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Cheng Xi's smile really made the waiter happy, and with Cheng Xi's pure white face, it made him even more attractive. The waiter's originally indifferent face once again revealed a warm smile, and with such a beautiful little girl working with him, it seemed like it's not bad, he laughed and replied, "I heard from the kitchen manager that the kitchen was busy enough, if you guys go to the back door and ask around, I would find a person in charge of the kitchen."

Cheng Xi's face revealed a happy expression, she thanked him cordially: "Ok, thank you little brother."

The waiter saw the smile on Cheng Xi's face, and the more sshe saw, the more he liked him. She laughed and waved her hand, "Go over there, hurry up, don't delay me entertaining guests, there are a lot of people right now."

As for the Xu Sanlang behind Cheng Xi, he had been completely disregarded by the little Second Brother.

Xu Sanlang didn't feel that there was anything amiss with the waiter ignoring him, just seeing the smiles on their faces, he felt that it was a little dazzling. Unconsciously, he pulled Cheng Xi along and quickly headed to the back door of the restaurant.

As expected, after passing through the alley pointed by the waiter, he saw a quite a big back door. Currently, the back door was slightly ajar, and there were even all sorts of noises coming from the kitchen, and at the same time, the smell of all sorts of ingredients drifted out. It couldn't be considered nice, but Cheng Xi felt an inexplicable warmth in him.

Xu Sanlang went up and knocked on the door first, but there was no response from inside, so Cheng Xi just walked up and opened the door. The backyard was not very big, and was filled with ingredients, and was in a complete mess. The two women were busy passing through the various ingredients, and there were even sounds of cursing from time to time from the kitchen, "Where's the garlic seedlings?

One of the women, carrying several ingredients, ran into the kitchen, shouting, "Oh, I'm coming. I don't have three heads and six arms. It's all the same to me."

Looking at the few people in the kitchen coming and going, the two of them stood in the messy backyard for a long time, but no one paid any attention to them. It was as if they didn't notice at all that someone else had come to the yard.

The woman who had just delivered the garlic seedlings continued to come out to find the ingredients and found where they were standing. She patted her chest and said, "Aiyo, who are you? What are you doing here? You scared me to death."

Cheng Xi felt that it would be better to speak about this matter herself. With Xu Sanlang's cold face, he was worried that he would be kicked out before he could even speak, thus she had a smile on his face and spoke first, "Aunt, we heard that you were here to recruit people, so we came over to take a look."

Just then, the sound of cursing came from the kitchen again. The woman did not have the time to pay attention to the two, she found some ingredients and shouted towards the house, "Butler Xu, two people have come. They said they are here to find work."

After a while, a person came out from the house and hurriedly came in front of the two of them. He should be the Butler Xu that the woman mentioned, around the age of forty, with a body that was a little fat, wearing a long robe with the hem tied at the waist, seemingly for convenience. His face was round and looked just like his body, making people feel that he was a gentle person.

The Butler Xu sized up the two of them and asked, "Did you find something to do? Are you experienced? "

Cheng Xi laughed and replied, "We are all from the countryside, although we have no experience, our hands and feet are hard work, and he has great strength, able to work."

Butler Xu looked at Xu Sanlang who was behind Cheng Xi, and nodded his head in satisfaction, but when his gaze turned to Cheng Xi, he frowned in dissatisfaction.

Cheng Xi saw through his expression, she knew that she was still too young, and she had been pampered by the Cheng Family to the point that she didn't look like a peasant girl, so she hurriedly recommended him with a smile: "Uncle, don't look at my age, I'm a master at cooking, and my knife skills are not bad too. You can let me try it for two days first, if I can't do it myself, don't work at all."

The Butler Xu looked at Cheng Xi doubtfully and asked, "How do you know about the kitchen attendant at the back of our restaurant?"

Cheng Xi's eyes flashed, and replied with a smile, "It's what the big bro that was entertaining guests at the front said to us."

As expected, Butler Xu misunderstood Cheng Xi's words, "Oh, so he was the one who introduced you, then give it a try." She didn't want to let her go if it was not possible, so he didn't want to be at a disadvantage. Furthermore, she didn't have enough manpower at the moment, so she couldn't busy herself.

When Cheng Xi heard the Butler Xu's words, she happily replied, "Thank you, Uncle."

Butler Xu said, "Call me Butler Xu next time, you go help Aunt Zhu wash the vegetables first. Follow me to the kitchen and we can talk about the rest after we finish this." After saying that, he quickly went back to the kitchen.

