Liu Meiyu booked a large private room with the owner of Quanjude one day in advance.
There were four regular employees in the two stores, Chen Lili's sister-in-law who came to help, and Brother Yao's wife, a total of eight adults, plus the triplets who insisted on coming over to join in the fun.
Liu Meiyu originally had no intention of bringing the three of them along, but when she was talking to Lu Wanjun yesterday, they heard it and insisted on coming over to join in the fun.
"Mom, let me help you hold this box."
Lu Erbao was smiling all day long and behaved very well in front of Liu Meiyu, for fear that his mother would get angry and not take them to dinner.
"Let me take it. The box is heavy."
Chen Lili's sister-in-law was very considerate and wanted to share the box with Erbao, but Liu Meiyun waved her hand and said, "It's okay, he likes it, let him hold it. He's a boy, how heavy can a cardboard box be for him to hold?"
Lu Erbao leaned against his mother and said seriously, "Auntie, it's not heavy. I'm a boy and I'm very strong."
“…”
When Liu Meiyu and the others arrived at Quanjude, Yao Shunliu had already been sitting in the private room with his people. There were also Dabao and Xiaobao. The two brothers had arrived on time by bicycle and were now sitting next to Yao Shunliu, studying the menu with a troubled look on their faces.
"Mom," Dabao said, seeing his mother and brother coming, he put down his menu and greeted them. He also gave Liu Meiyun the fruit he had taken from home, "These are winter dates that someone gave to Grandpa today. They are so sweet."
"Thank you, Dabao."
Liu Meiyu took a bite and found it was indeed crispy and sweet.
Speaking of gift-giving, she has been so busy these days that she forgot to prepare holiday gifts for her family.
Every year during the Chinese New Year, there are many guests at home. Most of them are my grandfather’s comrades-in-arms, or those who have served in the army under him. They come to visit my home and bring gifts that are heartfelt. When people leave, my grandfather will not let them leave empty-handed.
"You didn't bring it for me?" Lu Erbao rummaged through Dabao's pockets.
Dabao pushed him away: "There's a big box at home, go back and eat it yourself."
“…”
Erbao snorted, turned around and saw his mother talking to Uncle Yao with a fruit in her hand. He quietly leaned over to take a bite, then showed off to Dabao with a look of asking for a beating.
"Childish." Lu Dabao turned around and saw his silly look. He didn't want to admit that they were from the same mother.
Just as Lu Dabao was about to abandon Erbao, Xiaobao, who was sitting next to him, pulled his sleeve again: "Brother, what do you mean by this word? Squirrel, what fish?"
"Squirrel Mandarin Fish!" Lu Dabao rolled his eyes and said in disgust: "Can you read more books? You don't even know this word. You are just like an illiterate."
"I just suddenly forgot." Xiaobao tried to make excuses for himself.
The three brothers sat in a row, and were busy even looking at the menu.
Several salespeople at Huamei Clothing Store, whether full-time or helping out in the past few days, usually spoke fluently when selling clothes, but now they became reserved for some reason. The main reason was that most of them were dining in such a private room for the first time, and looking at the expensive prices on the menu, they were too nervous to breathe heavily.
Song Qi looked nonchalant. When Boss Liu asked her to order, she unceremoniously ordered the dishes she usually ordered when she came here before.
Anyway, she now knows that Liu Meiyu is not short of money.
From what she wrote down in her little notebook these days, the commission she deserved was almost as much as half a year's salary for others. Liu Meiyu owned two stores, and she roughly calculated the turnover in the past few days, and it was already more than tens of thousands of yuan.
Eating her meal is nothing.
The menu went around and returned to the triplets. Liu Meiyu saw that except Song Qi, everyone else declined to order anything. However, her three sons were very rude and wanted to try everything.
Liu Meiyu only allowed them to order one item each, and she bought the rest herself according to the menu.
While the food was being served, Liu Meiyun asked Xiaobao to bring the raffle box over.
Seeing that everyone is being too reserved, she decided to be more informal.
"The Chinese New Year is just a few days away. We gave out red envelopes last year. This year, in addition to treating everyone to a meal, we will also give out red envelopes for the Chinese New Year." As soon as Liu Meiyun finished speaking, Chen Lili and the two sales people from the head office, Zhao Hemei and Yu Cuicui, finally relaxed after being tense for a while, with smiles on their faces that were almost stretched to the back of their ears.
"Boss, I haven't passed the trial period yet, is there any?"
