After the divorce, I started to transfer

At Chen Feng's request, around 11 o'clock, Yang Ziying drank a cup of nutritional oatmeal and then ate an apple.

Then, at Yang Ziying's request, she put on a mask and sun hat, and accompanied by Chen Feng, she came out of her home for a walk in this luxury villa area.

She has lived in this community for a while now, but because of her status as a big star, she hasn't had a chance to properly explore it yet.

This was a rare opportunity, and she was tired of staying at home, so she begged Chen Feng to take her out for a walk. Of course, Chen Feng couldn't refuse.

As a high-end residential community, the construction of its various public facilities is naturally very sophisticated and aesthetically pleasing. The most consistent feature is the large green area. This is a major characteristic that distinguishes it from cheaper residential communities.

In addition, there are artificial hills, flowing water, gardens, pavilions, and various colorful flowers. In short, the landscaping and design here are quite good.

The air is very fresh, and most importantly, it's quiet despite being in a bustling area. Even though it's in the city center, there's basically no noise pollution.

Chen Feng accompanied Yang Ziying as they strolled around the neighborhood, stopping and starting occasionally to sit down and rest.

Time passed by unnoticed until Wang Yichuan called him, saying that the three chefs he had invited had already cooked the dishes and asked if he wanted them delivered to the Shijia Villa now.

Chen Feng, of course, told him to send it over immediately.

The two sides were very close, after all, the Shijia Courtyard was only a little over a kilometer away from Zijin Garden. So, in less than ten minutes, Wang Yichuan had already arrived at the gate of the Shijia Courtyard community.

Access control here is quite strict. Unless there are special circumstances, no outside vehicles are allowed to enter, even if the residents inside have permission.

Chen Feng and Yang Ziying did not intend to have Wang Yichuan deliver directly to Yang Ziying's residence, given her status as a big star, which was too sensitive, especially since she was pregnant and the chef they were looking for was required to be able to prepare nutritious meals for pregnant women.

Therefore, Yang Ziying had her assistant, her distant cousin Jiang Xiaoyuan, meet her at the entrance of the residential complex.

So, when Wang Yichuan drove to the entrance of the residential area to deliver the food, Jiang Xiaoyuan was already waiting in her car. The two greeted each other, exchanged contact information, and with Wang Yichuan's help, put the lunchbox containing nine dishes into the trunk.

Jiang Xiaoyuan quickly started the car and drove back to the villa.

At this moment, Chen Feng and Yang Ziying were already waiting.

As soon as Jiang Xiaoyuan returned, Chen Feng took the initiative to help carry the food box into the restaurant.

These food containers were all insulated and looked brand new. Chen Feng hadn't specifically told them to buy these, but it was clearly Wang Yichuan and Zhang Jianhui who had thought of it and prepared them.

Opening the food boxes one by one, there were nine dishes in total, all still steaming hot.

The rice had been cooked in advance, of course. Jiang Xiaoyuan, being observant, had already brought the rice to the two of them and placed it in front of them. Then, she tactfully disappeared without sitting down to eat with them.

"You try them first," Chen Feng said. "These nine dishes are cooked by three chefs, three dishes each. Just choose blindly, pick your favorite dishes, and then choose the chef with the most votes."

"Okay, then I'll eat it. I haven't had such a delicious and visually appealing dish in ages."

After Yang Ziying finished speaking, she picked up her chopsticks and started eating.

Chen Feng didn't rush to eat. After watching her taste each dish, he asked, "Which dishes do you think are the best?"

While continuing to eat, Yang Ziying said, "For now, I think this beef stew with potatoes is the one that suits my taste the best, and this tomato and mushroom stew with chicken is also good."

"Okay, then you can continue eating. We'll summarize at the end."

"You can eat with us."

"Ah."

Chen Feng ate with her too.

About half an hour later, Yang Ziying finally put down her chopsticks, wiped her mouth with a tissue, let out a burp, gently patted her stomach, and said with a smile, "I'm finally satisfied. I was just afraid of eating too much."

By this time, most of the nine dishes had been eaten. Yang Ziying had indeed eaten quite a lot, but Chen Feng had eaten the majority.

"Now, name a few dishes that you like best."

Chen Feng had almost finished eating. Even though he was quite picky about food, he thought all the dishes were pretty good. Of course, if he had to pick the best one, he thought it would be the steamed sea bass.

After scanning the dishes, Yang Ziying said, "Now that we've finished eating, I think the best dish is this steamed sea bass. It's incredibly fresh and the meat is so tender. I ate most of it. Next is this beef stew with potatoes, and then this tomato and mushroom stew with chicken. The other dishes are also good, but I feel they're not as good as these three. If these three dishes were all cooked by the same person, then I'd choose that one."

