Volume 2: A sudden change in the prison, a red-clothed man goes out to find a thief Chapter 173: The Poorly Managed Restaurant
Tick-tock, tick-tock. Outside, raindrops were falling from the eaves, and the sound carried into the seemingly empty restaurant.
Hearing that the other party was here to work, the waiter seemed stunned. He looked at the fair-faced young man in front of him with a puzzled look on his face.
Then the corner of his mouth twitched, and he asked hesitantly: "Sir, are you serious?"
After saying this, he still looked up and down at the person in front of him.
"Of course." Li Si leaned his umbrella against the door, smiled as kindly as possible and said, "Who is the person in charge here? Can I ask him?"
"Tsk." The waiter's face immediately darkened. He reached out and put his arm around Li Si's shoulders, then led him out the door.
It was not until the two of them stood still at the door that he put his hand on Li Si's neck and whispered with a stiff face .
"Li Si, what do you mean by this? Have you gotten into trouble again? Tell me clearly."
"How could that be?" At the door, Li Si's smile paused for a moment, then he became natural again: "Am I the kind of person who likes to drag others into trouble?"
Of course he knew why the waiter in front of him had such a reaction, because he came here this time to "join" this man.
This is Qianjialou. He has an old acquaintance named Banjiexian who often appears here, but his whereabouts are always unknown.
But it seems that he was lucky this time and found the other party directly.
"You are indeed not that kind of person." Banjiexian looked at the smiling scoundrel with a depressed expression and said with a pout .
"But you always drag others into trouble unconsciously. Tell me, why did you come to me this time?"
"Didn't I say that?" Because his neck was pressed by Banxian, Li Si could only bend his body and said helplessly.
"I'm here to find a job."
Banjiexian's eyelids twitched, thinking that Li Si was still teasing him.
But seeing Li Si's serious expression, he slowly frowned again.
"Are you really not kidding me?"
"Why am I teasing you?" Li Si asked back with a wry smile . Is he that unreasonable?
After looking at Li Si deeply for a long while, the half-immortal statue let out a sigh, straightened its expression and asked.
"Then tell me, why did you suddenly think of coming to my place?"
Li Si was stunned for a moment, then pursed his lips and said with a self-deprecating smile.
"If I said I just wanted to find a place to rest, would you believe me?"
Under the dripping eaves, Banjiexian did not rush to reply. After a while, he nodded slowly and spoke with an unclear expression.
"Okay, then I'll go get the shopkeeper for you."
If Li Si gave a different reason, he might not listen, but he understood this reason.
Because he had been wandering in this world for too long and knew that a person could not wander forever, so if Li Si really just wanted to rest here, he didn't mind.
"However." Before entering the door, Banjiexian looked at Li Si again, stretched out a finger, and solemnly instructed.
"The people in this store are nice. You must not let them get involved in your troubles."
"I understand." Li Si responded with a wry smile. He really didn't understand why this man was so wary. He didn't remember any trouble he had ever caused him.
The sound of rain rustled behind him. In front of the restaurant door, Li Si looked back for the last time. In the distance was a small town in the mist and rain, quiet and hazy. Thinking that this scenery was not bad, he turned around and followed Banjiexian into the door.
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Qianjialou is not a very large restaurant. It has three floors in total, with a hall and a courtyard inside and outside. Although it is clean and comfortable, it is definitely not luxurious.
I heard from Banjiexian that the restaurant has been doing poorly recently, with fewer and fewer customers. The owner had no choice but to fire many people, and now can only rely on a few people to barely make a living. He also heard about this, so he came back to help out.
It seemed that there were not many customers in the store. It was not until the shopkeeper and his staff gathered in the hall that the store seemed to have some popularity.
The shopkeeper was a woman in her early thirties. Although she was a little old, she still had some charm. She was dressed in a woman's outfit, which was not gorgeous, but not too plain. When she saw Li Si, she looked him up and down several times, nodded as if she was satisfied, thought for a while, but did not speak.
There was only one accountant in the restaurant, who looked to be about fifty years old. He was dressed in scholar's clothes, with slightly gray hair tied behind his head with a simple belt. He also had a horn beard on his chin, looking like an old scholar. He didn't seem to want to pay any attention to Li Si, but just continued to hold the account book and do his own calculations.
One of the cooks had recently quit, leaving only a man in his thirties, who looked quite robust, with short hair that just fell to his shoulders. When he sat down at the table, he was holding a steamed bun in his hand, and his mouth had never been idle, so naturally he had no time to talk.
Fortunately, in addition to Banjiexian, there was another waiter in the store. He was a boy with a pretty face, no more than 13 or 14 years old, a little thin, with fair skin and lovely features. He probably hadn't grown up yet, and if you didn't look closely, you could easily mistake him for a little girl. He seemed a little shy, sitting at the table timidly, not daring to speak up.
There was another errand girl in the store, a woman in her early twenties. She was not pretty, but she was attractive. Even if she was only wearing coarse clothes, people would want to take a few more glances at her. But for some reason, when she saw Li Si, she just sat there and smiled foolishly. It was unclear what she was laughing at, which made Li Si a little restless.
The last one was Banjiexian, a waiter with a pointed face and monkey cheeks. He sat next to Li Si and looked around at everyone's faces, looking a little nervous.
After everyone was seated, the shopkeeper finally spoke.
"I called you all here this time mainly to tell you one thing. Lao He's cousin has come back from outside to make a living and now wants to find a job in the store. I want to hear what you think."
"Oh, yes." Banjiexian rubbed his hands and said to everyone in a somewhat embarrassed manner: "Thank you for troubling everyone."
Li Si, who was sitting on the side, also lowered his head and said, "Thank you for your help."
He felt a little embarrassed for some reason, because the current situation was quite similar to the time when he was looking for a job in his previous life, and he had to rely on connections to get it.
Thinking that he was already this old and still had to do this kind of thing, the expression on his face became even more helpless.
"I support it!" The woman with a silly smile immediately brightened up her eyes and raised her hand and said.
"I don't care." The cook answered nonchalantly while chewing the steamed bun in his hand.
"It doesn't matter to me." This is the boy who is a little timid.
"I object." The old scholar raised his eyes from the account book and stated his position lightly.
