Chapter 45 "The Working Girl" Saving the Villain's Childhood (Part 8)...

She stared blankly at Ye Xiqing, unsure whether Ye Xiqing's resignation was more shocking or her new job as a taxi driver was more shocking.

Ye Xiqing, noticing her shock, explained, "I've already quit my previous job, and I've passed the novice driving test. I'm planning to try my hand at the taxi industry."

In fact, she could have passed the test long ago, but the original owner's PTSD was too severe. She couldn't even read the traffic regulations and took the theory test for several years. In the end, she memorized it by counting the number of words in each question and the corresponding number of words in the answer.

This may be the meaning of sunk costs. If she didn't work in a related industry, she would feel sorry for the effort she had put into getting her driver's license. So Ye Xiqing immediately decided to switch careers and drive a taxi.

Ye Xiqing didn't open a window for the original boss either.

Over the years, she has built a mutual help group for customers through food delivery, where they exchange information on food delivery, as well as other local rental and recruitment information.

Because the group consists of anonymous real people who have no scruples, and sometimes they share firsthand information about which apartment they lived in or which company they worked for, the information they get is more reliable. As a result, more and more people are willing to ask for help and share in this group, and the group chat is becoming more and more active.

Now, when the group admin posts job openings, many people respond immediately.

"My mom wants to give it a try, is that okay?"

This is another reason why this group chat is popular; it only recruits women, making it a private little base for women to help each other.

Ye Xiqing agreed and introduced the aunt who came to apply to the boss.

After helping the nanny through the adjustment period at work, Ye Xiqing resigned. The restaurant owner was naturally very satisfied that this didn't leave the restaurant vacant, although he was somewhat disappointed emotionally, he still reluctantly said goodbye to her.

After saying goodbye to his former boss, he also needed to explain things clearly to Qiu Hui.

"I won't be able to deliver breakfast to you anymore. Of course, my suggestion is that you don't offer delivery services anymore either."

“Running a shop is different from running a food stall. I still support you in running a handmade bun business, but there’s no need for one-on-one customers.”

“You can start switching to supplying vendors like you who wanted to run their own businesses but didn’t have a place to operate, or other breakfast shops that are open to customers.”

“Opening a breakfast shop that's open to customers right now is too risky for you.”

“Physical stores rely more on customer traffic. If you don’t have customers right now, you don’t have the capital to immediately move to a better location, nor do you have the capital to hire a chef and enrich the breakfast options. You might as well step back and become a ‘handmade bun supplier’.”

"In this case, we will definitely need to hire more employees for the production and wholesale of steamed buns."

"But if you want to grow bigger and stronger, you have to get rid of the mindset that labor costs are not costs. This is a stage that you must go through when expanding your business."

"I can help you find a way to manage the employees at the steamed bun shop. You won't have to make the steamed buns yourself anymore. Just supervise and manage them like a boss."

Qiu Hui listened attentively to Ye Xiqing's words, as if a new path was unfolding before her.

Can she stop making steamed buns and become her own boss?

Although she was happy every day during the five years she sold steamed buns because she made money.

But she would be happier if she could make money without making steamed buns!

Every time Ye Xiqing talked to her, he would lead her to a brighter path.

But Qiu Hui has always had a question: why is Ye Xiqing so outstanding at guiding her in life, but always does things that seem to have no future when guiding her own life?

Ye Xiqing didn't want to either. As an illiterate woman who had attended university, she was also desperate.

But on the bright side: "If I drive a taxi, I can still pick up and drop off my daughter from school, right?"

Qiu Xiaoya, who used to cry nonstop because she was scared by the "female ghost in red", has grown up a bit in five years.

Qiu Xiaoya, who had been overjoyed since moving to her new home and having her own room, was even happier upon hearing this: "Really, Aunt Fu? Will I be able to take the bus to school from now on?"

"Sure, but it's a taxi. I'm glad you don't mind."

"No way! That's so cool! I want to drive a taxi like you, Aunt Fu, when I grow up!"

"Stop, stop, stop! You should focus on your studies!"

As a child of this age, she admires Ye Xiqing's "cool" persona the most. Not long ago, she even wanted to ride an electric bike, wear a helmet, and deliver food at breakneck speed, just like Ye Xiqing.

Qiu Hui has no objection to her daughter growing up to be "like Aunt Fu".

But you can't have all the same jobs!

Although there are 360 ​​professions and every profession can produce an expert, every job Ye Xiqing would have made her heart stop if it were her own daughter.

She's even thinking that Ye Xiqing should quit her job and come work for her instead. Even her own business seems more reliable than hers!

But this idea is obviously not feasible; they both still have mortgages to pay, and neither of them can afford it alone...

Thinking about it this way, aren't they just like a real married couple, sharing the down payment, paying the mortgage, working together to support the family, and even raising children together? Why does that feel different from being married?

After thinking for a long time, Qiu Hui finally understood: she had been playing the role of the "man" in this "marital relationship" all along...

Throughout this collaboration, her business was always the most promising. Ye Xiqing had a stable job despite having no money, which helped alleviate her financial burden. However, when it came time to reap the rewards, she didn't get a share; all the money was in her hands.

