Chapter 115: You're Told to Open a Food Shop, But You Operate at 3 AM

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Protagonist:

Lu Feng

"Boss, I only had one portion, I'm not full yet!"

"Be content! At least you got to eat; I haven't even eaten today!"

"Boss, closing time this week is a bit too early, isn't it? Can't you extend it a little?"

"Yeah, Boss! I took a taxi for over half an hour to get here; you surely can't bear to let me go back with such regret, right?"

"Please, Boss! If I can't eat your cooking today, I won't be able to sleep tonight!"

The diners started complaining one after another, but there were also quite a few people speaking up for Lu Feng.

"Everyone stop complaining. Boss Lu has been so busy today he hasn't even had a sip of water; he must be tired too. Come back tomorrow."

"Right, Boss Lu's business hours have been normal this week. Although it's a bit shorter, at least nobody has to come buy food in the middle of the night anymore."

"Boss Lu has been running around all by himself today; let's all be understanding."

"Boss Lu, why not hire someone to help share the load? If you collapse from exhaustion, we won't have anything to eat either!"

"Everyone stop complaining. The boss has already been working continuously for a long time today; he must be tired too. It's the same if we come again next time."

Those diners who were still complaining heard these words, thought about it, and felt it made sense, so the sound of complaints gradually died down.

They also knew the rules of Lu Feng's shop: once business hours ended, nothing would be sold, and no matter how much they wanted to eat, they had to wait until tomorrow.

The diners who didn't get to eat Yangchun Noodles today shook their heads with some regret and left the shop in twos and threes.

The various snack stalls outside and the nearby shops, seeing those diners walking out of Lu Feng's shop, knew it was their turn to perform next, and they all started shouting at the top of their lungs.

There were still quite a few people in the shop hall who hadn't finished eating; even though business hours had passed, Lu Feng wouldn't chase them out.

He wasn't in a hurry to close up right now. Taking advantage of this time, Lu Feng took out a sheet of A4 paper from behind the counter, lay on the counter, and started writing a recruitment notice.

A curious diner leaned over to take a glance and immediately asked in surprise, "Boss Lu, are you really hiring?"

"Yes, one person is a bit too busy to handle everything." Lu Feng smiled and nodded.

Just now during business hours, when Lu Feng mentioned hiring, quite a few people heard it.

But they didn't take it seriously; they thought he was just saying it casually.

They didn't expect that judging by his current posture, he really was going to hire.

Upon learning this news, the diners still eating in the hall all revealed interested expressions.

Although it was just a waiter position, if they could work in Lu Feng's shop, wouldn't that mean they could eat as much of Boss Lu's cooking as they wanted?

A few diners who weren't short on money even felt that as long as meals were covered, they wouldn't even need a salary.

"Boss Lu, how about me?"

While everyone was still calculating in their hearts, a bearded, muscular man wearing a white tank top had already shouted out loudly, seizing the initiative.

Lu Feng looked up at his towering, burly figure, frowned and thought for a moment, then decisively wrote "Female" under the gender requirement on the recruitment notice.

It wasn't that Lu Feng had any ulterior motives; he was hiring a waiter mainly to receive diners and take orders, and girls relatively have more affinity.

After finishing writing, Lu Feng picked up the recruitment notice and pointed at the gender requirement he had just written.

"Boss Lu, don't be so strict about gender. I'm strong and work efficiently; why don't you consider it?" The muscular man said, even flexing the highly peaked biceps on his arm.

Lu Feng smiled and shook his head, saying to the muscular man, "Sorry, I still plan to hire a girl."

If he really let this muscular man be a waiter, who knows if his fierce, evil-spirit appearance would scare away the diners.

He absolutely couldn't let that happen.

Another male stood up and said to Lu Feng with a serious face, "Boss, is cross-dressing okay?"

The surrounding diners burst into a roar of laughter upon hearing this; even Lu Feng almost couldn't hold back his laughter.

Facts prove: where there is a Wolong, there must be a Fengchu.

The muscular man who had just sat back down with a regretful face heard that man's words and immediately stood up again excitedly: "Boss, I can do it too! I can even do a falsetto!"

Speaking, the muscular man cleared his throat: "Boss~ just promise me, okay~"

The diners who were originally eating noodles all stopped their chopsticks, their faces showing an expression like severe constipation.

