Upon learning that He Wenlin was hiring sales clerks, Xia Lijuan thought of her younger sister, Xia Lifeng.
Xia Lifeng is the same age as He Wenlin and will also graduate from junior high school in June. Her sister's combined score in the three main subjects is less than 100 points, so there is no hope of her getting into high school.
Her family also wanted her to come to Shaoxing.
Xia Lijuan felt that He Wenlin was the most difficult person to talk to in the entire He family.
So she called He's mother and asked Xia Lifeng to work at He Wenlin's cake shop.
He's mother knew that He Wenlin didn't like Xia Lijuan, so she didn't agree immediately. Instead, she said to her, "I need to ask if everyone has been found yet."
Upon hearing this, Xia Lijuan on the other end of the phone was displeased and immediately said, "The shop hasn't even opened yet. Even if we hire her, we can still let her go elsewhere. Auntie, you can only feel at ease if you hire your own people to run a shop."
Aunt He chuckled twice and said, "Let me ask first, and I'll contact you later."
After hanging up the phone, Xia Lijuan angrily threw her phone aside and complained to He Wenhua, "I really don't want to talk about your family!"
He Wenhua didn't even look up, and replied, "Then don't say it."
Xia Lijuan became even angrier upon hearing this: "What do you mean?"
It means "it doesn't mean anything".
"It's just arranging a job for my sister. I'm not asking her to make her a manager or a factory director. It's just a shop assistant, and she's making all this fuss." Xia Lijuan said, her face flushed with anger. "He Wenhua, do you think your aunt's disagreement is because she looks down on me? It's because she looks down on you!"
Don't say that, He Wenhua really felt uncomfortable hearing it.
He's quite annoyed with Xia Lijuan right now, but it's just a shop assistant job; his aunt and uncle can easily arrange it for her. Xia Lijuan is, after all, one of his people, so…
He Wenhua didn't want to think that way.
...
After hanging up the phone, He's mother immediately called He Wenlin, but He Wenlin didn't answer. She guessed that get out of class hadn't ended yet.
About ten minutes later, He Wenlin called her back: "Mom, what's wrong?"
“Lijuan just called me and said that her sister graduated from junior high school and she wants her sister to work at the cake shop. I didn’t agree. I said I need to ask if they have all the staff yet.”
He Wenlin pondered for a moment and said, "I can't refuse, can I? Even if we don't care about the monk, we should at least consider the Buddha. She's still my brother's person. If we don't agree to this little thing, my brother will think we look down on him."
"That's what I thought too. It's just a sales clerk position, so I told her..."
"Okay, make sure to explain the salary and benefits to her, and then have her sister come as soon as possible."
"OK."
...
After hanging up the phone, He's mother quickly called He Wenhua back.
He Wenhua answered the phone.
He's mother said to her, "Wenhua, Lijuan just told me that her sister is coming to work at the cake shop. I asked her, and they happen to be short one person. However, the salary here is not as high as in the factory. It's 500 yuan a month, with three days off a month and eight or nine hours of work a day. On statutory holidays, you get 100 yuan a day. Food and accommodation are not included. Ask Lijuan if it's okay. If it is, try to come as soon as possible."
He Wenhua had been feeling quite upset, but now that he received this phone call, all his worries had vanished.
She smiled and said, "Auntie, thank you so much for your trouble. I'll tell Lijuan when she gets back."
"She's not home?"
"She's not here. She went to the factory to pick up an order. I'll tell her when she gets back."
When He Ma heard that she wasn't there, she asked He Wenhua, "I heard that Lijuan is asking for a dowry of 50,000 yuan? Has that been resolved?"
Mentioning this, He Wenhua also looked distressed: "No, I said we only have a few thousand yuan for the bride price. We'll see how much we earn at the end of the year, and then we'll give according to our store's income. The minimum is 16,800 yuan. She even said I looked down on her."
When asked about her dowry, she said, "Isn't she herself more important than the dowry?"
He Wenhua was speechless; he couldn't answer those words.
“Sixteen thousand eight hundred is not a small amount. In the village, Lei Yazi’s bride price is six thousand eight hundred, plus three gold pieces,” said Aunt He. “You two should discuss it carefully. Our family’s financial situation is only so good, and she knows that.”
...
Xia Lijuan returned less than two minutes after the aunt and niece hung up the phone.
He Wenhua told her, "My aunt called and said that your sister can work at the cake shop. The salary is the same as everyone else, 500 yuan a month. It doesn't include food and accommodation. There are three days off per month. On statutory holidays, it's 100 yuan a day. The workday is about eight or nine hours. If you're willing, come over as soon as possible."
"Only five hundred?"
"Isn't this the salary for shop assistants? What more do you want? Factory workers work more than ten hours a day and still don't earn more than a thousand. Plus, there's a hundred yuan a day for working on statutory holidays. There are eleven statutory holidays a year, so on average, it's about six hundred yuan a month."
Xia Lijuan felt the salary was too low and said in a low voice, "But it doesn't include food and accommodation. The factory provides accommodation, and at least you don't have to worry about water and electricity bills."
He Wenhua said impatiently, "Then let your sister work in the garment factory. Accommodation is provided. Garment factories are short of people."
"Linlin asked if the food factory is hiring? Maybe I could work there..."
"Don't think about it. Linlin told me a few days ago that the food factory is in its off-season right now, and they're moving to a new factory in the second half of the year, so they're not hiring for the time being. Don't just think about things on a whim. As long as there's a job, that's fine. If your sister is capable, she can make a name for herself as a shop assistant."
Xia Lijuan fell silent.
She planned to wait until her sister arrived, work for a while, and then let her choose for herself.
The day of the college entrance examination is just around the corner.
Because classrooms are used as examination venues for the college entrance examination, all students except those in the senior year of high school are on holiday for the next two days.
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