Chapter 21 Shop
Shen Wei laughed, but there was no smile in his eyes.
No, Xiaoman.
Not admiration.
It is shocking, astonishing, unbelievable and incomprehensible.
He didn't believe that a woman could achieve things that a man couldn't, and he also couldn't imagine why a woman could just give up her life of being well taken care of by a man and insist on suffering like this.
"Of course. What they can do, we can do as well." Shen Wei gave Xiaoman a happy answer.
Xiaoman nodded vigorously.
He looked at Shen Wei with admiration that was hard to fade away: "Girl, I saw you almost fall down several times, but you didn't fall down, and you even raised your knife and swung it at the end."
"It's just... it's just that seeing you in such pain makes me feel uncomfortable, and I always want to persuade you to feel better."
A time-traveling girl who was described as stupid and mentally retarded in the original book, compromised step by step, gave in for love step by step, and lived in a mansion. But what was the ending in the original book?
It was Xie Yuchuan who finally realized that Shen Wei was not as good as he had imagined.
Finally he came to his senses, abandoned Shen Wei, and chased Qin Shuyu to the crematorium.
Shen Wei smiled, with unreadable emotions in his eyes: "Xiao Man, then tell me seriously, do you like me when I was around Xie Yuchuan, or me now?"
"I..." Xiaoman was speechless.
She didn't know how to answer.
The words that were about to come out of my mouth became: "Girl, I, I don't know...but you look more lively now."
"Although you were in pain and felt very uncomfortable in the martial arts gym, I could feel that you were happy. Although you were smiling before, Xiaoman couldn't feel that you were really smiling."
"Hahaha..." Shen Wei laughed with his head tilted.
"Xiao Man, do you know what is the most precious, closest, yet the most unattainable thing in this world?"
"What is it?"
"free."
"Freedom means you don't have to do something if you don't want to. I don't want to live a life full of intrigue and strife. I want to take a gamble. Maybe I will win."
"Let's go, let's go to the store!"
The carriage headed towards the most prosperous street in the capital.
Shen Wei changed into gorgeous clothes and stood in front of the store with Xiaoman.
This shop has two floors. In modern terms, it has a total area of about three to four hundred square meters. It is neither too big nor too small, just right for a cake shop.
With the 1,000 taels of compensation given by Xie Yuchuan.
Shen Wei then found someone to buy the shop, but when the owner heard that it was a woman who wanted to do business, he made a scene and refused to sell it to Shen Wei, and even demanded double the price before he was willing to sell it to him.
If the other party had not recognized Shen Wei's clothes as coming from the Marquis' Mansion and was afraid of offending Shen Wei, he probably would not have been able to take the two hundred and forty taels of silver.
"Is this the shopkeeper?"
"Why is she still a woman?"
"Is this okay?"
Shen Wei got out of the carriage.
He saw the three craftsmen he had invited, and all three of them looked at him with suspicion.
"I'm sorry to disappoint you all, it's a woman." Shen Wei held Xiaoman's hand and slowly got off the carriage.
She stood in front of the shop, looked around, and then looked at the three craftsmen who were looking at each other in bewilderment: "We are all here to support our families. Why? Do we still need to set up a memorial arch to see if the shopkeeper is a man or a woman?"
The three of them laughed awkwardly and shook their heads: "Haha, that's not the case."
"That's not what we meant."
"I wonder what kind of furniture and improvements the shopkeeper wants to make? We have them all, and the price is negotiable."
Shen Wei took out a blueprint from his body.
She stayed in the mansion and painted for three days and three nights before finally finalizing the designed style.
Fortunately, she learned some art in college, otherwise she really wouldn’t know how to start.
The craftsman took the drawing and looked at it nonchalantly. Suddenly, his eyes almost glued to the paper. He asked in shock, "This, this...are you really not kidding?"
"I've been a craftsman for so many years, and I've never heard of anything like this before!"
"Look, we all understand black lacquer, vermilion lacquer, and yellow lacquer, but what you wrote here is... this, this lacquer is not light-colored."
"And these table and chair cushions are really rare."
"You can't find these things in any store in the capital, you......"
The craftsman looked at stacks of drawings.
I just find it unbelievable.
The craftsmanship on the drawing is not difficult, but it is extremely rare, and the overall style should not be the dark mahogany color, but light colors.
There is only a sales area and a cashier counter on the first floor, no seats.
But the entire second floor was converted into a private room, yes, just one.
How can this be called business?
"I don't want to hear this. So you just say whether you're going to do it or not?"
"It is possible to do it, but... "
"That's it! I'll only give you half a month to make the renovations. After half a month, I'll come to finish the work." After Shen Wei finished speaking, he took out another piece of rice paper and pasted it on the wall.
It says that only female workers are recruited.
Age 12 and above is required.
Women of this era matured precociously. They had been hungry and cold since childhood, and were despised and scolded by others. They suffered from the patriarchal society and grievances. They were cautious and learned to read people's expressions at a very young age.
The three craftsmen looked at Shen Wei curiously as he pasted stickers on the wall.
They had little education and could only recognize a few large characters. They came forward and asked, "Boss, what is written on it? I recognize these twelve."
"We are looking for female workers who are nimble and skilled, and only need to be 12 years old."
As soon as these words fell.
The atmosphere suddenly became quiet.
The craftsman looked at Shen Wei in surprise and said, "You must have said something wrong? Hiring female workers? There is no shop in the capital that hires women to work. Besides, there is no woman who would show her face in public to receive customers!"
"What's the difference between this and those women in the brothel?"
"Yes, yes. An unmarried girl who keeps in contact with men all day long, isn't this destroying her innocence and reputation? She will be punished for this!"
Shen Wei stared at the person who was speaking and said, "That's right, we are hiring female workers."
"I only want women to work here, not men!"
"I only accept female guests here. Male guests are not allowed to go up to the second floor."
"I'm afraid of being exposed and starving to death. I don't believe that meager and ridiculous dignity can be maintained with only one ounce of silver a month!"
What?
One or two?
One month!
There was a huge wave of emotion in the craftsman's heart.
He stared with wide eyes at this girl whose words and actions were ridiculous and strange...
He admitted that he was tempted when he heard about the one tael of silver a month.
If his family could support so many people, he would have strangled his two daughters to death.
He might really want to send his daughter to work!