three days later. Ning City.
Ning City is a big city with some historical and cultural heritage. It is more prosperous and atmospheric than Xingcheng, but it is far away from Xiaoqingshan. Ji Xiaoyu walked for three days to get there.
Although Xingcheng can be reached in one day, the hotel incident left an unbearable bad impression on Ji Xiaoyu. Besides, it's been half a year. The money he hid under the bed at the beginning must be gone. Even if he asks for it, he probably won't come back, or he will be beaten by the hotel, so he immediately ruled out this place and chose to the farther city of Ning.
There are more job opportunities in big cities and should earn more money. Ji Xiaoyu is more confident in his future.
When he came out, he left a message on the stone wall in the nest, so that the old monkey would not be worried when he found out that he had suddenly disappeared.
After entering Ningcheng, it was just in the evening. Ji Xiaoyu was carrying her little white egg in her pocket. She was standing on the street full of traffic and high-rise buildings. Gorgeous neon, like glazed glittering.
Then there was a soft sound of "gu" in his stomach, and Ji Xiaoyu couldn't help frowning. The dry food he brought when he came out of Xiaoqingshan was finished at noon, and he was a little hungry now.
On both sides of the main road are all kinds of high-end shops with luxurious decoration. Not to mention Ji Xiaoyu, who has no half a dime in his pocket, even those who don't have enough banknotes have no confidence to walk in, so he turned around and entered a row behind a row of buildings. On a small street called Screw Street, I plan to try my luck with a small restaurant.
Thanks to his work experience in that hotel in Xingcheng last year, Ji Xiaoyu knows a little bit about everything. He can serve tea and water to wash dishes and sweep the floor. As long as he can solve the imminent accommodation problem, he can do anything.
There are all kinds of shops on Screw Street, selling milk tea, fruit, and sizzling squid. Ji Xiaoyu walked all the way and looked around, and soon found a small restaurant called "Lao Li's Home Cooking Cuisine". Although the decoration is old and the storefront is not spacious enough, the business is very hot. The two rows of tables and chairs in the store are all full. There are still a few people waiting for a table on the plastic stools outside the store. Looking at this scene, the food in this restaurant must taste good.
Ji Xiaoyu took a sip of saliva and walked in.
This restaurant is not large in size, with a total space of about 40 square meters divided into two parts, inside and outside. There are six sets of simple tables and chairs in the large room outside. Inside is a semi-open kitchen. The man is in full swing with the iron pan frying.
In the dining area outside, a girl in her twenties wearing a floral apron ran around to take orders to customers. Although the air conditioner was on, she was still sweating profusely. Hearing "Welcome" from the automatic doorbell at the door, the girl named Zhang Qiaoyan turned her head to look over her busy schedule, her eyes lit up, and she greeted her warmly, "What would you like to eat, little handsome guy?"
Before Ji Xiaoyu could answer, a man with a beer belly who was waiting for a table by the door protested dissatisfiedly: "Hey, waiter, since when did you become watching people serving dishes? This kid just arrived, I am After waiting for a long time, shouldn't it be a first come, first come!"
Zhang Qiaoyan also realized that she was dizzy and made a mistake, and quickly apologized: "I'm sorry sir, I made a mistake, it's your turn next."
Beer Belly glared at Ji Xiaoyu and sat down angrily.
Ji Xiaoyu looked innocent.
Zhang Qiaoyan felt a little embarrassed, so she soothed: "Little handsome guy, sit down and wait for a while, there will be vacancies soon."
Ji Xiaoyu scratched his head and asked, "Sister, I'm not here to eat, but to find a job. Do you still need waiters here?"
A "sister" called out Zhang Qiaoyan's heart and her face turned a little red. At this time, a table of guests shouted to pay the bill, and she also shouted "come", then wiped her sweat and said helplessly: "I think it is very necessary, but unfortunately I said it doesn't count. You can ask our boss, it's in the kitchen. Old Li Tou who cooks vegetables, you can just call him Uncle Li." After speaking, he ran to serve the guests.
Ji Xiaoyu leaned over to the food delivery window in the kitchen and asked, "Uncle Li, do you still need manpower here?"
The old cooker hood in the kitchen was roaring like a tractor. Li De was sweating, and he was too busy to touch the ground. He didn't hear what he said. Don't, don't make trouble with me!"
Ji Xiaoyu reluctantly glanced at the fragrant and oily double-cooked pork that was being fried in his pot, sucked the smell of meat, turned around and prepared to leave.
A landline on the window sill just rang, and the bell was especially harsh. Li Defa placed the fried double-cooked pork on the window sill, shouted "Qiaoyan answer the phone", and took a big tea jar on the table and drank it violently. .
Zhang Qiaoyan rushed over as if her butt was on fire, picked up the receiver and said quickly, "Who?... Hongsheng Building, you want two takeaways? Sorry, we are short of staff today, no one can deliver... Really, I'm too busy... "
Li Defa quickly put down the tea jar and grabbed the phone: "If you can deliver it, you can deliver it! What would you like to eat?... Oh, the fish-flavored shredded pork and the tea tree mushroom old duck soup, the beef fillet with green peppers and the cordyceps flower sparerib soup... 1208, Block A, Hongsheng Group Building Shi, Miss Zhou? All right, it will be delivered in about half an hour!"
