Chapter 197 New Employee
"His father, are you saying that Baoyu and Baoqin can both become workers?"
Second aunt looked at Li Dalin and asked excitedly.
"Being a worker is not that easy. Xiaoyi's uncle opened a restaurant. The business was good and he needed to hire two people to help. Xiaoyi thought of us and asked these two girls to do the work. They were paid 17 yuan a month.
No matter how long she can work, it is an income, and we don’t have to worry about her dowry when she gets married. ”
Li Dalin explained with a smile.
At this time, the two little girls were also listening to the conversation between their parents.
"Don't you want to let Big Brother go?"
Li Baoyu looked at his father and asked.
"Baohua, don't think about this for now. If your cousin has something to do, how can he not think of him? We can talk about your elder brother later when we have a chance. When you go to work at his place, you should be more diligent than at home. Work more and talk less. I feel relieved to have your cousin taking care of you."
Li Dalin looked at his two daughters and said.
"Don't worry, we will definitely listen to our cousin and work hard when we get there."
The two girls said happily.
The whole family was extremely happy at this time. The two little girls were so excited that they couldn't sleep all night, and they followed their father to the area in high spirits in the early morning.
Second aunt prepared some gifts for them to bring to Zhao Yi.
Department store.
Liu Wentao and his two apprentices were happily busy preparing for today's banquet. At the beginning, there were only five tables, but Zhao Yi unexpectedly came to their house yesterday and said there would be twenty tables. He could earn another three dollars. Liu Wentao was so happy that he wanted to have a banquet every day of every month. He would not even want to go to work.
It only costs one dollar to hire someone to cover for you, or you can just treat them for a drink, but such jobs are hard to find.
Serving the dishes is not the restaurant's responsibility, and Liu Wentao and his team don't have to do it. The host will ask a few people to help serve the dishes.
It takes a whole morning to prepare twenty tables of dishes. The steamed dishes must be put in the steamer before noon, and stir-frying can be started at three o'clock in the afternoon.
The soup may take several hours to cook.
So once I come to help in the kitchen, it will be a whole day.
At noon, Zhao Yi just returned to the department store on his bicycle. His second uncle and two cousins were already waiting there.
"cousin."
The two little girls looked at Zhao Yi, immediately stood up and shouted with a smile.
"Come on, you haven't eaten yet, it will be ready soon, wait for your sister-in-law to come over and we can eat and talk."
Zhao Yi nodded and greeted.
"Let them do some work first to get used to the situation, and then they can eat with Comrade Zhang and the others later."
My second uncle waved his hand and said, after all, we are here to work, so helping with the work first will leave a good impression.
"Okay, it's time for dinner and it's busy now."
Seeing that his second uncle insisted, Zhao Yi didn't say anything more.
The four little girls were almost the same age, only sixteen or seventeen years old. Since they were of similar age, they could naturally play together. As for Li Baoyu and Li Baoqin, they were dressed much better than when Chen Jiao and Chen Min came.
There was not a single patch on his clothes and the cloth shoes on his feet were new.
The two found that this job was quite easy. They just had to serve food, wipe the table, wash dishes, and sweep the floor after all the customers left.
The four people did not seem to be very busy. Each person was responsible for one area and there would be no mistakes or panic. As for Chen Fen, she was busy at another stove. Zhang Jing was in charge of counting and collecting money, and Zhao Yan helped Zhang Jing to serve wine to customers who needed it.
When it was time for lunch, several people brought out the prepared lunch.
"What?"
Zhao Yi looked at the two little girls and asked.
"It's not as tiring as doing farm work at home. It's quite fun."
Li Baoyu said happily.
"You'll get used to it. From now on, you can stay and work with us. When you have nothing to do, you can rest. When there is something to do, you can work together. Generally, we are busier in the morning, noon and evening.
In the morning, you need to prepare the day's dishes, wash them and cook them well. The lunch period is the rest time. Just don't run around. You can read some picture books like Xiaojiao and the others, or listen to the radio and go to your room to sleep. ”
Zhao Yi looked at the two girls and said.
Zhang Jing cleaned up a room and used it as a dormitory for the two of them.
From now on, they will live with Zhao Xuanxuan and Zhao Yan. As for Zhao Peng, he has already had his own room.
Now there are no vacant rooms in Zhao Yi's house for entertaining guests, so Zhao Yi plans to apply to the street office to build a second floor so that he can have more rooms for entertaining guests.
The construction team was too busy, and it took more than ten days before a free craftsman came to help Zhao Yi build the second floor.
Seeing that his two girls got along well with the two younger sisters of Chen Fen's family, Li Dalin felt relieved. He exchanged greetings with Zhao Yi and Zhang Jing for a while before leaving and returning to Lijia Village.
Zhao Yi took advantage of his free time at noon to go to the second-hand market, bought a set of bedding, and asked someone to bring a bed over.
Together with Zhang Jing, I made the beds for the two maids.
During the lunch break, the two little girls looked at the picture books in Chen Jiao and Chen Min's hands and found them quite interesting. They inquired about the Xinhua Bookstore and found out that a book card only cost one yuan a month, which allowed them to borrow books all month long.
You just have to pay a five dollar deposit.
When the two of them came out, Li Dalin gave them a total of 20 yuan for expenses. The two were still reluctant to spend it like this, even though they knew they could get 5 yuan back if they returned the book card.
There is a comic book stand in the square. It costs two cents to read for a day. You can pay two cents to borrow one and then return it in the afternoon when it is almost time for lunch.
After careful calculation, they found that it was cheaper to go to the square.
"It's only 60 cents a month to read in the square, why don't you go to the square to borrow books?"
Li Baoyu was a little confused.
“It is indeed cheaper to read books in the square, but you can only read until 4 p.m. We have other things to do in the afternoon. If we delay the delivery of books, we will have to spend another two cents, which is equivalent to four cents a day.
You can return books borrowed from Xinhua Bookstore whenever you want, as long as it does not exceed one month.
Moreover, the picture books sold in Xinhua Bookstore are all new editions, and some of them are not available at book stalls. ”
Chen Jiao explained.
What should I do when I am reading late at night? If I don’t return the money, I will be charged extra.
The two were reluctant to spend money like this, so they could only go to the square to borrow picture books.
But once I got to the square, I found myself a little tired of walking. There were sugar paintings, snacks, storytellers, and all kinds of fun things.
The two of them paid twenty cents each to buy a piece of sugar painting of a butterfly, then borrowed two picture books and hurried back. They were reluctant to eat the sugar painting along the way, so when they arrived at the restaurant, they gave a piece to Chen Jiao and her sister and then began to taste it.
The four little girls sat under the awning, eating candy paintings and reading picture books to pass the boring time at noon.
"Is our restaurant across the street? Why do our customers run across the street to sit when there is no room here?"
Li Baoyu asked, pointing at the kitchen opposite which was still busy.
"That side is ours too, but it's all used for banquets, so it's not our responsibility. Sometimes we can't fit everyone here, so we go to the other side."
Chen Jiao explained.
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