Su Tian was taken aback upon hearing this, then couldn't help but laugh. He looked at the general's wife and said, "The young master didn't say it, but Su Tian could tell."
“Hehehe…” Zheng Quchi laughed awkwardly: “Is that so? I knew Mr. Su’s eyesight was different from ordinary people.”
How did you figure that out?!
Has the shabby atmosphere emanating from their workshop reached the point where it's obvious to anyone with eyes to see?
Realizing that the general's wife was a genuine person, Su Tian no longer concealed his true nature. He teased, "But I believe that once you earn money in the future, you will definitely make up for all the overdue monthly wages, right?"
Zheng Quchi said confidently, "Of course, once I make money, I will definitely make up for your monthly wages first!"
"Then there's no problem." He was very easy to talk to.
"...Do you really think that a boss who can't even pay monthly wages has a better future than staying at the Zhang family's shop?" she couldn't help but ask him curiously.
Su Tian was also a progressive person. He said with an open mind: "The difficulties of these things are only temporary, and there will always be a way to get through them. But some things are hard to change, such as one person's opinion of another. Once it is deeply rooted in a person's mind, it is hard to remove. I have tried, so I know how difficult it is. Therefore, I compromised and chose another easier path."
His words were ambiguous, carrying a hidden meaning, as if he were answering her question, or perhaps expressing some kind of reflection.
Once a person's opinion of another is deeply ingrained in their mind, it is difficult to eradicate...
After listening, Zheng Quchi also felt that it seemed to make sense. Rather than going to great lengths to change prejudice, it would be better to abandon the wrong one and choose a place without prejudice. She didn't really believe that there were people in this world who would rather cling to "prejudice" and wait for the day when "change" would come.
Maybe so, but why bother? It always feels like the final effort and reward are not treated equally.
——
Su Tian was incredibly efficient; within a few days, all the necessary paperwork was completed, and their workshop could now operate legally and compliantly.
Before starting work, Zheng Quchi held a special meeting for all the craftsmen.
First, she revealed her identity to everyone and told them that she was their former colleague "Aqing". She did not hide anything or lie. She told them everything truthfully, including the fact that she used to be Sang Xuanqing.
It has to be said that her "confession" this time completely shattered and reshaped their values.
Perhaps she shocked them so much that now they all think it doesn't matter whether "Aqing" is male or female.
Most importantly, she is a general's wife, and she is also the "Aqing" who won the top prize at the "Jichun Craftsmen's Guild". She can lead the rise of these Ye Kingdom craftsmen!
As for other things, they are no longer important.
It really doesn't matter anymore, because they've seen the design drafts of the "Black Bear" truck.
Their general's wife is simply a master craftswoman, and incredibly prolific. The "Panlong" carriage in front is enough for them to live off their savings for a lifetime, and now a "Black Bear" horse has come to pull the carriage. They cheer and applaud for having such a skilled craftswoman as their general's wife!
As for the humiliation they suffered because of "Sang Xuanqing," they had completely forgotten about it at this moment.
After having a meeting with the craftsmen in the camp, she thought that she had almost finished the things she needed to do. She had been away for several days, so she rode back to Hegou Village to see Brother Sang and Sister Sang.
But when she got home, she found that Brother Sang and the others were not there.
Where would they go at this time?
She tied up the horse and ran to the village to look for it. Finally, a peddler who had returned to the village told her that his older brother had taken her younger sister and headed towards the county earlier.
"Did they go to the county?" She looked at the sky. It was already past 3 AM, and it would be dark in a little over an hour. Why hadn't her older brother and the others returned yet?
"Yes, it looks like your little sister has a headache and keeps crying out. Your older brother is carrying her on his back despite his limp. You should go to the county to see her."
Zheng Quchi immediately became anxious upon hearing this: "Oh, okay."
Without thinking twice, she took off running, and a voice drifted back from afar: "Thanks, sir!"
The peddler suddenly slapped his forehead, remembering something. He shouted, "Oh right, your brother saved a girl a while ago, didn't he? You have to talk to him and tell him not to bring just anyone home. Things aren't going well in our county lately. Hey, second sister of the Sang family, did you hear me?"
"..."
The person had run far away and didn't hear anything at all.
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Zheng Quchi rushed home, mounted her horse, and headed towards Fuxian County. Ever since she learned to ride a horse, she had used four legs instead of two.
By the time she arrived in Fuxian, the sunset had already painted a large area of the city walls red. She had been frequently traveling to Fuxian for business recently, and was now quite familiar with the county, unlike before when she was completely lost.
Thinking that her younger sister had a headache, she figured her older brother must have brought someone to see a doctor. She went to a famous clinic to inquire, but the clinic staff said they had never seen a lame man bring her younger sister with a headache.
So, her older brother never even came to this clinic.
She went to the nearby pharmacies again, but after asking around, she still couldn't find the person.
She was getting really anxious.
The younger sister is sick, but the older brother didn't go to the clinic or pharmacy. Where did he go? Or did something happen to him?
She planned to continue her search, but unexpectedly encountered a patrol of soldiers who stopped her. They specifically intercepted young women in the city and took them to the bulletin board to check their backgrounds against the photos.
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