"Why can't girls be programmers? This is stereotyping and discrimination. Are programmers bad?"
Xia Xu felt that he had an obligation to guide this little white flower onto the right path.
How can you not like programming? It is a five-star talent. If you waste it, it would be a waste of God's gift. There is no future in becoming a rich lady.
"No, no, I don't dislike it. I just think I don't have the talent for it. I..."
Tang Youxin shook her white and tender little hands and explained hurriedly.
"So you mean you don't believe me?"
Xia Xu's face fell.
Tang Youxin quickly shook her head: "No, but..."
"Nothing is wrong."
Xia Xu held her cheeks, stopping her from shaking her head while looking straight into her eyes: "I'm telling the truth, you are very talented in this area, you can even be said to be a super genius, and the training agreement I mentioned before is not a joke.
If possible, I am very happy to support your study expenses, in exchange for you to work for me after you finish your studies. This is not friendship or sympathy, but a normal transaction that I am happy and even eager to do. "
"don't want."
Tang Youxin seemed uncomfortable with making eye contact with others, or perhaps she was uncomfortable with Xia Xu's burning gaze. After a slight struggle, she lowered her head, still using a timid tone and a firm refusal.
Hearing the same answer, Xia Xu's helplessness and disappointment were evident on his face.
"I... I'll try."
Just when Xia Xu was feeling disappointed, the shy sound of a mosquito's hum suddenly rang out.
Xia Xu was stunned for a moment, then he suddenly came to his senses and understood what Xiao Baihua meant.
This refusal was not a refusal to learn programming or to work for him, but a refusal to accept the training agreement and his "funding".
Whether it was out of self-esteem, lack of self-confidence, or because she didn't want to owe too much and cause the relationship between the two parties to deteriorate, in short, the little white flower actually agreed and was willing.
Just knowing this is enough.
As for whether to provide funding or not, well, that’s not up to her.
If others can stop him from making money, can they also stop him from spending money? Isn't it easy to deal with such a little white flower who is like a punching bag
"Okay, let's talk about this later."
It was actually very difficult for her to express her feelings quietly, so Xia Xu didn't say anything more. He chuckled and said, "Let's go. I'll take you home first. We'll clean up here tomorrow."
"Oh~ah? Take me home..."
Tang Youxin listened and nodded obediently at first, but then she realized what Xia Xu meant and quickly shook her head like a rattle.
"No, this is not negotiable."
Xia Xu frowned: "What if you have an accident on the road? What if you meet a bad guy? This will implicate me. Your family will give me trouble, and the police will also give me trouble..."
"The police won't give you any trouble for this..."
Little White Flower retorted weakly.
"No, I'm afraid. What if I find him? I'm a coward."
"You are obviously the bad guy..."
"What did you say? Say it again?"
In the end, the little white flower who tried to argue with reason was defeated by someone's unreasonableness and dominance, and had to take a taxi all the way to her doorstep.
Her home was also in an urban village near the school, but it was quite a distance away and much more dilapidated and complicated than Xia Xu's. Various antique-level low houses and haphazardly built sheds formed the complex streets.
The only thing that is better than Xia Xu's residence is that it has a lot more worldly air. All the neighbors' doors face the street, and many people sit in groups of three or five at their doorsteps, talking and laughing. Some also run small businesses, such as convenience stores or various snack bars and breakfast shops.
"I have arrived."
Tang Youxin's slightly chubby cheeks were flushed with shyness the whole time, and the atmosphere in the car seemed to be filled with silence and gradually fermenting charm.
Only after she parked the car did her stiff body relax a little. She spoke hastily and was about to pick up her bag and run away.
"etc."
Xia Xu got out of the car right after her, and while holding her, he took out a few hundred-dollar bills from his pocket and said jokingly, "Why, you don't even want the salary? Other bosses would be so happy to know that they have an employee like you."
"I didn't do any work today... and it's not a hundred, right?"
Tang Youxin dodged.
"This hundred is the salary, and the other five hundred is the bonus. You have played a great role in recruiting Old Yang Youxin today. You deserve credit for it!"
Xia Xu stuffed six bills over.
"I don't… "
"I don't want it, do I?"
Tang Youxin was about to give up, but Xia Xu had already learned to answer quickly. He laughed helplessly and said seriously: "This bonus is not for you, but for setting rules and serving as an incentive. You take the lead and set an example to motivate others to recommend talents."
"But there is no one else..."
Little White Flower argued with reason.
"This is about setting rules. There has to be a beginning. No one else is needed."
Xia Xu frowned and said, "Do you know that not asking for money is a big mistake? You are even harming me? Haven't you heard of the stories of Zilu saving a drowning man and Zigong redeeming a person?"
“No… never heard of it.”
The little white flower looked frightened, not because she was frightened by Xia Xu's fierceness, but because she felt a little insecure because of Xia Xu's righteous look.
Am I wrong? Is it wrong not to ask for money
Confucius had two disciples. Zilu saved a drowning man and accepted a reward in gratitude, which Confucius praised. Zigong paid to redeem his compatriot who was sold into slavery but did not want the ransom from the state, which Confucius scolded.
Xia Xu briefly summarized the two stories, then took on the posture of a Chinese teacher and said in a dignified manner, "Do you know why?"
"W-why?"
When Tang Youxin heard that Xia Xu even brought up the sage Confucius, she felt even more guilty.
“You saved someone, you have a high moral character so you don’t need to be paid, but you can’t expect everyone to have the same high moral character as you.
If you don't ask for payment, others will feel embarrassed to ask for payment when they encounter such a thing. Many people are unwilling to do things that have no benefits, and they may not necessarily save someone drowning if they see them in the future.
On the contrary, if it is a common practice that people who rescue drowning people will receive rewards, won’t others also rescue them when they see them
Which is more important, a little reward or life? Or is your noble morality more important
Is it the same reasoning that you refuse to accept money? Will it make it so that no one will be willing to find and recommend talents for me in the future?"
Xia Xu had a stern face, but he did not argue with reason. Instead, he quoted from classics in an imposing manner.
Tang Youxin looked at a loss and was speechless.
Xia Xu still didn't let her go, and said with a stern face: "The same principle applies to Zigong redeeming people. You do good deeds without expecting any reward, and you are even willing to suffer losses. Do you also want everyone in the world to do good deeds without expecting any reward, and even willing to suffer losses
If everyone behaves like you, others will appear to have low character if they don't learn from you, but they will suffer losses if they do. Naturally, they will not want to do such a losing business. Wouldn't this make it impossible for me to recruit other people to work for me
No one recommends talents to me, and no one is willing to work for me. Will I go bankrupt? If I go bankrupt, all my money will be gone, and I will starve to death. The blow of business failure will also affect my college entrance examination..."
"I...I...I'm sorry, I didn't mean it."
Listening to Xia Xu's description of the series of bad consequences and chain reactions, Tang Youxin looked guilty and aggrieved, and was at a loss.
"What's the use of apologizing? You need to take action. Here you go."
Xia Xu grabbed Tang Youxin's right hand, opened her palm, and slapped six banknotes on it.
After thinking for a while, he took back three more and said with a straight face, "Considering human considerations, I will not force you to accept all of them. I will only give you 200 yuan in cash reward. The other 300 yuan will be used as food allowance. I will collect it on your behalf as food expenses."
"oh oh."
The fooled little white flower took the money obediently and walked home with a confused and dazed look on his face.