Chapter 128 Chapter 128 “This restaurant…

"Is this restaurant really ours?" Chen stood at the door, watching the waiter take down the plaque, her mouth wide open.

The others weren't much better off, especially Su Tao, who ran up to the third floor and waved at them in surprise, "Mom, grandma, come up and see! You can see our food shop from here!"

"Really?" Chen, upon hearing that they could see their own food shop, said to Mrs. Wu, "Come on, mother, let's go up and take a look."

"good."

Then the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law went upstairs to the restaurant, while Old Man Su was on the side directing the people who were moving things to be careful with them. When he saw the two of them going upstairs, he asked Su Li, "What are you and the others doing?"

Su Li, "Fourth sister said that our food shop can be seen from upstairs, so grandma and the others went upstairs to take a look."

"Can we really see it?" Old Man Su asked while asking people to be careful.

Su Li thought about it and felt that it should be possible, but she just didn’t look carefully that day.

Old Man Su was also a little moved when he heard this. If there wasn't someone watching here, he would have wanted to go and take a look.

Seeing this, Su Li naturally understood what he was thinking, so she said, "Master, if you want to go, go ahead. I'll just watch over here."

Old Man Su was a little embarrassed. "Then I'll go take a look and come down right away."

Su Li nodded.

At this time, Ma Laosi, who came to help renovate the restaurant, came in and said, "Wu Ya, your cousin said that you should clear out the middle and put up a stage?" Ma Laosi pointed to an empty space in the middle of the restaurant and said.

"Yes, uncle."

This was something Su Li came up with these days. She wanted to build a stage for watching performances so that guests could watch the show while eating.

In fact, there was an empty space in the lobby of the original Yaoyue Building specifically for storytelling performances, but Su Li felt it was too small. Sometimes when there were too many tables and people, it was basically impossible to see or hear the sound of the performance. So Su Li thought about it and came up with this idea to increase the fun.

"Are you sure, Wu Ya? Why don't you ask your grandfather and the others first?" Ma Laosi had never seen a restaurant with such a big stage. It looked more like a theater than a place for dining.

"Uncle, just change it like this." Su Li said in a gentle but firm tone. She knew that the other party was doing it for her own good and was worried that the restaurant would not make money or something. She could understand. After all, in the past few years, many people looked down on her because she was a girl. No matter what she did, they asked her to ask the male elders in the family, as if she had no right to do anything just because she was a girl.

It wasn't obvious before, but with the opening of the food shop and now the restaurant, it has become more and more obvious. Sometimes some people know that she is the manager of the restaurant, but they will still ask Old Man Su for help whenever there is something, including the waiter who just came in to deliver the ordered plaque and the people who come to work. So every time this happens, she will firmly tell the other party that she can make the decision.

The purpose of her doing this was also to consider that after all, there would definitely be more and more people coming to the restaurant in the future. If everyone felt that her suggestions were not important and were unwilling to listen to her, then it would be troublesome to do things. So in order to avoid too much trouble, she naturally had to nip this trend in the bud from the very beginning.

Sure enough, later on, Ma Laosi asked Su Li directly if he had any questions, and never asked Su Li to ask other people like he did at the beginning.

This also saves a lot of trouble.

Back to the other side, on the third floor, after Chen and Mrs. Wu arrived, they looked into the distance and saw the sign of Su Ji Food Shop hidden among various shops a few streets away. They were very happy and talked and danced for a long time.

"Mom, come and see, I saw Black Tiger and Yuanbao."

"where?"

"There."

Su Tao pointed somewhere, and Chen looked in the direction of her finger. It was indeed her own Black Tiger, sleeping next to the shop, with Yuanbao standing next to it, chewing grass.

“It’s true.”

It was a sunny and cloudless summer day. Standing on the third floor, several people felt that all the beauty was in sight. At the same time, there was also a sense of unreality. Would this big restaurant really be theirs in the future?

However, this feeling of unreality did not last long, because there were so many things they needed to do during the preparation of the restaurant. The first thing was to recruit people. The Su family discussed it and decided to go back to the village to see if there was anyone willing. As a result, once the news got out, it was a big deal. Almost everyone with sons and nephews came. In addition, Su Li did not limit it to men or women, so many women also came.

You know, in recent years, anyone who has a good relationship with the Su family has made money and built a house. Other families have been envious of them for a long time, but they are just troubled by the fact that the Su family only has one food store and cannot employ so many people. Now that the Su family has opened a restaurant, won’t more people come?

However, more people naturally means all kinds of people, and not everyone in the village is hardworking, so Su Li handed the task of recruiting people over to Aunt Lu and Aunt Mo. The two of them have been in the village for a long time and know who is in which family, so it is naturally the best thing to ask them to help.

Finally, after layers of screening and strict assessment, two capable women and two good young men were left. The young men were none other than Lu's two sons. They had worked in the county town before, and one of them worked as a waiter in Xiangmanlou. This time, when he heard that Su Li was recruiting, he quit his job and wanted to work with Su Li.

