After living a new life for my neighbor's grandmother, I traveled through the book again

Tong Jia and Tao Junle worked as helpers in the kitchen of Beiyang University for an entire afternoon. Tong Jia didn't know how Tao Junle felt, but when she returned to the dormitory, her waist was almost broken.

In fact, school hasn't started yet, so the work in the cafeteria is not too heavy. There are no students here, and the main work is to serve the school's faculty and staff and their families. The workload is more than half less than after school officially starts.

But even so, both Tong Jia's soul in the previous life and Rong Xintong's body in this life could not bear it.

After Tong Jia returned to the dormitory, she was about to enter the RV for a massage when someone knocked on the door.

Tong Jia had no choice but to muster up the energy to open the door.

Tao Junle was faster than her. When she got up, Tao Junle was already standing at the door. He opened the dormitory door only after seeing Tong Jia stand up and tidy up her clothes.

The person standing at the door was not one of Principal Qian and Principal Guan as the two men had thought, but the cafeteria lady who had been moving and washing vegetables with them this afternoon.

Tong Jia said in surprise, "Auntie Qi, please come in. Isn't it time for lunch? Why are you here? Did I make a mistake at work this afternoon?"

Tong Jia was very confident about Tao Junle's work. If one of the two people was really found and needed to redo the work, Tong Jia would instinctively feel that it should be him without having to think about it.

Aunt Qi smiled and said, "The cafeteria is busy right now, so I won't go in.

You two sisters have been busy all afternoon. Even if you don’t get paid, you can’t just skip meals, right?

The bottom box contains pumpkin porridge, the middle box contains one meat dish and one vegetable dish, and the top box contains a steamed bun and a steamed bun.

Just wash it clean after eating and send it to the canteen tomorrow.

You guys eat, I have to go back to work."

Tong Jia wanted to find something to give to Aunt Qi as a return gift, but she couldn't think of anything suitable for the moment, and felt a little embarrassed.

In Aunt Qi's eyes, he looked like a well-educated child, but he felt guilty because he was short of money and did not dare to accept other people's kindness.

This made Aunt Qi feel even more distressed.

Aunt Qi, who originally didn't want to say much, couldn't help herself in the end. She finally held Tong Jia's hand and whispered, "I heard Principal Qian said that Xiao Lele should help with the food at the window in the future. As long as he can take care of a window by himself, he can earn at least five or six yuan a month.

With him working in the cafeteria, you won’t have to worry about missing out on food.

Listen to what I say and don't go to the cafeteria.

The work in the cafeteria is all rough work. Since you are an educated person, you should do some fine work.

I have to say something that may not be very pleasant, but in today's world, people who still have the leisure to study and read either have great ambitions or have a large family business.

If you go to the library, and a young master likes you, wouldn't you two sisters be able to escape from this misery?"

After saying that, Aunt Qi looked around, patted Tong Jia's hand, and left.

Those words left Tong Jia completely bewildered.

She didn't think that she could be treated wholeheartedly by Aunt Qi just because she washed vegetables with her for an afternoon.

Looking at the lunch box in his hand, Tong Jia decided to eat first, and then go to find out Aunt Qi's background when he returned the lunch box.

It just so happened that when Tong Jia asked Tao Junle to take the washed lunch box to the cafeteria, they happened to meet Aunt Qi talking to a young man on the roadside.

Tao Junle hid in the flowers in time and heard the whole conversation between the two.

"Mom, didn't you tell me to do the job of serving meals? Why did you change it to moving and washing vegetables?" the young man complained unhappily.

Aunt Qi said, "I'm just a worker in the cafeteria. I can only manage the relationships there. But this person was sent here by the principal himself to experience life. How can I, your mother, use my connections with the principal?"

"But carrying and washing vegetables is so tiring..."

Before her son could finish his complaint, Aunt Qi interrupted him and said, "Come on, don't be so ungrateful.

If that little mute's sister also came to work in the cafeteria, you wouldn't even have the chance to move or wash the vegetables."

"Ah? There are still young girls willing to do this job?" Aunt Qi's son asked in surprise.

Aunt Qi nodded her son's head in annoyance and said, "You were only born into our family. Your father and I both work in schools. If you were born into someone else's family, what kind of life would you have now?

To be honest, I wanted to ruin this thing this afternoon, but I...

