Jiang Yuzhu had indeed endured for a long time, and picked up the chopsticks to taste a piece of braised pork... Nothing could be more tempting than a piece of braised pork after two days of eating steamed buns. Jiang Yuzhu had been holding on to the line of defense called "aristocratic reserve" for a long time, but was smashed to pieces by the terrible braised pork demon.
Her mind was completely blank for a moment, and she was completely immersed in the world of eating.
She didn't want to describe how delicious the food was. It's not like she hadn't eaten anything tastier than this... Besides, after eating steamed buns for several days, she would think anything with meat was delicious.
She just had a very strange feeling.
It's like a puppy getting wet in the heavy rain, and suddenly someone holds an umbrella over its head; it's like being in a lonely corner in the dark, and suddenly a family member holds your hand; it's like being in the cold and silent abyss, and suddenly someone embraces you gently in a warm hug.
——It made her want to cry unbridled in the warm embrace, then wipe away her tears, tie up her hair that was messed up by the wind, and walk up again in the dark valley, towards the place where there was light.
Unconsciously, she found that she had eaten the entire meal cleanly. Apart from fish bones, bones and shrimp shells, there was not even a grain of rice. Jiang Yuzhu stared at the meal in a daze and remembered something.
At that time, her father told her that the Tianya Village Food Store relied on special-priced staple foods that were 70% full, and then made money from snacks... She believed this secret at the time.
Now she suddenly realized that the situation seemed different from what she had imagined.
Maybe Tianya Village Food Store does make money from snacks and drinks that are not cheap and have high profits, but at least when it comes to staple foods like this, it doesn't have many strange ideas and no intention of engaging in price wars.
It seems... it really just wants many people to have a satisfying meal.
That's all.
Jiang Yuzhu raised her head and further confirmed her guess, because she found that the Hainanese chicken rice Liu Xinke was eating was larger than the one she had at home.
If you eat until you are 70% full at home, then this portion should be just enough to fill you up.
"Have you finished eating...?" Liu Xinke raised her head and looked at Miss Jiang who was practicing the "Clean Plate" campaign, wanting to say a few words.
She wanted to say that if it was not enough, she could go buy some snacks... But Miss Jiang noticed Miss Liu's gaze and her cheeks turned red. She didn't give Liu Xinke a chance to speak and took the initiative to attack.
"…They are all birds, yet they are cannibalizing each other! Eh!"
"……?"
A question mark popped up in Liu Xinke's head. Why couldn't she understand what Jiang Yuzhu said?
Jiang Yuzhu continued to change the subject: "Hey, Dai Xinke, why don't you stay at home today on New Year's Eve? Why are you wandering around outside?"
"Because I have to work tonight... Mom and Dad went to the countryside."
"The countryside? Back home? ... Then why don't you go back with me?"
"It's not back home, it's a sanatorium. Mom's legs are disabled due to nerve damage. The store manager said it's possible to get better with conditioning, so she went to the sanatorium, and dad followed her. I'm going to go over in a few days, but I still have to work during these days!"
"Your mother..."
Jiang Yuzhu suddenly wanted to slap herself twice. I really was talking about things that were not relevant... and it made me feel so uncomfortable.
But now that I've already said it, I might as well say it all at once, so as not to leave it half-hearted and upset myself.
"Can your mother be cured?"
"It's definitely not curable...it's been years, but I heard it can be improved! My mom has actually always been able to walk, but she can only take a few steps before she has to go back to the wheelchair."
“…”
Jiang Yuzhu recalled what Liu's father said, if he had received treatment earlier... he wouldn't even be disabled.
It hurts...it's really hurts.
"A nursing home must cost a lot of money, right? Are you working today just to make some money?"
“No… the nursing home is an employee benefit.”
"What? Employee benefits!?"
Liu Xinke explained: "The current rule of our store is that if you work for three months, you will get one week of paid vacation. If you work for a year, you will get a total of one month of paid vacation. And I came here when the store just opened this year, so they directly calculated half a year for me, so I have half a month of paid vacation."
"Paid vacation? Aren't you a part-time worker?"
"Ah? So odd jobs don't get paid vacation?"
"..." Jiang Yuzhu.
It's not just part-time workers who don't have it, even many regular workers don't have it! At least her family has never heard of it. After the Chinese New Year, they will take a day off, but with pay... Impossible.
Liu Xinke was also very surprised. Although she had done many odd jobs, this was the first time she worked for the same store for such a long time. She thought that such odd jobs would not be much different from regular jobs.
She doesn't know the details... after all, she is only in her third year of high school.
Liu Xinke continued to talk to Jiang Yuzhu: "Half of this vacation is allocated by yourself. The other half is a vacation service provided by the company. This year, there is a hot spring sanatorium vacation service to choose from, and you can also transfer the vacation to your family."
"The company also encourages gifting to family members, and will give extra days. For example, if I give my parents a week's vacation, I can give them four days each, if I give it to three people, I can give them three days each, if I give it to four people, I can give them two and a half days each... Anyway, I can give it to a maximum of eight people at once!"
"And then, the store also said that after learning about my situation, they sent my parents to the nursing home for an extra seven days... Hey, why do you look so weird?"
Jiang Yuzhu's expression was of course strange, one could even say he was shocked.
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