The younger generation, starting from where the wind blows...

Chapter 82 Cainiao Station Employee No. 1

Shi Xiaomeng arranged a time and place to meet with Xia Fenghua over the phone.

As soon as he hung up the phone, Cheng Feng couldn't wait to complain: "Such a nice girl, why did she have to be called Da Hua Zi? I'd rather be called Da Qianmen."

Cheng Feng even bet that Xia Fenghua must be a tomboy.

Since the Super Girl "Brother Chun" became popular in 05, androgynous style has become popular among girls, which is what Cheng Feng actually wants to criticize.

In Cheng Feng's opinion, it's a waste of talent for pretty girls to adopt a gender-neutral style, while for unattractive girls, it only makes them look uglier, which is simply an eyesore.

Listening to Cheng Feng complaining about Xia Fenghua's nickname, Yang Muye thought to himself that this guy was really good at judging people, especially women.

Xia Qing retorted, "This is a job posting for a shop assistant. Do you think it's like you, spending money to find a girlfriend?"

"We may be close, but I'll still sue you for defamation if you talk nonsense."

Cheng Feng quoted a line from Stephen Chow before explaining his reasoning: "What do you mean I'm spending money to find a girlfriend? It's as if I'm doing something illegal, immoral, or corrupt. My original meaning was that spending more money when pursuing a girl means spending less emotional effort. How did it get twisted in your mouth?"

The two were at loggerheads, and it looked like they were about to start arguing, so Yang Muye had no choice but to change the subject.

"Hey, I'm really curious, since you hate androgynous style so much, who did you vote for in the 05 Super Girl competition?"

Cheng Feng immediately understood Yang Muye's intention.

"Trying to test my judgment, huh? Here's what we'll do: I'll type that person's name on my phone first, and then I'll give the phone to Xiao Meng for safekeeping. Then you guys can guess who I voted for."

Xia Qing spoke up again sarcastically: "Is there any need to guess? With your personality, you'd probably just vote for whoever's pretty."

Cheng Feng handed the phone to Shi Xiaomeng, then turned to look at Xia Qing: "Then why don't you guess?"

"I won't guess, I'm not that bored."

As soon as Xia Qing finished speaking, Yang Muye's voice rang out.

"Is that Ye Yixi?"

Cheng Feng slammed his hand on the table in excitement.

"I knew it! Great minds think alike!"

Shi Xiaomeng showed everyone Cheng Feng's phone screen.

It was indeed Ye Yixi.

Xia Qing retorted indignantly, "It's as if Ye Yixi is doing very well now."

Cheng Feng immediately retorted: "But she married a handsome man and has a happy family. As the old saying goes, it's better to marry well than to live well."

Xia Qing sneered disdainfully, "You know that's an old saying. Do you know what people say now? It's better to live beautifully than to be beautiful."

Just as Chen Nanxing was about to applaud Xia Qing, Cheng Feng's attitude suddenly made a 180-degree "big turn".

"Right, right, if you're not pretty, you can only live beautifully. Also, Class Monitor Xia, can we stop talking about those empty platitudes and get down to business? If you didn't judge people by their looks, would you have chosen Yu Tu as your boyfriend? From another perspective, if you were very ordinary-looking, do you think Yu Tu would have rejected Qiao Jingjing and chosen you as his girlfriend?"

Xia Qing's expression changed upon hearing the name Qiao Jingjing.

Seeing that the two were about to start arguing again, Xu Hongdou had no choice but to interrupt: "We're discussing hiring shop assistants, can we not go off-topic?"

Yang Muye chimed in, "I think Xia Fenghua is quite nice. It would be even better if she had a tomboyish personality."

Cheng Feng was shocked, almost thinking he had misheard.

First, Yang Muye wanted Xu Hongdou and the others to wear maid outfits to work at the milk tea shop, and now he says he wants to hire a tomboy as a shop assistant.

Double standards shouldn't be applied like this, right?
Yang Muye, however, did not think so.

