First day of opening.
Chen Anan obediently hung a small white cloth on her shoulders and became the chief waiter.
Jiang Peiyao was still patrolling the area to check hygiene, but the little brat was making noise wherever he went.
Their Wuyou Restaurant is considered the best-decorated restaurant in the urban village. Its classical style seems out of place in this crowded urban village.
In the morning, most people in the urban village went to work, so there was not much business here.
I simply sat in the middle of the hall and started eating melon seeds.
"Dad, we don't have any business here?"
"You're kidding. I can do any business. It's not even dinner time yet. There will be a lot of people coming in soon."
Okay~ This is also Chen Anan’s first time as a waiter.
There was definitely some curiosity. As it was almost time for dinner, a uniformed officer came in at the door.
Check the fire protection and sanitation.
He has all the necessary documents.
The uniformed personnel saw that there were no people here and estimated that the shop wouldn't be open for long.
He asked a few questions and then left.
After a while, the guests finally arrived, carrying some agricultural products in their hands.
Chen Anan went to receive the guests happily. She was a natural social butterfly who was good at dealing with people.
"Uncle, what do you want to eat?"
"Little girl, you guys are new here, are there any activities?"
"No, what activities do you want?"
"Just give us some of the free ones."
"OK…"
Her family is not short of money, so she gave me a bottle of Moutai for free.
"Uncle, what do you want to order?"
"It's just a bottle of wine, Maotai, is it appropriate for you to blatantly sell fakes?"
"How can it be fake? It's real Moutai."
How could the three middle-aged men believe that someone would really give them Moutai? They just saw a new store opened here and thought there must be some activities, so they came to experience it.
The three of them seemed polite and only ordered one meat dish and two vegetable dishes, which totaled about one hundred and twenty yuan.
This is simply not available in the center of Shanghai, and it’s a bit expensive in the urban villages.
There weren't too many customers on their first day of opening. Chen Pingsheng was busy cooking, and Chen Anan was busy receiving guests and wiping tables.
After a day of exhaustion, Chen Anan lost all her curiosity after returning home.
I simply didn't want to stay any longer, but the little brat surprisingly stopped crying and making a fuss.
Another day passed, and Chen Anan completely lost her passion.
She doesn't want to be a waitress anymore, but unfortunately her father is still cooking, so she can't give up halfway.
No matter what, I have to work for two months. As for the so-called worry-free dream, I have to meet the right person.
Her father didn't even explain what a destined person is.
Three days later.
The only thing Chen Anan felt was that people here were particularly particular about saving money when eating.
Especially the elderly, if they can be full with one dish, they will basically not order a second one.
On the other hand, it is different for young people who have just received their salary.
They don't care much about spending money. Their salaries are not high and they don't need to save money. They basically live paycheck to paycheck.
The hotel's interior decoration is high-end but the charges are not high, and it has gradually accumulated a small number of small customers.
Of course, she also knew some people who had been here for a while.
For example, Li Qian, who sits in the best seat, is one of the few senior white-collar workers in this urban village.
He is good-looking and graduated from a prestigious university called 985.
She has come here to eat two or three times. Every time she orders a dish, Chen Anan will give her a bottle of drink.
Li Qian works in the city and spends two or three hours commuting to and from get off work every day.
She looks very decent, always sprays some perfume when she goes out, and irons her clothes until there is no wrinkle.
You should ask her if she is tired spending so much time on the road every day.
She will just smile and tell you that it's okay once you get used to it.
Once she worked overtime so late that she fell asleep in the office.
Her leader asked her to spend her time on meaningful things, and for Li Qian, this meant getting up earlier every day.
Who doesn’t want to work close to home?
Just thinking about the rent in the city center, she would rather run a few more hours every day.
Chen Pingsheng was responsible for cooking, and the reception work was left to Big Brat.
She is also a talented person. She secretly asked her family to send her several boxes of expensive drinks, and she would give a bottle to anyone she liked.
"Sister Li, are you off work?"
"yes."
Looking at the time, it’s almost time for her family to get off work.
"Then do you want my dad to make you some egg fried rice?"
"That's fine. It's not easy for you to run a shop. You're so young and you still remember to help your family during the summer vacation. You'll definitely have a bright future when you grow up."
"That's it."