Chen Feng laughed and said, "What if there are exactly three dishes, and each chef makes one?"

Yang Ziying asked in surprise, "It can't be such a coincidence, can it?"

"Is it really just a coincidence?" Chen Feng continued to ask.

After thinking for a moment, Yang Ziying said, "Then let's choose the chef who will cook this steamed sea bass. Actually, I really like eating fish, and fish is very nutritious, with excellent protein and various amino acids and nutrients, which are beneficial to fetal development."

After smiling, Chen Feng picked up his phone and opened his WeChat chat history with Wang Yichuan. Inside were photos that Wang Yichuan had sent earlier, each labeled with three dishes cooked by each chef.

Chen Feng handed the phone to Yang Ziying, who took it, glanced at it, and after a quick comparison, said happily, "These three dishes were all cooked by this chef named Dong Jiaxin. She's really amazing. It's even better that her name suggests she's a female chef. I'm already thinking of inviting her to my house to be my cook."

Chen Feng nodded and said, "This female chef is indeed very capable. After all, the higher the chef's level, the fewer women there are. Reaching the first or top level in the culinary industry is extremely difficult."

Yang Ziying agreed, saying, "Yes, most of the top chefs on TV are men. This female chef really has it tough."

"Then it's her, is that alright?" Chen Feng asked.

"Of course, I randomly selected three dishes, all of which she cooked. What objection could I possibly have? She's the one."

"Okay, I'll tell my assistant right away."

After finishing his message, Chen Feng immediately sent a WeChat message to Huang Li, informing her of his decision and instructing her to discuss the specific salary and benefits with Chef Dong Jiaxin. He also asked her to send a 1888 RMB red envelope to each of the three chefs. Chen Feng then directly transferred 10 RMB to Huang Li for use as public funds.

After settling this matter, Yang Ziying became curious about the situation of this female chef, Dong Jiaxin.

Chen Feng then mentioned the resume Huang Li had sent him earlier: 35 years old, divorced, a university graduate with a degree in culinary arts, who had started working at a well-known chain restaurant a month ago but resigned and hadn't worked since. Yang Ziying asked curiously, "Then she must have a child, right?"

Chen Feng shook his head and said, "I don't know about that. After all, it's just a resume, and we haven't had a proper interview or asked her about her current family situation in detail. Actually, the job we're offering her is more of a part-time job than a full-time one. As long as she doesn't neglect this part-time job, it'll be fine."

Yang Ziying said, "If she is taking care of the child and has to ask for leave due to something, I certainly won't say anything."

Chen Feng frowned upon hearing her words.

He then sent a message to Huang Li, asking her to inquire about Dong Jiaxin's family situation, whether she was raising children alone, how many children she had, and whether she frequently needed to take leave, thus interfering with her work.

Huang Li responded with an OK gesture.

“I’ve already asked my assistant to inquire. If the other person is taking care of the child alone, they might have to take time off frequently, which isn’t good. After all, you’re pregnant. If the other person takes time off frequently, you won’t be able to get proper meals here, which will affect the baby’s development.”

Yang Ziying initially wanted to say it was fine, but immediately fell silent when Chen Feng brought up fetal development. While she sympathized with single mothers, she couldn't let it affect the nutrition and development of her unborn child.

Chen Feng said, "Let's wait for news. If Dong Jiaxin needs to take care of the child and frequently needs to take time off, then it's not suitable."

Yang Ziying nodded in agreement; right now, the most important thing is the baby in her belly.

A few minutes later, Huang Li replied.

Dong Jiaxin didn't try to be clever or try to hide anything; in fact, she was very honest, and told Huang Li everything when she asked.

It turns out that she now has two children, the older one is already ten years old and the younger one is just over two years old. The reason for her divorce was that when she was giving birth to her second child, her ex-husband gambled away the house and lost it all, and also owed more than one million yuan in gambling debts.

Then, while she was heavily pregnant, her ex-husband ran away to escape his debts. This forced her to move to her parents' home in the countryside to prepare for childbirth before the bank foreclosed on their house and creditors came knocking.

The only thing her ex-husband had any conscience about was that after she gave birth to her second child, he finally secretly came back from out of town to see his newborn daughter and went with her to complete the divorce proceedings.

Originally, after giving birth to her daughter, her younger daughter was cared for by her parents in the countryside while she went back to work. Her older daughter, who was attending school in Xiuzhou, was cared for by her personally. However, a few months ago, her mother suddenly suffered a stroke. Her father, whose health was not good to begin with, was already struggling to care for her mother alone, let alone help her take care of her two-year-old daughter.

She had considered leaving her youngest daughter with her former in-laws, but they were in deep debt because they had to pay off their ex-husband's only son's debts. They had been working hard and saving money for the past two years, and their health was not good. Her ex-father-in-law had even been in a car accident recently and broke his leg.

