Chapter 421 Hidden Reward Money
The restaurant's sudden addition of new business attracted the attention of many of the staff.
When Si Xi returned from delivering the food, she placed the heavy food container at the bottom of the stairs and rubbed her sore and swollen arm.
This money wasn't easy to earn!
Not only do they have to carry food boxes through the streets and alleys, but they also have to face bad weather. It's really tough.
But this is nothing to Sixi.
More than the exhaustion of running errands, she feared losing her only family member.
She hid in the corner and took out the copper coin from her pocket, feeling a little disappointed.
Compared to yesterday's customer, today's customer was much stingier, only giving her five copper coins and yelling at her as if she were his slave.
When Xiao Liu saw Si Xi return, he walked over and said with a smile, "You're back?"
He treated Sixi like a brother, so he naturally put his hand on Sixi's shoulder.
Si Xi was so frightened that he trembled, and the copper coin slipped through his fingers.
With a clatter, the copper coin fell to the ground, rolled several meters along the floor, and only stopped after hitting the corner of the table.
Meanwhile, Sixi avoided Xiao Liuzi's contact as if he were a plague god.
Xiao Liu was stunned, not understanding what was going on.
He and Sixi always got along very well and could be considered good brothers.
He just didn't understand why the other person always kept their distance during their interactions.
Today's reaction was even more pronounced, as if he had been stimulated by something.
Si Xi was also taken aback, her earlobes turning slightly red.
One reason is that their tipping was exposed.
Another reason was his contact with Xiao Liuzi.
"I...I..." Si Xi couldn't utter a complete sentence for a long time.
She never mentioned accepting tips to anyone, not even the two shopkeepers.
Although the restaurant has its own rules and regulations regarding tips, this money was earned through her hard work running errands, so it shouldn't be a problem for her to keep it for herself.
"What's wrong with you?" Xiao Liu frowned slightly, not understanding why the other person was like this.
Tie Niu and Er Pang came in from the backyard and happened to see the whole scene.
Tie Niu's gaze followed the copper coin to the foot of the table.
He strolled over, picked up the copper coin from the leg of the table, walked to Si Xi's side, handed the coin over, and said, "Yours?"
"Yes, it's mine. I didn't accept any tips from the guests!" Sixi seemed a little guilty. He glanced at the money, quickly grabbed the coins, and put them into his tattered money bag.
"We didn't say anything, why are you so flustered?" Xiao Liuzi looked at her money pouch, grinned, and said, "You brought so much money to work, aren't you afraid of losing it?"
Si Xi tied the money pouch and put it in his pocket, secretly letting out a sigh of relief, and said, "Grandma's medicine is gone, this is the money I gave Grandma to buy medicine."
Tie Niu frowned slightly upon hearing this.
He remembered seeing Sixi at the clinic when he returned home yesterday, and it seemed he had just bought medicine.
Why do you need to buy it again today?
Thinking back to what Sixi had just said, he realized that it was full of loopholes and didn't make sense at all.
Si Xi clearly accepted the customer's tip and pocketed it, which is why he blushed with guilt.
"Then you'd better keep it safe, don't lose it. You didn't earn this money easily." Although Xiao Liuzi didn't see what medicine Si Xi bought, he could tell that Si Xi was obviously lying, but he didn't expose him.
He could roughly guess about 70-80% of it.
Si Xi would definitely receive a tip from the customers for delivering food, but neither Boss Zhu nor Boss Wan questioned it, which meant they tacitly approved of it.
Moreover, Manager Wan's decision to specifically ask Sixi to deliver the goods must have taken into account Sixi's family situation, so that he could have extra income to alleviate his family's difficulties.
Thinking of this, Xiao Liuzi's respect for Wan Qiqi grew even stronger.
What does it matter if a smart, capable manager who knows how to respect her employees' self-esteem is a woman?
Si Xi gave them a few perfunctory replies and then turned and went upstairs to the second floor.
Xiao Liuzi also went up to help.
Tie Niu's brows remained furrowed, and he felt somewhat dissatisfied.
Erpang stood beside him, looking dazed. He blinked and said, "Tie Niu, I feel like Sixi is acting strange."
He touched his head, his brows furrowed, looking somewhat simple-minded.
"He's definitely up to something. He must have taken tips from the customers. I'm going to talk to Manager Wan!" Tie Niu said, then walked towards the backyard.
"Hey, wait a minute..." Before Erpang could finish speaking, Tie Niu had already disappeared into the second-floor lobby.
He wanted to tell Tie Niu that this wasn't what he was thinking...
Wan Qiqi wasn't in the restaurant at all; she went out with Zhu Chengye to check the food boxes and packaging paper.
The two did not return until late afternoon.
Wan Qiqi now had a new perspective on Zhu Chengye and said, "Brother Zhu, it's all thanks to you, otherwise I might not have been able to find someone like you."
Zhu Chengye's efficiency was much faster than Wan Qiqi had expected, and the finished product was even better than she had anticipated.
She felt that choosing Zhu Chengye as her partner was the best decision she had ever made.
She also realized that she didn't know enough people, and that she needed to build a wider network to expand her influence.
She has a wide network of people around her, but they are not her own resources. She needs to transform these indirect resources into her own.
Thinking of this, Wan Qiqi felt that she should learn from Zhu Chengye and receive more guests, among whom there might be some useful people.
When Tie Niu saw Wan Qiqi return, he immediately rushed over to greet her.
Upon seeing Zhu Chengye there, he spoke frankly: "Manager Zhu, Manager Wan, Sixi is accepting tips from customers while delivering meals. How should this be handled?"
Zhu Chengye and Wan Qiqi exchanged a glance and slowly said, "Tie Niu, how do you know he accepted the tip from the customer? Did he tell you?"
This chapter is not finished yet. Please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content!
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
