The Pentium Era - South to North

In the next few days, they went to many hotels, with similar results. When they kept failing, they kept going to the bookstore to buy books, from various hotel-related books to recipes. Zhang Chen finally knew what It’s called fish maw, and he also knew what black bean sauce and soy sauce were, and what oil-fat and water-fat was, but when he went to the company he was applying for, no one asked him this question again.

And what others asked were all new questions, which stumped them. What's more, they directly took a table and asked them to set it up. Damn it, how could I do this?

They also lowered the positions they applied for, from general manager to manager, then to supervisor, and finally to foreman. Unexpectedly, the lower the position, the more specific the problems were, the more they required practical operations, and they couldn't even talk nonsense. They had no choice but to continue to raise the level of application.

The young man seemed to understand their situation. Now when they came back every night and met at the door, he asked them directly: "Didn't find it again today?"

Zhang Chen and Liu Ligan couldn't even get angry, because they not only smoked other people's cigarettes, but also ate their hot pot. When people ask this, they treat you as one of their own and care about you.

That Saturday, Jin Lili called the store and left a message for Zhang Chen saying that he was going to Yangpu in the evening and would not be back today. Zhang Chen and Liu Ligan walked gloomily. When they passed the next door, the door was open and the woman When he saw them, he greeted them warmly and told them that he had cooked a lot of dishes today and was going to have hot pot, so let's come together.

The young man also said that eating hot pot together requires a large number of people to make it lively.

Zhang Chen and Liu Ligan couldn't refuse their hospitality, so they had no choice but to agree. The four of them sat in the corridor, drinking beer and eating hot pot. They found out that they were indeed a couple. The man was called Jianqiang and the woman was Jia. Jia, they are all very common names, I don’t know if they are true or false, so who cares.

Zhang Chen and Liu Ligan listened to Jiajia giggling non-stop, her white arms and thighs shaking in their eyes, making their hearts sway, always thinking of the moaning across the wall.

After finishing the hot pot, Jiajia asked them if they were going to watch a movie. Zhang Chen and Liu Ligan said they couldn't go, so Jiajia and Jianqiang left by themselves.

Liu Ligan was surprised and asked Zhang Chen, does their line of work also have weekends?

Zhang Chen said, how do I know?

Liu Ligan was stunned for a while, then burst into laughter and said to Zhang Chen, I understand, my aunt is here today and I am forced to stop work.

Sure enough, the night was very quiet. They heard two people coming back. They seemed to be in a good mood and were still humming in the room. When Liu Ligan went downstairs to buy cigarettes at eleven o'clock, he found that the lights in their room had been darkened. Jianqiang was not seen at the door downstairs, and that familiar voice was not heard this night.

As time goes by and they run into obstacles again and again, Zhang Chen and Liu Ligan become more and more impatient and depressed. When they are in the room, they always sigh, although they still go there every day. Liu Ligan would continue to buy the "Talent Information Newspaper" in the vacant land and copied many addresses, but he felt guilty, knowing that even if he copied them, they wouldn't be of much use.

When they go to apply for a job now, when they walk to the door of their workplace, they are already giving up. During the interview, they suddenly can’t think of many things that they have clearly read in books and memorized at home. I got up, my mind went blank, and I sat there like an idiot.

The more this happens, the more their anxiety is written on their faces and eyes. This kind of anxiety can be seen at a glance, so that whatever they say will give people an unreal feeling. Poke, and sure enough, it broke.

In the evening of that day, the sun had already set, and they came to the open space again. When they arrived, they saw many people queuing up. After asking, they were told that a farm below the farm was looking for workers.

Zhang Chen also queued in. Liu Ligan asked, what do the workers on this farm do?

"Grow rubber, cut rubber," said the man in front of them.

"Isn't that a farmer?" Liu Ligan said.

"Yes, just do the same work as I did in my hometown." The person in front of them was obviously a farmer in his hometown.

