Shen Mingjun can do it by himself, but to hire a female worker, you have to have a certain reputation and Hui Niang, who is a woman herself, to come forward.

October 12, the day before the pharmacy opened. Early that morning, Hui Niang asked Xiu'er to take Hong'er and Lu'er to all over the city to post notices for hiring female workers.

The notices are basically posted at the entrances of various alleys, which are very eye-catching.

After the expiration of the probationary period, the basic salary of female workers is 400 yuan, which may not sound high, but it is marked that they can earn more and earn more, and the maximum monthly salary can reach 1,000 yuan, which is very tempting.

You must know that young and middle-aged men can earn up to fifty or sixty wen a day when they work outside, but they don't have work every day, and if they can earn six or seven hundred wen a month, it is very powerful. If a female worker earns more than a man, the family will have more labor, which is almost unthinkable in the patriarchal era.

At first, only some poor women from their families came to apply, and more than a dozen of them came that day, most of these women were not married, and many of them were already seventeen or eighteen years old, because the family could not buy them a dowry, even if they were good-looking, they could not marry. The main purpose of their application is to earn a sum of money and save a dowry for themselves.

Hui Niang interviewed them one by one, first to see the appearance and temperament, and then to see if the hands were flexible and whether they were suitable for holding a pen and drawing.

By the time the sun went down in the afternoon, Hui Niang left behind twelve good-looking women, all unmarried, ranging in age from fourteen to eighteen.

Among the women who came to apply, those who were already married heard that there were men in the workshop, and they were frightened and hurried away, while some of the rough ones were politely rejected by Hui Niang. These twelve women, all with slender fingers, and very good needlework, Hui Niang told them to go home and wait for news, only to come to work when the printing workshop opened.

After all, Hui Niang is busy with the opening of the pharmacy tomorrow, and the printing workshop can only slow down for the time being. The twelve female workers were less than half of the number of female workers expected by Shen Xi, and after that, there was a screening, and if thirty permanent female workers were recruited, at least fifty or sixty women had to be invited back.

On the same day, Shen Mingjun and Shen Xi went out to recruit some guys, there were not many people, only five, as the initial team of the printing workshop.

These five people are all literate and quick-witted, and Shen Xi plans to train them to be able to help Shen Mingjun manage the printing workshop. After the opening of the printing workshop, they will not have to undertake technical work such as printing and binding, and will be responsible for supervising the error-free printing process, taking turns to keep vigil, and accompanying Shen Mingjun out to socialize.

On this day, Zhou and Shen Mingjun returned home early.

Because Shen Mingjun kept the house in order, there was no need to do housework, and the two of them made love behind closed doors, and Shen Xi and Lin Dai were sent to the pharmacy by the Zhou family early, in the name of help.

Hui Niang finished everything and began to make dinner.

Just like when I was in Ninghua, when the store was busy, I used a small stove to make hot pot, and even the cooking utensils such as the stove and copper pot were brought from Ninghua.

"Xiaolang, don't blame your father, they have something to do at home......" Hui Niang didn't know how to explain the matter between men and women to Xiao, so she could only be vague.

Shen Xi smiled and said, "Aunt Sun, you don't need to explain, what I understand is to hurry up and make me a younger brother and sister......

Hui Niangqiao's face flushed, stretched out her slender jade finger and scratched Shen Xi's face, and scolded with a light smile: "The children are not ashamed." But...... Alas, if your mother really gave you a younger brother or sister, she might not have so much time to take care of the business. ”

After a pause, Hui Niang was a little distracted, hesitated for a moment, frowned and said, "It's strange, I've been preparing for so long, and I always feel like I'm missing something...... Xiaolang, do you think that it will open tomorrow, but what is missing in the store? ”

Shen Xi was looking for mutton slices in the pot, and when he heard this, he said casually: "Auntie, there should be a lack of store signs." ”

Hui Niang patted her leg, her face full of chagrin: "I just said that something is wrong, I forgot such an important thing, I was really busy." It looks like the store won't be able to open tomorrow. ”

Shen Xi said with a smile: "After my aunt entered the city, she was busy with everything, and it is understandable that she was a little secret. ”

"Xiaolang, do you know that you won't remind your aunt? Aunt Loss loves you so much on weekdays. Hui Niang's lips pursed slightly, and she glared at Shen Xi with a slightly annoyed look, as if she was blaming, but her tone was gentle, more like coquettishness, "Forget it, if you write a signboard for your aunt, I will forgive you." ”

"Huh?" Shen Xi's face was full of surprise.

