Chapter 638 This Time It’s Cash

When Li Ye said goodbye to Zhen Rongrong, he gave her a sum of "confidence money" and told her to concentrate on her studies after arriving at Dengta, and not to delay her study opportunities because of financial difficulties.

Work-study program sounds very inspiring, but people's energy is limited. If you are so tired from working all day that your pants are sticky to your buttocks, how efficient can you be in studying?

The country sends high-IQ talents like Zhen Rongrong to schools like the University of California. How much knowledge she can absorb depends on her ability. If she puts all her energy into studying, the return rate will be higher.

But now, Li Ye is looking at Zhen Rongrong hurriedly wiping the table, serving dishes, and clearing plates through the window of "Cao's Restaurant". He really doesn't know what to say to her.

[Is she really thinking of saving money by working part-time to fulfill her promise to treat all her classmates to a big meal when she goes home? 】

Wen Leyu looked at Li Ye's slightly frowned brows and whispered, "Why don't we change restaurants? Go to school to find her tomorrow."

"Well, just pretend you didn't see it."

Li Ye, Wen Leyu and Fu Yiru turned around and walked back, but just after taking two steps, Zhen Rongrong's surprised shout rang out behind them.

"Li Ye? Wen Leyu? Is it you?"

Li Ye turned back suddenly and found that Zhen Rongrong had walked out of the restaurant and ran towards them quickly, and while running, the smile on her face bloomed like a flower.

Wen Leyu laughed and whispered, "You think you can't see her, but she can see you!"

Li Ye pinched Wen Leyu's palm and reminded her not to be so stingy.

Because Zhen Rongrong was obviously very happy at this time, even when he was at Jingcheng University, Li Ye had never seen Zhen Rongrong smile so happily.

It is indeed a great blessing in life to meet old friends in a foreign land.

Zhen Rongrong trotted to Li Ye and the others and said happily: "It's you! Fortunately, I was sharp-eyed and happened to glance out the window, otherwise I would have missed you. When did you arrive in San Francisco?"

Li Ye smiled and said: "We just arrived today, so we thought we would come here to hang out and go to school to find you tomorrow, but we didn't expect to run into you first"

Zhen Rongrong said happily: "So you plan to spend the Spring Festival here? I have been looking forward to it since I received the letter from my classmates. I thought you would come after the Spring Festival!

That's great. Our international students will hold a Spring Festival party at that time, and everyone will come together It must be very lively during the Chinese New Year. By the way, you just arrived today. Do you have a place to stay? "

Li Ye pointed to the tall buildings not far away and said, "We live in the St. Francis Hotel over at Union Square."

"You actually live in St. Francis? Why are you so greedy?"

Zhen Rongrong was stunned, and then asked in confusion: "Is Mr. Pei so generous? He actually arranged for you to live in St. Francis?"

The area of ​​San Francisco's Union Square is only about one hectare, but it is one of San Francisco's famous tourist attractions. There are a large number of high-end boutiques, galleries and luxury hotels around it. It is a standard high-consumption shopping area.

The St. Francis Hotel is one of the oldest and most luxurious hotels in San Francisco. It has appeared in Hollywood movies many times and has hosted celebrities such as the Queen of England, MacArthur, President Kennedy, etc. It is considered one of the landmarks of San Francisco.

So when Zhen Rongrong heard that Li Ye lived in St. Francis, she was immediately surprised that Li Ye was so wasteful, and subconsciously wanted to say something.

Zhen Rongrong was Li Ye's former class monitor. She had repeatedly reminded Li Ye in school to "pay attention to influence" and not let others use the excuse of "greedy for enjoyment" to attack Li Ye, which would affect the promotion and regularization of D members.

However, Zhen Rongrong immediately thought that Li Ye had entered Pei Wencong's company for an internship, so the hotel accommodation fee would of course be borne by Hong Kong Island.

"Yes, yes, the generosity of capitalists is as fascinating as fat bait, especially for fish like me who only eat bait and don't swallow hooks, it is simply delicious."

Li Ye teased Zhen Rongrong with a smile, but Zhen Rongrong retorted seriously: "Don't describe Mr. Pei like that. After you come out and see, you will know that Mr. Pei is really sincere to us."

"Okay, okay, I'm kidding. I left the letters from my classmates in the hotel. I'll send them to you tomorrow."

"Yeah, yeah, I've been looking forward to it! I don't know what Xiao Ling and the others said to me."

Zhen Rongrong was very happy to hear that the letters from her classmates had arrived, but she was only happy for a few seconds before she heard someone calling her from behind.

"Xiao Zhen, what are you doing? The food is served!!"

"Here comes Sister Zhen, give me a minute, I'll be right here!"

Zhen Rongrong turned around and agreed, then said to Li Ye: "One of my classmates is sick, I have to work for her here these few days, otherwise the restaurant owner will hire someone else."

"Oh~"

Li Ye agreed, and suddenly realized that this sentence was explained to him by Zhen Rongrong.

So he immediately said: "Work-study is also good, and you can communicate with customers more and practice English. Wen Leyu and I have been in Dengta for a few days, and I feel that my English level has improved a lot!"

"Yes, yes!" Zhen Rongrong smiled at Wen Leyu, and then said: "I have to go back first. It's hard to make money from capitalists when you serve others and are controlled by them."

"Let's go, let's go back together," Li Ye said with a smile: "We just didn't eat yet! Let's go and taste the taste of hometown food."

"Okay, okay! I'll treat you today, and I promise you will eat authentic Chinese food"

Zhen Rongrong smiled happily and led Li Ye and others back to Cao's restaurant where they worked.

