Traveling to ancient times to sweep the catering industry

Chapter 174 I’m sorry to trouble you first

"Sister, I really have nowhere to go. If I'm caught by my parents, I'll be dead!"

The little girl cried and begged Hu Xiuyun. Hu Xiuyun felt somewhat touched seeing her like this. Wasn't she also desperate half a year ago, and had to beg for help from Cheng Dongjia's store?

If Mr. Cheng hadn't accepted me half a year ago without any grudges, I wouldn't know what kind of life I'd be living right now! How could I have the chance to open a store?

Hu Xiuyun sighed helplessly, and then agreed: "Okay, then you can stay here! These days, you can make a bed in the back kitchen and sleep at night, but you have to be careful, understand?"

After hearing this, the little girl burst into tears of gratitude and said, "Thank you, sister. Thank you, sister. I will definitely work twice as hard in the future."

"What's your name?" Hu Xiuyun asked her.

"My name is Lin Ya, everyone calls me Aya. I'm not a bad person. My home is in Linjia Village outside the city." Lin Ya said truthfully.

"It's okay, don't be nervous. I'm just asking. You don't look like a bad person. Are you hungry? Do you want to eat something?" Hu Xiuyun asked her.

"I... I'm a little hungry..." Lin Ya said in a low voice.

"Then let me take you out to eat something!" Hu Xiuyun pulled her.

Lin Ya immediately shook her head: "No! No need, thank you sister, I haven't started working yet! How can I eat? I'll work first! If there is any work in your store, just let me do it!"

When Hu Xiuyun saw her shy appearance, she more or less saw her past self. She was afraid of being disliked, so she was not willing to trouble others at all.

Hu Xiuyun pulled her and said, "Let's go. Eat first and then work. I'm hungry too!"

"It's really not necessary, sister..."

Hu Xiuyun forced Lin Ya to go out, and Lin Ya followed reluctantly. They came to a small noodle stall. Hu Xiuyun ordered two bowls of noodles and then pushed one bowl over.

Lin Ya smelled the fragrance of the noodles and couldn't help swallowing her saliva, but seeing that Hu Xiuyun hadn't picked up her chopsticks yet, she didn't dare to move either.

Hu Xiuyun noticed her shyness, so she quickly picked up her chopsticks and started eating, saying to her, "Eat quickly! I don't have anything else to offer you!"

"No, no, no, it's already great that my sister can take me in and give me food to eat. Sister, please don't say that."

Lin Ya also started to use her chopsticks. She wanted to thank him in a reserved manner, but she was so hungry that she couldn't help herself. After taking a bite, her movements became faster and faster. She finished the noodles in just a few bites and even drank up the soup in the bowl.

Lin Ya finished eating, but still felt unsatisfied. She suddenly realized that she ate too fast, so she smiled at Hu Xiuyun.

Hu Xiuyun asked her: "Are you full? If not, have another bowl."

Lin Ya quickly shook her head and said, "No, no, no, I'm full."

"You're welcome, boss. Give me another bowl." Hu Xiuyun could obviously see that Lin Ya was very hungry, so she quickly asked the noodle stall owner to give her another bowl.

When the boss arrived, he immediately said, "Okay! Wait a minute!"

“No, no, no, really, that’s not necessary!” Lin Ya didn’t want to appear to eat a lot, lest she be disliked. She was the same at home. Her stepmother always disliked her for eating too much, so she didn’t dare to eat more at home.

Hu Xiuyun said, "Eat more. You look so thin. How can you do a good job if you are so thin?"

After hearing this, Lin Ya quickly explained: "Sister, I am very capable. Although I am thin, I am very strong. Sister, please don't look down on me."

Hu Xiuyun could understand her when she saw how nervous she was. After all, she was the same in the past, always cautious and afraid of being disliked and abandoned.

"Okay, okay, I was just kidding. Just eat peacefully. I'm not the kind of boss who would withhold employees' meals. You don't have to be so cautious all the time. As long as you work diligently and seriously, I won't fire you." Hu Xiuyun advised her.

After hearing this, Lin Ya felt warm at heart. She didn't expect that an elder sister who she met by chance would be so kind to her.

Lin Ya hurriedly thanked her: "Thank you, sister. I will definitely work hard to repay you."

"Okay!" Hu Xiuyun nodded.

"The noodles are here!" The boss brought another bowl of noodles and placed it in front of Lin Ya.

Hu Xiuyun said, "Eat quickly! I know you are hungry, don't be restrained."

"Hmm!" Lin Ya started to eat the noodles, but as she ate, her heart felt sour. She thought Hu Xiuyun was so nice. She was the first person who was so nice to her.

At home, she was always beaten, scolded and despised by her stepmother. She always had endless work to do, and her biological father also ignored her. She had a very hard life over the years.

Hu Xiuyun saw that she had started crying for no reason, and she went to comfort her in a panic: "What's wrong, Aya? Why are you crying?"

"No, I just feel... I feel that you treat me very well, sister, and I am very touched." Lin Ya sobbed.

"What girl, just two bowls of noodles are enough to please you?"

Hu Xiuyun wiped her tears and wondered what kind of life this girl had lived before? Two bowls of noodles with臊子 moved her to tears.

Lin Ya explained: "I just feel that you are very gentle, sister, and I am very touched."

Hu Xiuyun said: "Don't cry, let's work hard in the future, and we will not only have noodles to eat, but also meat!"

Lin Ya nodded: "Okay! I'll do my best!"

Hu Xiuyun couldn't help but sigh when she saw the girl like this. Lin Ya was indeed beyond her expectations.

However, she never thought of asking Lin Ya to work for free. She thought that after the store opened and made money, she would pay Lin Ya her salary. If she made a lot of money, she could also rent a small house outside and live with Lin Ya.

After Lin Ya finished eating, Hu Xiuyun took her back to the store to familiarize herself with it, and told her step by step where the kitchen was and what each location did.

"I plan to open the shop the day after tomorrow. You are not familiar with it yet. From now on, you can help buy cakes in the front during the day, and I will make cakes in the back kitchen. Is that okay? You can count money, right?"

Lin Ya nodded immediately: "I can, I can calculate the money! I used to help my father get wine."

Hu Xiuyun nodded, and the two of them continued to check on each other's purchases in the store, and then nothing else happened.

Hu Xiuyun was looking at recipes for various desserts and pastries, planning to start preparing the ingredients tomorrow evening.

Lin Ya was not idle either. She was cleaning everywhere in the store and arranging the things bought in the kitchen neatly.

Hu Xiuyun was satisfied to see how capable and self-conscious she was. However, seeing her sweating, she advised her, "You should also take a break. Don't be so busy. There is nothing to do. Don't get tired."

Lin Ya shook her head: "It's okay, I'm not tired, just call me if you have any work to do!"

Hu Xiuyun said, "There is nothing to do today. We will be busy tomorrow. Let's go out for a while."

"Okay!" Lin Ya didn't ask anything and followed Hu Xiuyun out.

Hu Xiuyun took Lin Ya to a nearby market and bought two quilts. Then she told Lin Ya, "I'm sorry you have to live in the store for a month. When we open the store and make some money, I will rent you a comfortable place to live."

Lin Ya immediately shook her head: "I don't feel wronged at all."