Chapter 18 It's so hard to find a job

Cheng Su thought his idea was brilliant, but Li Yaoguang knew that her uncle was just trying to trick children and she would be fooled if she believed him.

Li Yaoguang only agreed verbally, but secretly he was thinking that he would go there early tomorrow morning!
Of course, she would not say this to her uncle who eats chicken. She agreed in a nice voice and made a lot of half-hearted promises. Under her uncle's reluctant, no, cautious and anxious gaze, Li Yaoguang reminded her uncle who eats chicken to apply the medicine and take it well, and she carried her food box and staggered back to Green Garden.

When she arrived at Green Garden, the two maids Fangcao and Lvliu were perhaps frightened by her previous fighting and fighting, and they were now serving in the yard. However, they were not very dedicated and seemed to be quite quarrelsome.

Li Yaoguang knew that she and her aunt could not control them. Since she herself was not confident, or even had no confidence at all, she just let them do what they wanted. As long as everyone could look good on the surface, it was fine. As for the future, either they would use their connections to leave Luyuan, or they would have to wait for her and her aunt to grow stronger. That would be the future.

When Yu Meixue saw Li Yaoguang coming back, although she was puzzled and worried about why he took so long, she did not dare to ask in front of Lu Liu Fang Cao and sent them directly to the big kitchen to get dinner. She wanted to give them some money so that they could give Li Yaoguang an extra portion, but Li Yaoguang did not want to give such people a cheap share with the money she had just given to her aunt, so she secretly stopped them.

After everyone left, Yu Meixue pulled Li Yaoguang to ask about her uncle's situation. Li Yaoguang told her everything, including the good news and not the bad news. As for the concerns of her uncle who was eating chicken...

Well, considering that this person was nice to both herself and my aunt and was willing to risk his life to help, she concealed the secret that someone had accidentally let slip and comforted my aunt. After the two girls came back with the food, the aunt and nephew sent Green Willow and Fangcao away to eat, and they took their little cousin to enjoy a rare meat meal.

The little guy ate the roasted chicken thigh with his mouth full of oil, and it felt like Chinese New Year.

Li Yaoguang, on the other hand, felt guilty when he saw the obvious blisters on the little guy's face that showed no sign of going away.

As a poor person, she doesn’t even have money to buy medicine for her brother. What else can she do if she doesn’t work hard to earn money?

For this reason, Li Yaoguang got up early the next morning, thinking only about finding a job.

He opened the door yawning, went to the well in the yard outside to fetch some water to wash and wake himself up, then carried a bucket of water back to the space, filled the bucket of the automatic water dispenser in the living and dining room and boiled it.

The food that Fangcaolvliu brought yesterday was not small, including a fat roasted chicken, which made her, her aunt and her cousin very full. She didn't touch her five steamed buns. In the morning, she went back to the space and went into the kitchen to microwave them. Together with the pear that she didn't have time to eat, it was considered a breakfast and lunch at the same time. Four steamed buns and half a bottle of Lao Gan Ma in the refrigerator were enough.

After eating and drinking to his heart's content, Li Yaoguang went out with full confidence. With a clear goal in mind, he headed straight for the place pointed out by his uncle, first to the nearest South Inner City, and then to the East Inner City.

When he arrived at the South Inner City via Route 11, the streets were already very busy. Li Yaoguang walked along the streets, looking at the signs fluttering on both sides of the street, and found that there were waiters sweeping and wiping inside and outside the restaurants. Li Yaoguang quickly straightened his clothes and took the initiative to approach a waiter who was wiping the doors and windows in front of the store.

"Excuse me, may I ask my second brother..."

"what?"

Before Li Yaoguang finished speaking, the wiping guy turned around and spoke casually.

Li Yaoguang politely clasped his fists and said with a smile, "Excuse me, little brother. I want to ask you if your store invites storytellers and opera singers to stay. If you need them, how about me?"

