"Hey, I see you are still recruiting people here?" he asked a little embarrassed.
"Yes, do you want to apply for the job?"
"What else do you lack?"
Zhao Ling'er said: "We haven't recruited anyone yet. You can do whatever you want, as long as you have the ability."
The man became interested and said, "Why are you recruiting a shopkeeper? Aren't you the shopkeeper?"
Zhao Ling'er shook her head and said, "I can't watch in the store all the time."
The man said: "Can I... give it a try?"
"Are you the shopkeeper?"
The man nodded and said: "I can get all my original staff back. Everyone is very affectionate here, and it is difficult for them to find jobs in the cold winter months. In this way, you can open the business quickly.
"
Zhao Ling'er thought about it, and it was the same.
So he said: "Okay, you can give it a try. From today on, you will stay here and be your shopkeeper. I will give you 10 taels of silver every month, plus a 1% commission. What do you think?"
The man smiled and said, "Okay. Can I eat and live in the store recently?"
Zhao Ling'er nodded and said: "You are so dedicated, of course it's okay. She said and gave him the key to the store."
Zhao Ling'er guessed that he was very poor now, so he said, "I'll give you five taels of silver in advance as this month's salary!"
"This...I haven't started working yet..."
"It doesn't matter, you take it first. Work hard, and our store will become more and more prosperous in the future!"
"By the way, what's your name?"
The man said: "My name is Wang Daoyuan."
Zhao Ling'er nodded: "Now that you're here, let's get to work quickly."
"Hey. I'm going to find someone right now!" Wang Daoyuan took the banknote and left.
Ah Zhen came over, watched Wang Daoyuan leave, and asked worriedly: "Young Madam, he just left like that, are you not afraid that he will take your money and run away?"
Zhao Ling'er shook her head and said: "I have seen him before. He shouldn't run away. It doesn't matter even if he runs away. At worst, I will lose a few taels of silver, but he will never get anything from me again."
After a whole afternoon of hard work, the three people basically sorted out the unusable earthen stoves, dusty wooden barrels, water ladles, water tanks and other things that needed to be cleaned and wiped in the kitchen.
, but there are still many places that have not been cleaned, such as the toilet in the back, the weeds in the yard, the dust in the corners... There is no decent big broom, and they have no time to buy it.
It was getting dark, and all three of us were so tired that our backs ached.
"Young Madam, that man named Wang hasn't come back yet, why don't we wait for him?" A Zhen asked.
Zhao Ling'er looked at the sky and said, "No wait, let's go back."
The three of them didn't say anything and took the carriage back home.
The next morning, Zhao Ling'er brought Ah Zhen and Ah Ke to the store again.
I saw Wang Daoyuan and five people cleaning the store.
As soon as he saw Zhao Ling'er coming down, Wang Daoyuan led his people out to greet him and said, "I went to look for them yesterday. When I came back, it was already dark. I saw that you were all gone, so I didn't look for you."
Zhao Ling'er said: "It doesn't matter, I believe you."
Zhao Ling'er walked into the backyard and saw that the weeds in the yard had been cleared away and the ground was swept clean.
When I walked into the toilet, I saw that both sides were tidied up.
The water tank is filled with water.
This Wang Daoyuan is quite discerning.
Wang Daoyuan said: "Miss Ling'er, please don't do anything. Let us do the rest."
Zhao Ling'er said: "How many people are we still short of?"
Shopkeeper Wang said: "Now... we already have two cooks, two waiters, and a handyman. We still need a bookkeeper, a waiter, and a dishwasher."
Zhao Ling'er nodded and said: "Post a recruitment notice here. Since you are the shopkeeper, you will be responsible for all matters in the store. I request that the store will open in a week. Can you handle it?"
Then he took out a one-hundred-tael silver check and handed it to Shopkeeper Wang, saying: "Not only must the expenditure of each amount of money be recorded clearly, but there must also be a voucher. Come to the Su Mansion to report to me on the work situation before nine o'clock every morning."
Shopkeeper Wang nodded.
I didn't expect this matter to progress so quickly. It seems there is nothing to worry about!
Zhao Ling'er returned home and quickly continued writing "Journey to the West". As soon as the hot pot restaurant opened, she probably wouldn't have time to write these things.
For the next week, Zhao Ling'er got up every morning and went into the study to read the novel non-stop. The more he wrote, the more he admired Tang Seng. He had gone through a lot of hardships and was tempted by money, fame, wealth, status, and beautiful women, but he didn't do it.
Although I have to be eaten by goblins every time, I still want to learn the scriptures wholeheartedly. This feeling of concentrating on moving towards a goal wholeheartedly is really good!
Zhao Ling'er gave all the manuscripts of "Journey to the West" to Zhou You, which was enough for him to use for a period of time. Moreover, Liu Wenjie also had manuscripts for Zhou You and others to be elected every month. Zhou You's bookshop must be doing a good business.
After taking care of these trivial matters, you can now concentrate on running the hotpot restaurant.
Zhao Ling'er came to the hot pot restaurant and saw that shopkeeper Wang had arranged all the tables, chairs and benches, and placed a copper pot on each table.
Zhao Ling'er walked over and took a look. Each copper pot could only hold one pot bottom. This... she forgot to tell them in advance.
However, there are no chili peppers in Lichao. A pot without chili has no soul, so a pot bottom can be used temporarily.
After a round of inspection, all the big things have been arranged, and the things that are still lacking will not be discovered until the hot pot restaurant opens.
Today is November 14th.
Zhao Ling'er thought for a moment and said to Shopkeeper Wang: "Prepare some dishes. Tomorrow our store employees and a few of my friends will come to try the dishes. The hot pot restaurant will officially open the day after tomorrow. Everything will be prepared in your name, and I won't show up."
Already."
The second day is the day when people should gather together.
Su Yining had made preparations early. This time he had to be more proactive. When he came across good articles, he must take the initiative to borrow and copy them, so that he could continue to improve.
Zhao Linger told Li Heng yesterday and invited him to participate.
When we came to the Yingbin Building, more people came this time than last time. They probably heard about Zhao Ling'er helping them publish a book. Everyone brought the manuscripts they had written in the past, waiting for an opportunity to ask Zhao Ling'er to read it.
Li Heng also came.
Seeing the arrival of Zhao Ling'er and Su Yining, he hurriedly walked towards them.
"I'm just watching from the sidelines. I won't participate this time." Li Heng looked at the others chatting and laughing, and he said without confidence.
Zhao Ling'er smiled and said: "It doesn't matter. It's not a formal exam in the first place. If you want to take part, you can take part. If you don't want to take part, it's okay to just listen on the sidelines."
Li Heng sat aside and listened to others talking.
After a while, Mr. Zhu came over.
He said to everyone: "Dear gentlemen, let's not compete on articles today, but how about we compete on Feihua Ling?"
"no problem!"
"OK!"
"Come on! I'm the best at flying flowers!"
Everyone agreed.
Mr. Zhu then invited everyone to sit down and form a circle.
"I saw it snowed the day before yesterday. How about we each write a five-character quatrain about snow using the word 'snow' as the key word?"