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铁板上躺平的肉条，滋滋啦啦地哼着童年小调，“为什么长大？”。小帮低着头，很乡愁的样子。举着铲，时而翻动。猛地迸出一句，打破了清晨的平静，
“老板，还是找个女招待吧？”
“什么？”我疑惑地侧过头，放下刚刚数完的钱，拿了两刀硬币，一刀纸票，放进“招财进宝”牌小费玻璃罐，随手关上收银机，“怎么，老板长得不好看吗？”
“好看，好看。。。你倒是好好看看这几天的生意“，小帮松了松脸上的油腻，还不如绷着好看，“跟你站一起，我还不如把自己放铁板上，跟着肉条混”
是啊，小帮说的是心里话。我两眼望向窗外。三三两两，走着熟悉的面孔，过门而不入。天，仍旧阳光明媚，透窗洒了进来，这就是世道。难不成，不摆个搔首弄姿的美女，这饭是没法卖了？暗暗思纣，转头向小帮，见他把瘦了身的肉条，一一收进不锈钢方盘。
人穷志短口难开，还得开，“问，问题是，支不起另一份工资呀。更不用说，还得眼睫毛长长的，会转圈圈的那种，手脚还得快。一天最繁忙，也就两个小时。如果只给两个小时的工，谁干？来回两趟，公车费都不够呀”。
“先打个广告试试，找不到再说”。
“Are you guys talking bad about me？”，身后传来男一号Doug 的声音，
“Yes，but a younger one，knows how to put skirt on”
“Oh，I can do that，I am half Scottish。Cheer up，be happy，I tell you a story，so you guys don't have to be idling，like Honda engine motor”，我跟小帮随即正身，洗耳恭听，反正不忙。
“This is about late 60，or early 70s。On a greyhound bus，it came up a fight for the front row seats，face to face，between black and white。Who sits at front，who sits at back ？Nobody was willing to step back from front seats。But the bus had to get going，so the bus driver finally stood up，‘ok，ok，there's no black or white today，ok？you are all green！So now，the light green come to the front，and the dark green goes to the back’”，Doug嘎然而止，期待地望着我。。。真该报之以笑？可是我怎么也装不出来。顺手提壶，注满咖啡，
“Very funny，Doug！Don't you think I am darker than the dark green？”
吱，正在这时，门开了，走进来一位纯情女学生模样，“Can i have a small coffee please？black，triple sugar，no milk”，咳咳，我立刻迎上前去，心里嘀咕着，“You don't need sugar，sweetie，you are sweet enough。。。 Well，it's your coffee，我照做就是”。一手交钱一手交货，人不笑却是笑，“Thank you”，回身，踩着高跟鞋，走着模特秀，哒，哒，哒，出了门。那条，那长发，那一口南方音。。。，外外外，“Have a nice day！”
“Hey，I don't think she can hear you now！Btw，that’s what you need here though”，Doug边说边上下摇头，手里抓着baby小勺，在咖啡杯里转着圈。
“You really made the point，Doug，but，how did you figure out what Honda was motoring？”
“Well，when eyes close，guessing works better”
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贴主:不只拾拾影于2024_05_10 14:28:35编辑