Stay Home Daddy: I Was Reborn After My Daughter Passed Away
Chapter 390: Three hundred ninety new employees came_1

Chapter 390: Three hundred ninety new employees came_1

Business is business, but Gu Chen still had a conscience at the end of the day.

During this era, urban and industrial development was booming, yet the economic situation in the rural areas was problematic.

Production was indeed freed up by the household-responsibility system, but for some reasons that were not quite suitable to mention.

As a result, many farmers had enough to eat but no money to spend.

This was especially true for families with sick members or those with many children.

Over time, an increasing number of people had come to the cities to work.

Among them were many who were not yet adults.

Additionally, the regulations regarding child labor employment were not as strict as before his rebirth.

Now it was basically a situation where if the public did not report, the officials did not investigate.

If the public did report, it was not certain the officials would pursue the matter.

Many unscrupulous merchants took advantage of this, preferring to employ young people desperate for money.

They would even use this as a reason to aggressively drive down wages.

Gu Chen knew that under the momentum of the times, he couldn’t really change anything.

But he could choose not to sink into the same filth as those other unscrupulous merchants.

Money was indeed important, but it wasn’t the most important.

When the other party heard him ask this, she immediately shook her hands and said in a rush,

"Boss, I, I’ve already turned eighteen, just had my birthday the day before yesterday.

I have my ID card here; you can take a look."

With that, she quickly took out a brand-new ID card from her bag and handed it to Gu Chen.

"Wang Cuihua? That’s a nice name."

Gu Chen smiled as he looked at the ID card in his hand.

Although the person before him didn’t really look like she was eighteen.

Sixteen seemed more likely, but it could also be due to a lack of nutrition.

Gu Chen didn’t delve into it and just handed her ID card back to her, saying,

"Alright, if you’re of age, then work for me.

The terms are all written on this paper; I believe you’ve read them."

Hearing this, a relieved expression immediately spread across the girl’s face.

She bowed to Gu Chen repeatedly, saying,

"Thank you, boss, thank you, boss, I will work hard."

Gu Chen quickly waved his hand, thinking, I’m not dead yet, why is she bowing already?

Seeing that her clothing was quite old, he drew out two hundred yuan and handed it to her.

Then he continued,

"These two hundred are an advance on your salary; the remaining three hundred will be paid at the end of the month.

We’re not talking about any internship; you start the job now.

You know how to bag buns? There are tongs next to the steamer, be careful not to get burned by the steam.

I’ll take care of collecting the money. Don’t just stand there dumbfounded; come on over and start working."

"Oh, oh, coming right now."

The young girl was a bit flustered, not expecting Gu Chen to be so decisive in his actions.

She had just been hired one second ago, and the next, she was expected to start working.

And she held an extra two hundred yuan in her hand, receiving her first paycheck so quickly for the first time in her life.

She felt incredibly excited and immediately ran to the steamer to start working,

Fearing that any delay might lead Gu Chen to take the money back, and her beautiful dream would shatter.

Fortunately, the task of putting buns into transparent plastic bags was also very simple.

Most of the people in line were actually buying just one or two at a time.

If they came across a slightly wealthier customer, then at most five or six buns would suffice.

With such a small quantity, even a monkey wouldn’t count it wrong, and she was naturally very adept at it.

Gu Chen was also very happy about this, as his new store finally had some help.

And now, with Cui Hua on board, the customer experience had indeed been elevated by a notch.

After all, before, customers were queuing up themselves, picking up buns with tongs themselves, and bagging them themselves.

Then they had to go over to Gu Chen to pay.

At other places, at least some service was provided, but at Gu Chen’s,

they had to actively hand over money and do the work themselves.

Back then, the term "consumer experience" hadn’t been coined yet; otherwise, they probably would have protested long ago.

Two hours flew by in the blink of an eye.

All forty baskets of buns were sold out, and the actual time spent on selling them wasn’t long at all.

Most of the time was spent steaming the buns.

Then, amid some grumbling, Gu Chen put up a "Sold Out for Today" sign at the door with a beaming smile.

Wang Cuihua was still holding a plastic bag, her expression somewhat dazed.

Before, when she saw the other girls who came to the city with her,

they were busy working from dawn to dusk without a break.

She had mentally prepared herself for the same, but what she didn’t expect was

her own boss to close shop just two hours after opening.

"If the business is run this way, I’m afraid it might go bankrupt?"

Deep worries arose in Wang Cuihua’s heart.

After all, Gu Chen, her boss, was a good person who had even advanced her salary on the first day.

And from beginning to end, he had never scolded her, not even when she accidentally

gave one customer an extra bun. Even after the boss found out, he didn’t deduct it from her wages.

Wang Cuihua genuinely hoped to work under such an amenable boss for a longer period.

If the store were to close down one day, wouldn’t she have to look for a job again?

"Cui Hua, what are you daydreaming about? Come over and help make buns.

By the way, do you know how to make them? If not, I can teach you."

Gu Chen called out to her, holding a large, iron bowl with dough that had risen properly.

He noticed Wang Cuihua standing opposite him, looking silly and lost in thought.

He found this girl to be good in all other aspects: she spoke little and worked hard,

but when idle, she seemed a bit dull, often standing there daydreaming.

He wondered what on earth she pondered about in that little head of hers all the time.

"Boss, I know how. I’ve helped my mom make them at home as well,

it’s just... it’s just that they don’t look as good as the ones you make."

Wang Cuihua stood a little shyly to the side, watching as buns rapidly appeared under Gu Chen’s hands.

Not only their size and shape but even the number of pleats on top were exactly the same.

They were like they had been made using the same mold, which left her somewhat stupefied.

She, who hadn’t shied away from household chores at home, now felt somewhat reluctant to start.

"As long as you know how to make them, you can try to follow my lead.

Once you’ve made enough and get the hang of it, it’ll be fine. Our store operates for about two hours each day,

and with you here, we might be able to extend that a bit, but it won’t be much longer.

Your main task is to help me make buns, which is quite the trouble.

Otherwise, do you think you could earn five hundred in just two hours each day? That would be too good to be true,"

said Gu Chen with a hearty laugh, then passed some of the bun wrappers to her.