every time I recall things many years ago, I feel as if I had been separated from the world.

Maybe it's because it's too long ago, maybe it's because those people I met in those years and what happened have almost no connection with me now. It's like having a dream. When you wake up, they disappear.

Time goes back to the summer vacation when I was a sophomore. That afternoon, my roommates had all gone home, and I rode a broken bike to find a short-term job near the university town.

After riding for a while, I saw a restaurant about 5 kilometers away from the school. There is a piece of red paper posted at the entrance of the hotel, with the recruitment information on it, including waiters, dish delivery staff, dish handlers, dishwashers and so on. I parked the car and went in.

there are not many customers in the store because they are not at the meal. At the cashier's desk, a beautiful sister dressed in professional clothes, as soon as she saw me come in, came out and asked me if she had come to apply. I said, yes. She asked me to sit down first and then poured me a glass of water. She asked me what I would do and what I wanted to do.

I don't have any work experience, and I can't figure out what I can do and what I can do at the moment. Subconsciously, I seem to feel that what I learned at school is useless here. It occurred to me that I often help my parents wash dishes at home. Washing dishes is very simple, so I'll be a dishwasher.

I told her, do I do dishwashing? She said with a smile, the work of washing dishes is usually done by aunts, so how about running vegetables. Seeing that I didn't respond, she went on to say, it's just a dish delivery person, a dish delivery person, from the kitchen end to the customer, which is very simple. I said, yes.

Then, she talked to me about salary and working hours. Because I am a summer worker, my salary will be lower, 1611 yuan a month, including food, accommodation and two days off; The normal working hours are from 11 am to 11 pm every day.

I didn't think too much, or even bargain with her about salary, so I agreed directly. I may think she is a nice person, not only good-looking, but also looks very capable of working.

I saw the name tag on her chest saying Sun Tingting. She said that she was a few years older than me, and she could be called Sister Ting in the future. Sister Ting is the lobby manager of this hotel, and she will be my superior in the future. You can ask her for anything.

This hotel has three floors, the first floor is a kitchen and a hall, the second floor is a private room, and the third floor is a banquet hall. There are two vegetable couriers, besides me, there is Gao Qiang. As his name suggests, he looks tall and strong. Gao Qiang is two years younger than me. He has never even attended high school, but he has been groping in society for many years. In my later work, I seldom asked Sister Ting questions, but Gao Qiang helped me answer questions.

Gao Qiang taught me how to carry the tray more easily and formally. Gao Qiang told me that the elevator is for customers, and you have to take the stairs to serve food upstairs. Gao Qiang told me that when I meet customers on the stairs, I should pay attention to giving way and keep smiling ......

I'm a taciturn person. I'm glad I don't have to communicate with customers too much, just bring the dishes to the table. I don't even have to put the dishes on the table myself, because there are special waiters serving them.

There are three waiters specializing in serving food, two girls Fangfang and Lili, and a boy named Li Shuai. Fangfang is also a college student, and now she is a junior, and her major is the same as mine, except that her school is not in Shanghai, and she will go back to Wuhan to continue her studies after the summer vacation. She is also a person who likes to come out to experience.

Lili used to sell insurance, but she seldom spoke, even if she spoke, it made people feel unintelligible. I wonder how she sold insurance. I don't know if the insurance is selling well, but she has a boyfriend who will pick her up almost every night. She is the only one of us waiters who has a date.

Li Shuai, as the name implies, is indeed a handsome young man, with a clean and fair face, sleek and exquisite hair, and he is also good at talking, and sometimes he can even be said to be "glib", but he is a little unsatisfactory, that is, he is short. Li Shuai, Fangfang and Lili stand together, and they all look about the same height.

Li Shuai and Gao Qiang used to be partners in delivering food. When I came, Li Shuai went to work as a waiter. However, their relationship is still very close. They often go out to smoke and chat together, and sometimes they invite me. I said, I can't smoke. They said smoking was easy and encouraged me to learn to smoke. Later, I learned to smoke with them.

my daily work is simple to say. Bike from the staff dormitory to the hotel in the morning, and drag the kitchen, hall and stairs together with Gao Qiang. Then the customers order, the chefs cook and we pass the dishes. Until the evening, when the customers have finished eating, Gao Qiang and I will put away the tableware and move to the aunt who washes the dishes, so that the day's work is almost done.

to put it simply, there are three things: mopping the floor, passing vegetables and closing the dishes. Although the work is simple, it takes effort. After working for a week, I obviously feel that my arms are thicker than before, which is more effective than practicing weightlifting in the gym. Besides, I run between the kitchen and the front hall every day, and I may have to walk more than forty or fifty kilometers at the end of the day, so tired that my legs and feet are weak.

