Chapter 10 Chapter 10 Another Price
The shepherd's purse and egg pancakes they had for lunch were incredibly tender and fresh, and the pancakes were incredibly fragrant. However, Liu Mianmian noticed that Shen Weizhou seemed a little absent-minded, eating for a long time before only eating a tiny bit. He also kept looking at her with a look so complex she couldn't describe it.
Liu Mianmian didn't have time to care about him. She finished her meal in a hurry, went into the east wing, changed her clothes and left.
"Miss Liu, what are you doing in such a hurry?" Aunt Liu couldn't help but ask Shen Weizhou. She and Liu Mianmian had been getting along well these past few days, but she didn't dare to ask about her whereabouts, as that would be annoying.
Shen Weizhou shook his head.
Aunt Liu sighed, hesitated for a moment, and then said, "Weizhou, don't blame Aunt Liu for being nosy. Once you marry a daughter-in-law, you must coax her well and talk to her more often. If you feel well, go shopping with her in the department store and buy some things. Miss Liu has a bad temper, but she's a good person. As the old saying goes, a strong woman is afraid of a clinging man. You should take the initiative!"
Shen Weizhuo didn't say anything for a long time, and only responded with a "hmm" after a long time.
Aunt Liu shook her head and sighed, feeling extremely worried. How could he possibly coax his wife with such a taciturn personality?
On the other side, Liu Mianmian walked briskly to Zhijiang West Restaurant. She had lunch early, and when she arrived, the restaurant was just serving customers.
The restaurant is well-organized. Guests eat quietly and speak softly when they do. The waiters move around very quietly. The overall atmosphere is indeed elegant and harmonious.
The manager personally led Liu Mianmian to the piano and whispered to her that the boss had instructed her to try her best to cooperate if anyone wanted to order a song.
This was not a requirement before.
Originally, they had agreed that Liu Mianmian could freely choose the songs to play based on the music scores prepared by the restaurant. This would allow Liu Mianmian to control the difficulty level herself, and she could skip some particularly difficult songs or songs she was not sure about.
Liu Mianmian glanced sideways at the manager. The manager knew that the young lady before him was not as simple and easy to talk to as she appeared. He smiled and said, "Extra requests will naturally have a different price. As long as a customer requests a song, you will be charged an extra three yuan per song."
Liu Mianmian raised her eyebrows and said with a smile, "Deal."
In fact, she doesn’t care what kind of song she plays. She can play the ordinary ones, and she can also play most of the unusual ones.
In her previous life, her mother always wanted to train her to be a pianist. She started learning piano in elementary school and studied for more than ten years. If her parents had not died in a plane crash, disrupting her original life trajectory, perhaps she would have continued on her path.
She never imagined that one day playing the piano would become her means of making a living.
But making money is not bad.
The soft sound of the piano rang out, flowing from one corner of the restaurant like a spring to every corner of the restaurant, without seeming abrupt at all. The guests who were whispering to each other were startled for a moment, then quickly smiled and continued to talk in low voices.
The volume of the piano was just right, making people feel comfortable without affecting their conversation. In fact, with the piano sound covering up their voices, they spoke more naturally and casually.
"It's indeed a restaurant opened by a Hong Kong-based boss. The style is definitely different."
"The music is played well, and the dining environment here is unique in South City."
"The girl playing the piano is quite pretty, like a movie star."
"He plays the piano so well, maybe he's from a big theater troupe or a music school."
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Liu Mianmian didn't know that many customers were talking about her in every corner of the restaurant. After the song ended, she was about to take a short break for two or three minutes when a baby-faced girl, seemingly young and dressed in a waitress's skirt, came up to her with a tray and whispered, "Miss Liu, here's the song the customer ordered."
“…”
Liu Mianmian couldn't believe it, but she lowered her voice and asked, "A customer has requested a song so soon?"
The little girl showed an embarrassed expression and hesitated to answer. Liu Mianmian immediately understood and did not embarrass her. She said, "Okay, I understand."
The little girl seemed relieved, said "thank you" and quickly slipped away.
Unfolding the folded note, Liu Mianmian took a glance at it and found that it was indeed a very difficult piece of music to play.
Liu Mianmian couldn't help but complain in her heart, isn't it just a piano accompaniment in a western restaurant? Why is it as difficult as a professional performer-level exam?
