Chapter 390: Expansion is imminent

As the saying goes, there is strength in numbers. Although there is only one new person in Gu Chen's shop now,

the speed of making buns has more than doubled.

Originally, it took him four to five hours a day to finish the next day's buns.

But today, he managed to finish in just two short hours.

Gu Chen was very happy to see the neatly stacked 40 baskets of buns next to him.

Cui Hua may seem a bit dull, but she is very quick at work.

And she learns very quickly.

Although the first few buns she made were not quite the same size, with a few pointers from Gu Chen,

she improved rapidly and it took less than half an hour.

The buns she made were almost as good as the ones Gu Chen made herself in terms of size and amount of filling.

'Right, Cui Hua, go wash your hands first, and then I'll show you your new place.'

Gu Chen saw that after finishing her work, Wang Cui Hua was standing in the same place and starting to daydream again.

'Oh, boss, I'm going now.'

Cui Hua nodded as if she had just woken up from a dream, and hurriedly walked to the kitchen sink.

After making sure that the other person could not see her,

Gu Chen quickly put all the buns into her system space to preserve them.

A few minutes later, Wang Cuihua came out, having washed the flour off her hands.

Gu Chen also led the other person all the way to the back of the restaurant.

'Cuihua, this is your future room.

This place was previously occupied by the previous owner of Qiwu Zhai.

I haven't lived here since then, and the bedding and other things are all brand new.

I estimate that this room should be about 14 or 15 ping (43.5 or 46.5 square metres) in size.

Although the place is a bit small, the current conditions are limited, so you'll just have to make do for now,'

Gu Chen said to her as he pushed open the door.

'No, it's not a problem. This place is already very big, and it has everything.

Boss, you don't know, before that, I lived in the basement with my fellow villagers.

It was even smaller than this place, and there was only one bed there. We usually took turns sleeping on the floor.'

Wang Cuihua looked around the not-so-big room with joy.

Not only was there a large double bed, but also a desk, wardrobe, TV and radio.

Even the bedding was brand new.

Bright sunlight shone through the clean windows.

Most importantly, there was not even a hint of dampness in the room.

For Wang Cuihua, being able to live in such a nice place while working was

something she had never dared to dream of.

'Boss, are you sure you want to let me live in such a nice place?'

Wang Cuihua asked, a little apprehensive.

To Gu Chen, the place was small and cramped, not even a proper rest room.

But to Wang Cuihua, the place was so good that she couldn't help but doubt.

Could it be that the owner was teasing her on purpose?

Gu Chen scratched his head, feeling as if he had been living a good life for too long and had inadvertently raised his standards.

In fact, in this era, there are still many people living in collective housing originally allocated by the unit.

That is a legacy of the era of public ownership, and the era of large-scale demolition and reconstruction has not yet arrived.

Nowadays, for many people, it is the norm for a family to squeeze into a small room of 20-30 square meters.

As the saying goes, it is hard to find a place to live in Chang'an, and this has been the case since ancient times.

In Gu Chen's eyes, this room of just over ten square metres seems small and cramped at first glance.

But in this era, it is already a very good living environment.

'Well, this is where you will live from now on, let's say it's a staff dormitory.'

After saying this, Gu Chen handed each of them a key, one for the room and one for the back door of Qimei Restaurant.

Then he gave a few more pieces of advice, telling the other person to go to bed as early as possible at night and to remember to lock the doors and windows.

The security situation in this day and age is no better than it was before he was reborn, and this is no exaggeration.

Back in the 1990s, there were many people who deliberately robbed taxis at night.

At first, it was just about money, but it later even evolved into cutting people's throats.

This made many taxi drivers feel very insecure, and they even had to prepare various weapons in the car for self-protection.

It was against this background that Master Xu's unrestricted combat technique became popular with the whole nation.

However, even so, the actual effect was still minimal, until there were several crackdowns in a row later.

This finally suppressed the trend somewhat.

Although Gu Chen is now in the year 2000, the security is already much better than in the past.

But he doesn't want to hear one day that one of his employees has not returned home all night and has then disappeared without a trace.

So he will give as many reminders as he can, since the person is working under him.

Gu Chen feels that he should still take more responsibility for his employees.

'Oh yes, Cui Hua, have you found anyone from your hometown who hasn't got a job yet?

I'm going to hire someone else for this shop, so if you have someone suitable,

you can recommend them to work here with you,' Gu Chen said after thinking about it.

There are currently a lot of things to do in his shop.

But in fact, it is mostly repetitive work, such as making buns.

Gu Chen's time is very precious and there is no need to waste it all on this.

By hiring another person, in the future, he only needs to do the work of mixing the dough and preparing the fillings.

The rest can be handed over to Cui Hua and her fellow townsman.

This way, Gu Chen can free up some time to launch new dishes.

After all, after a few days of brewing, the reputation of his Qiwu Restaurant had already spread throughout the neighbourhood.

Selling buns was also very profitable, but for Gu Chen,

such a small amount of money could only be considered a warm-up.

'Some bosses, and I also have a good sister who is currently unemployed.

I will bring her to see you in the morning.'

Wang Cuihua was instantly excited when she heard this.

After all, not only did she have little to do every day at Gu Chen's, but she also had such a nice room to live in.

In the future, she might even be able to stay with her good friend from the same village.

Wang Cui Hua naturally didn't want to let go of such an opportunity.

She immediately patted her empty chest and said to Gu Chen again and again.

Gu Chen nodded in satisfaction. For him, it didn't matter who he used.

They were both waiters at the store, so it was just a matter of giving him a hand.

And even if he hired two people, the combined salary would only be a thousand yuan a month.

With that kind of money, Gu Chen would earn it all back in a day selling buns, which was pretty easy.

After taking care of the new employees, Gu Chen looked at the time and noticed that it was just after midnight.

So he drove straight out the door and headed all the way to the market.