Liu Qing is in charge of Cainiao Post's market expansion.

The remaining work in the shop is tedious and tiring, so finding a vase that's difficult to even unscrew is definitely not an option.

But hiring a man wouldn't be suitable either, since the post station is ultimately a service industry, and customers need to be attentive and friendly when picking up their packages.

The tomboy Xia Fenghua perfectly fits the above two conditions.

By the standard of treating girls like boys and boys like beasts of burden, Xia Fenghua is simply a chosen working-class person.

To confirm this, Yang Muye decided to go with Shi Xiaomeng to interview Xia Fenghua.

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Shi Xiaomeng and Xia Fenghua had arranged to meet at 8 o'clock in front of the bulletin board in the hot water room. After everyone finished eating at the Wanfeng Hotel, it was already 7:30.

It only takes five or six minutes to walk to the school gate, but it takes ten minutes to walk from the school gate to the hot water room, even if you walk fast.

Besides Yang Muyi, Liu Qing also volunteered to go and meet Xia Fenghua.

The three of them walked to the hot water room and saw a short-haired girl in a T-shirt and jeans with a shoulder bag standing there, looking around aimlessly.

Shi Xiaomeng took out his phone, ready to call Xia Fenghua.

Liu Qing turned her head and asked Yang Muye, "Is it her?"

Yang Muye feigned ignorance: "Who?"

"You kept staring at that girl. She's just average-looking. If she weren't here for a job interview, you wouldn't even give her a second glance."

As soon as Liu Qing finished speaking, she saw the short-haired girl take out her buzzing phone from her bag.

Just as the call was about to connect, Shi Xiaomeng, who was holding the phone to his ear, raised his other hand and waved it forcefully in that direction.

"this!"

The short-haired girl looked over at the sound, but the first people she saw were not Shi Xiaomeng, but Yang Muye and Liu Qing.

This handsome man and beautiful woman are a truly eye-catching couple.

Not to mention the short-haired girl, even the students who went to the water dispenser room to get water couldn't help but linger on the two of them.

Shi Xiaomeng thought the short-haired girl had already seen him, so he hung up the phone and quickly walked forward.

"Hello, are you Xia Fenghua who called me?"

The short-haired girl then came to her senses and hurriedly nodded.

"Yes, yes, it's me. Sorry, I didn't see you just now—"

Shi Xiaomeng followed Xia Fenghua's gaze and looked back, only then realizing that Xia Fenghua had just seen Yang Muye and Liu Qing.

It's like I'm being treated like I don't exist.

Fortunately, Shi Xiaomeng wasn't angry. Instead, he joked with Xia Fenghua, "You're quite perceptive; you know who the real boss is."

Xia Fenghua's eyes widened.

Are those handsome men and beautiful women who look like celebrities the bosses?

"The one on the left is the boss, his surname is Yang, he is my fellow townsman and roommate, and the one on the right is Senior Sister Liu, the president of our business school's student union, who is now in charge of our Cainiao Station's marketing department."

Shi Xiaomeng took the initiative to introduce himself.

It took Xia Fenghua a full half minute to process the news before she could finally shift her gaze from Yang Muye and Liu Qing to Shi Xiaomeng in front of her.

"how about you?"

"I'm the store manager. The boss is only responsible for investment. You can contact me directly for anything related to the store."

Since Liu Qing joined, Shi Xiaomeng has clearly defined his role at Cainiao Station.

They are called store managers, but they actually do a housekeeper-like job.

After a brief self-introduction, Shi Xiaomeng led Xia Fenghua to Yang Muye and Liu Qing, introducing them to each other.

Everything was fine until, during the handshake, Xia Fenghua's stomach suddenly rumbled loudly.

Xia Fenghua blushed deeply.

Just as she was about to lie and say that her stomach wasn't feeling well, Yang Muye saw through her intentions at a glance.

Mingming had been waiting here ever since she called Shi Xiaomeng, and hadn't even had time to eat.

Or rather, there's nowhere to eat.