Alas... a seven or eight-year-old mute, a seventeen or eighteen-year-old student, and a girl at that. If she loses her job and dormitory, she will have no way to survive.

If anyone who relies on the principal's relationship is a bully, I will definitely get rid of his job.

But those two sisters are really pitiful. Not only does the elder sister have to go to school, but she also has to pay for her younger brother's medical treatment.

Our family is not short of those five or six dollars, so we absolutely cannot do anything that goes against our conscience.

I tell you all this in advance because I'm afraid that you might get too naughty and cause trouble for other people's children at work.

I'm telling you in advance that my father and I will use our connections to transfer you to the canteen, not to make you do hard labor for the rest of your life.

The master chef came from Huixianlou, and your mission is to learn his skills. Don't put the cart before the horse."

Not only did Aunt Qi say she was worried, but in the end she actually took action, twisting his ears and patting his back. She only let go after getting repeated assurances from her son.

Tao Junle waited until the two men walked away before going to the cafeteria to return the lunch box.

When returning the lunch box, he went to find Aunt Qi and said hello to her son.

Through just a few words, he knew that Aunt Qi's son, Da Kui, was not a bad person, just a little lazy.

Maybe he was a little unwilling that Tao Junle had snatched away his easy job of serving meals, but after seeing Tao Junle, that unwillingness disappeared.

After Tao Junle walked away, he said to himself, "A child this young knows how to be self-reliant. Should I work hard too?"

Seeing her son in a daze, Aunt Qi was about to come over and give him a scolding, but when she heard this, she withdrew her hand in time, letting her son think for himself, and went back to do her own thing.

It is true that Aunt Qi had selfish motives when she went to find Tong Jia and persuaded her to work in the library.

She was worried that if Tong Jia also chose the job in the cafeteria, her son would have no chance to go to the cafeteria. This time, she took the opportunity to deliver meals to persuade Tong Jia.

After reading the reason Tao Junle wrote for coming back, Tong Jia felt relieved.

Everyone has their own little calculations and will instinctively prioritize self-interest.

Although Aunt Qi had some small thoughts, it could be seen from the way she scolded her son and the fact that the food she sent to her had more meat and less vegetables that she was a person with relatively upright values.

Originally, Tong Jia couldn't adapt to the work in the cafeteria, but she didn't know what reason to use to explain so that people would think that she chose to go to the library not because she couldn't bear the hardship.

Here comes the ready-made excuse.

Both Principal Qian and Principal Guan were very pleased after learning about Tong Jia's choice and explanation.

So, the brother and sister became dual-career workers at Beiyang University.

Tong Jia works as a librarian in the library. Her salary is eight yuan a month. There is no mandatory working hours. She just needs to classify all the books before leaving get off work every day.

Tao Junle works in the canteen. He doesn't need to move or wash vegetables. He just needs to get meals from the window in the morning, noon and evening.

Because it is not heavy physical labor and he does not come into direct contact with money, he only earns five dollars a month, but the advantage is that he can reserve meals for him and Tong Jia in advance.

After officially completing the relevant procedures and documents, besides Tong Jia and her brother, Aunt Qi was the one who smiled the happiest.

Every time she put food into Tao Junle's lunch box, she would put the meat dishes in first and then cover them with some vegetables as a decoration.

Tong Jia had said several times that a combination of meat and vegetables was better for the body, but Aunt Qi always thought that Tong Jia was saying it on purpose because she was embarrassed, so she became even more enthusiastic in pretending to eat meat.

In the end, I really felt embarrassed because of Tong Jia.

Tao Junle couldn't eat too much meat due to health reasons. Tong Jia also didn't like fatty meat. Every time she saw the lunch box full of fat, she felt like vomiting.

But she couldn't tell the truth to Aunt Qi. In line with the principle of not wasting food, she had to temporarily put the pure fat meat that was really hard to swallow into the RV.

She was worried that after a while the RV would be filled with fat and she would be so sick of it that she wouldn't want to enter it anymore. So she told Tao Junle to give half of the food to Da Kui every time Aunt Qi finished loading the food to reduce the burden on the RV.

When Aunt Qi found out about this, she thought that they were grateful people, so she not only worked harder when serving the dishes, but also never forgot to bring Tao Junle along when she saw good things happening in the cafeteria.

