Chapter 151 We're here to apply for a job, right? No, we won't hire you.

After returning from Director Zhang's office, An Fusheng revised the details of the plan several more times before Director Zhang finally said he would take the plan to his superiors for approval.

An Fusheng had a headache. "Just how many superiors do you have?"

Wen Min: "Countless."

An Fusheng wailed, "This makes me, the future restaurant owner, look so low-class!"

Wen Min: "Then you should work hard to develop more subordinates and become a senior boss."

An Fusheng: "It's not that I want to be a high-level boss, but I really want to hire more people. Why is no one coming? I finally managed to bring in Ji Qingqing, and I'm still getting scolded."

Wen Min couldn't help but laugh out loud.

...

However, the job posting was posted there for a long time, and it wasn't that no one came.

Springtime is rainy, and lately it's been raining every day. As Zhaolin put it, it's so hot that people are practically growing gills.

On rainy days, the vegetable market is not only wet but also muddy. Zhaolin is afraid of getting his limited-edition sneakers dirty. Ji Qingqing sleeps in and goes on strike. An Fusheng and Wen Yue go out to buy groceries early. When they return, they find several people lying in wait at the entrance of the orphanage.

On a rainy day with heavy fog, An Fusheng drove his tricycle closer and was surprised to find that it was someone he knew.

"What?" An Fusheng asked in an unfriendly tone.

Hearing the voice, the group turned around and were surprised to see An Fusheng. "It's you!"

An Fusheng slightly raised his chin. "What, coming to seek revenge?"

The oldest among them quickly said, "No, no, it's a misunderstanding, a misunderstanding."

An Fusheng remembered that his name was A Yao, and the other two, one with yellow hair and the other with green hair, were named A Yuan and A Guang, respectively.

Ah Yao said, "We have already been educated, and we have now reformed."

A-Yuan said, "Yes, yes, yes!"

Ah Guang said, "We're here to look for work."

An Fusheng: "Oh, so you've come to my house looking for a job."

Ah Yao: "I'm really sorry, we followed the navigation, but who knew this lousy navigation would lead us directly to your house. I'm sorry, we didn't mean to, but your house is really big."

An Fusheng glanced at the sign for the welfare home standing right next to them and the sign for the restaurant entrance. The three of them couldn't think straight, no wonder they were able to be taken down by Ji Fengnian, who was so hungry he had no strength left.

The three bowed and nodded apologetically, then pushed and shoved each other as they walked away.

After the group disappeared into the misty rain, Wen Yue asked, "Big brother, do you know them?"

An Fusheng: "They were the same people that Miaomiao's second uncle called to ambush Miaomiao."

Wen Yue said angrily, "I was too polite to them just now. Next time they come, I'll give them a few brooms. They're so young, why don't they learn good things but bad ones!"

Wen Yue didn't expect that her fierce words in the morning would be fulfilled in the afternoon.

Those few people wandered around somewhere all morning, and in the afternoon they wandered to the entrance of Xingchen Restaurant. As soon as Wen Yue opened the door, she saw them checking the restaurant's sign word by word.

Upon recognizing the group, Wen Yue went back into the house without a word, grabbed a long-handled broom, and started smashing it down on them.

"Hey, hey, hey! What's up?"

"Why are you hitting people like this?!"

"What's the meaning of hitting someone without saying a word?"

As they were talking, everyone was hit a few times.

Outside the restaurant is a small courtyard, usually used as a rest area for delivery drivers. Although it's paved with cement, it's been raining every day lately, and with delivery drivers coming and going, the cement floor is covered in mud. The broom is constantly sweeping up the mud. Sometimes it's rinsed under the tap, but sometimes the sweeper is busy and just throws the broom down after sweeping to do something else, so there's no time to rinse it.

So the group was hit with brooms a few times, and their clothes were covered in mud to varying degrees.

"Wow, this is the white shirt I specially wore for the job interview!"

"My clothes are dirty too!"

"My clothes, pants, and hair are all dirty!"

An Fusheng came out when he heard the noise and saw the three of them spitting out mud and pointing at Wen Yue while cursing.

"It's you again?"

Before An Fusheng could ask them anything, they asked him about it.

An Fusheng: "What's wrong? My family is big and powerful, this place is also ours, do you have any objections?"

The group was furious, but the police said that if they fought again, they would all be arrested and sent to jail. They also said that their parents would break their legs before the police arrested them.

Fighting is not allowed.

"Hmph, we went to the wrong place, okay? All grudges are settled, why are you still attacking people you see?"

An Fusheng: "Who said we'd cancel our agreement? So what if we beat you every time we see you?"

"Beat them every time you see them? Then we won't see them!" Ah Yao pulled Ah Guang and Ah Yuan up. "Let's go!"

"Wait, this is the restaurant we're looking for," A-Yuan said.

A-Guang: "Huh? Really? Let me check it carefully. I was interrupted before I finished checking."

An Fusheng crossed his arms and waited for them to check each word with their fingers, just like elementary school students reading a text.

"Really!" A-Yuan exclaimed.

"You own this restaurant?" Ah Guang finally realized.

An Fusheng nodded coolly.

The three were shocked.

Then he froze, stunned.

“We’re here to apply for the job,” Ah Yao said, his tone revealing three parts statement, seven parts doubt, and two parts disbelief.

An Fusheng succinctly refused: "Is that so? I won't accept it."

"All right."

The three left in frustration.

It came back three minutes later.

"Take us in."

An Fusheng: "No, we won't accept it."

A-Yuan: "If you don't take me in, my dad will beat me when I get back."

