Chapter 152: Mission Four
Auntie Chunhui could read lips, so Jian Xingxia tried to speak as slowly as possible, keeping her mouth shapes precise. “This is the serving standard for breakfast. From now on, only the guests staying overnight will eat breakfast. When they come down, they will register at the front desk. I will tell you whether it’s a five-yuan meal or a ten-yuan meal, and you just dishing it out according to the standard and carry it over.”
She then carefully explained the standards for both the five-yuan and ten-yuan options.
As they were speaking, Brother Zhang and Sister Yu came downstairs.
Since Sister Yu was pregnant, she couldn’t let herself go hungry and needed to eat as soon as she woke up in the morning. Brother Zhang requested two ten-yuan meals. Overnight guests had breakfast included, so Jian Xingxia led Auntie Chunhui through the process once, preparing exactly two meals.
Right after them came Qiqi’s family of three.
Children always woke up early in the morning, especially Qiqi. Yesterday, she had gone camping, fruit picking, and hiking, and had spent half the day chasing Da Hua and the big white geese around. The moment the sky darkened last night, she had fallen asleep and slept right until broad daylight.
Qiqi’s mother didn’t want to eat too much this morning. “Two five-yuan meals will be enough; it’s plenty for the three of us.” She smiled and added, “We’re going to join the morning picking session in a little while, and we’ll head back right after that.”
Jian Xingxia nodded and chatted with them for a bit, asking about their experience at the manor. Auntie Chunhui took the opportunity to prepare the breakfast, and before long, two portions of breakfast were served.
Little Hu Liu headed down the mountain after finishing setting up the goods.
A little later, Cai Wei, Qin Yue, Lin Shuang, and the guests from the other two rooms, as well as Luo Yang and Xiao Ya who were staying in the large ground-floor room, and the young security guard and his girlfriend… all came out one after another. It wasn’t that they were used to waking up early, but the atmosphere and environment in the mountains naturally made people sleep early and wake early.
Around eight o’clock, all the overnight guests had finished their meals.
Auntie Chunhui quickly cleared the bowls and chopsticks and, without needing Jian Xingxia to tell her, took them to the kitchen to wash.
Jian Xingxia let out a sigh of relief. With Auntie Chunhui added, and the arrival times for Sanniang and A-Feng properly arranged, the manor’s trial run should pass smoothly.
Right at that moment, a message popped up from the system—
[It has been detected that the Manor Owner has hired three native-world employees within 24 hours. The system determines that this behavior proves the Manor Owner has a greater demand for labor. Operating Mission Four is now issued to unlock more employment quotas.]
[Manor Operating Mission Four: Within 24 hours, receive 50 individual customer visits and achieve a positive review rate of over 80%. Upon completion of the mission, one formal worker can be upgraded (promoted from a current temporary worker of skilled rank or above). After the upgrade, they will not occupy the original temporary worker recruitment quota.]
This meant that once the upgrade was complete, Jian Xingxia could hire two formal workers and two temporary workers every day!
Jian Xingxia cheered, “Fantastic!”
But in the next second, she started to fret again.
Why didn’t this system issue Mission Four yesterday! Yesterday alone, nearly fifty people had come. After all, yesterday was the first day of the trial run, and it was a Saturday. Most people chose Saturdays for trips so they could still rest on Sunday. Today it was already past eight in the morning, and no new guests had arrived yet. Wouldn’t getting fifty people be a distant dream?
What’s more, she needed an 80% positive review rate. If she couldn’t reach that, it wouldn’t matter how many people came. Furthermore, many people had already paid yesterday, and today’s breakfast was complimentary. If they just left after finishing breakfast, would they count toward the total number of guests received?
Jian Xingxia was frantic with anxiety, her teeth itching with frustration. Yet the system stated that it was precisely because she had hired three modern people—which must refer to Auntie Lu, Little Hu Liu, and Auntie Chunhui—that the system determined she had a greater demand for labor. This was truly a massive blame to shoulder! She couldn’t even blame the system; she could only blame herself. She blamed herself for not hiring a few modern people earlier.
But then again, the system was relatively smart. Seeing that she had called so many modern people to help, it issued a mission to increase her employment quota. Forget it, forget it. For the sake of adding more staff, Jian Xingxia silently took back her complaints.
Time was tight, and the mission was heavy.
Jian Xingxia immediately copied Lin Shuang and the others’ operations from yesterday, registering accounts on every social media app she could find, and posting videos and photos.
However, it didn’t turn out at all as she expected.
The video on Douyin was posted, but after a good long while, the view count remained stuck at “0.” Jian Xingxia was shocked. “I’ve watched it several times myself at least… Do I not count as a person?”
The photos on Xiaohongshu were also posted. There were views, but the likes, comments, and bookmarks remained dead silent, no different from not posting at all. The other platforms, aside from her WeChat Moments, showed zero response.
The feedback on her WeChat Moments, however, was highly enthusiastic. The scenery of the manor was too beautiful, the farmhouse food looked incredibly appetizing, and the various activities like camping and wading by the stream made everyone green with envy.
However, after a round of liking, commenting, and replying, Jian Xingxia was left deeply helpless—her closest classmates were two hundred kilometers away from Xiangshan City. They had no intention of driving two hundred kilometers just to play for a short while and then drive another two hundred kilometers back.
Left with no choice, Jian Xingxia went to find Lin Shuang and the others, asking if they could help her post another promotional piece.
Jian Xingxia steeled herself to spend money. “I can pay for the promotion.”
Lin Shuang was amused. “Owner Xiaxia, did you forget what I do? I’m part of the rural mobile task force. Poverty alleviation is literally part of my job description.”
Fang Xiaoying smiled. “We can help you post it, but none of ours are professional promotional accounts, so the effect won’t be that great. Our acquaintances already saw it yesterday; if we post it again today, it might not work as well as yesterday.”
Ai Jinjin was the most efficient. “I’ve already posted it, and I had my boyfriend post it too.”
Jian Xingxia thanked them repeatedly, “Thank you, thank you…”
Lin Shuang and the other two refused to accept Jian Xingxia’s money. With their positions inside the government system, they had to be particularly careful about such things. However, Jian Xingxia mentioned that if they gave positive reviews, she could give them three complimentary lunches.
Lin Shuang asked, “如何 give a positive review? Did you register on a platform?”
Jian Xingxia shook her head. “No, for a positive review, just give me a thumbs-up.”
Lin Shuang and the others burst into laughter, holding up their thumbs. “Positive review!”
“Just like this?”
“Just like this.”
Jian Xingxia nodded. The three girls thought Jian Xingxia wanted to thank them but was constrained by their work regulations, so she had come up with this clever trick.
But over on her side, looking at the mission progress that only floated before her eyes—3/50—Jian Xingxia was even happier than they were! It seemed the system hadn’t completely blocked her path! The positive reviews from receiving guests didn’t follow the same rules as the temporary workers; she could actually just ask for these directly!
Every mission the system gave seemed difficult at first glance, but none were completely hopeless. They were all at a level that required her to stretch herself a bit to reach. Deep down, Jian Xingxia felt the system wanted to give her rewards but hated seeing her slack off, so it set a mission that was a bit challenging but still held promise. It was quite good; she liked this level of challenge. It gave her a sense of achievement and allowed her to earn rewards.
Thinking up to this point, Jian Xingxia was bursting with drive. She marched straight toward Brother Zhang and Sister Yu.