Eating in the school cafeteria requires a student card, and eating outside the school is relatively expensive. I guess they want to wait until after the interview to find a cheap hotel outside and then just eat a cup of instant noodles.

Thinking of this, Yang Muyi turned to Liu Qing and Shi Xiaomeng: "I want to go to the second floor of Maple Tree Restaurant for a late-night snack, anyone want to come?"

Before Shi Xiaomeng could react, Liu Qing already understood. "Great, I wasn't quite full either."

Xia Fenghua was about to say that she wouldn't go when Liu Qing spoke up first: "Da Hua Zi, right? Let's go together, let's eat in the cafeteria and have the interview at the same time."

Shi Xiaomeng then realized what was going on and hurriedly nodded in agreement.

Seeing that Xia Fenghua was still hesitating, he immediately put on a stern face.

"What, you're not even giving the boss face? Don't you want to work anymore?"

Xia Fenghua had no choice but to bite the bullet and follow the three of them to the second floor of the Maple Tree Restaurant.

Yang Muye and Shi Xiaomeng ordered the food, and Liu Qing used her student card.

They mainly ordered a plate of Yangzhou fried rice for Xia Fenghua, while the other three each took a bottle of drink.

Finally, Shi Xiaomeng brought over fried rice, and Yang Muye came over with a drink.

After sitting down, Xia Fenghua swallowed hard as she looked at the fragrant fried rice.

Seeing that Yang Muye beside her had already opened his drink and was drinking it by himself, Liu Qing said to Xia Fenghua:
"The emperor doesn't starve his soldiers. Let's get started, and we can eat and chat at the same time."

Xia Fenghua glanced gratefully at Yang Muye and Liu Qing, then picked up her spoon and began to show off her food.

She was really hungry and completely disregarded her image, stuffing large mouthfuls into her mouth.

Seeing Xia Fenghua eating like this, Liu Qing was afraid she would choke, so he handed her the drink he hadn't tried.

"thank you."

Xia Fenghua, her mouth full of rice, casually reached out to take the bottle, unscrewed the cap, and was about to pour it into her mouth when she realized that this was Liu Qing's "midnight snack." If she drank it, the other person wouldn't have any left, and she stopped in her tracks.

Seeing this, Liu Qing smiled and said, "It's alright, drink up."

She wasn't thirsty to begin with.

Xia Fenghua glanced at Yang Muye next to Liu Qing again before feeling relieved enough to bring the bottle to her lips and gulp down a third of it in one go.

After putting down her drink, Xia Fenghua continued to eat heartily.

She devoured a plate of Yangzhou fried rice in just a few minutes.

The speed at which they ate truly surprised Yang Muyi and the other two.

They agreed to eat and chat, but in the end, the three of them just watched Xia Fenghua eat voraciously and couldn't get a word in edgewise.

After eating and drinking her fill, Xia Fenghua couldn't help but burp. Only then did she belatedly cover her mouth, lower her head in embarrassment, and wish she could dig a three-bedroom, two-living-room hole in the floor with her toes.

Yang Muye originally wanted to ask Xia Fenghua if she had eaten enough, but upon seeing this, he immediately changed his question.

"Do you usually eat like this?"

"what?"

Xia Fenghua looked up, completely bewildered.

"Don't misunderstand, I'm not complaining about how much you eat. On the contrary, the fact that you can eat a lot means you have a lot of strength. Xiao Meng also told you on the phone that the employees we hire not only have long working hours, but also have to do hard work."

Upon hearing this, Xia Fenghua was immediately relieved.

To prove herself, she even raised her right hand and showed Yang Muyi her biceps.

Although the muscles are practically nonexistent, the attitude is enough.

It's not like we're really going to do heavy physical labor.

"Dahua... um, I'll still call you Fenghua."

When Liu Qing mentioned Xia Fenghua's nickname, she couldn't help but recall Cheng Feng's analogy of Daqianmen (a famous Chinese restaurant chain) at the dinner table, which was quite jarring.