Liu Ligan looked at Zhang Chen. Zhang Chen didn't say a word. Liu Ligan sighed and had no choice but to queue up. He knew that as soon as he opened his mouth, Zhang Chen would definitely tell him, no matter what he does, first He had something to do, and Liu Ligan didn't have the courage and confidence to refute Zhang Chen's idea now.

The two people followed the queue and walked forward silently. When they reached the queue, there was a table in front of them. A middle-aged man wearing glasses and a little girl were sitting there. Zhang Chen and Liu Lipole handed over their ID cards. After handing it over, the middle-aged man known as Director Yang took their ID cards and looked at them, but did not give the ID cards to the little girl next to him to register.

"What did you two do in the first place?" Director Yang said, "You don't look like people who have done farm work."

Zhang Chen said that he had never done it before. We were originally from a theater troupe.

"Shaoxing Opera?" Director Yang asked.

"Wu Opera." Zhang Chen said.

"Oh, that should be in the Jinhua area, actor?"

"No." Zhang Chen shook his head, "I am an artist and he is a screenwriter."

Director Yang laughed: "Then why do you come to my place? You don't get along."

Zhang Chen and Liu Ligan didn't know how to answer these words.

"I understand." Director Yang said, "Have you ever been unable to find a job since arriving in Hainan, so you just thought, no matter what, you should start working first, right?"

Zhang Chen and Liu Ligan were surprised that he could see through their thoughts at once, and they nodded.

"Don't be anxious, young man. Nothing can be said until you start doing it. Once people settle down, they are all inert. In other words, when the anger is exhausted, they will not have the courage to bring it up again. Believe me, you are really here. On the farm, you will feel wronged immediately, and then you won’t have the courage to run out again, so you will end up complaining all day long.”

Director Yang returned the ID cards to them. Zhang Chen became anxious and shouted: "Director Yang, we will do a good job."

Director Yang smiled and said, "That's what I say, but in my heart, I already feel aggrieved by being ranked here, right? It's not that I don't want you, young man, anyone can do it, plant trees and tap rubber, I believe you can do it too, but Not suitable, I’m doing this for your own good, I’ve seen too many situations like yours.”

Director Yang continued to hand it over, but Zhang Chen and Liu Lipole never picked it up. Director Yang sighed and said:

"Okay, let me tell you the truth. I am also from Zhejiang, and I am a fellow countryman. I really don't want you to be like this. If you keep insisting, what do you say, 'Looking for him in the crowd thousands of times, but suddenly looking back, that person is in the light of the lamp.' Maybe you can find a job that suits you if you persist a little longer, okay, two little fellows?"

Seeing that Zhang Chen and Liu Ligan were still hesitating, Director Yang thought for a moment and said to them sincerely: "Well, you try again. If you are really desperate, come to me in Danzhou. I will do what I say." I will arrange work for you at any time."

"He is the office director of our farm." The little girl next to him wrote an address on a piece of paper. Director Yang took it and added a phone number under the address, and then returned the note with his ID card. To Zhang Chen, the words had reached this point, so Zhang Chen could only accept it. He bowed to Director Yang and said to him:

"Thank you, Director Yang!"

Liu Ligan also bowed and said thank you!

The two people left the team. Liu Ligan wanted to squeeze into the crowd again and copy a few addresses. Zhang Chen said let's go, it was getting dark.

Liu Ligan was wondering, so what if it was getting dark soon? We didn't go back until after eight o'clock someday.

The two of them got on their bicycles and walked home. They passed by a store selling small department stores. Zhang Chen stopped, went into the store, and bought a small electric fan. Liu Li asked curiously: "Why are you wasting this money?" ? If you're afraid of the heat, just take more showers to cool off."

"Today is Saturday." Zhang Chen said without looking back.

Liu Ligan suddenly realized that another week had passed and Jin Lili was coming back today. No wonder Zhang Chen said earlier that it was getting dark, and no wonder he wanted to buy an electric fan. This kid must have thought that Jin Lili would stay in the air-conditioned room every day. , afraid of the heat.