Last June, the state-owned enterprise I worked for went bankrupt and was reorganized. We contract workers had to be laid off because there was no establishment, and in the end we didn’t even receive compensation.
I have always thought that state-owned enterprises are an iron rice bowl. I was dumbfounded when I heard this news.
Because I had no savings, and now I lost my job, I went to interview with several companies in a few days. Maybe because I was young, they had a good impression of me at first, but when it came to professional knowledge, responsibility and
The recruiters frowned, obviously not satisfied.
I can’t blame them. In fact, I don’t have much work experience. I used to just goof around at work, but private companies are different. They don’t support idle people.
After walking out of the last company, I squatted on the side of the road, feeling helpless and frustrated throughout my body.
I am twenty-seven years old, which is the best age for a man. My classmates who graduated with me are about to give birth to their second child, but I am idle all day long, I don’t even have a partner, and I also have a lot of bad habits.
I feel very regretful and don’t know what to do next.
I took out my mobile phone and looked through the latest recruitment information. None of them were ideal. Most of them were for positions such as insurance sales or real estate agencies.
To be honest, I was quite confused at the time, and I even thought about whether to deliver food as a transition. The idea just came to my mind, but at this time, a message suddenly appeared in my mailbox.
"You are invited to come for an interview. The address is Hecheng Health School, No. 6 Hubin Road, Xing'an District. The contact person is Principal Wang. The phone number..."
To be honest, I was a little surprised when I saw the news.
Because in my opinion, a medical school is at least a formal institution and is better than an insurance company anyway, so I sent a message and asked what position they were recruiting for, but I didn’t get a reply after a long time.
Thinking that I was almost unable to pay the rent, I felt a little anxious. After hesitating for a long time, I decided to go and have a look in person.
Then I took a taxi and told the master to go to Hecheng Health School. The address of the school was in the suburbs, next to a reservoir on the mountain, about ten minutes away. I went to the school and inquired for a while, and finally found Principal Wang in the office building.
He looked to be in his forties, a greasy middle-aged man with a bit of bald head. I told him that I had been invited for an interview, and he smiled and asked me to sit down, poured me a glass of water, and asked me
What's it called?
I said my name is Gu Yan, I am twenty-seven this year and I have graduated from college.
Principal Wang waved his hand: "It doesn't matter what your academic qualifications are. Our school has three student apartments, and one of the girls' dormitories lacks a dormitory. Do you think you'd be interested?"
Really, I wanted to kick him directly.
I came all the way here, thinking I was looking for a counselor or an assistant to the principal, but you asked me to be a dormitory manager? Then I might as well sell insurance.
Perhaps seeing that I was a little unhappy, Principal Wang quickly stepped forward and said, "Listen to me first. Our salary is relatively high. We work from 7pm to 7am and can sleep in the middle of the night. Our monthly salary is 5,000. Is this acceptable?"
After he said that, I was a little confused.
Because in a small city like ours, five thousand is already a very high income. I barely reached the level of around six thousand after working for my last company for four years.
A dormitory manager at a health school, five thousand?
Seeing that I didn't say anything for a long time, Principal Wang added: "The school cafeteria is free for faculty and staff, and wages are paid as normal during the winter and summer vacations. What do you think?"
Damn it, I think this treatment is no different from picking up money. I wanted to agree to it at the time, but when I think about it carefully, I still find it a bit strange.
I asked Principal Wang, aren’t female dormitory managers generally aunts? It’s not convenient for me as a boy.
Principal Wang lit a cigarette: "It's not very convenient, but this is a health school, and those little girls are quite chaotic. They always want to take their partner back to the dormitory at night. If the girl is guarding the door, I'm afraid she won't be able to stop her."
I thought his statement was a bit outrageous, but I didn't ask any more and just nodded, because he gave too much.
Principal Wang chuckled: "Okay, you go back and clean up, and you can officially start working tonight?"
I was stunned for a moment: "So fast?"
He knocked on the table: "It's mainly a coincidence. The guy in the first apartment just resigned, and you happen to be taking his shift. Is there any problem?"
To be honest, Principal Wang seems quite enthusiastic, but I always feel something is wrong. Is the application process too fast? Besides, the pay here is so good, why did the last dormitory manager resign?
But after thinking about it, I nodded and told Principal Wang that it was no problem. Then Principal Wang was happy and said, OK, at seven o'clock in the evening, don't forget it.
I nodded.
After coming out of the principal's office, I went home first to take a shower and change clothes, thinking that on my first day at work, I had to leave a good impression on these students.
At seven o'clock, I arrived at Apartment No. 1 on time. Principal Wang was already waiting for me at the door.
He took me in and handed me a cigarette: "The person who works the day shift with you is an eldest sister named Wang. I asked her to leave first. By the way, Xiao Gu, there are a few things I need to tell you in advance.
one time."
I nodded quickly.
