The reason why he didn't confront his mother was, on the one hand, that he was used to keeping the peace, and on the other hand, Elowen Tian was not sure what kind of trouble Kinsley Cheng would stir up in this small town.
She had already said that this place was boring, and Kinsley Cheng was a person who refused to be boring, so he was incompatible with Goose Town.
In order to prevent Kinsley Cheng from doing something too outrageous in the future, Elowen Tian always has to leave himself a way out.
Sure enough, a few days later she learned from her mother that Kinsley Cheng was working as a "waiter" in a bar.
"I really can't understand how there can be such a mentally disordered person. With such a high level of education, she is a good person but she has to work like a waitress and waiter. If I were her mother, I would have been worried to death long ago!"
Elowen Tian had already learned to speak in a sarcastic way that his mother couldn't understand: "Hey, there is a bar in our Goose Town?"
"To call it a bar is an exaggeration. It's the small shop opened by your uncle's godson, in the alley of Xingfu Road. The alley is full of smoke and it's not a good place. I think his godson is actually a psychopath. He's 30 years old and doesn't even have a girlfriend. He doesn't go to work and just stays in the shop all day long. He's already starting to retire!"
Elowen Tian was confused for a while before she remembered - yes, her uncle had a godson named Si Xu, who was a few years older than her and seemed to be quite handsome. They learned painting together in elementary school.
Later, her mother said that art students were selected only if their grades were not good, and those with good field grades should study hard, so she stopped her painting class.
Elowen Tian herself didn't have any idea about this. She liked painting, but she didn't want to make a living from it. But Si Xu was obviously not like that.
At that time, the energetic young man went on a hunger strike at home, determined to pursue art, and made himself a laughing stock in the eyes of his neighbors. Finally, he got his wish and learned art.
Then he became a failed art student.
I don’t know what degree I got after that, and when I returned to Goose Town after graduation, there were no job opportunities. Fortunately, his family did have money, so they gave him a sum of money to spend on, and he opened a shop on the slope of Xingfu Road.
"Oh, I see. That's the bar, right?" Elowen Tian's mind gradually visualized the store. "What's the name of the store?"
"I don't know what the thing that made it is called a centipede crossing the river!"
Oh yes, Elowen Tian remembered---there is no one crossing the river.
It was indeed a very small store, and it took Kinsley Cheng a lot of effort to find it.
When Kinsley Cheng saw it for the first time, he thought - it's over, the only bar here has closed down.
Looking more closely, although the dust on the door was a bit thick, there was indeed a "Open" sign hanging on it.
As the door opened, passionate jazz music floated out. I didn't expect that there were actually guests inside.
A disheveled man sat at the bar, not even looking up: "What do you want to drink?"
Kinsley Cheng's small leather shoes walked towards him rhythmically, and his slender arm rested on the bar: "Boss, are we still hiring bartenders?"
That day, Kinsley Cheng went there wearing his own bartender uniform, a white shirt, black trousers, a black tie, and a pair of black-rimmed glasses.
It's obviously a very abstinent outfit, but for some people, the tighter they wrap themselves, the more wrong they look.
So Si Xu's first impression of Kinsley Cheng was that the country was beautiful and fragrant, and it was uproar.
At this time, Si Xu had no idea that he was carrying a chicken coop, so he immediately assumed the attitude of a "boss" and looked Kinsley Cheng up and down: "You are not from Ezhen, are you? Are you here to join relatives? Or are you married? ? "
Kinsley Cheng thought for a moment and said, "It can be considered as seeking refuge with relatives."
"Oh---" Si Xu understood, "You are from the countryside, right?"
Kinsley Cheng was stunned.
What she was thinking at the time was, isn’t this the countryside?
Fortunately, it was not said out loud.
Si Xu continued the interview: "Do you have any work experience in this field?"
"I worked part-time for two years in college, but then I stopped because I didn't have the time." Kinsley Cheng smiled, "I know all the classic cocktails, and I can also figure out special blends..."
"Hey, you went to college?" Si Xu was a little surprised.
"Yes, my major is also suitable."
Si Xu was surprised and asked, "There is a bartending major in college?"
"No, I study chemistry."
There doesn't seem to be anything wrong.
Si Xu pondered and asked her: "You are a college student, why do you want to do this? Is it difficult to find a job with your major?"
Kinsley Cheng didn't answer immediately, but his smile became a little bitter.
"Then I understand." Si Xu understood again, "You just want to find a job to work at night so that you can study peacefully during the day, right?"
Kinsley Cheng failed to connect with him again: "Study? What to study?"
"Take the civil service exam. Become a laboratory technician, or a chemistry teacher, how great it would be." Si Xu said, gathering his hair. "The overall environment is not good now. It's hard to get by outside the system, especially for a major like yours. Listen to me, study hard, and enjoy life as soon as you graduate."
Kinsley Cheng's spirit was somewhat shocked - he didn't go home because he didn't want to hear his mother say these things, but who knew that there would be another live dad here.
If it were somewhere else, Kinsley Cheng would have quit and moved to another place, but this is Goose Town, and there is only one Qingba.
She had no choice but to ask patiently: "But boss, if you think this way, why did you choose Kaiqing Bar in the first place?
