From opening the door in the morning and working until the afternoon, Ye Li didn't know how much work he had done in a day, all of which were chores. Unable to contact his own people, Ye Li was as if he was imprisoned, and there was no daylight.

After all, Ye Li is also a human being, and the cultivation spell that he relied on to survive before collapsed in an instant, and Ye Li's whole person was spent in a mess, like a walking corpse.

When it comes to the afternoon break, the hour between three diǎn and four diǎn is generally the time for the kitchen to rest. Ye Li sat in the alley behind the hotel. The area around Chinatown is full of Chinese restaurants, and many young men and women, most of them international students, wear aprons and chat.

"Hey, you're new here, aren't you?"

One of the several young people in the restaurant opposite looked at Ye Li with bad intentions while smoking. Ye Li ignored them, and the man stood up instantly.

This person is probably in his early twenties, younger than Ye Li, but this menacing appearance seems to be a local leader.

The young man looked at Ye Li condescendingly, raised the cigarette in his hand, shook off some cigarette ash on Ye Li's head, and said with a smile: "Boy, when you come to Chinatown, you have to know the rules." This isn't the place for the shitches, you know?"

The young man rubbed his fingers, didn't that mean he wanted money?

Ye Li patted the cigarette ash on his head, and a gust of wind blew through the hall, making people feel a little chilly.

"I don't have any money, it's all deducted by the boss. ”

Syllable!

A slap was thrown directly, Ye Li didn't dodge, and was slapped directly. Ye Li was instantly furious, stood up and kicked the young man's abdomen, but the young man seemed to have a diǎn skill, grabbed Ye Li's thigh, and directly picked it up and threw it aside.

Ye Li felt that he was flying in the air for a long time, and the time around him seemed to become unusually slow. All of this was caused by the hidden thorn, or the Heavenly Dao behind him.

Downcast into what he is now, with no mana, and the strength of his body has become an ordinary person, even a little rascal in his early twenties can't do it, is this still Ye Li?

Rumble!

Ye Li smashed to the ground, and his whole body seemed to be about to fall apart. Several young men rushed up and beat them up. Life in the United States is too stressful, and countless people can't find an outlet to vent their emotions, so it has led to endless violence here.

Because it's a Chinatown, the police don't care, anyway, what Huaxia people are good at is fighting in the nest, otherwise how could Chinatown develop for so long, it will always be just a street in the city, not a Chinatown, or a Chinatown state.

Ye Li hugged his head and curled up in a ball, several young people kept attacking, and Ye Li was in pain all over his body.

At this time, the head chef of the store rushed out directly, knocked over two of them with a spoonful, and then carried another young man and punched him in the stomach.

Ye Li closed his eyes, not wanting to face the reality, and the head chef knocked a spoon on Ye Li's head, but not very hard.

"Okay boy, don't play dead. You're strong, if you hit you for a while, you won't be fine, so get up. ”

The head chef pulled Ye Li up, and the two sat side by side. Ye Li's face was swollen, and the scars on his body were even more numerous, but fortunately, he saved his head.

In the process of being beaten by the group, Ye Li tried to mobilize the power of creation in his body, but this seal was very strong, no matter how hard Ye Li tried, the power of creation did not move at all.

Not only that, all the resources in Ye Li's body were sealed in an energy ball, and no treasure could be summoned by Ye Li.

Ye Li rubbed his face and sat on the steps helplessly. The head chef took out a pack of cigarettes from his clothes pocket and handed one to Ye Li. Ye Li originally wanted to refuse, but the head chef persuaded: "Take it, man, how can anyone not smoke." Smoke one to relieve the pressure. ”

Ye Li took the cigarette, and after the head chef finished diǎn, he personally helped Ye Li diǎn, Ye Li took a puff and was choked and spit it out.

"Hehe, the young man doesn't even know how to smoke. It's okay, just get used to it. ”

Ye Li put the cigarette between his index and middle fingers and let the cigarette burn on its own. The head chef showed a rare smile, which is absolutely impossible to see in work.

The head chef skillfully spit out the smoke ring, wrapped his arm around Ye Li's shoulder, and put it on it: "Ye Li, you are new, I am strict with you, that is my job." It's off-duty time, so we're no longer superiors, we're friends, you know?"

Ye Li lowered his head and did not speak, watching the cigarette in his hand burn slowly, raised his hand and took a puff. This time, Ye Li's reaction was not as strong as the first bite.

"In the past few years, the United States has not been like when we were younger. Now that the conditions are good, most people are living a very stable life. But the result of a stable life is to let your guard down. In this world, there has always been a crisis, but you can't see it. ”

Ye Li didn't know why the head chef wanted to say this to himself, he just came yesterday, and Ye Li also knew from the conversation with the waiter that this head chef had never been smiling. Even when he got off work, he left without saying a word, and no one had ever seen him smile.

"When I was younger, my family spent all their savings to send me to the United States. At that time, smuggling, there were no rules, and if you could survive, it was your fate, and if you couldn't survive, you deserved it. I've died for the rest of my life, even ...... I've also killed people at sea. ”

The head chef looked up at the sky and spat out a cloud of scattered smoke rings, looking very calm.

