The Story of JW500 Coffee Shop in Lion City

JW500 Coffee Shop in West Lion Island is not a coffee shop that attracts customers by food. The reason why it is lively every night is because the beer girls here are beautiful. Different brands of beer girls wear different colors of uniforms, blue and white, cyan, yellow, black, and Chinese style. They picked up a bottle of beer and whirled among the drinkers like butterflies.

I don't drink beer, so I hold a cup of hot coffee and look around at these beer girls, their faces, their smiles, their voices, and the coffee in my hand is half cold. A beer girl walked in front of me, I would feel her hot and worried eyes; dressed in fashionable and bright figure, people's heart rushed to the feeling of first love.

On such nights, such happy hours, loyal drinkers who live in nearby ancestral homes come out of the side doors of life and flock to JW500 Coffee Shop to enjoy the night of wine.

The older beer drinkers at JW500 are older and richer than ever. Old drinkers, some retired, some still employed, had spare money in their trouser pockets, which made them addicted to alcohol and admired the beauty of beer girls. As soon as the old drinker sat down, the beer girls of different brands knew who their drinkers were and called out enthusiastically: "Godfather, you're here. How about six bottles first?" The old drunkard who was called godfather had already melted his lewd smile in his goddaughter's heart. According to the rules, which beer girl asked first who ordered the wine, but there are also a few old drinkers who drink a certain brand of beer. No matter what brand of beer he drinks, as long as he hears the coquettish voice of the beer girl calling godfather, the old drinker will be happy to open his big toothless mouth, and his soul will already be out of his body before he is drunk.

At the open-air table, there was a man named Jiuqi who had been drinking here for 20 years. Every night, he was always unwilling to be lonely. He invited eight or nine fair-weather friends to drink "Casper" beer. That wine seven, he said he was 62 years old, when he was young did government work, claiming to be "government people", now retired, have a pension, do not have to work also have money to spend. He has two sons, the eldest son is a company manager, the second son is in the government department, the salary is very high, the two sons give him three or five hundred yuan a month, let him drink to buy horse tickets, so wine seven is very rich. Every night in the coffee shop, as long as anyone can talk to him, wine seven will not hesitate to invite him to drink beer. After a long time, Jiuqi became famous and popular in JW500. Beer girls wanted to sell more beer by him, and coffee girls wanted to make more tea money by virtue of his friendship. Those "predestined acquaintance" wine and meat friends, but also want to sit at the same table with him, dip some free food and drink, enjoy more than one wine alcohol dish fragrant happiness.

The JW500 is not for watching TV shows or watching European football games with friends, but for young and beautiful beer girls. The idea in his mind was that as long as he bought all kinds of beer brands, he would have the opportunity to chat up all the beer girls. Once he got familiar with them, he could flirt with them and accept them as his "goddaughter."

Over the years, Jiu Qi's life had been drunk to the point where he liked to show off how many goddaughters he had. Every goddaughter said he was the best of the old uncles because he would sacrifice the money in his trouser pockets for them.

Beer doesn't make you drunk, it makes you confused. The habit of drinking beer seven times has changed slightly recently. You can drink beer in two or three coffee shops in a row on the same night, so as to "pursue" other beer girls. Wine Seven, this flower picking old cow, sweetens the flowers and incites beer girls to stir up the vanity of young girls. He can collect a lot of goddaughters like a scavenger collects drink cans. No wonder Jiuqi has been showing a sunny attitude recently, because wherever he goes, beer girls call him godfather to godfather. Old hearts, beer swelling up the sweetness of youth! Some people laugh at him "daughter" group, one day drink beer drink to "get on the bus", also afraid of no filial daughter to send the end. There are also people who laugh at wine seven so many goddaughters, do not know how much money to spend every night, to the end of the person is not dry, wallet has been dry!

That night, JW500 had a brand-new beer girl named Yuan Yuan. Her black eyes were watery and she was elegant in front of the customers, attracting everyone's attention.

Wine seven see round color fullness, color to wave, reveal full of rotten yellow teeth mouth to round said: "You are really beautiful, new?" Oh, she has fair and tender skin, round face, round eyes and round chest. I can tell at a glance that it is "Ice Skin White Lotus Paste Mooncake"... very beautiful... what is the name of the beer you sell... oh! I don't know how to write red hair. Give me two bottles to try…Oh, tonight is the promotion period. Can I ask for two bottles to get one free?"

"Yes, I'll give you one free bottle if you order two bottles. This new beer is very delicious." Yuan Yuan replied casually.

"Very good. There are both gifts and purchases. Bring them over first…" Wine Seven stammered. Roly Poly's face was full of smiles, but it seemed as if green and white patches were floating on his face. When she brought the three bottles of beer, Jiuqi scanned Yuan Yuan's hair, face and feet for a while and said,"Yuan Yuan, your phone is too old. I'll buy you a new one tomorrow."

Yuan Yuan immediately refused."No, sorry!"

"This is my drinking rule. It doesn't matter if I buy a new one." Seven drinks with seven points of alcohol said: "I must take care of the new beer girl." The kind I bought is called a 3G mobile phone. I can see you, you can see me. However, my old man sometimes very confused, in the shower will also call you, if you see me naked, do not scream ah! I'm embarrassed myself, hehe…"

After Yuan Yuan came to JW500, many old uncles took a fancy to her, causing jealousy among other beer girls. The jealousy storm burned for several nights, and then I heard that a coffee girl named Lily was fired by the boss because she got involved in the storm and quarreled with the drinkers. A few "heavyweight" old uncles came forward to negotiate with the boss, and the results were all good people in vain, playing a play that was difficult to distinguish between true and false.

