Another half month passed.

In the past half month, the hot pot city has experienced some major setbacks, with more than a dozen employees resigning.

When there were two or three at the beginning, one of whom was one of the key chefs who made hot pot base, Tan Zhilin quickly approved the offer because of the various reasons they proposed that could not be refused.

But then, when two or three more people resigned, Tan Zhilin hesitated for a day, and despite the employees' embarrassed faces, he still approved their resignations.

Then, he personally wrote a job recruitment notice and posted it at the gate.

But there were not as many applicants as he had imagined, and even if they were hired, it would still take time to become proficient in the job.

A few more days passed.

When several more people offered to resign, Tan Zhilin's face became a little ugly.

He has been the one managing the Hotpot City during this period. Everything was fine when A Ku was in charge before, but why did so many resignations happen one after another when he took over?

They are all very strange reasons, but they are irresistible.

What if a family member is sick and you need to go home to take care of them...

What? My family has moved, and the distance to the hot pot restaurant is too far. It takes too much time to commute to work every day...

There was also the story that the brother of her sister-in-law's husband had opened a restaurant and wanted to invite her to help out...

Logically speaking, the income level of Hotpot City’s employees is not bad compared to that of local civil servants in Beijing.

There were many people before who envied those who could come here to work.

But hotpot restaurants have always had very high requirements for recruiting employees.

Not everyone who wants to enter can enter.

Everyone who was admitted was excited at first.

But why can’t these advantages attract employees now?

And most of those who left were locals from Beijing...

Tan Zhilin was puzzled, so he called the employees who had resigned to his office one by one to question them. Finally, an employee with whom he had a good relationship quietly told him.

"Mr. Tan, don't blame us. People go up and water flows down. If we weren't under too much pressure to support our family, someone would have offered us a salary twice as high as here."

"We won't be willing to leave."

After all, at "Xifulai", everyone gets along very well with the boss and the employees around him.

What’s more, the boss is not a stingy person. He always thinks about his employees when something good happens.

If any employee's family is truly in difficulty and the investigation proves the situation is true, the boss will give additional subsidies and help.

Compared with the bosses they met when they did odd jobs before, one is in heaven and the other is in hell.

But as for human beings...how can anyone be content forever?

Double the salary is a real benefit, and everyone would be jealous.

After Tan Zhilin learned the result, although he was sad, he also knew that these employees were determined and could not be retained.

A forced melon is not sweet.

He simply let him go.

That night, after the store closed, all employees gathered together as usual to take inventory and summarize the day.

Tan Zhilin watched as more than a dozen people left, which suddenly increased the average workload per person. At the end of the day, the team of employees was almost exhausted.

There are also two new people who have just joined in the past two days. They are frightened by the workload these two days. They seem to be hesitant to speak and want to back out...

My eyes were a little red and I felt particularly aggrieved.

He thought, if it was either A Ku or Jiang Tiantian, the situation might not have turned into what it is today.

Tan Zhilin suppressed his sadness, cheered himself up as usual, and gave everyone some praise and encouragement.

And promised to give big red envelopes to all those who stick to it at the end of this month.

Only then did some of the employees below smile.

To be honest, there are still a small number of people who have received invitations to change jobs, but they are not so hasty and want to observe for a while before making a decision.

That night.

After Tan Zhilin returned to the Qin family courtyard in the alley, he hugged Old Man Qin and burst into tears.

After Mr. Qin knew the whole story, his expression became a little serious.

"Xiao Linzi, such a large number of employees resigning doesn't seem to happen suddenly, but more like someone did it on purpose."

"And we have been eyeing your hotpot restaurant for a long time. Maybe more employees will resign in the future."

"Don't cry, go find Tiantian and Aku and discuss a solution."

In fact, when the second batch of employees submitted their resignations, Tan Zhilin wanted to find A Ku and Jiang Tiantian.

But he also wanted to save his face. He had some unpleasantness with those two people before because of Lin Zizhu’s matter.

He thought to himself that he would prove to them both that they were wrong.

He also assured them that nothing would go wrong with him watching over the Hot Pot City.

Now that he has said it, how can he admit defeat so easily?

But the current situation does not allow him to hold on to his self-esteem any longer. If he waits any longer, the hot pot restaurant might have to close down due to lack of sufficient staff.

Jiang Tiantian's home.

The couple was taking their four little ones to watch the stars in the yard. There was nothing they could do as the four little ones refused to sleep and insisted on coming outside to play.

It's already quite cold outside in November.

But they didn't care. They howled at the top of their lungs in the house, and then giggled as soon as they were carried to the small wooden bed outside.

Jiang Tiantian was almost speechless.

Fortunately, there is less pollution these days, and you can still see many stars in Beijing.

Jiang Tiantian then told the four children stories about the constellations while looking at the stars.

Cha Jiuzhang was listening in on the side, and for many of the stories, it was the first time even for him to hear them.

It's quite interesting.

Tan Zhilin waited until A Ku, who had gone to participate in the activities of the Art and Calligraphy Association, returned home before he took him to Jiang Tiantian's house.

Cha Jiuzhang went to open the door for them and asked curiously, "Why are you here so late?"

Tan Zhilin pursed his lips and looked like he was about to cry again.

Cha Jiuzhang was simply afraid of him, "Hey, hey, don't cry, come in quickly."

Having said that, he led the two men to the inner courtyard.

I don’t know what this boy looks like. He cries at every turn and is more delicate than a little girl.

Tan Zhilin held back his tears until he saw Jiang Tiantian and the four little ones, then he exclaimed "Wow" and rushed over to hug one of the four little ones.

Started crying loudly.

He wanted to hug Jiang Tiantian and cry, but did he dare?

His shout frightened the four little ones. The four little guys, who were originally speaking some bird language, suddenly shut up.

Everyone looked towards the adult who was crying.

The one who was hugged, not knowing whether he was the eldest or the second oldest, was stunned for a long time and saw that no one around came forward to help.

After reacting for a few seconds, he suddenly reached out and patted Tan Zhilin on the head.

He also let out two "ah ah" sounds.

It's like asking, "What's wrong with you?"

What he did actually confused Tan Zhilin. He raised his head and looked at the confusion in the little kid's eyes.

There was a look of disgust in her eyes, and suddenly I couldn't cry anymore.

Damn it, he rarely sees these four little ones cry. If he cries like this, won’t the four little ones think that he is weak and cries at every turn?

No, the image of godfather...cannot be lost.

Tan Zhilin quickly stood up and wiped the tears from his face with his sleeves.

He smiled and said to the four little ones, "Godfather is just teasing you. Look, Godfather is not crying at all."

“Ahhh…”

“Eh~ Ugh…”

“Heh~heh~”

The four little ones looked disdainful at the same time. Are they stupid?

Can’t they tell if I’m really crying?

Tan Zhilin was stunned when he saw their expressions. He turned to look at Jiang Tiantian in disbelief, "Are they laughing at me?"