Chapter 162 If I can take the exam
"So, girl, you've taken on all the responsibilities again in just a short while?" An Zhiqiu slapped his forehead, feeling helpless.
"Oh, life is all about doing things. It would be so boring if we don't do anything. Just thinking about how I was so idle yesterday morning that I didn't even have time to kill a fly, I felt uncomfortable all over," she said with a smile, hiding her neck in her cashmere scarf, leaning against her brother's back, and wrapping her left hand around her brother's thin waist.
Although I brought a supermarket with me and there were all kinds of electronic products in the supermarket, but there was no Internet, and all the electronic products were stand-alone, and at most I could play small games like Minesweeper, Hearts War, Poker, Snake, Tetris, Zuma, and Gobang.
Look at various recorded discs or books, or go to the arcade to play claw machines and shooting guns...
She has played with these things countless times in the past year. At first, she was still curious and could play in the whole place by herself, but after playing alone for a long time, she lost interest in it.
It would be better for her to find something to do, to kill time, to entertain herself, to serve the public, and to achieve the unity of personal and social values. Ha, when did she become so noble?
"By the way, brother, is your state-owned restaurant also having a meeting today?" An Zhixia suddenly remembered and asked, "Did your leader say anything to Baifu?"
An Zhiqiu smiled and nodded: "It was today. I went there with Chef Zhang and cashier Aunt Qi. Our sales yesterday were good, surpassing other restaurants in half a month. Everyone can get a few cents bonus this month.
From now on, the daily food quota of Baifu State-owned Restaurant will be the same as that of other restaurants. As long as we keep it up for a month, we won’t have to worry about being closed down or transferred.”
"That's great, brother. Good wine needs no bush. We have all the ingredients and your cooking skills are great, so we will definitely have repeat customers. You can become a kitchen helper, then a chef, and then you can be transferred to a bigger state-owned restaurant to shine!"
Hearing what the girl said, An Zhiqiu became excited. "Yes, learning never ends, and the same goes for cooking."
When they got home, there was already a table full of delicious food, including chicken, fish, eggs and meat. He reheated the food, and the brother and sister sat down around the big table. Just when the festive atmosphere was brewing, there was a knock on the gate.
The two looked at each other, put on their coats and walked out. They turned on the light at the gate, and An Zhiqiu asked in a deep voice, "Who is it?"
"I'm Sister Chen!" The woman outside responded with a smile, "I'm here to give you the rental contract."
When the door was opened, not only the woman was there, but also several other people living in the same courtyard with her, all of them holding a lot of papers in their hands.
"You two are really busy. You didn't see me yesterday and you came home so late today. If my child hadn't seen you riding your bikes back, this year would have been over." Sister Chen was the shrewd woman. "I'm impatient. If I don't get this resolved, I'll have a bad year. Don't blame us for disturbing your New Year's Eve dinner."
The brother and sister smiled and invited everyone into the main house.
The lights in the house were brighter than those outside. Only then could they see clearly that several people were carrying plates. Some had a plate of plump white dumplings, some had beans stewed with bacon with a shiny sauce, some had potatoes stewed with rooster meat, and some had a whole steamed fish!
"This is our way of welcoming our neighbors. We'll put together a table of food for you," looking at the sumptuous meal on the table of the An brothers and sisters, several people felt that the best dishes in their homes were not good enough and explained awkwardly.
After expressing their gratitude, the An siblings took the food and poured it into empty bowls and plates. Before they could take the plates out to wash them, they were snatched away by those people.
"We can just go home and wash them. We haven't washed the dishes at home yet, so we can do it together."
Sister Chen stopped An Zhixia who was about to go out to pour the brown sugar water and said, "Don't bother any more. We'll leave as soon as we're done. Otherwise, the food will get cold and lose its flavor."
As she spoke, she handed the things in her hand to An Zhixia, as well as the deposit and the first month's rent she had collected, and reported on her battle situation over the past two days. Others followed suit and unexpectedly solved the problem of all the houses bought by the old men in the An family and the compound before the New Year!
It really fits the saying that money makes the world go round. People who are greedy for money and good at scheming are not bad as long as they use it in the right place. If she guessed correctly, these people must have given up some of the money they had in their mouths to make this happen so quickly, and then used the incident she caused that day to intimidate them, and then used their clever words to make a point.
For the landlords, An Jia and the old men, it is just a loss of one month's rent. For the tenants, the first month's rent can be cheaper, and for these lobbyists, they can live for free for half a year.
An Zhixia looked at them carefully one by one, checked the money and tickets, and said with a smile: "Thank you brothers and sisters for your help."
After giving the group some candies and cakes, An Zhixia counted out a stack of money and gave it to her brother, saying, "Brother, this is the deposit and rent for your second courtyard. There are six rooms in the back wing, three main rooms with an annex, and three east and west wing rooms. The rent is twenty-one yuan a month, and the total including the deposit is sixty-three yuan!"
Although the second courtyard has one less row of back rooms than the third courtyard, the main courtyard of the second courtyard is larger, so the rent is naturally higher.
An Zhiqiu took it without hesitation, took out 19.8 yuan from it and stuffed it into her hand, saying, "Didn't you pay out the first month's rent? I'll just take the deposit." Without allowing the girl to refuse, he said happily, "In the future, I will have 37.8 yuan in rent every month, and a salary of 22 yuan every month, which is as much as the salary of a fifth or sixth-level veteran worker. I can definitely support you and your sister-in-law!"
An Zhixia pursed her lips, put the money away, and thought of some information she had looked up in the electronic library. She said maliciously, "Brother, you are too hopeless, aren't you? Are you satisfied with just this? We won't compare ourselves with the old workers who earned high salaries based on their years of service. However, I heard from the older sisters in my class that there was a college student assigned to the factory, and his first month's salary after becoming a regular employee was 51 yuan!"
An Zhiqiu looked at the girl suddenly. It was fifty-one yuan! Although he was paid two jobs in Wuqi Commune, one as a chef and the other as a brick factory worker, and his salary could exceed one hundred yuan at the highest, it was because the girl boosted the economy of the entire commune. It made him feel like he had picked up the money for nothing, and he had no sense of accomplishment at all.
But it was different in Kyoto. Everyone was working in the office, working their way up through hard work and years of experience, full of fighting spirit. When he heard about the paratroopers, he felt a little jealous.
"If we can get into university, we will definitely be no worse than others!"
(End of this chapter)
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