The next morning, Fang Yizhi came to Meilou to find Gu Heng as promised, and took a carriage with Gu Heng to the outside of the textile shop he wanted to buy. Gu Heng was disguising himself as a man today, and asked Xiao Cui to look as handsome as possible.

Scholars. But when Gu Heng and Fang Yizhi got off the carriage together, they found several women in simple clothes and haggard faces suddenly surrounding him and Fang Yizhi.

Gu Heng and Fang Yizhi were both surprised by this. At this time, an older woman suddenly knelt down towards Gu Heng and Fang Yizhi and said, "Hello, sir, madam. I heard from my old employer that this textile workshop

If it is to be transferred, will you be the new owners of this textile workshop?"

Gu Heng was shocked at first. He was already wearing men's clothes and asked his maid Xiaocui to try her best to look like a man. Why was he still recognized as a woman at a glance? It was really heartbreaking!

But Gu Heng is a modern person and is not used to having people kneel in front of him, especially if this person is older than him. This will not easily shorten his life! So Gu Heng hurriedly walked to the elderly woman and tried to help her up.

, but the elderly woman refused to get up and insisted on knowing the answer.

Gu Heng had no choice but to ask: "Sister, are we the new owners of this textile workshop? What does it have to do with you?"

"Madam, you are kind-hearted at first glance. We are female textile workers in this textile workshop. If you are the new owner of the textile workshop, can you keep us here to continue weaving? The cloth we weave is very good, and we work quickly.

!” The elderly woman quickly explained the reason.

"Well, aunt, we don't know yet whether we will be the new owners of this textile shop, so I'm sorry, we can't promise you anything for the time being." Gu Heng answered the older woman rationally and politely.

"Madam, we really need this job. If we lose it, my children will not be able to study or take the imperial examination! So, if you become the new owner of this textile workshop, will you please take us in?"

The elderly woman couldn't help but shed tears as she spoke.

"Yes, kind master and madam, if you become the owner of this textile workshop, please take us in! My husband is also studying. Studying is very expensive. We have paid a lot, but he is already a scholar.

If we don't persist, he won't be willing to give in, and neither will we. Please have mercy on us, Master and Madam." Another younger woman in a light blue sarong also said anxiously.

"Please sir, madam, take pity on us! My family is because my father died young, my mother is ill, my brother is studying, and he has not married yet. The whole family depends on me working, and I need money very much!" A younger man said.

Yes, the woman in a green kurtz skirt who looked to be only seventeen or eighteen years old also spoke anxiously.

"Please, sir, have mercy on me, madam!" Several other women also begged.

Gu Heng didn't know how to deal with it for a while. After all, she didn't know whether what these people said was true or false. Secondly, her new machines saved a lot of labor, and she might not need all the working women in the textile workshop.

But if what these people said was true, she couldn't bear to reject them! So Gu Heng looked at Fang Yizhi. This man had always been smart and had a good heart. He might have a way.

When Fang Yizhi saw Gu Heng looking at him, he knew that the woman in front of him wanted him to come forward. For some reason, he felt a little sweet in his heart. Before, Mrs. Hengbo was misunderstood by the older woman as his wife, and she didn't explain it.

Don't you mind becoming your own woman? A beautiful woman like Hengbo, who is smart and worried about the world, also knows how to show weakness at the right time and let men show off. She is indeed worthy of her liking.

So Fang Yizhi said in a calm and steady tone with a hint of joy: "Everyone, let's wait until the new owner of this textile workshop appears!"

After saying that, without waiting for Gu Heng's reaction, he took Gu Heng's hand and passed through several women, heading straight into the textile workshop.

When Gu Heng saw Fang Yizhi's behavior, he realized that this was the Ming Dynasty, not modern times. The disparity in status allowed these rich and powerful people to ignore these common people!

Gu Heng thought, he didn't think of a proper solution at the moment, so he would just follow Fang Yizhi's method for the time being.

