The bosses ate and drank well and left drunk.
A large lantern shone brightly in the evening sky hung high under the eaves of the restaurant. The moon rose to the middle of the sky, and clear light poured through the gaps between the rubble and the white walls. Xianjin lowered her head, and her feet swung back and forth on the threshold as if playing - she was waiting here for the mule cart to return to the orange garden.
Like working in the inner ring road and living on the North Fourth Ring Road, which is a very long commute.
Well, unlike the poor migrant workers in Beijing, she has her own car and a driver.
Hehe, I'm so sorry.
Xianjin's thoughts flew away to who knows where, when a gentle and soft voice sounded behind him.
"Don't step on the threshold—"
Xianjin turned around and saw the mother of the Star of Hope, Boss Duan, who was showing great power today, walking towards him calmly and gently, with a smile on her face, no longer as crazy as she was today. "Children, remember not to step on the threshold. The threshold is a wall that keeps all bad things out of the house. If you step on it, you are clearing a path for bad luck to flow."
Xianjin:!!!
Jump down immediately!
He even bent down to brush off the dust from the threshold master, and respectfully apologized, "Master, it was an unintentional mistake, please don't blame me, please don't blame me!"
Boss Duan smiled, with a warmer smile in his eyes, "This kid looks fearless, but he believes in these nonsense about cause and effect the most."
Xianjin raised his head and said confidently, "Businessmen, there is no one who doesn't believe! I met a boss who never checked the accounts in the morning. Even if the money was really urgent, he would wait until after lunch to discuss it."
Boss Duan tilted his head, "Why?"
"Give money out in the morning, and your business luck will be bad all day!"
Boss Duan laughed, "Doesn't that mean we won't reconcile the accounts on the first day of the new year? If we pay out at the beginning of the month, our fortunes will be unlucky for the whole month."
Xianjin nodded.
"Then don't give it to me in the first month of the year, otherwise my fortune will be bad for the whole year?"
Xianjin thought about it, felt it made sense, and nodded.
Boss Duan was overjoyed. "Isn't this just a simple attempt to delay the payment?"
Xianjin also laughed, "But that boss's business is indeed getting bigger and bigger!"
Boss Duan smiled and said, "That's for sure. A boss who is stingy and eloquent and always makes excuses for being stingy will definitely have bigger and bigger business!"
Xianjin laughed out loud.
The laughter of the two gradually faded away.
Xianjin's mule cart stopped at the door with a "clacking" sound. Xianjin opened the curtain and invited Boss Duan to get in the cart. "...Aunt, it's getting late. Let me take you home."
Boss Duan was not polite to Xianjin. He put one hand on Xianjin's arm and held the basket door with the other hand to get on the mule cart. Xianjin sat next to him and chatted with him for a few words. Xianjin smiled and said, "I didn't expect you to take over the big business of the Chen family."
Boss Duan reached out his hand and tucked his hair elegantly, speaking in a somewhat arrogant voice, "I took the job not because of the Chen family. I saw a shop assistant helping his gray-haired mother to get medicine - except for the 19 new people you hired, the 20 or so old shop assistants of the Chen family have been helping out for their entire lives, and they shouldn't bear the punishment brought about by the incompetence of their master."
Xianjin was stunned.
She thought Boss Duan was because of Chen Erlang's father...
Xianjin stood in awe.
Boss Duan raised his lips slightly, revealing a small dimple. "Actually, I don't know anything, but someone has to stand up. If people are disappointed, it would be a serious sin. After Erlang's father died, I couldn't sleep well all night. That night, after I volunteered to stand up, I actually slept until dawn for the first time in my life."
Xianjin smiled and listened to Boss Duan quietly. After a while, he said softly, "People... have to find something to do."
Boss Duan nodded slightly, "That's right, but it's a pity that I didn't understand this until I was over 40."
"It's not too late." Xianjin said softly.
Boss Duan's eyes remained gentle and calm. "It's not too late. I thought I would be too busy to do anything. Who knows, when I really start to do it, although it is difficult, it is not impossible to do. Although I am not very good now, I am from a family of scholars. I have been to school at home, and I can read and do arithmetic."
"I'll start with the account books. Thanks to you, the Chen family's account books in recent years are clean and clear. When did they buy the raw materials, where did they buy them from, and how much did they pay? When did they place more orders with Xiaocao Village and when did they make more paper themselves? What is the cost of each type of rice paper? Where is the profit?... There are many things and they are complicated, but it's still interesting."
Boss Duan's voice was calm, but one could hear the obvious joy in his voice.
A faint smile appeared on Xianjin's face.
Boss Duan seemed to have a lot to say, and today he finally found an opportunity to talk. "Oh, I also stopped the monthly salary for the second brother's family! The wages of the maids, servants, and old women in their yard were all stopped! - If you don't work for a day, you can't lie down comfortably for a day!"
"And the two young masters from the third room! Although Sanlang..."
Boss Duan thought for a while about how to evaluate the frail Chen Sanlang. "Although Sanlang is a little strange, he has been managing the shop. Silang has been using the excuse of studying as an excuse to not work or do any work. I sent him to Xuantian to work as an accountant!"
The Chen family was like a winter insect with its legs frozen stiff, frozen stiff by the severe cold. If they were not poured with some hot oil, they would probably die before the arrival of spring.
"Now the eldest son's widow is in charge. I am not their biological mother or grandmother. You are so strict with yourself, but the men in the family are having an easy life!"
Boss Duan said in a relaxed tone, "Second uncle is honest after all. He stayed at home for a few days and then went back to work at the paper mill. Second brother's wife also took the initiative to take over the family business and help take care of the household expenses. Third brother's wife also became busy all day..."
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