Did they rush out too quickly?
There are two reasons.
First of all, there's still a month until the Chinese New Year. Why don't you just stay home for the rest of the month? Even if you want to go out and work, wait until after the New Year!
Secondly, you had a four-month-old baby with you. How could you bear to bring a four-month-old baby out like that? Is there no law?
Are you out here to work or to beg for food?
"Your sister has to blame for this. Ever since the baby turned one month old, she's been restless at home, constantly clamoring to go out and do something. You know our family's situation..."
"You're henpecked, you can't beat my sister! I know that."
Qi Xiuxiu chuckled to herself.
Bi Sheng could only stare blankly.
"Didn't Sister Xiuxiu get married? Why is she out here too?"
"They didn't want it anymore, so I had to come out again!"
"Huh? Really? Someone like you would be hard to find even with a lantern, and you got dumped? You must have dumped her, right?"
Qi Xiuxiu chuckled: "No matter who dumped whom, they've dumped each other anyway."
She must have dumped him.
“Alas! Things in this world are truly unpredictable. Half a year ago, when we first met Xiao Liang, he was just an ordinary rural youth. I still clearly remember the scene when he asked us to bring him out. In the blink of an eye, he has become the manager of a large dance hall.” Mu Shuihua recalled the glorious past, her expression slightly dazed.
"Haha! Sister Mu! I'm just working for someone else, so please don't try to flatter me."
"Even if you're working for someone else, you still need to have the ability. If you don't have the ability, no one will hire you."
That's absolutely right. Liang Liang is indeed capable. Even if he doesn't have the ability to be a manager, he certainly has the ability to be a gigolo.
Bah! I'm not a gigolo, it's just a matter of mutual benefit.
"Sister Mu! Your arrival is perfectly timed. The Haiyun Dance Hall is currently short-staffed, and I can't stay here every day. If the band has any events after the New Year, they'll be away for ten days to half a month at a time. If I leave, there will be no one to manage the dance hall. Sister, you have experience managing a troupe of more than thirty people, so managing a dance hall with a similar number of people shouldn't be a problem for you. Therefore, I appoint you as the deputy manager of the Haiyun Dance Hall, managing all affairs of the dance hall, and I will pay you a salary of eight hundred yuan per month. What do you think?"
He's a manager, so his salary should at least be commensurate with the title.
Eight hundred yuan is already a high salary.
Mu Shuihua never dreamed that the title of deputy manager would fall into her lap out of nowhere.
A monthly salary of 800 yuan was quite high in northern China in 1993.
"Little Liang! I've never been to a nightclub before, I'm afraid..."
"This is nothing. Nobody is born knowing how to do it. You'll understand everything after two months, and it will become second nature."
"Then...then I won't refuse."
When Mu Shuihua got a job, Bi Sheng became anxious.
"Hey bro, what do you think I should do?"
Liang Liang glanced at Bi Sheng sideways for a long time.
"I've looked at it for a long time and I think it's better for you to stay home and take care of the child."
"Ugh! I'm a grown man at home taking care of a child!"
"So what do you want to do? What can you do?"
"Surely there's something I can do?"
"You're capable, but what about your son? Sell him?"
Bi Sheng scratched his head.
"You're not very capable either. Sister Mu does the work, and you take care of the kids! Isn't that perfect?"
Bi Sheng was a little confused. It seemed to make sense, but something just didn't feel right.
"Ah, that's not right!" Bi Sheng suddenly exclaimed.
“Xiao Liang! Look, this is how it is. Working in a nightclub has its own unique characteristics. You work at night and are idle during the day. At night, your sister Mu works while I take care of the kids. During the day, your sister Mu takes care of the kids while I'm idle, right? There's not much work to do during the day, so I do some odd jobs.”
Yes, that makes perfect sense! Now that Bi Sheng says it, it's true.
But what kind of work does a nightclub do during the day?
The job involved cleaning, tending the boiler in winter, and hauling drinks and alcohol from outside.
In 1993, there was no such thing as home delivery. Every night, the nightclub had to hire its own truck to pick up the drinks and alcohol consumed from the wholesale department.
There are people specifically assigned to run the boiler, so there's no need for anyone else. The only tasks left for Bi Sheng are cleaning and picking up alcoholic beverages in the afternoon.
"There really aren't any good jobs suitable for you. If you can swallow your pride, you can do cleaning work. You'll be in charge of cleaning the entire dance hall. Sweep the floor, wipe the chairs and tables, clean up wherever there's dust. It'll be four hundred yuan a month, with room and board included."
This job is a bit hectic, but the pay is an extra hundred yuan.
Because most people don't like doing it.
There were still some rooms available in the dance hall, so the couple wouldn't have any problem finding accommodation. The dance hall also had a chef who cooked large batches of food for the guests staying there.
Bi Sheng agreed without the slightest hesitation. Since he was out there working, why should he care about saving face? Wasn't cleaning also a way of serving the people?
With Bi Sheng and his wife's jobs sorted out, Qi Xiuxiu is next.
Qi Xiuxiu could only work as a waitress, earning 300 yuan a month with room and board included.
The work arrangements have been completed, and there are no objections.
Liang Liang called over a waiter to take Qi Xiuxiu to familiarize herself with the work she was supposed to do.
Then Liang Liang took Bi Sheng to inspect the territory he was about to govern.
“Other places can be a little sloppy, but the studio cannot be spotless. It must be spotless because it will directly affect customers’ impression of the Haiyun Dance Hall. If the impression is bad, they may not come again. The extra 100 yuan you earn compared to other employees is not easy to earn.”
This job is indeed not easy. In addition to cleaning the floor, all 570 seats need to be cleaned every day. The workload is really large, and he has to be busy all day long.
Bi Sheng patted his chest and said, "Brother, don't worry, with me here, I guarantee the studio will be spotless."
After Bi Sheng understood the scope of his jurisdiction, Liang Liang returned to his office.
The office is not large, only about ten square meters. After placing two desks against the wall and two wooden cabinets, there is not much space left.
From now on, he and Mu Shuihua will work in this office.
Mu Shuihua had a lot of work to do; she was responsible for everything from eating and drinking to sleeping and using the restroom for everyone in the dance hall.
"Wait a minute! I did all of that, so what did you do?" Mu Shuihua asked belatedly.
"My job is to be beautiful!"
"What does that mean?"
"I'll be responsible for the stage performances, but you'll be responsible for everything else. Even if I'm not performing at home, you'll still be responsible."
"You've paid for a slave."
"Heh! You think being a deputy manager is easy? If it were easy, I'd be doing it myself and then handing it over to someone else."
Mu Shuihua was just trying to lighten the mood; she felt she was perfectly capable of handling the job.
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