Chapter 487 Rongfang Pavilion
Wen Zhenyi went to the nearby One Star Academy, found the dean there, and explained his purpose to him.
The dean immediately agreed: “Mrs. Shen, you are a great help.”
"What's wrong?"
"Because of the issue of women studying, there have been many incidents."
"Why is there something else going on?"
"Some women came to learn to read and write. They were actually widows or had children at home. They heard that learning to read could get them a good job, so they wanted to try. But when they left, no one wanted them."
"Why didn't I hear you tell me?"
"We thought it would be useless to tell you, so we didn't tell you."
"Stupid! If you had told me earlier, wouldn't I have solved it for you earlier?"
"I'm so sorry. I'll go find the person who left for you now."
"Go ahead."
After the dean left, Feng Qianlan sighed deeply, "This world has always placed many shackles on women. We'll help as many as we can, but how much can we really help?"
"Sister-in-law, it's not like you to be so sad."
"I'm just lamenting that there are really no more people like you who support us in doing things on our own."
"My eldest brother doesn't object either."
"You were the first one."
Wen Zhenyi smiled and shook her head. She couldn't change much, so she could only do her best to make their lives better.
After a while, the dean came in with some women. Some of them were old, while some were not very old, looking only about seventeen or eighteen years old.
Wen Zhenyi looked at the dean with some confusion.
The dean understood what she meant and whispered to the side, "This girl hasn't even gotten married yet, and the man she was engaged to died unexpectedly. Isn't this just giving her a reputation as a husband-killer?"
"Does this count?"
"Whether it counts or not, it's always up to someone else to decide. Even if my parents don't want to, there's no way to change it. It's going to be hard to talk about marriage again. At her age, my brothers and sisters-in-law are disgusted with raising a freeloader like her."
"She doesn't do any work at home? How can she be despised?"
"Her parents protected her while she worked, but after a long time, she became a little tired. So she begged to learn how to write and do accounting, saying that she would be able to support herself in the future and would not need their support. But after she finished her studies, no one wanted her, and she was no longer considered a bankrupt."
Feng Qianlan got angry when she heard this: "I want this person, who else is in need?"
The dean blinked and said, "Madam Wen, these women all have unhappy lives. Either they were divorced by their husbands, or they are widowed with children."
Feng Qianlan looked at the number of people, there were probably more than ten: "Yi Yi, can we arrange for someone there?"
"Leave the rest to me."
"I knew you were the best."
The woman in front of her didn't know who the two men were. She just heard the dean say that they had a chance to get a job, so they came with the intention of giving it a try.
Now I saw them whispering to each other for a long time, but I didn’t see them asking anything, which made me even more uneasy.
Feng Qianlan walked up to the girl and asked, "How much money did you and your family give you to study?"
"Three or two."
Feng Qianlan gave her five taels of silver: "This is the salary I'm giving you in advance. You will start working at Rongfang Pavilion tomorrow. Your monthly salary will be five taels of silver."
The girl held the silver in her hand and was stunned for a moment: "Me?"
"Don't worry about you. I need to go back quickly to return the money and pack my luggage to go to Rongfang Pavilion, otherwise I will fire you."
"Thank you, ma'am. Thank you, ma'am. I'll go after I've packed up." The girl stopped halfway and turned to look at her: "Ma'am, what am I going to do?"
"Mr. Cashier."
The girl thanked him happily and turned around and ran home.
The other women looked at her enviously as she left, then turned to look at the two women and said, "Once you two have chosen someone, we will leave."
Wen Zhenyi smiled and said, "You have jobs too, don't you want them?"
The women looked at her in disbelief: "I, we have it too?"
Wen Zhen nodded: "Rongfang Pavilion still needs a manager and a shopkeeper. If you have a child, if it's a girl, you have to step forward."
Half of the people stepped forward and asked: "Are all your children girls?"
Some women smiled bitterly and said, "Just because we were girls, we were divorced by our former husbands."
Feng Qianlan wanted to hit someone. How could everyone in this world be so shameless? "It's okay. I'll leave two people here. The rest of you can follow my sister. She will arrange everything for you."
"Thank you, ladies."
Because Feng Qianlan's shop would have to wait for a while, Wen Zhenyi asked these women about their situation and whether they were willing to go to Xinglin Village.
If they are willing to go to Xinglin Village, they can pack up today and I will take them there after I am done with my work. If they are not willing, they can go to the workshop in Dujia Village.
She took back the accounting office of the Dujia Village workshop.
They were all willing to go, which saved her a lot of trouble.
When Rongfang Pavilion opened, all the prominent ladies in the county came.
Even the ladies and young ladies who owned small shops at home came, mainly to make themselves familiar to the two princesses. As for what Rongfang Pavilion was used for, they really had no idea.
Old Madam Song and Madam Song arrived very early, and greeted Wen Zhenyi as soon as they saw her: “Madam Shen, what kind of store did you open with your sister-in-law, and you said that you only accept female customers.”
"It's free today. You'll understand once you experience it."
"You don't want to sell our old bones, do you?" Old Lady Song teased her with a smile.
"Grandma Song, your bones are worthless."
"You girl." Old Madam Song smiled and shook her head.
"I'll take you to the room and let you feel it first. If you like it, we can talk."
"Okay, I'll follow your arrangements."
Wen Zhenyi brought them to the room, which was decorated in a quiet and elegant style with a faint floral scent that made people relax both physically and mentally.
"Grandma Song, Aunt Song, take off your shoes first and lie down on this small bed."
They both did as she said and lay down on the bed: "I'm afraid we'll roll off if we turn over."
Wen Zhenyi asked the two waiting girls to start serving the two of them: "Lie down, close your eyes, we are about to begin."
“Mrs. Shen, are you going to be busy?”
"I'll go arrange the rooms for your young lady and the other young ladies and come over."
"Okay, okay, we'll wait for you!"
Wen Zhenyi went to arrange a room for them and came back. She saw that they were already cleaning their faces. "Grandma Song, how do you feel?"
"You are washing our faces."
"Yes, but it's not just a simple face wash. When it's done, you can feel the condition of your skin while I put on some beautiful makeup for you."
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