C26 (1/2)
K looked at me and nodded quietly.
”This is Ling Fang, K's wife, but she's already pregnant, so I want to find someone to replace her.”
Ling Fang gently smiled at me but didn't say anything.
Wu Mi led me inside. ”This is the resting room of K. and Ling Fang. They don't like to be disturbed. ”This is my resting room. If you're tired, come over.”
He opened the door to the room. The furniture inside was very simple, but very warm.
”I often come over to rest. The door is unlocked, you can come over at any time.”
When we got back to the bar, Lingfang was gone.
”July, try it first.”
He only collects cash here. I looked at the price, it's so expensive! The cheapest, a 100 cup!
No wonder there were so few people. I wouldn't drink such expensive coffee even if you gave it to me at half price.
”July? Do you want to start today?” he asked me.
I nodded. He said he would go back to the hospital and see me in the evening.
After Wu Mi left, there was only K left, with few customers. K sat there quietly, reading a book.
I don't have a book, so I just play with my phone.
K. brought me a few cups of coffee, but he didn't say a word. Maybe, I thought, he didn't understand Chinese.
It was after dark when I finally saw my first guest.
Just like Yue Zaiwei, she was a classic beauty with red eyebrows and phoenix eyes, and a thin nose and small lips. Similarly, he wore a qipao. My heart jolted. 'This life and death beauty won't be quick as well …' ”Hehehe …” ”Hehehe …” ”Hehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehe”
Pah pah pah! What am I thinking!
She didn't say anything, and K. quickly brought her coffee. It was none of my business.
Very quickly, a second, a third …
When everyone came and sat down without speaking, K would serve them coffee.
As I watched quietly, it occurred to me that I didn't know which of them they were drinking and how they should be charged.
Since Wu Mi said he would come in the evening, I'll wait first.
One of them came to settle the bill, handed me the money, turned around and left. I took the money and felt even more embarrassed. Without a money detector, how could I accept it directly? This Wu Mi's heart was indeed big.
”K, a new person is coming?” A bright voice greeted K., and I looked up. It was a student, a girl of about twenty with short hair, handsome and sunny.
K. nodded to her, and when she saw me looking at her, she smiled and greeted me: ”Hello, my name is Ling Mei, I'm Ling Fang's sister.”
I waved to her. ”Hello, my name is Zhang Qi. I'm a nurse intern at the opposite hospital.”
Ling Mei came over and sat beside me. I took the opportunity to ask her: ”Ling Mei, how do we collect the money here? ”Do you have a money detector?”
”As long as you give them as much as you want, you can take as much as you want. Sometimes, you'll get one or two less, and Wu Mi wouldn't mind at all.” Ling Mei said very generously.
”Are you a clerk here too?”
She nodded, then shook her head. ”My sister is pregnant, so I would occasionally come over to help. Now that I have you, I don't need to be that busy.”
”Which school are you from?” There weren't any schools nearby, so it would probably take her a long time to get here.