Roaming in the dark

Chapter 7 The Blind Massage Parlor

The massage shop for the blind opened at the gate of a residential area in Jingfang, on the ground floor of a residential building. To the left of it is a dentist's clinic, and beyond that is a small noodle shop.

On the right, there are Lianhua Supermarket, Fuli Forest Cake Shop and Neptune Pharmacy run by a husband and wife.

The massage shop is not small, and there are more than a dozen blind masseuses. The boss is also a blind person. the second.

He went to such a crappy school that no one knew about, and he dropped out of school halfway. Sheng Chuncheng himself knew that with such conditions, it was impossible for him to find a good job in Hangzhou.

He wanted to go there to deliver food, or express mail. Later, his uncle told him to let him learn massage from him. If he learned it, he could be regarded as having a skill in his body. He could still deal with emergencies when he was at the end of his rope.

The uncle and the boss agreed that Sheng Chuncheng would be a handyman in the massage parlor first, and he would start the job immediately. The shop would provide food and live with the uncle in the dormitory they rented. In this way, although Sheng Chuncheng's income was not high, he had almost Any expenses, my own salary, can be sent home.

When Sheng Chuncheng first arrived in Hangzhou, this city was strange and tough to him, and he didn't have many choices, so he stayed at the blind massage shop.

Sheng Chuncheng learned massage from his uncle, and he got started very quickly. In just over a month, he was already proficient in the technique and could serve customers independently. Sheng Chuncheng knew that this actually had no future, it was just a stopgap measure, he couldn't stay here for long.

He does not have a disability certificate, cannot pass the qualification certificate for blind masseurs, and cannot even register as a practitioner. He is not a graduate of a Chinese medicine school. He was blocked by the threshold.

Although what you eat can be regarded as a technical meal, for this bowl of rice, if you have technology but no certificate, you are a black household.

He is here, although he has already started to receive customers, but his identity is vague. Some customers, in this blind massage shop, feel strange and full of suspicion when they see such a masseur with piercing eyes .

When some unit came to check, the proprietress walked to the door of the private room and babbled and yelled a few times. Sheng Chuncheng dropped the client who was lying on the massage bed, and hurried to the dental clinic next door.

Ding Huamei, the receptionist of the dental clinic, giggled as soon as she saw Sheng Chuncheng running in in a daze, and asked gloatingly:

"Are you here to check again?"

Generally speaking, the business of massage parlors is the busiest at noon and evening. At noon, there are some customers who go to work nearby. When they arrive here, they take a massage while taking a lunch break. Several units have collectively issued monthly cards for the following people. In the evening, there are mostly residents in the back community.

At other times, when there were no customers in the store, Sheng Chuncheng couldn't stay in the store. He had nothing to communicate with a deaf-mute proprietress. Sheng Chuncheng also found it difficult to communicate with those blind masseurs. They can't see the world they get. How many common languages ​​do two groups of people living in different worlds have in common?

At this time, Sheng Chuncheng sneaks into the dental clinic next door and chats with Ding Huamei at the front desk. Ding Huamei is two years older than Sheng Chuncheng. She is 24 years old this year. Round face, on both sides of the nose, if you look carefully, there are a few very light freckles.

Like Sheng Chuncheng, she went to a university in Hunan that no one knew about, but she was better than Sheng Chuncheng, at least she had graduated, and she was a serious college student.

"You graduated from university, and you still come here to act as the stage?" Sheng Chuncheng asked.

"Otherwise?" Ding Huamei "cut": "Now it's just a person who graduated from college, okay? College students are worthless, especially those from pheasant colleges like ours. By the way, aren't you?"

"I've only been studying for more than a year." Sheng Chuncheng was a little embarrassed.

"Why, got fired for being a hooligan?" Ding Huamei asked, "Still cheating in the exam? Cheating is not that serious. That kind of crappy school, which exam does not cheat."

"No, no, I have something to do at home, so I didn't continue." Sheng Chuncheng didn't tell Ding Huamei what the matter was.

We are all young people. In this city, we are all drifters, and we have no more places to go, no more things to do. After a long time, there will be a sense of sympathy. Ding Huamei has become Sheng Chuncheng. girlfriend.

It took Sheng Chuncheng and Ding Huamei two thousand three hundred a month to move out of his uncle's dormitory, and they rented a small unit in the back community.

Having a girlfriend, renting a house, and sending money to the family, Sheng Chuncheng's pockets are stretched, and he lives in a mess every month. He is in a massage shop, and he is a person with an ambiguous identity. He is also embarrassed. Talk to your boss and ask for a raise.

Moreover, at this time, although the peak period of the epidemic has passed, the massage shop reopened after being closed for more than a month, but many customers did not come back, and the business is not as good as before. The store is the same as the foot wash shop, the masseur's commission is calculated according to the number of customers received.

Sheng Chuncheng was embarrassed to compete with those blind masters. At this time, instead of moving forward, he shrank back. Uncle told him many times because of this. Sheng Chuncheng didn't say anything, but next time he encounters such a thing , he is still the same, so the income is much less than before.

Sheng Chuncheng was also worried that if things continued like this, sooner or later the store would not be able to continue and layoffs would be required. When that time came, Sheng Chuncheng knew that he must be the first to leave. How could he say that all his organs were healthy and sound, so he left here. It is also easier to find a job than those blind masters.

Sheng Chuncheng has plans to deliver food again. He has inquired about it, and the income from delivering food seems to be higher than his income from massage parlors.

Sheng Chuncheng found a familiar takeaway guy and asked to take him. The guy squinted at him and said:

"You think this bowl of takeaway food is delicious, but in the wind and rain, and when you meet difficult customers, you will not only give you a blank stare, but also give you a bad review. I often fucking want to stop when I am running. , cry aloud on the side of the road first."

"Don't think too much, if I had your skills, I would wear a white coat every day and work in this air-conditioned room, and I would wake up laughing when I sleep." The younger brother added.

"I don't have enough money, I wake up crying when I sleep." Sheng Chuncheng and his brother said.

"Stupid!" The little brother looked at him and scolded: "People who do manicures and beauty services are all door-to-door service now. You have this skill, why can't you come to the door to serve? Door-to-door service, two or three customers a day , earn more money than me."

Sheng Chuncheng's eyes lit up, that's right, why can't I do door-to-door service, people don't care if you have a massage therapist certificate, even if someone wants to see it, you can make a fake certificate and bring it with you, they won't be able to tell the difference , the last thing to look at is not your craftsmanship. When it comes to craftsmanship, Sheng Chun is very confident.

Sheng Chuncheng told Ding Huamei about this, and Ding Huamei was also very happy. He felt that his eyes were bright, and Sheng Chuncheng could finally be shared by others. Isn't the sharing economy fashionable now?

(End of this chapter)