Hui Niang smiled and said, "Stinky boy, don't be an aunt who doesn't know that you write well...... Before Han Zhixian left Ninghua, he was amazed when he saw the Spring Festival couplets you wrote, and later I asked the officials, and they said that Han Zhixian was very interested in calligraphy and painting, and he would not look away. ”

"My aunt had actually prepared the plaque a long time ago, but somehow she forgot to ask someone to write it...... After you finished writing, my aunt took it to the carpenter and painted it, saying that it might not be possible to make it in time for the opening tomorrow. ”

Shen Xi shook his head and smiled bitterly.

When a pharmacy is newly opened, the store sign is more important than anything else, how can you forget? It is clear that Hui Niang set up a set up to wait for him to drill, maybe the old lady and the father went back to make love, and it was also discussed by Hui Niang and Zhou in advance to rush her own over.

"Aunt Sun, don't you want it...... After all, I'm a child, and if I can't write well, I'll laugh and be generous. Shen Xi complained bitterly.

Hui Niang smiled proudly: "Then you can write better...... This pharmacy is not only my aunt's, but also your family's, it is ugly and loses face, aunt can forgive you, but your mother will definitely beat people. ”

Shen Xi stuck out his tongue, he didn't expect Hui Niang to have such a "sneaky and slippery" time. This character is not easy to write, since it is to be hung out as a signboard, it must show a certain book ** bottom, showing a unique style and artistic conception. And at his age, how to explain all this?

Hui Niang got up and went to the back of the counter in the outer hall, took out the pen, ink, paper and inkstone that had been prepared a long time ago, carefully set it up for Shen Xi, and then greeted with a smile: "Xiaolang, don't be in a hurry to eat, come over and write the signboard first, and I'll send it to Carpenter Li in the workshop later." ”

Shen Xi stood up and walked to the counter, he was short and couldn't reach the countertop at all, Hui Niang simply moved a chair over and asked him to stand on the chair and write.

Hui Niang studied ink for Shen Xi, and the red sleeves added fragrance. Shen Xi picked up the brush and faced Hui Niang's eager gaze, and didn't know how to write for a while.

"Don't write too sloppily...... The last time you wrote the Spring Festival couplets, people said that it was a line with grass in the line, and the writing was excellent, but it was not suitable to hang it out as a signboard. Hui Niang did not forget to remind.

Shen Xi suddenly thought of an excuse and smiled: "Aunt Sun, then I really can't write anything else...... That's what I learned from the old gentleman. ”

"No more nonsense! Don't think you don't know what your kid is thinking...... I specifically consulted, they said that if you can write calligraphy to such an attainment, you must be able to write the regular characters to be superb, not to mention that aunt has not read the book you wrote, the words are very good! ”

"Although I don't know when you practiced calligraphy so well, if you don't use this word on your own signboard, your aunt won't love you in the future. You can do it yourself. Speaking of this, Hui Niang's tone even carried a bit of threat.

Shen Xi had no choice but to obediently submit and pose well, but he didn't put pen to paper immediately, looked up and asked, "What is the name of the signboard?" ”

"It's still Lu's Pharmacy, of course, if you have a better name, you can do it, as long as it's your aunt who writes it, you like it." Hui Niang had a successful smile on her face, gentle and a little playful.

Shen Xi didn't have the heart to do anything on the signboard, he honestly wrote the words "Lu's Pharmacy" in regular letters, and after writing, even people like Hui Niang who didn't know calligraphy felt pleasing to the eye, with a smile on his face, and dried the ink on the paper little by little.

"I know that Xiaolang has the ability...... Tut-tut, how rich and atmospheric this character is, plus you can draw well, you may be able to become a calligrapher and painter when you grow up, and you can sell a painting and make a lot of money by painting a few words. Hui Niang was sincerely admired.

Shen Xi smiled bitterly, he had already started to make money with calligraphy and painting, but Hui Niang didn't know it. He jumped down from the chair and went back to eat, Hui Niang carefully rolled up Shen Xi's ink treasure, turned around and said, "Xi'er, Dai'er, you have to learn from Xiaolang in the future, Xiaolang's ability is really not small." ”

After Hui Niang finished speaking, she couldn't even take care of eating, so she hurriedly took the words and went to the craftsman to engrave the signboard overnight.

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