After entering the textile workshop, the original boss, a man in his fifties who wore fine clothes but had a sad expression on his face, steeled himself to meet Gu Heng and Fang Yizhi.

Because Gu Heng had originally communicated with the boss about the transfer in advance, and now he just had to hand over the house deed and silver in person, and then Fang Yizhi would handle the matters related to the government registration! He is a son of a government official, and the government

I will give him a lot of face and complete the relevant procedures quickly.

Just when he was about to leave the textile workshop, Gu Heng couldn't help but ask the original owner of the textile workshop: "Master Dai, we just saw a few women at the door, saying that they were female workers in this textile workshop, and their families were short of money.

, it’s not easy for us to accept them, do you know the specific situation?”

"Are you talking about those women from the Xu family? They are indeed female workers in this textile workshop. Some of them have been working for more than ten years. It is true that it is not easy for them."

Boss Dai picked up the tea cup, took a sip of tea, and continued: "The eldest Mrs. Xu, her husband died early, leaving her mother and a son and a daughter. When she was young, she relied on embroidery day and night to support herself.

In a large family, in order to support her son in studying for the imperial examination, she worked as a female worker in a textile workshop during the day and did embroidery at night, which was very hard."

"It's indeed hard work. What about the others?" Gu Heng asked.

Boss Dai stopped, glanced out the window, and said: "The other girl, Hong, who is wearing a light blue sarong, is because her husband is taking the imperial examination. Miss Luo, who is in the green geranium skirt, is because her brother at home is taking the imperial examination. It just so happens that now

It was also very difficult because my mother was ill. The rest of the family also came to work because their families were short of money and needed women to support their families."

"These women are very efficient and responsible in their work, so if Madam is willing, you can consider keeping them to work."

"I would like to ask, since you know that they all need this textile workshop, and your textile workshop is in a good location and the business was good before, why did you decide to transfer it?"

Gu Heng asked the question that he wanted to ask before. From the time he communicated with him to the day he transferred the textile workshop to him, Boss Dai has always looked sad and lacked energy. However, he does not seem to be a completely mercenary businessman. He should treat female workers well and he understands these things.

In terms of human condition, I seem to sympathize with them.

"Because I am my only son. When I was young, I was busy with business and neglected to discipline my son. My wife doted on my son so much that she let him learn to eat, drink, whore, and gamble. I sold the textile shop that I had spent half my life working for.

Pay off his gambling debts, and discipline him strictly at home from now on. Even if you break his legs, you must make him stop gambling and change his ways!"

The more Boss Dai talked, the sadder he became, and he burst into tears!

Gu Heng didn't know how to comfort him in this situation, so he could only say: "Master Dai, your children and grandchildren will have their own blessings. You don't have to be too anxious or too sad. Everything will pass!"

Gu Heng originally thought that Boss Dai would say "Thank you" to him, but unexpectedly Boss Dai said to Fang Yizhi: "Master Fang, with all due respect, I saw you holding your wife's hand when we came in together.

, your eyes are full of love and affection for her, just like I felt for my beloved wife back then."

"I was thinking that it was not easy for a woman to give birth to a child. When she gave birth to my son, she went through hell and never let her give birth again. I thought you might feel so sorry for your wife in the future, otherwise you wouldn't let her.

She came out wearing men's clothes and came in holding her hand, so I want to say that if I have only one child in the future, I should pay attention to disciplining my child, so that I won't be as miserable as I am when I grow old."

Boss Dai's words caused Gu Heng, who was drinking tea, to spit out a mouthful of tea and splash it all over himself. What did he say?

"Master Dai, have you misunderstood? I..."

Gu Heng wanted to explain something, but Fang Yizhi covered his mouth with a handkerchief!

Just listen to Fang Yizhi say to Boss Dai: "Thank you, Mr. Dai, for reminding me. It's just that my wife's dirty hands have soiled her clothes. I'll excuse myself and take her home."
Chapter completed!