Chapter 12 - The Pearl Restaurant

　　"Five taels of silver?" 　　Zhang Guoyi glared. 　　Not to mention five taels of silver, he didn't even have five cents on him. 　　Before the medical center bought the black paper cream, or Bai Ziyue posted the money. 　　"No, one tael of silver is fine, but then you can only work in the branch's match room, kitchen, or even the purification room." 　　Qian Ming seemed a bit embarrassed, frowning as he said. 　　"No need, we don't have any money on us, Mr. Qian can arrange it however he wants, no need to be difficult." 　　Bai Ziyue shook his head and said. 　　"That would be quite a pity, there are connections, or you should borrow them." 　　Qian Ming sighed regretfully, seeing that they were truly unwilling to spend money for this, he could only say, "In that case, I'll assign you guys. 　　Zhang Guoyi, you will go to the Cui Yue Flower Boat, which can be considered a good job in the Outer Miscellaneous. 　　As for Bai Ziyue, go to the Pearl Restaurant. 　　You guys go back and pack up first, I'll send someone to send you over later." 　　"Thank you, Mr. Qian." 　　Bai Ziyue said his thanks and walked out with Zhang Guoyi. 　　"Ziyue, we're going to be separated this time. 　　Originally, we had the chance to stay in the branch, but I hate that it must be that Wang Jian that made us become foreign miscellaneous." 　　Zhang Guoyi was a bit reluctant at first, then he became gnashing his teeth. 　　"Do you really think that someone deliberately greeted us to make things difficult for us?" 　　Bai Ziyue sneered. 　　Yesterday, he knew from the other Handyman Apprentices that Qian Ming, despite his kind tone, was the most money-hungry. 　　Almost every single one of those Handyman Apprentices who stayed in the branch had spent money to be able to stay. 　　Although he can t be sure, whether someone really greeted them to leave ...... Maybe there is, maybe there is not, they are just small people, no one will care about what they think. 　　But it was certain that Qian Ming used it to make a profit. 　　"You mean, it's Mr. Qian who ......" 　　Zhang Guoyi's face changed. 　　"I don't know, and these aren't issues we should consider right now. 　　How to proceed next, we can only rely on ourselves." 　　Bai Ziyue said and entered the small room they had stayed in before. 　　There wasn't much he had to pack, two pieces of clothing, and the Illustrated Little Explanation that he had just bought in the morning, all wrapped up in a cloth bag. 　　Only a short while after he had just packed up, a young man walked in and said, "You should be the chores apprentices assigned this time, Zhang Guoyi and Bai Ziyue, come with me, I'll take you there." 　　The two of them hurriedly got up, and carrying their clothing and luggage, they followed the youth out. 　　The first place they went to was the Cui Yue Flower Boat along the banks of the Qing River. 　　It wasn't until this point that Bai Ziyue and the two men realized that the so-called Cui Yue Flower Boat was actually the legendary place of the wind and moon. A nearly twenty-meter-long flower boat, attic small Xuan, vaguely, there are some beautiful women's figures. 　　After this Senior Brother Liu named Liu Huasheng handed Zhang Guoyi over to an old crow in his thirties, he joined Bai Ziyue and got off the flower boat. 　　"Our Lieyang Gang has countless industries in Qinghe Town, Qinghe Pier, Cuiyue Flower Boat, Pearl Restaurant, Qinghe Casino, Scorpion Apothecary, and Wolf Horn Mines....... When you join our Lieyang Gang, you won't have to worry about food and drink even if you are the lowest ranked chores apprentice. 　　Although you are not in the branch, it is not impossible for you to earn a share of the family business. 　　You should know that the flower lady of the Cui Yue Flower Boat and Mr. Hou of the Pearl Restaurant also started out as apprentices in the early days. 　　Nowadays, in terms of status and position, they are no worse than some of the stewards in the branch." 　　Senior Brother Liu seemed to say with some emotion. 　　"Old Mr. Hou is?" 　　Bai Ziyue asked busily. 　　"It was under his auspices that the Pearl Restaurant was opened, and it's considered one of the best restaurants in our Qinghe Town." 　　With those words, a tall restaurant appeared in front of them. 　　Senior Brother Liu familiarly led Bai Ziyue into it. 　　Bai Ziyue took a glance at the restaurant, the entire restaurant had a total of two floors, the first floor hall was filled with tables and chairs, while the second floor was one elegant compartment after another. 　　It was the time of the evening meal, the restaurant, regardless of the downstairs, were filled with guests, three or four restaurant boys, carrying dishes, carrying a rag, walking up and down. 　　"Shopkeeper Li, this is the apprenticeship of chores assigned by the gang, you look at the arrangement." 　　Senior Liu found the restaurant shopkeeper by the counter and said with a smile. 　　"Just in time, Er Dog, you take him to familiarize yourself with it, start by serving food." 　　Boss Li's eyes lit up when he saw this and gave a greeting, then a teenager who was not much older than Bai Ziyue ran over. 　　"Hello, my name is Li Er Dog, you come with me first." 　　Er Dog looked at Bai Zi Yue and said with a grin. 　　"My name is Bai Ziyue." Bai Ziyue hurriedly introduced himself. 　　"I'll take you to put your things away first, you'll be sharing a room with me from now on, it just so happens that I still have an empty bed there. 　　This is the kitchen, usually most of us work over here. The living quarters are in the backyard, here, right there, you can just put your stuff after first. 　　When you work here, you have to wear uniform clothes, it's my kind, you definitely don't have any now, wear mine first, although it's a bit bigger, it'll do." 　　Li Ergou was very enthusiastic about Bai Ziyue, his mouth crackling with words. 　　"You just came, you are definitely not familiar with this place, just follow me next, Boss Li is quite nice, as long as you don't get lazy, he usually doesn't care about us. 　　By the way, you must be curious about our wages here, one hundred and fifty wen a month, quite a lot, we include food and shelter here, usually don't buy anything, what you save can be sent home." 　　Li Er Dog had an excited look on his face, leading Bai Zi Yue quickly back to the restaurant from the backyard. 　　Thus, Bai Ziyue's first day at the Pearl Restaurant was spent serving dishes and scrubbing tables. 　　Early the next morning, the tired Bai Ziyue was called up by Li Erdog to start the day's work. 　　Cleaning and scrubbing tables, washing dishes and chopping wood, all sorts of trivial things were done non-stop. 　　It was a full three days before he was able to get used to it. 　　To Bai Ziyue, the environment of the Pearl Restaurant was still good, and neither Boss Li nor the kitchen chef, Master Zhang, were too demanding. 　　There were some good dishes left over, and they weren't stingy about giving them boys a taste. 　　As for the old Mr. Hou ...... Bai Ziyue, who was mentioned by Senior Brother Liu before, he also stayed here to understand that the old Mr. Hou usually seldom comes to this side of the restaurant, only at the end or beginning of each month, will come over to dock the bill and take away a month's earnings. 　　For doing things, Bai Ziyue is actually indifferent, he is not a pampered person, in his previous life, he also went to play odd jobs, by the mean boss to make a call. 　　But with the many chores in the restaurant, there wouldn't be much time to practice martial arts, leaving him somewhat helpless. 　　He had no choice but to take out odd hours every day to practice. 　　Occasionally, he would take the book "Graphic Small Explanation" and learn the words according to the diagrams, and in a short period of time, the words he recognized had already exceeded a hundred. 　　When he came across some that he really couldn't recognize, he boldly went to ask Shopkeeper Li, and was occasionally able to get an answer.