Chapter 5 Chapter 5 Prisoner of the Mind

It took several bus trips to get to the store, and I was in a hurry along the way, but I was still late.As soon as Tan Jing entered the store, she saw Wang Yuling winking at her. Before she could understand, the manager on duty had already seen her and said with a straight face, "Tan Jing, why are you late again?" Tan Jing was a little confused, but she really shouldn't be late, so she lowered her head and said, "I'm sorry." "Can you violate the system by saying sorry?" The manager on duty looked frosty, "You have been late three times this month, and all bonuses will be deducted according to regulations."

Tan Jing was taken aback for a moment, and the manager on duty said, "Yesterday you took a day off, and the company stipulates that you will be deducted from that day's wages. Also, you will be on consecutive shifts tomorrow." Tan Jing was a little confused by this series of things. The manager on duty usually treats her fairly well, because she is very diligent in doing things and never wants to be lazy.When she asked the duty manager for leave yesterday, the duty manager was quite polite.Why such a sudden change in attitude? Seeing her standing there in a daze, the manager on duty seemed to be even more angry: "Go to work without changing clothes!"

She hurried to the locker room, changed into work clothes and came out.The cashier on the morning shift finished handing over to her, and she turned on the cash register and began to collect cash. The job was dull and uninteresting, and she had been doing it for six years.From one store to another, many familiar colleagues have changed jobs or got married.Even she and Wang Yuling still have this job.No matter what, this job does not need to be exposed to the sun and rain. Although I stand for several hours and my feet are often swollen, the monthly income is very stable. She doesn't have a college degree, and the only job she can find is this kind of job. Although she can never save money, it is better than having nothing to eat, so she cherishes this job very much.The duty manager didn't know why, but kept a straight face all afternoon, and stood beside the cashier all the time, even Wang Yuling didn't dare to take the time to talk to her.

Wang Yuling asked her when she changed into her clothes in the locker room after get off work at night, "What's wrong with your eyes? Didn't sleep well yesterday? Also, why did you ask for leave yesterday? Why did the police station ask you?" Tan Jing knew that Wang Yuling had a violent temper, and when she heard about Sun Zhijun, she must persuade her to divorce again.So she disguised and said, "Nothing." "What happened and you still keep it from me?" Wang Yuling was a little annoyed, "Are you still my friend?" Tan Jing changed the topic. On the way back to the store from the hospital, she worried that it would be unsafe to carry cash, so she went to the bank halfway to deposit the money.It is for this reason that I was late in the end.She gave the passbook to Wang Yuling and said, "I'll keep this with you for the time being."

Wang Yuling saw that it was a current passbook, and when she opened it and saw the numbers, she was startled and asked, "Why do you suddenly save so much money? Where did it come from?" Tan Jing didn't say a word. Wang Yuling knew her temper, shook her head, put away the passbook, and said, "If I hadn't known you for so many years, I would have thought you were a thief yesterday. You didn't even get your salary, so you saved it." More than 10,000 yuan of current demand...is this the operation fee saved for Pingping?" "This is the money I borrowed from others, and it may have to be used up within two days." When Tan Jing frowned, there were already faint wrinkles between her brows, "The average operation fee is still far away..." She Sighed, no more words.

Wang Yuling knew that whenever Sun Ping's illness was mentioned, Tan Jing would be preoccupied.She couldn't comfort Tan Jing, let alone help Tan Jing, so she could only pat her on the back: "Let's go, Liang Yuanan and I have agreed to treat you to dinner together, let's pick up Pingping first." Tan Jing didn't even eat lunch, but when Wang Yuling said it, she felt hungry.She was embarrassed to always take advantage of this friend, so she said: "It's fine to eat together, we should each pay. But why do you want to treat with Liang Yuanan? Could it be..." She finally smiled when she said this .

Wang Yuling patted her on the back again and said, "I hate it! I have to treat you to dinner anyway, you must have forgotten what day it is." Tan Jing froze for a moment, thought about it carefully, but still didn't think of it.But Wang Yuling couldn't help herself, and said, "Today is your birthday! I forgot your birthday! Look at you, what are you busy with all day long?" Tan Jing didn't expect that it was her birthday, and she was indeed too busy to forget.In the past two days, she went to the police station to go to the hospital and saw Nie Yucheng again. She felt that life was like a torrent, and every time a wave hit, it would be a catastrophe.She struggled so hard that she just wanted to go with the flow, and she didn't have the energy to notice anything else.

