As soon as Su Wan stepped into the room, Sun Ling'er appeared with a resentful look on his back.
"Wan Wan, you don't call me when you go out, are you not my good sister anymore?"
"I saw that you were sleeping soundly, so I didn't call you." Su Wan smiled sheepishly, then hugged her arm and hugged her close.
"Okay, then remember to call me tomorrow." Sun Ling'er was quite easy to coax.
Su Wan, Jiang Yu and Su Mu were out for most of the day and didn't even have time to eat lunch. The first thing they did when they came back was to eat.
In the next few days, there are still many things to do. Buy a group of servants and send them to the manor to clean them first. Then a large number of things in the workshop need to be customized, and there is also the purchase of shops in Zhongzhou City for decoration.
We also need to hire a capable and trustworthy person to be the general manager of the Zhongzhou region.
In short, it took me half a month of busy work to get these basic things done.
Fortunately, Su Mu and Jiang Yu helped her in the early stage, so she didn't need to do everything by herself, which also saved a lot of time.
Of course, Sun Ling'er also helped a lot. He accompanied Su Wan every day to interview those who applied for general management.
Su Wan was still prepared to give those women a chance and hire the general manager of Zhongzhou and the shopkeeper of Yuyantang shop.
It took a total of two months to complete the workshop and shop in Zhongzhou, as well as the arrangement of personnel and the supply of various raw materials.
In the first month, the general manager was confirmed, a sister named Xu Xu who was in her thirties.
Her short life was full of ups and downs.
It is precisely because of these ups and downs that she has rich experience in workshop management. She said that when she was a widow, her natal family was in the pastry business, and she had been managing all aspects of the store since she was a child. Slightly thin.
Later, she got married and started a porcelain business with her husband. Her father-in-law died young and her mother-in-law was in poor health. Her husband was a man with little talent. Because he didn't know how to run a business, he was greedy for petty gains and cut corners in the process. As for the products produced are not good, the reputation has declined, and the business has not been good, but dozens of people in the house need to eat, and the mother-in-law needs money for medical treatment.
After Sister Xu Xu got married, she saw that she couldn't let the business decline like this, so she went to work personally and learned to make porcelain.
She practiced clay, made embryos, and applied glazes all by herself. When her family's business was not doing well, she tried her best to restore her reputation and designed many beautiful porcelain styles. With less grievance, you can win an order.
She personally supervised the work and completed the order on time. After shipment, it was widely praised.
But during the supervision period, because she was too busy, she didn't notice that she was pregnant. She was too tired and had a miscarriage, which hurt her body and made it difficult to get pregnant again.
The family business was getting better, but because of the issue of heirs, she and her husband didn't get along, and she often suffered cynicism from him.
Her mother-in-law had a conscience and sympathized with her difficulties, and she served her wholeheartedly, but she still passed away within two years.
Things were not easy for her mother's family either. After her brother got married, her sister-in-law was sarcastic and had a bad relationship with her mother, often having conflicts.
The younger brother was a gambler, and the father was also addicted to gambling. He was a gambler in both professions, but neither could be the mainstay. The family property was soon lost, and even the shop was mortgaged.
She helped her mother-in-law several times, which made her husband unhappy. He quarreled with her every day, and even during the quarrel, he accidentally pushed her into the pond.
The twelfth lunar month of winter was so cold that her body and bones were completely disabled. She was dejected that she would never have any children in this life, but because she promised her mother-in-law, she would manage the workshop well.
She decided that after she got better, she would take good care of the family business. As for her husband, he would do whatever he liked.
Because she couldn't have children, her husband brought concubines to his family one after another. She couldn't say anything because of the heirs.
Seeing that the number of Yingying Yanyan in the family is increasing, her husband's reputation outside has also been ruined. Many business partners are afraid of causing damage to their own interests, so they no longer continue to cooperate. The family's porcelain business is facing another crisis. A period of indifference.
Xu Xu found her husband and hoped that he would stop such ridiculous things, but as soon as she said something, he said that she was a hen that could not lay eggs, broke her heart, and poked her lungs.
She was a woman in a feudal society, unable to have children, and her natal family was unreliable, so she could only place her hopes on the workshop. She thought that as long as she controlled the money, she would be fine.
As a result, her husband fell in love with the courtesan from Huajieliuxiang and was so coaxed that he sold the house directly in order to redeem her.
The place to live was gone, and the workshop suffered huge losses due to cancellation of orders. She took a small amount of money and bought a new house, but she waited for a divorce letter.
Her cheap husband divorced her on the grounds that she had committed seven crimes and had no heirs.
It was her fault that the matter went to the Yamen, so she had no choice but to take the divorce letter and return to her parents' home. From then on, the honor and disgrace of her ex-husband's family had nothing to do with her.
And because she is old and unable to have children, it is difficult for her to get married again.
On the mother's side, the sister-in-law is not easy to get along with. The father and son have ruined the family fortune, and they are unwilling to accept her as an abandoned wife. They say that there are several children in the family, and they can't open the pot. If she comes back, there will be more. Dual chopsticks, what else can I say? If you must come back, you have to pay living expenses.
She was an abandoned woman, and her dowry had long since subsidized her mother's family, and she ended up in a situation where she had nowhere to go and no one to rely on.
After that, she looked for something to do, but she couldn't get trust. Her arithmetic experience and management experience were not reflected, so she could only do menial jobs to make ends meet.
Occasionally, she saw a recruitment notice for Yuyantang, which said that it needed someone with rich workshop management experience and proficiency in arithmetic to manage it. It also specified a woman, so she came here with the intention of giving it a try.
When she first arrived, she was dressed in burlap clothes, with rough skin and a thin body, which was in sharp contrast to the magnificent Blue Sky Tower, but she did not lower her head because of this.
Su Wan was surprised when he saw her, but she gave everyone an equal opportunity.
Sister Xu Xu is indeed very good at arithmetic, has a clear mind, and has her own experience in management.
Su Wan recognized her business experience, and she also wanted to give a chance to the many suffering women.
As a woman, she can understand their sadness and experiences.
Why should women embarrass women? Not only that, they also need to understand and help each other.
Therefore, Su Wan gave her a chance. If she passed the one-month inspection period, she would be appointed as the general manager of the Zhongzhou region.
To be honest, when Xu Xu first came here, she thought it was just a simple matter of managing workshops and shops, but she never thought that it would be such a big test, and she felt that she had to take it seriously.
