李三姐平平淡淡,不近不遠,該幹什麽幹什麽,不套近乎,也不得罪顧客。楊小靜幾次想親自動手,都被李三姐禮貌地謝絕了。馬叫喚:“羊呀,別把衣服弄髒了。”牛嚷嚷:“別把手弄粗了,教授會不喜歡的。”楊小靜鎮靜地笑笑,不去搭理她們。吉姆問她牛馬說什麽,楊小靜故作隨意地說:“她們在開玩笑。”她心裏明白李三姐親自服務他們這一桌的用意,就是不想讓她太難堪。李三姐跟牛馬不一樣,心裏的想法,臉上不會露出來,畢竟他們是顧客,是給餐館送錢來了。牛馬可不在乎這些,她們隻想發泄自己的羨慕、嫉妒和憤慨。楊小靜接著給吉姆介紹了一番自己在哪個地方做領位,又怎樣被小黑孩搶走了所有的錢,還有她在哪個桌子被人捏了屁股。吉姆一直誇她能幹,又對她以前的不幸遭遇表達了充分的同情。
楊小靜知道吉姆愛吃什麽,也知道自己應該點什麽,所以飯菜對於倆人來說還算可口,可是“當牛做馬的”卻不會讓她舒服了。他們剛開始吃飯,坐在離他們不遠的馬就開口了,很後悔的口吻:“你說我這個人傻不傻呀?非要自己在這裏拚死拚活地幹。你說我要是把老公踹了,找一個洋人老頭子,不就立即過上好日子了,是不是?”她對麵的牛卻以一種大義凜然的口氣說:“你傻不傻我不知道,反正我是做不出來那種缺德事!我老公再窮再慘,就算跟著他去要飯揀垃圾,我也絕不會去攀洋老頭的高枝,丟中國人的臉!”馬以一種諷剌的語氣說:“喲,你可真是老古董呀,還從一而終呢!這都什麽時代了?你知道什麽叫‘識時務者為俊傑’嗎?就是猴子上樹,拉上一個樹枝,再跳上更高的樹枝,你懂不懂啊?”牛可是堅定不移:“我不懂!我就懂得要吊死也隻吊死在一棵樹!老公不行,我自己能幹呀!我靠自己的雙手,養活全家還有富餘。我是站得直走得端,在誰麵前,我都是昂首挺胸!”馬繼續陰陽怪氣地說:“那你是能幹呀。要象我這樣,打工幹不動,去實驗室也幹不了,還想過舒服日子,哪不就隻好嫁洋老頭了?”牛惡狠狠地喊:“那是你自己笨,怪不得別人!不過人可以笨死窮死,也不能把自己給賣了!人不能沒有良心!”馬壞笑道:“人家自己混不下去了,卻能賣個好價錢,幹嘛不賣呀?良心值幾個錢呀?要是能賣給什麽教……”李三姐本來裝作沒有聽見,這時覺得這兩個老娘們也太損點,出口叫道:“喂,你們倆,集中精力幹活。少說幾句不行嗎?”
