Chapter 397: Energetic as a Bull and Horse

After seeing off the only customer in the shop, Gu Chen tidied up briefly.

Then she announced that the shop would be closed for the day.

However, unexpectedly, Cui Hua and Xiaofang were immediately able to have a day off.

However, they did not look happy at all, but rather looked a little frightened.

'The shop is only open for one day and already it's closed. It's really been hit by today's lacklustre business, hasn't it?'

'Although the buns sold really well, it's not like the place is going to close down, is it? After all, it's only open for two hours a day, and the boss doesn't look like someone who knows how to run a business.

'Boss, actually we don't need to take a break, just let us continue selling buns, so that even if you don't, we can also help you make some money back. Please, please pull yourself together, this shop still has a lot of hope, don't be discouraged.'

Cuihua was full of wild thoughts, and couldn't help but say this to Gu Chen.

It was only a short while ago, and she already associated Gu Chen with tomorrow's business setback.

Then she couldn't accept the harsh reality for a moment and went straight to jump to her death.

After all, in the movies shown in the village before, didn't the male protagonists always do that? Jumping to their deaths at the slightest disagreement.

This must be the darkest moment in the boss's life.

'No, the boss is such a good person, he must not be allowed to die.'

Xiao Fang, who was standing next to her, also looked at Gu Chen with a worried expression. She didn't really think that Gu Chen looked like he was about to jump to his death.

But it was obvious that business today was very bad in her opinion.

After all, it was the boss's carefully concocted Xunxian wine, and she had been waiting all day.

Until now, when closing time came, there had only been one customer, and only three bowls had been sold.

This must have been a particularly big blow to the boss.

Don't look at him now, beaming with joy, he might be bleeding inside.

Is he just putting on a fake smile so that we won't see it?

The boss is really a nice person.

Xiao Fang thought to herself, and her gaze turned eight degrees gentler at once.

If Gu Chen showed even the slightest sign of sadness,

she decided she would do whatever it took to hold the boss in her arms.

After all, the boss was one of the few people in the world who truly respected and treated her well.

No matter what, she absolutely could not let the boss lose confidence in life.

Xiao Fang's heart suddenly filled with courage, and she decided that she didn't care about her salary anymore.

As long as her boss didn't fire her, she would stay even if she didn't get paid, and help her boss get through this difficult time.

However, looking at the two girls, who were crying and laughing at the same time, cheering themselves on and constantly trying to reassure themselves,

Gu Chen's head was filled with big question marks, and he quickly interrupted the two girls in front of him, who were getting further and further away from the topic.

'Stop, stop, stop. Who said I was going to die if I got discouraged? I'm just giving you a day off. Don't make things up, okay? And there's only one customer today, which doesn't mean business is bad. I just asked, and that person is the owner of a software company in the business park next door. This is the best bait I've ever thrown out, and don't look at just this one person. But in the future, it will be difficult for our business not to be booming, and I have full confidence in that.'

The two girls across the street were a little confused when they heard this, and Xiaofang asked hesitantly:

'Then boss, since you are so happy right now, why do you want to close the store for a day of rest tomorrow?'

Gu Chen widened her eyes and asked in a lost voice, unable to understand.

'Tomorrow is Saturday, don't you usually work without rest?'

The two girls looked at each other, then shook their heads together.

Work is work, and you get paid for it, so why should you set aside a day for rest?

Besides, there aren't many jobs in the village that pay well, and they are both young.

They can't do most of the work in the fields, so they have to do more work at home.

Usually, they feed the chickens and ducks, cut the pigweed, and spend time with their younger siblings, so that's their rest.

Besides, the work in the shop is not tiring, it's much easier than at home, and they don't get scolded, so why should they take a holiday?

The two girls expressed their incomprehension, and Gu Chen expressed his incomprehension even more.

He had always thought that he was quite a shrewd businessman by only taking four days off per month.

Even on weekdays, he restrained himself from some ideas that would make a lot of money without having to worry about his conscience.

If he didn't, the discerning masses would hang him from the street lamps and beat him to death.

But now, after hearing what they said, even a capitalist could not help but want to cry.

The donkey on the production team would shake its head in anger if it knew.

But Gu Chen didn't have much time to explain right now, as he had to rush to pick up his daughter from school.

He could only slowly change the way of thinking of these two girls in the future.

No matter what they were like before, in his shop, they must have a day off every month, and not a day less.

And more importantly, tomorrow his daughter had a school-organized group outing.

Although running a shop was profitable, it was nothing compared to his daughter growing up happily.

Gu Chen looked at the time and then gave the two employees in his shop a few words of advice.

He told them to take more rest when they were not busy, and to go out shopping or something in the daytime tomorrow when they were free.

Everyone is the same, not a machine on an assembly line. A proper work-rest balance is the way to go.

As he spoke, he was afraid that the two girls were new to the city and were short of money.

So he took 200 yuan out of his pocket and slipped it into Xiaofang's hand.

'This is an advance on your salary. The remaining 300 yuan will be paid at the end of the month, as it was when Cui Hua started.

You are both my employees, and I will never favour one over the other.

Okay, I'm the boss, and I say we take tomorrow off. That's final.'

Gu Chen waved at the two girls, who looked confused, and hurriedly left the house to get in his car.

...

He arrived at the kindergarten with ease. Because he had been delayed for a short while, some children were already leaving.

Gu Chen glanced at the clock. Fortunately, it was less than two minutes past the time, so it wasn't too long.

He then walked directly from the car, and his daughter, Tang Tang, was standing next to Teacher Zhang Qianqian, talking together.

Judging from their expressions, it seemed that they were already quite familiar with each other.

Gu Chen was very happy about this, and before he could even walk over to them, his daughter spotted him early.

Her little face suddenly blossomed like a beautiful flower, and she took a few small steps at the same time.

She quickly ran up to Gu Chen and called happily:

'Daddy~'

She then threw herself into Gu Chen's arms, smiling even wider.