"Are you working part-time as a bartender?" I looked at the colorful glass.
Tan Jie put the things on the table and waved to Yue Ling to taste the wine. Yue Ling gave a thumbs-up after tasting the wine. "Ken, I didn't expect you to have this skill."
I want to try it too, but now that I'm pregnant, I can't even touch alcohol.
Tan Jie slapped Yue Ling on the head. "This is not the time to flatter me. Find someone else to try it for me. I haven't hired a bartender yet. What I learned in the past can only be used as a scapegoat. After all, there aren't many people who really know how to drink."
Yue Ling smiled apologetically and went to find someone to test the wine. A few people said it was okay, and Tan Jie became our bartender tonight.
I think it's a wise choice to bring Tan Jie here to do business.
With him around, I don't have to worry about anything. I'll just wait for the end of the year to split the money.
"Xiao Qing, now that the students are on summer vacation, the shop is very busy. I can't leave. You can go out alone and hide." Tan Jie said.
I know what he meant. "Can you rest assured that I'm alone outside?"
"What can I do if I'm worried? Wait until Fu Jing finds you and takes you away?" He asked back, making me speechless.
I didn't say anything and acquiesced to his arrangement.
Tan Jie never said anything. He always arranged things very well so that I didn't have to worry, don't worry. This time too, he packed my bags, booked a hotel, and found me a professional tour guide. It was a middle-aged woman named Eli.
When I was out alone, I was like a frightened rabbit, keeping my ears up and my red eyes watching the surroundings closely. As long as there was a strange movement, I could jump away immediately.
I bought a lot of things on the internet that single women need to travel with. There are things that block the door to prevent people from opening the door while I'm asleep. There are also alarms that I carry with me. Whenever I'm in danger, the alarms will ring.
When I got there, I bought a swiss army knife. Eli came with me. She was still smiling when I picked it up.
"What are you laughing at?" I'm a little curious.
Eli blinked her big eyes. "When you're really in danger, where do you get the time to fold the knife open? I'm afraid you'll be snatched away and threatened in return before you can hold it properly."
She made sense. "But this kind of knife is small and convenient. It's not easy to find. It should be useful to carry it."
"It's useful. Cut a fruit and start a delivery. It must be sharp."
However, I still spent three hundred dollars on a knife in Eli's laughter.
Eli was a native of Xi' an. She knew what attractions were worth looking at and what was the most interesting thing about this ancient city with a deep cultural heritage. I was often intoxicated by her explanation, with the history of Xi' an in my ears and the past Changan in front of me. Those troubled times that sounded like stories seemed very close to me.
"When you were in school, you didn't listen to history at all, did you?" Eli teased me.
I nodded."
On the surface, he sounded like a hard-working child, but he was actually half illiterate.
"Is the noodles good?" Eli asked me.
I frowned, a little confused. "Maybe I'm not used to it. It's not hard to eat, and it's not as delicious as I thought."
"You're so honest. I've been a tour guide for so many years. When everyone comes to Xi' an, they have to praise how delicious the pasta in Xi' an is, especially this big liang noodle. It seems that if they don't praise this noodle, they will come to Xi' an for nothing."
I smiled. "That is to say in front of you, if other locals ask me, I will definitely say delicious."
There is no absolute honesty and hypocrisy. They are all adults. It's too childish to share this.
In the afternoon, she took me around the old city wall and the dayan pagoda. She suggested that I ride a bicycle. It didn't tire me out and it was fast, but I didn't really come here to travel. I was pregnant with a child and rejected her offer.
My feet felt a little sore, so I went back to the hotel to rest, went online to watch a movie, and called Tan Jie to tell him that I was safe.
"How's Eli?"
I said, "It's good. It's easy to get along with. There's a lot of literature in it."
"Then you can relax and come back in a hurry. I'll take care of the store."
I pursed my lips and smiled. "Okay, you have to worry."
For the sake of Tan Jie's hard work, I'm going to bring him some delicious food.
The next day, Eli came to the hotel at nine o' clock sharp to see me. I just got up and hadn't washed up yet. I was sorry to keep her waiting for me. At nine thirty, we left on time. To show my apology, I invited her to breakfast at the hotel.
She gave me two choices and asked me how I was going to live today. Maybe I'm running a bar now, and I'm a little more knowledgeable about accommodation, like shopping, and I'm not in a hurry to visit the attractions here.
"Chen Qing, you are really different from others. You don't look like a traveler in a hurry."
I curled my lips and said, "It's not a trip to catch up with the sights. I care more about the people and things I meet on the journey. The sights can be seen slowly. Anyway, the days ahead are long, but the interesting people won't wait for you."
"Do I count one?" She asked confidently.
"Of course."
She took me around a lot of places. I bought a red scarf for no other reason. I just felt that this red was very special. Maybe the person who made the scarf dyed it wrong and added other dyes to make it so special.
Eli complimented me on my good taste. I think it should be a feeling. It's not a matter of taste. It looks good. It suits my appetite. Just buy it.
After shopping for most of the day, I went straight to the hotel to sleep. There were a lot of trophies, all decorative gadgets, and I still didn't get any presents for Tan Jie.
Half asleep and half awake, I seemed to hear someone calling me, but I was tired and didn't want to wake up, so I simply fell asleep.
When I woke up, I smelled a stench that made me immediately open my eyes and throw up with my head tilted.
Didn't Eli say he would pick me up at night to see the night view of the clock and drum tower? Why am I here?
I vomited all the meat buns and cold skin I had eaten during the day, and after I vomited, I had time to look around. It was a shabby house, surrounded by white walls that would fall down, like the skin of patients with severe vitiligo.
Not far from me, there was a bucket filled with something unknown. It smelled and smelled.
I covered my nose and touched the saber that was attached to my body. It gave me a sense of security when it was still there.