"Happy birthday!" Wang Yuling said with a smile, "So I treat you to dinner today. Let's go! Pick up Pingping!" The place to eat is the small restaurant they often go to. Three adults and one child ordered four dishes and one soup. After the rice was soaked, he coaxed Sun Ping to eat it.Sun Ping was very sensible, and he ate it all in one gulp with a spoon, but his face was covered with rice grains, which made Wang Yuling laugh non-stop.He took a napkin and wiped off the rice on Sun Ping's face, and said, "The little handsome guy is getting more and more handsome, how about marrying Aunt Wang when he grows up?"

Sun Ping looked at her with big black eyes, then shook his head: "I won't marry you when I grow up." "Then who are you marrying?" "I married my mother, and my mother worked the hardest. When I married my mother, she was not allowed to go to work, and then I cooked for her every day." The childish words made the three adults lean forward and back with laughter, and Wang Yuling said solemnly: "That's not okay, your mother is already married to your father, so you can only marry someone else. How about it, marry Aunt Wang, and then I will marry you." At that time, Aunt Wang didn't let your mother go to work, and she cooked for her every day."

Sun Ping wrinkled his face and thought for a long time, then said: "I still marry my mother, mother is the hardest, and mother is the most beautiful." Now even Liang Yuanan couldn't help but spit, pinched Sun Ping's little face and said, "You can tell if you're pretty with just a little bit." "Aunt Wang is so sad." Wang Yuling covered her eyes with her hands, "Pingping said that Aunt Wang is not beautiful, and Aunt Wang cannot get married..." "Aunt Wang, you are beautiful too!" Sun Ping tried his best to comfort her, "There will definitely be a beautiful uncle who will marry you!" He looked at Liang Yuanan and said, "Uncle Liang, you can marry Aunt Wang!"

Liang Yuanan was choking on the beer, coughing, laughing and panting, Wang Yuling felt embarrassed and said, "You little devil! You are a big kid!" But Tan Jing poured Liang Yuanan a cup of tea with a pursed smile, Liang Yuanan finally stopped Stop coughing and say, "Okay then! Today is your mother's birthday, and we're going to give you a mysterious gift!" Sun Ping looked at him with dark eyes. "Dangdangdangdang!" Liang Yuanan took out a black bag from under the table, put it on the table and opened it, revealing the cake box inside, and opened the cake box again, which turned out to be a delicately decorated cake. "Wow!" After all, Sun Ping has a childish temper, and couldn't help shouting: "What a big birthday cake!" "Yeah, what a big birthday cake!" Liang Yuanan said with a smile, "Uncle Liang made it himself! Come on, let's light candles and make a wish first! Then come and taste the cake!" Tan Jing was originally a cashier, so she couldn't help but glance at Wang Yuling and Liang Yuanan.In the afternoon, she didn't charge for the cake. Although they bought the cake at a discounted price for employees, such a big cake was expensive. Maybe they bought it yesterday? Wang Yuling was already putting candles on the cake. Liang Yuanan hugged Sun Ping and told him, "This candle is amazing because it can sing! Come on, let's light it up and listen to it sing the birthday song!" Of course Sun Ping was elated, In addition, he had never seen a musical candle before, so when the candle opened into a flower while singing the birthday song, Sun Ping clapped his hands happily: "Mom! Mom, make a wish!" Wang Yuling also pulled Tan Jing to make a wish, Tan Jing smiled and closed her eyes with her palms together.What wish?I only hope that Sun Ping's illness will be cured soon and he can grow up safely.This is her only wish. Others, do not mention worth mentioning. She opened her eyes and, with the others, blew out the candles. The cake made by Liang Yuanan was delicious. Everyone shared a large piece, but they still couldn't finish it.So he put it in a box again and asked Tan Jing to carry it home. On the bus, Sun Ping had already fallen asleep.Maybe it's too tired.Because after the meal, they took Sun Ping to the park in the middle of the street. Sun Ping was not allowed to do strenuous exercise, but like ordinary children, he could take the small train and the merry-go-round.Tan Jing rarely had time to play with her children, but Sun Ping liked Liang Yuanan very much, and pestered him to drive a small tank with her.Tan Jing infinitely thought sadly, maybe it was because Sun Zhijun had never brought the children out to play, and in the hearts of the children, the image of a father had been missing for too long. After getting off the bus, there was