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Chapter 300 A Chance Encounter

Xiaoying frowned, and couldn't help blurting out: "Sister Yanhong, Grandma Sun is alone, why don't you take her to live in the city? Isn't it good for the family to live together?"

Yanhong's expression froze, and then a bit of displeasure surfaced, she rolled her eyes at Xiaoying and said, "My house is very small in the city, and I can't accommodate one more person... Don't get meddled in such things, my mother didn't even mention it." What, why is it your turn to meddle? I warn you, when you work in a restaurant, you can’t be so talkative. You just need to do your work every day, and don’t talk about things you shouldn’t ask! You need to know, I agreed to solve your work problem because of my mother begging me hard. If you don’t let go of your wit, say something you shouldn’t say, or don’t work hard, I won’t be able to help you then .”

These words didn't show any affection at all, they were completely beggarly, let alone the person involved, even the driver driving in front couldn't help shaking his head secretly... This woman's words really stink!
Xiaoying silently lowered her head, didn't say another word, and looked at her own toes in a daze... This woman, Yanhong, gave her a job under very reluctant circumstances. What kind of positioning is in the eyes, I'm afraid it's not even as good as garbage.

But even so, Xiaoying will not be arrogant. She knows the importance of this job to herself. This is the beginning of her new life, and she must go out to survive.

She has even experienced death, what else can trouble her?No matter how bumpy and difficult the road ahead is, how can it compare to the pain and hardship that she managed to survive from a near-death struggle?

It doesn't matter if she is ridiculed and despised by others, if she can live with one breath, she must persevere.

Yanhong works at a Sichuan restaurant in the city.The shop is small and the decoration is outdated, but fortunately the taste of the dishes is not bad, so the business is passable. Some time ago, I hired two dishwashers but left after two months of work. Xiaoying came at the right time. There is indeed a shortage of people.

Before coming to the store, Yanhong bought a mask for Xiaoying to wear, and used scissors to trim Xiaoying's hair so that her bangs covered the scar on her forehead... The pruning technique was so poor that her bangs and eyebrows were cut off with a single knife. The original long hair has also been cut off, and it is only as long as the cheeks. Taking off the mask can also cover part of the wound on the face, which can be seen with a slight movement.

This hairstyle can be regarded as dirty and ugly, because Yanhong was reluctant to spend money, so she cut it for Xiaoying with scissors.

Yanhong is the cashier of the restaurant, and the boss is a friend of her husband. I heard that Yanhong brought a dishwasher from the countryside, and it only cost 1000 yuan to hire him. The boss was also a little surprised. In the past, it was only 500 yuan before someone was willing to wash the dishes.

The boss is a fat middle-aged man with yellow teeth and half a cigarette in his mouth, looking at the thin Xiaoying in front of him.

"Yanhong, why is she still wearing a mask?"

"She has an injury on her face, she is afraid of scaring people, so she has to wear a mask. Boss, she is only working in the kitchen anyway, so it's okay to wear a mask. But I just brought people over. If the boss thinks it's inappropriate, then it's fine." Yes, I will tell her to go back."

The boss gasped and stared at Xiaoying without blinking, thinking that there was an injury on her face, no wonder she was willing to pay 1000 yuan to do the work.

"I'll take a look after I take off the mask." The boss frowned, Mung Dou couldn't see the intention in his eyes.

Xiaoying clenched her fists subconsciously, feeling uncomfortable being stared at so closely, let alone the other party wanting to look at her face.

Slowly taking off the mask, I saw that this beautiful face was branded with a striking scar, as if an extra mouth had grown on the face.

The boss was surprised, and then waved his hands in disgust: "Put it on, it's so disgusting, don't take off the mask when you work in the future, so as not to be disgusting."

This person is also unceremoniously sarcastic, with no regard for other people's feelings.Every word is like a steel needle piercing Xiaoying's chest.

But Xiaoying understands that this is just the beginning, and she will encounter more vicious verbal attacks in the future. If she can't even bear this, how can she support herself?
Xiaoying took a deep breath, put the mask back on, and looked at the boss again, her mood was much calmer.

"Boss, did you agree to keep her?" Yanhong asked tentatively.

The boss hummed impatiently, and repeated the matter about the working conditions, Xiaoying is considered to be an employee of the store.

If it weren't for the fact that the salary was only 1000 yuan, the boss would not have asked Xiaoying to stay, but because the labor force was so cheap, he would reluctantly accept it.

There is only one cook in the kitchen, an uncle in his fifties...Wu Guoli.There are also two young men who are helpers, sometimes responsible for some simple dishes, but the signature dishes in the store are all made by Wu Guoli.

Although this restaurant is inconspicuous, there are a few dishes in it that are famous, and most of them are repeat customers. They never forget the food here, which shows that Wu Guoli's cooking skills are very good.