Li Defa put down the phone with a smile on his face, and then planned to start cooking.
Ji Xiaoyu had already walked to the door, her ears moved, and her footsteps stopped again.
Zhang Qiaoyan brought the twice-cooked pork to the table, and came back and complained bitterly, "Uncle Li, why do you agree? Qiangzi is not here today, who will deliver the takeout?"
Li Defa blinked and squinted his eyes. Only then did he realize that the guy Qiangzi was in a hurry at home. He took leave this afternoon and went back to his hometown. Now there are only himself and Zhang Qiaoyan in the store. And he wants to be in charge, Zhang Qiaoyan wants to greet customers in the store, and it is true that there is no manpower to deliver food.
What can I do? I have already promised the guests just now that the most important thing in doing business is to pay attention to credit. If this time is yellow, the loss will not only be the dozens of dollars.
Besides, Hongsheng Building is a high-end office building nearby. The famous Hongsheng Group headquarters in this city is stationed here. It has its own staff restaurant, and no one has ordered takeout before. The one who called just now was a girl who needed to work overtime temporarily. She once took over the takeaway menu from her own restaurant and planned to change her taste with the little sister who worked overtime together today. If this list can be followed, there may be an extra potential customer group, and my own small restaurant can also be upgraded to a higher level, but if takeaway is not available at the moment, this road may be blocked...
The more Li Defa thought about it, the more painful it became, and he said angrily, "It's not good when the bastard Qiangzi goes back, but at this juncture, he asked for leave, and when he comes back, I will deduct half a month's salary!"
"Qiangzi asked for leave because his mother was seriously ill and needed to be taken care of, and he didn't deliberately miss work." Zhang Qiaoyan pouted and whispered, "If you don't want to hire more individuals, you're reluctant to engage in Meituan, and they specialize in food delivery. , it is convenient and hassle-free, and cooperation does not cost too much money... "
"Qiaoyan, what did you say?"
"Uh, it's nothing, I just said that we don't have enough manpower right now. We really can't take the order just now. Uncle Li, you should call and tell them."
"Oh, it's unlucky. Forget it, I'll hire someone tomorrow..."
Li De frowned and was about to make a call when a slender white hand suddenly covered the receiver: "Uncle Li, I'll deliver this takeaway, what do you think?"
Li Defa turned his head and saw that a young man in his twenties, with clear eyebrows, red lips and white teeth, looked very cheerful, like a student who was still studying, and suddenly he was a little confused, "You send it? Who are you?"
Seeing that it was Ji Xiaoyu, Zhang Qiaoyan couldn't help but say happily: "Uncle Li, what a coincidence, this little handsome guy just came to apply for a waiter job, why don't you just ask him to send him a trip and use it as a trial!"
Li Defa was still a little hesitant. The young man hadn't figured out what was going on. Was it too fast
Ji Xiaoyu immediately said earnestly: "Uncle Li, my name is Ji Xiaoyu. Don't worry, I have worked as a waiter in a hotel before, and the process is probably clear. Besides, I have fast legs and I won't waste time on the road."
Whether it was Ji Xiaoyu's physical condition or his speech and demeanor, it was difficult for people to refuse, Li Defa was immediately persuaded, "Okay, then you can send it!"
Such a clean and handsome young man, to say that it is possible to pull people into pyramid schemes or fool women's little white faces, anyway, he will not be here to cheat two fast food, just try it.
Boss Li didn't know that Ji Xiaoyu, who was hungry, really thought about taking takeaway and running away, filling his stomach first. It's just that it's not kind, it goes against his principle of being a pheasant, and it would be embarrassing to spread it out, so after thinking about it, he dismissed the idea and decided to endure it a little longer, show it well, and win it with dignity. This job.
It took seven or eight minutes to do these few words. Li Defa raced against the clock to open two stoves, showing off his skill of stir-frying with his left and right hands at the same time, and he made two dishes in ten minutes.
Ji Xiaoyu had taken a green apron with the words "Old Li's Home Cooking" printed on the chest and a small yellow chicken embroidered on the bottom from the shelf in the kitchen. The whole person looks fresh and playful. As soon as Li Defa's dishes came out of the pot, he immediately packed and packed them quickly and added two old hot soups. The whole process was neat and smooth, and it was stable and proper. He couldn't pick out the slightest fault. It could be seen that he had been specially trained.
Li Defa looked at him coldly and said nothing, but nodded secretly in his heart. This young man works better than Qiangzi, and his appearance is much more pleasing to the eye. If he can stay, it will be fine even if Qiangzi doesn't come back...
Before he could think about it, Ji Xiaoyu had already gone out with a sticky note with the address of the takeaway and the phone number of the orderer.