Chapter 1913: Finding a Partner

As they were talking, Wang Yue heard the commotion and came over.

Shu Yu nodded to her, then took a box from Ying Xi and placed it on the table beside her.

"This is the compensation money the Chen family gave you, a total of seventy taels. I've brought it to you."

Zhou, her son, and Wang Yue were all stunned. Silver?

"You brought it over so quickly?"

Shu Yu smiled. Of course, it had to be quick. The Chen family owed her great-aunt six hundred taels of silver. She was, after all, a county princess, so the officials processed it as quickly as possible.

She said to the Zhou family, "The Chen family sold their houses and shops, and most of the money was used for compensation. My aunt and Guo Zheng have already received it. Your family's seventy taels of silver were originally kept at the county government office, waiting for you to come and claim it when you had time. But I happened to come to see you today, so I brought it to you. Here is the receipt. Take a look, put your fingerprint on it, and I will hand it over to the county government office later."

Zhou Tiedong swallowed hard, glanced at the voucher, and hurriedly pressed his fingerprint on it.

"Thank you, Your Highness."

"No need, it's just something I did on the way."

Zhou Tiedong touched the box. Seventy taels. His family could pay back the money they borrowed. Even if he stopped working as a shop assistant, his family's life wouldn't be bad.

He laughed and told Zhou's mother to put the money away. Then he looked up and asked, "The county magistrate just said she wanted to see me. I wonder what it is? As long as it's something the county magistrate asks, Zhou Tiedong will do his best to help."

“It’s not that serious. I just have something I’d like to ask for your opinion on,” Shu Yu said. “I’m planning to open a shop in the prefectural city. It’ll be renovated in a couple of days, and I need to hire a manager and two assistants. I know you have experience. When I inquired about you before, other people had a good opinion of you, so I wanted to ask you if you would like to be one of the assistants.”

Zhou and her son, along with Wang Yue, were stunned. The county magistrate had come to find him to be a shop assistant?

This wasn't a case of needing Zhou Tiedong's help at all; it was clearly the county magistrate helping him, offering him a lucrative job out of nowhere.

“Yes, I’ll go. County Princess, I’m fine with it,” Zhou Tiedong said hastily.

Zhou's mother nodded repeatedly, "It's Dongzi's good fortune that the county magistrate has taken a liking to him. Don't worry, Dongzi will definitely work hard and will not let the county magistrate down."

"Alright, then take good care of yourself and recover well. The shop won't be open for a while, by which time you'll be fully recovered. As for wages, we'll follow the rules in the prefectural city. There are rooms in the backyard of the shop, so accommodation won't be a problem. As for meals, I'll find an old woman for you."

After a pause, Shu Yu glanced at Wang Yue and said, "If you get married and want to rent a place with your wife, we will reimburse part of the rent."

Zhou Tiedong and Wang Yue felt a little embarrassed by these words. "No, no need, we can rent one ourselves."

Shu Yu waved her hand, "Then it's settled. You get some rest. I'll leave you an address. You can come to my shop in the prefectural city to find me later. If I'm not there, just find someone at the shop. Then I'll tell you what the shop will sell and how to sign the contract."

"Alright, once I've recovered from my injuries, I'll head to the prefectural city immediately."

After speaking, Shu Yu prepared to get up and leave.

Zhou's mother quickly said, "Princess, please stay for dinner. I'll go cook right away."

"No need, we still need to go to the prefectural city."

(End of this chapter)