The War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression Begins in Songhu

Chapter 127 Recruiting

A few hours later, it was late at night in Maju Bridge and the streets were completely deserted.

Sitting in the carriage of the rickshaw, Annie curled up in her military coat. After thinking about something, she said to Hu Biao:
"Boss Hu! I have something to remind you.

"The store's recruitment can't be delayed any longer. We have to hire the right people within the next two days. Tell me, what kind of elite employees are you looking for? Why haven't you found any in so many days?"

There must be a reason why Anne said this.

Today's store exploration trip gave Lao Tang, who has tried delicacies from all over the world, a huge sense of surprise.

What can I say? This unassuming little street vendor is known for its fresh and exquisite ingredients, exceptionally clean kitchen and staff, and the owner's dedication and focus when cooking.

This has enabled him to give a very positive review to Deyue Tower.

Not to mention that the food tasted amazingly good. He couldn't say much about the oil-splashed noodles and roujiamo, but he could only say that they were just as good as the best ones he had eaten before, and even had some unique features.

Since he had studied Sichuan cuisine in the past, he could give a good evaluation of twice-cooked pork.

The twice-cooked pork here is bright red in color, fragrant, fat but not greasy, and even after eating it, there is a taste of home in your heart, which is quite amazing.

Anyway, neither he nor his master back then had the skills to make hot pot meat.

If the above situation were the only one, he would not have given such an amazing evaluation. After all, if some Sichuan cuisine masters were to make twice-cooked pork, the taste would probably not be much different.

The real problem is that a portion of twice-cooked pork rice bowl with plenty of meat at Deyue Building is only 20 yuan.

If it’s not enough, you can add more rice for free.

Are you kidding! Even if you add a zero to the end of a Sichuan cuisine master's dish, you still can't get a serving of twice-cooked pork from him; in comparison, the value for money at Deyuelou is ridiculously high.

He even had a strong urge to ask his boss to raise the price; not for any other reason, but simply because he was worried that his boss wouldn't make much money, and what if he quit?
Immediately, Old Tang stood at the door of the kitchen and started chatting with Hu Biao who was busy there.

Because he was sitting in the corner during the meal, no one recognized Lao Tang; but when he was chatting with Hu Biao, he was not wearing a mask, and after just a few words with Hu Biao, Lao Tang was recognized by other diners.

In short, after a lot of trouble.

Hu Biao and Annie, who knew little about food bloggers, finally realized: "This is going to be a big hit!" With the next episode of Old Tang's show, their "Deyuelou" shop is sure to become even more popular.

Although Annie didn't want Hu Biao to hire anyone at all, because that would give her too many excuses to help, she now had to admit that the shop had to hire someone.

On the one hand, if the business continues to be booming, she and Hu Biao alone will definitely not be able to handle it.

On the other hand, she had actually booked a job to go to an island country that would last about ten days, and she was supposed to go last week; but she was reluctant to leave, so she had postponed it for several days.

The agent called every day to beg, he was going crazy.

Then, somewhat helplessly, she had to go to the island country tomorrow and would not be able to help for at least ten days; if she did not hire anyone, Hu Biao would naturally be too busy to handle it alone.

What Annie didn't know was that Hu Biao had already chosen someone to help Deyue Tower.

Specifically, they are Siyan, Tiegongji and Damahou, three partners who used to do odd jobs together.

He believed that if these people were given a chance, they would still be willing to stop lying down.

You can work one day and play three days, but you will never get rich by working; the above statements are just excuses because they have been cheated too many times by unscrupulous bosses and agents, and are desperate about the future.

As long as they can see hope of changing their lives, there is no need to worry about their attitude towards work.

Even after the three of them took office, Hu Biao was still able to officially implement the expansion plan of Deyue Tower.

Specifically, it means renting two storefronts next door that have been vacant for some time; those two storefronts were originally small restaurants, and they also do not need any renovation. They can be opened for business immediately after simply connecting them.

At that time, I only need to strictly control the purchase of ingredients, be responsible for some key tasks such as stir-frying pork with twice-cooked pork and making braised meat, and do some other auxiliary work.

This way, he will be more relaxed and the quality of the food will not be lowered.

As for why Hu Biao didn't ask Siyan and others for help before, it was because he was worried about this. If he found someone and the store was not busy, Annie would not come to help.

Now that Old Tang has come to visit the store, and Annie has also told me that she will be going to the island country to work for about ten days, it seems that I will have to call those three people when I go back today.