"Where are you from?"

"I'm from Huaiyin, Jiangsu Province. My family lives on Huajie Street, right next to the Grand Canal."

Upon hearing Xia Fenghua's answer, a hint of surprise flashed in Liu Qing's beautiful eyes, and she glanced at Yang Muye beside her out of the corner of her eye.

Liu Qing felt something was strange when Yang Muyi recognized Xia Fenghua at a glance in the boiler room.

It was as if Yang Muye had known Xia Fenghua for a long time.

This feeling has become even stronger now.

Xia Fenghua came from the Huaiyang region, and Yang Muye happened to order a plate of Yangzhou fried rice for her. Liu Qing absolutely did not believe it was a coincidence.

"Why are you looking at me? I know a friend from northern Jiangsu, and her accent sounds a lot like hers, so I just made a wild guess."

Yang Muye explained casually.

Xia Fenghua then realized that Yang Muye had specially ordered the Yangzhou fried rice for her, and a warm feeling welled up in her heart.

Unfortunately, her感动 (feeling of being moved) lasted less than three seconds before Liu Qing exposed the cruel truth before her eyes.

"You're already trying to win people over the moment you meet them, so you can trick them into working hard for you later. You're quite the PUA expert."

Yang Muye ignored Liu Qing's sarcasm and looked directly at Xia Fenghua.

"The trial period is three months, with a salary of 3000. If there are no complaints, lost or missing items, there will be a bonus of 500. Accommodation will also be provided, which basically means you will be on duty at the store at night to offset the accommodation fee. You can borrow a student card for meals, which will definitely be cheaper than eating outside the school. So, tell me if you want to do it or not."

Xia Fenghua was taken aback at first, then nodded without hesitation.

"Dry!"

Yang Muye raised the beverage bottle in his hand.

"Okay, starting today, you are Cainiao Station's first employee. Welcome to the team."

Xia Fenghua also raised her beverage bottle.

"So, what about today's meal—"

"Twelve yuan, I'll deduct it from your first month's salary later."

"no problem."

Xia Fenghua nodded happily.

Just a second ago, she was worried that she was plain-looking, especially compared to a great beauty like Liu Qing.

Yang Muye is handsome and rich. He decided to hire her after only one meeting and even treated her to a meal. Could he have some bad intentions towards her?

Xia Fenghua had been fooled once before. When she was in high school, she went to a modeling audition with her best friend. The audition offered a signing fee of 10,000 yuan. Her best friend said she would go back and discuss it with her family, but Xia Fenghua foolishly signed the contract for the money.

She was supposed to be a model, but the photographer made her accompany a client instead. When she refused, he hit her. Luckily, her three best friends arrived in time to save her.

Her parents gave her countless warnings before she came to Beijing alone to make her way in the world, worried that she might be scammed again.

Yang Muyi wouldn't even treat her to a plate of Yangzhou fried rice right now, so he definitely isn't a liar.

Yang Muyi then turned to look at Liu Qing.

"You don't use your student card often anyway, how about lending it to Xia Fenghua for a year?"

Liu Qing rolled her eyes coquettishly.

So they'll exploit her, right?
Xia Fenghua is so pitiful, why not just let her live in her empty dormitory room?

Yang Muyi actually asked, "Is that alright?"

“Staying for a day or two is fine, but if it goes on for too long, my three roommates will definitely report me to the dorm manager,” Liu Qing replied.

Xia Fenghua had a good impression of Liu Qing and didn't want to cause him any trouble, so she quickly waved her hand and said, "No need, no need, I'll just find a small hotel to stay in."

The environment doesn't matter, the main thing is that it's cheap.

Liu Qing nodded.

Because of Yang Muye, she was currently very interested in Xia Fenghua.

"You went to work in Beijing all by yourself, aren't you worried about your family?"

Xia Fenghua looked at Liu Qing, her expression somewhat troubled.

Should we tell the truth or not?
(End of this chapter)