still a long way to go from home. It was really inconvenient for Tan Jing to carry the cake while holding the baby in her arms. She felt out of breath after walking not far.I had to sit on the curb and wanted to change my hand.Unexpectedly, as soon as the hand was changed, the child woke up, opened his eyes, and called softly: "Mom." Tan Jing gave a "hmm" and said, "Mom can't hold you anymore, can mom carry you?" "it is good." She put the baby back on her back, which was much easier and freed her hands to hold the cake.Sun Ping likes to eat cakes very much. Sometimes she will buy cakes and breads that are on sale in the store and are about to expire as snacks for Sun Ping, but fresh cakes are indeed more delicious. Sun Ping put his arms around her neck, and his soft voice was in her ears: "Mom, is your birthday today happy?" "Happy, as long as there is Pingping, mother will be happy." Sun Ping chuckled and said, "Pingping is also happy, because my mother is happy... That candle that can sing is really fun, and so is the little tank that Uncle Liang took me on. It's a pity that Dad is not here. Mom, where's Dad?" Tan Jing froze for a moment and said, "Dad is working overtime." "Why does he always work overtime..." Sun Ping was obviously about to fall asleep again, and he lay on her back, and he could even hear his voice sounding drowsy, "Mom, Dad is here to make money for my medical treatment, so Is it right to work overtime every day? Granny Chen said, you go to work every day and you can’t accompany me because you have to earn money to treat my illness. After my illness is cured, I will grow up quickly and earn a lot of money. Let you and dad go to work...so you can spend time with me..." Tan Jing held back the tears for a day, and finally shed them. When Nie Yucheng received Shu Qin's call, he was in a gloomy mood.He withdrew 30,000 yuan, and then specially changed the change at the bank, because he only planned to give Tan Jing 29,641 yuan.When he threw the money on the ground, he felt a trample-like pleasure.But when he came out of the coffee shop and started the car, he felt a convulsive pain somewhere under his ribs.The so-called heart is cut like a knife, and it turned out to be like this. This is what he hates Tan Jing the most. No matter when it is, she will always have a way to grab his weakest point and stab him hard.When she asked him for money yesterday, he still felt very happy, even though the backside of this joy was actually rage.He also wished to settle everything with money, if money could really settle it, it could really make him forget her. In fact, he also knows how ridiculous he is, even if this woman does more ruthless things, he will not forget her. When the big stack of banknotes was thrown away, he looked at the tears in Tan Jing's eyes through the fluttering banknotes. This woman is always so hypocritical. The shame is that every time he sees her tearful eyes, he always feels that he It's the one who did it wrong. After returning to the hospital for two operations, I was too tired to sit on a chair and couldn't stand up, so I could get rid of the shadow of Tan Jing from my mind a little.The box that Tan Jing handed over to him was still placed in the locker in the hospital locker room. In fact, he still had a little fantasy. For example, Tan Jing would come to him one day and say, Nie Yucheng, I was wrong, but in fact I lied to you.He deceived himself very humblely. When he was in the most difficult and difficult time abroad, he once deluded himself and thought that if he returned to China, Tan Jing would suddenly appear in front of him, and she would just say, I lied to you, what did I say? He has never done anything, and he is willing to believe in anything. But she never even gave him such a chance. When changing clothes, he indifferently moved the paper box away, and the contents inside were rustling, those letters.He thought of those days of writing letters, of translating materials for others in the scorching heat during the holidays, and standing on the street selling drinks in the scorching sun, just to buy a brooch for her. The brooch was inlaid with diamonds, and it cost several thousand yuan at that time, which was very expensive.She refused to accept it at first, but he said, "I bought it for you with my own money. I hope that I can give you another thing in the future." Later, when I bought a ring for her, I specially chose the same look as this brooch.In this way, she won't look out of place when she wears the ring and this brooch at the same time. She once asked why the brooch was given to her for the first time. He said, I hope that the thing closest to your heart is given by me.How sweet