Xu An first went back to Xu Family Village, changed into a set of tattered clothes, and took Xu Kang and Xu Le, two free little helpers, to the newly rented shop to clean.
The business area was fairly clean, with only some trash still in the bins and a few unwashed dishes on the table that were faintly smelly.
Most of the appliances in the kitchen had been moved out; after looking around, I couldn't even find an egg beater.
There was a small pile of wilted vegetables in the corner, probably trampled by people moving things in and out. Some of them were crushed into a paste and scattered in every corner of the kitchen floor, looking quite disgusting.
Just then, Xu Heping appeared outside the fast food restaurant.
"Damn it, I knew you came here to clean up." Xu Heping cursed as soon as he got out of the car: "You called out Xu Kang and Xu Le, what's the point of not calling me? Am I not as useful as two five-year-olds?"
Looking at the kitchen, which was so cramped that there was nowhere to step, and then at Xu Heping, Xu An quickly made a decision.
"Heping, you've come at the right time. You can take care of the kitchen cleaning. I'll go clean the second floor." Xu An handed Xu Heping a broom and dustpan, then dashed out of the kitchen and upstairs.
Even from the second floor, Xu An could faintly hear Xu Heping cursing as he cleaned.
The second floor was cluttered with lots of things, mostly cardboard boxes and paper scraps, along with three large boxes of flyers and a somewhat worn-out poster.
Upon opening the poster, I discovered it was a recruitment poster printed by Jiajia Fast Food Restaurant two years ago.
Upon seeing the recruitment poster, Xu An immediately realized that he had already rented the shop and it was time to hire more people to expand production.
We need to find another chef. Of the three of us, only I know how to cook, and if the volume increases, I won't be able to handle it all by myself.
And once you have a storefront, you'll definitely need to open it for dine-in, which means you'll need to buy tableware and hire dishwashers.
All of these need to be decided before the opening!
I called a nearby scrap collector, and he sold all the cardboard boxes and paper from the second floor for over twenty yuan.
With the twenty-odd yuan in hand, I went to a convenience store and bought four popsicles and a bottle of glue, then went to a print shop to print a job posting.
After distributing popsicles to the group, Xu An, with a popsicle in his mouth, pasted the recruitment poster onto the rental poster and nodded in satisfaction.
The poster was very simple: "Hiring one cook and one dishwasher, salary to be discussed."
Two nights ago, Lao Zhou, a chef at the former Jiajia Fast Food Restaurant, fled to a neighboring town for refuge. The day after he arrived in the neighboring town, he encountered a large-scale food inspection.
This morning I heard that three shops at the Zijing Garden construction site were found to have problems, one of which was my former employer, Jiajia Fast Food Restaurant.
At this moment, Old Zhou felt a wave of fear. Luckily, he had realized something was wrong and immediately packed his bags and ran away, otherwise he would have ended up in jail with them.
Now that the matter was over, Old Zhou's uneasy heart calmed down, and he planned to go back home.
In the rush of fleeing, I only took some changes of clothes with me besides valuables, and left many other things in the rented room.
Moreover, if you want to leave, you have to contact the landlord to terminate the lease, as the rental requires a deposit of two months' rent and payment of one month's rent in advance.
At 8 p.m., Lao Zhou came out of the bus station and took a three-wheeled vehicle back to his rented room.
The rented room was exactly the same as when he left, with no changes whatsoever. He packed all his belongings and contacted the landlord.
But it's too late today, the landlord will come again tomorrow morning.
I'll have to make do here for the night.
With this free time, his craving for cigarettes returned. He reached into his pocket and pulled out a crumpled cigarette pack, which was empty.
I went downstairs to buy cigarettes at the convenience store, and when I passed by Jiajia Fast Food Restaurant, I found that the sign had been taken down.
I glanced at it and was about to leave when I suddenly noticed a job posting next to the fast food restaurant door.
Old Zhou curiously leaned closer to see if this was a poster the shop wanted the chef to put up after he left.
As soon as I got closer, I noticed that the store name was written above – Xu's Fast Food. Someone took over so quickly!
The landlord came to collect the apartment at nine o'clock the next morning. As soon as he entered, he said, "You renewed your contract for a year, but it's only been six months. If you terminate the lease now, it will be done according to the contract. Your deposit will not be refunded."
Old Zhou was dumbfounded. His main purpose in coming back this time, besides packing his things, was to get his deposit back. The deposit was over a thousand yuan, and it would be a huge loss if he couldn't get it back.
At that moment, the poster he had seen last night when he went downstairs to buy cigarettes flashed into his mind; it advertised a chef.
Why don't you try finding a new job here?
The construction site of the Bauhinia Garden.
At 10:50 a.m., with only ten minutes left before the end of the workday, the workers were somewhat distracted.
The arrest of Sister Wang and others last night caused quite a stir, and everyone was very angry. After the anger subsided, they became worried.
All the people in the cafeteria have been taken away. What will they eat tomorrow?
With this concern in mind, the workers paid close attention to any movement in the direction of the canteen all morning, but they didn't see any smoke rising from above the canteen after waiting all morning.
Suddenly, a loudspeaker blared from downstairs.
"After finishing work, go to the main gate of the construction site and line up in an orderly manner to receive your boxed meals."
Qiao Xingguo, who was dawdling at work, suddenly lit up when he heard this. The construction site had actually ordered boxed lunches for everyone!
At 11 o'clock sharp, Qiao Xingguo threw down his tools and ran towards the construction site gate.
Taking advantage of his proximity to the gate, he was the first to arrive at the construction site entrance.
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