"Hello, Xiao Fang (Sister Fang)." The three greeted each other in unison.
Aunt Fang smiled politely: "Hello, thank you for taking care of Lingling."
The three of them waved their hands in humility.
After exchanging a few pleasantries, Aunt Fang said goodbye: "Lingling, I'll come pick you up tonight."
"Okay, Aunt Fang, please drive carefully." Bu Ling nodded obediently.
Watching Aunt Fang's figure disappear around the street corner, Bu Ling turned to the three of them and asked, "Manager Zhu hasn't arrived yet?"
"Not yet," Sister Ma shook her head.
"That shouldn't be the case. Manager Zhu is never late, is he?" Bu Ling wondered.
“That’s true, but it’s already past nine o’clock and Manager Zhu still hasn’t arrived.” Wu Yuanyuan spread her hands, indicating that she was also very curious.
Manager Zhu didn't arrive at the restaurant until noon. However, after arriving, he went straight into his office and didn't come out again until the end of the workday. This made it impossible for Bu Ling and the others to find out anything.
Even though they might not dare to ask Manager Zhu's cold face.
For the next few days, Manager Zhu continued to disappear in the morning and only return at noon.
These past few days, Grandpa Tan has been seriously ill and not yet recovered, and Manager Zhu has been elusive. For a time, only four female staff members were left in the restaurant.
The news of Grandpa Tan's serious illness could not be kept secret, and at the same time, the news that Zhu Zhizhi and Wu Yuanyuan were now in charge of cooking at the restaurant also spread.
Although state-run restaurants held an irreplaceable position in this era, Wu Yuanyuan and her colleague were still relatively inexperienced and their skills were mediocre, so the restaurant's business had recently declined considerably...
The Lantern Festival is celebrated on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, but unlike in later generations when there are so many holidays, Buling, a working-class person, still has to go to work as usual.
Early in the morning, as soon as she arrived at the restaurant, she heard Sister Ma say, "Uncle Tan is back."
Then Wu Yuanyuan pressed, "Really? How is it? Is he awake? What did the doctor say? Is he at home or in the hospital?"
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