After entering the restaurant, Zhen Rongrong first arranged for Li Ye and others to sit down, and then hurried to the kitchen to tell them that they were coming to eat, and they must not make nondescript "Chinese food" according to the tastes of the lighthouse people.

Wen Leyu, who sat down, whispered to Li Ye: "She didn't expect that I would come too."

"What?"

Li Ye was helping Wen Leyu iron the tableware out of habit and didn't understand what Wen Leyu meant.

Wen Leyu narrowed his eyes and smiled: "I mean she was very surprised when she saw us just now."

Li Ye's classmates knew that Li Ye was coming to the lighthouse, but they didn't know that Wen Leyu would also come. So Wen Leyu just felt that Zhen Rongrong was more surprised to see him, but seeing Li Ye was the real joy.

Compared with state-owned restaurants in the mainland, the restaurant in Dengtao is very efficient. It only took five or six minutes for Li Ye and others to sit down before the food was served, and the food was very good.

The white-skinned bodyguard who came in with Li Ye saw that the dishes on Li Ye's table were different from his own, and whispered something to his companion.

The companion smiled and said in Chinese: "Girl, give us one just like that."

"Wait a moment! I'll ask the kitchen if there are any ingredients left."

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It was now time to serve guests, and Zhen Rongrong was already too busy to keep her feet off the floor.

Only then did Li Ye realize that Zhen Rongrong was really not very skilled and was obviously really helping her classmates.

"Hey, Miss Xiao Zhen, come over and order!"

Li Ye is preparing to help Wen Leyu serve soup! Suddenly I heard a familiar voice and turned around to see that the guy selling jade ring rings had also come in to eat.

I saw the guy surnamed Ai sitting on the chair. He glanced at Li Ye first, then raised his chin and said: "Bring me some stir-fried shrimps with broccoli, and some braised beef. Let's have the soup." Mushroom and egg soup! You don’t have any better dishes.”

"Stir-fried shrimps with broccoli, braised beef, and straw mushroom egg drop soup, right? A total of twenty-nine dollars and forty cents."

"I understand, serve me the food quickly. I have an important contract to negotiate later, so don't delay my business."

Zhen Rongrong took notes carefully, but did not go back to the kitchen immediately. Instead, she stood in front of the guy named Ai and did not leave.

The guy surnamed Ai frowned and said displeasedly: "Why are you standing here stupidly if you don't go to the kitchen to order the food?"

Zhen Rongrong said calmly: "Mr. Ai, the total is twenty-nine yuan and forty cents. Please pay first."

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Mr. Ai was stunned for a moment, then suddenly became furious and shouted: "Is this your first day at work? Don't you know who I am? Do you know who owned this restaurant before? You want me to pay first?" money?

Are you afraid that I can't afford the dozens of dollars? Call your boss Chen over, what kind of workers did she use?"

Li Ye frowned, but Zhen Rongrong said calmly: "If you can afford dozens of dollars, then please pay for Monday's meal first.

Our boss said that she is not familiar with you, and the thirty-one dollars will be charged to my account. "

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Many people in the restaurant looked over. Just now everyone heard that Mr. Ai was eating three dishes by himself. They thought he was so rich! Daqing is a bad account.

You must know that the average monthly salary of a lighthouse worker at this time is 1,200-2,000. This meal will eat up most of an ordinary person's day's salary.

But this Mr. Ai asked Zhen Rongrong: "What thirty-one dollars? I gave you forty dollars, do you think that was all a tip for you?"

Can’t you tell the difference between tips and meal charges? Do you know the consequences of embezzling a customer’s money? "

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Zhen Rongrong's face turned red immediately. Of course she knew the difference between tip and meal fee, but how do you explain this kind of thing to a scoundrel? What should you do if your boss misunderstands you?

The key is that this job belongs to her classmate. If the other party loses the job due to her own mistakes, Zhen Rongrong doesn't know how to explain to her classmates.

Mr. Ai saw Zhen Rongrong's face turn red and said proudly: "You are new here and don't know the rules. I don't have the same experience as you.

But you have to remember, there are some people you cannot afford to offend. If I call you and report you for working illegally, you will lose your job in a matter of minutes. "

The gangster understands the hearts of the people at the bottom best. Whatever Zhen Rongrong is afraid of, he just pokes at it.

Li Ye stood up with a cold face and was about to go over to talk to this bully, but Zhen Rongrong's colleague named "Sister Zhen" had already rushed over.

"Ai Laosan, do you want to report us? Go, go now if you can, and see if all the bosses on this street will strangle you to death after you report us."

"Hey, I will report your family, and others will only care if they are stupid."

"That's not necessarily true. Everyone knows that it was you who reported it, and other people's reports will be blamed on you. Believe it or not, if you report it today, the Immigration Bureau will come to inspect it tomorrow."

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Li Ye looked at the pungent Sister Zhen and really wanted to applaud her.

Evil people need to be punished by evil people, and she is very good at "killing fish and killing nets".

In this area of ​​Chinatown, I don’t know how many illegal workers there are. International students like Zhen Rongrong are pretty good, but they are not allowed to work outside the school. Those who come here don’t even have an identity. They are really barefoot and not afraid of wearing shoes. Yes, I'm really risking my life by ruining other people's jobs.

Ai Laosan looked at the two waiters angrily. After a long stalemate, he took out a few small dollars from his wallet and threw them on the table.

"Fried shrimp with broccoli, don't take the rest. This time it's cash."