Rich Peasant Girl: The General's Wife Has Space

Chapter 469 Zhou Family Father and Daughter

After Xiao Wan talked with her family, she began to arrange all matters concerning the hot pot restaurant and Qilixiang.

The hot pot restaurant in Jiyun City is still managed by Chen Youli and Xiao Erxi, while the shop in Yuntai Town is handed over to her newly hired servants, Zhou Lei and his daughter Zhou Qiaojie.

Through observation during this period, I found that the Zhou father and daughter managed the hot pot restaurant very well.

After all, Zhou Lei had been a shopkeeper before, so he had a gentle yet steady temper. Although he was a little unfamiliar with the hot pot restaurant business for the first time, he quickly got the hang of it after following Chen Youli for a while.

His daughter Zhou Qiaojie is also very smart. She can do everything easily, whether helping with the accounting or handling matters.

This also made Xiao Wan feel very surprised. She felt like she had found a treasure. She was really grateful to Zhou Ya Ren for carefully selecting a good helper for her. She would have to thank him later.

Although this is part of Zhou Yaren's job, he is also very concerned about it.

With the Zhou father and daughter in charge of Yuntai Town, Xiao Wan felt much more relieved.

Chen Youli also praised the father and daughter highly.

As for Zhou Qiaojie's youngest son, he took the Zhou family's surname and was called Zhou Ze.

There must be a reason behind this, but Xiao Wan is not the type of person who likes to dig into other people's backgrounds. Therefore, apart from some basic information about the past, Xiao Wan never asks about such private matters.

Zhou Ze is not very old, and he is very sensible and smart. He looks lively and cute, with a white and tender face and chubby cheeks. It is obvious that his mother and grandfather have raised him very well.

The key point is that this child is also very well-behaved. Every time he sees Xiao Wan, he greets her sweetly and says "Hello, County Lady". Xiao Wan likes such a cute and polite child very much.

Although he is young, this boy is sensible. He runs very fast with his short legs, helping his mother and grandfather clean the house and put away the dishes. He always has a happy expression on his face.

Because he knew some words, he often helped his grandfather with the accounting and reconciliation, and he did it quite well.

Xiao Wan felt softened by what she saw, and once her heart softened, her desire to meddle in other people's business came back.

Seeing that Zhou Ze was so sensible at such a young age and, most importantly, could read, she thought it was a pity for him to stay in the hot pot restaurant. So after the hot pot restaurant closed, she called Zhou Lei and Zhou Qiaojie over to talk.

When Zhou's father and daughter heard that the county lady was calling them over, they felt a little nervous, fearing that they would not perform well and be blamed by the county lady.

They have tried their best to run the hot pot restaurant, and they only hope that if there is anything wrong, the county lord can give them a chance to correct it.

The three generations of them, grandparents and grandchildren, had suffered a lot in the past. After all the hardships, they finally got their reward and were bought by the county lady. Their life began to be stable, but they must not let anything go wrong again.

The county lady was a kind person and was very lenient towards her servants.

Be it bedding, clothes, food, drink or other expenses, they were treated just like ordinary people, unlike before when they were displaced and suffered all the hardships of the world.

In particular, the county lady entrusted important tasks to him and his daughter, and valued them very much. The two were very grateful.

Compared with the past, life now is like heaven and earth.

I thought it would be a great blessing to meet a kinder master after being sold.

Unexpectedly, they had the good fortune to be bought by the county lady and treated well by her. The family of three was filled with gratitude and contentment.

Now that the county lady suddenly called them over, the father and daughter kept thinking in their minds whether they had made any mistakes when doing things.

Seeing the two of them so reserved, and even with some fear in their eyes, Xiao Wan sighed in her heart, wondering how much suffering this father and daughter must have suffered in the past, that they were frightened when she, the master of the house, came to look for them.

She felt sad about the feudalism of this era. An ordinary person, once in trouble, would not even have the most basic personal freedom.

They are treated like commodities, bought and sold, scolded, beaten and abused at will, and their life and death depend on the will of their masters.

It's really sad.

As a modern person, she still believes in the concepts of freedom and equality in her bones. She really cannot treat people as commodities. She just feels that although she has bought people, she still regards them as employees she has hired.

Pay wages on a monthly basis and guarantee employee welfare benefits.

But she had no choice but to travel to this feudal and backward era, and there was not much she could do. As long as they were loyal and kind and worked hard for her, she would not beat, scold, or kill them.

Thinking of this, Xiao Wan put on a warm smile on her face and raised her hand to ask them to sit down without formalities.

Seeing the county lady's kind expression, Zhou Lei and his father felt a little relieved. After thanking her, they quickly sat down on the round stool in the hall.

But he didn't dare sit down, so he just sat next to the round stool.