After Xu Li and Fu Shuxian finished buying vegetables, she also bought some fruits and brown sugar.
Qiao Yanxin’s home is not too far from the public sales cooperative and is a tube-shaped building.
Fu Shuxian took out a piece of paper with an address on it from her pocket and compared the house number written on it with the house number in the tube building.
They didn't know if everyone in the building had gone to work at this time, but they looked all the way there and didn't see anyone.
I've heard before that the tube-shaped buildings in the city are full of people and very crowded.
It was the first time that Xu Li saw a tube-shaped building, and she found it very strange.
After finally finding Qiao Yanxin's house, Fu Shuxian was about to knock on the door.
There was a loud bang.
The sound of something hitting the door made Fu Shuxian shiver. Xu Li subconsciously stepped forward and protected Fu Shuxian in her arms, while she turned her back to the door.
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"Get out of here! You've only made a few bucks, and you dare challenge me? Once you leave this door today, don't even think about coming back."
"If you don't want to come back, then don't come back. I'll wait for you to get drunk and rot on the street. Just don't come to beg me when the time comes."
"Bang!"
"Get lost! You dare to curse me? Look who out there would dare to take in an unfilial daughter like you."
As the man in the room cursed, the door was opened from the inside.
Hearing the noise, Xu Li hurriedly protected Fu Shuxian and moved to the side.
When Qiao Yanxin opened the door, she saw Xu Li and Fu Shuxian at a glance, but she didn't say anything. Instead, she glanced at the man in the room.
Seeing that the man was about to hit her with the bottle again, she turned around, closed the door, and stood outside.
"Joe..."
Just as Xu Li was about to speak, Qiao Yanxin raised her index finger to her lips and made a gesture to her to keep quiet.
Fu Shuxian realized what Qiao Yanxin had just experienced, grabbed Xu Li's arm, and walked downstairs first.
Qiao Yanxin followed closely behind, but deliberately walked away from Fu Shuxian and the others when they reached the stairs.
"Aunt Fu, what's going on?"
Fu Shuxian raised her head and glanced upstairs.
Sure enough, I saw a man in thin underwear standing by the fence, holding an empty wine bottle in his hand and throwing it in the direction where Qiao Yanxin left.
Xu Li and Fu Shuxian immediately retracted their heads and stood at the stairs for a while.
When the man's curses died down, Fu Shuxian said, "Go away."
The two of them deliberately took a detour before heading towards the street.
At the street corner, they saw Qiao Yanxin waiting there.
Qiao Yanxin looked at Xu Li, then turned to Fu Shuxian and said, "Aunt Fu, I'm so sorry, my dad wasn't originally going to be at home today, otherwise I wouldn't have made an appointment with you at home."
"Stop talking like that. We are bothering you. It's not easy for you as a girl."
Xu Li was not stupid, considering what Fu Shuxian and Qiao Yanxin said. Combining what she had just seen, she naturally understood Qiao Yanxin's situation.
"Aunt Fu, Miss Qiao, it's quite cold outside, why don't we find a place to sit and chat."
Fu Shuxian raised her hand and patted her forehead, then said with a smile, "Look at me, I forget as soon as I start talking. Lili is more attentive. How about we go to the restaurant in front and sit for a while?"
Qiao Yanxin just rushed out and even forgot to take her bag.
Fortunately, she was always on guard against her father, so she never left her money, and kept it in a cloth bag she sewed herself on the inside of her pants.
"good."
The three of them sat in a private room on the second floor of the restaurant, and Xu Li took the initiative to pour tea for Qiao Yanxin and Fu Shuxian.
Qiao Yanxin didn't take the initiative to talk about her family affairs, and Fu Shuxian and Xu Li pretended not to know and didn't mention a word.
"Yan Xin, this is the Xu Li I mentioned to you before. This girl is honest and down-to-earth.
She had a hard life since childhood, and now she has finally come to Beijing to find a job.
Last time when my niece got married, this girl saw your craftsmanship and came to me, wanting to be your apprentice."
In fact, Fu Shuxian had mentioned to Qiao Yanxin last time that Xu Li wanted to become a disciple.
But today, in front of Xu Li, she mentioned it again.
"Lili, didn't you bring a gift? Bring it here."
Seeing Xu Li standing behind her obediently without saying a word, Fu Shuxian waved to Xu Li.
"Oh, okay." Upon hearing that, Xu Li quickly turned around to get the gift.
"Miss Qiao, this is just a small gift. I hope you don't mind it."
Xu Li handed the gift to Qiao Yanxin with both hands, her eyes clear and bright without any impurities.
Qiao Yanxin just glanced at him casually and said "thank you".
Then Qiao Yanxin said solemnly, "Actually, I just want to recruit a helper, but since you want to learn from me, we have to be clear about this first."
"Of course we have to. Let's get things out of the way first so there won't be any unnecessary misunderstandings."
Seeing that Qiao Yanxin intended to take Xu Li as her apprentice, Fu Shuxian hurriedly smiled and joined in.
"You say." Xu Li nodded, her eyes firm.
“Many of my skills are the result of my own research. If you work under me, the most important thing is loyalty.
I don't want you to learn a little bit from me, then become arrogant and go out on your own with my research results.
It will be ugly when it is torn apart.
So before I officially accept you as my apprentice, you need to follow me and do my work for a month. After a month, based on your performance, we can discuss becoming my apprentice. How do you think?"
Qiao Yanxin had thought of these words after she learned that Xu Li wanted to become her disciple.
Although she had a good impression of Fu Shuxian's family, this did not mean that Xu Li, introduced by Fu Shuxian, was necessarily a good person.
The human heart is the most unpredictable.
She needs to test Xu Li and then make her own judgment.
Xu Li understood what Qiao Yan meant. She smiled at Fu Shuxian who was worried about her, then nodded and said, "Don't worry, as long as you are willing to teach me, I will definitely study hard and will never betray my teacher and ancestors."
"Yes, although Xu Li has only been in Beijing for a short time, I can see that she has good character. She is also the younger sister recognized by my future daughter-in-law, and she would not do such a thing."
Fu Shuxian was afraid that Qiao Yanxin didn't believe it, so she said a few good words for him.
Qiao Yanxin smiled in relief, "Don't get me wrong, I have no opinion on Xu Li, it's just that this kind of thing is too common in this industry, so I wanted to make things clear in advance."
"That's natural, that's natural."
"Of course, I won't let Xu Li work for me for nothing this month. As long as she works diligently and responsibly, I will pay her according to the market rate."
When Fu Shuxian heard what Qiao Yanxin said, she quickly waved her hand and said, "How can an apprentice ask the master for money? It's good enough that you don't charge her tuition."
"Let's put it this way. Even if I don't accept any apprentices, I still have to pay for a helper."
Seeing that Qiao Yanxin was not being falsely polite, Fu Shuxian nudged Xu Li with her elbow and said, "Why don't you thank Master Qiao quickly?"
"Thank you, Master." Xu Li obediently followed Fu Shuxian's instructions and bowed to Qiao Yanxin to show respect.
“No need to thank me. You earned it through your own hard work. There’s nothing to thank me for. Also, before you formally become my disciple, you can just call me Sister Qiao. You don’t have to call me Master.” Qiao Yanxin waved her hand.
"Okay, Sister Qiao."
Xu Li responded, and Fu Shuxian smiled and pulled her to sit beside her.
"It's almost noon now. Why don't the three of us have lunch here before leaving?"
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