楊小靜在旁邊氣得眼淚直在眼眶裏打轉,強忍住才沒有流出來。她真想跳出來對“當牛做馬的”說,她是因為愛情才嫁給吉姆的,根本不是為了攀高枝。不過她也清楚,這兩個人根本不可能相信她。她們笑話她笨,說她是因為自己實在混不下去才嫁老美的,其實根本不是這樣。她端盤子是不如她們,但在實驗室幹得非常好。她想跟她們吵,可是她知道即使再加上十個楊小靜,撒潑罵街也不是人家的對手。況且吉姆還在旁邊,她可不想讓他看到中國人之間內哄,她也做不出牛、馬當年打架那樣的事。她實在是吃不下去,放下了筷子。吉姆見她臉色不好,眼睛裏似乎還有淚水,問她怎麽了,她說沒有什麽,隻有想起了過去的一些事。吉姆輕輕拍拍她的小手以示安慰,然後繼續慢條斯理地享用著自己的美餐,嘴裏還說:“寶貝,這裏的牛肉飯的確很好吃。以後咱們應該經常來這裏吃飯。”
楊小靜本來想多給點小費,被“當牛做馬的”一通難聽話,氣得也不想充大頭了,隻給了百分之二十。出門的時候她看也不看牛、馬,隻跟李三姐打了個招呼就走了。李三姐看到吉姆很紳士的替楊小靜推開餐館門,又幫她打開車門,等她坐好後自己才轉過去開車,便對“當牛做馬的”說:“這個教授是真的對羊好。羊肯定也喜歡這樣。”牛和馬還在為鄭衛打抱不平,說:“那個小男孩挺好的,她憑什麽把人家踹了呀?跟著個老頭跑了,虧不虧心呀!我們就是要教訓教訓她。”李三姐看得開些,說:“那個教授跟我差不多大吧,不算老。”牛和馬看到吉姆的卡迪拉克,羨慕得不行。牛蹶著屁股扒在窗前,流著口水說:“這車可真好呀!誰要是送我一輛,我也得跟他跑了。”馬朝著她的屁股就是一巴掌:“就你這個屁股這麽老大,誰要你呀!”牛回過頭去追著打馬:“你的屁股比我的屁股還大呢,更沒有人要!”
楊小靜一上車就說:“親愛的,我希望馬上回到實驗室去工作。”吉姆有點吃驚,說:“寶貝,你沒有必要去工作的,我們有足夠的錢用。”楊小靜說:“我不是為了錢,我隻是想工作。你知道,我是閑不下來的。”吉姆想了想,笑著說:“好吧,每個老板都希望招收到能幹的成員,我決定雇你了。”楊小靜抱著吉姆的胳膊撒嬌道:“太謝謝你了,老板。”吉姆也笑了。他沒有看到楊小靜馬上抿緊了嘴唇,他也沒法聽到楊小靜心裏的呐喊:“我一定要幹出一番成績來給你們看一看!我要讓你們明白我是為了愛而結婚的,不是為了錢!我一定要證明我比你們強,強得多!”
哦,我的評論不是針對你.接著往下寫.對作者來說,你的主人公能讓大家關注,有愛有恨,心有所想,不是很好嗎?哈哈.
其實還可以把衝突展開一些,跳出個別真人真事的框框,讓人物更豐滿.
以後也許吧。反正她也不會聽她父母的。
除了她剛出國時提了幾句,後麵就沒有再提她父母了。她已經結婚出嫁了,又遠在萬裏之外,她父母對她的路怎麽走沒有太大影響力了。
那麽告訴你什麽呢?要不這麽說吧:這就是一個奇跡,它就是發生了,信不信由你,反正我信了:)
看不太明白。時間久了,大家也許就接受了。
這是真的。所以她總想讓鄭衛當教授,可惜鄭衛不好好學。
再婚的女同胞很多,隻不過這個情況比較特殊,所以引起了大家,包括我的關注。
她更怕鄭衛。不過,她喜歡自己以前的工作。
不是人人都願意做騙子的:)
沒有多少懸念的,隻是希望大家欣賞過程:)
她們在互相開玩笑。
美國人教授很自負,說過不行的不會反悔。
也許是一個好主意。不過下麵的故事很多,還是節奏快一點吧。
其實我們周圍那些再婚對象是同胞的女人,不也很多嗎.
Buttman now wants to get rid of Wei as well. So a master's is on the table.
Always something behind the weirdness:) Always
I just went to creaders.com to read some comments. Now I think I have the clue for the whole story. Hai Da carefully avoids leaking any clue in his replies. If I am not wrong, that explains all the weird adjective words in his novel.
" 你的屁股比我的屁股還大呢,更沒有人要!" Why did they say that?
Some guys like big butt! Booyah!
I think Jing might ask Jim to give Zheng a Master degree so he could find a job and leave so it will be less awkward for her to go back to work there again.