Song Qi raised his hand weakly.
"All of them." Liu Meiyu gave her an affirmative look and turned her gaze to Jiang Xiulan: "As for those who came to help in the past few days, I will not take care of Sister Xiulan. Let Brother Yao give your share yourself."
Jiang Xiulan was half the boss lady of Huamei, so Liu Meiyu considered it her voluntary help. She certainly had no shortage of red envelopes and other things, as Yao Shunliu's family fortune was in her hands.
As for Chen Lili's sister-in-law, a red envelope is definitely required.
He has been working very hard these days. Although he is not well educated and is not as eloquent as Chen Lili, he is very diligent in running errands to the warehouse to find goods.
As soon as Liu Meiyu finished speaking, Yao Shunliu, the second boss of the clothing store, took out a stack of red envelopes that he had prepared long ago from his pocket and stood up to distribute them to everyone.
"Thank you, boss."
There were only a few people in total, and the red envelopes were quickly distributed after a round. Not to mention, although money was distributed, Yao Shunliu felt so vain that for a moment he was happier than making money.
Sister-in-law Chen Lili never thought that in addition to her salary for the past few days, she would also receive an extra red envelope and a table full of delicious meat and dishes.
My sister-in-law's job is simply too good. Not only is the salary high, but the boss is also so nice and the benefits are really enviable. It is more comfortable than working in a state-owned factory.
With food, drinks and money to be paid, the reserved look on the faces of the veteran salesmen at Huamei Clothing Store had long since disappeared. They were all chatting and laughing, with red envelopes in their pockets. Their appetites had improved, and they were all waiting for the waiters to serve the food.
But Boss Liu gave us more surprises than just this one.
"Also, I brought this raffle box over here. It's an extra New Year gift for everyone. Everyone here can get one. It's a one-time prize until you win. Whatever you draw is what you win."
"Sister Meiyun, is this true?"
Zhao Hemei stood up happily and couldn't wait to go to the lottery box.
"You'll know if you try it." Liu Meiyu gave her her seat.
Zhao Hemei immediately reached in and grabbed the first ping-pong ball, which was white, and missed.
But Boss Liu said that she would stop after she won, so she drew the second and third... until the 11th time, when she finally won a yellow ping-pong ball with the number 2 on it.
"Finally I won, otherwise I would have been so embarrassed." Zhao Hemei returned to her seat with the ping-pong ball, feeling satisfied.
"Let me try." Yu Cuicui couldn't wait to take over. She got it right on the first try and won the third prize.
The luck of the others was similar, they either got soap or a hot water kettle. Those who got the vouchers could get them again. After all, as employees, Boss Liu gave them an internal price, which was much better than the 5 yuan discount.
When it was Song Qi's turn to win the lottery, she showed neither expectation nor joy, and even a little arrogance on her face, as if she was not at all tempted by Liu Meiyun's tricks. But when she reached in with a look of disgust and grabbed a ping-pong ball at random, before she could react, she heard Chen Lili exclaimed: "First prize! Song Qi, you are so lucky!"
When Song Qi saw the number 1 written in watercolor pen on the ping-pong ball, he was stunned. His heart was beating so fast that not only was his face blushing, but he also lost control of his emotions and threw himself at Liu Meiyu.
"Bicycle! I won a bicycle!"
Liu Meiyun: "..."
Everyone: “…”
Miss Song spent so much time building up her own personality, but in the end it all collapsed on a bicycle.
"I saw it." Liu Meiyu pulled the person off her body and looked at her as if she were a fool.
But in my heart I thought that the kind of naive and innocent character portrayed in novels who turns into a black-hearted person overnight after being cheated on can only appear in novels.
In reality, Miss Song Qi has become so miserable, but she is still just a naive person.
What Liu Meiyu didn't expect was that when she went to the restroom, Miss Song actually chased after her and asked her if she let her win the first prize on purpose to do her a favor.
Liu Meiyun frowned: "You are not drunk, right?"
"You didn't even order any wine." Song Qi shook his head, speaking in a coquettish tone, as if blaming Boss Liu for being stingy, as there wasn't even any wine for so many people to dine with.
"Then why do I feel like your brain is full of water?"
"Liu Meiyun!" Song Qi reacted angrily, completely forgetting that the person in front of her was her boss: "You are the one with water in your brain."
"You're not crazy. What are you dreaming about? I've gone to such great lengths to help you win a bicycle. Are you Daji or Baosi? Or are you my boss?"
