"Aiguo, are you free now? Come here, I have something to tell you."

Zhang Aiguo put down the spatula in his hand, wiped his hands with his apron, took a deep breath, and then followed Xia Ruzheng.

Zhang Aiguo kept wondering if the boss lady was going to fire him. When he first arrived, the boss lady had given him a warning. He had been too arrogant back then. His cooking skills weren't as good as the boss lady's. She could easily fire him and become the head chef herself, saving on his salary and benefits.

After lowering the curtain, Xia Ruzheng asked Zhang Aiguo to sit down.

"I called you here today to discuss your situation. You've been working in my shop for almost a year now, and you only signed a one-year contract. Now that your contract is about to expire, I want to ask you, what do you want to do?"

Zhang Aiguo suddenly shuddered nervously: "Boss lady, you...what do you want to do?"

Xia Ruzheng wondered if he was too harsh, as the chef was so nervous when talking to him. He softened his tone and said, "Of course I hope you stay, but it depends on your opinion. Are you satisfied with the current treatment and environment?"

"My...my opinion?" Zhang Aiguo was a bit confused. Why did he have to ask for his opinion? Wasn't it just the boss's opinion that counted? In state-owned restaurants, you couldn't just stay if you wanted to. If you offended someone, you'd be told to leave immediately, without even a word of warning.

Zhang Aiguo was not able to adapt to the sudden different treatment for a while.

Xia Ruzheng thought the chef might have misunderstood something, so he explained, "We're very democratic here. If you want to stay, you can stay. If you don't want to stay and a better opportunity comes along, you can leave. You just have to give us notice in advance and pay a penalty. This isn't a prison; you can't leave once you're here."

Zhang Aiguo finally understood what Xia Ruzheng meant. He rubbed his hands and said, "Of course I want to stay. The environment in the store is great, Haichao and the others are very nice, and I'm very satisfied with the treatment. I don't have any objections. If I do have one complaint, it's that the workload is a bit too much. But now that you're back, boss lady, I think things should be better..."

It means that the business in the store is so good that Zhang Aiguo is a little too busy to handle it.

Xia Ruzheng smiled and said, "That's good. If you leave, I'll have to spend time recruiting people and training them. If you agree to stay, it will save me a lot of effort!"

Zhang Aiguo thought about it and realized that it was true. The boss lady had given him a lot of guidance in the past year. At least now he could make two home-cooked dishes: Fish-flavored Shredded Pork and Mapo Tofu.

When the contract expired, Zhang Aiguo signed a new one.

Zhang Aiguo is still arrogant, but when facing Xia Ruzheng, he is a little more humble. Fortunately, he has restrained himself a lot, otherwise Xia Ruzheng would not dare to continue using him.

In fact, Xia Ruzheng has several plans in mind. When the time is right, he wants to expand the store. At that time, he will definitely need more manpower. Now that he has the energy, he will of course train some people.

At the clothing store, after Zhu Fangyu was fired, he hired another girl named Du Lulu. Wen Zhichao seemed a little afraid of the "white lotus" type of girl, so Du Lulu was the cute type, speaking softly and sweetly. Du Lulu also did a good job. Perhaps because she heard that the previous salesperson had left, she kept three steps away from Wen Zhichao when talking to him, and never came close.

During the time when Xia Ruzheng gave birth, Wen Zhichao focused a lot of his energy on his wife and child. Now that the baby is getting healthier and his wife has recovered, he has freed up a lot of energy to think about whether to expand the clothing store. With only one storefront, he feels that the layout is still a bit small.

However, the storefront on Mingshui Street was not easy to find, let alone two adjacent stores, so the graceful lady still huddled there with a wronged look on her face.

In the past, Xia Ruzheng spent every day in the restaurant, but now some of her energy is still on her children. In order to wash her children's clothes, Wen Zhichao also bought a washing machine, which is still advanced compared to many families.

In the summer, Wang Wei, the owner of the garment factory, told Wen Zhichao that he might not be able to process all his autumn clothes because he had taken a large order and it would probably take two months to complete it all, so he had no time to make clothes for Wen Zhichao.

Wang Wei is a partner that Wen Zhichao is accustomed to working with. His clothing factory has grown from a small factory with a few people and a few sewing machines to a scale of more than a dozen people and more than a dozen sewing machines. Everyone's development path is very difficult!

Wang Wei is a very reliable person, so Wen Zhichao also likes to cooperate with him. If he hadn't been busy this time, he probably wouldn't have said this to Wen Zhichao. After all, it can be said that Wen Zhichao's clothing store saved his factory. When his factory couldn't find a market, it was Wen Zhichao who placed an order with him. When he couldn't find fabric, Wen Zhichao helped him run to many textile factories and finally found the source of raw materials. To be honest, Wang Wei is grateful to Wen Zhichao from the bottom of his heart.

Wen Zhichao did not force it. It was not easy for him to stop others from making money, so he had to find a new processing factory.

There are still many small processing factories nowadays, but it is difficult to find a reliable one. Many people are in the mentality of making money as much as possible and withdrawing when they have made enough money, so many factories are moving around. The previous boss of a factory leaves a mess to the next boss. The next boss says, your money was given to the previous boss, not to me, so I can’t process for you, let alone provide you with goods. Many people have lost a lot of money in this way.

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