I thought it would take some time to get the books back after I lent them out, but to my surprise, two people came to return the books the very next day before the store even opened.

“You guys are reading way too fast,” Li Jingjing said.

“We came to borrow the books yesterday morning and will read them when we get back. We don’t have any other entertainment activities right now.”

Don't you work?

"Both of our families have shops on this street. I can read books while looking after the shops, so it doesn't affect anything."

So that's how it is.

Zhou Pin brought Xu Lin over in the morning. The two of them unloaded 200 books from the car, all of which were from Xu Lin's online space.

After the store opened, people came in one after another to return and borrow books. Xu Lin watched Li Jingjing working in an orderly manner and felt that she had really found the right employee.

Li Jingjing was busy receiving clients, so the task of tying up the new book information fell to Xu Lin.

Many people saw that Xu Lin had typed out books they wanted and waited nearby. Before they could even put the books on the bookshelf, the books were taken by Li Jingjing to rent.

The bookstore's popularity was both expected and unexpected.

Xu Lin was preparing to hire another person to organize and shelve returned books. Just as she was writing the job posting while there were fewer people, Xie Yao came over.

"The bookstore is hiring?" Xie Yao asked, looking at the job posting.

"Yes, we're planning to hire someone to organize and shelve the returned books. Jingjing and I can't handle it on our own," Xu Lin said.

"I have someone in mind, can I recommend him to you?" Xie Yao said.

"Tell me about it," Xu Lin said.

Actually, Xu Lin wasn't very interested in the person Xie Yao introduced. Her family background was definitely good, and the people she knew were also from good families. Xu Lin didn't want to invite a spoiled brat back home.

"He's my cousin. He's loved reading since he was little. He's 18 now, but it's a sad story. He didn't even get to take the college entrance exam before the apocalypse, so he didn't get to go to university..."

“I think it might not meet our requirements,” Xu Lin said.

After Xie Yao finished speaking, Xu Lin immediately refused. What a joke! Kids this age are the epitome of spoiled brats, going through their rebellious teenage years. She had no intention of coaxing a child.

"Okay, but when does the second floor open? My girlfriends and I can't wait." Xie Yao didn't press the issue.

"Once the first floor is running smoothly, we'll open the second floor, which will take at least a month," Xu Lin said.

"It's been so long!"

“It will take about half a month for the first floor to get on track. I still need to recruit and train people and do renovations, which will take at least ten days,” Xu Lin explained.

That does indeed take a month. Xie Yao didn't dwell on it, chatted with them for a while, rented two books, and left.

As soon as the job posting was put up, many people came to interview. After the interviews, Xu Lin finally decided on an 18-year-old young man.

If the young man's surname hadn't been Nie, Xu Lin would have suspected he was Xie Yao's cousin.

Xu Lin originally wanted to hire a girl because she was meticulous, but in the spirit of fairness and impartiality, a boy was also interviewed. Unexpectedly, this young man was just as meticulous as the girl, and his operation was particularly smooth.

It was later learned that the young man's family used to own a bookstore, so he was very familiar with the operation of a bookstore. In addition, the young man said that he practiced Sanda (Chinese kickboxing) and had good physical fitness.

The young man meant to say he was physically fit and could easily move and organize books. Xu Lin's thought was that if anyone came to cause trouble, he'd be a real strongman!

And that's how the person was chosen.

After Xiao Nie arrived, he was diligent and quick to learn, and quickly got the hang of things, which freed Xu Lin up so she could start thinking about the tea room on the second floor.