Chapter 206: Currying favor with Su Xiaoxiao
Can't you just let me have a meal in peace?
Su Wenbing stood up and went to open the door.
Could it be that Second Aunt and her son have come back shamelessly again?
"Grandpa Wang?"
Fortunately, the person standing at the door this time was Grandpa Wang from the village.
Grandpa Wang glanced towards the house and said, "Wenbing, is your third sister home? I have something to ask her."
Grandpa Wang had been very nice to them since they were young. After Su's father died, the family was in financial difficulty, and Grandpa Wang had even taken the initiative to lend them food.
Su Wenbing felt an inexplicable warmth when he saw him. "Grandpa Wang, please come in quickly. It's too cold outside."
Grandpa Wang smiled, patted him on the shoulder, and followed him in.
When she saw that it was Grandpa Wang, the expression on Liu Cuilan's face finally relaxed.
"Jianwu, quickly bring a stool over for your Grandpa Wang so we can eat together."
After giving Su Jianwu her instructions, she said to Su Jianwen, "Go and make Grandpa Wang a boiled egg in sugar water."
She always remembers the kindness that Grandpa Wang showed her.
Grandpa Wang waved his hands hurriedly: "You little girl, I'm here to eat. Stop asking the children to work. Leave some food for them. It would be a waste for an old man like me to eat it all."
Liu Cuilan glared at me. "Look at what you're saying. How can you say it's a waste? If you hadn't lent me food to feed the kids back then, we wouldn't have the good life we have today. We're well off now, and we can even afford a boiled egg in syrup."
Unable to refuse the kind offer, Grandpa Wang had no choice but to accept the bowl of boiled eggs in sugar water, but he insisted on not sitting at the table to eat.
After a while of busy work, Liu Cuilan finally remembered to ask him, "Uncle Wang, what do you want to talk to my third son about?"
Thinking of the purpose of his visit, Grandpa Wang felt a little embarrassed. He rubbed his hands and looked at Su Xiaoxiao.
"I heard that Mrs. Liu asked your Xiaoxiao to help her buy a sewing machine. It's an electric one, a small one that can be operated by plugging it in without having to operate it by foot."
"My grandson is getting married soon, and I want one too. Xiaoxiao, can you help me think of a solution?"
Ever since Grandma Liu bought an electric sewing machine from her, she has been advertising it to everyone she meets.
Whenever someone comes to visit my house, I always take out my sewing machine and show it off.
Su Wenbing and Su Fusheng didn't know about electric sewing machines yet, so they were completely confused. "What electric sewing machine? Aren't those used in factories? How could there be one this small?"
Su Jianwu straightened his back immediately and looked at his eldest and second brothers with disdain: "Look at how ignorant you two are. That's called a mini sewing machine. My third brother can help me buy it."
"Who are you calling the third one? You have no respect for your elders!"
Liu Cuilan slapped him without any hesitation.
Su Jianwu covered his forehead with his hands in grievance: "I understand, Third Sister."
Grandpa Wang looked at Su Xiaoxiao with surprise: "Xiaoxiao girl, can you help me buy one too?"
Su Xiaoxiao also had a good impression of this Grandpa Wang, and nodded immediately: "Okay, Grandpa Wang, I will give you an answer about the sewing machine tomorrow."
She couldn't agree to it right away. After all, she had previously hinted that she would find someone to buy it for her, so she had to make it look complete.
Although the family was a little upset because of Zhang Guifang's arrival that night, after all, they had a rare good meal and the family was gathered together again, so their mood was not affected too much.
After dinner, the whole family went to bed early.
Eat well, be in a good mood, and naturally sleep well.
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"Comrade Su, here are some chive dumplings my mother made for you to try."
"Comrade Su, I just bought some delicious soup dumplings. I'll give you one to try."
"Comrade Su, the freshly baked osmanthus cake is especially delicious. You should try it."
Early in the morning, as soon as Su Xiaoxiao arrived at the department store, she was surrounded by a crowd of people.
Everyone was vying to give her something.
Su Xiaoxiao was a little flattered. When did she become so popular?
Zhang Yulan also walked in at this time, carrying a shoulder bag. Seeing the group of people surrounding Su Xiaoxiao, she frowned: "It's almost time to go to work, what are you all doing here? Are you trying to steal the job at the grocery counter?"
Someone pouted, "Sister Zhang, why are you speaking so harshly? We're all colleagues at the department store. What's wrong with us getting close to Comrade Su?"
Zhang Yulan looked disdainful. "Why didn't I see you guys getting close before? Xiaoxiao's family just took over the canteen, and you're all rushing over to give them gifts? Are you afraid that others won't know what you're thinking?"
"If you want to find a job, you have to rely on yourself and work based on your ability. If you just think about taking shortcuts or using backdoors, even if you do find a job, people will look down on you."
These words made the people around blush.
They got close to Su Xiaoxiao with the intention of currying favor with her. This was because her family had just contracted a canteen and they wanted to find a job for them.
There are few jobs in the city these days, and educated youth who went to the countryside are returning to the city one after another. Every family has one or two relatives who can't find a job.
Several people thought that it would be a good thing if the scam could help their relatives find a job.
But everyone was too proud to say it out loud.
As a result, when Zhang Yulan arrived, she directly and bluntly exposed all their little thoughts.
Now no one is too embarrassed to continue gathering here.
Someone said, "Comrade Su, don't misunderstand me. I don't have any other intentions. I just want to make friends with you."
"Yes, yes, we are definitely not asking you to help arrange jobs for your family."
"Yes, we are all colleagues. It's just a normal exchange. Comrade Su, don't take it too seriously."
Since everyone said so, Su Xiaoxiao didn't say much.
But in order to prevent future troubles and prevent someone from asking her for help openly or secretly, she still had to take the opportunity to give him a warning.
Going to work is annoying enough, and now she is really exhausted by having a bunch of people trying to play tricks on her all day long.
After coughing twice, Su Xiaoxiao said, "Don't worry, I know what I'm doing and won't misunderstand. This cafeteria belongs to our department store. My mom and my sister work for us. They don't really have the ability to decide who to hire and who not to hire."
"Even winning the bid this time was purely luck. Since the leaders value them, they will definitely work hard to do their jobs well. I also hope that everyone will take good care of my mother and sister in the future and give more suggestions. I would like to thank everyone here on their behalf."
She said this with sincerity and made it clear to everyone that the appointment of employees in the cafeteria had nothing to do with her mother and her sister, and that they had to go to the leaders to find out.
Having said that, everyone immediately understood that the department store cafeteria was still under the control of the senior leaders, and it was useless for them to curry favor with Su Xiaoxiao.
The expressions on the group of people's faces froze, and they said goodbye to Su Xiaoxiao and dispersed.
Su Xiaoxiao blinked at Zhang Yulan next to her: "Sister Zhang, thank you for helping me out just now."
The two were about to return to the counter when they heard an angry shout from behind them.
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