The lucky girl in the village has a good way of making money.

Chapter 499 Leave a meal
Shi Liu only asked them to bring their own sewing boxes to work on time the next morning. It was called a sewing box, but the embroidery workshop would prepare it, so everyone only needed to bring their usual embroidery needles and thimbles.

The crowd did not stay long and left together, talking and laughing all the way, and they were all very excited, all looking forward to starting work right away.

This job is more stable and better than going to an embroidery shop to take on embroidery work!

If you go to an embroidery shop to take on embroidery work, even if you take on small pieces like handkerchiefs, you won't make much money. If you take on large pieces, you can make more money. However, it takes a lot of time to embroider a large piece, and if there is a mistake in the middle of the process, all your work will be in vain. Sometimes the embroidery shop will be picky about your poor embroidery and will give you even less than the agreed price.

Besides, it’s not always possible to receive large items.

So, how can the work in this workshop be stable?
It's the same embroidery work. You can earn money based on how much you do every day. Although the wages are also settled after a month, the Li family knows everything about you. Over the years, I have never heard of them delaying wages. You don't have to worry at all. As long as you do the work, you will definitely get the money.

And if you work in Li's workshop, you will get gifts during the New Year!

In short, it is the best job, nothing can compare to it!
After everyone left, Fan asked Shi Liu, "Do we have enough manpower? Let me hear what you mean, Shi Liu. The people who make the puppets and the people who fill the cotton should be separated, not done together. So who are the people who will fill the cotton?"

"Twenty people are indeed too few, but I have asked my mother and everyone else to spread the word. Anyone who is willing to come from the surrounding villages will come to our village tomorrow. There will naturally be people here who are good at embroidery, and those who are suitable for other needlework will be recruited to fill in the cotton and close the hems."

The Fan family members all nodded.

Shi Liu asked everyone to go into the main room and sit down to talk, and have a small meeting first.

She arranged what the three members of the Fan family would be responsible for.

"Aunt Zutang will be the team leader, supervising everyone to work, and my second sister-in-law will be in charge of the accounts. Aunt Zutang will also keep a book of accounts for how much the workers have done every day, and then she will reconcile the accounts with my second sister-in-law so that she can calculate the workers' wages.

My aunt is in charge of the warehouse. Every day, the workers come to collect the fabrics and cotton. You have to keep an eye on them. When the workers get off work, the warehouse door must be locked. The workers also have to check the goods carefully to make sure they match the numbers.

Those that are not done well will be sent back for redoing. This great aunt and second sister-in-law will help to supervise them. There must be no mistakes in quality."

The three of them listened one by one and nodded to show that they understood.

Mrs. Lu even smiled and said, "Don't worry, Shi Liu. Leave the warehouse to me. I promise to take good care of it and nothing will go wrong."

He also talked about how to arrange several rooms, and asked Mrs. Lu to help, and found two efficient and diligent maids in the village to be responsible for cooking in the workshop. The wages would be the same as those in the food workshop, ten cents a day, and three hundred cents a month.

Seeing that it was almost noon, Mrs. Lu kept some food for us, "We're going to work together soon, so it wouldn't be a problem to have a meal together, right?"

Although she said so, her eyes were looking at Shi Liu expectantly. Needless to say, as long as Shi Liu stayed, both Fan and Huang Chunni would be happy.

Shi Liu was a little hesitant. If it was anything else, she would have agreed without hesitation, but this... How could she go to her husband's house for dinner before getting married? There was no such custom in the surrounding villages.

But after taking a look at Lu, Shi Liu readily agreed, "In that case, I'll bother you, aunt."

As for rules, Li Shiliu is going to be the one who doesn't follow the rules.

It's just a meal, what's the big deal? If anyone wants to complain, let them complain.

When Mrs. Lu heard that Shi Liu agreed, she was so happy that she immediately told her maid not to clean up the place yet, but to go back and cook, and come back to clean up after the noise.

After a few steps, they entered the house. While inviting Fan and the other two to sit in the main hall, Mrs. Lu secretly looked around and found nothing wrong.

Fortunately, now there are maids and old women at home who sweep the house every day, so everywhere is clean. Before, she was busy with embroidery and sometimes didn't have time to sweep the house every day, so it was inevitable that dust would accumulate. If Shi Liu saw it, she would be embarrassed - she would not want Shi Liu to think that her future mother-in-law was not clean and didn't like to tidy up.

Mrs. Lu smiled eagerly, "Let's sit down and have a cup of tea first. The meal will be ready soon. Sister Zhu cooks quickly and has good cooking skills!"

This was Shi Liu's first time here. As soon as she entered the yard, she looked around subconsciously. She saw that there were three main rooms in a row. The main room in the middle was not small, and it was even more spacious than the rooms on both sides combined. There were three rooms on each of the left and right east wings, and the layout of the back rooms was also set up. There were two back rooms each near the door.

Then I entered the bright and clean main hall, where a complete set of mahogany furniture was neatly arranged. There was also a large vase in the corner with a green plant planted in it, adding a bit of greenery to the hall.

She and Huang Chunni sat next to each other at a table. Lu did not sit at the head of the table, but sat opposite her with Fan.

A maid came in and served hot tea to the people.

When she got to Shi Liu, she looked up at Shi Liu, which made Shi Liu look at her twice more. She was wearing a grass green bodice, which made her face look very fair. She had a pair of phoenix eyes, high eyebrows, and a small mouth. She was actually quite pretty.

Seeing Shi Liu looking at the maid, Mrs. Lu couldn't help but said hurriedly, "This maid is Qiu Tong. She is the younger sister of Ba Fang, the book boy beside Jin Er. Together with Zhu Sao Zi, Jin Er bought them last year. He is a caring person. He was afraid that I would be lonely at home and no one would talk to me. He also didn't want me to do too much work and get tired, so he bought two more girls for me."

Qiu Tong immediately bowed to Shi Liu, and raised her almond-shaped eyes slightly and glanced at Shi Liu quickly.

Shi Liu raised an eyebrow. Is this Ba Fang's sister? She doesn't look like Ba Fang at all.

Hearing what Mrs. Lu said, she just smiled and pretended to be embarrassed, but she didn't know what to say in return.

It was Fan who took over the conversation and praised Fan Jin in return—

Several people drank hot tea and talked. With the eloquent Fan, the atmosphere was lively...

As she spoke, Lu also told many interesting stories about Fan Jin's childhood, which were obviously meant for Shi Liu to hear.

Shi Liu listened quietly, covering her mouth and laughing cooperatively, but she knew in her heart that this was talking about the original Fan Jin, not the current Fan Jin.

Not long after, Qiu Tong came in again and said that the food was ready.

Lu immediately asked for it to be brought in.

In the huge main hall, behind a screen is the dining room. On a round mahogany table, there are seven or eight dishes filled to the brim, which look very delicious.

Shi Liu thought that Mrs. Zhu was really skillful. She managed to prepare several dishes in just half an hour.