she smiled at that time, and how stupid she was at that time. Now she has sold the brooch, because it is still worth thousands of dollars. He thought how stupid he was when he thought of her saying that.No one would have thought that he would have done such a stupid thing and said such a stupid thing back then.He frowned slightly, and pushed the box of things randomly, as if there was a virus on it, he didn't want to touch it, and he didn't want to touch it again. As soon as he finished changing, Shu Qin called him.Because he was in a very bad mood, he only asked, "What's the matter?" "Doctor Nie, you promised to save me! You must show up on time at nine o'clock tonight! You won't forget, right?" He just remembered that he had promised Shu Qin that if he didn't work the night shift during their company's anniversary, he would pick her up and save her from making a fool of herself by singing K.So it was today, he really forgot. Too many things happened these two days, first Tan Jing suddenly passed out in front of him, then she asked him for money - he felt empty and sad, but at this time he would rather be with Shu Qin, lest he be alone at home again have a bee in one's bonnet.Besides, there is no night shift today."I'll go," he said. He went to have dinner first after get off work. Most of the time he spent time in the staff cafeteria of the hospital, and sometimes he went outside to order two dishes. Today he was depressed and planned to have a hasty meal in the cafeteria, but when he thought about it at nine o'clock He just went to pick up Shuqin, and he had nothing to do after finishing his meal so early.So I drove to a restaurant far away to eat Huaiyang cuisine. Of course, it is difficult to order food for one person, so I ordered two special recommendations from the restaurant and added a soup.While waiting for the food to be served, I was bored playing with the iPad used to order food in the restaurant, and scrolling through the web to read the news. There is a large photo of Nie Dongyuan. Recently, several companies invested by Nie Dongyuan have been listed in the United States one after another, so his investment fund has attracted a lot of attention. Financial reporters used very exaggerated words to describe Nie Dongyuan, saying that he is ambitious.Nie Yucheng looked at the photo of Nie Dongyuan on the webpage a little indifferently, he was ambitious, of course he was. The relationship between him and Nie Dongyuan has become so estranged that it cannot be further estranged, especially he has never paid attention to Nie Dongyuan's official affairs, and occasionally sees it in the news, but just pretends not to see it.As for private affairs, he thought to himself, Nie Dongyuan has no private affairs at all. He is the chairman at the company, but he is still the chairman at home. The financial reporter wrote that Nie Dongyuan was almost sixty years old, but he was old, because Nie Dongyuan said: "My wife passed away many years ago, and there has been no reunion, because many women don't like people like me. Apart from work, I don't want to live anymore. There is no other fun.” The reporter also wrote that Nie Dongyuan was interviewed in his office, so the reporter noticed that on his desk, there were photos of his deceased wife when he was young, and his only son received a Ph.D. From the photos at the time, we can see the tender side of Nie Dongyuan's iron man.Seeing this, Nie Yucheng almost sneered. The time when he got his degree was almost the time when Nie Dongyuan and himself were at their most tense.Nie Dongyuan cut off his source of income for several years, seeing that he still did not give in, so he announced that he would break away from the father-son relationship and deprive him of his inheritance rights.And he replied lightly during the long distance across the ocean: "Of course, you can find a lawyer and I will sign it. I am not interested in your money anyway." The photo was secretly downloaded and printed by Nie Dongyuan's secretary on the school website in order to act as a peacemaker.He could almost imagine Nie Dongyuan's state of mind at that time. Since it was a foregone conclusion for him to study medicine, even the last trump card was useless, so it is not shameful to have a doctor's son, so let's frame the photos and put them on the table. , just to let outsiders see how much he loves this son.Nie Yucheng turned off the IPAD, held the glass of cold lemonade, and thought coldly, if the reporter knew that when he graduated from Dr. Nie Yusheng, Nie Dongyuan did not attend his graduation ceremony at all, and threatened to sever the father-son relationship with him, I don't know what to think. It was