The work turmoil was completely over, and Buling's life returned to normal. However, there was still a small annoyance: she noticed that the people in the compound were being unusually enthusiastic towards her lately, the kind of neighborly warmth that left Buling speechless.
To avoid a fatal car accident with Bu Ling one day, Wu Yuanyuan worked hard and finally learned to ride a bicycle, while Bu Ling enjoyed the pleasure of being picked up and dropped off by car.
The friendship between Bu Ling and Wu Yuanyuan grew rapidly, and their work also got back on track. Today was Bu Ling's twenty-fifth day working, which was also payday.
The state-run restaurant pays its employees on the 10th of every month, and today happens to be the 10th. Therefore, both Buling and Wu Yuanyuan are very excited. Even though they haven't worked for a full month, they still get paid. That's the advantage of having the government as a backer—it gives them confidence.
The two arrived at the state-run restaurant early and found that everyone was early today, including Grandpa Tan, who arrived precisely before nine o'clock.
When Manager Zhu arrived, seeing the five people who had arrived in an orderly fashion, a slight smile appeared on his lips. This was the earliest group to arrive at the state-run restaurant that day.
He knew what everyone was expecting, and without hesitation, he said, "Come in one by one to collect your wages, according to your length of service."
Grandpa Tan was undoubtedly the first. He walked into the office with his hands behind his back, following Manager Zhu, and came out beaming a moment later. The second was Sister Ma. Sister Ma usually worked the hardest, so she often had a long face, but she still smiled when it came time to collect her pay. Logically, the third should have been Han Yu, but Han Yu went straight into the kitchen to work, showing no intention of collecting her pay.
Despite her curiosity, Bu Ling didn't wait for him. She thought his lack of enthusiasm for collecting money was questionable. She went straight to Manager Zhu's office, her eyes shining as she looked at him.
Manager Zhu chuckled and took out from his briefcase Bu Ling's wages, totaling twenty-seven yuan and one mao, along with forty-five jin of local grain coupons, thirty jin of vegetable coupons, two jin of meat coupons, and three industrial vouchers.
After counting, Bling put it into her handbag.
Manager Zhu said, "If there are no problems, please sign here." He pointed to a form on the table.
Bling readily signed the document and then left with a beaming smile.
The last one was Wang Yuanyuan. She went in for a short while and came out beaming. The two looked at each other and saw happiness in each other's eyes.
That day, a cheerful atmosphere filled the entire state-run restaurant, except for Han Yu.
Han Yu had a long face all day, as if someone owed him money. Thinking about how Han Yu hadn't gone in to collect his wages, Bu Ling had a guess: Grandpa Tan probably took Han Yu's wages.
I wonder if Han Yu is regretting it now, having tried to steal a chicken but ended up losing the rice instead.
However, Bling didn't have time to pay attention to him.
After receiving her salary, Buling pondered another matter. She hadn't seen her brother since starting work, and wondered if he was truly that busy. She considered taking a leave of absence and going back to the military compound to visit him; she really missed him.
She acted on her thought immediately, planning to ask Manager Zhu for leave when she went to reconcile the accounts that evening.
As evening approached, Bling was preoccupied with asking for leave, and seemed somewhat distracted at work.
"One order of braised pork ribs, one order of four-happiness meatballs, and two pounds of pork dumplings." A customer ordered.
"Braised pork ribs are 1.5 yuan plus half a jin of meat coupons, four-happiness meatballs are 1 yuan plus half a jin of sliced meat, two jin of dumplings are 1.6 yuan plus six liang of meat coupons, and YiGou is 4.6 yuan plus one jin and six liang of grain coupons," Bu Ling read out the accounts skillfully.
The customer handed over the money.
Bu Ling looked up and smiled, her eyes immediately lighting up with surprise when she saw the guest opposite her: "Brother, what brings you here?"
Buyi, who was taking orders, reached behind the counter and ruffled his sister's hair, saying, "I came to see you."
Bu Ling smiled happily: "Wait for me a moment." With that, she went into the kitchen: "Sister Yuanyuan, please keep watch for me for a bit, I'll be out for a while."
Wu Yuanyuan readily agreed: "Go ahead."
Buling recited the dishes her brother had ordered again and said to Grandpa Tan, "Grandpa Tan, these are what my brother ordered. Could you please expedite the process?"
Grandpa Tan had a very good impression of Bu Ling: "No problem."
Bu Ling gave Grandpa Tan a grateful smile and quickly left the kitchen.
Outside, Bu Yi and Liang Boda were sitting in a corner of the state-run restaurant. When they saw Bu Ling come out, Liang Boda waved.
Bling's eyes lit up, and she walked towards the corner where the two of them were.
"Brother, Brother Liang!" Bu Ling sat down without any hesitation.
"Little sister, aren't you surprised to see us?" Liang Boda said, blinking.
Bling played along perfectly: "What a surprise! What a delightful surprise! I was even planning to take the day off tonight and go back to see you all tomorrow." She then shared her plans.
"It's a good thing you didn't go; you wouldn't have seen us even if you went tomorrow," Liang Boda said.
Bling looked at them in confusion: "What's wrong?"
Meanwhile, Mulberry was just about to leave when the state-run restaurant closed, wanting to pack some food to take home. It certainly wasn't to catch a glimpse of the little black girl.
However, when they arrived at the state-run restaurant, they discovered that the person at the counter had changed.
What happened? Was Little Black Girl fired? Or did she take leave?
He calmly ordered his food, found a table, and waited. Before he could even sit down, he saw a little black girl in the corner smiling brightly at two men in military uniforms. What was even more outrageous was that one of the men even patted the little girl's head, and instead of refusing, she cooperated by letting him pat her head.
Sangshen was immediately displeased, thinking that the little black girl was shallow and had fallen for someone else so quickly.
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