Chapter 253 - Chapter 253: Chapter 242: Experiencing Life (Birthday +

Chapter 253: Chapter 242: Experiencing Life (Birthday +

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Xiao Qian bought the tickets, but instead of taking Shuixian inside immediately, she had her stand at the door and observe the desperate expressions of job seekers.

“It’s almost the New Year, why don’t these people wait until after it’s over to look for jobs?” Shuixian asked.

“They don’t want to either, but their children’s school fees and the elders’ medical bills can’t wait until after the New Year. Your father must be busy, isn’t he? He doesn’t want to be that busy either, but if he doesn’t work, how many families would lose their jobs?”

“Are you accusing me of being ignorant? You’re not me, how do you know my pain?”

“How can I not know? 1 experienced it last night. You’ve met my boyfriend, we almost had a fight last night. He goes out to do business during the New Year, all for the sake of thousands of employees’ families’ peace, but what about my peace?”

Shuixian looked at Xiao Qian with conflicting emotions, “Chen Xiaoqian, you’re confusing me, whose side are you on?”

“There’s nothing confusing about it. If I encounter someone like this, I have to accept his identity, enjoy all the benefits he brings, and endure his shortcomings. If I can manage it, I can manage it. If not

Xiao Qian went on ranting, unable to stop.

“What then?”

“Break up.” Xiao Qian looked into the distance and said expressionlessly.

“If I can’t stand my dad, then just give me another dad.” Lily Tang didn’t catch Xiao Qian’s feelings and spoke out of spite.

“Alright, you can give me your dad, do you know what my dad does?”

“What does he do?” Lily Tang only knew that Xiao Qian’s parents were divorced.

“That’s a secret. When you pay back the 80.5 you owe me, I’ll tell you my story. Anyway, we need to find jobs now. Do you know what kind of jobs we’re looking for?”

“High pay, low work intensity, and close to home?”

“Keep dreaming! The kind of job we’re looking for has only one criterion – we don’t have to compromise our conscience and still make money. The premise is that they are willing to hire two people with no work experience and no education.”

In a small city without any large factories, job opportunities are very limited. More decent private-sector clerical jobs and the like are not hiring at the end of the year. The catering industry is what is most in need of people.

It wasn’t until they began their search that they realized how difficult it was to find a job.

In particular, neither of the young women possessed an academic degree or work experience. After going around twice, Lily Tang finally faced the reality – the only qualifications she had were for a waitress position.

“Had I known, I would’ve paid more attention when my dad was teaching me to trade stocks,” Lily Tang muttered softly.

“You’ll be great at trading stocks and forex in the future, but it’s a pity that you’re nothing right now,” Xiao Qian said gleefully.

Girls who are good at science subjects are relatively rare, but if there are, they are bound to have strong logical thinking. Lily Tang is one such individual, with her father’s inherited talents also playing a part.

Lily Tang is excellent at forex trading; Xiao Qian also followed her to make a few trades, neither more nor less, just enough to earn a small sports car. To deceive the still-naive Lily Tang, Xiao Qian felt exhilarated even if she didn’t make any money from it.

“Are you ridiculing me again?” Lily Tang loved and hated Xiao Qian’s half-serious, half-joking way of speaking.

“No, I just want to remind you that even if you learn investment and financial management with your father in the future, it’s still a skill your dad has given you. You might not take his money, but you still have to use his resources, his connections, and even your own intellect, which he also gave you.” Growing up involves understanding the world and learning relationships in greater depth.

“…From now on, don’t speak to me for 5 minutes.”

In the end, Xiao Qian and Shuixian did find jobs as waitresses at a large barbecue restaurant in the city. The job provided food but no accommodation. There was a three-day trial period without pay, but Xiao Qian negotiated a temporary one-week position with them.

Upon receiving a call from one of his subordinates, Yu Mingli knew that Xiao Qian had taken the cash-rich girl to earn a 100-yuan-a-week waitress job and couldn’t help but laugh and cry.

He thought for a moment, picked up the phone to tell Director Tang about it, but put it down again.

Since Xiao Qian dared to do this, she must have her reasons. Yu Mingli decided to take a gamble.

Moreover, Director Tang’s people must have informed him too. Even if he spoke up now, it was probably too late.

“Let it be. I’ll consider this a trial for Xiao Qian. ‘Be suspicious of those not employed, trust those employed.'”

When Eldest Brother uttered these words, his heart seemed to bleed. Puffing up one’s face to look fat was indeed uncomfortable.

Meanwhile, Tang Daye also received a call from the bodyguards.

“Boss, Miss Chen took the young lady to a barbecue restaurant… Do you want us to bring the young lady back, or remind the barbecue restaurant to take good care of her?”

Considering the boss’s temperament, bringing them back would be a light punishment. In a moment of excitement, he might even have the barbecue restaurant acquired.

Even when a domineering CEO gets old, he’s still domineering.

“No need, let her do it. Whatever happens to her in the restaurant, don’t interfere and don’t let her see that you’re there.”

“B-Boss?”

“Do as I say.”

Tang Daye hung up the phone, opened the text messages on his phone, and looked at the message he had just received.

This message was sent by Xiao Qian.

The content of the message prompted Tang Daye to make the decision to let his daughter work, save the number, and store it.

“In three days, if Shuixian’s condition doesn’t improve, I’ll destroy your whole family, Chen Xiaoqian. I want to see just how good you are.”

Although the words “destroy your whole family” are a bit of an exaggeration, with the Old Yu Family around, no one can hurt Xiao Qian. But Tang Daye has only one daughter, and he is willing to spare nothing to take care of her.

The job at the barbecue restaurant seemed easy, with working hours from 5pm to 2am.

In the winter, there are fewer people eating barbecue, so hot pot is the main focus. After a brief training session, the two girls officially began their part-time journey.

Xiao Qian had done similar manual labor in her past life when she diligently studied for school, but Lily Tang hadn’t.

What seemed like a simple job that didn’t require much effort turned out to be very demanding once they actually started. Whenever customers ordered food, they had to run up and down the stairs.

Even when there were no customers, the girls had to help string lamb skewers in the kitchen with a strong smell.

Both Xiao Qian and Tang Shuixian, who didn’t eat much, felt exhausted.

After their first day of work, the waitresses sat together for a meal.

It consisted of simple dough soup and stir-fried shredded potatoes; some waitresses even took out the leftovers from the private rooms for customers to eat. Xiao Qian didn’t want to eat leftovers and reluctantly drank half a bowl of dough soup.

Shuixian, who had a sore arm and leg from the day’s work had no appetite originally, but couldn’t help herself and drank half a bowl as well.

As they walked out of the barbecue restaurant with stiff legs, they saw a Cadillac and a Bentley parked on the roadside just a few steps away. Shuixian looked at Xiao Qian listlessly.

“I’m taking my car home… I don’t care about the rules anymore.”

There were no buses running at this time anyway..