Young man, did you see my pendant when you were tidying up yesterday? It looks like this, think about it carefully." The woman brushed her hair back, revealing the gold pendant on her right ear, and leaned her neck forward in front of Yu Zhou.

Yu Zhou looked at it and frowned. After careful identification, he shook his head.

"Really?" The anxious woman was very disappointed. She let down the hair behind her ears, but heard a middle-aged man behind her say: "Go back, you go forward for two seconds."

The man went straight to the front desk, pointed at the screen and said.

Yang Meng was a little annoyed by the smell of cigarettes on his body, and rewinded a few seconds according to the words.

"Stop! It's here!" The man turned his head, looked at Yu Zhou and said, "Waiter!"

Yu Zhou stared blankly.

"Just you, come here, explain to me what you are doing when you stop here?"