Robert was currently working in the vegetable store.
Suddenly, a head popped up from the house which was located exactly behind the stall.
Tara had been watching Robert since he had started working.
Her first impression of him was a very poor boy who came for a job from the wilderness. He looked no more than 12 to 14 years old.
He was so skinny that she couldn't tell how old he was. He mustn't have eaten for days.
He was dirty and his dress was muddy.
Her impression was not good at all.
She personally didn't want anyone like this to work in their stall, but desperate times call for desperate measures.
Because some workers who worked on her dad's farm left for some reason, so to help her father, her mother needed to go to the farm.
So mother was going to the farm and there was no one except herself to work in the stall and she had many other things to do.
Definitely it wasn't because she was inexperienced.... No.
Her mother asked people she was familiar with about the job of selling vegetables but they were also very busy.
When her mother saw Robert, a skinny and malnourished boy, she was clearly hesitant but she had no choice but to hire him.
Her mother thought he was from a poor family. Now he had grown up he had come to do some work and earn some money.
But Tara's thoughts were different. After reading many crime stories which were available in her school library, she thought that Robert had malicious intent.
Even if she didn't suspect him as a criminal, she was still doubtful about his ability.
How can a boy who is no more than 14 years old and who also looked like a begger sell vegetables?
Selling vegetables may look like an easy job, but it is still a business. There were so many factors that could make this vegetable stall popular and more profitable.
Under the pretext of helping him, she decided to observe him.
After observing him for some days, she realised that she was face slapped.
He was very good at this job and he was even better than her mom!
He always shouts at the customers when they are passing by the stall about what vegetables are available and their prices. She found this unusual and also very embarrassing. She thought that customers could see which vegetables are available and also their prices. They don't have to yell, but she found the difference in that the customers have increased.
He was also very good with his words. He chatted with the customers about some common topics. He also offered them some discounts if they bargained.
He would always ask if they wanted anything else and show them some other fresh vegetables and if they wanted to buy them.
It was only a week or two since he had started working and their sales had increased.
The number of regular customers has also increased.
But she was somewhat depressed. She found out that compared to him she was just an amateur.
When she was working in the stall, she only stood there and if someone ordered the vegetables she would accept payment and give them vegetables and nothing else.
She was also happy that their stall was now more popular and more profitable and when she realised that she was thinking ill of Robert behind his back she was more even more embarrassed.
She had good habits. She would always apologize if she thought she was wrong.
After telling him about what she thought of him earlier, she said and apologized," I am very sorry about that I shouldn't have thought ill of you behind your back".
He was amused. His impression of hers instantly increased by one level.
He said," No no, that's completely normal. You don't have to be sorry about this, even if I was in your position I would have thought the same as you. But your habit of apologizing if you think you are wrong is very good. Always keep this habit. It will help you".
He couldn't help but remind her of this. As a self-proclaimed grandfather of hers, he has to teach her about good values of life.
She was relieved after he said that and asked him," Where did you learn about how to sell these vegetables? Can you teach me?"
He instantly agreed, how could he not teach his adorable granddaughter about business if she had personally asked him about this?
After that, he said," I am busy now. There are still many customers. I will teach you about business later . Now go and do your work".
She obediently went to her room.
She understood that Robert must've some previous work experience.
But there was a thing she didn't understand and that was how he talked.
She was quite cute and pretty. There were some admirers in her school. But Robert didn't see her the way her admirers or her classmates did.
He also talked like an old man.
She felt like she was talking with her grandfather whenever she talked with Robert.
She nodded. Yes, she must be hallucinating.