Chapter 503 Si Xi Didn't Come to the Restaurant

Just then, they heard the sound of a ruler hitting a table behind them.

Upon hearing this, the girls immediately dispersed and obediently sat down in their respective places, while Sisi remained standing there dumbfounded, at a loss for what to do.

Zhong Le strolled over, looked Si Xi up and down for a moment, and asked, "Your name is Si Xi?"

From everyone's reactions, Sixi could tell that this was the school's female teacher. She nodded and said, "Yes, Manager Wan recommended me."

Upon hearing this, Zhong Le didn't react much, simply nodding and asking, "Can you read? How many characters do you know?"

"I can recognize...the characters on the restaurant menu, I can roughly read them." Sixi looked up at the middle-aged woman in front of him, his eyes only seeing the words "upright and elegant".

She didn't know where Manager Wan had found this female tutor, but she could sense that this tutor's oppressive aura was no less than that of the masters and ladies of some ordinary families she had met before.

"If I randomly name a dish, can you write it down?"

Zhong Le's question left Sixi completely bewildered.

At Xinglong Restaurant, when customers ordered dishes, they would memorize the names of the dishes blindly, and then ask Liu, the accountant, to transcribe them, citing their poor handwriting.

Even if you write it yourself, it's just copying what you see, like scribbles.

In this way, the two managers did not require everyone to write down the dishes ordered by the customers themselves. Instead, they assigned a literate person to the front of the house and a person in the back of the house to read out the dishes.

"I...I can't write," Sixi answered honestly, lowering his head.

Zhong Le didn't react much to this and said, "Okay, I'll find a seat and we can start class!"

Upon hearing this, Luo Kui knew that the teacher had finished asking questions, so she stood up and said, "Teacher, please sit with my new friend. I will take good care of her."

As she spoke, she stood up and pulled Sixi to sit down in the empty seat next to her. She then took out her book, opened it, and said, "The teacher won't start from the beginning just because someone is new, so I'll fill in the gaps in your knowledge."

Si Xi looked at Juan's small handwriting on the book and felt envious.

The girl looked younger than me, but her handwriting was so beautiful.

"Are you really Sixi from Xinglong Hotel?" Luo Kui asked cautiously again.

Si Xi hesitated for a long time, but still nodded. Anyway, everyone in the restaurant knew she was a woman.

If Manager Wan can open a girls' school, it means that there won't be any problems with her publicly acknowledging her female identity.

"That's wonderful!" Luo Kui murmured, a bright smile curving her face.

Si Xi thought she was going to say something more, but to her surprise, she only said this one sentence and then said nothing more.

Then, Zhong Le's voice rang out from the podium, "Everyone, turn to your books and continue with the page we discussed yesterday..."

Inside the house, the sound of reading aloud filled the air.

Inside Xinglong Restaurant, both new and old employees gathered together, discussing why Sixi hadn't come today.

"Sixi is usually very punctual, but today he's an hour late!"

Does that mean that being late will result in a deduction from wages?

"Not only will you be penalized for being late, but you'll also be penalized for slacking off." Tie Niu glanced at the group of people gathered together and said, "You guys have gotten quite bold, chatting here during work hours. Aren't you afraid Manager Wan will see you?"

The veteran employee immediately replied, "Tie Niu, we know you're Manager Wan's man, but you wouldn't report us, right?"

“He won’t, but I will.” Xiao Liu frowned at the group and said, “Don’t think you can be so lazy just because the manager isn’t here.”

“It’s not that we’re lazy. It’s still early, and there are only two tables of guests upstairs. We can’t possibly have all of us serving them, can we?”

This person's rebuttal made Xiao Liu and his group realize that a large number of people in the restaurant would easily lead to everyone slacking off, which was a rather troublesome matter.

"It's not necessary!"

The woman's voice coming from outside the door startled the person who was refuting her.

Before these people could react, Wan Qiqi had already walked in, her cold eyes sweeping over everyone. "It seems I've been too lax in managing the restaurant lately, which is why you all have such leisure time."

Her gaze finally settled on the senior employee who was leading the charge, a cryptic smile curving her lips. She said, "Anyone who knows the restaurant rules and still leads the way in violating them, go find the accountant and get your wages paid and leave!"

"No... Manager Wan, you can't do this!" The veteran employee, ignoring his fear, hurriedly said, "There are no customers right now, we were just chatting casually, why are you firing me?"

“You’re setting a bad example. Do you think I’d keep you around to make the restaurant even lazier?” Wan Qiqi narrowed her eyes and turned to look at Xiao Liuzi, saying, “Liu’er, take out your registration book and settle accounts with him. Tell him how many times he’s done this.”

"No, I didn't!" the veteran employee continued to struggle.

Wan Qiqi didn't give him a chance. She went to the counter herself, checked the person's working hours, settled the money, and placed it on the counter.

Her actions finally made others realize that Manager Wan was serious and not joking.

They all shrank back, not wanting Manager Wan to see them, fearing they would be the next to suffer.

After dealing with the long-term employees, Wan Qiqi asked all the free employees to gather in the main hall.

Wan Qiqi glanced at everyone and said, "Now there are more staff in the restaurant, but not as many things to do. I hope everyone can be more meticulous than before. Of course, in this situation, we are weeding out the weak, so I hope everyone can maintain their performance and not become the next one to be eliminated."

Although many people don't understand what "survival of the fittest" actually means, they understand the meaning of the second half of the sentence.

If you don't perform well, you'll be eliminated.

"Also, I'll reiterate: when there are no customers, keep the restaurant thoroughly clean! Only a clean environment can ensure customers have a pleasant dining experience, understand?"

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