Chapter 119 Confrontation
"Hello, ma'am. This is today's——"

"Hello, sir!"

"Hello! You need—"

"Hello!"

"Hello!"

Being rejected again and again, Jiu Huayue tried her best to put a smile on her face.

After every sales pitch, most of the responses were rejections, as expected.

Facing the customers coming and going in the supermarket, Jiu Huayue looked back and saw that the small stand behind her was still full of squid shreds. If she said that she didn't feel disappointed, she would be deceiving herself.

The supermarket sells a serving of shredded squid for 400 yen.

For every copy she sells, she can earn an extra 20 yen on top of her basic salary.

Today is the weekend and her supervisor asked her to sell 200 bags.

This is a very difficult task.

Because on weekdays when she was at work, she only sold more than 30 bags.

Even if they can really sell out, the commission is only 4000 yen.
Plus, she has to go to school from Monday to Friday, so she has little time to work.

A monthly salary of 70,000 to 80,000 yen for a part-time job is considered good.

You should know that when I was a model in Tokyo, a random set of photos would cost me hundreds of thousands of yen.
Although she hated Takarazuka, the salary was much higher than her modeling photo shoot.
wrong.

Why do you think about these things?
I promised not to go back to Tokyo, not to go back to Tokyo!
Since you are planning to live alone in the future, why bother thinking about the past?

'Wake up! Wake up!'

Jiuhuayue patted her face hard and cheered herself up.

You must work hard!
A Yue!

She regrouped.

Yep.

Although this job is far less profitable than in Tokyo, at least she lives comfortably in Otaru.

This is the high school she wants to go to.

Here are her good friends.

There are people here who are willing to watch shark movies with her and listen to music with the same headphones!

The most important thing is that this place also carries her new dream.

Jiu Huayue stretched out her hand and pulled the short-brimmed hat on her forehead. Seeing a guest coming, she immediately clasped her hands together and greeted the guest with a smile.

"Hello, customer! Do you need to buy some shredded squid? This is our store's promotional product this quarter. You can try it for free now."

call.
Seeing the crowd slowly dispersing, Jiuhuayue took a deep breath.

The results of the morning are not optimistic.

Less than 50 bags were sold.
How to complete the task of delivering 200 bags?

Most of the customers who buy squid strips are men. Some are almost 50 years old.
Most of these uncles came over to watch her because she was pretty, and would buy a bag based on her attitude.

It’s no big deal for those uncles who were attracted by her looks to buy things normally. After all, this is work. The supervisor also said that no matter what kind of customers they are, they must be greeted with a smile.

But some men would just keep staring at her face. She is taller than the average girl.

I would deliberately ask her to introduce the product for a long time, but in the end I would have no intention of buying it.

Jiu Huayue was too lazy to say anything to this kind of person, so she just put on a stern face and asked him to leave.

Even though these guys would curse and even leave with a gloomy face, they also threatened to complain about themselves and the supermarket.

But Jiuhuayue is not afraid, she doesn't care about any rules.

This kind of disrespectful guy doesn't deserve respect.

At worst, she would just continue to receive complaints. Anyway, she was used to being scolded by her supervisor in the first few days.

You can have less money, but you cannot have less dignity.

This is the only thing she is not willing to compromise on.

As for female customers, except for a few young women, most of the older housewives don't seem to like me.

But housewives are the main force in weekend supermarkets.

Jiu Huayue didn't quite understand why people of the housewife age group avoided her as if she were an evil spirit.

She had never been treated like this at school.

Ugh.
Now it is difficult for both men and women to please each other, so they can only rely on children to sell squid strips.

Am I not suitable to be a salesperson?

Let’s sell a few more and then go have lunch. It’s noon now and most of the customers in the supermarket have gone for lunch, so there are fewer people.

Although we sold less today.

But I can still use the money I earn to buy some vegetables and make delicious food for the uncle.

Come to think of it, should I bring a gift for the uncle?
He took such good care of me during the last tripartite meeting. I haven't thanked him properly with a gift yet.
——Cooking for him certainly doesn’t count!
Uncle always makes delicious potato stewed with meat for himself.

Cooking for him is a return gift.

Jiu Huayue thought so in her mind, raised her head and scanned the supermarket to see if there were any new potential customers coming in, until someone behind her seemed to be calling her name.

"Xiao-Xiao Yue.?"

Jiu Huayue knew who it belonged to the moment she heard the voice that was slightly surprised and as light as snow.

She turned around and saw Matsumae Shinchun appear in front of her.

The other person was wearing nice and exquisite brand of daily casual wear, which was a brand that I couldn't afford even if I worked for a year.

Even that pair of open-toed sandals probably took me half a year of work.

Jiu Huayue came back to her senses in time. She didn't know when she started to consider the price of clothes. She never thought about these things before.

While Jiuhuayue was looking at Matsumae Shinchun, Matsumae Shinchun was also looking at her.