An Fusheng: "What does this have to do with me?"

Ah Yao said, "If you're looking for someone, why not us? We're very capable; you can ask us to do anything."

An Fusheng coldly turned and went home: "I don't want to accept it."

A-Yuan: "We've really changed for the better. We even helped the police find evidence to arrest Old Snake."

An Fusheng suddenly turned around and said, "Tell me what happened."

Seeing that there was hope, the group rushed to report their great achievements to An Fusheng.

"So he might go to jail," A-Yuan concluded.

Ah Guang: "Serves you right, you did so many bad things, you almost got us killed..."

Before he could finish speaking, Ah Yao slapped him shut down.

An Fusheng: "Come in."

The three of them entered the courtyard, all feeling a little excited.

"You're willing to hire us, right?"

An Fusheng did not answer.

Ji Qingqing leaned closer and asked, "What kind of coveted job is a waiter/waitress? Why are you all so excited?"

Ayao: "I buy social security here."

Ah Guang: "The salary here is four thousand!"

A Yuan nodded emphatically: "It's only three thousand elsewhere."

Ji Qingqing: "Judging from your expressions, anyone who didn't know better would think it was 40,000."

A-Yuan: "The most important thing is that the police officers told us to come. If we hadn't come, our parents would have broken our legs."

No wonder he's so persistent.

A-Yuan: "The police officer said that your family's takeout orders are too low. They can't always buy enough food because they are short-staffed, so they suggested that we apply for the job."

An Fusheng: "..."

...

There's probably no hope of developing apprentices if these people are this incompetent. The physical restaurant will be completed in a few months, and we'll need waiters then. If we recruit them now, we can use them directly later. Otherwise, it'll be chaotic if they're all novices.

An Fusheng asked, "Have you done any housework at home?"

The three of them: "..."

An Fusheng: "Do you know how to wash vegetables?"

The three of them: "Yes, yes, yes!"

"Washing the dishes?"

"Yes, yes, yes!"

"Okay, I'll get my health certificate tomorrow and come back to work when it's ready."

"Okay, okay!"

The three of them left in high spirits.

"Is it really okay to leave them here? They're petty thugs; we won't be able to stop them from doing anything bad," Wen Yue said.

An Fusheng: "So stupid, what bad things could he possibly do?"

...

Three days later, the three of them came to work with their health certificates.

The supply of takeout from Xingchen Canteen has also stopped being limited.

The Starry Night Canteen uses a mini-program for ordering, so there's no way to leave reviews. Suddenly, all the diners flocked to the video account's comment section to praise the food. Wen Yue was so flattered by the praise that she suddenly found the three of them much more agreeable.

The three of them apologized to Ji Fengnian and Bai Miaomiao as soon as they arrived at work. Since their older brother had already allowed them to come to work, Ji Fengnian and Bai Miaomiao didn't have anything to hold against them.

However, Wen Yue always treated them coldly. When she was in junior high school, a classmate was instigated to bully Wen Yue. After graduation, the classmate came to her and said that she was ignorant before and hoped that she would not mind. She did not even apologize. She was determined to mind!

Wen Yue suddenly smiled at them when they arrived at work today, which startled them so much that they stepped inside the door and then quickly retreated.

"Am I that scary?" Wen Yue retorted angrily.

The three of them finally seemed to understand and came in with fawning smiles.

Wen Yue: "..."

...

After traveling through Europe, Bai Mangmang's enthusiasm for learning English has greatly increased. Now she speaks English whenever possible and never speaks Chinese. However, she knows fewer words than a clump of leeks, so she can usually only come up with a few random words when she tries to finish a sentence.

That afternoon, as soon as Bai Mangmang came home from school, he rushed into the kitchen, saying, "Big brother, please lend me your hand chicken."

It just so happens that An Fusheng's English is also pieced together from random words, so he has no trouble understanding the abstract English. "Why do you need a cell phone?"

Bai Mangmang: "It's useful."

An Fusheng handed the phone to Bai Mangmang.

Bai Mangmang used to borrow An Fusheng's phone often, usually for researching information or grading homework. She never played games or bought things randomly, so An Fusheng trusted her a lot.

After getting the phone, Bai Mangmang skillfully entered the password, then hummed a song and opened the shopping app.

...

That evening, An Fusheng opened a shopping app to buy some cat food for Afu, only to find his shopping cart full. Inside, it was filled with all sorts of sewing machines, including toys.

An Fusheng switched to a chat app and sent a message to Bai Mangmang: You want to buy a sewing machine?

Bai Mangmang sent a super surprised emoji: How did you know?

An Fusheng: Your sewing machine has completely filled my shopping cart…

Bai Mangmang: Then I'll tell you, but don't tell anyone else, okay?

An Fusheng sent a well-behaved nodding emoji.

Bai Mangmang: I'm planning to buy it for my sister. She's wanted a sewing machine for a long time. I'll give it to her on her birthday as a surprise, hehe.

Bai Mangmang: Brother, there are so many sewing machines, I don't know which one to buy. Can you place the order for me after I've chosen one? I have money to give you.

An Fusheng: That's possible, but she probably doesn't need a toy machine, right?

Bai Mangmang: I know, I didn't choose the toy machine.

An Fusheng silently deleted more than twenty of the toy machines.

After thinking for a moment, An Fusheng clicked on He Xi's profile picture: "Ms. He, you mentioned before that you make children's clothing, right? Do you know much about sewing machines? My sister wants to buy a sewing machine, mainly for doing some handicrafts. Can you recommend one?"