Chen Wei has recently read a lot of books about this era and is very clear about how hard it is to make money nowadays. For ordinary people, finding a decent job is almost as difficult as climbing to the sky.

The monthly salary that a shopkeeper in the capital pays his employees is about two to three cents.

One ounce of silver...

Even in wealthy and noble families, only second-class maids could 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's a female shopkeeper. She's just not very smart. Instead of staying at home to take care of her husband and children, she has to go out and start 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 this and echoed, "That's right."

"If women can all go out to work, what are we strong men for? They should be responsible for bearing children and raising them."

"Look at the things in this picture. They're so weird. They're clearly selling food, but there's no seating on the first floor, and there's only one private room on the second floor. I don't understand how this shop can make money!"

"Women...tsk tsk."

The craftsman shook his head sarcastically and did not express his prejudice.

only,

All three of them agreed.

Chen Wei’s shop will definitely not be able to open.

But how could these three people know Chen Wei’s purpose?

Chen Wei herself is trapped in this cannibalistic era. She never thinks that she is 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 business, I want to change something.

Even if it's just a little bit...

Just a few days.

The news that Chen Wei had opened a shop on a busy street spread like rumors throughout the capital. This time, it was no longer because of Chen Wei himself, but because of the job recruitment notice.

"Valley!"

"Bang."

Xie Yuchuan naturally heard the news from his friend, and immediately rushed over to question him...

Oh, no!

He felt a little unhappy and wanted to ask Chen Wei what was going on.

But now, whenever he faces Chen 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 lacked confidence: "I was just outside and heard that you bought a shop 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?"

Chen Wei was wearing a light green brocade long 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 and unreal feeling, as if she had already ignored the rules.

She took off her elegant high embroidered shoes, stopped comparing herself 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, and stopped shouting about wanting to be the legal wife and making demonstrations in the Marquis' Mansion. Instead, she fell in love with the elegant light 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, insisting on winning.

She ignored the taunts of the servants.

Ignore the maids' different looks.

Anyway, the Marquis' Mansion was already used to her breaking 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, Chen Wei would still have some comfortable space of her own in the Marquis' Mansion.

She is still the same Chen Wei, but she is not like the same Chen Wei.

"Are you here for the shop on East Street?"

"I am indeed only recruiting female workers, and the offer is one or two taels of silver." Chen Wei sat at the desk, his profile coated with a layer of light, and he picked up the pen to write something with a calm expression.

She didn't even raise her head.

As she wrote, she spoke clearly and calmly, "I know women can't show their faces in public. They can only stay at home and embroider. They can't 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 to death."

"When he heard me say that the female workers were paid one ounce of silver a month, I saw a hint of regret in his eyes. He seemed to be regretting not being 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 tiny bit and fleeting, it made me 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."

"What? Are you unhappy?"

Chen Wei slowly raised her clear black eyes, her beautiful eyes moved and her black hair fluttered in the wind.

The time-traveling girl who can make the dignified marquis infatuated has a stunning face. She used to be bright and flamboyant, and when she smiles at you, it can make your eyes light up and your heart beat fast.

Now she is reserved and mysterious, like an unreachable 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 Chen 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 Chen 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've been talking about, about equality between men and women and monogamy."

"Although I don't know why you have such unattainable thoughts, but because I like you, no matter what you want, I will do my best to satisfy you and treat you well."

"Can........"

"But once you leave the Marquis' Mansion, don't fantasize about it anymore."

"A woman's reputation is her life, so why would she come out and entertain customers? If you continue to harbor such thoughts, I'm afraid this shop won't be able to recruit anyone and won't be able to stay open."

Chen Wei endured the nausea of having his hand touched and smiled faintly: "Really?"

"Do you think my shop will not be able to continue operating?"

Xie Yuchuan now doesn't dare to look directly into Chen Wei's eyes.

He admitted it!

Chen Wei has been very charming recently, not only in appearance, but also in the feeling, the kind of feeling that a girl from a wealthy family can never give you, very special and fascinating.

The more indifferent Chen Wei was to him, the more he wanted to get closer...