as we all know, no matter which restaurant, lunch and evening meals are the busiest, especially when holding banquets. I have to climb to the third floor carefully with a tray full of dishes, from the first floor to the third floor, and then from the third floor to the first floor again and again. If I am not careful, I will be in big trouble.

as I remember, I made only one mistake in those two months' career. That time on the stairs, I knocked over a dry pot of cauliflower because I was in a hurry. Fortunately, the other dishes were all right, otherwise I would have to pay a lot of money. Gao Qiang told me that he had knocked over the dish many times and I don't know how many dishes were broken.

unlike the delivery man, those waiters who serve food often break cups and spoons. However, as long as Sister Ting didn't see it, everyone would pretend it never happened. When Sister Ting knows, she often hears the sound of tableware falling to the ground.

Sister Ting is very kind to us. She seldom makes a hullabaloo about to us, unless some places are not well done and the boss sees her. She knows that she is as difficult as we are, and all of them come out to work to earn a living.

Every morning at the meeting, she would tell us some confidences. She also went out to work very early, and worked as a waitress for several years before she became a lobby manager. Sometimes, customers get drunk, fight, lift the table, default, and flirt with waiters. Sister Ting has encountered all kinds of situations. Sister Ting told Fangfang that if they encounter something difficult, especially if they are molested by customers, they must inform her as soon as possible and she will help them settle it.

The boss trusts Sister Ting very much. He rarely asks about things in the hotel. He often comes over for a meal at noon and leaves with his bag in the afternoon. Sister Ting said that the boss went to play cards again.

at night, after all the customers are gone, we waiters will clear the table in the box. Sometimes a lot of food on the dining table has hardly been touched. If all the dishes like abalone, sea cucumber and ribs are dumped, it will be a waste of time. There is also red wine that has been opened. It costs thousands of dollars a bottle, and most of the bottles are left.

So, let's eat and drink before we work. Sitting in a chair, blowing air conditioning, drinking red wine, eating big fish and meat, as if I were an uncle who came to spend. At this time, Ting Jie walked into the box, and when she saw us like this, she wouldn't accuse us, just saying that she should pay attention to hygiene.

Sister Ting is kind to her subordinates, sincere to her boss, and even more smiling and caring to her customers. Most of the people who come here for dinner are old customers. She remembers almost every old customer's name and knows their favorite dishes and what taboos they have. I sometimes feel that this restaurant will definitely close down without Sister Ting.

Sister Ting is not perfect. She is lonely sometimes. She said that she has a husband, but judging from her coming earlier than us and leaving later than us every day, she doesn't look like a husband. Besides, she often flirts with Li Shuai.

When Gao Qiang and I were tidying up in the private room, we heard the voices of Ting Jie and Li Shuai playing and laughing in the next room many times. Li Shuai's glib tongue always made Ting Jie laugh. I asked Gao Qiang if Sister Ting and Li Shuai were having an affair. Gao Qiang said meanly, guess.

One night, we finished all the work, and Sister Ting asked everyone to go back and have a rest. Gao Qiang always walks back to the dormitory with Li Shuai, but Gao Qiang went back alone that night. I suspect that Sister Ting and Li Shuai did something ulterior after we left, but I still have no evidence.

I can't hide in a hotel to catch a rape. I'm not that kind of person. Besides, I have to drive Fangfang back to the dormitory every night. The men's dormitory and the women's dormitory are in the same community, and I'm just on my way by bike.

At eleven o'clock in the evening, there are almost no other cars on the road, and street lamps illuminate a broad road. I have to take the non-motor vehicle lane during the day, but at this time, I can ride my bike on the wide road at will, and no one cares about me.

There's no one on the road. It seems that Fangfang and I are the only two people in the world. We are like an eloping couple, and we are desperately on our way.

Fangfang sat in the back, banging on my back and shouting, "Two eggs, you are crazy. How dangerous!". I turned a deaf ear, pedaled the wheels harder, and sang loudly, you are crazy, I am a fool, lingering around the world. The car was driving at a faster speed in the middle of the road, and the wind was whistling in our ears, so she had to hug my waist to avoid falling.

Fangfang and I are getting closer and closer. Whenever we go to the guest, we have to finish our meal first. More than a dozen employees in the hotel eat around the round table, and Fangfang and I always sit together. Sometimes, I help her to fill the rice, sometimes, she helps me to fill the rice; Sometimes, I give her food, and sometimes, she gives me food.

At the dinner table, Fangfang and I talked about many things in college, and others couldn't get in a word because they didn't go to college. Seeing us whispering, Li Shuai teased me and said, Two eggs, take Fangfang away quickly. Gao Qiang added oil and vinegar. How do you know where people are? Maybe what should have happened has already happened. Everyone else was crying when they heard it. I said, don't talk nonsense, there is nothing between us. At this point, Fangfang's cheeks until the roots of her ears have been dizzy and dyed a shy pink.

