After entering twenty-three shops in a row and being rejected, Yu Shu turned her head and looked at Changmenpu South Street where she could no longer see the road she came from. She secretly thought that she was unlucky. She resolutely turned around and walked into the alley, crossing to the next street to try her luck.
Running into a wall again and again made Yu Shu, who was anxious to find money, somewhat frustrated. She couldn't help but recall the time when she just graduated from college.
At that time, she didn't think about doing actuarial work because she didn't graduate from a good school. When she looked for a job, she ran into walls everywhere. In order to earn a living, she served dishes in restaurants, worked as a doorman, and stood at the front desk. Her first serious job was obtained by shamelessly begging people.
Until later, when she became a high-paid family, she couldn't forget those days of struggling. When she thought about it, she felt that there was no obstacle that she couldn't overcome.
Yu Shu rubbed her face that was about to be stiff from smiling. She regained her morale and walked into the first shop at the corner of the street with her head held high.
"Hello, shopkeeper. Are you hiring here?"
This was a cloth shop that sold silk and satins. The shop was about twenty square meters in size and there were three to five customers picking out the patterns and colors of the cloth. The shopkeeper was a man with a sharp chin. He was furrowing his eyebrows and keeping accounts while instructing a worker to move the cloth from the warehouse behind the shop outside. When he heard the crisp sound, he turned his head and saw a young man dressed in shabby clothes walk in. He rolled his eyes and put down his pen, beckoning Yu Shu to come over.
"Do you want to find a job?"
Yu Shu told herself not to be happy too early. There were a few shops that asked her the same question before, but they were all kicked out in the end.
"Yes, I know how to do accounts, and I can also do groceries."
"Okay," the shopkeeper simply nodded and smiled at Yu Shu. He turned his head and shouted at the shop assistant who was working, "Ah Niu, send the satin that Mrs. He and Mrs. Song ordered over."
When the shop assistant left with a pile of cloth, he pointed at the messy cloth on the opposite shelf and said to Yu Shu, "You go and put those in the back room and arrange them neatly."
Yu Shu thought, we haven't even talked about money, why are you ordering me around?
She wanted to talk about the wages, but she saw that the shopkeeper was busy doing the accounts again. She hesitated for a moment, then turned around and went back to work.
At this time, the middle of the cloth was rolled up with wooden planks, which were more than ten meters thick. It was quite heavy. Yu Shu did not have much strength, so she could only carry one piece of cloth at a time. There were too many pieces of cloth on the shelves. She ran back and forth countless times, sweating profusely, before she finally put all the cloth behind her.
Before she could catch her breath, the shopkeeper, who was about to start ordering, gave another order.
"There's a well in the backyard. Go get a bucket of water and clean the shelves."
"Okay," Yu Shu wiped her sweat, lifted the door curtain, and ran to the backyard. She was grateful that she didn't eat rice at home for two days. She followed Yu Xiaoxiu and knew how to make a rope to fetch water from the well.
She carried half a bucket of water, looked for a rag under the shelf, rolled up her sleeves, and washed and wiped. In order to leave a good impression on her first job, she didn't even let go of the gap between the wooden planks. She wrapped her fingers in the cloth and wiped them.
After changing the water three times, there was no dust, and the rag she wrung out was clean.
As soon as she put down the rag, the shopkeeper said again, "Go and pour the water.
There's a broom behind the door. Sweep the floor in front of the shop. "
Yu Shu poured the water and went to find the broom. When she went out of the door, she realized that it was getting late. At dusk, there were less pedestrians on the street. Unknowingly, she had been working for the whole afternoon.
After sweeping the dust in front of the door, Yu Shu stretched and went into the shop with the broom. At this time, there were no customers in the shop.
The shopkeeper was competing with the abacus in his hand. He made a few beads and probably made a mistake again. He clicked his tongue impatiently. When he looked up, he saw Yu Shu standing at the door and smiling at him. He waved his hand and said,
"Okay, it's all right. You can go back."
Yu Shu's eyebrows twitched, and the smile on her face widened. "Shopkeeper, I've been working for an entire afternoon. Shouldn't you give me a few wages first?"
"Wages?" The shopkeeper's chin tilted as he turned hostile. "How much work do you do, and you want to be paid for it? Did I hire you? Did I say I'll give you money? Go, go, go. Get out of here. I don't blame you for dirtying the cloth in my shop. I just want you to pay for it. "
Well, she met someone who worked for free? Yu Shu was amused and angry.
She threw the broom on the ground, rolled up her sleeves and walked to the cloth compartment at the back of the shop.
"Hey! What are you doing? "
Yu Shu ignored him. She went inside and wrapped up two rolls of cloth in one breath. She threw them on the opposite shelf in front of the shopkeeper and turned to go back to get more.
Seeing this, the shopkeeper hurriedly came out to stop her. He reached out and pulled Yu Shu's arm. He said angrily,
"Are you making trouble here?!"
Yu Shu smiled at him, "Shopkeeper, I'm not trying to cause trouble for you. These things in your shop were originally placed there. I was the one who was meddlesome and moved them away. I'll move them back to where they belong now. Please don't be polite with me, I won't even charge you half a cent."
As she said this, she used all her strength to push his hand away and went back into the warehouse.
"Fine, fine, you little b * tch." The shopkeeper was so angry that his chin tilted a little. He turned around to look for something in the shop to hit people. Finally, he saw the broom that Yu Shu threw at the door. He went forward to pick it up. When he turned around, he saw Yu Shu coming out with another roll of cloth. He raised the broom angrily and hit her.
"Get out. Are you going to get out or not?!"
The broom hit her back. Yu Shu didn't make a sound. She threw the roll of cloth on the counter. She didn't hurry to turn around. She was ready to take another hit on her back. However, the expected pain didn't come.
"Shopkeeper Wu, why are you so angry? This broom is used to sweep the floor, not to hit people."
So it's a busybody. Yu Shu thought to herself. She rubbed her shoulder and turned around to look at the extra person in the shop. At first glance, he looked familiar. At second glance, she recognized him when she saw his colorful gown.
Isn't this the colorful gown that threw things in the afternoon?
"Shopkeeper Cao, you don't know. This kid has been making trouble in my shop. Look at what he's done."
"That's enough." The young man called Shopkeeper Cao took away the broom from Shopkeeper Wu's hand and threw it to the side. He reached out and patted Shopkeeper Wu's shoulder. "He's just a child, what can he know? He's just trying to make you feel better. Why are you arguing with him? Don't be angry. I bought a few more taels of Yunlong tea today.
Shopkeeper Wu's eyes lit up when he heard the name of the tea leaves. He turned to glare at Yu Shu and lectured her.
"Alright, I won't argue with you today."
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