country bumpkin

Chapter 390 Going to Work at the Bookstore

Finally, payday arrived, and Yunya happily received her wages. She put the money in her pocket first, and then told her female boss that she was quitting.

She didn't give any other reason, only saying that her family ran a steamed bun shop and needed help, so she had to resign.

The female boss wasn't angry and readily agreed. After all, this month wasn't busy at all; hiring someone would require paying salaries, and she could manage on her own.

She was planning to stop asking for help next month after this one, but unexpectedly Yunya offered to quit, which was exactly what she wanted.

Yunya took her wages and happily rode her bicycle home first.

When he got home, he divided his salary into two parts, keeping 200 yuan for himself and giving the remaining 400 yuan to Kong Xiujuan.

Although the job wasn't tiring and was clean, the pay was too low. If Gou Zha Nan hadn't happened, Yun Ya might have stayed a few more months. Now it seems leaving was a good thing.

In the morning, Yunya continued helping her family sell breakfast. In the afternoon, she rested and visited her sister-in-law, Zhang Haiyan. Yunya didn't have to hand over her breakfast-selling job wages to the family; she saved them herself!

Yunya felt that making money this way was too slow, and she still wanted to earn more money. So, after only a few days at home, she embarked on her job search again.

After finishing her morning tasks, Yunya rode her bicycle around the urban village in the afternoon, and eventually, her hard work paid off, and she actually found a good job.

In City B, near the street with the prestigious high school in the city center, there's a street lined with bookstores. Yunya spotted a storefront with a job posting.

She parked her car and went to ask. The female boss was a plump, middle-aged woman.

She has a neat mushroom-shaped short haircut and fair, moist skin. She looks very mature and exudes competence and shrewd wisdom.

After Yunya's interview, the female boss told her to come back tomorrow for a trial period. There would be a three-day trial period with no pay. She would be paid for those three days after the trial period.

Yunya agreed. The owner's surname was Li, and Yunya called her Sister Li. There was another employee in the shop, two years older than Yunya, whom Yunya called Sister Zhang.

After making the appointment, Yunya happily went home. She hadn't expected to find this job. The boss said the salary was 800 yuan a month, including a base salary and commission, which was much higher than at the photo studio. In addition, she would have a day off every month. Yunya went home in a happy and excited mood.

After returning home, she told her family that she had found a good job.

Kong Xiujuan was naturally the happiest, as this meant the family had some income, which would greatly alleviate the pressure on their living expenses.

After dinner, Yunya went to bed early so she could get enough rest for her new job the next day.

A dreamless night.

The next day, Yunya got up again to help sell breakfast. When it was almost time for her to go to work, she ate a few buns and hurriedly rode her bicycle to work.

I pedaled my bicycle furiously all the way to the bookstore entrance, where the old employee, Sister Zhang, had already opened the door and gone inside.

Yunya parked her bicycle in a place where it wouldn't get in the way near the entrance and went inside the bookstore. Sister Zhang handed Yunya a rag, and the two of them began wiping the bookshelves and shelves.

The bookstore has bookshelves filled with all kinds of books on both sides of the wall, and a long display stand in the middle of the aisle is filled with all kinds of test papers and questions.

After cleaning up, Zhang Yimei (Sister Zhang) taught Yunya how to sell books.

Through her explanation, Yunya learned that student study materials and test papers were sold at a 8% discount. Other magazines, however, were sold at the original price without any discount.

After giving these instructions, Zhang Yimei sat down on a stool and started reading magazines. Yun Ya also found it boring and began to check how the books were categorized and arranged so that it would be easier for customers to find them later.

Yun Ya browsed through various books throughout the room, while Zhang Yimei, like a boss, sat in a chair, sipping tea, reading magazines, and munching on sunflower seeds—he couldn't be more comfortable.

After a while, someone came to pick up the magazine. It was the magazine they had ordered here, and Yunya and the other worker had gone to the post office to pick it up.

After seeing the customer off, Zhang Yimei told Yunya that she should go to the post office every Monday and Wednesday to pick up the magazines the customer had ordered.

Yunya listened to Zhang Meiyi explain the tasks that needed to be done in the shop one by one, and she remembered them all.

In the afternoon, Zhang Yimei received a call from her boss, saying that a batch of high school study materials had arrived and she needed to pick them up at the bus station.

After hanging up the phone, Zhang Yimei checked the time; the bus wouldn't arrive for another 10 minutes.

She put the license plate number she had just written down into her pocket, got on her electric scooter, and went to the bus station, leaving Yunya to watch the shop.

While waiting for Zhang Yimei to return, two customers arrived. One was a woman, and the other was a boy, who came to buy composition books.

Yunya showed the bookshelf where the composition books were displayed, and the woman let the boy choose for himself. The boy pulled out a few books from the shelf, flipped through the table of contents, and finally chose two composition books.

When his mother paid, she bargained with Yunya, and Yunya said that all the study materials were 8% off.

Then she took out her calculator, calculated the final price, and told the woman what she had done.

The woman saw that there was already a discount, so she didn't try to bargain anymore. She quickly paid and left with her child.

Yunya was overjoyed after making a sale. She felt that selling books wasn't too difficult and was actually quite nice.

With nothing else to do, Yunya picked up a copy of the magazine "Readers" and started reading.

Not long after, Zhang Yimei returned carrying a square package. Yun Ya quickly went to help, and the two of them carried the package back to the shop.

Zhang Yimei used a utility knife to cut the rope, opened the package, and the books inside were revealed.

Zhang Yimei rummaged through the contents and quickly found a piece of paper with a detailed list written on it, then began counting.

Yun Ya watched her operate the steps and memorized them. After Zhang Yimei checked the order and confirmed that everything was correct, she instructed Yun Ya to start moving the goods.

The two went back and forth several times before finally placing all the new books on the bookshelf.

After finishing her work, Zhang Meiyi asked Yunya, "Did any customers come in to buy books just now?"

Yunya brought over the money from the books she had just sold and showed it to Zhang Yimei.

Zhang Yimei looked at the amount of money, nodded in satisfaction, and praised Yun Ya's work: "Not bad, you made a sale on your first day. Your sales ability is impressive." Yun Ya felt very happy and became even more motivated.

At this moment, several more customers who looked like students entered the store and went straight to the study materials section.

Yun Ya quickly put down her work and went over to ask them what they needed. One of the students wanted a set of English tutoring materials, and following Zhang Yimei's previous instructions, Yun Ya quickly found suitable books for him.

After the student paid and left, Zhang Yimei smiled and said, "Not bad! Your sales skills are pretty good! Keep up the good work and you'll earn a high salary."