It may be a good idea to add a transition episode before she made her decision to go back, such as trying or thinking of something else but failed. From the short paragraph I can only see her abrupt emotional decision to show her "nerve of steel" and "invincibility". Earning 30-40K as a lab assistant is not a way of self-fulfillment by any standard since she can make much more after going to college, and as I said before, that's not hard since >50% of F2s doing the same and got at least a M.S. degree (shame on my wife :-) but she tried her best)
是的,大家都不喜歡這樣。可是這種情況還是不少見。
大家議論一番,也就過去了,人人都很忙。吉姆說過這有危險,可是他“色膽包天”。至於去告,十有八九不了了之(知道很多例,沒有一個告下來的),而且跟老板就算徹底翻臉了。美國人非常狠,有同學吃過大虧。其他同學凡跟老板鬧翻了的,都是馬上退課,甚至轉學。
Sorry刪了你兩個貼。大家都心平氣和一點,不要說dirty words.
以她的資曆,恐怕很難。其實是她更害怕鄭衛,她一直沒有回去工作也是因為這個。
她是有很多選擇,可是她喜歡實驗室工作,就回去了。當時就是這樣。
是一個問題。每次copy一下也麻煩。
開夫妻店的都一大堆,更不用說上下級關係了。美國的原則是,不管你用誰,要能出成果,要申請得到錢。
夫妻店夫妻雙方都是老板,他們的薪水由學校定,寒暑假可以從項目中支付相同水平的數額,不影響其他人的利益。夫妻雙方雇傭和被雇傭關係,直接影響到其他雇員公平升職和加薪。
I have seen or met many Chinese students, including my own classmates just like Liu Juan or Zheng Wei. Before Jing changed her heart, I admire her being ambitious, considerate and hard-working, considering her background. I am disappointed at the turn of events, but I guess it is dramatic for the novel. I do not think Jing is a vicious person, but selfish, absolutely. Who isn’t? Wei can only blame himself for marrying the wrong person.
Well. I donot think I am too excited:)
I only speak up the truth and what is on my mind.
色郎在這個事情上為什麽有點失去理智
It looks like that young always consider her own needs in first place even this need is not critical to her again.
If she want to prove her job capabilities, she can try to look for jobs in other schools or companies.
My wife is far from as smart as Yang. She's afraid of doing English Presentation and can not get a master's degree. So she first took some courses in community college and then transfered for another B.S. degree,(she has a B.S. home). So what, Yang has tons of choices. WHY doing so! Most of the readers here should have some love experiences and know what a failed love means. I really doubt letting Yang come back is a good idea. As somebody said, this is only a fiction, not a documentary. Why not let Yang do something else and succeed, every one will still admire Yang that way.
Agree no more!!!#$%%%^ If you are an author, you want your readers to be NOT involved. Brilliant! Admire.
楊小靜知道別人都是這麽看她的。另外,記不記得吉姆讓她簽婚前協議?有的時候,隻能這樣了,生活不可能是完美的。
開夫妻店的都一大堆,更不用說上下級關係了。美國的原則是,不管你用誰,要能出成果,要申請得到錢。
謝謝你順便誇了俺一句:)
有很多離婚和再婚的,他們都有各自的經曆,各自的感情。多理解吧。
別人實驗室不一定正好有位置,人家肯不肯要係主任老婆也是一個問題。
我支持澀郎! 如果我是鄭衛,保證讓他們度不了蜜月! 什麽東西!
她也就是一般女孩,比李鉈殺那種狠人差得遠:)
每個人都是自私的。楊其實更怕見到鄭,可是她要工作,隻能麵對。
這怎麽罵的跟牛馬似的:)
她會的。
她很有自己的想法。
Agreed. But this is a fiction.
更難受了。
Unfortunately, some readers are too involved. That also shows the brilliance of the author.
Her marriage with Jim is for love, how about with zheng's? Maybe at different circumstance, she need different love marriage?
Don't be serious like a Nerd. Try learn some humor. This is a world of emotional expression.
澀郎:
After reading many of your posts, I really feel it's shame on you. Sorry, it only shows how low of a person you are, although you think you are so much more ethical than Xiaojing or Jim.
Even if Xiaojing had an affair before the divorce. She doesn't deserve to be killed. I really don't undertand why you are so bitter to another human being, no matter it is a real person or an imaginary figure.
Show some humanity.
鄭去買把槍,把這對狗男女送西天極樂世界取經去吧!
one 人參公雞 here