I, in order to marry a British wife, left the system and worked hard in London. Londoners are really lazy and never work overtime.
Narrated by: Zhang He
Organized by: Mr. Xiao Han
Pictures: Sourced from the Internet, invaded and deleted
My name is Zhang He, from Xi'an, Shaanxi Province , 34 years old, settled in London, England. I once had a job in the system that others envied, working from 8 a.m. to 6 a.m., safe and secure. But when a British girl broke into my life, I suddenly panicked. I had to give up my iron job and follow the British girl, or break up. , went to work down-to-earth, but when faced with a beautiful woman, he finally chose to compromise, quit his job, and went to London.
My wife’s full name is James Tina, and her Chinese name is Zhang Na. After we came to London, we registered our marriage. From then on, I would spend my life with Tina in the UK.
At the beginning, my spoken English and were not good. After studying with Tina for half a year, I went out to find a job. I was a manager in a Chinese restaurant with a monthly salary of 2,550 pounds. I can actually find such a great job. It was also something I had never thought of. But after working in the UK for a long time, you will gradually find that Londoners are really lazy. They are not willing to work overtime for a minute, and they always pinch their time when they go to work, never arriving early.
In 1988, I was born into a family of teachers in Xi'an, Shaanxi. Both my parents were teachers, and I was an only child, so I grew up nourished by love and never suffered hardship. Moreover, I have received a good education since childhood. Whether it is study or cultivation, my parents will pay great attention to self-balanced cultivation.
I have been different from the boys in my neighborhood since I was a child. I don’t like liveliness or sports. I stay at home quietly every day, read books and listen to music. I also studied violin for five years.
Maybe it’s because my parents are teachers. As long as my study slips a little bit, my parents will be very sad, and then they will start endlessly taking turns to make up homework. That time period is what I hate the most, but my parents are just Regardless of this. Fortunately, this kind of time only existed in elementary school. By junior high school, my independent learning ability had improved a lot, and my grades also improved by leaps and bounds. Later, during the college entrance examination, I was admitted to a good university.
But my parents didn’t want me to study in other provinces, so I ended up staying in Xi’an.
After four years of college, I have truly liberated my nature. I know how to eat, drink, and have fun, how to deal with people, and I also had a campus love.
grew up in a traditional family and always listened to what his parents told him. During his relationship in college, his girlfriend was forced to separate by her mother because she was a rural girl with a poor family background and average appearance. At that time, she hated her parents. But as the graduation season approaches and it’s time to find a job, this matter slowly fades away.
After graduating from college, I was admitted to a public institution. In fact, I really like my job. Not only can I serve the people, but I also have a stable income. After working for a few years, I have become even more comfortable. I can’t say that I have much future. A stable one.
During the Spring Festival of 2015, I met a British girl named Tina. She was in her fourth year of college and was about to graduate. She had no plans to go to graduate school, but was planning to return to the UK after graduation. We soon fell in love, and Tina never She thought about staying in China to work and live, and she came to China just for a diploma. She told me this frankly.
The graduation season every year is a day worth several years. After all, I came here during this time, but I can't be happy because the coming of graduation season means that Tina and I will be separated.
My parents liked Tina very much, but as a son like me, they were reluctant to let me go. But at this time, I had quietly resigned and was preparing to go to England with Tina. After my parents found out, they acted abnormally for the first time. They were not angry or blamed, but silently chose to support me.
Just like that, Tina and I came to London, England. We usually lived in Tina’s house. Because my spoken English was not very good, I practiced at home for half a year. Later, I felt that I could go out to find a job, and successfully found a job in a Chinese restaurant. I found a job as a trainee manager.This job at
was a fate. The previous manager returned to China to take care of his parents, so there was a vacancy. The boss did not want to hire foreigners, and I happened to see the recruitment information. Although I had never worked in the catering industry, the boss said that he would teach me personally. In less than two months, I was familiar with how to entertain guests from the kitchen to the front room. In addition to Chinese chefs, the
restaurant also has foreign chefs. Only two part-time international students among the waiters are Chinese, and the rest are British.
We Chinese people are very active in doing things. We arrive at work early and take the initiative to work overtime after get off work. However, Londoners do not do this. They come to work at the same time and get off work at the same time. They also ask for two days off on weekends. Therefore, restaurant management is not easy to do, because in addition to those who work during normal hours, there are also many temporary workers. You come here today, and they will come tomorrow. In short, I learned how to deal with people in London.
Sometimes I would talk about these things with Tina, but in Tina’s heart, they are all normal and we cannot compare the selfless spirit of the Chinese with the lazy spirit of the British.
After Tina gave birth to a daughter for me, our family of three lived a happy life. Fast forward to our thirties, and sometimes it was really difficult. I didn’t know whether to take my parents to London to spend their later years, or to return to China. Now Tina has not agreed to my return to China.
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