混在美国名校(135)---从结束到开始之餐馆受辱

李三姐平平淡淡,不近不远,该干什么干什么,不套近乎,也不得罪顾客。杨小静几次想亲自动手,都被李三姐礼貌地谢绝了。马叫唤:“羊呀,别把衣服弄脏了。”牛嚷嚷:“别把手弄粗了,教授会不喜欢的。”杨小静镇静地笑笑,不去搭理她们。吉姆问她牛马说什么,杨小静故作随意地说:“她们在开玩笑。”她心里明白李三姐亲自服务他们这一桌的用意,就是不想让她太难堪。李三姐跟牛马不一样,心里的想法,脸上不会露出来,毕竟他们是顾客,是给餐馆送钱来了。牛马可不在乎这些,她们只想发泄自己的羡慕、嫉妒和愤慨。杨小静接着给吉姆介绍了一番自己在哪个地方做领位,又怎样被小黑孩抢走了所有的钱,还有她在哪个桌子被人捏了屁股。吉姆一直夸她能干,又对她以前的不幸遭遇表达了充分的同情。

 

杨小静知道吉姆爱吃什么,也知道自己应该点什么,所以饭菜对于俩人来说还算可口,可是“当牛做马的”却不会让她舒服了。他们刚开始吃饭,坐在离他们不远的马就开口了,很后悔的口吻:“你说我这个人傻不傻呀?非要自己在这里拼死拼活地干。你说我要是把老公踹了,找一个洋人老头子,不就立即过上好日子了,是不是?”她对面的牛却以一种大义凛然的口气说:“你傻不傻我不知道,反正我是做不出来那种缺德事!我老公再穷再惨,就算跟着他去要饭拣垃圾,我也绝不会去攀洋老头的高枝,丢中国人的脸!”马以一种讽剌的语气说:“哟,你可真是老古董呀,还从一而终呢!这都什么时代了?你知道什么叫‘识时务者为俊杰’吗?就是猴子上树,拉上一个树枝,再跳上更高的树枝,你懂不懂啊?”牛可是坚定不移:“我不懂!我就懂得要吊死也只吊死在一棵树!老公不行,我自己能干呀!我靠自己的双手,养活全家还有富余。我是站得直走得端,在谁面前,我都是昂首挺胸!”马继续阴阳怪气地说:“那你是能干呀。要象我这样,打工干不动,去实验室也干不了,还想过舒服日子,哪不就只好嫁洋老头了?”牛恶狠狠地喊:“那是你自己笨,怪不得别人!不过人可以笨死穷死,也不能把自己给卖了!人不能没有良心!”马坏笑道:“人家自己混不下去了,却能卖个好价钱,干嘛不卖呀?良心值几个钱呀?要是能卖给什么教……”李三姐本来装作没有听见,这时觉得这两个老娘们也太损点,出口叫道:“喂,你们俩,集中精力干活。少说几句不行吗?”

 

杨小静在旁边气得眼泪直在眼眶里打转,强忍住才没有流出来。她真想跳出来对“当牛做马的”说,她是因为爱情才嫁给吉姆的,根本不是为了攀高枝。不过她也清楚,这两个人根本不可能相信她。她们笑话她笨,说她是因为自己实在混不下去才嫁老美的,其实根本不是这样。她端盘子是不如她们,但在实验室干得非常好。她想跟她们吵,可是她知道即使再加上十个杨小静,撒泼骂街也不是人家的对手。况且吉姆还在旁边,她可不想让他看到中国人之间内哄,她也做不出牛、马当年打架那样的事。她实在是吃不下去,放下了筷子。吉姆见她脸色不好,眼睛里似乎还有泪水,问她怎么了,她说没有什么,只有想起了过去的一些事。吉姆轻轻拍拍她的小手以示安慰,然后继续慢条斯理地享用着自己的美餐,嘴里还说:“宝贝,这里的牛肉饭的确很好吃。以后咱们应该经常来这里吃饭。”

 

杨小静本来想多给点小费,被“当牛做马的”一通难听话,气得也不想充大头了,只给了百分之二十。出门的时候她看也不看牛、马,只跟李三姐打了个招呼就走了。李三姐看到吉姆很绅士的替杨小静推开餐馆门,又帮她打开车门,等她坐好后自己才转过去开车,便对“当牛做马的”说:“这个教授是真的对羊好。羊肯定也喜欢这样。”牛和马还在为郑卫打抱不平,说:“那个小男孩挺好的,她凭什么把人家踹了呀?跟着个老头跑了,亏不亏心呀!我们就是要教训教训她。”李三姐看得开些,说:“那个教授跟我差不多大吧,不算老。”牛和马看到吉姆的卡迪拉克,羡慕得不行。牛蹶着屁股扒在窗前,流着口水说:“这车可真好呀!谁要是送我一辆,我也得跟他跑了。”马朝着她的屁股就是一巴掌:“就你这个屁股这么老大,谁要你呀!”牛回过头去追着打马:“你的屁股比我的屁股还大呢,更没有人要!”

