The War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression Begins in Songhu

Chapter 187: Two or Three Things about Deyue Tower (Part 611) [Additional Chapter for the Color Shadow Master]

Time: The sixteenth day after traveling back in time, a little after ten o'clock in the evening.

Location: Deyuelou shop in Jingshi City.

The reason why it is specified that it is Deyue Tower in the capital city is that it is still a small shop.

That's because Hu Biao, a country bumpkin, only recently found out that there is an old restaurant called "Deyuelou" in Suzhou with a history of more than 400 years, which has nothing to do with them.

However, this does not affect the happy mood of the boss, the future boss lady, and all the employees in the store at this moment.

The reason is simple. Today is March 3st, the first day that Deyue Building pays salaries since its opening.

Although Sister Lin, Four Eyes, Stingy Rooster, Big Monkey and the other four people carefully calculated, they had only worked for 22 days up to today, which was not even a full month.

However, Hu Biao, who had no habit of withholding wages, planned to pay the wages for 18 days from today to yesterday.

Otherwise? In a small shop with only a few people, why would they use the excuse that the finance department is too busy and the payroll report hasn't been calculated yet?

After the last customer left the store, Hu Biao and Annie gathered the four people who were cleaning and the two daughters of Sister Lin together.

Hu Biao and Annie first took out a new schoolbag and a bag from under the cash register.

While handing it to the two children, Annie said to them:

"When I get paid today, I have to give it to my two little darlings Jiajia and Yuanyuan first. Thank you for helping me collect the money when I'm not in the store.

Thank you for your hard work, this is your share."

Although no money was given directly, the schoolbag was heavy with new school supplies; don’t look down on these things, but only those who have bought them in recent years know that they are not cheap at all.

In the bag, there were two sets of spring clothes for each person; these were bought by Annie at the mall. Even though this girl deliberately restrained herself from buying brand-name clothes, a set would still cost as much as seven or eight hundred yuan.

The two children were naturally very happy after holding beautiful new school bags and even more beautiful new clothes.

They all said in unison: "Thank you Uncle Hu Biao, thank you Sister Annie."

Upon hearing this, Hu Biao immediately looked unhappy: "How come I am the uncle and Annie is the sister? Do I look that old? Remember to call Hu Biao brother next time."

"Okay! Uncle Hu Biao." Yuanyuan responded mischievously.

Amid such jokes, the atmosphere in the shop became more festive.

It was also under such circumstances that Hu Biao took out four thick envelopes and handed them to Sister Lin, Four Eyes, Stingy Man and Big Monkey respectively.

When handing it to the last three people, Hu Biao opened his mouth and was about to give some instructions.

But in the end he shut his mouth and said nothing.

The reason they still give out cash these days is certainly not because the salaries of the four of them exceed 5000 yuan, so they can avoid paying personal income tax by doing so.

Are you kidding! Although Hu Biao's store is not big, he still pays all the taxes he should.

He pays the four employees a monthly salary of 8000 yuan without a penny less, and he also pays the required personal income tax, which is another benefit of the shop.

The reason why the cash was discovered was simply because Hu Biao was worried about Siyan, Tiegongji and Damahou.

In the past twenty days, these three guys have been working diligently every day, and it seems that they have completely gotten rid of their habit of lying down.

But Hu Biao, who had also been lying down for a long time, knew that this kind of lazy habit had an amazing inertia; it was okay when the three of them had no money before, but it was hard to say what would happen once they got their salary.

Even Hu Biao was not sure whether the three people would not come to work tomorrow after taking the money.

So Hu Biao gave them cash so that they could hold the weight of the cash and think about the sweat they had put in.

Instead of seeing some light numbers in the balance and starting to spend recklessly.

This is Hu Biao's last test for them. Only if they can pass the test will he truly accept and trust them.

This is also the reason why Hu Biao kept his mouth shut and did not give them any instructions.

Because he knew that if the three of them really wanted to break away from their previous life of living a life of idleness and waiting to die, it would only be if they really thought it through.

No matter what outsiders say, it’s actually useless.

Perhaps she felt the thickness of the money in the envelope was not right, so Sister Lin counted it on the spot and said to Hu Biao, "Boss Hu, you are wrong, there is a lot too much."