Xiaoying started to work as soon as she arrived, and went directly to the kitchen.She is very familiar with the work in the kitchen, and her hands and feet are also nimble. The boss and Yanhong knew that Xiaoying had been working in the kitchen for a long time when they saw Xiaoying's posture, and they couldn't help exchanging a happy look... 1000 yuan invited such a skilled person Where can I find such a good job when people come back?In a small restaurant, due to the lack of staff, each employee is busy every day, entertaining different guests, and striving to make the guests eat satisfactorily and happily.Both the boss and the chef are from Sichuan. Although the restaurant is a Sichuan restaurant, there are many people from other places who come to patronize it. Every meal time, the restaurant is almost full.Sometimes there is even a queue waiting for a seat during holidays.This is welcome for a small restaurant.

Xiaoying slept in the dining room on her first day, using two tables put together as a bed, which was harder than the one in the hut, and her whole body ached when she fell asleep the next day.

She has no money, and it's only her first day at work, and the boss won't advance her the money.She can only sleep in the store, which is regarded as the boss showing mercy, otherwise she would not even have a place to live.

The employees in the store were very curious about Xiaoying at first, and they all imagined what Xiaoying looked like under the mask.But after hearing Yanhong say that Xiaoying had a wound on her face, everyone lost interest in it, and looked at her even more complicatedly.There is sympathy, pity, and dislike, but Xiaoying pretends that she doesn't know anything about other people's strange eyes, and she just works diligently every day without saying a word.

People are good at being bullied, the more low-key and honest Xiaoying is, the more the two waiters in the store feel that Xiaoying is easy to bully.Sometimes when the boss is not around, the waiter just wants to be lazy and push Xiaoying to do the work that should be done by herself.

Not only that, but even the two young men who were helpers in the kitchen gradually began to order Xiaoying to do some tasks that were not dishwashers.

It is said to be washing dishes, but in fact it is impossible to really only wash dishes and do nothing else.Hiring Xiaoying is equivalent to hiring an extra waiter. She has to help serve food, clean up, and wash dishes. She is as busy as a mule, and she is exhausted every night when she sleeps.

Don't think that everyone who works in the restaurant eats well. In a small restaurant like this, the boss provides food, but the food is also very average.

Master Wu is not in charge of cooking meals for the employees. They are cooked by two young men who are helpers. They follow the boss's instructions. Each meal has only three dishes for seven people. Fortunately, the portion is relatively large, otherwise there is not enough food.

Xiaoying is a newcomer, so she didn't know that if she wanted to eat meat when eating here, she had to be quick-sighted and thick-skinned, otherwise she wouldn't even be able to get a piece of meat.

There is only meat in one dish in each meal, and it will be snatched up soon after one end is served, so people here eat very fast, even if they were slow before, they have to be tempered after they come.

Xiaoying has a strong ability to adapt, and soon got used to living and working here, to the disgusted and curious eyes of others, to being ridiculed, to being treated like a mule, and to burying her sad past in the At the bottom of her heart, she is used to looking at the world from the perspective of a spectator... She deeply understands that numbness is her way out.Only by numb your heart can you not be crushed by the cruel reality, only by numb your heart can you go on in this cold and merciless world.

Even though she lived in such a humble way, Xiaoying had to be careful not to offend everyone in the store, and swallowed all her grievances into her stomach.

After she came, she became the servant of the employees in the store. She was the busiest one, and she was not required to do things like grocery shopping, and she would almost always have her share.

Only Master Wu is not as excessive as others, he will not order Xiaoying to do things for him, he has a lot of love and piety for cooking, even though he is in the kitchen every day, Master Wu still has a little bit of knowledge about cooking. an eager heart.The two young men who started the job also stole a lot from Master Wu, but in actual operation, the taste of the dishes they make will always be a little bit worse, so Master Wu still has the same important position as the boss in the store. .

There is one less employee in the kitchen today, and one of the assistants has asked for leave and will not come to work today.It happened to be the weekend, and the business in the store was busier than usual, and suddenly there was one less person, which made it even more stretched.

Master Wu, who was dressed in white, sighed while chopping vegetables: "The boss is really stingy, he won't even invite one more person, and today there is one less person here, so I don't know how busy it will be."

No wonder Master Wu complained that the business in the store was good, but the boss was a miser who wanted to break one dollar into two. He knew that the kitchen was short of manpower, but he still refused to hire another person.

Xiaoying was helping to wash the vegetables, and when she heard Master Wu's complaints, she could only express sympathy in her heart... Who made everyone have a stingy boss? experienced.

To say that the person Xiaoying admires the most in this store is Master Wu. Every time you can hear guests full of praise for Master Wu's cooking skills, and he himself just laughs it off, and he will not get carried away, and he will not look higher than him. top.He is low-key and kind, he will not shout at Xiaoying like other people, and he will not look at her with strange eyes. Sometimes when Xiaoying is wronged, he will help to say a few good words.

A young man with a chef's hat on his head who was still chopping vegetables said, "Master Wu, when will our boss figure it out and hire another person..."

"Hehe...it's going to be difficult for him to figure it out. Stop nagging, boy, and concentrate on your work. The guests outside are still waiting to eat!" Although Master Wu was talking, the kitchen knife in his hand was not slack at all. amazing.

As soon as Master Wu finished speaking, the young man was about to respond, but at this moment, he suddenly screamed... "Ah...!"

"A Xiang!" Master Wu exclaimed, and when he turned his head, he saw blood dripping from A Xiang's fingers.

(End of this chapter)