Chapter 58: Made People Cry
Shi Xiaoai sighed: "Anyway, you really need to discuss this matter with Aunt Liu and Uncle Wang. Sometimes you only see one side of the story when you're in the middle of it."
"My parents will definitely not agree." Wang Xiaofeng muttered to herself.
"Then think carefully about why the old man disagrees!" Shi Xiaoai couldn't help it and replied stiffly.
The room fell silent again.
Shi Xiaoai didn't want to talk anymore. She put the baked pancakes into the basket and wrapped them with gauze. Just as she was about to tell Wang Xiaofeng that she could bake the rest herself, she noticed that the corners of the girl's eyes were a little wet.
She immediately regretted it.
What am I doing?
The little girl didn't sleep early in the morning and came to help with the work, and you made her cry?
"Hey, Xiaofeng, don't think too much. I was a little anxious just now. Don't take my words to heart if they sound unpleasant." She quickly apologized.
"No, sister, it has nothing to do with you. I know you are doing this for my own good."
Wang Xiaofeng shook her head vigorously, but her tears still couldn't stop and fell down.
She wiped her tears and said in a hoarse voice, "I know it's better to stay at home, but under the current conditions, I can't stay!
I am already 22 years old this year. I really don’t want to eat idle meals at home and I don’t want my parents to support me anymore.
Their money didn't just come from the wind. Especially my dad, who was in his forties and still delivered coal to people on a cart every day. He came home exhausted and didn't even want to talk.
Every time I ask them for money for something, I feel really bad and always think about just going back.
My mother always says that the people in the village take care of me out of respect for their parents. I admit that this is indeed a reason, but I dare say it is not entirely true.
"Sister, I'm a good worker, no worse than anyone else in the village! I'm not afraid of hardship, and I even won the March 8th Red Flag Award in the village! There are only five people like that in the whole village!"
When the little girl talked about her previous life, her eyes sparkled. It was obvious that she missed those days very much, and that time was also something she was proud of.
But even so, Shi Xiaoai still did not like her decision.
She thought for a moment and asked, "Xiaofeng, do you want to go back to the countryside just because you don't have a job? If you had a job, would you still want to go back?"
"Of course not."
Wang Xiaofeng shook her head decisively: "My brothers and sisters are not at home. If I had a job, I would definitely stay at home to take care of my parents."
"Then come and help me." Shi Xiaoai decided immediately.
She pointed to the steamed bun basket beside her and said, "Come and help me make steamed buns. I can also teach you how to make stone buns. I won't give you a basic salary. I will give you a commission of one cent for each steamed bun or stone bun. The more you work, the more you earn."
Don't underestimate this penny. You've seen how many I sell every day. As long as we work hard together, I believe your income will not be less than working in a factory."
"How can this be possible?" Wang Xiaofeng's face immediately turned red.
She waved her hands repeatedly: "Sister, I can't accept money for helping you. Grandpa once saved our family's lives. If he hadn't helped me and my brothers and sisters in the most difficult times, it's hard to say whether we can survive.
I absolutely cannot accept money for helping you. Absolutely not. If my mother knew, she would beat me to death!"
Her attitude was very firm.
After hearing this, Xiao Ai felt a little relieved and felt that she had not misjudged the person.
She smiled and said, "If you don't help me, I have to find someone else. If I find someone else, I have to pay. And who can cooperate with us as well as we do? I feel more at ease with your help."
She patted Wang Xiaofeng's shoulder and said, "I'm serious. If you come to help me, I can leave Mingrui and Mingxi at home so that they can sleep a little longer in the morning.
It's so cold, are you willing to let them suffer the cold so early in the morning?"
Although Wang Xiaofeng had not been in contact with the two children for a long time, this sentence still made her hesitate.
She knew everything that had happened in the Shi family before, and she also noticed that now whenever Sister Ai and her husband went out, they would tie the two children to their belts and not let them leave.
They feel more at ease leaving the child in their own home and are unwilling to hand it over to anyone else.
If I help myself, the two children can indeed sleep a little longer.
Seeing Wang Xiaofeng's hesitation, Shi Xiaoai added, "If Aunt Liu disagrees, I'll go and tell her. Don't worry, I'm really happy to have your help. It's a great help to me that you can come."
Since Shi Xiaoai had said this, Wang Xiaofeng really couldn't refuse.
Only then did she begin to process what she had just heard.
One pancake costs one cent, ten pancakes cost ten cents, and one hundred pancakes cost one dollar!
But just yesterday, she had already ironed more than a hundred pieces, which was more than one yuan!
What if we add stone buns?
The more Wang Xiaofeng thought about it, the more excited she became, and her heart couldn't help but pounding.
If he earns two dollars a day, that’s sixty dollars a month, which is more than his father’s salary!
Moreover, according to the sales speed of Sister Xiao Ai and her team, they definitely sell more than 200 pieces a day!
As she thought about it, Wang Xiaofeng's face slowly turned red with excitement, and her eyes lit up again.
"Then let me try it?" Her expression became eager to try.
"Okay! Then you continue baking, I'll go first. Bake another hundred and bring Mingxi over to us. Don't be in a hurry, eat something first, don't work on an empty stomach!"
With Wang Xiaofeng's help, Shi Xiaoai's workload was instantly reduced.
The main thing is that she is really fast and does her job efficiently and well.
When Shi Xiaoai arrived at the stall, it was not yet the morning rush hour, and there were only three or two people drinking tea and eating eggs at the stall.
By the time people started to come up one after another, Wang Xiaofeng had already arrived with the baked pancakes, so there was really no delay at all.
Not only that, she also cleaned Mingxi up and braided her hair into two beautiful little braids. She even gave the child breakfast.
When she got to the stall, Wang Xiaofeng put down the pancakes and started working.
I don't know why she has such a keen eye for work. Even when there are the most people around, the tables can be kept clean and there is not a speck of garbage on the floor.
At the same time, she washed the dirty teacups until they were shiny, so much so that the big basin she bought yesterday was no longer useful.
Seeing this scene, even Cheng Yang had to admit that the helper his wife hired was really good. At least in terms of work, he could beat many of him.
With Wang Xiaofeng around, Cheng Yang was freed up.
So he didn't have to wait until the afternoon. Instead, he went to a state-owned restaurant after the peak period at around 10 o'clock, and with the introduction of Master Liu, he met with Director Guo, the head of their restaurant.
Because people from the Military Support Office and the police station had also been to the hotel to understand the situation before, Director Guo took Cheng Yang very seriously when he saw him and gave him the green light all the way.
So Cheng Yang successfully completed the task assigned by his wife and bought all the items on the shopping list at once.
In the evening, when Wang Xiaofeng and the couple had packed up their stall and were about to leave, Shi Xiaoai stopped them.
Shi Xiaoai pulled her to sit on the bench and said with a smile, "Don't leave in a hurry, Xiaofeng, sit here. I'll calculate your commission for today."
Wang Xiaofeng's face turned red again. She immediately stood up and waved her hands vigorously, saying repeatedly: "Sister, no, no, not today."
"That won't do." Shi Xiaoai said angrily, "How can you go back on your word after we've agreed on something? Xiaofeng, you're not going to stand me up, are you?"
Although Wang Xiaofeng didn't understand what it meant to stand someone up, she still shook her head decisively: "No!"
At this time, Xiao Ai had already counted out a few banknotes from her schoolbag and put them in her hand.
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