“Dad, you don’t need to pick me up every day. I can walk to school. It’s good exercise since I’m studying all day.”
Summer Da Hao, who had been picking her up for two days, found it troublesome and nodded. “If it’s dark in the evening, I’ll have the housekeeper pick you up.”
“No need! Back in the countryside, I wasn’t afraid to climb hills alone at night. The streetlights here are so bright, what is there to be afraid of?”
One day after school, Yue Luo saw a “Hiring” sign on a restaurant’s glass door.
Hiring meant earning money, and earning money meant she could leave this terrible place!
She was tired of daily verbal battles with Xiao Lin Yingzi and being surrounded by noisy “crows”.
“Boss—” Yue Luo entered the restaurant.
“What would you like to eat, young student?”
“That… are you hiring? Can you use me?”
Yue Luo wanted to earn money for her mother’s treatment.
“Young lady, don’t you have school?”
“Can I work in the evening? I can accept lower wages.”
The owner hesitated. Yue Luo was very beautiful, and a good-looking service staff could attract more customers. “Let me think about it. Come back tomorrow for an answer.”
“Thank you, boss!”
The next morning, Yue Luo ran to the restaurant for an answer. The owner and his wife had discussed it all night and decided to hire her.
“Can you work from 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM?”
“Yes, yes, yes!”
“Can I work on Saturday and Sunday?”
“If there are no classes, then it’s possible.
The boss nodded, “Alright, you can work during these times. How about I pay you five hundred?”
“Deal!” Xia Yuluo thought it was too much. Her mother used to work in a factory, earning only fifteen yuan for a whole day’s work. By her calculation, she was now a “white-collar” worker.
“Young girl, is your family very poor? I see you’re wearing a high school badge—”
“I just want to be self-reliant. Aren’t students supposed to develop comprehensively?”
The boss thought to himself, if the school knew she was working as a waitress, they would definitely expel her. But that’s not his concern – as long as she brings in business, who cares!
