bookcurios Chapter 843 Feeding Chicken Soup (1)
Chapter 843 Feeding Chicken Soup (1)
"You all heard what I said. They were kicked out of the embroidery workshop because they were jealous of Wang Guoer's efforts. I hope you will not follow in their footsteps and work hard to improve your embroidery skills. You don't need to be jealous of Wang Guoer. The reason she can get such a high monthly salary is because her efforts have not been in vain. She earned it with her own hands." Ji Xiaowu looked at these ignorant girls. When they were sent here, they all had a hint of flattery and uneasiness.
Some of them understood, while some were ignorant. They were just sent here by their families to make money. They only knew that they could make money by learning embroidery techniques, but they knew nothing else.
"You can also get high compensation on your own. I know some of you are sent here by your families just to learn a skill and make a living, but I also want to tell you that if you work hard to improve yourself, you can control your own future. You don't have to worry about your family treating you as goods to be exchanged because they have no money. You can support yourself with your own skills and give yourself enough confidence!" Ji Xiao's words made the girl's ignorant eyes become clear and bright, even with a dazzling light.
"Can I also refuse my mother's proposal to marry me to the Liu family?" A young girl stood up tremblingly, mustered up the courage to look at Ji Xiaomu and asked.
"Why did your mother promise you to the Liu family?" asked Aunt Ji.
"Because our family has no money and my brother wants to get married, my mother wants to use my gift as a betrothal gift to him..." the girl replied.
"How much is your betrothal gift?" asked Ji Xiaomu again.
"Two taels of silver!" the girl replied with tears in her eyes. Just for two taels of silver, her mother wanted to marry her to the eldest son of the Xu family. However, the eldest son of the Xu family had his brain damaged by a high fever when he was a child, and she didn't want to marry him.
"Do you know how much you can earn per month at Jinxiu Pavilion if you learn embroidery well?" asked Aunt Ji.
"...No...I don't know." The girl only knew that she asked her mother to let her learn embroidery because she wanted to learn a craft, but she didn't know that she could enter Jinxiu Pavilion after graduating from the embroidery workshop.
"The minimum is two taels of silver! The maximum is ten taels of silver!" Ji Xiaou's words made all the girls present gasp.
The scene immediately became heated, and the girls' eyes became fiery.
"What you will be like after you finish your studies will be revealed in your monthly salary! If you study well, your monthly salary will be five times that of others!" Aunt Ji said to the girl, "Even if I give you two taels of silver a month, you can earn twenty-four taels of silver a year! Will your mother still marry you off? What you should worry about then is not getting married, but your parents not letting you get married for money!"
"I! I will definitely study hard!" Ji Xiaowu's words made the girl's heart boil with passion. She could get two taels of silver a month! And it was the lowest! With this money, her brother could get married, and her father and mother would no longer be worried about money all day long, and she might not have to marry the eldest son of the Xu family.
"Well! Come on!" Aunt Ji smiled at the girl. The girl nodded heavily and sat down with hope.
The hand stroking the embroidery needle is no longer casual but cherished.
"So you just need to rely on your own efforts and don't need to be jealous of others. I also don't want you to make the same mistake again and get kicked out by me..." Mother Ji looked at the girls, and everyone understood what she was not going to say.