Cheng Xi shot a glance at Xu Sanlang before quickly catching up. Seeing Cheng Xi's figure as she left, Xu Sanlang frowned slightly but did not make a move, while the Great Aunt Zhu who was beside him spoke up, "Don't stand there stunned, quickly come over and help. This is a proper restaurant, don't worry, your sister will not lose it."

Xu Sanlang regained his senses, went over and started to help, and casually replied, "That's my wife."

Great Aunt Zhu raised her eyebrows and glanced at Xu Sanlang, and then continued to wash the vegetables. Her hands moved, and without delaying her words, she asked with an astonished tone, "How old is that girl?"

Xu Sanlang replied, "Child daughter-in-law."

Hearing Xu Sanlang's words, Aunt Zhu was no longer surprised. In this era, there were many people who raised children as wives, but when she thought about the little girl she had caught a glimpse of earlier, she could not help but sigh emotionally, "That girl looked so much like one, I really can't tell that you're blessed."

He looked at the child next to him, which was tanned and shiny, as well as his rough hands that were used to farming. At the same time, he also sighed in his heart, "Coming here to find work is not going to be easy. That child's wife is still a delicate girl who doesn't know how to do work, so the child's future days are going to be even more difficult."

Of course, he wouldn't say it out in front of Xu Sanlang.

From time to time, she would ask Xu Sanlang for directions to find out about Xu Sanlang's situation, but after chatting for a while, she realised that this child was originally just a dull kid, who could not even utter a single word for a long time, and dispelled the desire to talk, allowing her to do whatever she wanted.

As for Cheng Xi, she followed Butler Xu into the kitchen and saw a lean man in his fifties standing in front of the stove. He was busy cooking and there was even a helper helping him add fuel to the fire, but he was obviously unable to handle it. The lady who was taking the dishes out earlier was busy cutting the vegetables, and there was an empty chopping board on the side.

After the Butler Xu brought Cheng Xi in, he did not have much time to ask and directly spoke, "It's not that the knife skills are not bad, let me take a look first."

Cheng Xi replied and went over. She first washed her hands in a basin at the side, then picked up the knife and the thin meat from the chopping block, and asked: "Meat or shredded meat?"

When the chef heard the unfamiliar girl's voice, he suddenly raised his head to look at Cheng Xi. Seeing that Cheng Xi's expression was the same as when she first saw Cheng Xi, she frowned slightly, but she was busy right now, so she didn't have time to ask further.

What Cheng Xi heard was meat, holding the kitchen knife, she began to familiarize herself with the meat, the fluid movements caused Butler Xu to be surprised, because they were lacking people, he had to do this many times, but she had to be moved, compared to the little girl in front of him, his movements were extremely rough.

When the head chef at the side heard the noise, he raised his head and looked at Cheng Xi with a surprised expression. He sighed in his heart, thinking that this little girl had such a skilled knife skill, she was probably not worse than him, a thirty-something years old veteran.

Finally, the Head Chef looked at Butler Xu who had nothing better to do and directly said, "Old Xu, there's no one on the pillar who can handle this. Go and help them kill the fish."

After Shopkeeper Xu heard it, he did not continue to admire Cheng Xi's knife skills. He went over to the small pond and caught a fish, then went to the back of the yard to kill it.

It seemed that the business of the restaurant was going to be very good. They kept busy until the end of the day and finally stopped. Only when the last table was done did everyone finally breathe a sigh of relief and stop.

At this time, the waiters who were greeting guests outside sent them a plate of food and would also stay in the kitchen for a while longer. When they saw Cheng Xi in the kitchen, they would ask him about it out of curiosity, and Cheng Xi would even smile craftily, which made him look quite likable.

Butler Xu had also finally calmed down and stood to the side, watching Cheng Xi wash the dishes. He said, "I didn't expect that you, girl, would look at such tender skin and meat. Your hands and feet are pretty nimble."

Cheng Xi laughed and replied, "They're all countryside girls, what kind of work haven't they done before? How can they be so expensive?"

Butler Xu looked at the little girl in front of him who was smiling so much that her dimples were revealed, and the more he looked at her, the more he liked her. He laughed and teased, "It's such a pity, she looks like a child's bride, if not I would have wanted to take you back as my daughter-in-law."

When they talked about the relationship between the two of them, Xu Sanlang and Cheng Xi had a tacit understanding, saying that Cheng Xi was Xu Sanlang's daughter-in-law, that it was not too far away from the Stone Bridge Village anyway, but it was not too close either, and no one would know about them. The people in the restaurant would not go over to the Stone Bridge Village to find out about their relationship, after all, Cheng Xi was a young wife who liked failure, and Xu Sanlang still had the reputation of being a close relative.