Lin Xiaoxue looked at Lin Xiazhu with hurt in her eyes, tears welling up in her eyes. She opened her mouth as if to say something, but in the end, she didn't. It was too hard for her. In order to gain a foothold in the capital, she could only endure it.
She's incompetent now and has to rely on her older sister for everything. In the future, she'll have to rely on the Bai family for many things. What can she do?
"Third Sister." Lin Taozi tugged at her sleeve, signaling her not to throw a tantrum, lest she anger her eldest sister right away.
Hmph, she's always been flexible and adaptable. She wiped her eyes and fell silent. One day, she'll make everyone who looks down on her look at her with new eyes.
Lin Xiazhu let Lin Xiaoxue and Lin Taozi relax for three days, and on the fourth day she forced them to come to the coffee shop to help out and make them work as waitresses.
"Sis, do you own this coffee shop?" Lin Xiaoxue asked with a smile.
"Okay, you guys do a good job. I'll calculate your wages when summer vacation ends." Lin Xiazhu wiped the counter with a handkerchief.
"No problem, just ask me to do whatever you need." Lin Xiaoxue was excited and had long forgotten the unpleasantness of the past few days. The coffee shop belonged to her eldest sister, and their family had gained another business, further solidifying their foothold in Beijing.
Lin Taozi also came over. She is seventeen years old this year and is one centimeter taller than Lin Xiazhu. Speaking of which, the four sisters of the Lin family are all about the same height. At present, Lin Taozi is the tallest. Lin Xiazhu and Lin Chacha are about the same height. Lin Xiaoxue is slightly shorter, but she is still 1.67 meters tall.
"Big sister, you're so amazing! You didn't even look for a job after graduating from university, you're going to be your own boss? I'm so envious of you!" Lin Taozi hugged Lin Xiazhu's waist and snuggled against her affectionately. She also wanted to live such a leisurely life.
"Big sister, why don't you let me manage this place? That way you won't have to work so hard." Then she wouldn't have to continue going to school. She really didn't like studying; even getting into a vocational school was a struggle.
"I don't need you here. Go back to school after summer vacation. I went through a lot of trouble to get you in, so don't let your older sister down."
Hearing her older sister's tone, which left no room for negotiation, Lin Taozi dared not act coquettishly anymore. She could only pout and hug her older sister again before reluctantly letting go.
"Big sister, I want to learn how to make desserts."
"You can learn whatever you want, but you have to master each one before you can learn the next. Don't end up being a jack of all trades and master of none, and the things you make are unpalatable. Otherwise, your allowance will be halved," Lin Xiazhu said calmly.
"What about Second Sister?" Lin Taozi's eyes widened, and she was a little angry.
"It's all the same, go do your work, don't crowd around me." Lin Xiazhu waved her hand, dismissing them.
Lin Xiaoxue was full of energy. Together with the other waiters, she first mopped the store until it was spotless, and then wiped the tables and windows with a cloth.
Lin Xiazhu has now hired nine people, divided into three shifts: morning, afternoon, and evening. The morning shift has to clock in at the coffee shop at 8:30 and then start cleaning. Since the evening shift also has to stay to clean after work, the morning shift has a relatively easy time cleaning.
The coffee shop opens promptly at nine o'clock every morning. Now that the cleaning is finished, everyone takes off their aprons, opens the door, and waits for customers to come in.
"Big sister, can I work as a cashier?" Lin Xiaoxue seemed to have forgotten what she had just said, that she could be asked to do anything, and just wanted to sit at the counter and wait to collect money.
"Take these two days to familiarize yourself with the store. We'll see how you perform in a couple of days. If you do well, I'll let you work at the cashier."
"Okay, then I'll learn how to grind coffee beans from them first." Lin Xiaoxue rubbed her hands together, smiling, without any dissatisfaction.
Lin Taozi's approach was much simpler. She decided to learn one thing at a time, starting with making pastries. So she immediately went into the kitchen and spent the whole morning learning, putting her heart into it.
That morning, the coffee shop welcomed back some familiar faces. Lin Xiaoxue, dressed in a waitress's uniform, was tidying up a table. The customer had just left, and she was about to take away the cups and wipe the table clean with a cloth.
Because she had her back to the door, she couldn't see who the guests were, but Gu Qiao'er had a very good memory. She had met the Lin sisters just a few days ago and remembered them well. Now she was staring at Lin Xiaoxue's figure.
"Sister, do you know her?" Gu Yan followed her gaze and looked over, only seeing the other person's back. She didn't think too much about it for the moment.
"Yan Yan, don't you think this person looks familiar? Like Lin Xia Zhu's sister." Gu Qiao'er squinted and continued to stare.
The two found a table and sat down. Immediately, another waiter came over and said, "Welcome! What would you like to order?"
"Two glasses of orange juice will do." Gu Qiao'er smiled slightly, just right.
Gu Yan was facing away from Lin Xiaoxue, while Gu Qiao'er was facing her. As soon as Lin Xiaoxue turned around, Gu Qiao'er saw her face clearly and then exclaimed in surprise, "Hi, hello, you must be Lin Xiazhu's sister?"
Upon hearing her elder sister's name, Lin Xiaoxue knew the person was talking to her. She immediately stopped and turned around, saying, "Oh, it's you all. Welcome."
After saying that, she didn't want to say anything more, so she picked up the tray and walked away. She wasn't familiar with them, and she wasn't going to try to get close to them. Did they think that if they became familiar with them, they could get a free meal? Dream on. Would the coffee shop still be able to make money if they did that?
"Big sister, do Gu Yan and her cousin often come over for drinks? You didn't give them a free meal, did you?" Lin Xiaoxue carried the tray to the kitchen and then sidled up to Lin Xiazhu.
“They don’t know I own this coffee shop; they think I work here.” Lin Xiazhu sat behind the counter in a makeshift office separated by a curtain. There was a desktop computer on her desk, and she was staring at the screen.
So that's how it is. No wonder Gu Yan and her cousin looked at her so strangely earlier; they must have thought all of them were working here.
Gu Yan and Gu Qiao'er were treated like older sisters, and when Lin Xiaoxue looked at herself in a waitress's uniform serving them, the difference was too great. She felt a little unbalanced, and the passion she had just felt instantly cooled.
"Want to be a rich young lady?" Lin Xiazhu knew what she looked like without even glancing at her out of the corner of her eye, and asked in a lukewarm tone.
Lin Xiaoxue: "?" That was indeed what she thought, but she decided to give up. Her older sister wouldn't allow it, so there was no point in thinking about it anymore.
After leaving the coffee shop, Gu Yan was conflicted. She asked Gu Qiao'er, "Cousin, do you think I should tell Brother Mingxuan? Lin Xiazhu brought her younger sister here to work. Won't that embarrass the Bai family?"
"Cousin, what are you thinking about? I'm asking you a question," Gu Yan pouted.
"Yan Yan, Lin Xia Zhu has graduated from university. Logically, she shouldn't need to work part-time anymore. She should find a regular job. Why is she still working in a coffee shop?"
Gu Qiao'er realized that they had assumed things before. Lin Xiazhu might not be working here. She might own this coffee shop, and the money to open the coffee shop was given to her by Bai Ru'an.
She told Gu Yan her guess, and the latter was stunned for a long time before she finally came to her senses, but her face was very ugly. "Brother Mingxuan is investing money to open a coffee shop for Lin Xiazhu, so it must be an investment of at least several hundred thousand yuan, right?" How could Lin Xiazhu accept it with a clear conscience?
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