The girl looked very surprised
"Xiaoyue, why are you in the supermarket wearing this?"

"Why, is it not possible?" Jiu Huayue said, still keeping her back straight.

"Xiaoyue, are you working?"

"After all, I'm not as rich as your family."

"But Uncle Long Yi wouldn't let you, Xiao Yue, work in the supermarket, right? Uncle Long Yi didn't--"

"Matsumae-san!" Jiuhuayue's tone became unfriendly, "You'd better not mention my father."

Matsumae Shinchun's eyes wavered: "."

The girl felt a little disappointed.

But not much.

Because she knew that Xiaoyue was only strong in words.

She is very soft-hearted, just like the last time she secretly gave herself hand cream.

Thinking of this, Matsumae Shinchun smiled happily and said:

"Is Xiaoyue in trouble now? Can I help?"

As the saying goes, don't hit the smiling person.

Jiu Huayue didn't hate this good friend from the past.

After all, the past feelings were real. She just doesn't want to have anything to do with her and the Matsumae family anymore.

"No, I can do it myself, I don't need charity from others."

"Xiao Yue, are you a salesperson here?" Matsumae Shinchun walked to the small counter behind her.

The counter is filled with squid shreds, a specialty of Hokkaido.

"So what?" Jiu Huayue turned around and looked at her.

Matsumae Shinharu picked up a bag of squid shreds and examined it.

“The product looks great.”

At the same time, Matsumae Shinchun looked sideways and noticed that there were several boxes of unopened squid strips behind the small counter.
Matsumae Xinchun held a bag of squid shreds in both hands and smiled at Jiuhuayue tenderly and amiably:
"Xiaoyue, can you introduce me to him?"

"Introduction. Do you want to buy?"

"of course."

"."

Everyone who comes is a guest - Jiuhuayue reminded herself so, and then showed Matsumae Xinchun the professional qualities she had acquired while selling squid strips these days.

Anyway, I used all the sales pitches, including "zero additives", "no coloring", "zero fragrance", and "no fishy smell".
Although Jiuhuayue is selling it for the supermarket, these are all true.

The shredded squid tastes great and is of good quality, otherwise the supervisor wouldn't have repeatedly stressed to employees not to steal or eat it.

"Can I try it?" asked Matsumae Shinchun.

"of course."

After Jiuhuayue answered, she was seen picking up a little bit and taking a small sip to taste it.

As expected, the ladies from the Matsumae family eat so elegantly.

The only difference is that the way she eats is exactly the same as how her parents taught her to eat, even the details of the movements are exactly the same.
Jiuhuayue really hates this feeling.

"Very good, Xiaoyue, can you give me a few bags?"

"Okay, how much do you want?"

"One box, please."

"There are forty bags in a box, Matsumae-san, you don't have to buy so much just to take care of me. You can't finish them, and they will only go bad if you keep them for too long."

Matsumae Shinchun shook her head. "If I really am taking care of Xiaoyue on purpose, it won't be a problem for me to buy Xiaoyue's share for the next month."

"Then why did you buy a box?"

"Although I can't finish a box myself, I can give it to Chitose and others." Matsumae Shinchun held the bag in both hands and stood upright.

"."

She said so.

Then what can I refuse?
Jiuhuayue swiftly took out the squid shreds from the box, found a large bag, put all forty packages of squid shreds into it, and then handed it to Matsumae Xinchun.

"Thank you for your patronage."

"Thank you, Xiaoyue~"

Jiuhuayue is quite grateful to Matsumae Shinchun this time.

After all, she did reduce her sales burden and had a plausible reason.

However, Jiu Huayue then noticed that she was holding a canvas bag which seemed to contain a piece of clothing.
And brand
It’s so expensive. This must be the expensive fashion item in the supermarket.

One piece is equivalent to what she earns from working in a whole year.

But although it is expensive, the quality is really good.

Buy one and you can wear it for a long time. She also wanted to go to that store to buy one for the uncle, but she had no money.
Wait a minute, why is Xinchun holding a black item?
It looks like a man's clothes.

"This is it."

Matsumae Shinchun noticed Jiuhuayue's gaze.

She knew her lifelong friend was wondering why she was buying a man's suit.

She smiled and picked up the canvas bag:
"I bought this for Mr. Fujii."

".Teacher Fujii?" Jiuhuayue's pupils shrank slightly, and she had a bad feeling. "Why did you buy it for him?"

"Return the gift," Matsumae Shinchun picked up the canvas bag, "Today, Mr. Fujii said he would give me a piece of clothing. I can't just accept the teacher's gift for nothing without saying anything."

"He gave you a piece of clothing?" Jiu Huayue's tone lengthened, as if she realized something.

"Yes," Matsumae Shinchun said cheerfully, carrying the canvas bag and squid strips. She seemed to be talking about something lighthearted. "After all, I bought it specially for you. I can't not return the gift. It would be impolite. So, I just bought a summer outfit for Mr. Fujii."

