mtl008 Chapter 220 All belong to the second room
Chapter 220 All belong to the second room
Wang Jinyi happily pushed open the door and saw her mother sitting on the couch waiting for her.
The mother put down the list in her hand and poured a cup of warm water for her daughter. She touched the cup with her hand and felt that it was still warm. She waved to her daughter:
"Jin'er, come and sit over here. Why did you come back so late? What happened? Sit down and take a rest first."
Wang Jinyi sat down next to her mother, leaned against her, held her hand and hugged herself, found a comfortable position in her arms, and then spoke:
"Nothing. Grandfather asked me to learn about the clan's proposal to build a library. He was afraid that I would act like a child and fail to handle the future cooperation."
The mother held her daughter in her arms and nodded without comment:
"Jin'er, mother wants to ask you, where are these people now? Can you afford to support so many people? You have to know that since you signed the indentures for these people, you are responsible for them."
Wang Jinyi followed her mother's finger and saw that her mother was talking about the personnel list that she had left on the table.
Wang Jinyi raised her head in her mother's arms and said:
"Mother, what you saw is only a part of it. In fact, Jin'er now has nearly 300 people under his command, and they have signed indentures. As for those who are hired as casual workers and temporary employees all year round, I don't know how many there are.
I bought five farms outside Xunyang City. I thought that if one day my three hundred people had no livelihood, I could arrange for them to live on these five farms. They could be tenant farmers and have enough food to eat, so they wouldn't have worked with me in vain!"
The mother rubbed her face against her daughter's head lovingly and reminded her softly:
"Jin'er, since you are in charge of the livelihoods of so many people, you should think long-term and use all your money to build a library. Once you need to rescue people urgently or temporarily relocate a large number of people, you will be in a mess."
"Mother, I understand. In addition to the 20,000 taels for the renovation of the library, I left 20,000 taels for the family. I have a reserve fund. Don't worry, Jin'er has a backup plan."
"Mother, today is the fifth day of the month, and we are holding a meeting for the supervisors and team leaders of the needlework room and the Zhen workshop. Please come with me. This will be our family business from now on, and you will have to manage it yourself."
"Jin'er, this is a money-making project you developed yourself. If you give it to mother, it will become the second house's public property. Do you understand?"
"Mother, our family doesn't allow us to do business, but my father, elder brother, and younger brother all want to pursue academic success in the future. Where will the money come from? With the two pieces of land you have now, it's impossible to support three scholars, and we have to subsidize the expenses of our family.
Mother, I want to use my skills to cooperate with the tribe. This is a way to make money. Jin'er only thinks of these, so I will give these to you first. As for the rest, I won't hand it over to the public for the time being. But you have to help me audit the accounts, okay?"
"Jin'er, mother is helping you not for your money. You can keep the needlework room and the Zhen workshop for yourself. You can take them with you when you get married. They will give you confidence in your husband's family."
"Mother, Jin'er will be busy with the library soon. She is too busy to handle it. Just consider it as helping Jin'er, okay?!"
The mother looked at her daughter lovingly and said gently:
"Why are you in such a hurry to hand over your things to mother? Besides, this is your own property. You can keep it as a dowry."
When Wang Jinyi heard the word "dowry", her head was about to explode. Where did the in-laws come from? The person she was going to marry hadn't received any news so far. It was so depressing that she simply shook her head.
Qingmei and Zhuyu came in with several account books each. Qingmei reminded:
"Miss, the time has passed and everyone is here."
At Wang Jinyi's insistence, the mother changed her clothes and walked to the backyard with her daughter.
Originally there was only a flower garden in the backyard of the second house. After getting the permission from the grandparents, a gate was opened in the backyard wall. A gatehouse was set up next to the gate for management purposes. The gatekeepers were two maids and two maids specially selected by Wang Jinyi, who worked in shifts day and night.
Today was the first time they met the hostess of the house. They all looked cautious, lowered their heads, kept their breaths low and stood straight.
Although Wang Jinyi found it funny, she pursed her lips tightly and tried not to say anything. She walked quickly past the four people and took her mother into the dining hall on the right side of the back courtyard.
There were five groups of people sitting in the dining hall, each sitting in a circle together. There were more than thirty people in total, all waiting quietly. These people were wearing different styles of tops and aprons outside. Different words were embroidered on the conspicuous positions of the aprons. There were needlework room, treasure workshop, warehouse, finance room, and accounting room.
Qingmei asked the lady and the young lady to sit down behind the large table. Zhuyu stood behind the young lady and Qingmei stood behind her mother. Several account books were placed on the table.
Wang Jinyi asked seriously with a stern face:
"Each workshop, please report, are all the people here? Let's start with the sewing room."
Although the mother was confused, she followed her daughter and looked down carefully. She had not seen her daughter's wet nurse since she returned to the second room. At this time, she stood up from the group of people in the sewing room and said:
"There should be 6 people in the sewing room, and there are 6 people. The whole group is here."
Next, a somewhat frail woman who looked somewhat like Zhu Yu stood up and said:
"There should be 6 people in the second group of the sewing room. There are 6 people. All are here."
"Zhen Workshop's group should have 4 people, but 4 people showed up"
"Zhen Workshop Group 4 should have 4 people, and actually had people."
"A group of three from the warehouse are here."
"All three members of the warehouse's second team are here."
The mother looked at the unfamiliar faces, wondering how busy her daughter had been in the past six years. Just as she was thinking about it, a familiar face stood up.
"All five of the accountants are here."
The mother looked back at her daughter in confusion. Isn't this Qingyu? No wonder Qingyu was not with her daughter. It turned out that she was the head of the accounting office.
Before the mother could finish her doubts, Zhu Yu, who was standing behind her daughter, walked to the front, knelt down and saluted, then reported:
"Miss, there are three people in the finance room, all of them are here."
Qingmei also walked from behind her mother to the front, knelt down and saluted before reporting:
"Miss, there are three financial supervisors, and three of them are actually present."
Wang Jinyi nodded with satisfaction, and then said:
"Today I would like to formally introduce you to my mother. She is the hostess of this second courtyard. From now on, all operations in this courtyard will be managed by my mother. If there is anything, please consult her.
The design drawings for the needlework room and Zhen's workshop are still drawn up by me, and the sample preparation for the needlework room is still decided by me.
Your work content and all your benefits have not changed. Everything is the same as before. The salary and bonus system remains unchanged..."
Qingmei and Zhuyu were secretly surprised that the young lady actually handed over such a big business to the second son of the family!
The two of them looked at each other as if they had telepathy, then lowered their heads in silence.