He even took great pains to convince the canteen chef to accept his son as an apprentice. When the chef was teaching, he did not forget to push Tao Junle over to watch.

Worried that Tong Jia would have concerns about "a gentleman staying away from the kitchen", he went to find Tong Jia and did some ideological work for her.

She said: "It's uncertain when Xiao Lele's illness can be cured, and we don't know if it can be cured. If it can't be cured in a lifetime, the child must have a way to make a living.

You are just a sister. When you get married and have your own family, can you still keep him by your side for the rest of your life?

Since he is young and learns things quickly, we should let him learn a skill.

If you think being a cook isn't your thing, you can try learning other skills."

Why does Tong Jia think being a chef is not a good thing?

She thought being a cook was a great idea, and instead of objecting, she expressed her gratitude to Aunt Qi profusely.

After receiving their salaries from school and finally having money in their hands, Tong Jia used all her salary to buy four pieces of cloth.

Two navy blue ones were for Aunt Qi and the canteen chef, and two white ones were for Da Kui and Tao Junle as work clothes.

The four pieces of cloth were given to Aunt Qi and her purpose was told.

Aunt Qi praised Tong Jia for her attentiveness, and she had never thought of making clothes for a master chef.

But he and Da Kui refused to accept the cloth.

Tong Jia said, "Auntie, my sister and I are new to Tianjin and we don't know anyone there. We don't have any elders to help us.

If it weren't for you, we don't know how many detours we would have taken.

Consider this cloth my gift to you. I will have to go to school in the future and won't have much time with Lele, so I have to count on you to help look after him.

Please don't refuse. If you continue to be so polite, we won't accept your food anymore."

Having said that, Aunt Qi no longer refused.

Not only did he accept the cloth, he also asked the master chef to take Tao Junle as his apprentice, and the cloth was the gift of apprenticeship.

In this way, Tao Junle started the half-study mode earlier than Tong Jia.

Every day Tao Junle gets up around five o'clock, takes his lunch box to the cafeteria, and helps all the adults who are busy in the cafeteria to get hot water and wring towels.

After breakfast was ready, he carried the lunch box back to the dormitory, woke up Tong Jia, asked her to put the lunch box in the RV, and then went back to the cafeteria to get food.

He waited until the cafeteria closed before returning to the dormitory to have breakfast with Tong Jia.

After breakfast, Tong Jia would take him into the RV for a while.

He learned to use everything in the RV, and after washing his lunch box, he very consciously looked through the books in the RV.

When it was almost eleven o'clock, he took his lunch box to the cafeteria again.

This time, he and Da Kui will follow the canteen chef closely and record the chef's steps one by one.

Then repeat the morning steps.

After lunch, Tong Jia would go to the library to work, so Tao Junle would not stay in the dormitory in the afternoon, but would go out with Tong Jia.

There was no time to go back to the dormitory to deliver lunch boxes in the evening, so Tong Jia would go to the cafeteria to get them and then wait in the dormitory for Tao Junle to come back for dinner.

After dinner, the two of them washed up on the first and second floors of the RV respectively, and then returned to the dormitory to sleep.

After more than half a month of such peaceful days, Tong Jia's real work-study days began.

Beiyang University has started school.

As the first student to arrive at school and settle down, Tong Jia is naturally the best candidate to organize the school's welcome ceremony.

The university orientation during the Republic of China period was not as fancy as that in later generations. It mainly consisted of collecting tuition fees, arranging accommodation for students, and attending the opening ceremony.

Tong Jia’s job is to take the new students to the dormitory.

The new students reported in for the whole morning, and there were at least eighty students who came to pay their fees, if not a hundred. However, the girls combined were not even enough to fill two dormitories.

Therefore, Tong Jia's job can be said to be very leisurely.

Tong Jia's major in school is history. Her class has the largest number of girls in the entire school, with a total of nine girls.

Because Tong Jia does not live in a dormitory, she does not have much contact with these classmates.

Arrive at class on time and leave when the bell rings.

This made all the students in the class curious about her.

When someone found out about her situation and learned that she was an orphan and lived with a sick and mute brother, their original exclusion and dissatisfaction with her disappeared.

Of course, there are also many classmates who envy her for being able to live with her family in the school staff dormitory, but these people are a minority after all and do not affect the overall situation.