Chapter 286: It's Not Easy Being a Woman
As soon as Su Wan stepped into the room, Sun Ling'er appeared with a resentful look on her face.
"Wanwan, you actually went out without calling me. Are you still my good sister?"
"I saw you were sleeping soundly, so I didn't call you." Su Wan smiled embarrassedly, then hugged her arm to get closer to her.
"Okay, then remember to call me tomorrow." Sun Ling'er is quite easy to coax.
Su Wan, Jiang Yu and Su Mu had been outside for most of the day and didn't have time to eat lunch. The first thing they did when they came back was to eat.
There is still a lot to do in the next few days. A group of servants will be hired to send to the manor to clean up. Then a large number of things in the workshop need to be customized, and a shop in Zhongzhou City needs to be purchased for decoration.
We also need to hire a capable and trustworthy person to be the general manager of the Zhongzhou region.
In short, it took me half a month to get these basic things done.
Fortunately, Su Mu and Jiang Yu helped her in the early stages, so she didn't need to do everything by herself, which saved her a lot of time.
Of course, Sun Ling'er also helped a lot. Every day thereafter, she accompanied Su Wan to interview those who came to apply for the general manager position.
Su Wan was still prepared to give those women a chance and hired the general manager of Zhongzhou and the owner of Yuyantang shop.
It took a total of two months to set up the workshop and shop in Zhongzhou, which also involved arranging personnel and supplying various raw materials.
In the first month, the general manager was confirmed. She was a sister in her thirties named Xuxu.
Her short life can be described as one of wandering and wandering.
It is precisely because of these wanderings that she has rich experience in workshop management. She said that when she was still unmarried, her mother's family was in the pastry business, and she has been managing all matters in the store since she was a child. Because of this old brand, her family also has a small fortune.
Later, she got married and followed her husband in the porcelain business. Her father-in-law died early and her mother-in-law was in poor health. Her husband was a man of little talent. Because he did not know how to run a business, he was greedy for small profits and cut corners in the process, so the products were of poor quality, the reputation declined, and the business was not good. However, there were dozens of people in the house who needed to eat, and money was needed for her mother-in-law's medical treatment.
After Sister Xuxu got married, she knew that she couldn't let the business decline like this, so she personally learned how to make porcelain.
She did everything by herself, from kneading the clay, making the embryo, to applying the glaze. Since the family business was not doing well, she tried her best to restore the reputation. She designed many beautiful porcelain styles and then went around soliciting business. She encountered many cold stares and suffered a lot of grievances, but she finally got an order.
She personally supervised the work and completed the order on time. After shipment, the products received wide acclaim.
But during the supervision period, because she was too busy, she became pregnant but didn't notice it. She was too tired and had a miscarriage, which hurt her body and made it difficult for her to get pregnant again.
The family business was getting better, but because of the issue of offspring, she and her husband were not getting along and she was often subjected to his cold words.
Her mother-in-law had a conscience and understood her difficulties. She served her wholeheartedly, but she died within two years.
The road to my mother's family was not easy either. After my younger brother got married, my sister-in-law was sarcastic and had a bad relationship with her mother, and they often had conflicts.
My younger brother was addicted to gambling, and my father also became addicted. With two gamblers in one family, neither could be the pillar of the family. The family property was soon lost, and even the shop was mortgaged.
She gave aid to her parents' home several times, which made her husband unhappy. He quarreled with her every few days and even pushed her into the pond by mistake during the quarrel.
After such a cold winter, her body was completely broken. She would never have children in this life. She was disheartened, but she had promised her mother-in-law that she would manage the workshop well.
She decided that after she recovered, she would manage the family business well, and as for her husband, he could do whatever he wanted.
Because she was unable to bear children, her husband brought concubines home one after another, and she could not say anything for the sake of having an heir.
As the number of beautiful women in the family increased, her husband's reputation outside was ruined. Many business partners stopped cooperating with him for fear of damage to their interests, and the family's porcelain business entered a cold period again.
Xuxu then found her husband, hoping that he would stop such ridiculous things, but as soon as she said something, he said she was a hen that could not lay eggs, hurting her heart and poking her lungs.
As a woman living in a feudal society, she was unable to bear children and her parents' family was unreliable, so she could only pin her hopes on the workshop. She thought that as long as she was in charge of the money, everything would be fine.
As a result, her husband fell in love with the most beautiful courtesan in the red-light district and was completely bewitched by her. In order to redeem her, he sold his house.
She lost her place to live and her workshop suffered huge losses due to canceled orders. She used the little money she had to buy a new house, but received a divorce letter.
Her cheap husband divorced her on the grounds that she had no offspring, one of the seven grounds for divorce.
The matter was brought to the government office, and she was in the wrong. She had no choice but to take the divorce letter and return to her parents' home. From then on, the honor, disgrace, prosperity and decline of her ex-husband's family had nothing to do with her.
And because she is old and cannot have children, it is difficult for her to remarry.
Back home, her sister-in-law was not easy to get along with. The family property was squandered by the father and son, and they refused to accept her as an abandoned woman. They said that there were several children at home and they were already struggling to make ends meet. If she came back, she would have an extra pair of chopsticks. They also said that if she had to come back, she would have to pay for her living expenses.
She was an abandoned woman, and her dowry had already been used to subsidize her parents' family. In the end, she had nowhere to go and no one to rely on.
After that, she looked for work everywhere, but she was not trusted. Her arithmetic and management experience were not put to good use, and she could only do some rough work to make a living.
She happened to see a job notice for Yuyantang, which said that they needed someone with extensive experience in workshop management and proficiency in arithmetic to manage the business, and specifically wanted a woman, so she came with the intention of giving it a try.
When she first arrived, she was wearing coarse linen, had rough skin and a thin body, which formed a sharp contrast with the magnificent Bikong Building, but she did not lower her head because of this.
Su Wan was quite surprised when she saw her, but she also gave everyone equal opportunities.
Sister Xuxu is indeed good at arithmetic, has a clear mind, and has her own insights into management.
Su Wan recognized her business acumen, and she also wanted to give the vast number of suffering women a chance.
As a woman herself, she can understand their sadness and experiences.
Why should women make things difficult for other women? Not only that, they should also understand and help each other.
So, Su Wan gave her a chance, a one-month probation period. If she passed it, she would be appointed as the general manager of the Zhongzhou region.
To be honest, when Xuxu first came, she thought it was just a simple job to manage the workshop and shop, but she never imagined it would be such a big test. She felt even more that she had to take it seriously.
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