Chapter 77 Chapter 77 Qin Yi was beaten
Xu Yunfan added playfully, "If by then, we're the same height, or you're just a little shorter than me, that would actually be great too, hehe... From now on, when we kiss, you don't have to tilt your head back, and I don't have to lower it. Your neck won't be sore, and my brain won't be congested. Then we can kiss for a long time and nibble as much as we want."
The inexperienced Xu Yunfan mistakenly said kissing was like chewing pig's trotters during this call.
Qin Run: “…”
At this moment, Qin Run didn't care about these things anymore. What he cared about was what was going on with Xu Yunfan. "Yunfan, is that you?"
"It's me. That's what I looked like when I was twenty." Xu Yunfan's cheeks puffed up when he noticed something was wrong with Qin Run's expression. "Why are you looking at me like that? Do you think I'm older than you? Or do you think I'm unacceptable and afraid of you because I'm a ghost?"
Qin Run choked. Scared?
It is impossible to be afraid.
At first, he thought that Xu Yunfan looked like this, and he was either a fairy boy who had come down to earth, or maybe a wild monster. He didn't feel scared at the time, and after spending such a long time together, he was even less afraid.
What he was afraid of was that Xu Yunfan's sudden rejuvenation might harm his body or have other side effects.
If you talk about old, Xu Yunfan is now seventeen years old, younger than him. Even if he is twenty years old, how can he be considered old?
Qin Run expressed his concerns, and Xu Yunfan laughed. "No, I eat well and sleep well now. I snore as soon as I touch the bed. I enjoy everything I eat and I'm in good health. There will be no problem. As for why I became like this, it's probably because the speed of time in the channel was different when I came here. Anyway, I'm fine, you don't have to worry. Also, don't carry such heavy things next time, okay?"
Qin Run felt warm in his heart. No matter whether Xu Yunfan looked a little immature now or Xu Yunfan who had become more mature at the age of twenty, Qin Run liked him very much.
"By the way, what did you call me for?"
Xu Yunfan slapped his head. If Qin Run hadn't reminded him, he would have almost forgotten to share this good news with Qin Run. "Qin Run, let me tell you... So, we have to find the cook, helper, waiter, etc. ourselves. Who do you think we should look for?"
Qin Run was stunned by this huge surprise and couldn't recover for a long time. It was not until Xu Yunfan pushed him twice that Qin Run reacted.
A helper is someone who is responsible for washing vegetables and dishes in the kitchen.
The waiter is responsible for running errands, wiping tables, and serving food.
It is easy to find a helper. Just find a woman who does her job honestly and likes cleanliness. As for the waiter, he will be able to do the job if he is good at talking and can read people's expressions.
The difficulty is, "Yun Fan, the helpers and waiters are easy to deal with, but the cook, the shopkeeper, and the accountant are hard to find."
Although it is certain that they will not be able to recruit people if the wages are paid in full, the difficulty lies in whether they can recruit people who satisfy them and have real skills.
Xu Yunfan chuckled and said nonchalantly, "I'm the one who contracted the canteen, so naturally I'll be the shopkeeper. As for the accountant, I can do that too. It's no big deal for me. You just have to work harder."
"What can I do?"
"My plan is to give you the important task of cooking."
"I'm not afraid of being tired. As long as I can do it, I can do anything." Qin Run was used to working, so he naturally didn't feel tired. He was so happy to be able to work for Xu Yunfan that he didn't have time to feel tired.
But the question is, can he really do it?
He didn't feel tired, but Xu Yunfan was reluctant to leave.
Qingfeng Academy has hundreds of students after all. If one person is responsible for their meals, he would be exhausted. However, Xu Yunfan has a plan. "I feel bad if you are not tired. Qingfeng Academy has a lot of students. If you are alone, you will be exhausted. So, I have decided to change the current rules of the Qingfeng Academy cafeteria."
Qin Run brought over two stools, one for Xu Yunfan, and the two of them sat under the eaves. "How do you want to change it? Can you tell me?"
"Of course, why not? You are my husband. No matter big or small, I will discuss everything with you. This is the most basic respect between husbands."
"Listen to me, this is how the Qingfeng Academy cafeteria is currently operating..."
Qingfeng Inn is the same as other inns outside. When students arrive there, they look at the menu and order whatever they want. A dish can cost dozens or even hundreds of coins and several taels. Therefore, usually a few students who are on good terms with each other sit together at a table and then split the money equally, which is what is called the AA system in modern times.
