Qin Rong is resting today. The store is fine at noon, but it is very busy in the evening.
Li Yunshu and Qin Ye were busy in the kitchen and the front hall respectively.
Qin Ye wanted to serve the dishes, take orders, and collect money. He couldn't even handle the whole table.
There were also customers queuing outside the store, and when they saw a vacant seat but no one was paying, they would urge them to pay.
"Hurry up and clear the table. We've been waiting for over ten hours."
"That's right, if your store is short of staff, just hire a few more."
"I just heard that your dumplings are delicious, so I brought my partner here. We've been waiting for over ten minutes and still haven't eaten."
"I'll collect it right away. I'll collect it right away." Qin Ye was giving change to the customers who were paying the bill while comforting the customers queuing outside the door.
"You better hurry up and collect it."
"It's almost time to waste."
This was the scene that Gu Zhen saw when he came from afar.
Without saying a word, he walked into the store, put his hat on the counter, rolled up his sleeves and went to clear the tables.
"Gu, Captain Gu?" Qin Ye looked at Gu Zhenyuan in surprise.
Gu Zhenyuan looked at Qin Ye and said, "You go serve the dumplings, and I'll clear the table."
"Oh." Qin Ye nodded and hurried to the serving counter to serve the dishes.
"Aunt Li, Captain Gu is here and is helping to clear the table," Qin Ye said to Li Yunshu who was digging the dumpling pot while holding the dumplings.
Li Yunshu took a look and said, "Ah, why did he ask him to put it on the table?"
He is such a big shot and a captain of the criminal investigation team, how can we ask him to help clear the tables?
Li Yunshu: "Forget it, I'm too busy right now. Let him help collect it first. I'll thank him later."
With Gu Zhenyuan's help in clearing the table, Qin Ye's pressure was greatly reduced, and he could even go into the kitchen to get some cold dishes or something.
I was busy until almost seven o'clock, and the store was finally idle.
Li Yunshu cooked a set of family dumplings for Gu Zhenyuan, and also prepared a set of cold dishes and sour plum soup.
"Look, you came here to eat dumplings, but instead of eating them, you worked for over an hour for nothing."
Li Yunshu sat opposite Gu Zhenyuan and said with a smile.
Gu Zhenyuan pointed to the dumplings, cold dishes, and sour plum soup in front of him and said, "It's not a waste of time. These are enough to cover my wages."
Li Yunshu smiled and said, "Captain Gu's salary for over an hour is not worth a plate of cold dumplings and sour plum soup."
Gu Zhenyuan calculated his salary and said with a smile, "It's about the same."
"Thank you so much, otherwise this store would be in chaos."
"Sister Yunshu, your shop is getting busier and busier. If you want someone to rest, at night, these two people will be completely overwhelmed. You should try hiring another person."
Li Yunshu said: "This idea is to recruit one more person. According to the current policy, theoretically, we only need to recruit no more than one person."
Gu Zhenyuan nodded and said, "Recruit one more person, and you will have an easier time."
"We can't just hire this person casually, especially for those of us who are in the catering business. This person must not only be honest and hardworking, have good character and love hygiene, but also be trustworthy. Let's wait and see." Li Yunshu said.
There is no need to rush this matter.
Gu Zhenyuan thought for a moment and said, "There's a suitable person here to recommend."
"The person you recommend must be trustworthy. Tell me about it."
Gu Zhenyuan said: "That's a pitiful girl named Huang Qiuyan. Her father is an alcoholic. When he is drunk, he likes to beat people. Not only does he beat his wife and children, but he even beats his own mother."
"The last time her father got drunk and tried to throw the youngest child to death, her mother hacked him to death with a knife. He died instantly. After the murder, her mother also drank rat poison and died. Her grandmother, unable to cope with the shock, also passed away. She was a 17-year-old girl, raising an eight-year-old brother and a three-year-old sister. Life was very difficult for her."
The more Li Yunshu listened to this, the tighter his brows furrowed. Wow, this is simply a tragedy on earth!
"Although Huang Qiuyan's family is poor and her father is an alcoholic and abusive, she is very honest, hardworking, and clean. She doesn't have any bad habits. Her home is not far from your dumpling shop, only half an hour's walk."
It is really not easy for this one child to raise two children younger than himself.
"The child has confessed. Just let her come directly." Li Yunshu said.
Gu Zhenyuan smiled and nodded, "Okay, bring her here tomorrow morning. Sister Yunshu, don't worry, if you hire her, she will definitely work for you diligently."
Li Yunshu smiled and said, "I'm sure I'll give a hundred thumbs up to the person you recommend."
He is a criminal policeman, so his judgment of people must be correct.
"Take your time eating, and go to the kitchen to clean up." Li Yunshu was about to get up when he suddenly saw a red wound on the outside of Gu Zhenyuan's right forearm.
"Oh, are you hurt?"
Gu Zhenyuan turned his arm and took a look. "It should have been injured when he caught the criminal this afternoon. It's nothing serious. It will be fine in two days."
Li Yunshu frowned disapprovingly and said, "This wound is quite big. What if I don't apply medicine? What if the wound gets infected?"
"You men don't care about your bodies at all. Wait, I'll get some iodine to wipe it off for you."
They often use knives when running a dumpling shop, and injuries are unavoidable, so Li Yunshu keeps iodine and burn ointment in the shop.
Li Yunshu took out a cotton swab and iodine from the drawer of the counter, walked to Gu Zhenyuan and sat next to him.
Li Yunshu dipped a cotton swab in iodine, and Gu Zhenyuan turned his arm sideways to make it easier for her to apply the medicine.
Li Yunshu lowered his head and applied iodine to Gu Zhenyuan. Just like when he applied medicine to the children before, he blew gently while applying it to reduce the pain.
A gentle breath blew on Gu Zhenyuan's wound. He felt cool, but also itchy and numb.
Gu Zhenyuan looked at Sister Yun Shu's focused expression as she applied the medicine to him, and felt that his mouth was also warm and numbing.
"Okay, be careful not to let this wound get wet, otherwise it will be difficult to heal and it will easily become inflamed." Li Yunshu looked at Gu Zhenyuan and advised like an older sister.
Gu Zhenyuan nodded, not daring to look directly into Sister Yun Shu's eyes.
Li Yunshu took the iodine and left.
After eating the dumplings, Gu Zhenyuan said goodbye to Li Yunshu and drove home.
"I'm back." Gu Zhenyuan opened the door with his key, changed his shoes at the entrance and shouted into the house.
Mrs. Mu sat on the sofa with her hands behind her back. When she saw him come in, she asked sinisterly, "Gu Zhenyuan, where are your dumplings?"
Gu Zhenyuan paused and slapped his forehead, "Did you forget?"
He had completely forgotten that he went to Sister Yunshu's dumpling shop today because his mother wanted to eat sauerkraut dumplings and asked him to go to the store to pack a few to take home.
"You can even forget this, what have you been doing?"
Gu Zhenyuan: "...When I was about to go to work, another case came up."
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