Lin Zizhu took his lips away from the straw and uttered a few words in a clear and loud voice, "Lin Zizhu, Shuangmu Lin, bamboo of bamboo."
Tan Zhilin didn't dare to look at the beauty directly. His eyes were fixed on the wet part of the straw, and he felt his throat dry.
Should he open a bottle of soda, too?
"Lin, Zi, Zhu...what nice names."
As the name suggests, this girl herself is like a lush green bamboo in the bamboo forest, fascinating.
"Cough cough..." Tan Zhilin coughed lightly and forced himself to pull his thoughts back.
"You just asked me if we were still hiring, right?"
"Yes, that's right." Lin Zizhu nodded.
Tan Zhilin asked hesitantly, "Can I ask first, what is your current identity?"
This girl is different from the other working girls who came to apply for the job before. She has a scholarly air.
More like a student.
It’s not like there haven’t been students applying for part-time jobs here before.
But Jiang Tiantian is not interested in hiring part-time employees at the moment. She shares the same idea as Tan Zhilin that "Xifulai" Hotpot City will be opened as a chain store in the future.
She now hopes to recruit some employees who are willing to settle down and work in the hotpot city with peace of mind and who are willing to grow with them in the future and have a sense of ownership.
Cultivate reserve talents for subsequent chain stores.
Part-time college students already receive monthly subsidies, so their living expenses are not a problem, and they all have bright futures. They will definitely look down on this hot pot restaurant.
They leave after working for a few months. They have no sense of belonging and there is no point in training them.
In other words, Jiang Tiantian is more willing to give opportunities to those who are truly at the bottom of society and see no hope for the future.
As long as they were loyal, she was willing to give them opportunities to grow and advance.
“I am currently a freshman at Tsinghua University.”
Lin Zizhu didn't want to hide it either, after all, it was easy to check.
When Tan Zhilin heard this, he sighed with regret, but he also asked unwillingly, "You students at Tsinghua University have a high monthly allowance, why do you still want to work?"
Lin Zizhu lowered his eyes and thought for a moment. When he raised them again, his eyes were already covered with a layer of mist.
Tan Zhilin was shocked when he saw this.
"Hey, I didn't say anything, what's wrong with you?"
"Are you having any troubles? Tell me first, okay?"
Even if he couldn't recruit her, if she was really in trouble, he could help her in other ways.
Lin Zizhu sniffed, his eyes reddened. "I, I know, we get a monthly subsidy, but, but..."
She wiped the corners of her eyes with her hands, and a red mark appeared at the corners of her eyes. A tear just slid down, making her look even more pitiful and helpless.
The man's protective heart burst, "You, don't cry..."
Seeing that the atmosphere was almost heated, Lin Zizhu choked up and said, "I come from a single-parent family. My father passed away when I was very young..."
The fact is, even her mother herself doesn’t know who her father is?
Her mother was the top star in the only dance hall in their town, and she had countless admirers behind the scenes.
Back then, her mother got pregnant with her without knowing it.
I went to find those men, but none of them admitted it.
I originally thought that after giving birth to her, I would give her to whoever she looked like.
Unfortunately, when she was born, she looked nothing like anyone, but she looked 100% like her mother.
She's a carbon copy of her mom.
After the child was born, not only could she not give it away, but she also ended up in her own hands. Her mother was so angry that she almost strangled her to death.
If her grandmother, who was still alive at the time, hadn't stopped her mother, she might not be alive anymore.
But her grandmother couldn't stay with her for too long, and she passed away when she was six years old.
From then on, she began to work hard to make a living under her mother's care.
She swore since she was a little girl that one day she would stand out and live a better life than everyone else.
Even this opportunity to go to school was something she and her mother begged for hard.
She promised her mother that when she became successful in the future, she would be more filial to her and take care of her in her old age.
Later, maybe her mother figured it out herself.
After so many years of dealing with different men, I finally found out that no man is fucking reliable.
Only then did her mother turn around and start to support her studies seriously.
But it was just to prevent her from starving to death, and if she didn't do well in the exam, she would be beaten when she got home.
Lin Zizhu hated the woman she called mother, but she had to depend on her when she was a child.
Fortunately, she finally made it.
Just one day before coming to Beijing, she secretly reported her mother for prostitution and saw her mother being arrested by the police.
She sneered, picked up her luggage and returned to Haicheng, where she met up with the other three girls and boarded the train to Beijing.
The memories flashed through Lin Zizhu's mind for only a moment and were quickly forgotten.
She has found a powerful local man and found a way to change her identity in her hometown, and changed her identity to that of a seriously ill widow.
The woman is seriously ill and probably won't live long.
Once that woman dies, she will no longer have any concerns or ties in this world.
She, Lin Zizhu, is a brand new Lin Zizhu without any stain or blemish.
Lin Zizhu came back to his senses and continued, "My mother raised me from childhood as both a father and a mother. She always gave me food and clothes, but she herself often had to eat coarse food and vegetables."
"She has worn herself out. She is now very ill. I didn't want to come to study. I wanted to stay at home and take care of her."
"But she threatened to die, saying that she had devoted all these years just to see me succeed and live a decent life. If I dared to give up my future for her, she would die immediately in front of me..."
"I was afraid my mother would do something stupid, so I had no choice but to board the train to Beijing."
"But I am always worried about her. I dare not go back to see her, for fear that she will do something extreme. However, her illness requires a lot of money, and my subsidy is not enough..."
When Lin Zizhu reached this point, he wisely stopped talking, lowered his head, and pretended to be very sad.
Tan Zhilin on the opposite side couldn't help crying. The other party's life experience reminded him of his parents and grandfather.
He also lost his father and mother at a young age, but one thing that made him luckier than them was that he had a very good grandfather.
There is also a lot of accumulation at home.
He had hardly ever suffered from hunger or cold since he was a child.
Compared to this, he lives a much better life than the other person.
Tan Zhilin immediately felt the same way and felt even more pity for the woman in front of him.
Look how kind and filial she is. Students of Tsinghua University are already the best among the best, the chosen ones of heaven.
As long as you graduate safely, you will never have to worry about your livelihood and future.
But even though she tried so hard, life still did not favor her, forcing a college student from Tsinghua University to lower herself and apply for a job in a restaurant.
She has suffered so much.
But Tan Zhilinzi didn't dare to break the rules set by Jiang Tiantian at will. In some aspects, Jiang Tiantian had the final say.
Tan Zhilin was a little afraid of her and didn't dare to disobey her easily.
"Miss Zizhu, there is something I may need to tell you first. In principle, our store does not accept part-time employees."
Seeing the other person's expression immediately become sad, he quickly said, "But there are exceptions to everything. I understand your situation."
"How about this, I'll go talk to the boss and see if we can make an exception. After all, you're so outstanding..."