almost eight o'clock after dinner, and I happened to drive to the place designated by Shu Qin. The traffic on the road was not smooth, and when I arrived a few minutes late, I just stopped the car and saw a group of people coming out of the restaurant. Seeing his car from a distance, he immediately gave him a wink.Helping people to the end, sending the Buddha to the West, he simply got out of the car and made a posture of waiting for someone. Shu Qin immediately greeted her colleagues with a sweet face: "Oh, my friend is here to pick me up. I won't go singing with everyone." "A boyfriend? Let me introduce you!" Someone booed. "Ordinary friends, ordinary friends!" Shu Qin said, waving her hands hastily, wanting to run away.Originally, they had dinner at night, and the atmosphere was good. Everyone drank a lot of wine, and even the chairman looked a little bit drunk. Hearing what she said, he called her by name and said, "Manager Shu, even if it's an ordinary Friends, you have to introduce us too, maybe one day it will be uncommon!" When the boss spoke, Shu Qin became embarrassed. Originally, she just asked Nie Yucheng to come to the rescue, but she didn't expect to be trapped in such a situation. She knew Nie Yucheng's temper, so she didn't dare to say anything, so she looked at him as if asking for help. Seeing this situation, Nie Yucheng had to help Shu Qin out of the siege, so he said hello: "Hello everyone, I am Shu Qin's friend and I work in the hospital. My surname is Nie." "Dr. Nie!" The chairman smiled and held his hand, "Our Vice President Wang's illness is the surgery you performed on him, hello hello, thank you so much!" Nie Yucheng said, "You're welcome." "Since we're here, why don't we go play together, we're going to sing!" "No, we have other things to do." Watched by a group of smiling people, the two got into the car and left.Shu Qin breathed a sigh of relief: "I'm so sorry, I didn't expect the chairman to say such a thing." "It's okay, where do you want to go?" "I patronized the entertainment bosses at night, I'm not full, have you eaten yet?" "have eaten." "Then take me home, I'll go have some supper." Shu Qin leaned her head on the car window, she doesn't like to use the air conditioner very much when she is driving or riding in the car, she is always willing to lower the car window , let the night wind blow his long hair.After blowing the wind for a while, she suddenly asked Nie Yucheng, "Why are you in a bad mood today?" He was concentrating on driving, and asked casually, "Is there any?" "I've been an old friend for many years, why bother to lie to me. Whenever you are in a better mood, you are indifferent to everyone, and you are willing to talk to our boss today, which shows that you are in a bad mood." Nie Yucheng glanced at her: "I'm not a pervert, do I socialize when I'm in a bad mood? You said that when I rescued you." "So how about some wine? Celebrate your birthday." Nie Yucheng said flatly, "It's not my birthday." Shu Qin knew his habits, because his birthday happened to be on the same day as his ex-girlfriend's birthday, so since he broke up with his ex-girlfriend, he didn't celebrate his birthday.She said, "I'm sprinkling salt into your wound, why are you still so calm." Nie Yucheng said: "What kind of wound, it has healed long ago. But it was my birthday because I was too tired. I had two surgeries today, and I have a big night shift tomorrow." Shu Qin smiled, and she said: "I'm sorry, I'm drunk and talking nonsense, don't bother with me." She did drink a lot, and the car was full of the smell of alcohol on her body, Nie Yucheng said: "You should go home directly, a girl went to eat supper alone, and you drank again, it's not good. " Shu Qin said: "It's okay, I just don't want to go back to the empty room alone." She said sadly, "It's as quiet as a tomb, and I feel like a widow." After sending Shu Qin to the place, Nie Yucheng drove home, remembering what she said, why didn't he feel a little reluctant to go home, facing the empty house?A love affair that almost exhausted all the enthusiasm in his life turned him, like Shu Qin, into a widow with a normal appearance but ashes in his heart.In life, they still live normally like everyone else, busy with work and career, but once they go home and stay alone, they are like a prisoner, a prisoner of the soul. Before he knew it, the car stopped, and he realized that he was going the wrong way.This road is not the way home, but why did he drive here? He remembered that night again, when he drove the car and followed the bus all the way, watching Tan Jing get out of the car, he drove the car again, and followed her slowly. So many years have passed, separated