newbobooks Chapter 150: Buying Land, Widow Wang's Family
Chapter 150: Buying Land, Widow Wang's Family
"The aunts who are the group leaders also have requirements. They don't have to do embroidery work every day, but they need to be responsible for checking the quality and counting the quantity. If there are mistakes, they must bear the corresponding responsibilities. So what I mean is... it's better to know a little bit of reading." The aunts who were still excited just now suddenly became quiet. They were all rough people, how could they know how to read!
"Oh, Qingnian, I'm a rough woman. Embroidery is no problem for me, but reading is really difficult for me. Hehe, I'd better just focus on my embroidery." At one time, most of the aunts backed out. It was not that they were unwilling, but that they did not have the ability.
Many of the remaining aunts were also powerless, and finally, Yao Qingnian asked Aunt Jinhua to be the supervisor. Firstly, Aunt Jinhua was not only literate, but also helped the village chief to manage all the village affairs on weekdays. She could also help Yao Qingnian communicate with the village chief if there was anything, so she was more suitable for this position than ordinary people.
After all the aunts left, Yao Qingnian left Liu Jinhua alone.
"Aunt Jinhua, after my embroidery workshop opens, I would like to invite you to be the manager. What do you think?"
"Qingnian, you give such an important task to me, I'm afraid I can't do it well." Although Liu Jinhua usually handles all the matters in the village in an orderly manner, she is a little insecure in this embroidery workshop.
"Aunt, managing an embroidery workshop is the same as managing a village. Besides, there are me and my mother, and there are so many aunts. You should try it first."
"Yes, Jinhua, use your energy in managing the village. This is two taels of silver! More than twenty taels a year!" Liu Shuyue said from the side. Twenty taels, this is something that many poor villagers cannot earn in most of their lifetime.
"Okay, since you, Ayue, and Qingnian trust me so much, I will definitely help you manage the embroidery workshop." Liu Jinhua agreed.
After the aunts had made all the arrangements, Yao Qingnian asked a few people to clean the rented yard first, buy some things, and then transport the fabric over.
When everything was ready, Yao Qingnian went to Uncle Ding to order a plaque and doorplate with "Qingnian Embroidery Workshop" written on it. It was a simple, temporary embroidery workshop.
On the second day, the embroiderers who had worked there before started making book bags.
Yao Qingnian started to busy herself with recruiting people. In ancient times, most villagers knew some embroidery skills. At the end of the day, she had recruited more than a dozen people in the village. Together with the dozen people she had recruited before, there were more than 30 embroiderers in total, which was enough for the time being.
As for the team leader, Yao Qingnian has not found a suitable candidate yet, so he lets Liu Jinhua take charge of the management first. There are not many people now, and statistical management is not too troublesome. With Liu Jinhua around, Yao Qingnian will have time to do other things.
After the embroidery workshop started, Yao Qingnian went to Widow Wang's house and asked, "Is Wang Xiu'e home?"
"Who is it?" The door opened from the inside.
"It's me." Yao Qingnian stood outside the door.
"Yao Qingnian, what are you doing here?" Widow Wang looked puzzled. She had been behaving well recently and no one had provoked her.
"I have something to discuss with you." Yao Qingnian said straight to the point.
"What's the matter?" What did she want to talk to her about? She didn't want to cause trouble, right? Widow Wang thought about all the possible reasons why Yao Qingnian came to talk to her.
"Won't you invite me in?" Although Widow Wang didn't get along with him, she wasn't a bad person. She was just very unreasonable. But there was nothing he could do about it. She was easy to talk to. There would always be a lot of gossip in front of a widow.
"Then come in!" Widow Wang let her into the yard.
Widow Wang lost her husband early in life. She had a blind mother-in-law, a pair of children and a son at home. Her son found a job in the city. Her daughter, Wang Dongmei, was about twelve or thirteen years old. Although Widow Wang was fat, her life was harder than that of ordinary people. She raised her two children with great difficulty and had a blind mother-in-law to take care of. Fortunately, her son grew up to be quite successful and was able to help her share some of the burden at home.
"Xiu'e, who's here?" On ordinary days, few people came to Widow Wang's house. Although her mother-in-law was blind, she had very good ears, and she asked when she heard the noise.
"Mom, it's Lu Mingchuan's daughter-in-law from the Lu family. She came to see me for something."
"Oh! Is that so? Then please ask them to sit down and I'll go get you some water."
"Grandma, it's no trouble. I'll leave when I'm done." Yao Qingnian was a little uncomfortable with the fact that Widow Wang was usually very tough but spoke softly to her mother-in-law.
"It's not a bother, you guys go ahead and chat." After saying that, she took the stick and banged into the kitchen. Her daughter Wang Dongmei was helping with cooking in the house. She was a well-behaved and sensible girl.
"Tell me! What's the matter?"
"Is the yard next to my house yours?"
"Yes, why are you asking this? The house is old and shabby and can't be lived in." Widow Wang thought that Yao Qingnian came to borrow the house. Her family was building a new house, so it was inevitable that they would need to put some things in it.
"Sell your place to me! You don't live there anymore, so it's just sitting there empty anyway."
"What? You want to buy my old house, Yao Qingnian? Didn't your family buy a large piece of wasteland last time? It's not enough for you to build it?"
"It has other uses."
"Have money but nowhere to spend it? Hey, Yao Qingnian, how about lending me some flowers?" Widow Wang smiled and the flesh on her face began to tremble.
"I'm here to give you some silver, just tell me whether you want to sell it or not." Yao Qingnian was too lazy to argue with Widow Wang, as it was more important to get business done.
"You'll have to ask my mother."
Just then, Mrs. Wang came out slowly carrying some water, and Widow Wang stepped forward to take it.
"Grandma, I want to buy your old house." Yao Qingnian said.
"No, no, the old house is something left behind by Qin'er's father and can't be sold." Widow Wang's mother-in-law refused.
Qin'er was Widow Wang's deceased husband. Although he is gone, this old house represents the old lady's memory of her deceased family members.
"If my mother says no, then it's no. That's what my husband's father left behind. It's the old man's wish." I didn't expect that Widow Wang is so filial.
Alas, if Widow Wang doesn’t sell it, then the Huang family next door will be even less likely to sell it. What should I do?
"Grandma, can we discuss this further?" Yao Qingnian said sincerely.
"The last time I heard Xiu'e mention it, it was you who saved her, and we didn't thank you properly, but that place can't be sold." The old lady seemed to think of a sad thing as she spoke and began to wipe away her tears.
"Have your mother's eyes always been like this?" Yao Qingnian asked in a low voice close to Widow Wang's ear.
"No, I cried so hard that I went blind after my father-in-law and his man passed away." When she said this, Widow Wang thought of the scene when her husband passed away that year. At that time, the world fell on her and her father-in-law and mother-in-law. Not long after, her father-in-law also passed away, leaving them a widow and orphans.
It turns out she wasn't born blind. Looking at her, she doesn't seem to be completely blind.
Yao Qingnian waved her hand in front of her...