Chen Anan giggled. She took out a bottle of Romande-Conti from the box and handed it to Li Qian. "Sister Li, this is a gift from my dad."
"Giving away wine again. I only make fried rice for twelve yuan, and adding a side dish is less than fifty yuan. Aren't you losing money by giving away wine every day?"
"Not really. My dad's Wuyou Restaurant specializes in destiny."
"Okay."
Li Qian was reluctant to refuse, as she didn't recognize the wine brand and just thought it was a promotion for the opening of a new store.
No one will take care of it if it is placed in a rental house.
After she dragged her tired body away, Chen Anan immediately went to find her father.
Chen Pingsheng was still cooking in the kitchen. It was almost time to get off work when another table of guests arrived, a group of young men and women.
"Dad, I think we have a connection!"
"What fate? Just the two bottles of red wine you gave her are enough to solve her problem. Let's see more."
Okay...Chen Anan stopped talking again.
She still listens to her father very much, and the person she met this time is different.
I work in the largest shoe factory nearby and my life is repetitive.
Work is like an assembly line, which does not require them to use their brains or have any creativity.
It's just a matter of standing in that position and repeating the same actions mechanically.
They are soulless during the twelve hours they work.
Only after get off work do they do what they should do at this age.
Beer, barbecue, loud laughter, and loud imagination about the future.
For them, perhaps the shoe factory is just a transitional period.
One day, they will spread their wings and soar into the sky.
But...the reality is that it happens day after day, year after year.
Chen Anan also gave them a bottle of Moutai. These people had never tasted it before, and they felt that the fake Moutai tasted quite good.
Leaves a lingering fragrance on your lips and teeth.
I can't really describe the feeling. I just feel that after waking up from a sleep, I have to go back to that soulless job.
Many people just go with the flow in their lives, while some people can face challenges head-on.
Try to get a better job through your own efforts.
The girl who sits in the corner by the door every day is the one who, when she first came, specifically asked Chen Anan if she could sit here for a while.
Chen Anan said yes and gave her a bottle of drink.
Every night after that, the girl would come to their door until the moment they turned off the lights.
The little girl is called Yang Wei. She is only twenty years old and has been working in the shoe factory for two years.
Seeing her sitting outside alone again, Chen Anan couldn't help but run over to ask her, "Sister Weiwei, you read different books every day. Are you thinking about going to college?"
"No, I just want to work in a better company."
Yang Wei quite likes Chen Anan. She doesn't have much confidence and speaks softly.
"Every time I have a holiday, I apply for a job at a big company. Every time I go, I get rejected because of my academic qualifications. I want to learn more and see if I can get a job at a better company."
"So there's no way for you to improve your academic qualifications if you don't go to university?"
Chen Anan scratched his head, feeling that what she said was quite contradictory.
Yang Wei was helpless. "Yeah, if you don't go to a good university, you won't be able to get into a big company. Shuiyunjian won't start recruiting students again until this time next year. There are too many people like me, so how can I expect to get into a company like that?"
Yang Wei left dejectedly.
For her, reading every night is just a way to maintain the little hope in her heart.
If I stay in a factory like this and do nothing, how can there be any hope in life?
It's just that when you reach a certain age, you get married and then work in the countryside or in another factory.
This kind of life is not what she wants.
She has worked hard for two whole years to get into Shuiyunjian University.
"Dad, is the Shuiyunjian University that Mom runs really that great?"
Chen Anan asked with mixed feelings.
Chen Pingsheng asked her to sit down, and he lit a Lao Baisha. "The Shuiyunjian that you see is just ordinary, but it is a dream that countless people cannot enter. You should know that the Shuiyunjian opened by your mother has not only created countless wealth for the family, but also provided a best stage for thousands of rural girls to change their destiny.
"Chen Anan, you must remember that any family business is not just a tool for making money, it is also an opportunity for countless people to survive and change their destiny.
"A company's responsibility is not just to make money, it also has to achieve success for the employees who devote their time and sweat to it."
Chen Anan also found out today that there are such hardworking people. Not only do they work for more than ten hours, but they also study for several hours after get off work, just to get into her mother's company.
Between water and clouds.
Perhaps this is what her father meant by corporate responsibility.
Live up to the trust of others and create a fair and just high-income platform for all employees.
It really makes sense for her father to let her work as a waitress.
(End of this chapter)
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