by mountains and rivers, maybe love has long been thin like a dew in the morning, slowly evaporating after the sun rises.But his heart is a closed container, no matter how the dew evaporates, it will always condense again, then gather and roll in the container of the heart, with nowhere to go. He turned the car onto the side street and stopped.He said to himself, this is the last time.When he threw the money away in the morning, he thought, This is the last time.He couldn't help but want to see her one last time before saying goodbye to the past. From now on, treat it as a stranger. He turned off the car lights, maybe Tan Jing came home from get off work early, maybe she hasn't got off work yet, how can you tell.Just like the ending of a love, he once loved so hard, but in the end, it was a loss.He sat there silently mourning, yes, mourning everything that had passed. Tan Jing finally came back. Although it was late and the street lights were not on, he recognized her at a glance from far away.She was carrying the child on her back and carrying a box in one hand. When she got closer, she realized that it was a cake box. Today is also her birthday. The mother and son looked very happy, walked and talked all the way, and walked past his car.He heard the child's soft and tender voice asking, "Mom, where's Dad?" He heard Tan Jing's voice and said, "Dad is working overtime." He sat motionless in the car. It used to be his love, but it had nothing to do with him long ago.Now she has her own life, her own family, someone celebrates her birthday, and she is just a pure fool.But it was over long ago, he thought happily, it was over at last. The moment he received her call last night, the moment he grabbed the banknotes and let go this morning, the moment he just heard her talking softly to her son. There have been many times when I felt that life would be worse than death, but after getting through it, I found that it was nothing more than that.The furthest distance in this world is not when love has become a thing of the past, but the past that you thought was unforgettable, but in the eyes of the other party, it is just a grain of sand that has long been forgotten.The other party will even stop, easily flip the shoe upside down, knock out the grain of sand that hurts the foot, and dismiss it. Nie Yucheng, after all these years you finally gave up. He said to himself, in addition to buying a new mobile phone, he also made up his mind to change to a new mobile phone number. The next day when Tan Jing went to work, the manager on duty suddenly called her over and asked her, "Where's the running water from yesterday?" Tan Jing felt baffled, because before she got off work yesterday, she had already printed a copy of the cash register flow and handed it to the manager on duty. "I leave it to you..." "The store manager wants one more, let's call." Sometimes there is a problem with the cash register flow, and a new copy will be printed, so Tan Jing went to reprint a copy of yesterday afternoon's cash register flow, and handed it to the manager on duty.The duty manager looked through it and asked, "Sold four birthday cakes in total?" Tan Jing replied: "Yes." Birthday cakes are not like other pastries in the store. Although birthday cakes are highly profitable, people may not buy them every day. "Three deliveries, one to take away on the spot." Liang Yuanan remembered it very clearly, because yesterday he was the mounting master on duty.The store manager asked him, and he answered right away. "Then why is there one less box?" The store manager looked serious and pointed to the birthday cake box on the shelf in the operating room.The large cake boxes in the store are all checked and inventoried, but sometimes they are worn out, which is normal. "I finished framing the cake for the customer yesterday, and when packing the box, I accidentally crushed one and threw it away." Liang Yuanan replied easily, "Xiao Li and the others also saw it." "You framed four cakes yesterday?" "yes." "You remember correctly?" the store manager asked casually, "Did you frame five cakes?" "It's four." Liang Yuanan insisted, "I remember it very clearly." The store manager seemed to sneer, and said: "The surveillance video shows that you have framed five cakes, and there is another cake? There is another box missing. Did you take it out and sell it privately?" Tan Jing opened her eyes wide. Their store is not big. There are two surveillance cameras in total, one facing the cashier and one above the freezer. The one above the freezer can basically see the situation of the whole store clearly. You can clearly see every money collected by the cashier.However, there is no monitoring