Chapter 22 Approaching
Shen Wei has recently read a lot of books about this era and is very aware of how hard it is to make money nowadays. For ordinary people, finding a decent job is almost as difficult as ascending to heaven.
The monthly salary that a shopkeeper in the capital pays his clerks is approximately two to three cents.
One tael of silver...
Even in high-class and noble families, they had to have second-class maids to enjoy this treatment.
Because of this, when the craftsmen heard the monthly salary, they felt regretful and dared to sneer at Shen Wei after he left the shop: "Only hiring female workers, it's unheard of."
"As expected, she is a female shopkeeper. She is just not very smart. She doesn't stay at home to take care of her husband and children, but has to come out to do some business."
"If you don't treat silver as silver, how can you pay female workers one or two taels of silver a month? Do they deserve it?"
"absurd!"
The other two heard it and echoed, "That's right."
"If women can all go out to work, then what are we strong men for? Giving birth and raising children is what they should do."
"Look at the things in this picture, they are so weird. They are clearly selling food, but there are no seats on the first floor and there is only one private room on the second floor. I can't understand how this store can make money!"
"Women...tsk tsk."
The craftsman shook his head sarcastically and did not express his prejudice.
just,
All three of them agreed.
Shen Wei’s shop will definitely not be able to survive.
But how could these three people know Shen Wei’s purpose?
Shen Wei herself is trapped in this cannibalistic era. She never thinks of herself as the girl of destiny. She is just an ordinary and normal modern only child who can feel pain, cry and collapse.
She just retained a trace of resonance and sympathy for the women of this era while trying her best.
Even if it's just doing business, I want to change something.
Even if it's just a little bit...
Just a few days.
The news that Shen Wei had opened a shop on a busy street spread like rumors throughout the capital. This time, it was no longer because of Shen Wei himself, but because of the job recruitment notice.
"Valley!"
"boom."
Xie Yuchuan naturally heard the news from his friends, and immediately rushed over to question him...
Oh no!
He felt a little unhappy and wanted to ask Shen Wei what was going on.
But now, whenever he faces Shen Wei, he will think of the unborn child who died at the hands of Xie Yuchuan.
Every time at this moment, all his emotions would turn into guilt, and even his voice would lose some confidence: "I was outside just now and heard that you bought a store on East Street."
"Only female workers?"
"And one ounce of silver every month?"
"What on earth are you thinking? Why do you have to do something that is not allowed?"
Shen Wei was wearing a light green brocade dress and her black hair was casually tied with a white ribbon.
In the past, she gave people the feeling that she wanted to rebel against the rules for women, but at this moment, she gave Xie Yuchuan a vague sense of unreality, as if she had already ignored the rules.
She took off her high embroidered shoes that rectified her manners, stopped competing with Qin Shuyu, and put on soft and comfortable flat shoes.
She changed out of the bright red color that only the legal wife could wear, stopped shouting about wanting to be the legal wife and show off in the marquis's mansion, and instead fell in love with the elegant green color.
She no longer wore jewelry that only mistresses could wear, nor did she wear complicated and heavy hairstyles. She also stopped competing with Qin Shuyu in terms of clothing, expenses, and accessories, and she no longer had to win.
She ignored the taunts of her servants.
Ignore the maids' different looks.
Anyway, the Marquis' Mansion was already accustomed to her not following the rules. Anyway, she had been disliked and prejudiced by everyone since the day she entered the Marquis' Mansion. It didn't matter. She didn't care at all.
It seemed that as long as Xie Yuchuan still had her in his heart, Shen Wei would still have some comfortable space of her own in the Marquis' Mansion.
She is still the same Shen Wei, but she is not the same Shen Wei as before.
"Are you here for the shop on East Street?"
"I am indeed only recruiting female workers, and the offer price is one or two taels of silver." Shen Wei sat at the desk, his profile coated with a layer of light, and he picked up a pen and wrote something with a calm expression.
She didn't even look up.
As she wrote, she spoke clearly and calmly, "I know that women cannot show their faces in public. They can only stay at home and do embroidery. They cannot have contact with men outside, otherwise it will bring disgrace to their reputation."
"Xie Yuchuan, do you know?"
"One of the craftsmen I hired had three sons, but before that, he strangled his two newborn daughters."
"When he heard me say that the female workers were paid one tael of silver a month, I saw a little regret in his eyes. He seemed to be regretting that he had not been able to keep the daughter he had strangled to death."
"If she stays, her daughter alone can support the wages of five people."
"Although that trace of regret was only a little bit and fleeting, I was very happy to see it. I think if it's a daughter next time, he might hesitate for a few seconds before strangling her to death."
"Why? Are you unhappy?"
Shen Wei slowly raised her clear black eyes, her beautiful eyes moving and her black hair fluttering in the wind.
The time-traveling girl who can make a dignified marquis infatuated has a stunning face. She used to be bright and flamboyant, and when she smiled at you, she could make your eyes light up and your heart beat fast.
Now she is reserved and mysterious, like an untouchable pure mountain lotus.
She was only three steps away from you, standing where you could reach out and touch her, but Xie Yuchuan felt that although Shen Wei in front of him was smiling, she had a coldness that kept him at a distance.
In an instant,
An inexplicable thought flashed through Xie Yuchuan's mind...She no longer belonged to him.
crazy!
How could I have such a strange idea!
"Weiwei, ah..."
Xie Yuchuan swallowed the words back and sighed as he held Shen Wei's hand: "It's not that I'm unhappy, but I know what you want to do."
"I've heard about those newfangled ideas you talked about, about equality of the sexes and monogamy."
"Although I don't know why you have such an unattainable idea, but because I like you, no matter what you want, I will try my best to satisfy you and treat you well."
"Can........"
"But once you leave the Marquis' Mansion, don't fantasize anymore."
"A woman's reputation is her life, so why would she come out and show her face to customers? If you continue to have such thoughts, I'm afraid you won't be able to recruit anyone to run this shop, and it won't be able to continue."
Shen Wei endured the nausea of having his hands touched and smiled faintly: "Really?"
"Do you think my store will not be able to continue?"
Xie Yuchuan now doesn't dare to look directly into Shen Wei's eyes.
He admits it!
Shen Wei has been very charming recently, not only in her looks, but also in her feeling, a feeling that a girl from a wealthy family could never give her. It is very special and fascinating.
The more indifferent Shen Wei was to him, the more he wanted to get closer...