Doomsday B&B

After the group arrived at the convenience store, Qi Yun had just reached out to open the door when Tong Yuanyuan ran over:

"Yunyun, Yunyun, is the convenience store about to open? I want to keep making my lunchboxes!"

"It's not open yet, but I've renovated the inside and added a children's playground. We're going to go in and take a look. Would you like to come along and give me your feedback? See if there's anything that needs to be changed. After you've seen this, I'll treat you to some self-service hot pot next door."

"Yes, yes, thank you Yunyun." Tong Yuanyuan reached out and hooked her arm around Qiyun's, then leaned against her as the two walked into the convenience store together.

After passing the convenience store counter, we saw the large glass partition and the wooden door to the children's playground. We reached out, opened the door, and several people filed in to the counter. Looking at the whole space, Xin Xin and Bei Bei were overjoyed.

"Wow, Sister Qi, can we play with all of these?"

"Of course you can, go have fun, but remember to take off your shoes."

"Okay, okay, we understand." With that, Xin Xin and Bei Bei quickly took off their shoes and ran to the play corner to play.

Tong Yuanyuan noticed the shoes carelessly placed on the floor and offered her first suggestion since entering the room:

“Yunyun, I think you can move the counter to the opposite side of the current counter. Place some shoe cabinets or storage cabinets where the counter is now, so that it's convenient to put some of the children's personal items. Or you can combine shoe cabinets and storage cabinets, with two small spaces inside one door, which can be used to store shoes or small items. Then you can put some benches and stools underneath for children to sit on. You can also add more bookshelves between the study corner and the play area.”

“Ms. Tong makes a good point. However, we could also provide indoor soft-soled shoes, which would be much more convenient than going barefoot. Also, we could put some cushions that are 3 or 4 times larger than regular cushions in the study corner, which would be convenient for children who are used to sitting at low tables. Or we could put even larger cushions directly on the floor. Of course, these cushions don’t need to be too thick, just the thin kind will do.”

"Okay, what about the others? Any suggestions?"

"We need to protect those sharp and angular areas to prevent children from bumping into them. We can also put a few water dispensers and disposable cups in the area to make it easier for children to stay hydrated. However, one water dispenser per area is enough. It would be best if we could put water dispensers with a constant temperature, since younger children don't like to drink hot water. Warm water with a constant temperature is more suitable for children to drink directly than cold water. We can also add a few sinks and foot basins at the entrance for easy cleaning."

"Anything else? Is there anything else?" Qi Yun asked after hearing Qi Huan's suggestion.

"We can prepare a suggestion book or suggestion box, and then we can add facilities or improve functions based on customer feedback," Zhao Wenzhi said.

"Okay, let's leave it at that. I'll make some changes. Sister Qi, call the children back. Let's go out first." After saying that, Qi Yun started operating the system and made changes to the suggestions she had just received.

After everyone came out, Qi Yun pressed the button to confirm the modification. This modification was relatively small and was completed in just 5 minutes.

"Alright, it's done. Let's go inside and take another look." Qi Yun opened the door to the children's playground again, and the group went inside once more.

"Xin Xin, Bei Bei, come here. I'll give each of you a designated storage box. You can use it whenever you come." With that, Qi Yun led Xin Xin and Bei Bei to the storage boxes and assigned one to each of the two sisters.

Opening the storage box reveals two small compartments. The lower compartment can hold two pairs of shoes, and there's also a pair of soft-soled shoes suitable for indoor wear. The upper compartment is larger, about the size of an 8-inch suitcase, and can hold quite a lot of things. Additionally, there are two storage boxes on the cabinet door, similar to those on a refrigerator, for storing smaller items.

When the two sisters saw their own little cabinet, they were so happy that they jumped on Qi Yun and each kissed her on the cheek. Then, they shyly changed their shoes and ran to the play area inside.

Watching the two little girls run away, Qi Yun didn't open the storage box. Instead, she led the others to take off their shoes and continue their tour. Reaching the bookshelves, looking at the bare shelves, Qi Yun said:

"Brother Kong, please select a small number of books for each age group first, and put them out when you come to work tomorrow. You can gradually add more later."