"Well, I was young at that time, and my brain was like being kicked by a donkey. I don't understand what I was thinking at that time." Si Xu smiled a little embarrassedly when he mentioned this topic. "In fact, some things that I thought were very important at that time are not a big deal after I really matured. I was just blinded for a while, almost like being possessed by evil spirits."
Kinsley Cheng asked: "What did you think was important at the time?"
"Isn't it just those things? Art, life value and so on." Si Xu said this without any regrets, just self-deprecatingly, "In fact, I still want to advise you to learn while you are young and can still learn, and study hard. Once you pass the exam, it will be easy. In two years, when you get married and have children, your time will be scattered and your energy will not be able to keep up. How can you compare with those young people who have just graduated?"
Kinsley Cheng sighed from the bottom of his heart: "Wow, you think so far."
In fact, what she said was completely derogatory, but Si Xu seemed very happy to hear it: "They are all lessons learned from going through pitfalls. So when I see a ignorant girl like you, I want to give you a clear path." , don’t stumble like me. Don’t be sad, I don’t want to reject you, but I can’t harm you.”
He said and looked at the customers who were having drinks in the booth: "Although my shop is small, it is the only one in Goose Town. After all, there are still customers. Especially at night, sometimes I have to wake up five or six times a night, and the quality of sleep is so bad." Damn, what else do you think you can do during the day?"
Kinsley Cheng's pupils were shaking---Does that mean you are allowed to sleep at night? Just get up and greet guests when there are guests?
If that's the case, then the daddy boss doesn't seem so unbearable after all.
Kinsley Cheng knew that the pace of the small place was slow, but he never expected it to be so leisurely. This is what his father called life.
"It's okay, I still want to try!" Kinsley Cheng answered firmly.
She felt that she had made the right choice to come to Goose Town - it was so free, she loved it!
But the salary is really low, so it’s not a long-term solution after all.
Kinsley Cheng once tried to raise her price, but Si Xu frankly showed her the account books of the previous few months - the turnover was indeed that small, and Kinsley Cheng couldn't let Si Xu lose money by hiring her.
Damn, the countryside is so poor.
Even so, Kinsley Cheng is still quite happy working these days. After all, she is not here specifically to make money.
"So what are you here for?" Elowen Tian asked her at the bar, "Are you here to experience life?"
"I do want to." Kinsley Cheng replied as he tossed a few cups back and forth, "If I were a rich second-generation, I would have started trying it out a long time ago."
"Are you not considered a rich second generation?"
"If I were the second generation rich, there would be no poor people in Zhong City."
What Kinsley Cheng said was true, but from Elowen Tian's perspective, there were indeed no poor people in Zhong City. Even the life of an ordinary family in Zhong City like Kinsley Cheng was something that people in E Town pursued all their lives but rarely achieved.
But Goose Town certainly has its advantages - the pace of life is slow, everyone in the village knows each other, and it is leisurely and humane.
Elowen Tian still remembers that her teacher in junior high school once said in class that although big cities are glamorous, one has to live a hard life if one wants to stay there. Many people don’t even have time to go home for lunch or a nap at noon. They order takeout at the company, sit down at their seats, and when it’s time to raise their heads they continue to work.
The teacher said: "Sometimes I think it's better to be a human in a small place than to be a dog in a big city."
Elowen Tian had not thought too much about this sentence, but perhaps because it was contrary to the mainstream slogan of "get out of Ezhen by exam", Elowen Tian still remembered it clearly.
Graduation happened to coincide with the civil service exam boom, and being in this major, everyone saw getting a job as the only way out.
In fact, Elowen Tian also prepared for the Zhong City's system exam, because he really didn't want to go home and be controlled by his parents. But that was Zhong City, the competition was too fierce, and the strong anxiety almost overwhelmed Elowen Tian.
At this time, my mother called and said that a junior high school near home was recruiting chemistry teachers. There was no written test, only an interview would be enough. She told Elowen Tian to go and try.
This was regarded as Elowen Tian's savior at the time. She immediately went home and participated in the interview, and she hit the mark immediately.
The news that Tian Tian was admitted to the teacher's program soon spread throughout Goose Town. During those days, her mother was so happy that she walked with a smile. Even when Tian Tian was eating, she looked at her with a kind face, as if she were looking at her most satisfying work.
But what's particularly strange is that Elowen Tian is not so happy in his heart.
She thought she would be relieved - she no longer had to prepare for the Zhong City exam, so she should be able to relax. But maybe this is "the greed of the people is endless". Although Elowen Tian didn't have any big ambitions, she never thought that she would return to E Town after graduation and stay there for the rest of her life.
But things suddenly became a foregone conclusion, which made Elowen Tian feel a little confused.
Elowen Tian was still living in the dormitory at that time, and his already gloomy face became even more lifeless. This made Kinsley Cheng very puzzled: "If you don't want to go back so much, why did you attend the interview in the first place?"
Elowen Tian said: "I can't help it."
"Then you should continue to prepare for the exam and get a teaching position in Zhong City, and then you can break your promise in E Town." Kinsley Cheng thought very well for her, "If it's for the position in Zhong City, your mother will definitely pay you a penalty. She's not stupid."
This is a good road, but this is not where the field becomes entangled.
She looked at Kinsley Cheng blankly: "I don't dare to speak in front of many people. I'm afraid of going to class."
"What?"
Elowen Tian said in an uncertain tone: "Maybe I don't want to be a teacher."
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