Liu Meiyu didn't know what Song Qi's train of thought was. She had seen many naive people in her life, but she had never seen one with such a unique way of thinking.
"I'm just asking." Song Qi pursed his lips and said weakly, "I just can't believe that I'm really lucky."
Having a relationship not only hurts yourself, but also brings trouble to your family.
When her family was still in trouble, she had a lot of good friends and sisters around her, as well as uncles and aunts, who all coaxed and gave in to her. But ever since her father was sentenced, her uncles cut ties with them, and her mother remarried, she felt as if she had suddenly been abandoned by the whole world. Only Liu Meiyu helped her and gave her a little warmth when she was most sad.
Moreover, when she saw someone win a bicycle in a lottery two days ago, she mentioned it to Liu Meiyun and said that she would buy a second-hand one when she saved enough money to avoid the pain of having it stolen.
Liu Meiyu really didn't expect that in Miss Song's heart, her image was so great.
"Song Qi, if you want to say that I helped you, I can only say that it was absolutely out of humanitarian concern. No matter who you are, I will treat you the same. The time on the street before, I was afraid that you would be in danger alone, so I went to the shantytown to look for you because Su Qinghe, who worked for you, told me that he saw you there."
"As for this job, if you didn't have a degree from Huaqing University and could speak English, I would have left after putting down my things and saying a few words to comfort you."
Song Qi pursed her lips and said nothing, but her eyes were slightly red.
"Once you enter society, no one except your parents will treat you well without asking for anything in return. I'm a businessman, not a philanthropist."
When Liu Meiyu gets serious and lectures people, her tone of voice is inevitably a bit cold and harsh, even a bit inhuman.
But if she didn't make her words clear, Miss Song might still be living in a dream, thinking that she really had some unique charm, being a princess in distress, and having good Chinese roommates to give her warmth and care.
"Hua Qing will start school after the New Year, right? Are you planning to drop out and become a clothing salesperson for the rest of your life?"
Song Qi raised his head and moved his mouth, but still didn't say anything.
She didn't say anything, so Liu Meiyun said for her: "That's fine. I don't have much to lose. I'll get the same salary, and I can also learn some English sales for free. After a year or two, when Wang Meihua and the others graduate and have money to buy clothes in the store, you can introduce them to the store in English."
Song Qi was scolded by Liu Meiyu, feeling aggrieved, but trying not to shed tears: "I just don't want to use that man's money to go to school. My mother remarried because of me! But I don't want to spend a penny of that man's money!"
Sighing, Liu Meiyu said, "That's not how you use your backbone. Do you think your mother will divorce that man if you don't go to school? Have you asked her yourself? And how much does it cost for you to go to college? These two months' salary is enough for you to spend for half a year, right? You can work part-time during the holidays, and the school will provide living allowances. If you work hard and study late at night, you may even be able to get a scholarship. And why don't you look at Su Qinghe and Wang Meihua, their conditions are no more difficult than yours?"
"Can I still work part-time after I return to school?" Song Qi sniffed and got to the point.
Liu Meiyu was right. She had to go back to school. Even if she couldn't get a good job after graduation because of her father's affairs, she had to get the diploma to prove that she was a real Huaqing University student.
Didn't Boss Liu say that he valued her abilities? If she didn't have a job after graduation, she could just take her Huaqing diploma and come to Liu Meiyu to find a job. She didn't believe that Huamei would still be just these two clothing stores in two years.
"It's okay when we're short of staff during the winter and summer vacations." Liu Meiyu said in a light tone.
Song Qi wiped away his tears. His sadness came and went quickly. He was self-pitying just now, but now he was full of energy: "Then I have to sell more clothes before school starts. You can't give me a penny less in commission. I've taken note of it. Don't think of being a black-hearted capitalist!"
“…”
Liu Meiyu's face was full of black lines, she was totally unable to keep up with Miss Song's jumping thoughts.
Just a second ago, I had a glorious and majestic image, but in just a short time, I turned into a black-hearted capitalist.
However, no matter how stupid Song Qi is, as long as he doesn't fall in love, his luck is impeccable.
She could win the first prize with one draw, and she just remembered that she had an "ancestral property" in the shantytown. It looked a bit dilapidated now, but if Liu Meiyu remembered correctly, that area was expropriated and used to build a building two years later.
In other words, as soon as Miss Song graduated, she became a household to be relocated!
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