Ch 283: Hiring an accountant
Xu Yongfang and a few other older women were quite efficient.
In a short while, they bought meat, vegetables, and other ingredients.
“That’s right, good job, keep it up!” Xiao Xi praised them.
The older women suddenly felt a sense of accomplishment. Perhaps people are just masochistic; when you’re strong, they’re weak, and the more powerful people oppress and enslave them, the more they enjoy it.
Xu Yongfang said with a conciliatory smile, “Mr. Ye, Miss Ye, a few of us old sisters are going home to cook. Is that alright?”
Ye Zhongnan nodded, asking them to remain on standby in the group chat.
Xiao Xi glanced at the time; it was almost noon. She was tired of the food from her school cafeteria and had no appetite.
It would be better to have lunch here with her second brother, take a nap, and then decide whether to go to school in the afternoon.
Ye Zhongnan said to his younger sister with affection, “Xiao Xi, today at lunch, watch your brother show off his skills.”
Ye Zhongnan entered the kitchen and saw that Xu Yongfang had bought a young hen, chestnuts, eggs, pork belly, and some vegetables.
With these ingredients, Ye Zhongnan made a Chestnut Stewed Hen, also stewed eggs in chicken broth, made Twice-Cooked Pork with the pork belly, and stir-fried a large plate of greens.
With the iron pot and its accessories, it would be ready to eat in less than half an hour.
Dong Pingping upstairs, since drinking half a bowl of porridge that morning, had been left wanting more. She actually felt hungry, a sensation she hadn’t experienced in over half a year.
At that moment, the aroma of chicken soup wafted up from downstairs.
Dong Pingping immediately changed her clothes and went downstairs.
Seeing Dong Pingping, Ye Zhongnan was taken aback before remembering that he had promised Dong Pingping that she could come down for food as soon as she smelled it.
Ye Zhongnan added another pair of chopsticks.
Xiao Xi naturally welcomed her brother’s neighbor, because she boosted her brother’s Luck Value.
Of the three people at the table, Xiao Xi’s favorites were the Chestnut Stewed Hen and the Twice-Cooked Pork.
Dong Pingping couldn’t eat anything too greasy, but the bowl of chicken soup with eggs made her overjoyed.
Someone who could cook such gourmet food couldn’t be a bad person; his cousin was so lovely today and had saved her.
As soon as Xiao Xi asked, Dong Pingping recounted her experience.
It turned out that Dong Pingping had previously worked as a Finance Director at a large company.
She left because she didn’t get along with her superior.
Normally, this would have been the end of the topic, but Dong Pingping had been subdued for so long that she had a strong desire to talk.
“I was just unhappy with my superior. Clearly, I’m a Financial Elite, yet he wanted me to accompany clients for drinks. I certainly wasn’t going to be polite to him.”
So, at a client dinner, Dong Pingping pretended to diligently serve her superior food, but actually added some dishes that were incompatible with each other.
The superior and the clients chose the dishes themselves โ they clearly didn’t understand science. If it had been her, she absolutely wouldn’t have ordered like that.
Then, the superior got drunk and insisted that Dong Pingping accompany her to take the subway back to the company.
The superior looked presentable, but had a habit of striking poses on the subway to attract the admiration and attention of young women.
Dong Pingping knew her superior was going to have trouble, so she stayed far away on the subway.
Sure enough, after a while, a loud fart filled the entire carriage, and that stop was particularly long.
The superior had diarrhea and couldn’t hold it in; it flowed all over the floor from her trouser legs.
“Hahahahaha!” Xiao Xi suddenly burst out laughing.
Ye Zhongnan frowned. “You two are finished eating; I’m still eating.”
After that commotion, Ye Zhongnan cleared the dishes and went to the kitchen.
“Sister Pingping, you’re amazing, hahaha!” Xiao Xi’s favorable impression of Dong Pingping suddenly increased; she really liked Dong Pingping’s personality.
Dong Pingping was a good person; they could be friends.
“What happened next?” Xiao Xi was curious about the rest of the story.
“Later, the entire subway car was filled with the stench, and everyone was cursing. My superior was fined and had to pay compensation. Of course, I wasn’t going to just stand there; I pretended not to know her and slipped away.”
That’s how Dong Pingping lost her job, but during the office meeting, when Dong Pingping knew she was going to be fired because her superior later found out it was her,
Dong Pingping didn’t wait for her superior to speak; she threw her employee badge in her superior’s face and said, “This Old Lady is quitting!”
Actually, Dong Pingping was a Senior Accountant, and finding a new job would be easy, but she felt she’d had enough of working.
She started her own food blogger business at home and gained countless fans.
Dong Pingping took out her phone and showed Xiao Xi her account; the cute, chubby image was very appealing.
“I got fat from being a food blogger. Look how pretty I was when I was a White-Collar Elite.”
Xiao Xi saw that she was indeed very beautiful and capable when she was a White-Collar Elite!
Later, Dong Pingping wanted to lose weight, and inadvertently lost too much, developing anorexia.
After hearing Dong Pingping’s story, Xiao Xi had an idea.
“Sister Pingping, how about you manage the finances for my brother? Meals and salary will be provided.”
“Ah? Meals included!” Dong Pingping was immediately delighted.
The salary didn’t matter to her; she was originally a spoiled daughter, but she didn’t want to live with her parents.
She bought the upstairs apartment in full. Although it’s an old house in an old street, it’s quiet here, and the rooms are designed and decorated to her specifications.
This meant she wasn’t short of money; she’d made a lot as a food blogger.
But Ye Zhongnan could cook, and helping him with food provided, what a great deal!
With this, her anorexia would quickly improve and heal.
Xiao Xi and Dong Pingping immediately reached an agreement.
While Ye Zhongnan was washing the dishes, Xiao Xi had secured a powerful ally.
Ye Zhongnan had originally planned to work independently from the bottom, but this morning was so dangerous; he almost died because his Luck Value dropped to zero.
Dong Pingping could significantly increase his Luck Value, was a Financial Elite, his talent lay in his culinary skills, and to succeed he would need such a strong right-hand woman, especially since Xiao Xi approved of her.
Ye Zhongnan immediately agreed.
With the matter settled, Dong Pingping went back upstairs to rest.
Xiao Xi also wanted a nap, even though it was only 12:30 PM.
She went to rest in the small room her brother had prepared for her.
Ye Zhongnan read a book on the sofa.
Suddenly, the door to the courtyard was violently banged on.
The person outside was extremely impolite.
Xiao Xi was awakened; her anger was enough to break the heavens.
She jumped out of bed, leaving a residual image, and flung open the courtyard gate.
“What is it? It’s noon; don’t you know it’s disturbing the peace?”
A large group of people stood outside, a man in his forties glaring at Xiao Xi.
“Did you force my mother to work for you? You want to manipulate her? No way!”
At that moment, Xu Yongfang ran up, out of breath, trying to pull her son away.
“Xie An, you’re so impulsive! You’re going to make your mother angry!”
Seeing Xiao Xi’s bad complexion and angry expression, she was afraid and thought: Oh no, the Young Miss is angry.
At that moment, Ye Zhongnan also came to the door.
“We’re all civilized people; can’t we talk things over properly?”
Xie An’s anger suddenly turned to grievance.
“My mother went out for exercise this morning and only came back at noon, causing my mahjong players to have no lunch, and they’ve already started to complain.”