Therefore, they are clearly not suitable to help take care of children.

As for her ex-husband, he's still hiding in another city, and Dong Jiaxin wouldn't be foolish enough to ask him to help take care of the child.

So, after much deliberation, she had no choice but to bring her two-year-old daughter back and send her to daycare.

As a result, ever since she sent her youngest daughter to daycare, she has been catching colds and fevers every few days, or coughing and having fevers. She has had to frequently take time off work to take her child to the doctor.

In less than three months, her daughter spent at least a month each day seeing a doctor and recuperating. She was heartbroken and decided to quit her job to stay home and care for her younger daughter herself. She also considered finding a part-time job.

The chef Chen Feng was looking for was a part-time position, so she applied. She would only be responsible for cooking lunch and dinner, and she wouldn't have to buy groceries herself. This meant each meal would take no more than two hours, and both meals would take no more than four hours. If the pay was high enough, she could easily hire a temporary nanny to help take care of the children at home.

However, considering that if the child catches a cold or fever, she would definitely have to take time off work to take the child to see a doctor.

So when Huang Li asked, she told the truth.

After learning about Dong Jiaxin's situation, Chen Feng and Yang Ziying both fell silent. This single mother truly has a difficult life.

After thinking for a moment, Yang Ziying said, "I really like her cooking. How about we hire another chef as a backup? If she needs to take leave, we can have the backup chef cook for me."

Chen Feng glanced at her speechlessly. How could a backup chef be a backup?

However, Chen Feng is truly not short of money now. Considering Dong Jiaxin's excellent cooking skills and the fact that she's a single mother raising two children, it's understandable that things aren't easy for her. Most importantly, Dong Jiaxin is very honest and told him everything about her situation without hiding anything.

After only a slight hesitation, Chen Feng nodded: "Alright, how about we choose one of the two chefs we just eliminated? We'll give him a base salary each month, and if he cooks, we'll give him extra pay. I think he'll agree."

Upon hearing this, Yang Ziying immediately clapped her hands and praised, "This arrangement is excellent."

Chen Feng said, "Then choose two more dishes that you like to eat."

Yang Ziying glanced at the remaining six dishes on the table, then pointed out two of them. Upon comparison, they were both cooked by the same chef, surnamed Li, Chef Li.

So Chen Feng sent a message to Huang Li, indicating that he could accept Dong Jiaxin's possible requests for leave at any time, but he could only pay her as a part-time worker, without social insurance or housing fund benefits, and she would be paid per meal. For each meal cooked, based on the standard for two people, with no less than five dishes, she would receive 500 yuan, settled weekly.

Even without social insurance and housing fund, such a salary is undoubtedly high. After all, two meals a day equals 1,000 yuan, which adds up to 30,000 yuan a month. Dong Jiaxin's highest salary as a full-time employee was only 20,000 yuan a month, although she had four days off per month and social insurance and housing fund.

The salary Chen Feng offered, even with four days off a month, was 26,000 yuan. After deducting social insurance and housing fund contributions, it was still more than her highest full-time salary before.

So, Dong Jiaxin agreed without hesitation and thanked Huang Li profusely.

Chen Feng deliberately didn't pay for the other party's social insurance and housing fund, not mainly to save money, but because he believed in moderation. After all, she was working part-time or odd jobs, and paying for her social insurance and housing fund would seem like being taken advantage of and showing too much sympathy.

This would definitely not give Dong Jiaxin a good impression, and it would also hinder her from working well.

As for Master Li, Chen Feng agreed to give him a base salary of 3,000 yuan per month, as long as he could be available whenever called upon. He would also give him an extra 500 yuan for each meal he cooked.

Of course, Master Li had no reason to refuse such a good offer.

In this way, Chen Feng only spent a little more money, which was really just a drop in the bucket for him now.

Yang Ziying was very satisfied with his arrangement, after all, she was now a mother-to-be herself, so she especially sympathized with and admired Dong Jiaxin, a single mother raising two children. She was very satisfied and happy that she and Chen Feng could help Dong Jiaxin.

After Chen Feng finished arranging the chef's affairs, Yang Ziying said with great emotion, "Dong Jiaxin has really had a tough time. She's a great single mother. If possible, I really would like to invite her to be my family chef. Unfortunately, she has to raise two children now, so it's obviously impossible for her to come and be my full-time chef."

Chen Feng wasn't too emotional, because there must be many single mothers like her in the world. However, he still comforted her, saying, "As long as you have enough money, it's easy to find a chef of her caliber. You can find someone who can live in and work full-time later."

Yang Ziying shook her head and said, "Anyone I feel comfortable living with must have good character. Someone like Dong Jiaxin, needless to say, is definitely reliable. Who knows about the others?" (End of Chapter)