After finishing their meal, the peak hours were almost over, so He Haowen and Shen Yulan took He Shufang to inquire about hiring waitresses.

The proprietress was working on her abacus when someone asked about work, so she quickly put down her ledger.

"Hey girl, want to work as a waitress?"

She looked He Shufang up and down, a smile spreading across her plump face.

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There's no need to worry about lunch; An Guoren, who goes to work, and the two sisters, who go to school, all bring their own lunches. An Guoren also occasionally goes out to eat with his coworkers.

Seeing that He Shufang was interested, the proprietress asked, "Young lady, what do you think? If it's suitable, you can start working tomorrow! Our restaurant is especially busy during the Spring Festival, and we are most short-staffed! If you work all the way until the Lantern Festival without taking any days off, you can also get a five-yuan bonus!"

He Shufang answered almost without hesitation, "I can! I'll start work tomorrow!"

"Okay, let's sign a contract and put our fingerprints on it first. You can start working tomorrow. I'll find someone to train you for a few days. You're such a smart girl, you'll be proficient in no time!"

When signing the contract, He Haowen and Shen Yulan helped to review it and made sure there were no problems before letting He Shufang sign it.

Upon receiving the contract, He Shufang was so excited that she was incoherent.

"I never thought finding a job would be so easy! I thought nobody would want someone like me!"

He Hao laughed and said, "Sis, finding a job is really not that easy. If Yulan hadn't helped you with your precise job search, how could you have found a job so smoothly?"

He Shufang quickly grasped Shen Yulan's hand and kept thanking her: "Yes, it's all thanks to Yulan. She thought I was suitable to be a waitress!"

When they got home, He Hao asked, "Sis, how are you going to tell your husband about going out to work?"

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He Shufang said, "Don't worry about that. I know your brother-in-law's temper best, and I know exactly what he likes to hear!"

Shen Yulan quietly reminded him, "When my sister talks to my brother-in-law later, we should just listen and make sure you don't get into a conflict with him."

Shen Yulan thought that An Guoren would definitely be angry as soon as he heard about it. He had a serious male chauvinism and felt that it was disrespectful for his wife to find a job without consulting him.

However, Shen Yulan felt that He Shufang could successfully persuade An Guoren.

She is not only skillful with her hands, but also with her tongue.

That evening, He Shufang specially prepared an extra dish of braised pork.

When An Guoren got home from get off work and smelled the aroma of meat, he said sourly:

"Oh my, now that Haowen is back, you're finally willing to eat meat. You usually don't let me eat meat even once every ten days or half a month."

Although he said that, a smile still appeared in his eyes when he was able to eat meat.

He Shufang came out carrying a bowl of braised pork, and said with a smile:

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He Shufang put down her chopsticks and said earnestly, "Guoren, you have worked day and night for this family all these years. You have worked so hard. I can't earn a penny, and I feel bad seeing you suffer."

An Guoren was the type of person who responded better to gentle persuasion than force. His wife used sweet words to coax him and elevate his status, which naturally made him happy and proud.

"I'm glad you know I've been working hard!"

He glanced at He Shufang and thought his wife was quite pleasing to the eye. Putting aside everything else, although she was forty years old, she still had fair skin and a well-proportioned figure, and the foundation from her youth was still there.

If you dress up carefully, you'll look at most thirty-five or thirty-six years old.

His coworkers often praised his wife for being young and beautiful, which greatly satisfied his vanity.

If it weren't for He Shufang's gentle and diligent nature, and how she had taken good care of him all these years, he wouldn't have paid for He Haowen's tuition.

"If you really care about me, then go to the hospital more often, get some checkups, and try to give me a big, healthy son!"

He Shufang's face flushed red instantly.

"You're getting more and more indecent as you get older! I'm forty, how could I possibly have another child?"

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An Guoren didn't take it seriously: "So what if you're forty? My coworker's wife is forty-five, and she still gave birth to a big, healthy son! You're only forty, so you can't have children?"

"In front of Haowen and Yulan, you..."

"They're not young anymore, what can't they say?"

He Shufang was in a hurry to get down to business, so she just casually agreed, "Okay, okay, I'll listen to you."

She put another piece of meat on An Guoren's plate before saying, "I felt that Susu and Yueyue were both grown up, and it wasn't right for me to stay at home all the time, so I went out to ask about jobs, and I didn't expect to find one so easily!"

An Guoren scoffed dismissively, "What kind of job can you find?"

In his eyes, He Shufang could do nothing but wash clothes, cook, and take care of the children.

"A waiter at a restaurant only makes forty yuan a month! The owner said they're short-staffed before the New Year and wants me to start work tomorrow!"

He Shufang could no longer contain her excitement.

An Guoren was taken aback: "What? Forty a month? Are you kidding me? I only make fifty-odd yuan a month at the factory, and you, a woman, can earn forty yuan just by serving dishes?"

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He Shufang proudly raised her head: "The boss said that if I do well this month, I'll get a five-yuan bonus!"