northernbook Chapter 192 Three Trials
Chapter 192 Three Trials
Zhou Sisi didn't know what Song Tingwan was thinking. After signing the contract, she agreed with Tong, the shopkeeper of the pearl jewelry store, that subsequent purchases and payment matters would be handled by Chen's mother with her seal. After connecting with her, she took Yunxiang to her mother's farm.
Because the shop was still under renovation, Chen Xiuying moved her staff training to the farm. It happened to have a barbecue oven, and the dairy cows had already been ordered. Five in total, three lactating and two with calves. However, since the shop hadn't opened yet, they agreed to send one lactating cow to the farm first. Only a deposit was paid for the remaining four, with the final payment to be made two days before the opening.
When Zhou Sisi arrived at the village, Chen Xiuying was giving a counting stick lesson to her eldest sister-in-law Zhang and Pangdong's wife Cui. Seeing her daughter coming, she stopped the class, left a few questions for the two to practice on their own when they had time, and then announced the end of the get out of class.
Seeing this, Zhou Sisi asked curiously, "Mom, the training you're talking about is arithmetic classes? Can't we just take that at home? Why do we have to travel all the way to the farm to attend it?"
Chen Xiuying glanced at her daughter and said, "Who said that only people who take counting lessons have counting lessons? The only people who take counting lessons are your eldest aunt and your aunt Dong. They are the cashiers, so they have to be good at counting."
"What about the others?"
"The others are also very busy, so I'll ask your Third Aunt to teach Aunt Tian and Aunt Tian's Second Aunt how to bake cakes, bread, and cookies. In short, all kinds of baking will be done by the three of them.
"Your Third Aunt, I've positioned her as the head of the kitchen. She's got to take charge of everything. Besides roasting, there's also frying, like fried chicken legs, fried popcorn chicken, French fries, and fried chicken nuggets. They'll have to help out whenever they have time."
"Can you handle it?"
"Yes, the front desk is the main force here for fried food. They fry it when there is no order."
Zhou Sisi understood. Isn't this just like a modern-day labor store? The front desk is responsible for taking orders and collecting payments, and in their spare time, they prepare drinks, fried food, and sandwich burgers. The back desk is responsible for supplying the ingredients.
Zhou Sisi thought for a moment, "These people aren't enough, are they?"
"Well, it's not enough. Guo Long and Lin Xiuxiu came to the farm to help process the chicken. We also had Tian Dalin and Tian Xiaosen, the two sons of the Tian family, but they were taken away by their father."
"What is he going to do?"
"Xue Jin wrote to him, saying that the head manager asked them to come over and open a glasses processing factory. He doesn't know what it is yet, so he asked your father to find two knowledgeable people to go over and give them guidance."
"Where is my father?"
"That's right, unless he does it himself. So he set his sights on these two people I have. He said that the old Tian family carpenters are still around, so if the two young men go to the glass factory for three months and learn the first part, they will be able to master the rest. As for the principles of concave and convex lenses and the adjustment of the degree, he plans to explain it to the two of them on his day off."
"My father works so hard to train talents for them. Does the factory have money to give to him?"
"I didn't ask about that, but your father won't be working in vain. I think there's a high possibility that he'll invest the technology in the company. Then someone has to design the glasses frames."
"That's great, what are you going to do here?"
"Your father has already written home asking for help. I originally wanted Uncle Fu to find one here, but your father said that we don't have enough help at home. It just so happens that there are people at home who can help us get some experience. If there is any business in the future, we can have help."
After Zhang finished calculating the problem, she came over and said, "That's right, it's more reliable for our own people to use it."
Fat Dong's wife finished her calculations and chimed in, "That's the right way to think. We're all from the same place, so we're all connected. No one dares to slack off, or else the villagers will be mad at us when we return. And besides, everyone respects your family and wants a better future. I guess you're going to have to fight tooth and nail to get in here this time."
Pangdong's wife's words made everyone laugh.
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On the other side, Song Tingwan sent Zhou Sisi away and began to interrogate Song Tingye.
"Okay, brother. I usually see you are quiet and cold to other girls. I thought you didn't have such thoughts. I didn't expect that, Song Tingye, you are so well hidden. Come, learn from your sister. What's going on? I can help you with some ideas."
Song Tingye's face flushed immediately when his sister teased him, "Sister, if you say that again, I'll leave."
Song Tingwan saw that her brother was still the same, so she could only ask in a different way, "Okay, okay, I won't say anything more. Then tell me, what are you going to do?"
"No big deal. Sisi has already said that she wants to get married in four years, so I will wait for her for another four years!"
"So how are you going to tell your family? From what I've heard, Mom's started arranging blind dates for you again. If you hadn't told me earlier, what would have happened if Mom had arranged one for you?"
Song Tingye was also panicked when he heard this. In this dynasty, marriages were decided by parents and matchmakers. His sister's words made sense because his sister, Song Tingwan, was arranged by his mother.
When Song Tingwan saw her brother's panic, she knew that he had been keeping it in mind all along and it was not just a spur of the moment thing, so she stopped teasing him.
"I was just teasing you. Mother does have this plan, but she hasn't started yet. She wants to wait until after your coming-of-age ceremony.
I'll tell Mom about the two of you. Whether she agrees or not, you can't be together secretly. If this gets out, it won't be a problem for you, but it will be bad for Sisi's reputation. Do you understand?"
When Song Tingye heard that Sisi had a bad reputation, he immediately became anxious. "Then please tell mother that I want to marry Sisi, whether she agrees or not."
After hearing what her daughter said, Lady Fang was so angry that she spat at her own son.
"This naughty kid! Even if I wasn't around, I would have gone up and slapped him. This is a typical case of forgetting his mother after getting a wife. His mother hasn't even expressed her opinion yet, but she thinks I'm going to stop him. Tell me, should I really stop him, so that I don't bear this bad reputation in vain?"
Song Tingwan heard her mother's tone and knew that she was not really angry, so she smiled and said, "I think it's okay!"
Song Zhao came in from outside and just heard the last sentence, "What do you mean I think it's okay?"
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So, in the evening, when Song Tingye and An Ge'er returned home from the outer house, there was a row of people sitting in the hall.
His grandfather, grandmother, father and mother were all sitting in the hall, but his sister was not there at the moment. She must have returned to her husband's family, the Duke of Zhongyong's Mansion.
Ang'er was walking in front, and was startled to see the four elders were there, all with serious looks on their faces.
He turned around and whispered to his brother, "Brother, I haven't gotten into trouble recently. If they criticize me later, please plead for me."
Song Tingye was also frightened by this scene. He couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart. He had just talked about his marriage with his sister during the day, and now he was like this at night. These three trials were obviously aimed at him!