However, in response to Annie's question, Hu Biao did not give a direct answer.

Instead, he said, "I'm flying to the island country tomorrow. Are you in a hurry to go back tonight? If not, I'll treat you to a movie."

It's actually quite convenient to take a taxi back from the cinema after the movie." "Sure, sure! My flight is around 3:00 p.m. tomorrow, so it's okay for me to go back later." Annie answered excitedly after hearing this.

Later, Hu Biao and Annie watched an exceptionally exciting movie.

Even for Annie, she had already watched "Nezha 2" with her best friend two days ago and was familiar with all the plots. It was a bit difficult for her to pretend that she had not seen it.

Even for Hu Biao, who hadn't been to the cinema to watch a movie in many years and only watched it on his mobile phone or borrowed it from other people with iQiyi membership, the ticket price of more than 70 yuan was really expensive.

38 bucks a bucket of popcorn is undoubtedly robbery.

He could have snatched it, but he still gave him a bucket of popcorn.

But when the movie was halfway through, their hands accidentally touched, and then they held each other, and never separated again before the end of the movie, all the above no longer mattered...

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Perhaps holding hands in the cinema meant that the two people had taken a step closer in their relationship.

So after the movie ended, it was almost two o'clock in the morning, but the two were still reluctant to part ways.

So Hu Biao rode his tricycle and took Annie for a stroll on the quiet streets; the cold wind made their faces red, but they still enjoyed it.

This situation continued until we passed by an unfinished building.

A faint sound of crying came to the ears of the two people along with the cold night wind.

Because without Hu Biao's knowledge, every time he traveled back through time, his physical fitness was improved to some extent, including his eyesight.

So when Hu Biao looked in the direction of the crying sound, he could still see a woman in her thirties sobbing quietly with her hand covering her mouth in the shadow of a metal fence.

The voice is not loud, but one can hear the endless helplessness and sadness in it.

After hesitating for a moment, Hu Biao stopped the rickshaw, motioned to Annie to wait for him for a moment, and then walked towards the older sister.

I didn't expect that after just a few steps, I found Annie following me.

Hu Biao, who believed he could still protect Annie, did not dwell on this point. He approached and asked, "Sister, are you in trouble?
Why not tell us about it? Even if we can't help you, it will make you feel better."

Annie didn't say anything, but silently took out a pack of tissues and handed it over.

Perhaps it was because she felt the sincere kindness of the two people, and because something had been suppressed in her heart for too long, that the older sister wanted to talk.

After organizing her words, she spoke intermittently:
"My father died when I was 9, and my mother remarried when I was 11. My stepfather treated me badly, didn't pay for my schooling, and didn't even have enough food to eat. My biggest wish at the time was to have a family of my own..."

"After we got married, we soon had two daughters, but my husband died of illness before the younger daughter grew up.

I was afraid that my new husband would treat my children badly, so I didn't plan to remarry; in fact, it didn't matter if I didn't remarry. My salary at my previous factory job was okay, it was just a matter of having to work overtime.

In a 24-hour day, I worked 33 hours at most, which even surprised my boss. "

When talking about life, which is extremely difficult for ordinary people, the elder sister's tone was quite calm.

"Because I wanted to give my two daughters a complete home, I bought a small house right here. I used all my savings as a down payment, and I also have a 20% mortgage installment..."

"Two years have passed since the handover date, and the house is unfinished, but I still have to pay the mortgage every month. Recently, the factory has no orders, so my income is not good. I had no choice but to move in here with my children..."

"I'm not afraid of no electricity, at most I can just walk up the stairs and light candles; it doesn't matter if there's no water, I'll carry it home bucket by bucket; if the security guard won't let me through the main gate, I'll take my children and crawl through the dog hole in the iron fence.

But today, dozens of people from the developer came and said that if we don’t move out tomorrow, they will carry us out.

I've called every phone number I could, but to no avail. I'm at my wit's end..."

Having said that, the elder sister finally couldn't help crying again.

While she was crying, Hu Biao and Annie couldn't help but look at the unfinished building behind them; in the dark environment, the unfinished building made creepy noises when the cold wind blew, like a demon with its mouth wide open to devour people.

But somewhere on the seventh floor, there was a small light. That was the home of the woman in front of him, and it was all their hopes and future.

Hu Biao actually knew that every unfinished building involved complicated relationships and troubles.

But he still wanted to help the other party as much as possible; it was simply because he believed that those ancestors would definitely not want to see the future like this.

This world shouldn't be like this...

(End of this chapter)