The waiter was stunned, and without cleaning the windows and doors, he stood up and looked Li Yaoguang up and down, very annoyed. "Go away, go away, where did you come from, little brat? Our restaurant just opened early in the morning, and there are no customers yet. You come here to cause trouble? Do you know the rules? Get out of here right now."

"No, I'm not begging, I'm looking for a job..."

"You can't find a job. Our shop doesn't want a child as young as you, and a girl at that. Come on, come on, don't delay us. Go away and stand in front of our shop. If you keep dawdling, be careful or my boss will come out and beat you up."

The other party pushed Li Yaoguang to the side like a fly, with quick and rough movements, without giving Li Yaoguang any chance to speak or resist before pushing him away.

First time looking for a job, failed!
Li Yaoguang did not lose heart. She tried hard to sum up her experience and learn lessons. She thought that maybe the ancients had too many taboos, so she did not dare to go to other people's houses early in the morning to bring bad luck. After all, she was looking for a job, not a fight.

So she wandered around the streets and secretly selected a number of restaurants, eateries and teahouses that she thought were good and whose waiters and managers seemed friendly, to try her hand. But, after finally getting through the morning, she ran up to them and offered herself, but people either disliked her for being in the way or thought she was young and untrustworthy.

Damn it, she is a woman and even when she grows old, she will have no hair on her mouth!
Although he failed again and again, Li Yaoguang did not get discouraged. He thought to himself, if South City won't let me stay, I will find another place that will, so I went to East City.

The entertainment industry in the East Inner City is well developed and it is much more lively than the nearby South Inner City. At this time, the restaurants and hotels have started to receive customers. She presumably went there and they would have no time to pay attention to her. In this case, she could not go to these places. She thought that she would go to the houses when they were free and ask them later. So she set her sights on teahouses, Yayuan, and circus theaters.

When he finally saw the Yayuan that his uncle had mentioned, Li Yaoguang hurried up, but unfortunately he had to buy a ticket to enter.

Even the lowest-class standing ticket costs ten cents. In order to find a job, I have to fight for it!
Li Yaoguang gritted his teeth, hardened his heart, took out a Tongbao and handed it over, then stamped a red clay seal on the back of his hand that would not fade easily, and only then was he allowed to enter.

I have to say, this Yayuan is really big, rich, and high-end! It is indeed a wonderful place to spend money. The huge building and courtyard are full of pavilions, private rooms, and stages. Seeing that a small play has started, Li Yaoguang doesn't understand and doesn't want to listen. He looks for people like the manager. After finding someone with great difficulty, Li Yaoguang goes straight to the target.

"Excuse me, I want to ask the steward if your garden can hire a storyteller to warm up the audience. What do you think of me? I am a good storyteller and my price is not high. Steward, can you give me a chance to give it a try?"

The old man who was like a manager was directing his men busy at the stage. In the chaos, he suddenly heard such a crisp voice. To be honest, it was quite strange. When he turned around and saw that the person who spoke was actually a pretty and polite little girl, the manager felt even more surprised.

But this girl said she could tell stories? Asked if Yayuan was hiring a storyteller? And asked her to try telling a story?
The old steward couldn't help but look Li Yaoguang up and down, and suddenly laughed, "Little girl, you mean, you? Storyteller?"

"Well, it's just me, the steward, do you think I can do it?"

This person seemed to have a very good and friendly attitude, which made Li Yaoguang feel like he had received a ray of hope. He nodded repeatedly with an expectant look on his face, but in return the manager sighed and shook his head.

"Little girl, it's good to have dreams, but this is Yayuan. Who among the gentlemen who can enter Yayuan is not the best in their fields? Not to mention that they are famous throughout Dajing, they are also unrivaled in Kyoto! You are so young, but you swear that you can tell stories? Haha, child, you didn't sneak into the garden to watch a play, did you? Good boy, stop making trouble, grandpa won't say anything to you, just go and watch the play today, just think of it as grandpa treating you."

(End of this chapter)