Fangfang likes to eat corncakes. When I collect the tableware, I will secretly ask Fangfang to come and eat two pieces when I see the leftover corncakes on the plate. Later, I ate a lot of corn cakes. She told me, Er Dan, don't ask me to eat corn cakes again. I feel like vomiting. I said, what else do you want to eat? She thought about it and said, watermelon. I hesitated and said, let's talk about it. She frowned and ignored me.

Watermelon is also my favorite food. Not only I like it, but also Gao Qiang likes it. Whenever a table of dishes is served, the hotel will provide customers with a plate of after-dinner fruit. Watermelon is the fruit of summer season, which is cheap and delicious, and naturally becomes the first choice. However, when Gao Qiang and I close the dishes, the fruits are often eaten up. Even if there are leftovers, Gao Qiang's hand speed is faster than mine.

at night, after work, I drove Fangfang home. She didn't mention watermelon, but said that you said your school was in the nearby university town. Take me to see it another day. I said, my great alma mater is not for anyone who wants to see it. She twisted my belly and said bitterly, go or not. I screamed in pain, okay, okay, I'll take you, I'll take you.

I took a day off and Fangfang took a half day off. In the afternoon, I rode my bike from the staff dormitory to school with Fangfang. When I got to school, I was already sweating and panting.

The campus is empty and there are few people. We found an empty classroom without locking the door and sat in the back row to have a rest. I told her, you know, I used to sit in this position when I was in marketing class. She asked me, is it a boy or a girl sitting next to you? I confidently said that it was my roommate, of course it was a boy.

She didn't answer my words, so she stood up and went straight to the front of the platform, and then said like a teacher, let's begin to call the roll, Song Erdan. I raised my hand and shouted, here. She said, Song Erdan didn't come to last class, right? I wrote it down. I said loudly, teacher, I come to every class. You must be mistaken. She said angrily, what are you yelling about? Get out of here again. I pretended to be afraid and immediately covered my mouth. She was amused.

Out of the classroom, we went to the stadium and the library, and finally sat down on a bench by the river. Unexpectedly, I was running up and down in the hotel with plates and bowls yesterday, tired like a dog, but today I am in front of the flowers and trees on campus, very much in love.

The sun is about to set, the willows by the river are covered with gold, and the green river is sparkling. We should go back.

Fangfang asked me where to go back. I said, go back to the dormitory. She said, staff dormitory, or student dormitory. I paused and said, why don't we go to our boys' dormitory first? She nodded her head in agreement.

Our boys' dormitory is on the sixth floor. From the first floor to the fifth floor, I didn't see anyone. Everyone went home to cool off. That year, the student dormitory was not equipped with air conditioning, and there was only an electric fan on the roof. Fortunately, our dormitory faces north and it is cooler in summer.

Opening the dormitory door, Fangfang almost cried when she saw the mess in the dormitory. She told me to stay aside first, and without saying anything, she began to help me tidy up. Clothes, shoes, clothes hangers, shoe boxes, socks, books, stationery, desk lamps, computers, etc. were all put in their proper places. Not only my things, but also my roommate's things were cleaned up by her. Finally, she swept the floor and mopped it again. The originally messy room suddenly became clean and bright.

Fangfang is really a good girl.

after cleaning the dormitory, we are all hungry. I ordered takeout, a barbecue I haven't eaten for a long time, and a dozen beers. At ordinary times, my classmates and I often eat and drink like this, eating kebabs while drinking beer and watching the ball game, feasting and enjoying life.

after eating and drinking enough, it was already dark. Warm and lustful, wine is a matchmaker. I looked Fangfang in the eye and said, you can't leave tonight. She said calmly, I didn't want to leave tonight. Say that finish, she took off her coat, leaving only a pair of light blue lace bras, holding two big white steamed buns.

The next morning, earlier than usual, I rode my bike to take her from the dormitory to the hotel. This journey is half the distance from the staff dormitory to the hotel.

along the way, we didn't say anything, just like waking up from an illusory dream, and we were about to face the cruel reality, and no one wanted to say anything more. We know that when we arrive at the hotel, we will return to the life of the waiter.

Every day after that, I went to work step by step. The two months of summer vacation passed quickly, and Fangfang and I were leaving soon. In order to see us off, Sister Ting took everyone to the bar for a drink one night before she left.

The music in the bar is deafening, so two people have to talk to their ears, and it's even difficult to play big talk and dice games together. Enough parting words have been said, so we just drink and watch the performance on the stage. That night, did we all drink