Xu Yunfan didn't think much of this kind of ordering-based operation mode. You know, some people don't like socializing due to their personality, some are simply excluded, or for other reasons, they simply can't fit into other people's circles. Do such students not need to eat?
And he doesn't have that many cooks.
Xu Yunfan plans to adopt a modern cafeteria self-service system, preparing a few dishes a day and allowing students to buy them according to their preferences and tastes.
"Look, we have a roasting kiln now. When the time comes, we can hire someone to help kill ducks. We can roast eight at a time. Roast duck is a dish. We also have braised meat. There are many things that can be braised with this thing. We can also stir-fry two vegetables or make two more meat dishes. Not all students in the college will go to the cafeteria to eat, so preparing four to six dishes a day should be more than enough."
"As for the rice, the helpers will be responsible for steaming it, and the waiters will be responsible for serving the rice and dishes."
Qin Run: "Are you responsible for collecting the cash?"
Xu Yunfan waved his hand, "Collect money? I have to collect money every time they open a meal, how troublesome!"
"So, do you have any ideas?" Qin Run discovered that Xu Yunfan was really smart. Indeed, if students ordered dishes, not only would he be too busy, but the students would also have to wait for a long time.
If the dishes were prepared directly and the students were allowed to choose according to their taste, there would always be one or two dishes out of the six that they would find edible. Just based on the recipes in Xu Yunfan's head, there wasn't a single dish that wasn't delicious.
Xu Yunfan: "When the time comes, I will implement a meal ticket management system. Meat dishes are priced at a certain price, and vegetarian dishes are priced at a certain price. Each of them will buy a meal ticket from me. If they order two meat dishes and two vegetarian dishes in one meal, the waiter will serve them after receiving the meal ticket. I will only collect money once a day. Wouldn't it be so tiring?"
"But if you cook six dishes a day for a few months, you can do it. It will get tiring after a while. Don't worry, when the sweet potato noodles are made, we can sell them together. Anyone can eat the noodles or not."
To sell noodles, seasonings, soup bases, etc., he only needs to prepare the chili sauce and other things in advance, and he can let the helpers make the soup base. As for the condiments and other ingredients for making the soup base, Qin Run will be responsible for it. By dividing the work of other steps, Qin Run will naturally be much more relaxed.
By then, he will introduce some desserts, such as bread or red bean paste and mung bean paste. Even if only a hundred people go to eat there a day, after deducting the rent and wages, they can still make a small profit.
Xu Yunfan thought happily that he had no money in the early stage, and Qi Xiu Ze took this into consideration and said that he would plead with the dean to defer his rent for one month.
After a month, Xu Yunfan no longer believed that he could not pay the rent.
"For helpers, we'll hire two. For waiters, let's tentatively hire three. Who do you think we should hire for these five people? I'll write a few contracts later. If they agree, we'll sign them. That way, we won't have to worry about anyone going back on their word or them worrying that we'll withhold their wages. It's a guarantee for both parties."
Qin Run didn't expect that Xu Yunfan had just planned to take over the Qingyu Inn in the morning, but he had already made a plan now. He even told him how many people to hire and how to operate it. After listening to him, Qin Run suddenly felt enlightened.
Xu Yunfan has only been in Dali Village for a short time. In terms of his relationship with the Qin family, Qin Run is naturally the one he is more familiar with.
Qin Run knew the character of everyone on the Qin family's side. "This waiter, although not like the waiters in the inn who need to serve dishes or something, the waiter we recruit must be brave and not afraid of students. Otherwise, if someone asks a question and he hesitates for a long time without answering, that won't do. Qin Qi from Uncle Qin Sen's family has been a waiter before and has experience. Although his legs are inconvenient, he is not afraid of serving students while standing. And Fang Yi from Uncle Fang's family often takes prey to sell with Uncle Fang. He has seen a lot of people and is not afraid. Brother Qin Er and the others are also brave and can be used. As for helpers, Aunt Qin and Aunt Qin San are quick and hardworking. They keep the house clean and tidy, and they are not the kind of people who would cheat or do anything cunning. I think they can do this job."
According to seniority, Qin Run should call Qin Sen uncle, and Qin Sanniang should be called aunt. However, when he was young and ignorant, he was used to calling Qin Da Niang, so he followed suit and called Qin Sanniang the same way.