"First, our school theoretically turns off the lights at ten o'clock. Some students come back late. You can let them in, but the door must be locked before twelve o'clock. No one is allowed in or out. Remember?"
I said yes.
"Second, it's best for you to stay with the doorman. You can go to the corridor and use the toilet, but you must not enter the student dormitory. Do you understand?"
I nodded again. This was quite reasonable. After all, it was a girls' apartment, and it was not convenient for me and a guy to go in.
"One last thing, once it's past twelve o'clock, no matter what happens outside, you can't go out, let alone open the door. Even if Mars hits the earth, you have to wait until after six o'clock in the morning to open the door. Is that clear?"
I hesitated and asked Principal Wang, what should I do if someone gets sick and needs to go to the hospital for emergency treatment?
Principal Wang said that was not possible. Even if the person died, he would have to be carried out after six o'clock. He asked me to do as he said, and he would bear the responsibility if anything happened.
What can I say, I think his rule is a bit unreasonable, but I still agree.
Principal Wang just said that's fine, call me if you need anything. Before he left, he thrust the box of cigarettes into my hand. I felt a little embarrassed that he was so polite.
After that, I kept sitting in the guard room. It was already dark, and students were returning to their dormitories one after another after dinner. Many girls were looking at me that day, and some were standing in the corridor and pointing at me. I guess
It's a bit strange to see me as a man coming to work in the women's dormitory.
Not only were they strange, I was also a little awkward. To be honest, I never dreamed that I would be able to be a dormitory housekeeper or stay in the women's dormitory in my life.
It was similar to what Principal Wang said. Some girls would go back to bed after turning off the lights. It seemed to be around 11:30. I was just about to wash my face when I heard a girl knocking on the bathroom window in the corridor: "Uncle, let's discuss this."
The matter is."
It was the first time in my life that someone called me uncle, which made me very angry.
I turned around and opened the window and told her, take a good look, am I the uncle?
She was also a little surprised: "Hey, I heard from my roommate that there is a new male dormitory downstairs. I thought he was an uncle, but I didn't expect it to be a little brother. What is your name, little brother?"
This girl is pretty and has a nice voice, but the name she just called made me a little angry.
I said angrily that my name was Gu Yan and asked her if she wanted to speak quickly.
She was a little embarrassed: "Brother, I lost my wallet, can you lend me twenty yuan? Something happened at home suddenly, and I want to take a taxi home."
I saw her looking like that. She was relatively clean and dressed in a fashionable manner. She didn't look like someone who was short of money. So I asked her where is your roommate?
She said she was already asleep and was embarrassed to wake others up.
After all, it wasn't a big amount of money, so I didn't ask any more questions. I took out a piece of Zhang Baiyi from my wallet and handed it over, telling her that you should take it first. Don't forget to pay it back to me if it doesn't run out later.
"Thank you!"
She took the money, looking very happy, and took out a bottle of Coke from her bag and handed it to me: "Now, this bottle of drink is for you. My name is Yingying, and I will pay you back tomorrow."
I said no, no, no, no, I don’t want to drink this stuff. Yingying said just keep it. I have been losing weight recently and can’t drink sweet things. If you don’t want it, just throw it away.
After saying that, she trotted out of the apartment building. I shouted behind her to be safe, but she ignored me.
After that, I was ready to go to bed, so I went to the bathroom to wash my face. In the middle of the night, a girl wearing underwear came in to wash up, which made us both very embarrassed.
But the girl didn't say anything and went out directly after washing. Fortunately, the places where I wash my face and go to the toilet are not together in the apartment building, otherwise my size would be a problem.
At that time, I was still thinking, what should I do if I want to go to the toilet? The whole basin?
I was so happy thinking about this, I looked at the clock, it was ten minutes to twelve o'clock, and I was going to lock the door. But as soon as I walked to the door of the apartment, I saw a girl in a white dress standing outside.
I don't know how long I stayed there.
She was quite thin, her eyes were a little red, as if she had just cried, and she looked a little pitiful.
I didn’t know if she was a student in this apartment, so I asked her, do you want to come in?
She didn't speak, just nodded.
Then I opened the door. After she came in, I locked the door and told her to come back early next time, because if she was later, she wouldn't be able to open the door.
When I turned around to look, the girl was gone, but I didn't take it to heart.
Before going to bed, I specially set an alarm clock to get up at 5:50 in the morning, tidy up first, and open the door on time at six o'clock.
What can I say, the environment in the guard room is okay, but I don’t know which girl seemed to have had a quarrel with her boyfriend or something, and she cried all night, which sounded so disturbing that I couldn’t sleep well all night.
When I first woke up, I felt a little thirsty. I remembered the bottle of Coke that Yingying gave me last night. I opened it and took a sip. I almost spit it out.
What the hell is this?
I have never drunk such a terrible Coke in my whole life. It has no energy at all, as if it has expired.
Something didn't feel right, so I looked at the production date, and then I was dumbfounded.