Qiao Nan went to the training camp, I don't know where I went, and I don't know when it will end; Qiao Lu made it clear that she can't come back for the New Year, so let her parents not be sad, she is doing well in the United States; Xu Wei brushed the TOEFL again and again, preparing to apply for graduate school in the United States, and came to the store less often. These high school kids are also very busy, and they come and go in a hurry to eat, and they don't chirp as much as before.

Before you know it, the leaves on the trees are gone, the sea breeze is getting colder and colder, and the streets are getting colder and colder. Perhaps affected by this bleak scene, Qiao Jianjun gradually lost his work.

In the past, the store had to pack at least 5,000 wontons every day, Li Lanzhi came to help when he was free, and Lao Dong next door would also come over to help when he was free, plus Qiao Jianjun was quite quick to work, and he could be busy. Recently, Qiao Jianjun calculated that there are about 3,000 bags a day, and there will be no wontons after seven o'clock. After saying "I'm sorry" to the guest, he will also secretly scold himself for being useless.

A few years earlier, in order to persuade his father to hire someone, Qiao Nan calculated an account, roughly speaking, although it costs labor to hire a person, the overall income will be higher than now. Qiao Jianjun hadn't read many books and couldn't understand the formulas of his son's columns. He still has a very conservative side in his bones, and thinks that hiring people will cost money, so it is better to do it himself. Perhaps it was because of such conservative thinking that he was trapped by his hands and feet, and he was never able to make a big career like his brother-in-law, and he couldn't do so much in his career.

Now he is going to hire someone, not because he suddenly opened his mind and understood his son's formula, but because he really can't do it. He used to feel that he was still a young man in his twenties and thirties, but the gray hair on his sideburns kept reminding him that he was almost old enough to know his destiny.

Regarding his decision to hire someone, Jolene and her mother raised their hands in agreement, and Jolene also said with a straight look: "If you hire someone, our family's business will be better than now." As we learned in algebra class, this is the question of the best return class. ”

Qiao Jianjun's eyes lit up: "Your brother has calculated before, and you will count it now?"

Jolene strongly refused: "Learning is learning, but I never understood it." Don't let me calculate, I'll definitely lose money if I calculate!"

"Hahahaha! It's 108,000 miles away from your brother!" Qiao Jianjun scolded with a smile.

"However, I can find a foreign aid and let Sun Ruiyang come. Let him do the math, it will definitely not take five minutes to finish. ”

"Come on, just hire someone, where do you still need to preach so many sermons?" Qiao Jianjun scratched his little daughter's nose and said with a smile: "Besides, people will count, you won't count, don't you feel ashamed to ask someone for help?"

Jolene said confidently, "He's the king of math! what's the shame of looking for him?"

Qiao Jianjun smiled, laid out the paper, and wrote the recruitment notice in a serious manner. Jolene was still very convinced by her father's handwriting. Mom often said that my father was ingenious and good at writing since he was a child, and if he had the conditions, he would definitely become a well-known calligrapher. But his grandmother's family is so poor, where does he have the energy to pursue his artistic ideals?

After the recruitment notice was posted, someone immediately came to apply, and it was none other than Wei Chenglin. As soon as he explained his intentions, he was kicked out by Qiao Jianjun: "Get out! Get back to school!"

Wei Chenglin was very aggrieved: "I will pay back 1,002 a month, can't I come to work?"

"I don't accept child labor, if you really don't want to go to school, go back to your mother, your mother needs to work even more. ”

Wei Chenglin's dream of finding a job was shattered, so he had to leave in a huff. He is very honest in school now, but he can't keep up with any of the classes, and he is definitely not playing in college, and he is in a period of wandering. He didn't want to waste his time like this, he wanted to make some money and find a way out in the future, but he didn't expect that the adults around him would not give him this opportunity. I had no choice but to continue to go back to school and be confused.

Winter is here in the blink of an eye, and the port city lives up to the reputation of "snow nest", and it has just entered December, and it has snowed heavily. Along with the heavy snowfall, there was also a young man named Poplar.

Qiao Jianjun got up at four o'clock in the morning and was busy in the back kitchen for a long time before opening the door. There were two steps under the sliding door, and a man sat on the steps, covered in snow, and as soon as the door opened, the man fell to the side.

Qiao Jianjun panicked, and hurriedly called Lao Dong for help, and the two of them hurriedly carried the "snowman" into the house. The two kept rubbing his palms and feet with white wine, and the man slowly woke up. Apparently, he was so sleepy that he could not even speak clearly, and fell asleep again.

At about seven o'clock in the morning, Li Lanzhi came to the store for dinner and saw a young man who was sleeping. She frowned suddenly: "Why did he appear at our door?"

"You know him?"

"He went to our school yesterday and begged us to take him in again. He said that he came from the Northeast and had already taken the college entrance examination four times, twice through the second line, and once through the first line, but he didn't want to go to the school, he just wanted to be admitted to Peking University. He wanted to repeat his studies for another year, but his family did not agree, so he ran away from home and came to work in Hong Kong City. He worked as a construction worker for a while, and when he realized that he still wanted to go to school, he found our school. ”

Qiao Jianjun asked, "Then did you promise him?"