Lily's expulsion made headlines for JW500, but when she returned to Johor Bahru, it was forgotten.

The "legend" in the coffee shop is like this. It comes and goes like a typhoon.

Wine seven encounter round, like magic drunk every night in JW500. He often flaunted his glorious past to Yuan Yuan, saying that when he was young, he had eaten with a certain "powerful person" and escorted a certain high official to visit abroad. The most "easy to practice"(proud) is that he knows many "palace secrets" that are not known to outsiders, but because he is a "government person", he cannot disclose it, otherwise he will be caught to eat "black bean rice"(prison).

The drinker listened to the story of Wine Seven and hissed: "Don't be immortal!" (Don't brag) Some people ask questioningly,"Is there a shadow?" (Really?)

At another table, eating fish and chips, Wei, a teenager, giggled and played with birds hanging from a tree branch in a birdcage. He's Jiuqi's grandson. He's a troublemaker. The drinker at the same table teased A Wei: "Little grandson, you are playing with Grandpa's bird. Be careful that Grandpa's bird will be killed by you!" The drinkers laughed until they spat out all the wine in their mouths. Wine seven stare loudly shouted: "don't teach bad my grandson!"

Wine seven often said that he won the 4D second prize last Wednesday, accidentally won the finalist prize on Saturday, and won the 4D consolation prize again yesterday Sunday. 4D seems to be easy to buy. If someone asked him if he was "middle money" or "middle food", he would break into foul language.

Many people knew that half a year ago, 4D of Jiuqi Middle School was taken away by Beer Girl for 50,000 yuan. He didn't want to mention this past until now. Some people said that it was because he had an affair with Beer Girl. To take into account the face, wine seven boasted that the huge sum of money is given to the beer girl named Annie Malaysia birthday big red envelope. Who believes in wine seven? You've been shot and you're still trying to save face. You've really lived your life in vain!

Tonight, we saw a new bicycle suddenly pushed by Jiuqi and fought to see what was going on. Some people laughed at him and said,"Is it too old to walk?" Still too much play, legs soft, have to ride a bicycle to drink. Be careful not to ride into the ditch!" Jiu Qi was so angry that he cursed.

Someone asked Wine Seven, which goddaughter was the bicycle given to? The wine was so heavy that he was upset by people asking him, and he confessed: "Two days later, it was the birthday of the star beer girl Mona Lisa, and this bicycle was what she asked me to buy for her." What, godfather giving a gift to goddaughter, can't you?"

"Sure, as long as you're happy!" Everyone said enviously.

White-haired wine seven, spare money is really too much, in addition to spending money to invite people to drink, but also often invite beer girls to eat chili crab, or please eat roast fish, fish head stove, curry fish head such expensive dishes. Wine Seven thought that this was a pain in the daughter, cheap economic fried rice noodles, Indian pancakes, miscellaneous rice, can only be used as breakfast, absolutely can not invite beer girl to eat.

Of all the beer girls, Xiang Xiang is more thoughtful. She thinks that everything is the same, life has ups and downs, sometimes eat rough food, sometimes enjoy delicious food.

Once after work, Jiuqi invited her to drink beer and eat supper. Xiang Xiang appreciated the local seafood delicacies such as grilled fish and roasted Su Dong very much. She ate happily and revealed her thoughts after drinking:

Xiang Xiang married at the age of 18 in the countryside of Shandong Province and married a young man from the same village. But her husband was too brave. After only three months of marriage, he robbed a state-owned bank with a murder weapon and was arrested and imprisoned by the police. Fragrance means losing her husband. A year later, under the persuasion of friends, he flew to Singapore to make a living. Xiang Xiang is very lucky. She hasn't found a job yet. She first found a Singapore husband, Ah Shun, and became a daughter-in-law in Lion City. Xiang Xiang thought she had found a new happiness, but she didn't know that her Singapore husband was also useless. It was still a trivial matter for an alcoholic. What she couldn't stand most was that the intermediary didn't tell her that Ah Shun suffered from severe depression. He couldn't see anything normally. When he had an attack, he seemed to become a 3-year-old child. He asked Xiang Xiang to accompany him every minute and didn't allow her to go out. Xiang Xiang went out for work. Shun called her on her cell phone or SMS every once in a while to ask her to come home early, otherwise she would roar loudly and throw things all day. This is not the way to go on, Xiangxiang secretly entrusted a lawyer to handle divorce procedures, but in the end must also let Ah Shun know. Ah shun, family because of prior to Xiangxiang hide, had to let Ah shun back to the nest.

Fragrant story, sipping between wine glass and wine lips became the most popular "legend" of JW500, poor and delicate experience was ruthlessly exploited into cheap love story by drinkers.

What is the meaning of life for an old man like Jiuqi, who is always immersed in the rouge fragrance of beer girls and instigates his fair-weather friends to drink more and talk more? In fact, JW500 drinkers come here every night to drink, talk about wine, listen to other people's stories, just looking for fun. Those who speak are not respected; those who listen are only happy to laugh and pee.

(The author is a Singapore Chinese writer and author of a collection of essays entitled "Back to Home for a Cup of Tea", etc.)