Switched Marriage: The Coddled Little Wife-Chapter 346: Humiliation

"Since we’re hiring cooks, let’s hire two. We’ll check out the one you mentioned first, and then you can try to recruit another one."

"If we renovate upstairs, dine-in can be paused for a few days. Pay attention to the kitchen, no unnecessary personnel should enter."

"And then there’s staff scheduling and recruitment of new employees—those plans need to start now."

Lin Chuxia arranged everything one by one, and Jia Liang nodded repeatedly, "I understand, Mr. Lin."

Lin Chuxia watched him following behind and couldn’t help but laugh at his honest and obedient appearance.

Who would have thought that he used to be a big shot on the streets?

Not to mention turning the clouds with a flip of a hand, he definitely had ability and credibility on the streets.

"By the way, did you go to the matchmaking appointment that Aunt Jia arranged for you? How was it?"

Jia Liang was still memorizing Mr. Lin’s instructions, and he was caught off guard by the sudden change of topic.

"Why would you bring that up, Mr. Lin?"

"Work matters are important, but personal life is too. Tell me, how did you feel about the other party?"

Seeing his reaction, Lin Chuxia knew for sure that he had gone to the matchmaking.

She was quite curious.

Jia Liang felt a bit embarrassed by Lin Chuxia’s question and sighed while looking out the window.

"Don’t mention it. The matchmaker told my mom that although she’s a bit older and not good-looking, she’s capable. But when we met, that woman hardly spoke two words. At first, I thought she was just shy, but when I tried to talk to her alone, she showed her true colors. She stuttered, and it seemed like she had some mental problems. My mom was so angry she almost fought with the matchmaker. Even though I wasn’t impressive in my early years, in my mom’s eyes, I didn’t deserve..."

Jia Liang felt too embarrassed to say that the woman wasn’t just unattractive, she seemed to have intellectual issues upon seeing her.

Lin Chuxia frowned. Although Jia Liang, being bald and large-faced, looked tough, he wasn’t ugly.

Yes, he is a bit old, but now he has a decent job. Could his prospects be that bad?

Little did she know, they purposely fixed him up with a woman with poor conditions because they saw that Jia Liang and others came from a lower background and were just helping out with individual businesses.

"Don’t worry too much, it must be that fate hasn’t arrived yet. When the right time comes, no one can stop your love life."

Jia Liang smiled, "I’m not in a hurry, it’s just my mom. But after this, she might give up on getting the matchmaker for me."

After all, the old lady had taken a liking to a young waitress in his shop and kept thinking about getting him to bring her home as a daughter-in-law.

Jia Liang had no such intentions. Even a rabbit doesn’t eat the grass by its burrow.

Moreover, the young girls in the shop didn’t look like daughter-in-law material. He’s much older, nearly old enough to be their father; he couldn’t bring himself to do it.

After leaving the Bun Shop, Lin Chuxia rode her bike directly to the fabric store.

The last time she picked up the quilt cover, she had already given the clothing style to the fabric-seller lady. This time, she was there to pick up the finished clothes.

She had made a small suit for herself, and these past few days, she had also taken measurements for Qin Yang.

She saw a piece of woolen fabric at the fabric store, suitable for making suits.

Nowadays, suits are too broad with thick shoulder pads, and the trousers are also baggy. Lin Chuxia really didn’t like that style.

But Lin Chuxia didn’t plan to custom-make future-style skinny cropped trousers for him.

Fearing that Qin Yang would be laughed at by his colleagues for not being able to afford trousers and having to wear pants that expose his ankles,

Passing a street, Lin Chuxia saw Qin Juan hurrying on the opposite side, she wanted to greet her but held back.

She glanced at the pedestrians and vehicles on both sides, then turned around with her bicycle.

Then followed Qin Juan from a distance.

Qin Juan seemed to be in a hurry and did not notice Lin Chuxia behind her, until she entered a restaurant directly at the entrance.

Lin Chuxia looked at the sign; it was apparently a privately-owned restaurant, it seemed to be doing well, she could see many customers through the glass, but Qin Juan was nowhere in sight.

This restaurant had a storefront facing the street and a yard at the back, which also had a separate door.

Lin Chuxia locked her bike aside and went straight to the backyard.

The yard gate was closed, but she could hear voices inside.

"I’m asking you, why are you like this, always late? There are so many people waiting right outside to use the plates. If business is delayed, can you take responsibility?"

"I’m sorry, boss, I really had something urgent at home today. I won’t be like this next time."

"You always have something ’urgent’ at home, I’m not unreasonable, but you can’t push your luck, everyone doing business has it tough, I do pay your wages, don’t I?"

"Then... then maybe you could deduct some of my wages, boss."

"You even have to tell me that, of course I’ll deduct from your wages. Being late every day, deducting fifty cents won’t cut it anymore; I have to deduct two yuan today."

"Boss, I don’t even earn one yuan after washing dishes here all day. You deducting two yuan..."

"This is your lesson, if I don’t deduct more, you’ll be late again next time."

Lin Chuxia couldn’t listen any longer, and kicked the door open.

The restaurant owner was startled and glared at her, "Who are you?"

Qin Juan, seeing Lin Chuxia, also stood up in shock, "Sister-in-law!"

Lin Chuxia gazed directly at the owner with anger in her eyes, "She’s already given you the reason, why must you be so aggressive, docking a day’s wage isn’t enough, you want her to work for free? Is this really a punishment or just bullying the honest?"

Upon such an accusation, a trace of guilt flashed in the owner’s eyes, yet he still retorted with his neck stiff.

"Didn’t I give her a chance? Ask her how many times she has been late this month. If it wasn’t for my generosity, such an employee would have been fired long ago, and wouldn’t earn a single cent."

"I don’t need the money, who needs your few bucks," Lin Chuxia stepped forward and grabbed Qin Juan, "Sister, let’s not work here anymore, let’s settle the account and leave."

Seeing that the other party was tough, the owner realized it would indeed be a problem if Qin Juan left, as he would be short-staffed.

"What settlement? She wants to leave without finishing the work and still talk about settling accounts? Ask her what she promised me initially. If she doesn’t complete a month, she can forget about settling accounts."

By this point, Qin Juan had also recovered, and quickly advised, "Sister-in-law, it’s my fault for being late, it’s not the boss’s fault, it was agreed to work for a full month."

"Sister, he’s bullying us, we don’t need to earn this money, we don’t have to take such humiliation."

"You young lady, how can you say that? What ’taking humiliation’? Ask Qin Juan how I treat her. With her qualifications, who else would hire her besides me? Qin Juan, say something fair, am I intentionally docking your wages?"

Qin Juan smiled apologetically at the boss, "I’m sorry boss, my sister-in-law doesn’t know the situation, I’ll explain it to her."

Seeing that Qin Juan was resolving the situation, the boss gave one more cold look at Lin Chuxia, huffed, and turned back to the front.

Qin Juan then apologized to Lin Chuxia, "Sorry sister-in-law, I know you mean well for me, but I was at fault to begin with, taking these returning late days would upset anyone."