But even if she complained, she still had to play the music. This song would earn her three more yuan! She had to play it anyway, so it didn't matter what song she played. She was just hoping someone would request her songs. If she got three or five requests every day, her monthly income would double immediately.
After the song ended, the baby-faced girl came again. There was still a folded note on the tray. She handed the note to Liu Mianmian, stuck out her tongue embarrassedly, and slipped away without waiting for Liu Mianmian to speak.
Liu Mianmian unfolded the note and took a look. The handwriting was the same as the previous note, but the style of the music had changed. It was a particularly passionate and majestic song.
The previous song tested skills, and this one tests reaction ability.
Liu Mianmian pondered for a moment, flipping through the music score book prepared by the restaurant. Soon she threw the music score book aside and pressed the piano keys lightly and firmly with her fingers.
The familiar handwriting at the end appeared twice again, and the two notes taken later were different, and the songs ordered were also very common.
Two hours later, there were only two or three tables of customers left in the restaurant, and Liu Mianmian's working time was up.
The restaurant manager personally escorted her out to the courtyard. He smiled and said, as if revealing a mystery, "The boss ordered four pieces of music, and you performed them very well. She was very satisfied and praised your piano playing!"
The boss is naturally Miss Lin Er.
It was the first day of work for the employee, and the boss was worried and wanted to test his ability. Liu Mianmian had guessed it. She said politely, "Is the boss still in the restaurant? I'll go thank her."
The manager smiled and waved his hand: "The boss is very busy. She left after eating. She is very optimistic about you. I'm sure we'll have a chance to meet next time."
Liu Mianmian was actually more concerned about the last two notes. After casually expressing her anticipation for the meeting, she asked, "What are the next two songs?"
"A customer ordered it," the manager said. "They didn't know it was the owner, so they saw her ordering and, curious, followed suit. The owner has a great business sense. I think we'll be seeing a lot of customers ordering songs in the future."
Liu Mianmian also wanted to confirm whether the last two orders were from customers. After all, the boss couldn't come to inspect the staff's level every day. Only if other customers ordered songs would she be able to continue to receive additional fees.
The manager took out a few more banknotes from his pocket and said, "This is the cost of the music ordered at noon. The boss has instructed that this money will be settled directly to you every day. You can just go to Alin to collect it in the future." Alin is the cashier of the restaurant.
This is really a pleasant surprise.
Liu Mianmian happily took it and said, "Thank you, Manager Chen!"
There are six songs in total, and they cost 18 yuan, which is equivalent to an apprentice's monthly salary.
Three hundred and eighty yuan is not too much, and eighteen yuan is not too little. Moreover, if she can earn so much extra money every day, she will definitely be among the high-income groups in South City.
With the warm eighteen yuan in her pocket, Liu Mianmian happily returned to Qiuzhi Lane.
The courtyard gate was locked. Liu Mianmian knocked on the door for a while, but no one answered for a long time. She realized later that Shen Weizhuo and Aunt Liu had probably gone out.
She took out the key that Yu Wan had given her before and entered the house. The yard was indeed quiet.
Liu Mianmian called out "Aunt Liu" several times towards the kitchen, but no one answered. She then called out "Shen Weizhuo" several times towards the main house, but still no one answered.
After confirming that no one else was at home, Liu Mianmian felt relieved and began to hum a song with a smile: "We are so happy today. We ordinary people are happy, happy, so happy today..." As she sang, she also twisted her body a few times.
Liu Mianmian hummed a song as she entered the east wing.
She didn't know that at this moment, two pairs of eyes were looking at her in the inconspicuous utility room in the corner of the yard.
Lin Zhe, a tall and strong man, huddled in a cramped corner, his expression indescribable. He commented, "Your wife is quite lively."
Shen Weizhuo stood behind the broken bookcase with a cold face and a hint of silence in his eyes.
He also didn't know that Liu Mianmian was so...lively in private.
Lin Zhe looked at Shen Weizhuo sympathetically: "If it's really like you suspect, your wife wants to run away from home... Come to think of it, it does look a bit like that. She deliberately called you when she came in. She wanted to make sure if you were at home, right? If that's the case, then she must be quite impatient, right?" They were so happy that they were singing and dancing.
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Shen Weizhou had no expression on his face and said calmly, "If Heaven wants someone to die, it will first make him mad."
Hiss, Lin Zhe looked at him. It’s not that serious, right?
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