If she had any conscience, she could have just kicked her out without a second thought. Although Ye Xiqing had put in half the effort, her steamed bun shop had absolutely nothing to do with her.

No wonder men all want to get married; have they been living such a good life all along?

Qiu Hui's gaze toward Ye Xiqing was immediately filled with pity.

So naive, no wonder she was deceived by a man back then...

Ye Xiqing: ?

She never imagined that one day she would be able to read pity for herself in Qiu Hui's eyes.

Do you really think she's doing charity by keeping her by her side?

Not many people may understand why some people feel that household chores, such as preparing three meals a day, are a burden.

But when you actually face this kind of work, you'll realize that it's not even about the amount of work, but about how it disrupts your train of thought.

I just got up this morning to do something, but before I could even get into the flow, it was time to prepare lunch. I wasted three or four hours preparing for the afternoon's work, and then I started preparing dinner.

There's never enough food in the fridge. Sometimes you don't know what to do when you don't have any, and sometimes you might not even need it. Even when you do need it, you might not be able to use it all.

Wilted vegetables are frustrating, but you can't not buy new ones. Throughout the day, there's nothing you can clearly define, and no period of time feels complete.

Countless trivial matters, each requiring time.

She disliked this endless, tedious work that constantly interrupted her train of thought more than heavier physical labor.

Previously, she was spared this kind of depletion because of the doting of her biological mother, aunt, and Aunt Wang.

But in this world, she has neither the convenience of kinship nor the power of money, so she can only rely on her own efforts to find herself a "fake mother".

Qiu Hui values ​​money highly, so she feels that giving her a money-making career is a very "noble" and "selfless" thing to do.

However, as a transmigrator, Ye Xiqing didn't care about the money in the small world at all, and was willing to use it to exchange for Qiu Hui's "feelings," making her willingly give to her.

Qiu Hui was so used to serving others that she took these trivial household chores for granted.

Ye Xiqing was too lazy to deal with these trivial matters, so there was simply no one more "perfect match" than the two of them.

But even the most perfect match needs maintenance, and it's time for her to demonstrate her value.

By posting job openings for the steamed bun shop through a mutual aid group, even more people immediately applied.

The group initially consisted mostly of young white-collar workers, but later, through her daughter's connections, many mothers joined.

Most housewives are excellent cooks, after all, they have to take on the responsibility of preparing three meals a day for the whole family year after year. Qiu Hui's cooking skills were honed in that way as well.

Making steamed buns isn't a difficult craft, and there are many people who are good at it, so someone immediately wanted to apply for the job.

Qiu Hui had asked her before what the steamed bun shop was called, and now I think, let's call it "Qiu Ma's Handmade Steamed Bun Shop".

...

On an auspicious day, Qiu Hui's steamed bun shop opened for business, and Ye Xiqing, a novice taxi driver, also started his job.

The audience was indeed only interested when Ye Xiqing first went to deliver food. After that, when he turned into a taxi driver, they got a little bored, so the familiar time-based method was brought out.

The acceleration in the small world is simple. This world is very familiar with the calculation logic of every piece of data in this world. Only Ye Xiqing, the outsider, will bring different changes.

However, it's unlikely that viewers could truly witness every detail of the mission participants' evolution over several decades. Therefore, Ye Xiqing's consciousness will be placed in a "sandbox" to operate, and then connected to the outside world.

The plot in the sandbox will accelerate, and Ye Xiqing's consciousness will feel that she has lived through the "real" number of years. In fact, she only did key things and left key memories at key points in her consciousness.

It sounds a bit creepy, but the truth is that normal human memory is constantly forgetting, and in the end, we can only remember a few key pieces of information.

If the entire world were to change based on one person's key memories, then the people living within it would be unable to distinguish whether they had forgotten unimportant parts of their past or whether the entire past, with its "unimportant content," was fabricated.

Based on this principle, the "Live Life" program has been running smoothly.

However, the "unpacking" time is different for different taskers. The system followed the "sandbox" and broadcast Ye Xiqing's boring taxi driver life for a long time before receiving a reminder that the sandbox had finished running.

The moment the sandbox data loaded the small world, the system couldn't wait to take a look at the male protagonist and the minor villain.

Very good, very good. They are all alive, and the Huo family group is thriving without any problems. It seems that Ye Xiqing did not do anything unbelievable during the acceleration period.

Only after confirming the status of the male lead and the young male lead did the system dare to check Ye Xiqing's recent situation. It didn't want to be so overwhelmed, but when Ye Xiqing was beyond the system's control, it was really too frightening.

Once the data was loaded, the entire world became "reality," and the system saw Ye Xiqing after "eighteen years."

Her face bore the marks of natural aging, and her clothes were a special kind of work uniform. Was she... repairing an air conditioner?

Seeing this, even the audience couldn't hold back their laughter. You really have been working for eighteen years!

Ye Xiqing calmly repaired the air conditioner, working diligently as she had for the past eighteen years.

But today's feeling is definitely different. I can't describe the feeling; it's as if every corner of the world I can see is in high definition.

When this familiar feeling came over her, Ye Xiqing knew that it was time for her, the female lead, to make her appearance.