"Okay, boss. Wait, boss?"

"Oh, I forgot to tell you, I've decided to make you and Sister Qi Huan permanent employees. Sister Qi Huan will still work at the convenience store, and you'll come and take charge of this children's playground. You can also read books to the kids and such, which will be a return to your original job. Sister Qi Huan will only need to work one fixed shift. The playground's opening hours will be the same as the convenience store's. Right now, I'm planning to change the convenience store's hours back to 8 am to 8 pm. We'll switch to two shifts, each lasting 8 hours, once we can find two more people to replace you. In the meantime, you and Sister Qi will have to work a few extra hours each day. Once we find people, we'll switch to 8-hour shifts, and then you and Sister Qi Huan can work the same shifts and go to and from get off work together."

"Boss, are you really letting me take charge of this children's playground and read books to the kids?"

"Of course it's true. I also designed three lockers under this counter, one for you and one for the future employee. Didn't I tell you that you can choose some books for yourself?"

"thank you boss."

"No, thank you. Let's keep going. I'll bring the official contract to you and Sister Qi Huan when we get out, and you can sign it."

"Okay, thank you, boss."

After taking a quick look around the play area, the group arrived at the rest area.

"Yunyun, this rest area looks great, it makes me want to stay here for a while."

"Sure, I'll give you special privileges and give you a special bed, okay?"

"Really?"

"Of course it's true, go and choose a bed." Qi Yun looked at the shy girl in front of her and answered affirmatively.

"By the way, Sister Qi Huan, why don't you pick out a bed for Xin Xin and Bei Bei as well? From now on, they can only use it."

Upon hearing what Qi Yun said next, Tong Yuanyuan threw herself down beside Qi Huan:

"Sister Qi Huan, let's choose a bed together. I want the top one, and Xin Xin and Bei Bei want the two below."

"Okay, go ahead and choose," Qi Huan agreed.

After Tong Yuanyuan made her selections, Qi Yun used his store owner privileges to bind the three of them together. At the same time, he added a function to these three beds that allowed them to close the doors when leaving. In reality, this restored the physical doors of the space capsule, allowing them to close the physical doors when leaving their beds to prevent others from getting on them.

After visiting the children's playground, Qi Yun led the group to the adjacent self-service revolving hot pot restaurant. Upon opening the door, they found two self-service ticket machines for purchasing tickets and selecting seats, where they could choose their own seats when there were enough available spaces.

Qi Yun led everyone to the sterilizer, took a divided hot pot and a set of tableware, and sat down. She first operated the system to start the rotating table. After that, she took the pot, selected clear broth from a tap on the seat, and turned on the tap. Once the broth was ready, Qi Yun turned off the tap, rotated the pot, selected tomato soup, and turned on the tap again. After preparing the soup, Qi Yun placed the small pot on the small electric stove in front of her, turned on the heat, and then took the tableware to select her favorite seasonings.

After selecting the seasonings, the soup in the pot boiled, the rotating table started running, the ingredients were served, and everyone else followed Qi Yun's lead.

After having a hot pot meal, Qi Yun put the used tableware into the sterilizing cabinet that had been converted into a dishwashing cabinet, and said to Zhao Wenzhi:

"Look, this place is basically automated. All you need to do is wipe the table after the customers leave, or show customers how to use it."

"Okay, I understand, boss."

"Okay, then you can come here to work tomorrow. I've set the hours here from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., so you just need to come 5 minutes early to open the store."

"I understand, boss."

"Alright, let's go. Just remember to be on time for work tomorrow. Go home. I see you still have some left. Keep eating. I've given you permission; employees can eat for free. Take your time eating. I'm going out for a walk."

"Goodbye boss."

"Yunyun, wait for me, I'll go with you, I've finished eating."

"Okay, let's go."

After hurriedly packing up, Tong Yuanyuan left with Qi Yun.