 

杨小静一上车就说:“亲爱的,我希望马上回到实验室去工作。”吉姆有点吃惊,说:“宝贝,你没有必要去工作的,我们有足够的钱用。”杨小静说:“我不是为了钱,我只是想工作。你知道,我是闲不下来的。”吉姆想了想,笑着说:“好吧,每个老板都希望招收到能干的成员,我决定雇你了。”杨小静抱着吉姆的胳膊撒娇道:“太谢谢你了,老板。”吉姆也笑了。他没有看到杨小静马上抿紧了嘴唇,他也没法听到杨小静心里的呐喊:“我一定要干出一番成绩来给你们看一看!我要让你们明白我是为了爱而结婚的,不是为了钱!我一定要证明我比你们强,强得多!”

 

jade12345 发表评论于
人生一辈子,两口子本身情况都会不断变化。是有人会不断攀高枝,这样做是合法的但是不是道德呢? 只有自己心里明白,自己不心虚才行,别人怎么说就不会太在意。前夫在国内是配得上小静的,到了美国开始不够好不够上进了。做妻子的有没有体谅丈夫实际上也不容易也很苦呢?除了生气又做了些什么呢?我不觉得嫁老外是真爱,老美的爱来的快也可能去的也快。小静应该多花点时间了解一下这个老外,太急地把自己送出去别人是否会珍惜来的太容易的东西?觉得这第二次婚姻基础不牢。能否持久不看好。这第二次婚姻,小静怕是捞不着很多钱的。捞个身份也不算亏。小静和郑卫都应好好想想,自强自立,有奋斗就会有收获,美好的生活掌握在自己手里,向前看对自己好一点。坏事也能变成好事的,看你如何把握。
钱广大叔 发表评论于
回复海攀的评论:
哦,我的评论不是针对你.接着往下写.对作者来说,你的主人公能让大家关注,有爱有恨,心有所想,不是很好吗?哈哈.
其实还可以把冲突展开一些,跳出个别真人真事的框框,让人物更丰满.
海攀 发表评论于
回复雨中的春树的评论:

以后也许吧。反正她也不会听她父母的。

除了她刚出国时提了几句,后面就没有再提她父母了。她已经结婚出嫁了,又远在万里之外,她父母对她的路怎么走没有太大影响力了。
海攀 发表评论于
回复BookEater的评论:

那么告诉你什么呢?要不这么说吧:这就是一个奇迹,它就是发生了,信不信由你,反正我信了:)
海攀 发表评论于
回复加州蜡笔小新的评论:

看不太明白。时间久了,大家也许就接受了。
海攀 发表评论于
回复加州蜡笔小新的评论:

这是真的。所以她总想让郑卫当教授,可惜郑卫不好好学。
雨中的春树 发表评论于
离婚结婚这么大的事情,杨小静的父母不可能不知道。杨小静还没有很成熟,杨小静的父母还没有很老。他们的态度在小说里应该交代一下。
海攀 发表评论于
回复钱广大叔的评论:

再婚的女同胞很多,只不过这个情况比较特殊,所以引起了大家,包括我的关注。
海攀 发表评论于
回复xiaoc288的评论:

她更怕郑卫。不过,她喜欢自己以前的工作。
海攀 发表评论于
回复拔剑心茫然的评论:

不是人人都愿意做骗子的:)
海攀 发表评论于
回复alladin的评论:

没有多少悬念的,只是希望大家欣赏过程:)
海攀 发表评论于
回复涩郎的评论:

她们在互相开玩笑。
海攀 发表评论于
回复涩郎的评论:

美国人教授很自负,说过不行的不会反悔。
海攀 发表评论于
回复alladin的评论:

也许是一个好主意。不过下面的故事很多,还是节奏快一点吧。
BookEater 发表评论于
既然小静想回实验室,还是在Jim的庇护之下,靠Jim的施舍过日子,能证明什么?千万不要告诉我当地没有一个Opening,只有Jim有,或者她只喜欢实验室工作。
加州蜡笔小新 发表评论于
And as a Wai F nv, she will never ever going to be able to back to Chinese community.
加州蜡笔小新 发表评论于
虽然应该鼓励吃苦耐劳。但搞科研又不是扫大街,是个人努努力就行。那样的话,满大街都是科学家了。99%的汗水固然重要,但精华是那1%的灵感。杨如果这么走下去,撑死就一个staff呗。还是半路出家的。
钱广大叔 发表评论于
不能说找了一个老外再婚就背一大堆骂名,静其实也是一个很要强的女孩,只是不喜欢按部就班的"读书"罢了,接下来她肯定想要摆脱掉花瓶的形象,再进实验室是她当时唯一的选择.
其实我们周围那些再婚对象是同胞的女人,不也很多吗.
xiaoc288 发表评论于
看到这里又看出小静的自私了,她只在乎自己工作了就能开心了,丝毫不顾及郑卫的想法,就算要工作也不一定要回到实验室。
laochen249 发表评论于
回复涩郎的评论:
Buttman now wants to get rid of Wei as well. So a master's is on the table.
拔剑心茫然 发表评论于
还记得“基因皇后”陈晓宁吗?如果杨晓静敢干敢炒作的话,即使在美国是实验员,也可以到国内炒作成“基因皇后”-- 或许可以由此而“走向成功”。。。
selang2 发表评论于
回复alladin的评论:

Always something behind the weirdness:) Always
alladin 发表评论于
回复alladin的评论:
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.
涩郎 发表评论于
Another question:

" 你的屁股比我的屁股还大呢,更没有人要!" Why did they say that?

Some guys like big butt! Booyah!
涩郎 发表评论于
Here is my gas:

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.
alladin 发表评论于
回复海攀的评论:
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)
海攀 发表评论于
回复悠然南山的评论:

是的,大家都不喜欢这样。可是这种情况还是不少见。
海攀 发表评论于
回复medicalschool的评论:

大家议论一番,也就过去了,人人都很忙。吉姆说过这有危险,可是他“色胆包天”。至于去告,十有八九不了了之(知道很多例,没有一个告下来的),而且跟老板就算彻底翻脸了。美国人非常狠,有同学吃过大亏。其他同学凡跟老板闹翻了的,都是马上退课,甚至转学。
海攀 发表评论于
回复涩郎的评论:

Sorry删了你两个贴。大家都心平气和一点,不要说dirty words.
海攀 发表评论于
回复gm07的评论:

以她的资历,恐怕很难。其实是她更害怕郑卫,她一直没有回去工作也是因为这个。
海攀 发表评论于
回复alladin的评论:

她是有很多选择,可是她喜欢实验室工作,就回去了。当时就是这样。
海攀 发表评论于
回复于小芷的评论:

是一个问题。每次copy一下也麻烦。
悠然南山 发表评论于
回复悠然南山的评论:

开夫妻店的都一大堆,更不用说上下级关系了。美国的原则是,不管你用谁,要能出成果,要申请得到钱。

夫妻店夫妻双方都是老板,他们的薪水由学校定,寒暑假可以从项目中支付相同水平的数额,不影响其他人的利益。夫妻双方雇佣和被雇佣关系,直接影响到其他雇员公平升职和加薪。
medicalschool 发表评论于
I doubt that Jim will let Jing back to his own lab in real life, working alongside with his student and her ex-husband. Although it is not rare to find husband-wife teams on many medical school campus, or PI marry his (or her, to much less extend) former postdoc, graduate student or technician, it is usually not under the circumstance as described in the novel. Jim married the ex-wife of his own student (current, not former), and had a relationship before their divorce. If Wei makes a big fuss about it, the school is obligated to investigate, at least. Whether Jim will be found any wrong-doing is a different matter, but faculty do talk, or gossip, even if Jim is the chair. In Schools such as Harvard or Yale (I suspect the school described in this novel is Yale), not many tenured faculty give a damn about the dept chair. Jing may not know, but Jim should know better of the consequence. It is very easy for Jim to create a position, especially a tech position, in almost any lab, regardless of whether there is an opening.

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.
涩郎 发表评论于
回复Daniao的评论:
Well. I donot think I am too excited:)

I only speak up the truth and what is on my mind.
Daniao 发表评论于
回复涩郎的评论:
色郎在这个事情上为什么有点失去理智
gm07 发表评论于
回复海攀的评论:
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.


alladin 发表评论于
回复海攀的评论:
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.
alladin 发表评论于
回复laochen249的评论:
Agree no more!!!#$%%%^ If you are an author, you want your readers to be NOT involved. Brilliant! Admire.
海攀 发表评论于
回复满地阳光的评论:

