Once the Zhao family saw Tian Rou, they naturally weren't willing to let things end well.
They asked around and overheard Wang Xiufen sitting on her front door threshold, boasting: "Jiang Bai now has my daughter-in-law managing the entire milk tea shop."
"Why don't you let your son take care of him?" a busybody asked.
When Wang Xiufen heard this question, her expression remained unchanged: "Of course my son is just lying at home enjoying himself. He can't do these kinds of rough and tiring jobs."
As she spoke, she lowered her voice with an air of seriousness: "To tell you the truth, when I was pregnant with Jiangcheng, a fortune teller told me that Jiangcheng would have no worries about food or clothing in this life, and now it seems that it was really true."
“She has no worries about food and clothing,” someone who was at odds with Wang Xiufen scoffed. “She’s married into another family, of course she has no worries about food and clothing.”
"What did you say?" This person touched a nerve with Wang Xiufen, who couldn't stand the words "marrying into another family."
Seeing that Wang Xiufen was getting anxious, the man didn't dare to really argue. He just whispered, "You've already married into the family, and the children have taken the other family's surname. Your Jiang family line has ended, and you're still bragging here."
Wang Xiufen was old and hard of hearing, so she didn't hear these words.
Seeing that the man had dodged, she sat back down angrily and couldn't help but boast even louder: "You know how good the milk tea shop is? A cup costs more than twenty coins. People in the county are scrambling to buy it, and the queues stretch outside the shop, almost filling the whole street."
Twenty-odd coins, enough for a family of seven or eight to eat for a day in the village, made everyone gasp in astonishment.
Some of the slightly wealthier villagers drank it, and then people around them kept asking him, "Is what Wang Xiufen said true?"
Is business really that good?
"This milk tea is so expensive, is it really that good?"
The villager recalled for a moment, then couldn't help but swallow hard: "It was so delicious."
Especially in winter, a cup of sweet and warm hot milk tea can warm people's hearts.
Upon hearing this, Wang Xiufen became smug again: "Now the milk tea shop belongs to my daughter-in-law, which means it belongs to my son. Sooner or later, it will be left to my grandson."
If they can get the milk tea shop, what does it matter what the grandson's surname is? After all, he has the blood of the Jiang family flowing through his veins.
Jiang and Bai both have the surname Jiang, so aren't they just siding with outsiders?
Upon hearing this, everyone expressed their envy.
Their envy is useless; the milk tea shop is owned by Jiang Bai, and has nothing to do with them. But the Zhao family is different.
In their minds, this milk tea shop was opened by Zhao Yi for Jiang Bai, and then given to her family by Jiang Bai.
This is equivalent to Jiang Bai cutting off the flesh of the Zhao family.
The family immediately objected and sent a message to Zhao Yi and Jiang Bai to come back.
Hearing his second sister-in-law's question, Jiang Bai shook his head helplessly: "Of course not. Tian Rou is just helping out at the shop. She can write and do math, and we pay her one tael of silver a month."
The Zhao family calculated that their daily income was about thirty coins, which was really not much.
Jiang Bai didn't mention that Tian Rou would also receive a performance bonus for selling milk tea.
"You think you can just say you're helping? I don't believe you," said the second sister-in-law.
Jiang Bai said, "Second sister-in-law, if you don't believe me, I can show you the account book. It clearly shows how much each employee earns per month. There's no way to fake it."
The second brother's wife choked.
Even if Jiang Bai took it, she wouldn't be able to read it.
In fact, apart from Zhao Yi, none of the Zhao family members were literate. Even Zhao Yi only learned some commonly used characters after starting his business.
He had never practiced calligraphy and wrote like a dog scratching its tail. He never showed off his skills in front of Zhao Ping'an and Zhao Xile.
Jiang Bai had the privilege of witnessing it once or twice and was deeply moved, thinking that if Zhao Yi were to be reincarnated in his next life, he could be a ready-made doctor.
—Anyway, only they themselves can understand what they write.
Encryption is unnecessary for doing business.
The second brother's wife has given up, but Old Master Zhao hasn't said a word yet.
He raised his eyelids and said calmly, "Since your sister-in-law is working at the milk tea shop, to be fair, let the Zhao family send someone to help out as well."
Once you've truly immersed yourself in the milk tea shop, you'll find out exactly what it's like.
Jiang Bai thought for a moment, then nodded and said, "Okay."
Before the Zhao family could even show any joy, she pressed on, "I wonder if it's my second brother's wife or my third brother's wife who's coming. Please let me know in advance so I can make preparations."
Upon hearing this, Zhao Lao Er and Zhao Lao San were displeased: "Why should only my wife go?"
They are after their past.
Jiang Bai glanced at them and said indifferently, "It would be fine for you two brothers to go, but there are mostly women in the shop. Apart from the accountant, the rest are all female staff. I'm afraid it will be inconvenient for you to move around normally."
After saying that, she glanced at her two sisters-in-law for a while, as if making a pointed remark.
The two sisters-in-law immediately became nervous.
Zhao Lao Er and Zhao Lao San are not bad-looking. Although they are not as good-looking as Zhao Yi, they are still handsome young men with thick eyebrows and big eyes. When they get to the milk tea shop, if a group of female demons surround them, who can guarantee that they will not be tempted?
Anyway, Jiang Bai can't.
By saying this, she meant that her two sisters-in-law should think carefully, as she would not be responsible if any trouble arose.
Although my second brother's wife was impulsive, she understood things quickly. She said, "My husband isn't going. There's so much work to do in the fields; we can't even manage it all. If he leaves, what am I supposed to do?"
The third brother's wife was a beat slower, and quickly added, "The third brother isn't going either, and I can't finish cleaning up my own land."
Zhao Lao Er hadn't thought about this before, and said inexplicably, "Why not just rent out the land?"
"What are we going to eat if we rent it out?" His second sister-in-law glared at him.
Zhao Lao Er then fell silent.
Grandpa Zhao and Grandma Zhao exchanged a glance; they didn't want their two daughters-in-law to go either!
Although the two women have been married into the family for some time, they are still from another family and don't share the Zhao surname. The surname creates a barrier, and who knows if they will communicate with Old Zhao's family?
In fact, Jiang Bai and they were all sisters-in-law, but they were so busy making their own big business that they didn't even go back to the village.
Furthermore, if one of them leaves, there will be no one to look after the child. With five children in total from both families, Old Lady Zhao can't manage them all, so she definitely needs to leave one of her daughters-in-law to help.
In that case, only Old Master Zhao and his two sons will be left to cultivate those lands.
Jiang Bai said, "Also, our home is a bit far from the county town. Jiang Cheng picks Tian Rou up and drops her off at get off work every day. My two sisters-in-law are women, and it's probably too dangerous for them to go out in the wind and rain. After we decide who will come, we'll have to trouble my two brothers to pick her up and drop her off every day."
This...this...
The round trip takes about two hours, which means that half of the time each day is lost to another person.
The Zhao family members looked at each other in bewilderment.
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