"That's right! Everyone worked hard last month, and the extra two thousand is a bonus. Everyone will get one, so just take it with confidence.

It's getting late now, so go home right away. I'll close the shop." Seeing Hu Biao had said this, Sister Lin and the others thanked him repeatedly and happily left work with the bulging envelopes.

There is 8300 yuan in each person's envelope, which is a lot of money for an ordinary person; after all, the rumors on the Internet that the average salary is over yuan are just hearsay.

When Siyan and the others left, they didn't notice that Hu Biao had been staring at their backs for a long time.

After a while, Annie finally comforted Hu Biao: "Everyone's future path is decided by themselves. You have done enough for them, so don't worry about it."

"That's right! That's it." Hu Biao nodded vigorously.

Then he took out an envelope from his pocket, handed it to Annie and said, "Sister Annie, this is your salary."

Annie originally wanted to refuse, but after pinching the envelope and feeling that there was no money in it, she took it.

After opening it, I found it was a thin gold necklace, weighing about three or four grams.

Seeing this, he couldn't help but laugh and cry. It's not that he thought it was too light or worthless; but how many unmarried girls wear gold necklaces nowadays?
If she were her mother's age, she would look fine wearing a gold necklace.

While Annie was speechless, Hu Biao explained:

"I've sent most of my recent earnings back home to pay off my family's debts. Based on the store's recent sales, I should be able to pay off all my debts in another eight or nine months.

After I pay off the debt, I will buy you a thicker one.

Oh right! My mom asked me to take you back sometime, and I said I’ll do it after I pay off the debt.”

When she heard the first half of the sentence, Annie wanted to complain about something; but after hearing the second half and understanding the meaning, she felt very complicated, including nervousness, joy, and shyness.

I couldn't say anything for a moment, I just snorted "hmm"

This situation continued until Hu Biao was about to close the shop and said to her, "Let's go to the movies."

Annie instinctively blurted out what was in her heart: "No, why waste that money? It's the same if you just use your phone to watch it. You can keep the money to pay off the debt. It's better to pay it off sooner..."

Halfway through her speech, Anne came to her senses and quickly shut up, her face flushing.

But it was too late now. Hu Biao, who understood everything, laughed like the stupid son of a landlord.

In the following time, the two of them closed the shop door, leaned against each other behind the bar, holding their mobile phones, eating melon seeds and watching movies.

It should be noted that there was a movie that both of them wanted to watch, but the only authentic resource was available on iQiyi; after discovering that her membership had expired, Annie habitually renewed it.

As a result, Hu Biao immediately grabbed her hand and said in an extremely serious tone: "Don't worry, ask Black Star first if they have it, so as not to waste money."

"Hmm," Annie nodded her head when she heard that.

So, AT, who had just coaxed the child to sleep, did not wait to go to the study to enjoy the precious and wonderful game time of the day.

The sudden ringing of the cell phone woke up the son. The boy opened his mouth and started crying again.

If it were just this, it wouldn't be a big deal. After all, the world is so big, and traveling through time to fight the Japanese is the most important thing!

But after AT hurriedly answered the call, a voice on the other end said, "Tsupplementary, do you have a membership on iQiyi? If so, please send me your account number, password, and verification code."

AT: “…”

At 9:32 the next day, Hu Biao looked at Sister Lin who was busy washing vegetables in the store and sighed silently.

It’s not that Sister Lin didn’t do something well, but the store usually opens at 9 o’clock in the morning, but until today, Four Eyes, Stingy Rooster, and Big Monkey still haven’t shown up.

Without a doubt, his worst fears had come true.

After having a large sum of money, the three guys started to lie down again; feeling depressed, Hu Biao didn't even bother to call them to urge them to pay.

Seeing this, Annie, who had rushed over in the morning and didn't even sleep in because she was worried about this matter, wanted to say a few words of comfort.

At this moment, three familiar figures appeared in the distance, and they ran into the store panting.

The first person, Siyan, started by saying, "Our original WeChat and Taobao apps are no longer usable, and we're embarrassed to add family members to the new WeChat app.

I suddenly wanted to send some money home, so I had to go to the post office counter to handle it. It took me so long to get it done."

"It's okay to send the money, but please give me a call and tell me. I thought you three had run away." Hu Biao cursed, but there was an indescribable smile on his face...

(End of this chapter)