Chapter 262 Mom, He's a Bad Guy
“Is this 1 or 7?”
Since the two waiters in the noodle shop were illiterate and could only write some simple numbers, and their handwriting was ugly, the account book looked quite tiring to the eyes.
Xia Xian couldn't recognize it after reading half of it. Was it 1 or 7? She could only ask Yao Jingjing who was standing next to her, because she wrote it.
"It's 7. Sorry, boss. I wrote that horizontal stroke too short. It's like my hand is out of my control. My handwriting is so ugly. No matter how much I practice, it's useless."
Yao Jingjing apologized embarrassedly. It was not that she didn't want to change, but she was old and these things could not be mastered in a short time.
"It's okay, just remember it next time."
Xia Xian couldn't blame her. After all, although her handwriting was ugly and not clear enough, other records were very clear. She couldn't record how many bowls of noodles were sold all the time. When it was crowded, she would record it every 10 or 20 minutes. When there were not many people, she would basically record one bowl of noodles for every one sold. She remembered every time clearly and was simply impeccable.
Xia Xian didn't ask her to remember such details, she wanted to remember it this way on her own initiative. She is honest and hardworking, and is a good employee.
The other guy was also diligent and basically made no mistakes under her leadership, which made Xia Xian very satisfied.
"Starting from next month, I'll raise both of your salaries by three dollars each. As long as you work hard and don't think too much, I'll raise your salaries from time to time."
"By the way, let's use the correct word for counting from now on. It's more convenient and not difficult to write."
Xia Xian suddenly remembered this. Before, Yao Jingjing said that she could write numbers, but she didn't let her write correct characters. Now that she remembered it, she naturally had to teach her how to write it.
A positive character is five, and the horizontal line on top represents a one. It is easier to remember and write than numbers. Yao Jingjing understood it immediately and said she understood.
After checking the noodle shop, Xia Xian bought a popsicle for Zhao Zhao and drove her to the bookstore.
Zhao Zhao was drowsy and licked the popsicle from time to time. Whenever the water in the popsicle was about to melt and drip, she would always lick it in time and then drop her head and doze off again.
Xia Xian doesn't need to worry about it dripping onto her clothes.
Xia Xian laughed and shook her head. It was great that she had such a skill. She would no longer be afraid of getting her hands sticky when eating ice cream.
Zhao Zhao was just feeling sleepy in the car. As soon as the car stopped, she woke up immediately and looked energetic.
"Mom, are we here yet? I saw the rabbit!"
Zhao Zhao said happily, pointing at the rabbit sign in front.
Because she likes rabbits, Xia Xian had the bookstore sign made in the shape of a rabbit, which is very cute and fits the theme of the bookstore.
It really attracted quite a few children to come in, but most of them just read the books and didn't buy anything.
At present, Xia Xian has no better solution. Anyway, this bookstore is mainly opened for Zhao Zhao, so as long as it does not lose money, it's fine.
Zhao Zhao often comes to this bookstore and is very familiar with it. She held Xia Xian's hand and skipped into the bookstore, greeting the front desk enthusiastically.
"Hello sister, I'm Zhao Zhao, I'm here again~~~"
"Hello Zhao Zhao, welcome to Zhaoyang Bookstore~~~The boss is here too."
The girl at the front desk of the bookstore is very friendly. She smiles at everyone she sees and has a very good service attitude, so the children who come here like her very much, including Zhao Zhao.
"Yes, let me see how business is going these days."
Xia Xian nodded, she let go of Zhao Zhao's hand, and let her find books to read in the bookstore and play with other children.
"It's still the same as before, there's no improvement, but a lot of people have asked me if they can rent books. Boss, why don't we do this?"
Li Muguo asked puzzledly, if I do this, I should be able to make a little more money, right?
Xia Xian felt helpless when she heard this, it was not that she did not want to do this, but the business of the store was not good, so she only hired Li Muguo. If she wanted to do a book rental activity, she might not be able to handle it alone. If she wanted to hire another person, she would have to pay another salary. She didn't know whether it was cost-effective.
Besides, she was very busy before and couldn't take care of so many things, so she just maintained it like this. Now that she has graduated and has free time, she can get busy.
Li Muguo said that almost every day someone comes to ask if they can rent books, and there are quite a lot of people, which shows that there is indeed a market, so we can give it a try boldly.
"Okay, let me think about it when I get back. We'll do the book rental activity after a while."
Xia Xian made the decision just like that. There were still many issues that needed to be resolved, such as how much deposit to collect and how to make the library card difficult to forge, so it was impossible to get this thing done so quickly.
As usual, she checked the bookstore's accounts and found no problem. Because not many people bought books, the accounts were very simple and clear at a glance, so she didn't need to spend much time on them.
After checking the accounts and discussing the future development direction of the bookstore, Xia Xian got up and went to accompany Zhao Zhao to read books. However, when she looked around, Zhao Zhao was nowhere to be found. She was shocked and her heart was pounding.
"Zhao Zhao?"
She shouted, her voice shaking!
"What's wrong? Mom, I'm here!"
When Zhao Zhao heard her voice, she immediately jumped out with a storybook in her arms. She tilted her head and looked at Xia Xian sweetly, with curved eyebrows and eyes, just like Xia Xian.
Only then did Xia Xian breathe a sigh of relief.
"Why are you hiding over there? What are you doing?"
Xia Xian walked over and found a corner blocked by bookshelves. No wonder she didn't see Zhao Zhao at first. She turned in and found several children sitting on the ground with an uncle next to them.
“You are…”
Xia Xian raised her eyebrows, not expecting that there were so many people hiding behind the small corner.
“We’re listening to a story!”
"Uncle's stories are so interesting!"
The children rushed to answer, the uncle smiled at Xia Xian, and then continued telling the story.
His stories are humorous and interesting, no wonder children love to listen to them.
Zhao Zhao also sat cross-legged on the ground, holding her face with one hand. She was also listening carefully, but she was not amused by the uncle. Did she like it or not? Xia Xian was a little unsure.
"The ground is cold, we won't sit on it anymore. Zhao Zhao and mom can go sit over there."
Seeing that she didn't seem to like it very much, Xia Xian pulled Zhao Zhao away again. Zhao Zhao didn't resist either. She just hugged Xia Xian's neck and whispered to him after they were far away.
"Mom, he's a bad guy."
"Hmm? Who?"
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