Xia Jin waved her hand and said, "It's okay, auntie. There are quite a few people here now, so you can relax a little. Besides, we can't rely on discounts to attract people all day long."
The business on this day was much worse than before, but after the final calculation, it was still about a thousand yuan a day. After all, Malatang has many regular customers and the basic base is there. As long as the taste remains the same, it will basically be fine.
Business was up and down in the following days. The lowest was only 600 to 700 yuan a day, but averaging out the daily net profit, it could reach about 700 yuan.
Xia Jin was very happy to earn so much. After all, in this era, except for those powerful families, people with an annual income of ten thousand yuan were rare in this small county.
Xia Jin can earn 10,000 or 20,000 yuan a month, so shouldn't he be happy?
Xia Jin's previous matter of recruiting shop assistants has also been put on the agenda. This time, Xia Jin plans to hire a man who is strong enough to lift some heavy objects. Besides, the store is now full of women. If someone comes in and makes trouble, having a man can deter them.
As soon as Xia Jin announced that he was recruiting, Boss Liu, whom he had dealt with before, came to him. He recommended his cousin to Xia Jin. The cousin had been a soldier before and had accidentally injured his leg while on a mission. Now he walked with a limp, but there was nothing wrong with him otherwise.
Xia Jin met this veteran in Boss Liu's shop. Although he had a leg problem, it did not affect his work at all. He was quick and hardworking, but he was a little shy. Xia Jin finally decided to keep him.
After that, Xia Jin hired another woman who was less than 30 years old. Her previous husband had passed away and she had no children. Her parents and in-laws treated her badly, so she ran away in anger. It happened that Xia Jin was recruiting workers, so she came to apply.
Xia Jin gave both of them 30 yuan a month. After recruiting them, Xia Jin rearranged the staff in the store.
Aunt Cuihong still managed the cash register, while Liu Zhonghua, the veteran, was in charge of shopping and transporting the food. The three waiters outside took turns, with the newly hired Sister Wang only working from 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM and from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM. Aunt Yang and Aunt Yu took over at 2:00 PM every day.
There are still four days of vacation per month, but you have to apply for them in advance, and you can't take them all at once and rotate them around.
After hiring a new clerk, Xia Jin was finally able to relax, so Xia Jin went to the store every morning, and then went back and forth between school and home.
And there was another good news: Gu Jingmo's injury was finally almost healed. Xia Jin came home that day and cooked a big meal by herself. After the two of them finished eating, Xia Jin said, "Your injury is almost healed. When are you going back?"
Gu Jingmo leaned on the sofa like a big boss and said to Xia Jin: "My injury is not fully healed yet."
Xia Jin said, "Don't pretend. The wound scabbed over a few days ago. Besides, your family won't be worried since you haven't shown up for so long."
"Don't worry, they all understand that this is my job."
Gu Jingmo continued aggrievedly, "Can't you just take me in for a few more days? I'm penniless and don't even have a place to stay if I go out."
Xia Jin said, "Don't pretend. How can someone who can come up with so much money in one go not find a place to live?"
Gu Jingmo said, "Isn't this mission special? The place where we lived before was under surveillance. My teammates haven't returned yet. If I go back alone, wouldn't that be like giving myself away?"
Xia Jin asked in disbelief, "Really? You didn't lie to me. And who on earth is so bold? I see your family must be a powerful family, right? They dare to hunt and kill like this."
Gu Jingmo said disdainfully: "Wealth and honor are sought in danger, and when pushed to the limit, there's nothing they can't do."
Xia Jin said, "Okay, then you can stay here first and move out when your friends come." Xia Jin lowered his head and didn't see the triumphant smile on Gu Jingmo's face. In fact, it was really dangerous, but Gu Jingmo didn't stay at home to recuperate every day during this period. Gu Jingmo had already contacted his teammates.
Moreover, the investigation mission was already halfway completed, and the smugglers would be apprehended in one fell swoop soon. However, Gu Jingmo would not tell Xia Jin this. He stayed here to better pursue the person. Of course, someone who suited Gu Jingmo's taste should be brought back to his nest as soon as possible to raise him well. If he left the person outside and was taken away by someone else one day, Gu Jingmo would not know where to cry.
Gu Jingmo settled down at Xia Jin's house, and Xia Jin was happy and comfortable. Someone cooked the meals and swept the floor. Xia Jin treated him like a servant. And he had to have a great figure. He was exactly the type Xia Jin admired. However, there were still some problems. Xia Jin had to sleep outside every night. She didn't dare to enter the space for too long, fearing she would be discovered.
November came in a flash, and the weather started to get colder. Xia Jin wrapped herself up tightly every day to go to school. After the weekend, it was Monday again. After Xia Jin sat down in the classroom, the student at the table behind her said to her, "Xia Jin, I went to eat spicy hot pot yesterday. I just realized you opened your own place. You're amazing."
Xia Jin said, "It's nothing, it's just that it's cold and it's hard to work outside. And I'm a student and can't take the whole day off, so I moved to the store to do it."
The person at the back table said, "I originally thought that your life must have been difficult after being kicked out, but I didn't expect you to be so capable. Looking at you, I know that capable people can also thrive there. Some people's families are too stupid to mistake fish eyes for pearls." The person at the back table deliberately spoke loudly, for fear that Xia Qingqing couldn't hear it.
When Xia Qingqing heard this, the books on the table were crumpled by her. She thought, Xia Qingqing, what right do you have? Just wait until I get home and tell my parents, and let them teach you a lesson. See how you can still be so proud.
Xia Jin smiled and said, "I envy you guys for having your family's care and love. My family kicked me out, and I couldn't starve to death. I had no choice but to do this."
After hearing this, the classmates around looked at Xia Jin with pity and said, "Xia Jin, if they give you trouble again in the future, I will help you teach them a lesson."
Xia Jin said, "Okay, thank you."
As for whether Xia Qingqing would go home and tell the Xia family after hearing that Xia Jin had opened a store, Xia Jin was not worried. Even if the Xia family would come and make trouble after knowing it, he had the contract signed before, and most of their family members were employees of the factory. As long as they dared to come and make trouble, Xia Jin would dare to bring these things to their factory and let everyone in the factory know. Besides, doesn't Old Man Xia care about face? Xia Jin would deliberately make a big fuss to see who is afraid.
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