Chapter 207 – Opening The Shop At Night And Uniforms
Yang Yi was really free now.
The diligent Miao girl Ding Xiang has been learning handcrafted coffee from him since her first day at work. Over the course of a week, Ding Xiang’s progress exceeded Yang Yi’s expectations. She not only became proficient in brewing coffee, but she can also recognize various types of coffee beans. She could tell the origin and history of the beans just by looking at their appearance and smelling their aroma.
Therefore, without hesitation, Yang Yi promoted Ding Xiang to the position of shop manager, fully replacing him to manage and operate the coffee shop. As for himself, he placed himself in the position of honorary shop manager, and leisurely opened and closed the shop. Whenever Ding Xiang came to help, he would sit in his exclusive booth, enjoying coffee and reading novels.
To the extent that after becoming accustomed to being a hands-off owner, Yang Yi considered closing the shop and not receiving customers when Ding Xiang had to attend classes…
Of course, Yang Yi would not mistreat Ding Xiang in terms of money. For the first month’s salary, he direcrly paid her the full amount of 6000 and even pre-paid her salary on the day she was “promoted”.
This was not Yang Yi deliberately breaking the rules, but rather because Guo Zi quietly told him that Ding Xiang currently has no money and could only eat bread and pickles. They didn’t want Ding Xiang to feel that they were pitying her and hurt the strong girl’s self-esteem, so they used this as an excuse to pay her salary in advance.
Of course, after receiving the money, Ding Xiang did not spend it recklessly. She saved most of it and was reluctant to buy new clothes. She only slightly improved the quality of her daily meals.
And Yang Yi’s kindness was also rewarded. Ding Xiang worked even harder and tried her best to earn more money for Yang Yi. For example, she recently learned how to make desserts from Yang Yi. The last time Xixi and her friends had a party, it gave Ding Xiang inspiration. Perhaps adding desserts would attract more customers!
Yang Yi used to be too lazy to bother, and now he was also too lazy to participate. He casually let Ding Xiang handle everything and he sat in his booth to write and draw.
He had previously discussed with Mo Fei about the issue of sex education for their daughter, but Yang Yi found it difficult to discuss it himself. After discussing it again, they decided to have Mo Fei give the lecture, and Yang Yi would create rich and interesting content.
Now that he has used colored pencils. Yang Yi certainly wanted to create a textbook with illustrations and text.
However, when Ding Xiang walked over and saw the cartoon body portrait on Yang Yi’s drawing paper, she immediately blushed and said, “Uh, this… that, I’m sorry, Big Brother Yang, I didn’t see anything.”
Ding Xiang turned around and wanted to flee.
Yang Yi had a holy expression on his face. He didn’t think that the cartoon he was drawing was anything explicit. Seeing Ding Xiang’s appearance, he was a bit puzzled. He stopped Ding Xiang and asked, “What’s the matter? Is there something you need me for?”
Ding Xiang didn’t actually want to come back, but when she saw Yang Yi putting away his drafts, she blushed and moved back. She first bowed, and then said to Yang Yi hesitantly, “Big Brother Yang… I, I want to…”
“What do you want?”
“It’s like this. During the day, I often have classes and can’t work properly, right? So, I want to come over at night and continue to help out.”
Yang Yi smiled and said, “Didn’t I say that the coffee shop doesn’t open at night?”
“Yes, but that’s because you didn’t have time, Big Brother Yang. Now I can help you run the coffee shop at night. You can still pick up Xixi and take care of her at home like usual, it’s no problem. I’ll help manage the shop and we can earn more money at night!” Ding Xiang explained.
“Money is not a problem, can you keep up with your studies if you work at night? If your part-time job affects your studies, I won’t be able to take that responsibility.” Yang Yi said with a smile.
Ding Xiang quickly waved her hands and said, “There’s no problem. I usually make the most of my time to study, and you allow me to bring my books to work, so I haven’t fallen behind in my studies.”
“Actually, I’m already very grateful to Big Brother Yang. When I used to work part-time outside of school, I often had to take a long bus ride, which sometimes caused me to miss classes. I had to review with the teacher and attend classes with other classes to catch up. Now, this part-time job is like a dream come true for me…” Ding Xiang became emotional and even choked up.
Actually, Ding Xiang is a top student…just like Guo Ziyi! Even though she spent all of last school year running around doing part-time jobs, she still managed to get the top spot in her class and even received a full national scholarship!
How terrifying of an existence was this?
Seeing that Ding Xiang was so determined, Yang Yi nodded and allowed her to manage the coffee shop at night alone.
“Regardless, you must close the shop and go home before 8:30 pm. It’s too late and not safe,” Yang Yi handed Ding Xiang a key and warned, “If I see you working too late or if I find out your grades have declined, we won’t open the shop at night anymore!”
“Yes! Thank you, Big Brother Yang!” Ding Xiang smiled brightly.
Just as Ding Xiang turned around and was about to return to the counter, Yang Yi’s gaze fell on her and casually stopped her, “Ding Xiang, wait!”
Faced with Ding Xiang’s puzzled look, Yang Yi pointed to the blouse and skirt she was wearing and expressed some surprise: “That outfit, why do I feel like I saw it yesterday? No, I’ve seen it for several days now.”
He hasn’t noticed it yet, but this sentence of his has uncovered some scar…
Ding Xiang bit her lip and lowered her head to say to Yang Yi, “I’m sorry, Big Brother Yang. I’ll go back and buy two sets of clothes for work.”
The girl adjusted herself and even looked for reasons within herself, wondering if she was too hesitant to spend money. She was about to start working the night shift and couldn’t just wear the same uniform during day, wash and dry it at night, and wear it again the next day…
She really needed to buy an extra 12 sets of uniforms!
Seeing Ding Xiang’s embarrassment, Yang Yi finally understood. He quickly waved his hand and said with a smile, “That’s not what I meant. I suddenly remembered that since you work at the coffee shop, I should provide some uniforms! This is for the coffee shop.”
“There are uniforms too?” Ding Xiang was surprised.
“Of course, there are uniforms!” Yang Yi said naturally. He has already thought of the style of the uniforms, which were particularly good-looking.
“But I’ve never seen you wearing a uniform…”
“Uh…” Yang Yi was at a loss for words for a moment and said, “That’s because I’m the big boss and don’t have to wear uniforms, but you workers need to wear them!”
“Okay… how much do I need to pay for a custom-made uniform?” Ding Xiang yielded and asked weakly. Just now, she was still thinking about buying a cheaper uniform!
“Money? You don’t have to pay. It’s a benefit from the shop.” Yang Yi smiled and waved his hand. “Just tell me your size, and I’ll have it made and sent to you. And if we recruit new people in the future, we’ll use this style too!”
Before, when Yang Yi had custom-made practice clothes for himself and Xixi, he met a skilled old tailor who specialized tailoring clothes in the wealthy district. The materials were better than those on the market, but of course, the price was also high.
The problem was that they were comfortable to wear! Money was not a problem for Yang Yi.
Since he wanted to create a uniform, Yang Yi decided to personally design the style and then hand it over to the old tailor for custom making.
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