The old lady's personal maid, who was also considered a powerful figure in the Zhu family, was actually pushed back by Zhu Niang. Grandma Song did not expect that Zhu Niang, who had always been docile, would suddenly go crazy.
But Grandma Song was very sensible and could see the situation clearly. She looked at Zhu Jia with a look of asking for instructions... Even if she wanted to fight back at this time, she still had to look at her mistress's intentions.
Zhu Jia didn't find it strange and waved her hand: "You all go out, I want to have a private chat with my daughter-in-law."
There were fifty large boards on each side, which not only blocked the people he brought with him, but also made Aunt Li go away.
The two girls walked into the courtyard with the door open, which actually gave a buffer between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.
Zhu Jiashi said: "Young man from the third family, you said that you did not use the banner of the Zhu family, but in fact, as long as you are the daughter-in-law of the Zhu family, you must give face to the Zhu family in all aspects. Subtly, you are using the resources of the Zhu family, so this
The Zhu family shouldn't be involved in the business. I am also a reasonable person. After all, the workshop relies on your ability to support it.
"Let's do this. You bring me one thousand two hundred taels. You can continue to live in the house left by the third child. My mother will not drive you away. In addition, you will be responsible for taking care of the workshop... In the future, the revenue of the workshop will increase.
You’re 30%.”
The daughter-in-law confiscated the 1,200 taels spent to buy the house, and only lent the house to others to live in. 70% of the profit from the workshop went to the Zhu family. In name, the workshop was managed by Zhu Niang, but in fact Zhu Niang became the
The Zhu family hired a shopkeeper who could kick Mother Zhu out at any time.
When Zhu Hao heard this, he felt extremely happy.
The old lady's words may be a kind of "help" to Zhu Hao, allowing Zhu Niang to see the situation clearly and determined to fight against the Zhu family to the end.
In the past, they just planned to cut ties with the Zhu family and go their separate ways. Now they want to start competition, dig holes for the Zhu family, and plunge the Zhu family into dire straits...
Filial piety? Haha.
"Mom, are you here to steal something?" Zhu Niang immediately launched a counterattack.
When Zhu Jia heard this, her expression tightened and she looked at her sharply: "What are you talking about? Are you doing all this for your mother just for this family?"
Zhu Niang said: "In the past, my daughter-in-law did some small business, came out to show off, and earned some hard-earned money every month, but the majority of it was taken away by the family. The reason my mother gave at that time was that the shop was left by her late husband and belonged to Zhu.
The daughter-in-law only takes care of the house for her late husband and son, and should hand over the profits earned to the Zhu family.
"But now that the land and house have been returned to the family, my daughter-in-law is looking for someone to open her own workshop outside, working hard day and night. What reason will mother use to take it back this time?"
"boom!"
Zhu Jiashi slapped his hand on the table, his face full of anger.
No one in the whole family dared to speak to her like this, but this daughter-in-law, whom she had always looked down upon, dared to contradict her face to face.
If this were in the Zhu family, Zhu Jia would have asked people to take care of her daughter-in-law's family. But now she is in Zhu Niang's yard. This daughter-in-law has hired dozens of housekeepers and caregivers. Even if Zhu Jia is angry again,
You should also consider first whether the event is suitable for an attack.
"Mom, my daughter-in-law can return the workshop to the family."
Just when Zhu Jia was thinking about how to deal with it and escape unscathed, or how to trick Zhu Niang back into the manor outside the city to close the door and beat the dog, her daughter-in-law's words made her startled.
Zhu Jiashi's old face wrinkled: "Are you overthinking it?"
Zhu Niang said: "My daughter-in-law made a total of one thousand two hundred taels from her business. My daughter-in-law is willing to use this money to buy back her late husband's land and house. This is a full 30% higher than the market price."
"Hmm."
Zhu Jiashi obviously didn't want to agree.
"As long as my mother is willing to let her daughter-in-law redeem the land and house, and she agrees not to interfere with whatever business she does in the future, her daughter-in-law can control the entire workshop, including the production equipment, the craftsmen recruited and trained, and the purchase channels for raw materials, etc.
Wait and give them to the family together."
Zhu Niang put forward her own conditions.
But in Zhu Hao's ears, Zhu Niang's conditions were too urgent, which would definitely arouse Zhu Jia's suspicion. Logically speaking, they should negotiate for a while, or go through several meetings and negotiate until the negotiation breaks down.
It's better to come out.
Zhu Jia was indeed an old fox. Hearing this, he sneered: "You are the wife of the Zhu family. No matter from which point of view, the money you earn belongs to the Zhu family. No matter where the trouble is, no one will stand on your side...
…You should know very well.”
Zhu Niang bit her lower lip with her teeth, almost bleeding.
She has been fighting hard, but what Zhu Jia said is also reality. In such a closed and conservative era, once a woman gets married, let alone the Zhu family, which is a family of thousands of royal families, even an ordinary family, what they do represents the husband's family.
Both public opinion and the government will stand on the side of the husband's family and ruthlessly suppress the daughter-in-law's resistance.
Times are different, and the basic points of consideration are also different. Zhu Niang knows that she is single and weak, and it is difficult to compete with the powerful secular power, so she has always chosen to be patient.
If she resists too much and is taken back by her husband's family and put in chains, let alone speaking out to make money, she may not even have freedom in the future. At that time, the Zhu family only needs to say, "This is the Zhu family's own business." At most, the neighbors who sympathize with Zhu Niang will just
Filled with righteous indignation, not even the government can interfere.
Zhu Niang looked solemn: "If mother is not willing to exchange, then the daughter-in-law will have no choice but to refuse your request for the sake of the child... The daughter-in-law also wants her son to have a promising career in the future."