In his early years, Qin Sen did odd jobs outside and was often not in the village. Qin's father rarely saw him. After settling down in Dali Village, Qin's father went to visit Qin's aunt's house. Seeing that Qin Sanniang was older than himself, he patted Qin Run's shoulder and asked him to call her Sanniang. Qin Run got used to calling her that, and later everyone didn't care, so they didn't change the name.
If Qin Run says yes, then of course it is possible.
Xu Yunfan didn't think twice. "Okay, then I'll do as you say. I'll go write the contract and you go cook. After dinner, we'll talk to them this afternoon. I also want to ask Uncle Qin Mu to make me a few hundred wooden dinner plates. By the way, how do you think the wages should be calculated?"
Qin Mu has had no work recently, so Xu Yunfan took care of his business and gave the work to him. Qin Mu did the work for him with all his heart. It was the best of both parties.
As for wages, Qin Run suggested, "How about twenty cents a day?"
The helpers just wash vegetables, dishes, mop the floor in the kitchen. The work is not tiring, but the tasks are a lot and varied. Twenty cents a day is a reasonable price, and Qin Run thinks it is.
Carrying big bags at the dock also paid twenty cents a day. That work was more tiring and exposed to the sun. Qin Run set the wage at twenty cents because they were his relatives.
Qingfeng Academy has a rule that students can have one day off every ten days, so in reality they only need to be busy for twenty-seven days a month.
Xu Yunfan simply said, "Then let's calculate it based on 600 wen per month. It's troublesome to pay our long-term workers on a daily basis, and they may not be able to take a break when the students are on vacation."
I am usually busy and cannot do a thorough cleaning every day. So when I am no longer busy, I will naturally do a thorough cleaning.
It is said that diseases come from the mouth. When working in the catering industry, you must pay attention to hygiene. Xu Yunfan must control this aspect well.
"Six hundred wen a month? Isn't it said that Qingfeng Academy has one day off every ten days?" Qin Run was slightly surprised. The salary given by Xu Yunfan was not low.
Xu Yunfan: "Well, the students are on vacation, so we can do some cleaning and tiring work. It's tiring, so let's settle the wages. I'm going to go write the deed."
Qin Run was still a little stunned until Xu Yunfan entered the woodshed.
Xu Yunfan went to the town to sell food for about ten days, and today he is planning to buy the Qingyu Inn in Qingfeng Academy?
And I have discussed the matter of hiring workers with him.
Why does this feel so unreal?
Even so, Xu Yunfan said that Qin Run would only trust him unconditionally.
After dinner, taking advantage of the hot weather and the fact that few people were working in the fields, Xu Yunfan and Qin Run put on their straw hats and went to Aunt Qin's house.
Before leaving, Xu Yunfan told Xiaoye and Qin An, "It's too hot. Stay home and don't run around. Okay?"
"Brother, where are you going?" Qin An held Xiaoye's hand and looked up at Xu Yunfan eagerly, "Can't we go?"
Being stared at by Qin An, Xu Yunfan felt soft-hearted for a moment, but soon hardened his heart again. "No, your eldest brother and I are going to Aunt Qin's house to discuss something. We'll be back soon. It's very sunny outside. You stay home and wait for your brother-in-law to come back and give you some candy."
Knowing that Xu Yunfan and the others were going to Aunt Qin's house, Qin An obediently said, "Okay, brother-in-law, brother, you have to come back early."
Qin Run patted the two little guys' heads and said, "Well, we'll be back soon. If you're scared, please close the gate."
Ever since Sun Dahe and Aunt Li came once, Qin An and Xiao Ye were probably scared. They were not afraid of being beaten, but worried that Qin Run and Xu Yunfan would be bullied when they went out, so Qin An wanted to follow them wherever they went.
When Xu Yunfan arrived at Aunt Qin's house, he noticed that the atmosphere in Aunt Qin's house was not right before he even opened his mouth.
What was wrong? In Xu Yunfan's words, it gave people a feeling of melancholy and gloom.
"Auntie." Qin Run called out, and then walked in with Xu Yunfan.
Seeing Qin Run and the others coming, the Qin family members looked over and forced a smile at Xu Yunfan.
Xu Yunfan: “…”
He didn't want to laugh, and he didn't have to laugh. But the facial nerves were twitching so stiffly and the expression was so unnatural that he thought of the ghosts in horror movies laughing like that. It was quite creepy.
If it wasn't broad daylight and they were at Uncle Qin's house with Qin Run by his side, Xu Yunfan might have turned around and left immediately after they smiled like that.
