Brother Yan raised his head, looked at the antiques on the antique shelf with satisfaction, and said to me: "Xiao Fei, I used to have a younger brother when he was very young... In fact, Brother Yan has always regarded you as a younger brother. Take a look, you like it." What, pick one, don’t be polite to your brother Yan.”
When Lawyer Yan said these words, his eyes turned red, and I saw all this.
I was silent for a long time, nodded and said, "Brother Yan, you're welcome."
I casually took down a tiger-shaped pendant from the antique shelf. It was a black metal pendant from the late Ming Dynasty and early Qing Dynasty.
It was one of the few genuine items on this antique rack, and there was exactly one pendant missing from the silver wire around my neck.
When Lawyer Yan saw me picking this pendant, he laughed and said, "You didn't pick out so many valuable ones. You picked the least valuable one. I paid 2,000 yuan for this. It was a late clearance item. I gave it away last time." If you give it to a boss and he doesn’t want it yet, this one doesn’t count, so pick another one.”
"This is what I need, one is enough, and he will be my brother from now on. Brother Yan, let me know when you receive the goods next time, and I will learn from it."
I politely rejected Brother Yan's kindness, recognized him as my older brother, and decided to help him.
Brother Yan and I have known each other for ten years, and I can see that he does regard me as a friend. How many decades are there in his life? Just do it and cherish it.
Brother Yan didn't say much. He returned to his desk, took out a bunch of keys from the drawer and threw them to me.
I took one in my hand, and there were three keys in total. One was a door key, one was a car key, and one seemed to be a motorcycle key.
"This is my spare room. You probably don't have a place to live when you first come out, so you can go over and make do with it. One is a motorcycle key. It's easy to ride that thing. During this time, you can learn to drive, and the car will be parked." It's in the garage, I'll give it to you. Tell me clearly, I'll rent that room to you. You'll have to pay the rent when you have money. I'll ask Yingzi to take you there later."
Brother Yan said and pressed the pager on the table. The front desk lady just knocked on the door and came to the office.
"Yingzi, this is Shan Xiaofei, the new security manager of our company. As soon as you get to the finance department, ask Sister Wu to pay 50,000 yuan first, and it will be deducted from Manager Shan's salary later."
Brother Yan explained to Yingzi seriously. Yingzi nodded frequently and wrote down what Brother Yan said one by one.
"Manager Shan, you should get off work early today and come back to work after settling in. I have a dinner party at noon, so I won't arrange work for you."
Brother Yan said to me in the tone of a boss to his employees, and then said to Yingzi: "I've left it to you, you can get off work."
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Yingzi took me to the underground garage, started her dolphin tram, and asked me happily: "Manager Shan, what do you want to eat, I will lead the way!"
"You don't have to call me manager. They all call me Brother Fei. You can also call me that way. It's up to you what you want to eat."
I nodded and smiled at Eiko, introduced myself, and answered her questions.
"Okay, Brother Fei, let's go have hot pot. It's still a bit cold today, so it's good to have hot pot. After dinner, I'll take you to buy a mobile phone, change your clothes, and then take you home."
Yingzi happily made the decision for me, stepped on the accelerator, and the car drove out of the underground garage.
As soon as they got to the ground, they saw a patrol car parked in the parking lot, surrounded by many people. Two police officers were questioning the fat driver, who answered with an aggrieved face.
I knew the fat driver couldn't recognize me, but he still pulled down the sun visor and our car quickly drove out of the parking lot.
Yingzi and I came to a time-honored hot pot restaurant, and the name of the hot pot restaurant is "Old Brand".
The decoration in the store is very simple. Yingzi explained to me that this store is not actually a time-honored store, but it has been open for 10 years and the taste is really good.
Eiko unceremoniously ordered a full table. When asked about drinks, she actually discovered that I don't drink.
She pursed her lips and smiled and said: "Brother Fei, I really can't tell that you don't drink. I have to drive in a while. So let's do it. Let's drink juice. The food here is not cheap. This meal is a company treat." , let’s eat open.”
When Yingzi said this, I realized that Brother Yan had indeed explained that today's consumption can be reimbursed by the finance department, including the cost of buying me a mobile phone and buying clothes later.
"Brother Fei, how much does our boss Yan pay you per month? Have you made it clear to you?"
Yingzi took a sip of the juice, poured a few meat dishes into the pot, and said to himself: "When eating hot pot, eat the meat dishes first, and then the vegetarian dishes to get the flavor."
It turned out that this Yingzi was a foodie. I took a sip of the juice and replied vaguely: "I didn't mention my salary, I just said that I won't be treated badly."
"Then you'll be miserable, you'll probably have to sell it to our boss Yan."
Yingzi picked up a chopstick of fat beef from the pot and put it into my saucepan, saying with regret.
"How to say?"
I asked curiously. From Yingzi's tone, Brother Yan didn't seem like a good boss.
Yingzi glanced around, covered his mouth with his hand and whispered: "Our boss Yan is right. He is extremely strict in doing things. He gave you an advance of 50,000 yuan. That's 50,000 yuan. If he doesn’t tell you about your salary, doesn’t he just buy you? I guess you won’t see your salary again this year. It’s only March, how miserable!”
"Pfft!"
I couldn't hold back after hearing what she said, and I squirted out the juice I just drank in my mouth. Fortunately, I covered it with my hand, otherwise it would have squirted into the pot.
Yingzi quickly took a napkin and handed it to me. I took it sheepishly and wiped my mouth, and then said, "No, Boss Yan is not that kind of person, right?"
"Hey, don't believe me. Do you know what your colleagues say about Boss Yan?"
Yingzi said "Huh" to me with disdain and asked me back.
I shook my head exaggeratedly and said, "I don't know, what did you say?"
Yingzi was very satisfied with my exaggerated performance. She stuffed a piece of fat cow into her mouth and said seriously: "Manager Wu of our underwear department once made a metaphor, saying that there is a manure picker, and the manure picker must be strict with the boss. When he passes the door, Boss Yan will stop the dung carrier and dip his fingers in the dung water to taste the smell of Yan (salt)."
I was surprised when I heard this metaphor. This metaphor has so much meaning. Manager Wu is really a talent. I originally picked up a piece of fish offal and prepared to hand it to Yingzi's dish, but when I heard this metaphor, my hand actually stopped in mid-air.
When Yingzi lowered his head, he happened to see the piece of fish offal, which happened to be the part of the fish roe. It was boiled and yellowish. Yingzi suddenly reacted, retched in disgust, and quickly waved for me to take it away.
She had eaten a lot before, but now she lost her appetite. She put down her chopsticks, picked up her phone, and said to me while scrolling through it: "Brother Fei, I'm full. You eat slowly while I check." , where can I buy you a mobile phone later?"
