After the herbs were unloaded, the carriage driver drove the carriage out. Song Shen locked the door of the storehouse and led Zhang Zhuan to the house where the guests were received, and told him to sit down, “Sorry, my little sister and I have just arrived, and there is no tea.”
“Miss Song is here too? Where is she?”
“Leading Miss Huang Yu to see the workshop, wait a moment, I’ll settle the bill for you when I’ve counted the silver.”
Zhang Zhuan originally wanted to go and look for Song Wan Yue, but when he heard that there was another girl with her, he gave up and waited on the side.
Song Shen was using mental arithmetic, which Song Wan Yue had taught him.
Zhang Zhuan sat on the side and was surprised to see that he didn’t use an abacus, but after a few glances, he worked out the accounts.
“Sir Song, how did you, how did you do the calculations?”
When he came, the shopkeeper of the medicine shop had already given him the amount of silver for this batch of goods, and he remembered clearly that what Song Shen had said was not a single penny different.
“Oh, my little sister taught me, it’s not bad, right?”
“Not bad, not bad at all.”
Zhang Zhuan was curious, “Can you, can you teach me?”
If he learns how to do this, it will be much easier for him to do the accounting and check the accounts in the future.
Song Shen’s eyes flashed, when his little sister had taught him, she had said that this method was something she had worked out on her own, and that no one in Daqing would know it yet, so he should try not to say anything about it.
“I’m sorry.”
Zhang Zhuan was a little disappointed, but didn’t dwell on it too much, accepting the silver ticket and then leaving the workshop, getting into the carriage and leading the way back.
“Cousin, I heard that there was some disagreement between the Zhang family and the Song family at first, so how did she use the family’s herbs?”
Zhang Zhuan was thinking about Song Shen’s method of accounting and was a little distracted, when he heard his words, he opened his mouth and said back, “I helped …… at first”
The words left his mouth, snapped back to his senses and hastily braked his words, “Oh, nothing, I had cooperation with her at first, she is a generous person and does not care about the past.”
The young man nodded, “This workshop of hers is really big, she must earn a lot of silver.”
Zhang Zhuan nodded in recognition, “It does make a lot of money.”
The young man was waiting for his next words, but he didn’t expect any more, he looked deeply at Zhang Zhuan and lowered his gaze.
There, Huang Yu was completely shocked, she knew there were women in business, but there was no one like Song Wan Yue who had made such a big business, and Song Wan Yue was still a child.
She blurted out, “Miss Song, let me stay by your side, no matter what I do I am willing.”
Born as a woman, the ancient concept was to grow up and marry someone and spend your life teaching your husband and children, she never knew that a woman could live like Song Wangyue, that she could live a spontaneous and respectable life without having to rely on anyone.
“That can’t be ……”
Song Wan Yue refused with a smile, “I’m not used to being served, plus I gave this workshop to my second brother a long time ago, I don’t care about anything, if I leave you behind and follow him around, it will make people gossip.”
Huang Yu wanted to say she wasn’t afraid, the words came to her lips and she thought of Song Shen, even if she didn’t care, Song’s family wouldn’t let Song Shen be gossiped about.
“You also don’t think of me as so capable, my family was also poor at first, it was later that I met Gu Yi, with the help of the Gu family, I was able to expand my business little by little.”
Huang Yu knew about the Gu family, knew that the Gu family had been exterminated, and also knew that Song Wan Yue had gone to the capital alone to sue the imperial court. Thinking that she had that kind of courage at such a young age, she admired her even more.
“If only I could have 10% of your guts.”
That way, she would be able to live openly in the village without fear of gossip.
“You don’t have much guts either.”
Song Wangyue took her arm affectionately, “If you had been cowardly, you wouldn’t have hit the wall then, saving yourself and your family.”
“That wasn’t cowardice, I was forced into it. Anyone who had reached that point wouldn’t have let him spoil them.”
“That’s not necessarily true. Not all women have that kind of courage, otherwise, why would that bully have gotten away with it so many times before? You are already stronger than the average woman, you should be stronger, what is the fear of gossip; what is the fear of meeting such a fiancé; if this one doesn’t work, let’s find another one, there are so many men in the world, there are plenty of good ones, why let such a man influence you.”
She wanted to ask Song Wan Yue if she could forget about Gu Yi, and whether she would wait until she reached maturity to talk about her in-laws, but the moment she was about to say it, she swallowed it back narrowly. The situation of Miss Song is different from hers. Miss Song has met a good man, someone who is dedicated to her, someone who is genuinely good to her, and she cannot rub salt into her wounds.
“Come on, I’ll lead you to another place.”
The following day, the eighteenth day of the first month, the workshop was officially opened for work.
The workers, in high spirits, greeted each other and went to their workshops, working in an orderly fashion.
Last year, after working for several months, they were not only paid for their work, but also received red packets, and the family had the best year ever.
Even Song Ming was not as lazy as he used to be and looked at the gate seriously. In the past year, he had saved several taels of silver in his hand, almost as much as the landlord’s family.
Huang Yu also came along and saw that the workers were all smiling and did not show any signs of reluctance, which was an eye-opener.
Five days passed, and a fast horse entered Qingping County. The young man on the horse, dressed in blue cedar and dusty, arrived at the restaurant and was a bit surprised to see a long queue of people at the entrance, turned over and dismounted, tethered his horse and walked inside the restaurant.
“Dude, there’s a queue for dinner.”
Seeing him walk straight ahead, someone in the crowd shouted out.
The teenager stopped and turned back, his handsome face with just the right amount of smile, “Thanks for the reminder, I’m not here to eat.”
The person who spoke laughed awkwardly.
The teenager walked inside the tavern and caught a glimpse of Master Jin standing inside the counter, striding over, “Grandpa.”
At the sound of his voice, Master Jin looked up and saw his grandson, his face deepened into a smile, “Hao’er, are you tired?”
“A little.”
When he received the letter he had come all the way here on a fast horse.
The golden shopkeeper came out from inside the counter and led him to his own house at the back, “You freshen up and get a good night’s sleep, I’ll go and give the proprietor a word.”
“Grandpa ……”
Jin Hao pulled him back, a few blushes on his handsome face, “Is that girl really that good?”
So good that his grandfather sent someone to send him a letter to come over.
“Good enough, good looking and a strong personality, if something hadn’t happened, such a good girl would never have taken your turn.”
Speaking of which, Master Jin simply sat down and first let him freshen up and change his clothes before telling him what had happened to Huang Yu.
After hearing this, Jin Hao felt a little sympathy and admiration in his heart, “Grandpa, don’t worry, if that girl can fall for me, I will definitely treat her well in the future and will never let her suffer a bit more.”