Xu Yunfan pulled a small stool over and sat next to Aunt Qin. He didn't rush to talk about his own affairs, but asked first, "Auntie, what's wrong with you? You all look worried, but have you encountered any problems?"
Uncle Qin sighed, his back bent, and the wrinkles on his face seemed to deepen because of his worry. "Something happened to your Uncle Qin Mu."
"Huh?" Xu Yunfan turned his head and saw that Qin Mu was not there. "What happened to Uncle Qin Mu?"
Didn’t you just go to the fields to work yesterday?
"Your Uncle Qin Mu received news this morning that Fang Cuicui and her brothers had gone looking for Qin Yi. Worried, he rushed to town to check on him. Unexpectedly, Qin Yi was pinned to the ground and beaten like a dog by Fang Cuicui's eldest and second brothers. Your Uncle Qin Mu was so enraged that he lost all reason and struck Fang Da with a stick. Now Fang Da is yelling, 'Hey, my hand's broken, and he's afraid it won't heal without ten taels of silver."
Fang Cuicui is Qin's eldest daughter-in-law. Since she returned to her parents' home, Qin's eldest daughter-in-law thought that Qin Yi would come to pick her up in two days at the latest. However, she waited and waited, and after a few days, there was still no sign of Qin Yi.
Fang Cuicui's elder brother Fang Da went to inquire and found out that Qin Yi not only told them that he was going to take his sister back to her husband's home, but he also told them that he wanted to divorce Fang Cuicui.
Because Qin Yi is their brother-in-law, Fang Da and Fang Er have taken a lot of money from him over the years, and they would go to the Qin family to ask for money from time to time. Their brother-in-law has a decent job and earns a lot of money. If Fang Cuicui really divorces Qin Yi, will Qin Yi still respect their two brothers-in-law in the future?
They will never agree to separation.
Qin knew what kind of people the Fang family was like early on. If they didn't get along, even a single word would be too much.
In the past, Qin Yi thought that Fang Cuicui was different from them. At least, the understanding, gentle, virtuous, considerate and generous side she showed in front of him was enough for him to marry Fang Cuicui despite Qin Mu's dissatisfaction.
After becoming husband and wife and getting to know each other, Qin Yi finally understood what it meant to say one thing in public and another behind the scenes, and what the saying "people of the same family tend to act alike" meant.
Fang Cuicui is not untainted by the mud. Even though she is different from the Fang family, after getting along with them for a long time, she has long been assimilated by the Fang family's greed.
After they got married, Fang Cuicui asked him for money countless times, but whenever he couldn't give it, Fang Cuicui would definitely say something to him.
Qin Yi knew that Fang Cuicui not only spent money lavishly, but also gave her money to Fang Da and others to spend.
In the past few years, Qin Yi was exhausted, but he couldn't save much money. He didn't fulfill Qin Mu's long-cherished wish at all.
He married Fang Cuicui, but had to support the three brothers and sisters of the Fang family. Even so, they still complained that he didn't earn enough. When they asked him for money, he didn't give them what they wanted. The two brothers-in-law would always complain, "That so-and-so is so promising. I should have let Cuicui marry him earlier, but Cuicui fell in love with you."
After hearing such complaints for a long time and being said so many times, it is impossible for Qin Yi to not have any complaints in his heart.
In addition, Qin Mu went to find him and told him what Fang Cuicui did at home. Qin Yi didn't want to endure it anymore, so he thought about divorce.
However, as soon as he told Fang Da and the others about this, the two of them ignored their friendship and beat him up without saying a word, cursing him like he was a good-for-nothing.
If Qin Mu hadn't hit Fang Da with a stick and let them continue beating him, Qin Yi would probably have to stay in bed for ten days or half a month before he could get up.
The two brothers Fang Da and Fang Er are fat and strong. They don't know how to show mercy when beating people. Once they attack, they will never show mercy.
They also do the same thing when it comes to blackmailing people.
Qin Mu hadn't even asked them for the silver yet, but they were the first to complain, shamelessly asking Qin Mu to pay ten taels of silver. Otherwise, if the matter got out of hand, the men in Fangjia Village would definitely not let it go.
Fang Cuicui is from Fangjia Village. Fangjia Village is not big, but the people there are united!
When one family has problems, the men from other families will roll up their sleeves and join in. That's why Fang Da and the others are so fearless. Even if it's his brother-in-law, they will still beat him up. They are not afraid at all that Qin Yi dares to divorce Fang Cuicui.
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