Chapter 7
The goal of solving the problem of food and clothing and even becoming wealthy ahead of time has been achieved.
Song Zhehao has basically completed his mission, and all that remains is to protect this family.
Originally, seeing that her son was devoted to business and had no interest in imperial examinations, his mother Tao Hui was always worried and advised Song Zhehao that business was not the right way to go and that obtaining an imperial examination was the long-term plan.
Song Zhehao understands his mother. After all, this backward concept is deeply rooted in the people of this world.
Moreover, Song's father was a scholar during his lifetime. He became a teacher after failing the imperial examination. The unfulfilled ideals of his father naturally fell on the younger generation.
Moreover, Tao Hui had a deep relationship with Song's father, so Song's father's worries naturally affected Tao Hui.
Song Zhehao naturally couldn't follow Tao Hui's advice, after all, it was contrary to the main task, but if he refused directly, he was afraid of hurting the relationship between mother and son.
Song Zhehao was very smart. During that period, he hosted a group of friends who had been officials but were later dismissed at his home.
Those people, who had experienced the dark officialdom, were naturally well aware of all the intrigues, deceptions, dangers and darkness therein.
Whenever such friends came, he would treat them as guests of honor and invite all his family members to sit with them. During the banquet, he would ask them in detail about official affairs. Those who had failed in officialdom would certainly tell him in detail all the bad and dirty things in the officialdom.
Tao Hui was also at the table. After hearing such words, he must have had a bad impression of officialdom. He knew that it was such a dangerous place, and going there would be a matter of life and death.
Tao Hui is Song Zhehao's biological mother. How could she let her son take such a big risk?
Nowadays, the Song family’s life is no longer the same as before. It would be nice to continue living a comfortable and wealthy life like this.
Seeing that Tao Hui no longer mentioned the "imperial examination", Song Zhehao felt relieved.
As for Wen Xiaoqiu, ever since she married Song Zhehao, the couple has treated each other with respect and been very loving.
Song Zhehao discovered that Wen Xiaoqiu was a textbook example of a good wife and mother. She never complained and always worked silently and diligently.
Because he had come from a hard time, even though he was rich and prosperous now, Wen Xiaoqiu was unwilling to sit back and enjoy the fruits of his labor and always liked to steal the work of the servants at home.
If you feel bored, just do some work, Song Zhehao won't object.
But once Wen Xiaoqiu started working, he couldn't stop. He worked all the way from the bedroom to the kitchen, and often exhausted himself.
Song Zhehao glanced at it and always frowned.
Song Zhehao wanted to persuade her to just rest and relax, but he was afraid that she would think too much and think that he despised her background.
So, Song Zhehao came up with a solution...
All the housework in the house was assigned to the servants. Each servant had a fixed job assigned to him. If a servant did not do his job well or his job was done by someone else, his monthly salary would be reduced by half.
If you reduce your score three times, you will be fired.
This not only reduced the opportunity for the servants to take advantage of the situation, but also made it impossible for Wen Xiaoqiu to get any work.
Because the Song family was wealthy and powerful, with abundant financial resources, even the food, clothing and other daily necessities of their servants were first-class. The family was also very generous and compassionate to their servants, and gave them extra rewards during festivals.
Who would be willing to give up such a good job?
When Wen Xiaoqiu tried to grab another job, the servant who was originally very happy immediately knelt down in front of her and cried out: "Young Madam, please have mercy on me. I have an old mother who can't move and a baby who is still breastfeeding. If I lose this job, my whole family will be starving..."
The sad and resentful cries and the cruel story would move even a tough guy, not to mention a soft-hearted person like Wen Xiaoqiu.
As a result, Wen Xiaoqiu couldn't find work to do, so she simply did needlework every day and then slept in the house.
Song Zhehao saw this and was afraid that she would get sick if she continued like this, so he asked her if she wanted to go out for a walk.
When Wen Xiaoqiu was in her hometown in the countryside, because there were several women in the family and Song Zhehao was in Huozhou City, unless it was necessary to go out, they would strictly abide by the rule of not leaving the main door or the second door.
Once the habit is formed, I don’t like going out anymore.
When Song Zhehao asked her, she just looked up with interest, but then she lowered her head and shook her head, saying that she didn't want to go out.
Song Zhehao then thought of another idea. He said that the supermarket's business had been very busy recently, and the money and money coming in and out were often inconsistent. He didn't know what went wrong. He was busy dealing with suppliers recently, so he wanted Wen Xiaoqiu to help keep an eye on the supermarket and check the accounts at the same time.
When Wen Xiaoqiu heard that there was work to do, he immediately became energetic and went out with Song Zhehao.
After going out and getting on the sedan chair, Song Zhehao looked at Wen Xiaoqiu, who was eager to try, with a look of success, and he felt so proud in his heart.
Song Zhehao said that the supermarket was poorly managed and had financial errors, which was actually reasonable. After all, the business was so good that it was not a particularly serious matter.
Song Zhehao said that just now purely because he wanted to ask Wen Xiaoqiu to go out. This was because Wen Xiaoqiu had an extraordinary talent for arithmetic and no matter how complicated the accounts were, she could make them clear at a glance.
Moreover, his mother Tao Hui was a person who could not sit still. With her taking care of the family, Wen Xiaoqiu could not interfere.
So, he simply gave her a supermarket to manage. Song Zhehao believed that with Wen Xiaoqiu's talent and ability, this was nothing.
As soon as he entered the supermarket, Wen Xiaoqiu hurried to the cashier's office and started to reconcile the accounts with the cashier. It didn't take long for the accounts to be settled.
After Wen Xiaoqiu came out, he became busy again in the supermarket, reassigning personnel and making every position active.
Song Zhehao looked at the busy and happy Wen Xiaoqiu, and thought that he would not go out for a stroll in the future, and would just accompany Wen Xiaoqiu to and from get off work every day.
From the next day on, Song Zhehao got up early to prepare the sedan chair, and accompanied Wen Xiaoqiu to the supermarket and home every day.
Wen Xiaoqiu naturally enjoyed it and became more and more energetic. When Song Zhehao saw her like this, he finally felt that his efforts were not in vain.
One morning, after having dinner at home, Song Zhehao accompanied Wen Xiaoqiu to the supermarket in a sedan chair. Song Zhehao had just picked up a cup of tea when a flustered clerk ran into the supermarket and whispered a few words in Song Zhehao's ear.
Song Zhehao's expression suddenly froze, then turned into an expression of surprise. He hurriedly asked, "Where are they now?"
The man said, "We have entered Huo City and are staying in the inn now."
Song Zhehao immediately asked the man to take him there. Seeing Song Zhehao's hurried look, Wen Xiaoqiu was startled and hurried to see what was going on.
When he saw Song Zhehao's surprised face, he asked in confusion what was going on?
Song Zhehao said: "It's a good thing!"
When she reached the door, she turned around and said, "Xiaoqiu, when your husband comes back, how are you going to thank me?"
Wen Xiaoqiu asked with a puzzled look on his face, "Thank you for what?"
Song Zhehao smiled mysteriously, then said, "You'll know when I come back."
After saying that, he turned and left.
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