You know, they have long been envious of their mother's salary at Su Ji Restaurant. Not only is the salary high, but there are also various festival gifts. In comparison, they are tired and hard-working, and they earn less than half of their mother's in a month. How can they not be discouraged? So after learning that Su Ji Restaurant opened, they quickly found Lu's family to try to get in through the back door.

But who is Lu? She clearly distinguishes between public and private affairs and does not recognize relatives. She directly asked the two of them to take part in Su Li's assessment together. In the end, Su Li compared them and found that they were indeed hardworking and had good personalities, and were very suitable to be waiters, so she decided to keep them.

In addition to these people, Su Li also recruited two waiters and several kitchen servants to help wash vegetables and clean. With this, the staff was almost complete.

However, something happened in the meantime. The person who came to the restaurant looking for work was actually someone Su Li was very familiar with, that was Li Chunhua.

Speaking of which, Su Li actually didn't have any other thoughts about Li Chunhua. On the contrary, she felt quite sympathetic towards her for having such a mother.

So when Li Chunhua came, Su Li still received her warmly, "Sister Chunhua, why are you here? Come in and sit down."

Li Chunhua lowered her head, glanced at Su Li, and then lowered her head again. She whispered, "Sister A Li, I heard that your restaurant is hiring. Can I come?"

Upon hearing this, Su Li did not refuse outright, but instead asked, "Sister Chunhua, did you want to come here on your own? Or did your mother ask you to come?"

Li Chunhua's eyes wandered, and she said timidly, "My mother asked me to come."

Su Li knew this was the case and was not too surprised. She still did not refuse, but just changed the subject.

"It's almost noon, have you eaten yet?"

Li Chunhua didn't know why Su Li asked this and shook her head. She had just finished cutting grass for the pigs in the morning and had not had time to eat when her mother called her out and asked her to come to the county.

"Then let's eat first. I've been busy all morning and I'm a little hungry."

"No, thanks, I'm not hungry." Li Chunhua curled up her dirty toes in her straw sandals.

However, Su Li did not give her room to refuse, "Just think of it as accompanying me for dinner."

After saying that, Su Li went to the kitchen to take out the lunch that Chen had sent over. In the past few days, Chen had been sending meals to her at the restaurant.

It wasn't any other food, they were all sold in food stores. We just ordered a little bit each, but the portions were quite large, enough for two people.

She gave half of the rice to Li Chunhua, and then moved the dish in front of Li Chunhua.

"Eat, Sister Chunhua."

Li Chunhua was a little hesitant, but the hunger in her stomach made her finally pick it up and start eating.

Ever since her father and elder brother left, her mother took out her frustration on her, beating and scolding her every day, and not letting her eat enough. She has been hungry for several days now.

"Sister Chunhua, eat slowly." Su Li felt a little uncomfortable when she saw the girl wolfing down her food in front of her. However, despite feeling very uncomfortable, she still didn't plan to keep her.

After all, she really didn't trust Liu. If she kept her, it would be like burying a time bomb. Who knew what she would do in the future? Moreover, to be cruel, even if Su Li wanted to help, she would not help someone who didn't know what he wanted to do.

So, although she was very sorry, Su Li still said after Li Chunhua finished eating, "Sister Chunhua, I'm really sorry, our restaurant can't have you."

Li Chunhua originally thought that Su Li asked her to eat because she wanted her to stay, but she didn't expect to hear these words after eating. She became anxious for a moment and almost cried, but she also knew what her mother had done, so it was normal that the other party didn't want her.

"I'm sorry." She lowered her head and returned to the timid look she had when she first entered the door.

Su Li looked at the other party, but finally couldn't bear it and said, "If Sister Chunhua wants to come one day, I will definitely welcome her."

Want to come by yourself?

Li Chunhua didn't understand what this meant. She just thought that Su Li said it on purpose because she didn't want her to do it.

It was not until she returned home and her mother heard that the Su family did not want her that she once again beat and scolded her, deprived her of food, and locked her outside the door for the night. For the first time, she felt that she did not want to continue living like this. She thought of the scene when she saw her sister Ali during the day. People who were originally the same as her were now wearing bright clothes that she had never seen before, and eating delicious meals that she had never eaten before. She wanted to be that kind of person, she wanted to live that kind of life.

She remembered the stories in the village about the Su family opening food shops and how they worked hard to earn money step by step. She also remembered that her mother told the matchmaker that she wanted to marry her to a lame man just to get an extra ounce of silver.

The more Li Chunhua thought about it, the clearer her mind became. She kept thinking about the past and the future. You know, in the past, Li Chunhua had never thought about her future, and she didn't even look forward to the future. For her, the future was like escaping a tiger's den and entering a wolf's den. The complaints of the women in the village and her mother's harshness made her understand a truth at a young age, that is, even her own mother may not love you and treat you well, so how good would it be to marry into someone else's family?

So in fact, she understands what her future life will be like better than anyone else. Over time, she naturally stops looking forward to it, and even stops thinking about it. After all, there is no point in thinking about it, because she has to live that kind of life anyway.

But was it really useless? Was that really the only way out? Did she really have to listen to her mother and marry a cripple?

No, it's not.