"Don't just stand there, the food won't taste good if it gets cold!"
After the aunt's reminder, Liu Xinke finally put aside her messy thoughts and turned her attention back to the food in front of her. She hadn't had such a sumptuous meal for a long time.
She first picked up the croquette carefully. She had never eaten this before, and had never even heard of the term. The crust of the croquette was wrapped in golden breadcrumbs, which looked like a villain with a big gold chain, a big gold watch and a big gold ring. This croquette must be a very bad food bully, which made people want to eat it immediately.
But that one bite was far beyond her imagination.
After the crust made a crackling sound, a little bit of hot steam came out first, and then the strong flavor of the gravy erupted into her mouth like a volcano. Deep in her soul, she felt the two elements she desired most, fat and amino acids, which mixed together like two bandits merged into one, becoming a murderous devil, and grabbed her heart fiercely with one move.
It’s so, so delicious.
It tastes so good that it makes me feel like I'm melting.
…
"Liu Xinke, Liu Xinke? Liu Xinke!"
"The croquettes are really delicious... ugh!"
Liu Xinke came to his senses from his daze and wished he could find a hole in the ground and bury his head in it like an ostrich.
She is such a disgrace.
The classmates in the class burst into laughter. The sunny and cheerful classmate Xiang said gently: "So you like to eat croquettes, how about we go to eat them together after school?"
"No, I have to go work after school! Thank you!"
Liu Xinke hastily refused, as she could already feel the compelling gaze from behind her. But fortunately, Jiang Yuzhu hadn't bothered her for many days.
After school, Liu Xinke came to the Tianya Village Food Court store and started his first day of evening shift work.
After changing into the uniform, as a newcomer, her job was to be a commando, to go wherever she was needed. The store was much busier than she had imagined, and it felt like it was full of people, whether outside or in the kitchen.
An hour and a half later, Sister Jiang interrupted her work and said:
"Okay, that's all for today. Your shift schedule is out. Here you go. And your wages!"
Third Sister Jiang handed Liu Xinke ten yuan.
Liu Xinke was a little surprised, because she remembered that Jiang Sanjie said that she had to work three to four hours a day and the daily salary was 20 yuan. She naturally assumed that it was four hours, but now she was paid 10 yuan for an hour and a half.
This means that her salary suddenly increased by 33% than she expected?
Just when Liu Xinke was secretly delighted, she saw Third Sister Jiang handing over another 10 yuan.
"Huh?" Liu Xinke looked at Third Sister Jiang in surprise.
“It’s a subsidy.”
"Subsidy?" Liu Xinke was stunned. She immediately thought of a term: "High temperature subsidy?"
But soon she felt something was wrong, because the temperature today did not reach the high temperature allowance.
"We do have a heat subsidy, but today it's not a heat subsidy, it's a population subsidy."
“Subsidy for more people?”
Liu Xinke's little brain was confused.
Is this also the subsidy policy required by law?
But why has she never heard of it?
Third Sister Jiang suddenly asked back, "Are there many people in our store now?"
"A lot, a lot!"
"That's right!" Third Sister Jiang explained, "To put it simply, the current customer flow of our store is actually affected by advertising. In other words, without advertising, the customer flow would not be so high, and we should not be so busy... In other words, the extra busyness is outside of our original work plan. It's like - we are working overtime."
What?
Is this considered overtime?
Liu Xinke was like a stupid ostrich at this time.
Is it really necessary... to be so calculative?
"By the way, are you going to the dormitory cafeteria for dinner? Or just pick some snacks in the store?" Third Sister Jiang asked again.
Liu Xinke remembered the rule in the dormitory cafeteria that food cannot be taken away, so she quickly asked Third Sister Jiang: "Can I take dinner home?"
"Take dinner home? Don't you know that we have a rule for gourmet food in Tianya Village?"
"rule?"
"That is, everyone can pick a snack they like to take home when they go home at night. This is the rule we set when our store was founded."
Liu Xinke suddenly thought that he might as well drop out of school and do this career for the rest of his life.
…
The bus, riding in the moonlight, stopped in front of the urban-rural junction on the edge of the city.
Liu Xinke's home is here. It takes a full 45 minutes to get from home to school by bus, so she doesn't go home at noon every day when she goes to school.
Pushing open the door of the shabby little house, Liu Xinke shouted.
"Mom, I'm back."
She put the snacks on the table and walked to the balcony. Sure enough, her mother was there, looking up at the dark sky. Liu Xinke grabbed the wheelchair and pushed her mother to the table.
"Mom, I found a great job. They have a super benefit, which is that you can bring back a dinner. I brought your favorite bean paste buns."
"Red bean paste buns? I miss the aroma so much."
The woman in the wheelchair looked at the red bean paste buns on the table, her eyes becoming distant. This sweet smell, like first love, lingered in her heart for a long time and was unforgettable...
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