"Oh oh, your family is from the countryside, then you have to be very studious, my family has relatives from the countryside, it's not that I despise country folk, it's just that the environment from the countryside is not that good. For better development, we still have to stay in the city, Tingting. " He could tell that Li Jiajia was speaking from the bottom of her heart.
I nodded my head to acknowledge Li Jiajia. I was so touched by what she said. I grew up in the countryside, my abominable stepfather and cowardly mother, my dirty card table, my filthy surroundings, I never want to think about it again.
Sometimes, when I'm alone, I wonder if I'm like duckweed swimming in the water. No ideas, no goals, no plans for the future.
Once upon a time, my requirements for living standards were extremely low, it would be fine as long as I had a meal to eat. Later on, when my stomach was no longer hungry, I started to hope for love, whether it was when I used to hope for Master Chen's love for me, or when I desired and refused Yang Zi's love, this was the case.
Li Jiajia and I chatted as we prepared to serve the dishes.
"Tingting, time to eat. I'm hungry. " Li Jiajia held onto the chopsticks, eager to try it out.
The boiling fish was first served in a steaming pot of fish. He took out a pair of slender chopsticks and scooped up pieces of fried golden colored fish. He put it in his mouth and took a bite. It was crisp and tender, accompanied by a thick sauce, and a sweet fragrance lingered in his mouth and cheeks.
Because the taste is heavier, and I like light ingredients, a few bites, I did not touch the chopsticks. But since Li Jiajia had already ordered, I couldn't reject her good intentions, so I pretended to say: "I only have so much food, let's first eat a few, and see if there are any other dishes."
"Haha, just you wait. Those dishes are even more delicious. I guarantee that you won't be able to eat here today." Li Jiajia unscrupulously cracked my joke.
"Jiajia, we passed the examination. We have obtained the registration certificate, where can we go to find financial work?" I looked at Li Jiajia who was eating happily and asked her again.
"Go to the talent market. There will be a small job fair every week." Li Jiajia scooped up a few bean sprouts from a boiling fish pot and ate them.
"Is the talent market in the high technology district?" I thought about it. I remembered that when I was watching TV, I paid attention to the talent market.
"Yes. However, a noob like us who has just been tested and has no experience in working, usually won't be able to find a job even if we go. Those recruitment units all have work experience. " Li Jiajia's words were like a bucket of cold water being poured over my head.
If you take the exam and no one accepts it, then what's the point of me studying accounting? Didn't I just want to have a good career, find a good job, and be able to support myself without having to rely on others?
When Li Jiajia saw my instantly dispirited appearance, she thought that I was afraid of returning to the countryside. Comforting me: "Tingting, don't be discouraged. "Although these units do not like to recruit people with work experience, but in a large scale talent exchange, you are still organic. Some large scale enterprises, in order to store their talent, want to recruit people like us, but the pay is usually very low."
"How low is that? Is a basic living standard okay?" I asked Li Jiajia anxiously.
"Hmm, basic security of life should be fine, but you don't necessarily have the luck to get chosen by the recruiter. Don't and don't hang your head. There is always a road ahead of us. "Maybe you will see the light again, hahaha." After Li Jiajia obtained an accounting certificate, she had to return to her family business to work. She did not have any pressure to survive, and she would not understand how worried I am.
Li Jiajia had said the right, there was a road ahead of time for a car, even if she had to worry now, it would be useless, it would only cause her to worry ahead of time, it would be better to be as free and easy as Li Jiajia.
Li Jiajia had a great impact on me afterwards, so the accomplishments that I achieved after many years were partly due to Li Jiajia's influence on and assimilation of my personality back then.
"Pine corn, lady's food." Li Jiajia indicated for me to take a spoonful of food to eat.
Before I even finished cooking, I was already so full that I couldn't eat anymore. No matter how passionately Li Jiajia advised me, I wouldn't be able to eat it no matter what.
"Tingting, it's fine if you eat more. We'll go shopping in a bit and you'll digest it after we walk a few steps."
Yeah, Li Jiajia said that she was out shopping today, I almost forgot the main point. I need to buy some ordinary clothes, some casual clothes, not as grand as the ones I wear now.
I urged Li Jiajia to finish her meal quickly as we put on our coats and headed to the women's clothing section on the third floor.
The women's clothing on the third floor consisted of more than a hundred branded shops. There were waitresses inviting customers to choose from each one of them. Some of the furs were even equipped with security guards. Li Jiajia and I went to a sports store. I saw a grey, casual windbreaker and was unwilling to part with it.
"Wear it and try it, Tingting. It looks good, but it might not. If you don't put on something nice and try it out, you won't be able to see the effect. " Li Jiajia helped me take off my coat and held it in my hands. I took the grey windbreaker into the fitting room and changed it before walking out.
I turned in the mirror. Very satisfied.
"Jiajia, what do you think of the effects of the clothes?" I asked Li Jiajia who was sizing me up.
"These clothes are pretty good, and the color is especially good against your skin, making your face look very white and delicate. I suggest you buy it. " Li Jiajia's appraisal was in place, she did not waste a single word.
I took the tag and looked at the price. Seven thousand! I put down my clothes and started to leave.
"What's wrong, Tingting, why didn't you buy it, you look really good when you wear it." Li Jiajia asked me for an unknown reason.
"The price is too high, 7,000 yuan." I looked at the shop assistant's slightly contemptuous face and whispered into Li Jiajia's ear. Before I left her villa, she gave me a card. I don't know how much money there was in it. But I think we should have a long stream of water and not buy such expensive clothes.
"It really isn't cheap." Li Jiajia felt that it was a pity. To Li Jiajia and I, seven thousand yuan was indeed a large sum. Seven thousand yuan to buy a set of clothes, was extremely extravagant to me at that time.
Many years later, when Li Jiajia found me a private clothing designer to take me to my office with a completed windbreaker, she had even teased me with the windbreaker for seven thousand yuan.
"Aiyo, I can't afford it, so I don't want to try it. It looks like she's dressed in exquisite attire. So she's a poor bloke." The shop assistant saw that her clothes were not sold, and the words she said became more and more unpleasant.
My personality had always been repressed and weak. After hearing this shop assistant disparaging me, I didn't say anything and lowered my head, wanting to pull Li Jiajia and run away quickly.
"Hey, what did you say!" Li Jiajia was not someone to be trifled with. She had said that her nickname was Little Chili Pepper.