"Big bro, don't pull this creepy stuff in public!"

"Holy crap, if I couldn't beat you, I'd really want to give you two punches!"

"Stop it, stop it."

The muscular man scratched his head and laughed, but unexpectedly immediately followed up with another line in that pinched voice: "Hmph~ angered you to death~"

Someone in the hall immediately couldn't bear it anymore and stood up: "You come here, today one of us must go down!"

"Alright alright, everyone stop messing around."

Lu Feng also got goosebumps all over from the muscular man's two vocalizations; seeing this scene, he hurriedly spoke up to smooth things over: "I still plan to hire a normal girl; no others needed."

Then he also said to the muscular man: "Big bro, if you make weird sounds again, I won't do business with you in the future; you'll scare away all the customers!"

Hearing Lu Feng say this, the muscular man reverted to his original voice and said with a laugh: "Boss, sorry, I was just livening things up for you guys. I'll go back to eating my noodles."

At this moment, those still in the hall who hadn't left were all guys. Seeing the content on Lu Feng's recruitment notice, they couldn't help but shout out one after another.

"Boss, only hiring girls — isn't that too unfair to us? I protest!"

"Right! Other shops have male waiters too! Boss, you can't engage in gender discrimination!"

"Boss, I don't want a salary; just provide meals!"

"Me too! As long as meals are provided, I can work 996!"

"I'll do 007!"

"Bro, even this has to be competitive?"

"Who cares! As long as I can eat Boss Lu's cooking every day, even 007 is fine!"

The diners in the hall chattered among themselves and started shouting; in the end, Lu Feng had no choice but to add another line to the recruitment notice: no meals provided.

Seeing this, the voices of argument instantly quieted down, and no one spoke anymore.

They had originally thought that working at Lu Feng's shop would let them enjoy the shop's food every day.

Now that meals were no longer provided and they had to work during business hours, wasn't it saying that after becoming waiters, they wouldn't even get to eat the food Boss Lu made?

Forget it, better to just honestly be a diner.

The diners in the hall finished their Yangchun Noodles one after another, greeted Lu Feng, and then left the shop.

After the last customer left, Lu Feng didn't rush to close the shop; he picked up the recruitment notice he had just written and looked it over.

On the A4 paper, he had used a marker to bold the two characters "recruitment," making it very eye-catching.

Recruitment

Working Hours: Not fixed every week

Job Responsibilities: Responsible for receiving customer orders and collecting payment.

Rest Time: Two days off every week

Salary and Benefits: 100 per hour, weekly settlement, no social insurance and housing fund, no meals provided

Job Requirements: Female (no cross-dressing big shots), obedient, able to endure hardship

After reading the content, Lu Feng thought there was no problem, and only then did he post the recruitment notice on the shop's gate.

Then he sat quietly in the hall, waiting for job applicants to come.

He wanted to settle the hiring matter today, so tomorrow's business would be much easier.

After the recruitment notice was posted, it didn't take long before it attracted several people gathering at the door; they were all customers of Lu Feng's shop.

As soon as they saw that it said no meals provided, they instantly lost interest and shook their heads and left one by one.

After becoming a waiter, you can't eat Boss Lu's food; whoever goes is a fool.

Lu Feng sat alone in the shop waiting for half a day, and not a single person came in to inquire.

He couldn't help but wonder: Is it this hard to hire a waiter these days?

The hourly wage I'm offering isn't low!

Time passed minute by minute, and it was almost eight o'clock; the sky outside had turned dark.

Lu Feng stood up and sighed; it seemed there was little hope of hiring a waiter today.

He walked into the kitchen, tidied up simply, and planned to go back first today.

Hiring a waiter or whatever, let it be fate.

Lu Feng was cleaning in the kitchen when he suddenly heard a timid female voice from the hall: "Is anyone there?"

Lu Feng wiped the water off his hands, strode out of the kitchen, and at one glance saw a thin young woman standing in the hall.

He had an impression of this young woman; she was a customer who had come to the shop to eat today.

"Hello, are you here to apply for the job or to eat?"

Lu Feng pointed to the business hours for this week written on the wall: "If you're here to eat, you'll have to wait until tomorrow; today's business hours are over."

"Boss, I'm here to apply for the job." Hu Xiaoyun looked at Lu Feng and hesitated for a moment, then asked softly: "May I ask... can I work part-time here?"