"Miss Sun, you?" Wei Rongchang couldn't believe that such words could come from Sun Miao'er's mouth, after all, they were only business associates.
Wei Rongchang said gratefully, "If Miss Sun is willing to help me with this, I will be extremely grateful."
“Master Wei helped me first, and the treatment Xiao Ning and Xiao Man have received in the Wei family these days is obvious to all. I am a new face, and the people at Pingting Cloth Shop may not recognize me.”
After helping Wei Rongchang this time, she no longer owed the Wei family anything.
Sun Miao'er volunteered to go to Pingting Cloth Shop to collect evidence, and went into the east wing first after returning.
“Master, we have a job.” Sun Miao’er thought of the promise she made to her master last time. She thought that if she sneaked out, he would definitely find out again, so she might as well take him with her.
More people means more help!
To everyone's surprise, after hearing her finish speaking, Fu Yuchi raised an eyebrow and asked, "Have you decided what identity you will use to go?"
“I…” Sun Miao’er couldn’t answer; she really hadn’t thought it through yet.
Fu Yuchi continued, "If you go as a buyer, people may not believe you; if you go as a merchant, people may not pay attention to you. Even if you can get into Pingting Cloth Shop, you may not be able to find that batch of cloth with the seal on it."
Sun Miao'er seemed to be thinking about something, and asked, "What does Master mean?"
She asked directly, "Master wants me to sneak in as a waiter?"
"Mm." Fu Yuchi nodded.
Sun Miao'er slapped her forehead, wondering why she hadn't thought of that. She could get in as a shop assistant, but how could she get Pingting Cloth Shop to willingly hire her as a shop assistant?
First of all, I definitely can't do it like this. Few businesses would use women as waitresses to attract customers, except for brothels.
Then I need to change into men's clothing first.
Sun Miao'er instructed her maid to fetch some servant's casual clothes. "Master, how is it?"
She tied the headscarf around her head, but hadn't looked in the mirror yet, unsure if her outfit was too out of place.
Fu Yuchi raised her eyelids, a hint of suppressed laughter in her eyes, but she held it back. "No, it fits perfectly."
Seeing his subtle expression, Sun Miao'er hurriedly went back to her room to look in the mirror. How could she be alright? She had even worn her headscarf crookedly. Although it didn't look out of place, her thin frame was really a bit comical.
After she finished dressing and went into the courtyard, she found that Fu Yuchi had also changed into clothes similar to hers.
"Hahaha, Master, you're making fun of me? You're nothing special!"
Sun Miao'er covered her mouth and laughed. Because Fu Yuchi was too tall and slender, it was difficult for anyone in the Wei family to find clothes that fit him. In the end, they found a set, but it was still not quite right. When Fu Yuchi wore it, he looked a little embarrassed, with half of his arms and ankles showing.
But this is good, it brings us closer to the guys looking for work.
It took the two of them half a day to enter Pingnan City. Sun Miao'er followed the location given by Wei Rongchang to find Pingting Cloth Shop, only to discover that it was not in the same place as the cloth shops she had visited before.
"How strange! This Pingting Cloth Shop is really good at doing business. It doesn't compete with other shops. Is it trying to monopolize the market?"
Sun Miao'er started talking to herself, almost forgetting that she was now a man.
After wandering through seven or eight alleys, we finally found Pingting Cloth Shop at a corner. Surrounded by rice and flour shops, the shopkeeper must have been in a rather awkward position, running a cloth business in such a place.
Sun Miao'er lingered at the shop entrance for a moment, only to see a job posting displayed there. She couldn't help but exclaim, "Master, you're truly a prophet! How did you know they were short of employees?"
"Didn't you say that a newly opened shop wouldn't lack staff, what else could it lack but a manager?" Fu Yuchi said, and then walked into the shop.
The shop assistant, without even looking up, dismissed them, saying, "What are you doing here? If you can't afford it, get out of here and don't get in our way!"
Fu Yuchi smiled and said, "Brother, I brought my younger brother from Fushui Village. We were looking for some work and saw that your family is hiring helpers, so we came to ask."
The man who was calculating finally glanced at them and shouted into the shop, "Manager! Someone's here to apply!"
Sun Miao'er followed into the shop without saying a word. As expected, her master's acting skills were as natural as two actors'.
A moment later, a middle-aged man emerged from the inner room, his round belly protruding, swaying his head as he asked, "Are you here for a job interview?"
"yes."
Fu Yuchi deliberately hunched over to conceal his upright posture.
"Can you do accounting?" the man surnamed Xie asked again.
Fu Yuchi replied, "I've studied for a couple of days and can do math."
No sooner had he finished speaking than Xie suddenly stepped forward, patted Fu Yuchi on the shoulder, and nodded. "Hmm, not bad physique, carrying goods shouldn't be a problem. But this one behind him is too thin and weak, probably not here to freeload!"
Sun Miao'er quickly retorted, "No! Shopkeeper, I'm better at accounting than my older brother! I'm more quick-witted than him. Don't let his big size fool you, he's actually not as good as me here!"
After saying that, she pointed to her head, just in case they only kept her master and refused to take her in.
"Is that so?" The man surnamed Xie picked up the account book on the table and handed her an abacus. "Then you do the calculations."
Is she testing herself? That would be a gross underestimation of her.
Sun Miao'er picked up the abacus. Although her predecessor had used many high-tech accounting methods, the abacus was a businessman's livelihood, so she was quite skilled at using it.
After calculating only two lines, Sun Miao'er frowned and realized that it didn't match up. However, after thinking it over and over again and checking it several times, she realized that she hadn't used the wrong method. So where did the problem lie?
Cold sweat beaded on her palms as Sun Miao'er worked on the abacus, counting and recounting the calculations over and over again.
Finally, my gaze fell upon the calculated number above, and I realized that's how it is!
Suddenly, I felt enlightened!
Sun Miao'er pointed to the amount and said, "Manager, your assistant is too careless. The calculation was all wrong. How am I supposed to continue? Isn't this making things difficult for me?"
She spent some more time and effort to finally calculate and correct the numbers.
Looking at the waiter who had just done the accounting, he was already blushing with shame.
Manager Xie, losing face, snapped, "Pack your bags and get out of here! What use are you if you can't even keep a proper account?"
"Young man, how about this amount each month?" The shopkeeper held up five fingers, and Sun Miao'er understood what he meant.
Five coins a month—it's true that you can easily find a job in the city and earn more than farming in the countryside.
Unfortunately, there are far more monks than meat in the city, and the most sought-after jobs are snapped up long ago, so there's no chance for people who come from the countryside.
I was able to run into this today for two reasons: first, my master was incredibly prescient, and second, I suspect that the man surnamed Xie is stingy and offered low wages, so naturally, no one wanted to work for him.
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