Zhu Jia's face was full of disdain: "You don't even want the position of Jin Yiwei Baihu that his father left for him?"
"I can't afford it, and I don't dare to ask for it."
Mother Zhu answered very directly, "My daughter-in-law is very clear about her position in the Zhu family. She can no longer help Xiao Hao win the military position. It is better to cut off all ties and rely on Xiao Hao to work hard to gain fame."
"My daughter-in-law also knows that a female immigrant is not qualified to discuss the separation of the family, but now that the Zhu family wants my daughter-in-law's workshop, the daughter-in-law thinks she has reason to talk to the Zhu family... If the mother does not agree, the daughter-in-law can only fight.
The fish is dead and the net is broken!"
"you!"
Zhu Jiashi glared at her disobedient daughter-in-law.
After thinking about it, she suddenly understood where Zhu Niang's confidence came from.
Doesn’t the Zhu family want a workshop?
As long as I don't hand it over, if your Zhu family wants to take it back, let's not go to war, and eventually the whole city will be in an uproar. Even if you are finally kidnapped by the Zhu family using moral etiquette and successfully captured, as long as I don't give you the technology and send all the craftsmen away, then
Isn’t the Zhu family trying to draw water from a bamboo basket but in vain?
Even though I was captured by the Zhu family and locked up in a small dark room, you still didn't get what you wanted, and the win-win situation turned into a lose-lose situation.
What is the point of positive sum game?
Of course it’s not about harming others and not benefiting oneself!
Cooperation can only be achieved through mutual benefit and reciprocity, each taking a step back.
Otherwise, if it changes from positive to negative, the Zhu family will lose a lot of money, and I, Mother Zhu, will lose her freedom and the future of her children. This is also your Zhu family's own choice!
Zhu Jiashi was very angry.
In the past, it was clear that as long as you stepped forward, nothing could be done, but now you are actually being threatened by your daughter-in-law, who has always been as docile as a sheep?!
Where did she get the courage?
Zhu Jia couldn't help but glance at Zhu Hao sitting outside the door.
At this time, Zhu Hao's big ignorant eyes looked over with confusion, as if he didn't understand what the elders were saying at all. Zhu Jiashi turned away with some boredom, not thinking in the direction of "the grandson is the initiator" at all.
"If my mother doesn't agree, do you really want to make a big fuss with the family?" Zhu Jia asked coldly.
Zhu Niang's face was calm: "My daughter-in-law thinks that there is no reason for her not to agree. My daughter-in-law just wants to be free... The workshop was given to the Zhu family, and the land and house were redeemed by my daughter-in-law. In the process, the Zhu family almost lost nothing...
...Why must mother force people to go to a dead end?"
Zhu Jiashi stood up immediately, she had already figured it out.
Maybe it was the constant pressure on Zhu Niang that made Zhu Niang think that she had no love in her life. This woman was very capable. Even when her shop was lost, she could still make a comeback by running a workshop! Let the Zhu family covet her again.
...If the Zhu family doesn't show some sincerity, I'm afraid Mother Zhu will really fight to the death, and everyone will be in trouble.
To Zhu Jia, Zhu Niang and Zhu Hao’s free life in the future is nothing!
You have succeeded twice, how can you make a comeback again? Besides, Prince Xing’s Mansion and the county government are now speaking for you. It’s not easy to deal with your family!
"Wei Niang wants to go out and see the situation of the workshop, your inventory, and the manufacturing process. If everything is as you said, Wei Niang will agree to it."
Zhu Jiashi finally figured it out and made a formal commitment.
Zhu Niang said: "If mother agrees, she must find the government, the squire, the village elder and others to bear witness, and then the daughter-in-law will hand over everything to the Zhu family. From then on, the daughter-in-law will be regarded as separated from the Zhu family, life and death."
There is nothing wrong with the Zhu family...but my daughter-in-law will also promise in front of everyone that from now on, she will keep her husband's integrity and do everything for the sake of her children!"
When Zhu Jiashi saw Zhu Niang's decisive look, she suddenly felt a sense of respect for no reason in her heart.
This woman is so cruel!
Perhaps if she has been a wife for decades and becomes a mother-in-law, she is probably more capable than me. No wonder she wants to use this in exchange for freedom, because she thinks she will have a chance to go straight to the sky in the future!
When I asked you to become a workshop before, I underestimated you. Now that I know what you are capable of, your every move from now on will be watched by the Zhu family to see how you seek development!
When you can't even eat and come back to beg the Zhu family, the land, house and everything you own will still belong to the Zhu family!
Zhu Jiashi straightened his thinking and no longer deliberately forced his daughter-in-law to obey. He only needed to get the workshop where his daughter-in-law made a lot of money every day.
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Early the next morning.
Accompanied by Zhu Niang, Zhu Jia went to the workshop outside the city to inspect the production of glassware in the workshop.
This time, Mr. Zhu Jia called in Butler Liu, Zhu Wanquan and several clerks from his own shop, as well as temporarily hired craftsmen. In fact, the purpose was to judge whether the business was a trap from the reactions of all parties, and to see whether there was any need to talk to his daughter-in-law.
exchange.
Zhu Jia didn't ask Zhu Wanjian to come, mainly because the second son was too outrageous.
Even if the workshop is taken back, Zhu Jia plans to find someone else to run it.
"Mom, I went in and took a look. The number of glassware in the warehouse alone is no less than a thousand. Each of the bottles and jars is dazzling and ingenious. The craftsmen are skilled in craftsmanship and the production is orderly."
After Zhu Wanquan went in to investigate, he came out to report the situation to Zhu Jia. At the end, he said with some concern, "But should I ask my eldest brother's opinion first about this matter? My eldest brother is in the city, and my father is currently in bed. There are some things I should ask my eldest brother for.