"I don't have a student status, I don't have a file, I don't have a hukou, and I only have an ID card, how can I agree?" Li Lanzhi was also quite worried: "I did his half-day ideological work yesterday, so that he could win the understanding of his parents and return to his hometown to repeat his studies." But he fell out with his family, refused to go back, begged me to accept him, and sent me to kneel! I also know that he is not easy, but how dare I accept him who does not know any details?"

While speaking, the young man woke up, he came out of the back room, and when he saw Li Lanzhi, he was immediately stunned.

Qiao Jianjun explained: "This Teacher Li is my lover, and I heard her say it just now. If you want me to say, don't float outside, go back to your hometown. There are still many months before the college entrance examination, and there is still time to review. ”

The young man said, "Uncle, anyway, I don't have a high school to ask me, and I can't settle down to study." I just saw your job posting here last night, and I wanted to apply, can I stay in your store and work?"

The Qiao family and his wife looked at each other, not knowing how to reply. Qiao Jianjun ruthlessly refused: "It's very tiring to work in a restaurant, and you don't have time to review at all." Don't you still have to go to university? How can you get into the university without studying?"

The young man said gloomily, "That's better than going home." My parents sneered at me every day, and I couldn't learn at all. There is more than 1,000 yuan a month for food and accommodation here, which is much more comfortable than at home. ”

Qiao Jianjun was very embarrassed: "In this way, you go out for a walk first and see if there are any recruits elsewhere." If so, you can ask somebody, but if not, you can come back at about 12 o'clock, okay?"

The young man was very disappointed, but after all, he couldn't force it, thanked Qiao Jianjun, and walked out with his schoolbag on his back.

Li Lanzhi said: "I mean, we have to find someone who can work for the long term and work in a down-to-earth manner." This kid can't do it for a long time, not to mention, he has to put out energy to prepare for the college entrance examination, so he definitely won't have the heart to work!"

Qiao Jianjun frowned, thought for a while, and sighed: "You know, if I had the opportunity to study back then, my fate would definitely be different from now." But I didn't finish junior high school, so I went to work as an apprentice in a chemical factory, and I didn't have time to study. This kid can take the exam for four consecutive years, which shows that he has a tenacity. If we take him in, we may be able to cultivate a talent. ”

Li Lanzhi looked at the time and was about to go to school, so she said: "Anyway, you opened this shop, you can judge for yourself! If you hire someone who doesn't work, don't blame me for not reminding you." ”

At twelve o'clock, the young man returned. When I went out in the morning, there were no guests in the wonton restaurant, but at noon, the eight tables were full, the guests ate heartily, and Qiao Jianjun was busy.

"Hey, boy, come to the back kitchen. ”

Qiao Jianjun said hello, the young man hurriedly went into the back kitchen, Qiao Jianjun said while making wontons: "Your working hours are from six o'clock in the morning to eight o'clock in the evening, of course, you don't have to work all the time at this time, but you have to stay in the store." Other times are free to arrange, one day off a week, can you accept it?"

The young man was overjoyed and promised, "Of course!"

"I need someone to work here, I don't care if you want to take the college entrance examination or not, but during work hours, you have to work wholeheartedly, and you can't think about anything else. If you are not active in your work, then I will pay you to pay your salary, and you can leave at any time. ”

The young man replied solemnly: "No problem, I will definitely work hard!"

"You can sleep with me in that room, my son's bed is empty, you can sleep there, and when you eat, you will eat whatever I eat, and you will never be able to treat you badly. ”

"Thank you to the owner. ”

"In addition, my lover said hello to the second middle school, you can go to the repeat class for self-study, if you don't understand, you can ask the teacher, and the others can't fight for more for you. If you want to take the college entrance examination, you have to go back to your hometown. ”

The young man was moved incoherently: "I am already very grateful that you can think of me like this, thank you, I will, I must work hard." ”

"Go outside and close the yards, today is your first day on the job!"

"Okay!"

In this way, Poplar became a member of the auspicious wonton house. Qiao Jianjun, who has never called anyone in his life, is quite handy with this employee, and he is not too busy after two or three o'clock in the afternoon, so he asks Yang Shu to study, and will not seriously care about working hours with him. After all, Yang Shu has been in the society for a period of time and has tasted the warmth and coldness of the world, so he can naturally judge who is good to him and who is not good to him. He remembered everything the Qiao family did to him in his heart and was always grateful.

There is an "employee" about the same age as her brother at home, and Jolene is full of curiosity about him. This not too tall Northeast guy also likes this clever and eccentric little sister. Jolene was most interested in his magical Northeast accent, which was unconsciously distracted by his accent, which often caused him to laugh.

Almost every night after self-study, Qiao Lin would come from the store to eat supper, and every time she could always see poplars writing and drawing under the lamp, she was very focused on learning. A normal person is already tired after a day's work, but he can still study meticulously, Qiao Lin admires him very much. Sun Ruiyang eliminated all the review materials, she also gave Yang Shu, hoping to help him.

After living in Qiao's house for a long time, Yang Shu realized that the "owner" he unintentionally chose had cultivated two college tyrants and a primary school bully full of potential. This made him feel that there was a providence in the dark, and God sent him to this person's house to let him accept the influence of the top student and get an ideal score.

So, when sleepiness hits, he always prays devoutly: "Bless me, bless me for a good university this time!"