Chapter 117: Chapter 117: Rewards
Giving her a quick once-over, Zhang Yulan finally noticed Su Xiaoxiao’s oddity: "Xiaoxiao, what’s wrong with your neck?"
Just mentioning this made Su Xiaoxiao even more depressed.
Last night, she tossed and turned, unable to fall asleep, and finally decided to sit up for a while. But worried she would be late for work in the morning, she ended up falling asleep leaning against the edge of the bed.
When she got up in the morning, her neck was crooked, and it hurt when she moved.
Because of her twisted neck, she almost ran into Grandpa Wang at the village entrance when she was biking out in the morning.
Poor Grandpa Wang had just been stepped on by the community team’s cow a few days ago, and had only just gotten back on his feet today when her bicycle chased him for two miles, causing him to faint on the spot.
Recalling the scene from the morning, Su Xiaoxiao’s mouth twitched: "No big deal, just a neck crick from sleeping awkwardly last night."
Zhang Yulan kept looking at her, feeling more and more uncomfortable: "How can you work like this? Why don’t you ask the manager for a day off?"
"No need, no need, Sister Zhang, I’m fine, definitely fit for work."
Joking aside, she earns quite a lot in rebates from selling goods in the mall every day, so it would take more than just a stiff neck - even if her legs were paralyzed, she’d use her hands to drag herself to work.
Seeing her unwavering determination, Zhang Yulan sighed internally. Ah, this girl really has it tough, unwilling to let go of even a day’s wages despite her condition.
How could she know that Su Xiaoxiao’s joy was something she couldn’t even imagine.
Su Xiaoxiao pulled herself together for work, but less than an hour in, she realized something wasn’t right.
With her neck held in such a strange position, whenever a customer talked to her about what they wanted to buy, she’d have to turn her whole body along with her head to see what they were pointing at, which was really inconvenient.
She finally hung in there until noon break, then quickly found a quiet spot to open up the game mall.
As she remembered correctly, there seemed to be a fascia gun in the electronics category last time...
Finding what she needed, she placed the order without hesitation.
Lately, she’d earned quite a few gold coins through the rebate system, no longer the poor soul who had to think twice before buying even a cornbread.
With a ding, a fascia gun appeared right in front of her.
Glancing around to make sure nobody was there, she sneaked into the small warehouse behind the department store and aimed it at her neck, pressing the button; the feeling was simply too good.
While enjoying the massage comfortably, she suddenly heard voices coming from outside.
"Did you hear there was an earthquake somewhere?"
"Whoa, there really was!"
"Run!"
"Wait! Hold on, I’m not dressed yet..."
Su Xiaoxiao: "..."
Earthquake? What earthquake? Why didn’t she feel anything? Also, why was the woman not dressed yet? And why did the man’s voice sound somewhat familiar?
No matter, massage takes priority.
After finishing the massage, she packed the fascia gun back into her small storage space and moved her neck around before stepping out.
Just as she stepped out, Huang Mei pulled her aside: "Xiaoxiao, did you bring the fabric tickets and money for the fabric? That batch of defective fabric was reportedly delayed by a car breakdown yesterday and is guaranteed to arrive this afternoon."
Her eyes lit up right away; the notice yesterday unexpectedly said the defective fabric would be late, and she thought she’d have to wait a long time. It got here so quickly.
"Sister Huang, please save me fifteen yards of printed fabric and another twenty yards of blue fabric."
Saying this, Su Xiaoxiao pulled out several packs of small dried fish from her pocket and stuffed them into Huang Mei’s hands. "Sister Huang, please remember to set them aside for me when the time comes; I’ll collect them when I have free time."
"Xiaoxiao, why act so polite with me? Don’t worry, I’ll definitely save them for you."
Huang Mei was surprised at Su Xiaoxiao’s generosity, giving her four or five packs of dried fish all at once; they were rare items.
With nobody noticing, she quickly stuffed the dried fish into her pocket.
Come tomorrow, she’d have to bring some things for Xiaoxiao as well. She couldn’t just take advantage of others; Huang Mei wasn’t someone who only takes without giving.
Resolving on it, she pocketed the items and returned to her counter.
Afternoon wasn’t busy at the food counter, and Su Xiaoxiao took the opening to buy the defective fabric back.
Huang Mei secretly gave her an extra piece of printed fabric.
Su Xiaoxiao looked at her gratefully; she’s determined to maintain this friendship with Huang Mei.
At the end of the workday, after getting off duty, it was once again time for etiquette training.
From yesterday’s experience, Su Xiaoxiao calmly walked into the training room only to find over half the attendees had already left early. Could they really be scared off by the assessment today?
No matter, she believed they’ll be back eager to participate in training tomorrow.
Su Xiaoxiao cracked a smile and took out today’s secret weapon - the water-drill hair comb she specifically ordered from the mall last night.
She had sold quite a lot of these recently, indicating their popularity.
Yesterday, Zhang Dongmei wore the hair comb she had bought before and had lots of female saleswomen asking her where she got it.
Zhang Dongmei, always at odds with her, naturally wouldn’t tell anyone she bought it from Su Xiaoxiao.
Su Xiaoxiao cleared her throat and lined the combs up on the table. Various water drills shone dazzlingly in the sunlight, mesmerizing everyone.
Zhang Dongmei was proudly wearing the pink water-drilled hair comb, enjoying everyone’s envious gazes. When she looked up, she found Su Xiaoxiao had magically brought out loads of them, in all sorts of colors.
Her eyes widened; this dead girl must be doing it on purpose. She had just told others the hair comb was bought by a friend from Hong Kong for her, and here Xiaoxiao had brought out so many; it was like a slap to her face.
Just as she thought this, Su Xiaoxiao spoke up, "Everyone, look here, these are new hair combs from Hong Kong. There are a total of ten, and today the top ten performers can each get one as a reward."
Upon hearing this, the previously unenthusiastic group instantly perked up.
They’d heard from Mr. Zhang that these combs cost ten yuan each, not only expensive but hard to find.
Zhang Dongmei, seeing Su Xiaoxiao didn’t undermine her, exhaled a sigh of relief. Well, at least this dead girl has some tact.
Upon hearing the top ten performers can earn a comb as a reward, Zhang Dongmei grew keenly eager again.
She already had a pink one and wanted to get a blue one.
"Alright, does anyone want to come up and demonstrate first?"
As soon as Su Xiaoxiao’s words fell, everyone in the training room immediately raised their hands; they all wanted a hair comb.
Su Xiaoxiao didn’t expect the few gold coins she’d spent to have such a great effect.
The training enthusiasm was instantly boosted.
When it ended, the participating saleswomen treated her with a complete turnaround in attitude.
Wherever she walked, there were people smilingly greeting her.
The key trait being, they were indifferent upon arrival, but exceedingly respectful upon departure.
Su Xiaoxiao blissfully walked towards the exit carrying her bag. Just as she reached the department store entrance, someone called her name, prompting her to turn back, stunned by the sight before her, almost laughing her head off.