After a night of commotion, Zhou Hongyu slept surprisingly well. The next morning, Chen Zhaodi woke her up by banging on the door.
"Still sleeping? You're just waiting to get yelled at by the boss!"
Zhou Hongyu finished tidying up and came out of the room, giving her a disapproving look.
This is toxic! I'm the boss myself!
She didn't say a word last night, but she's all fired up this morning, acting like a total coward!
After Zhou Hongyu finished breakfast, Chen Zhaodi immediately urged her to go over and start work. When she arrived, Zhou's cousin had already brought his wife and children to help move the goods out and arrange them neatly. Many customers were waiting nearby.
Zhou's eldest daughter, Zhou Yao, and second son, Zhou Bing, stayed behind to watch over the stall as instructed by their parents.
When Zhou Hongyu arrived and saw the situation, she nodded and waved her hand, saying, "Chen Zhaodi, if I had known they would be helping, I would have arrived later."
Last night I turned the Chang family upside down, but I felt great and slept so well that I didn't want to get out of bed.
Chen Zhaodi glared at her unhappily, feeling angry but not daring to vent her frustration.
So what if you become a boss? You can really slack off!
When she's rich, she'll be a boss too, hmph!
It was still early, and Chen Zhaodi could handle the customers present all by herself.
Looking at her cousin's child, Zhou Hongyu immediately had a little thought of slacking off. She was already a boss, and she still did everything herself. That would be too tiring. She could afford to hire someone.
She beckoned them over: "Aren't you two going to school?"
Zhou Bing, who is cheerful and outgoing, said, "I'm not going to school anymore. My parents want to introduce my older sister to a family in Northeast China. She'll be allowed to come home after finishing junior high school. My grades weren't good, and I graduated from junior high school at the same time as my older sister, so I'm not going to school either. Now the two of us are at home with nothing to do."
When Zhou's cousin's family was still in the village, their conditions were extremely poor. Zhou's cousin's wife developed a chronic illness after giving birth to their eldest son and could no longer do heavy work. After that, she gave birth to a child every other year, for a total of seven children. They couldn't even afford the tuition fees. Because of this, eighteen-year-old Zhou Yao and sixteen-year-old Zhou Bing graduated from junior high school at the same time.
Zhou Yao smiled shyly.
Zhou Hongyu seemed to be deep in thought.
Zhou's cousin and his wife are good people who are always willing to help others, but their biggest flaw is that they are extremely biased towards their eldest son, Zhou An, who is weak and sickly.
Logically speaking, Zhou Bing, the second son who is healthy and eloquent, is more suitable to inherit the dried goods store. However, Zhou's cousin and his wife are worried that Zhou Bing will take away Zhou An's livelihood in the future, so they never let Zhou Bing get involved in the dried goods store.
Not long ago, they asked a matchmaker to find Zhou An a shrewd girl from a family in the city to be his wife. The girl's family also made it clear that the dried goods store could only belong to Zhou An and his wife in the future.
After thinking it over, Zhou Hongyu asked the two young men in front of her, "Zhou Yao, Zhou Bing, I'd like to hire you two to help sell clothes. It'll be two yuan a day, how about that?"
Zhou Bing hurriedly pulled his older sister to agree. Although he was young, he did not want his older sister to marry far away to pave the way for his older brother.
He wondered if his parents would change their minds if his older sister learned some skills from his younger sister.
Zhou Yao, unaware of the situation, also joined in with a silly grin.
Zhou Hongyu gestured to them not to be too happy yet, and that they should go back and ask their cousin and cousin's wife first!
Zhou Bing responded, turned around and ran back to the store, telling his cousin and his wife, who were doing the accounting at the counter, about it.
Aunt Zhou frowned: "My sister-in-law is always so good to you. She even gave you new clothes when she came to sell clothes. You help out and you still want to be paid? You're so heartless!"
Zhou's cousin thought differently. He believed that if his eldest daughter didn't improve in a short time, she would suffer if she married into a family in Northeast China. He thought it would be better to take this opportunity to let Zhou Yao learn more skills from Zhou Hongyu.
Leaving aside Zhou Hongyu's other skills, her arrogant and domineering nature can be said to have been innate.
Despite his wife's disapproving look, Zhou's cousin made the final decision, agreeing to let Zhou Yao and her brother work for Zhou Hongyu. However, since they were all relatives, they couldn't just take their wages arbitrarily.
"You can work with your aunt during this time, but you can't take the money. If your aunt feels bad about it and gives you five or eight yuan, you can keep it!"
Zhou Bing nodded in agreement.
As for wages, he should definitely get paid for the work he did. His aunt isn't a stingy person. Since his father has already agreed, he won't waste his energy arguing, lest his mother try to persuade his father to change his mind again.
Although he was not good at academics, he was very skilled at business. He could calculate Zhou Hongyu's profit with a few quick calculations.
Of course, he didn't know that the goods were given away for free, and Zhou Hongyu's cost was almost negligible.
When Zhou Bing returned, he told the two that his cousin and his wife had agreed to the matter.
Zhou Yao was the first to breathe a sigh of relief. Ever since she learned that her father was going to marry the son of a merchant from Northeast China, she had been uneasy, as if she had become a helpless duckweed, and was worried about the future.
It's not bad to work for my aunt; I can earn some wages and buy more things for my family before she gets married and moves to Northeast China.
Watching Zhou Hongyu go to Chen Zhaodi to arrange work for them, Zhou Bing leaned close to Zhou Yao's ear and whispered:
"Mom and Dad don't want us to take my aunt's salary, but don't worry, I'll work with her, and you don't need to give anything away!"
Zhou Yao hesitated for a moment and then nodded. Knowing that she was going to marry someone from Northeast China, she also wanted to save up a few dollars for herself.
As her younger brother who grew up with her, Zhou Bing understood her thoughts. He thought that as soon as their parents' living conditions improved, they would immediately send the two of them, whose education had already been delayed, back to school. He still hoped that they would do well. He also thought that when his older sister married into the Northeast, she would receive a dowry and a considerable amount of the bride price would be returned.
But Zhou Bing was worried about his sister-in-law, who would soon be marrying into the family. How could that shrewd woman let the family spend more money...
At this age, children from poor families have to start learning to plan for themselves.
After Zhou Hongyu and Chen Zhaodi saw the customers off, Zhou Hongyu approached them and said, "I've found you two helpers, my cousin's two kids!"
Chen Zhaodi immediately narrowed her eyes, her hand instinctively clutching the pocket where she had just put the money: "What do you mean?"
Someone wants a share of my money!
Zhou Hongyu gave her a strange look, wondering what she was thinking: "I paid for this person!"
"Tch!" Chen Zhaodi frowned. "If they sell more clothes, I'll sell fewer. In the end, I'm the one who loses out."
Zhou Hongyu: "..."
Your logic is amazing!
Zhou Hongyu chuckled and patted her shoulder: "I'm the boss. I'm informing you about this, not discussing it with you!"
Chen Zhaodi gritted her teeth, "That heartless capitalist!"
Sooner or later, when she has saved enough money, she will become her own boss!
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