"It's time to eat." Meg took out the last dish, the spicy grilled fish, from the oven, and smiled at everyone who was busy in the kitchen.
"It's going to be very busy tonight, so everyone should eat more," Meg said to everyone with a smile as he placed a piece of fish into Amy's bowl.
"Thank you, Father." Amy was elated as she poked at the fish with her chopsticks. She brought her mouth to the edge of the bowl and carefully blew on the fish before shoving it directly into her mouth.
"Ahhh … It's so delicious," Amy exclaimed with a blissful smile on her little face.
Everyone also picked up their chopsticks. Aside from filling their stomachs, the table of delicious food also provided them with an unparalleled experience. Furthermore, it provided them with enough energy for the upcoming work. This was probably the happiest time of the day.
Rena ate her food in small bites as she watched everyone enjoy the delicacies and tease her occasionally. She couldn't help but smile at the joyous scene.
Even though the work intensity was not low, the happiness and satisfaction of working at Mamy's was completely incomparable to that of her previous jobs. Furthermore, she had received a lot of respect here.
After dinner, the busy and long evening business hours began.
Mamy's designated hot pot area had already become an existence that was on par with the restaurant's popularity. On a cold winter day, there was probably nothing more blissful than sitting around a warm hot pot with two or three friends.
Raina was in charge of the designated hot pot area, and she busied herself in front of the pot for almost the entire night. Pot after pot of hot pot soup was prepared by her hands before being served to each table, becoming the source of delicious hot pot flavor.
During her free time, Raina leaned against the wall and wiped the sweat from her forehead with a towel. She then opened her thermos and took a few sips of water.
Her gaze fell on Meg, who was still busy in front of the stove. There were three iron pots, two stew pots, and all kinds of kitchen utensils surrounding him. Furthermore, there was food cooking in each of the pots.
He was like a god, easily moving between the various woks. His movements were natural and smooth, making people feel that he was not in a hurry at all. Instead, it was as if they were enjoying a wonderful cooking show.
"The customer at the new table asked for a portion of insanely spicy. The other table already has two portions of clear soup, three portions of medium spicy, three portions of super spicy, and one portion of insanely spicy." Yabemiya walked into the kitchen and said to Raina, who was in a daze.
"O … okay." Raina immediately put down the cup and went back to work.
At nine o 'clock in the evening, the opening hours ended and the guests left.
"Thank you for your hard work tonight. I have prepared a fat set meal for everyone: durian pizza + beggar's chicken. Have some supper before going home to sleep." Meg walked out of the kitchen with a tray and smiled at the people who were cleaning up the dining room.
"Boss, if I eat supper every night, I think I will get fat very quickly." Yabemiya rubbed her stomach and was a little distressed.
"Yeah, I think I am already getting fat. Do you see my face getting rounder?" Connie reached out and poked her face, revealing a small dimple.
When everyone saw that she had indeed become a little rounder, they couldn't help but smile a little.
"You look quite cute," Meg said with a smile.
The sinful supper was finished in the midst of everyone's disdainful laughter. Everyone bid farewell and left.
"Goodnight, see you tomorrow."
Raina said goodbye to Mia and the others, took out the key, and opened the door softly.
The lights in the room were still on. Karins was sitting at the table, sewing a piece of clothing seriously. There was a basket of clothes by her feet.
"Mother, didn't I tell you to rest early? Why are you still sewing?" Raina closed the door and looked at Karins with some helplessness and heartache.
"I couldn't sleep, so I thought I might as well do something to kill time and wait for you to come back." Karins tied a knot and broke it with her teeth. She turned around and smiled as she pointed at a small square wooden box on the table. "Someone just sent this wooden box over. He said it was from your friend."
"Shanshan?" Raina walked to the table and reached out to pick up the exquisite brown wooden box that was slightly bigger than her palm. It was a little heavy. She had been too busy recently and had only seen Shanshan once in the dining room. Besides the people in the dining room, Shanshan was her only friend. She didn't think too much about it and opened the box.
"It's not Shanshan. It's a middle-aged man. He left after putting it down." Karins's gaze landed on the box in Raina's hand.
"Middle-aged man?" Raina's hand froze, but the box had already been opened.
A dazzling golden light bloomed from the box. In the box, a golden bracelet inlaid with jasper shone brightly under the light.
"What … What is this? Who gave you such a valuable gift? " Carla stepped forward and looked at the shiny bracelet in the box. The golden light flowed on the piece of jasper inlaid on the bracelet, like flowing waves.
Under the bracelet, there was a silver note with 100,000 copper coins written on it.
"This …" Rena already knew who the box was from. She quickly closed the lid, and placed the box back on the table. She awkwardly said, "Someone I'm not familiar with gave it to me. I will return it tomorrow. Mother, you don't have to worry."
Karins looked at Raina, who was dodging her eyes, and then looked at the wooden box on the table. She sat down at the table and looked a little serious. "Raina, are you hiding something from me? Who is that man? Why did he give you such a valuable gift? "
"Mother …" Raina looked at Karins and met her stern eyes. She hesitated and said, "He is the owner of a hot pot restaurant. I met him on the way back this evening. He asked me to be the manager of his hot pot restaurant. He said that as long as I agreed, he would give us a house in the wealthy district and 30% of the ownership of the restaurant."
"How did you reply to him?" Karins's expression did not change because of the generous promise. She still asked sternly.
"I refused him," Raina replied quickly.
Karins's expression eased a little. She pointed to the wooden box and asked, "What about this?"
"I don't know why he gave me such a valuable gift after I refused, but I will return it tomorrow morning." Raina shook her head. It was the first time she had seen such a valuable gift. And the silver note of 100,000 was a huge amount of money she had never owned before.
"You did the right thing, child. We can't accept this money and gift." Karins nodded and said with some relief.
"But if you agree to him, you won't have to work so hard to sew clothes anymore." Raina looked at Karins with some heartache.
"If you go to his restaurant, then what will you do? Rely on the hot pot that Mr. Meg taught you to make money for him? What's the difference between that and stealing? " Karins looked at Raina and said in a low voice, "We can be poor, but we can't lose our principles and bottom line. We can't do things against our conscience. No matter how much money we get, I will never use a single copper coin. "
"Mother, I understand." Raina's eyes gradually became clear and firm. She reached out and picked up the wooden box from the table. "I will return the box now and make things clear to him."
After saying that, she turned and walked out of the door.
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