杨小静知道别人都是这么看她的。另外,记不记得吉姆让她签婚前协议?有的时候,只能这样了,生活不可能是完美的。
于小芷 发表评论于
这地方回复不能引用啊?看海大回复,还得去找原来的评论说的啥。。。
海攀 发表评论于
回复悠然南山的评论:

开夫妻店的都一大堆,更不用说上下级关系了。美国的原则是,不管你用谁,要能出成果,要申请得到钱。
海攀 发表评论于
回复laochen249的评论:

谢谢你顺便夸了俺一句:)
海攀 发表评论于
回复gm07的评论:

有很多离婚和再婚的,他们都有各自的经历,各自的感情。多理解吧。
满地阳光 发表评论于
杨其实是一个很自私的人,她只会想到自己会怎么样!等老叫兽满足不了的时候,她还不是一样找别人!
海攀 发表评论于
回复欢颜展卷林中闲坐的评论:

别人实验室不一定正好有位置,人家肯不肯要系主任老婆也是一个问题。
满地阳光 发表评论于
回复fuyun的评论:
我支持涩郎! 如果我是郑卫,保证让他们度不了蜜月! 什么东西!
海攀 发表评论于
回复alladin的评论:

她也就是一般女孩,比李铊杀那种狠人差得远:)
海攀 发表评论于
回复alladin007的评论:

每个人都是自私的。杨其实更怕见到郑,可是她要工作,只能面对。
海攀 发表评论于
回复涩郎的评论:

这怎么骂的跟牛马似的:)
海攀 发表评论于
回复肥肥的梦想的评论:

她会的。
海攀 发表评论于
回复gewex的评论:

她很有自己的想法。
laochen249 发表评论于
回复悠然南山的评论:
Agreed. But this is a fiction.
海攀 发表评论于
回复葫芦娃爸爸的评论:

更难受了。
悠然南山 发表评论于
我不认为名校会允许夫妻直接上下级关系,这违背了雇员之间的公平竞争原则。到目前为止我还没见过,无论是学校或是公司,也许我孤陋寡闻。
laochen249 发表评论于
回复alladin的评论:
Unfortunately, some readers are too involved. That also shows the brilliance of the author.
gm07 发表评论于
Even though Young is a common girl as you mentioned before many times, According to this story Young definitively is a selfish person .
Her marriage with Jim is for love, how about with zheng's? Maybe at different circumstance, she need different love marriage?

alladin 发表评论于
回复fuyun的评论:
Don't be serious like a Nerd. Try learn some humor. This is a world of emotional expression.
欢颜展卷林中闲坐 发表评论于
小静想证明自己工作能力没问题,换个实验室吧。跟前夫天天见面,太刺激人了。
fuyun 发表评论于
回复涩郎的评论:

涩郎:

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.
涩郎 发表评论于
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郑去买把枪,把这对狗男女送西天极乐世界取经去吧!
alladin 发表评论于
I believe Yang may later say something to Zheng and that may be a reason Zheng stand up. But If I were Yang, I SHOULD NOT GO BACK TO THE SAME LAB of Zheng, because the result is unpredictable and can only harm Zheng in most reasonable outcome. But She go back to lab to prove her own capability, of which I have no doubt. But I doult her personality, morality. From the first chapter till now, I do not see any words telling me Yang is a considerate person. NO MATTER WHAT THE OUTCOME IS, THE MOTIVATION OF ALL HER BEHAVIORS IS SELF SATISFACTORY.
alladin007 发表评论于
Yang is not "Hou4 Dao4" in doing this. She hurts Zheng so much and still wants to came back to the Lab to give Zheng a hard time. Even doing so will unexpectedly stimulate Zheng to stand up, but everyone knows this would most likely do no good to Zheng. SHE ALWAYS ONLY considers her OWN NEEDS REGARDLESS OF OTHERS'. The the author tries his best to beautify Yang to balance something, but I guess no success in most readers' mind. If Yang did not marry Zheng's advisor and makes her own big time with her own success, or even meet her new husband after her divorce, this would be a good story. Yang's ambition and her consistent effort toward realizing that is good, but unfortunately, not in the way we all admire. Yang is not doing anything wrong, but she should not be the leading role in a novel from which the author wants to convey some positive merit. If Yang's only a supporting role, this would be reasonable, since as we all aggree Yang is a common girl, no angle, no devel.
VanSmallLandlord 发表评论于
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one 人参公鸡 here
涩郎 发表评论于
什么东西?给人带了绿帽,现在又要回去刺激人家!真自私缺德!不得好死!
肥肥的梦想 发表评论于
小静加油!!
gewex 发表评论于
A strong-willed Jing.
葫芦娃爸爸 发表评论于
政委要难受了。
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