"After I came to the United States, I didn't have a penny, and I was caught and deported by the police several times. I tried my best to dodge and hide, and finally I managed to avoid them. I know that I can't be arrested, otherwise my family will be finished, and my suffering will be in vain. ”

"I'm a northerner, I don't have any relatives in the United States, I don't speak English, I spent the first few days living on a deck chair in the park, and occasionally there were drunks passing by, and I saw a small one, so I went to grab it, and if I was big, I ran. That's how I lived for a whole week!"

Ye Li looked at the head chef in disbelief, the embarrassment seemed to be unusually similar to his current self. is also penniless, and also feels hopeless, Ye Li is thinking about giving up, while the chef is thinking about how to get ahead.

The head chef then diǎn a cigarette, and Ye Li's cigarette butt also burned out at this time.

"I'm saying these things to you because I think you're a kid and you're different from others. Your eyes, like the eyes I had when I first came, are strange to everything, and even feel hopeless. So, I'm not kind, I just feel like I've met someone of the same kind. You and I are the same kind of people, we both have ambitions, we just lack a platform and an opportunity. ”

Ye Xuan chuckled for a moment, and finally spoke: "Chef, we are indeed very similar, but there is a diǎn, others don't believe me, but I think you will definitely believe me." ”

"Oh?"

Ye Li laughed: "I'm a rich man, but there is no way to contact my brother now." ”

"I believe it. There is a special temperament in you. However, it's good for you to experience the suffering of the people, hahaha. I'm ready to go to work, hurry up and get ready. ”

The head chef left Ye Li's sight, Ye Li shook his head helplessly and followed.

Every day's dinner time, it's like a war, and everyone in the back kitchen doesn't stop their work. The orders came one by one, and the head chef did not watch the shift himself, but was responsible for arranging.

Ye Li looked at the head chef several times and found that although he didn't have to be in charge, he needed to do all the work. Where there is a shortage of people, or he is too busy to come, he will dǐng.

Several times Ye Li's dishwashing speed couldn't keep up, and the head chef personally rolled up his sleeves to help Ye Li wash, and also cleaned up the dishes and chopsticks.

Ye Lida admires this man from the bottom of his heart, with him, just like a commander on the battlefield, not to mention stabilizing the morale of the army, he can also maximize the efficiency of the team.

Starting from five and a half and fighting until more than nine diǎn, this is the time when the kitchen can be idle, and then you have to start packing up, otherwise the time to close the store will be delayed.

In addition to the head chef, the back kitchen is the chef and helper. The cook wears white clothes, while the helper must wear black clothes, black pants and black leather shoes, and aprons and hats are not allowed to be removed.

The white-clothed cooks basically got off work when they were more than nine diǎn, leaving one on duty, while the helpers had to work until the store closed, basically more than twelve diǎn every day.

Ye Li's whole person felt like he was about to collapse, he could fall asleep when he lay down, and he didn't even want to eat.

The head chef patted Ye Li's shoulder: "Boy, I told the store manager, you live with me tonight, I have a room there that is empty, I am a bachelor, and it is not inconvenient to live alone, it is better than you living in the basement." ”

Ye Li glanced at the head chef in surprise, his expression was still serious, what he said was basically an existence like a holy decree in the back kitchen.

Ye Li didn't know why he was so good to himself, but Ye Li really didn't want to sleep in that cramped basement.

"Okay, everyone has worked hard today, let's get off work! Remember to follow the schedule tomorrow and come on time. Who's late, see if I don't smash your ass!"

The crowd laughed and left, and only the final finishing touches were left in the back kitchen, mopping the floor, locking the door, and placing the tools.

Ye Li and the head chef had nothing to say in the back kitchen, Ye Li said Nima, this guy can't be a faggot, right? I heard that many faggets in foreign countries can't see it? He is so kind, he doesn't want the master's ass, right?

However, Ye Li didn't know that because the workload in the back kitchen was too large, the head chef sometimes had to adjust the atmosphere of the entire back kitchen. And the colleagues who work together must be united like comrades-in-arms, so there are often people who slap Ye Li's ass when they pass by.

Ye Li once thought that the entire kitchen was a, and he was still worried, but in fact, it was just a way to show friendship.

Ye Li and the head chef finished their work and said goodbye to the store manager, the car driven by the head chef was also very ordinary, just a black Ford.

The head chef is different from the store manager, the most obvious thing is that the head chef respects people very much, maybe he saw the shadow of himself when he was young in Ye Li's body.

The head chef drove the car himself, took off the chef's uniform, and the head chef's whole personality became approachable. He didn't talk like he did in the back kitchen, and he joked with Ye along the way.

The two came to an apartment building, the chef's house is about 90 square meters, the area is not particularly large, and it can be seen that the room is messy, and it looks like a single man lives.

"Living alone, there is diǎn panic. You live in the room over there, there are quilts and everything, and the toilet is over there, so you don't have to be restrained. ”

Ye Li looked at this messy room like a kennel, and suddenly felt a sense of intimacy.

It turns out that the lives of ordinary people are not so unbearable, and little people may not be able to have their own homes.