in the operating room. The first reason is that the operating room is not large, and the various shelves are filled to the brim. There is also an oven inside, and there is no suitable place to install monitoring probes.The second reason is that the operating room and the store are originally partitioned by transparent glass, and every move can be seen from the outside, and customers can also see it. She was only focused on collecting money yesterday, and she was also in a daze when there were few people, and she didn't pay attention to the things in the operation room at all.She looked up at Wang Yuling, only to see Wang Yuling's face was pale and she was winking at her. At this point, Liang Yuan'an seems to be very relaxed: "If one is damaged, it will be considered a loss." Mounting masters have loss indicators every month, and Liang Yuanan rarely has loss because of his good technique.He said so, and the store manager was helpless.I can only ask: "What about the framed cake?" "It's almost time to get off work, so let's eat." The store manager said: "According to regulations, expired bread and cakes can be thrown away, but the freshly made birthday cake can be kept in the refrigerator for three days. Did you eat it alone?" Liang Yuanan had a bad temper, so he became stubborn at this time: "I ate it alone, so tell me what you want! Aren't all the framed cakes eaten? Eating them after three days is not the same as eating them yesterday." What's the difference? Is it because we didn't call you when we ate?" The words were ugly, and the store manager couldn't save face, so he turned to look at the manager on duty: "You can report the loss of the cake after seeing it, did he ask you to see it?" The duty manager said, "No." "That's theft, and one box is missing, who knows if you took it out and sold it." Tan Jing couldn't keep silent, because in the store, this kind of matter was handled very seriously.If Liang Yuanan is convicted of theft, he will be fired immediately and will be blacklisted from then on.All pastry shops will no longer employ him as a flower mounter.Tan Jing is not stupid, she knows that Liang Yuanan must have made the cake yesterday and took it out in private.Because if the flower mounter deliberately damages the flower, the cake will definitely be considered a waste, and it will be distributed to the people in the store to eat.Liang Yuanan may have wanted to take advantage of such a small advantage, but he was not thoughtful and did not show it to the manager on duty, thinking that he could get away with it by luck. "Shop Manager, I don't blame Master Liang for this matter." Tan Jing's face was already flushed, "I asked Master Liang to help me make a cake, because it is an employee discount and I need to apply for permission, so I want to tell the manager on duty today that the The money went in, but I haven't had time to make up." Wang Yuling stood behind her, pulling the hem of her clothes, she just pretended not to know.Liang Yuanan said, "It's not about talking quietly..." "It was my birthday yesterday, so I asked Master Liang to make a cake." Tan Jing interrupted Liang Yuanan loudly, "Master Liang, stop talking, it's my fault. I thank you for your righteousness, but if you are going to be fired, just There is no cake shop to invite you again, you have learned how to decorate flowers for so many years, it is not worth it for me." Liang Yuanan was shocked by these words, the circle of pastry is actually very small, if he is fired for theft, basically On the blacklist of the whole industry.His family's conditions are not good, and now he can get a good salary because of his flower mounting skills, and his parents in the country point him to send money back to build a house.The corner of his mouth twitched, and he finally held back. "Yesterday was my birthday, so I asked Master Liang to make a cake." Tan Jing said to the store manager, "If you don't believe me, you can see my ID card, which is also registered in the store." The store manager didn't expect her to come out to speak. He didn't come to the store very often. His impression of Tan Jing was that he was an honest and introverted employee. There was almost no trouble at the cash register. He worked in the store for many years. A very reliable person in my impression. But this matter was too unreliable, the store manager couldn't believe it, and asked: "Tan Jing, do you know what you are talking about? This is not a joke." Tan Jing finally plucked up the courage to look up at the store manager. His expression was very serious, as if he didn't believe what she said.She nodded slightly and said, "I was wrong. I really planned to make up the money today. I