The more Jiuhuayue listened, the more she felt something was wrong.

Uncle buys clothes for Xinchun?
Today is the weekend, which means
Did the uncle take Xinchun out shopping for clothes?

Uncle didn't go home last night. Did he sleep at Xinchun's house last night?
".You went out with Mr. Fujii today?"

"That's right."

".What's your relationship?"

"what relationship."

Matsumae Shinchun thought back for a second, and suddenly blushed, with a little bit of tinge in her eyes. Because she remembered what her aunt had asked her to do, and how her waist and stomach had been touched all over yesterday afternoon.
She hemmed and hawed.

"this one"

"."

Jiuhuayue noticed Matsumae Xinchun's expression, which was full of resentment, and clenched his fists in secret.

fox!

fox!

Isn't this Xinchun guy here to take care of me?
Did he come here on purpose to humiliate me?
I am so humiliated that I can only work in a supermarket selling shredded squid.

The money she earns in a year is not even enough to buy half a piece of clothing in her hand!

what is this?
What's the point of coming to buy the squid strips I sell with false intentions?
humiliation!

It's humiliating!

Absolute humiliation!
Jiuhuayue clenched her fists tightly in the dark.

"Matsumae!"

"Ah, Teacher Fujii is here." Matsumae Shinharu heard the voice and turned around.

Jiuhuayue also looked in the direction of her voice, and sure enough, she saw Fujii Itsuki rushing towards them. At the same time, she also noticed the expression of Matsumae Shinchun beside her.

That face with the teardrop mole clearly showed only one emotion - happiness.

This fox——!
"Matsumae, what were you doing just now? It was hard for me to find you. Wait, Jiuhua? Why are you here?"

"."

Fujii Itsuki saw the squid logo on her body and understood the situation. "So you work here part-time. Why didn't you tell me your location before?"

While Jiuhuayue was listening to him talking, she saw that he was also holding three canvas bags in his hands.

These are the clothes that the uncle bought for Xinchun, right?

Jiu Huayue thought she was jealous and felt sour in her heart.
"Teacher Fujii knows about Xiaoyue's part-time job?"

"Yes, she asked me, but I don't know her specific workplace. She works part-time after school from Monday to Friday."

".Xiaoyue still has to work on Saturday. Will she be very tired?" Matsumae Xinchun asked with concern.

affectation!

affectation!!
Heart spring!

I never thought you were actually such a person!
Even now, you still have to pretend that you care about me!
You definitely did that on purpose!
Jiuhuayue tried her best to maintain her expression, "Don't worry about it, Mr. Songqian. By the way, how did you and Mr. Daifujing go out together on the weekend?"

"Ah? Well?" Matsumae Shinchun didn't know how to explain, after all, their identities were very sensitive.

Fujii Itsuki explained calmly, "It's a return gift. Matsumae has taken good care of me. When we were chatting, I heard that she didn't have many daily clothes after moving here, so I thought of buying her a set."

Uncle, you——!
Uncle, what is your relationship with this fox?

Are you as close to her as I am to her?

How long have you known each other? You just met at the beginning of the school year, right?

Why buy her clothes?
Because she invited you to dinner last time?

I.
I.
Jiuhuayue felt choked up and her breathing became heavier.

She couldn't accept the fact that the uncle had lost many hearts to Xinchun without realizing it.

He didn't say a word last night and stayed overnight at Matsumae Shinchun's house.

Do you like her that much?
Coincidentally, the beautifully dressed Matsumae Shinchun stood beside Fujii Itsuki and said to Jiuhuayue, who was dressed simply opposite her, with a smile:

"Teacher Fujii just treated me to breakfast and I said I could bring you, Xiaoyue, along, but you weren't at home."

Take me out? And have breakfast together?
Jiuhuayue never expected that Xinchun, her childhood sweetheart who used to be close to her, would be so vicious.

Pulling herself out, isn't that showing off that she stole the uncle?
Isn't this showing off her status to herself?
Just like in the past.

Just like before!
And she is dressed so beautifully.

Xinchun, you just know that I work here and wear a squid-thread work uniform, so you deliberately dress up so nicely, right?
Jiuhuayue's heart was in turmoil.

She understood now.

I finally understood that Matsumae Shinchun was just taking revenge on me.

Revenge for not responding to her advances towards him.

it is good!
very good!
Haru Matsumae!

I, Jiuhuayue, am afraid of you!

My name is not Jiuhuayue!
Although I am just a squid shreds seller now, and you are the eldest daughter of the Matsumae family, there is still a long time to come, so just wait and see!
"By the way, Xiaoyue, are you free this afternoon? Would you like to go out shopping together?" Matsumae Xinchun asked cautiously, fearing that she would be rejected by her good friend.

Jiu Huayue suppressed the twitching of her lips and forced a smile:
"Since Matsumae-san has said so, even if you are busy this afternoon, you should ask for leave and go with me."

(End of this chapter)