Chapter 1417: Ding Rujun's SituationEditor: Henyee Translations
The Ding family's conditions were average, but her father had married a stepmother.
Her stepmother did not treat her very well, but because Ding Rujun had embroidery skills, the money she earned from embroidery every month allowed the family to eat two more meals of meat.
On account of the fact that she earned money, her stepmother did not abuse her.
However, Ding Rujun did not have any time to rest. She had to work hard at home the entire day.
She was quite smart. She did not embroider quickly to avoid raising her stepmother's appetite. Occasionally, she would even leave a few pieces of handkerchief and ask someone to help her sell them for money in the cloth shop.
However, her stepmother did not like her and despised her for not earning enough. She wanted to bring her to the embroidery workshop. It was said that the embroidery workshop provided food and accommodation, and the money she earned every month was quite a lot.
Ding Rujun did not want to enter the embroidery workshop. It was fine to do embroidery now, but if she did it for too long, her eyes would not work. Back then, her biological mother had damaged her eyes like this and her body had fallen ill. She did not want to repeat the same mistake. Therefore, when her stepmother brought her to the embroidery workshop, she deliberately hid her talents. The embroidery workshop did not fancy her.
However, her stepmother was still unwilling to give up. When she heard that Jinlan Street was recruiting, she immediately urged Father Ding to send Ding Rujun over.
Father Ding really brought her to Jinlan Street.
Ding Rujun was unwilling at first and only planned to go through the motions. She thought that if her embroidery skills could not pass, others would not want her.
However, when she entered, she realized that the shop was not hiring an embroidery maid, but a female shop assistant.
Moreover, according to Boss Gu, the guests were all women. Ding Rujun immediately understood that she had to seize this opportunity, so she performed very well and entered the shop.
Her stepmother was not happy, but when she heard that she had signed a contract and would earn five taels of silver every month, she reluctantly agreed.
After Gu Yundong found out about this, he spoke to Ding Rujun alone.
She said, "Now that your family knows that your salary is five taels, I think you have to hand them over. However, I've said before that if you do well in the future, I'll give you a raise in salary. When the time comes, you don't have to tell your family. I won't tell you either. Just take it."
Ding Rujun was stunned for a moment when she heard that. Then, she became slightly excited. Her eyes lit up as she looked at Gu Yundong gratefully.
Therefore, this time, Ding Rujun also proposed to keep the clothes in the Shao family for safekeeping.
She was worried that her stepmother would take it away after she took it back.
Gu Yundong agreed and Ding Rujun left.
The next day, as expected, everyone arrived early in the morning.
Gu Yundong rented two carriages to send everyone over. Nanny Xia led them in through the back door of the Qin family. She went to see Qin Wenzheng with Shao Qingyuan.
Qin Wenzheng had just returned the day before yesterday. When he found out that Gu Yundong and Shao Qingyuan were coming over, he waited in the study with a straight face early in the morning.
However, after waiting for a long time, no one came.
Qin Wenzheng was a little tired from waiting. He couldn't help but open the study door and go out to take a look.
Then, he heard a familiar voice laughing under the corridor.
"Is that so? In that case, you know a lot of words. Speaking of which, your Mr. Qin used to be a teacher. Not to mention anything else, he's very experienced in teaching. If you learn more from him, you might even be able to become an Elementary Scholar."
"Sister Gu, you must be joking. I'm not talented in studying and I'm already so old. I'm already very satisfied that I can read. How would I dare to take the Elementary Scholar examination?"
"You don't have to belittle yourself. You..."
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