Chen Wei laughed, but there was no smile in his eyes.
No, Xiaoman.
Not admiration.
It was shocking, astonishing, unbelievable and incomprehensible.
He didn't believe that a woman could achieve what a man couldn't, and he couldn't imagine why a woman would give up her life of being well-supported by a man and insist on suffering like this.
"Of course. Whatever they can do, we can do too." Chen Wei gave Xiaoman a happy answer.
Xiaoman nodded vigorously.
He looked at Chen Wei with an unfading admiration: "Girl, I saw you about to fall down several times, but you didn't fall down, and you even raised your sword and swung it at the end."
"It's just...it's just that seeing you in such pain makes me feel uncomfortable, and I always want to make you feel better."
A time-traveling girl who was described as stupid and mentally retarded in the original book compromised step by step, gave in for love step by step, and started living in a mansion. But what was the ending in the original book?
It was Xie Yuchuan who finally realized that Chen Wei was not as beautiful as he had imagined.
Finally, he came to his senses, abandoned Chen Wei, and chased Qin Shuyu to the crematorium.
Chen Wei smiled, with unreadable emotions in his eyes: "Xiao Man, then tell me seriously, do you like the me who used to be around Xie Yuchuan, or the me now?"
"I..." Xiaoman was speechless.
She didn't know how to answer.
The words that were about to come out of my mouth turned into: "Girl, I, I don't know...but you look more lively now."
"Although you were in pain and uncomfortable at the martial arts gym, I could feel that you were happy. Although you were smiling before, Xiaoman couldn't feel that you were really smiling."
"Hahaha..." Chen Wei laughed out loud with his head tilted.
"Xiao Man, do you know what is the most precious thing in this world, the one that is closest to you, yet the one that is the most out of reach?"
"What is it?"
"free."
"Freedom means you don't have to do something if you don't want to. I don't want to live a life of intrigue and strife. I want to take a gamble. Maybe I'll win."
"Let's go to the store!"
The carriage headed towards the most prosperous street in the capital.
Chen Wei changed into gorgeous clothes and stood in front of the store with Xiaoman.
This shop has two floors. In modern terms, it has a total area of about three or four hundred square meters. It is neither too big nor too small, just right for a cake shop.
With the 1,000 taels of compensation given by Xie Yuchuan.
Chen Wei found someone to buy the shop, but when the owner heard that it was a woman who wanted to do business, he made a fuss and refused to sell or rent the shop, and even asked for double the price before he was willing to sell it to Chen Wei.
If the other party had not recognized Chen Wei's clothes as coming from the Marquis' Mansion and was afraid of offending Chen Wei, he probably would not have been able to get the two hundred and forty taels of silver.
"Is this the shopkeeper?"
"Why is she still a woman?"
"Is this okay?"
Lower the curtain of the carriage.
He saw the three craftsmen he had invited, and all three of them looked at him with suspicion.
"I'm sorry to disappoint you three, it's a woman." Chen Wei held Xiaoman's hand and slowly got off the carriage.
She stood in front of the shop, glancing around before looking at the three artisans who were looking at each other in bewilderment. "We're all here to support our families. So, do we even need to look at the man or woman to see if the owner is a man?"
The three of them laughed awkwardly and shook their heads: "Haha, that's not the case."
"That's not what we meant."
"I wonder what kind of furniture and improvements the shopkeeper would like to have done? We have them all, and the price is negotiable."
Chen Wei took out a blueprint from his body.
She stayed in the mansion and painted for three days and three nights before finally finalizing the designed style.
Fortunately, she learned some art in college, otherwise she really wouldn't know how to start.
The craftsman took the blueprint and took a look at it nonchalantly. Suddenly, his eyes almost glued to the paper. He asked in shock, "This...this...are you really not kidding?"
"I've been a craftsman for so many years, and I've never heard of anything like this!"
"Look, we all understand black lacquer, vermilion lacquer, and yellow lacquer, but what you wrote here is... this, this lacquer is not even light-colored."
"And these table and chair cushions are really rare."
"These things can't be found in any store in the capital. You..."
The craftsman looked at stacks of blueprints.
I just find it unbelievable.
The craftsmanship shown in the drawing is not difficult, but it is extremely rare, and the overall style should not be the dark mahogany color, but light colors.
There is only a sales area and a cashier counter on the first floor, no seats.
But the entire second floor was converted into a private room, yes, just one.
How can this be called business?
"I don't want to hear this. So you decide whether to do it or not?"
“It can be done, but…”
"That's it! I'll only give you half a month to renovate. After half a month, I'll come to finish the work." After Chen Wei finished speaking, he took out another piece of rice paper and pasted it on the wall.
It says only female workers are recruited.
Ages 12 and above are required.
Women of this era matured early. They were hungry and cold, despised and scolded, suffered from male chauvinism and grievances, and were cautious and learned to read people's expressions at a young age.
The three craftsmen looked at Chen Wei curiously as he pasted the paper on the wall.
They had little education and could only recognize a few large characters. They could not help but come forward and ask, "Boss, what is written on this? I do recognize these twelve."
"We are looking for female workers who are quick and nimble, and only need to be 12 years old."
As soon as these words fell.
The atmosphere suddenly became quiet.
The craftsman looked at Chen Wei in surprise and said, "You must be mistaken, aren't you? Hiring female workers? No shop in the capital would hire women to work. Besides, no woman would show her face in public to receive customers!"
"What's the difference between this and those women in the brothel?"
"Yes, yes. An unmarried girl who keeps in contact with men outside her family all day long, isn't this destroying her innocence and reputation? She will be punished for this!"
Chen Wei stared at the person who was speaking and said, "That's right, we are hiring female workers."
"I only want women to work here, not men!"
"I only accept female guests here. Men are not allowed to go up to the second floor."
"I'm afraid of being exposed and starving to death. I don't believe that meager and ridiculous dignity can be maintained with only one ounce of silver a month!"
What?
One or two?
One month!
A huge wave of emotion surged within the craftsman.
He stared with wide eyes at this girl whose words and actions were ridiculous and strange...
He admitted that he was tempted when he heard about the one tael of silver a month.
If his family could support so many people, he would have strangled his two daughters to death.
He might really want to send his daughter to work!
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