Nongwomen's Spring

Chapter 154: Sending Business (2)
Zhang Qian listened to Zhang Erniu's daughter-in-law's words, so she felt that what she said just now did not sound like what a rural woman should be able to say, it was gentle and gentle, as if she came from a big family.

"Auntie, let's have a discussion. Don't call me the daughter of the Zhang family, just call me by my name. Just call me Xiaoqian. Also, I'm a little curious after hearing what my aunt just said. Did my aunt know Braille before? "Zhang Qian asked with a smile.

Zhang Erniu didn't see his wife's pale face, but smiled and explained to Zhang Qian, "Xiaoqian, you read that right, my wife can indeed read and write, and no one in Zhangjia Village knows about this."

Zhang Qian glanced at Erniu's daughter-in-law, who had an unusually pale face. Finally, when Erniu's wife saw Zhang Qian looking towards her, a far-fetched smile appeared on her pale face and smiled at Zhang Qian, "I used to talk to a big family. The masters there have learned a little, and only know a few words."

"That's how it is, Aunt Erniu. It just so happens that my workshop here needs a literate female steward. Otherwise, you can come to work with me. I will pay you two taels of silver every month. You think it can be considered." Is it?" Zhang Qian looked at her and asked.

After the workshop became better and better, Zhang Qian wanted to find a female steward who could read and write to manage the female workers in the workshop. It's just that in rural areas, those who can afford to go to school at home will send their son to go to school. , where would girls go, so until now, Zhang Qian has not found a literate female steward.

"Here, can I do it? I just know how to read some words. I have never done things like managing people. I'm afraid I can't do it well." Er Niu's daughter-in-law looked at Zhang Qian with a look of panic and shook her head desperately.

How could Zhang Qian let go of a woman who was finally able to read and write, took her arm with one hand, and said firmly, "I can learn it if I can't. The things in the workshop are very simple. I believe that you will learn it once It will, and you said you would help me, and now I need your help, but you refuse to help me, so what you just said is a lie. "

Er Niu's daughter-in-law was taken aback, and waved her hands to explain to Zhang Qian, "Xiaoqian, I didn't lie to you, my father and I are really willing to help you with anything, well, if I do something wrong, don't blame me Just do it."

Next, Zhang Qian chatted with Erniu's daughter-in-law for a while, and found that she could not only read some words, but also read the account books. These two skills of Erniu's daughter-in-law immediately impressed Zhang Qian.

Seeing that the sky was getting dark, Zhang Qian saw that their family of five must have rushed here without having dinner.

It just so happened that it was time to have dinner at home again, Zhang Qian invited the five of them to have a light meal here, and after the meal, asked Liu Jun to drive the carriage that Feng Yunzhan left here to take the family back.

Zhang Erniu and his wife refused to stay at first, but later Zhang Qian pulled their three children back, and they agreed to come down to have dinner here with blushing faces.

In the kitchen, Zhang Qian was washing rice, and was about to ask Liu Jun to light a fire for her, when she raised her eyes, she saw Zhang Erniu's wife walking towards her.

"Xiaoqian, do you want me to help?" Er Niu's daughter-in-law stood at the kitchen door, looking at the clean floor inside, and then looked down at the broken shoes she was wearing on her feet, although she had tried her best to wipe them when she came. It was clean, but compared with the floor inside, she just didn't dare to step in.

Zhang Qian took a look at the matter that she was about to help light the fire, and when she saw the appearance of the second daughter-in-law, she nodded vigorously as if she saw the savior, "Yes, please help me light the fire, auntie."

Er Niu's daughter-in-law hesitated, and under Zhang Qian's begging gaze, she stepped her feet in carefully. Will it stain the floor.

After the fire was lit, Erniu's daughter-in-law looked up and saw the fish and meat on the stove, she was taken aback, "Xiaoqian, our family can just eat something, there is no need to cook meat for us, too. wasted."

"Auntie, don't be nervous. I was going to cook these meats tonight, not specially for your family." Zhang Qian explained with a smile to the frowning Erniu daughter-in-law.

Er Niu's daughter-in-law felt a lot more at ease after hearing this. If it was because their family stayed for dinner and asked them to take fish for cooking, they would not feel at ease even if they ate it.

After one dinner, Zhang Qian found that this Erniu daughter-in-law not only learned things quickly, but also did everything neatly. Based on these two things, Zhang Qian was very sure that when she came to work in the workshop after the next year, she didn't need to be taught. Both are sure to start quickly.

Zhang Qian purposely kept some of Feng Yunzhan's meal, and asked the servant who served him to bring it to his room for him to eat.

At the dinner table, the little guys became good friends who talked about everything in a short period of time. During the whole dinner, the two little guys did their job as the master very well. The three children of Er Niu's family rushed to eat and brought them a lot of food.

After eating, drinking, and chatting, the atmosphere was very harmonious. At this time, Zhang Erniu said something hesitant, breaking the harmony.

"Uncle Erniu, what did you just say, can you repeat it for me?" Zhang Qian looked at Zhang Erniu with a serious face and said.

A flash of remorse flashed across Zhang Erniu's face at this moment, and he responded softly, "Oh, okay, let me say."

"Your mother and your elder brother said in Zhangjia Village that you would recruit people to work in the workshop in Zhangjia Village. Since yesterday, many villagers have gone to your mother's house with New Year's gifts to beg for a living." Zhang Erniu finished. , bowed his head, a little scared in his heart, did he say something that shouldn't be said again.

Zhang Qian sneered, those members of the Zhang family hadn't shown up, she thought they had all changed their ways, but she didn't expect them to turn their backs on their ways, and they did something sneaky.

"Uncle Erniu, I want to ask, who is the head of our Zhangjia Village?" Zhang Qian asked Zhang Erniu.

Zhang Erniu first glanced at his wife, and saw Erniu's daughter-in-law nodding towards him, then Zhang Erniu slowly answered Zhang Qian's question, "The head of our Zhangjia Village is called Zhang Dahu, and he was born in the past two years. When."

"How is he?" Zhang Qian asked again.

Zhang Erniu paused for a while, then continued to answer, "The village head is a good person. If there is anything in the village, he will try his best to help."

Next, Zhang Qian asked some people in charge of Zhangjia Village before stopping asking.

It was almost at night that Zhang Erniu's family returned to Zhangjiacun in the carriage driven by Liu Jun.

In the thatched hut, a dimly lit candle was burning. Zhang Erniu was sitting in the thatched hut peeling bamboo shavings. At this moment, the candle light in his hand dimmed, and a figure walked up to him and sat down. down.

(End of this chapter)