was just about to tell the manager when you came." "You have been a cashier for so many years, how could you make such a mistake?" The store manager had a good impression of Tan Jing, so his tone was heavy, "This is going to be fired!" "I know, I was wrong. Master Liang can't be bothered. Don't blame him. He took this matter to himself in a righteous way. He just sympathizes with me and is afraid that I will lose my job." Tan Jing lowered her voice as she spoke. , finally low enough to be barely audible. The store manager had an ugly expression, and finally said: "Then you make up the money and resign yourself." This is considered a very light punishment. Generally, this kind of situation will be regarded as the cashier's corruption, and he will be fired directly, or even reported to the police.Although the amount is small, because the cash register deals with a large amount of cash, the company's management system is very strict in this regard. "Thank you, manager." The store manager was very disappointed, and said, "You are an old employee, alas..." He turned to ask the manager on duty, "Who is on duty in the afternoon, and ask her to pick up Tan Jing's shift first." Tan Jing cleaned up the accounts, and the cash register hadn't started in the morning, so it was very simple, just make up the money from yesterday.Of course, the monthly salary cannot be counted to her, because she resigned herself.Wang Yuling was on the verge of crying while helping her clean up.Tan Jing only took the time to say a word to her: "Don't tell Liang Yuanan to be stupid." Liang Yuanan is a person who cares about face and loyalty, so maybe he will rush out and tell the whole story.Liang Yuanan is different from Tan Jing, he earns his living by his craftsmanship, if he can't become a mounter, he won't be able to do any work.Wang Yuling was always worried, so she kept walking back and forth in the operating room until the store manager left. After Tan Jing handed over the accounts to the succeeding cashier, she left directly.Everyone else in the store was at work, and no one saw her off. She walked alone on the main road, and the sun was shining brightly, so she felt uncomfortable. Life is like this, just give you a little bit of sweetness, it will make you suffer more. Even though she was used to it, too many things happened in the past two days, which made her feel that she had no energy to struggle anymore.Sun Zhijun is still in the police station, and she has lost her job, daily necessities, rent, utilities, and mediocre medical expenses... She sat on the hot curb, holding her chin in a daze. The asphalt pavement was steamed with a layer of heat waves under the scorching sun, and the locust tree next to it was listlessly hanging its branches and leaves. It was the hottest time of the day.Even the cleaning workers are wrapped in towels under the bamboo hats, and they are tightly wrapped up and down, for fear of being sunburned. Where was she going to find another job? No college degree, no skill.She might not even be qualified to do coolies. Fearing that she might suffer from heat stroke, she stood up after sitting for a short while and went to a newsstand not far away to buy a newspaper. No matter what, she had to find a job first.There is no unparalleled road, and she must be able to think of a way. She bought a newspaper and went to pick up Sun Ping. Whenever the child saw her, he was very happy: "Mom, did you leave work so early today?" "Ok." "Sister Meimei ate ice cream today, but Granny Chen said, I can't eat ice cream, it will make me feel uncomfortable, so my mother-in-law specially cut watermelon for me to eat." 天气太热，从陈婆婆楼上走出来，她已经一身汗，何况孩子看到别人吃东西，总是嘴馋，那是天性。她柔声说：“平平是不能吃冰淇淋，婆婆是为了你好。” “我知道。”孩子点点头，“感冒就又要去医院打针，我不吃冰淇淋。” “回家妈妈打豆浆你喝。” "it is good." 本来生活再困难的时候，她也给孩子买奶粉喝，可是后来国产牛奶出了事，进口奶粉买不起，她就咬咬牙买了台豆浆机。 家里也是闷热的，她把窗帘全放下来，又往地上泼了凉水，然后打开电扇，这才显得凉快一点。孩子看她操作豆浆机，问她：“妈妈，豆渣好吃吗？” 每次打完豆浆她都舍不得把豆渣扔掉，放点盐炒炒也是一盘菜。她笑着说：“豆渣好吃，晚上我们炒豆渣吃好不好？” “爸爸喝酒的时候，最喜欢吃豆渣。”孩子忽闪着大眼睛看她，“妈妈，爸爸呢？他还在加班吗？” 她的手顿了顿，孙志军还在派出所里，没有任何消息。她总是下意识从难题前逃开，可是也有逃不开的时候。不管怎么样，孙志军仍旧是她合法的丈夫，孙平的父亲。 她拣出几颗豆子放在碟子里，倒上一点清水，说：“平平，我们来看豆子发芽，等豆子发芽了，爸爸就回来了。” “好！”孙平拍起小手，“等豆子发芽喽！” 晚上的时候，她临时把孩子托给开电梯的王大姐，自己去了医院。医院里人多传染源多，孙平本来免疫力就不好，如果不是看病，她尽量避免带孩子去那种地方。 这次她又拿了一千块钱，事到如今，只能花钱免灾了。 这次冯竞辉的妻子也在，看到她之后仍旧没什么好气，不过她递上一千块钱，冯竞辉的妻子也收了，说：“把自己男人管紧一点儿，别让他在外头横行霸道的。这次打了我们，我们算是好说话的，下次打到别人，别人能轻饶你吗？” 谈静低声说：“谢谢您，我会好好劝他。” “都是女人，你也不容易。”冯竞辉的妻子说，“我们老冯也是无心的一句话，你别往心里去。这次我们不会告，派出所那边，我们就认调解了。” 谈静心里疙疙瘩瘩的，也不知道事情的原委，只是千恩万谢。回去的路上，心里就跟落了一块大石头似的轻松。 她回到家时，孙平已经在王大姐那里睡着了，她抱着孩子上楼，摸黑进了屋子，把孩子放在床上。窗户里漏进来一点点光，正好照着窗台上那个搁着豆子的碟子，浅浅的一点水，映出细微明亮。豆子还没有发芽，可是已经鼓鼓地膨大了许多，等天亮的时候，就会长出豆苗来。 明天，明天孙志军就能出来了吧？ 对孩子的愿望，她总是尽量满足，因为在这个世上，让自己失望的事情已经有很多很多了，所以每次答应孩子的事，她总是尽量做到，不让孩子失望。明天豆子会发芽，明天孙志军应该能回来了。