Spoiled By the Young Master After Reborn In the 80s
Chapter 562 - 560, final payment

Chapter 562: 560, final payment

Luo Shu smiled and shook her head, "I do plan to have them stay here when my family and friends come to visit." Having a house would always be more convenient.

Qi Hui and the other two were speechless. This could only happen with Luo Shu, who had money; otherwise, who would buy a whole house just for their family and friends, and then decorate it with such style?

The guards’ wives eagerly approached Zhang Xiaoling as soon as she returned.

"Sister-in-law Yang, how is it there? Is it really scary?"

"Yeah, is it dark and gloomy, and frightening?"

Seeing the anxious crowd waiting for her reply, Zhang Xiaoling smiled and shook her head, "Not only is it not scary, but it’s also very beautiful, like the kind of place where high officials lived in ancient times." She had never seen such a beautiful house in her life!

"Really? But that’s supposed to be a haunted house, right?"

"Sister-in-law Yang, you’re not just saying this because you want us to go over there, are you?"

"Anyway, I would not go to such a place."

Zhang Xiaoling smiled and said to everyone, "Whether you go or not is entirely up to you. I’m going to count the number of people now, so please raise your hand if you want to come with me."

The guards’ wives looked at each other, and four of them raised their hands, while the others remained silent. They did want to go, but there was a hurdle in their hearts that they couldn’t get over themselves.

"Okay! Sister-in-law Wu, Sister-in-law Xianglan, Sister Zhou Yan, Sister Chunni, you can put your hands down," said Zhang Xiaoling to the four who had raised their hands.

She looked again at the crowd, "I’ve already discussed this with Luo Shu, and since the sisters and ladies don’t wish to join us, we won’t force you. Therefore, we plan to hire some workers from the town. I just want to let everyone know, once we have hired enough people, we won’t be taking on any more. As you know, the cost of making cakes is high and the profit margin is small, so if there are too many people, we can’t afford it. So I would like to apologize to all the sisters and ladies here in advance! I hope you won’t hold it against me and Luo Shu later for not taking you on, accusing us of being unkind."

Hearing what Zhang Xiaoling said, the guards’ wives began to hesitate again. They initially wanted to wait and see how things turned out before deciding, but now that Zhang Xiaoling had put it this way, if they didn’t go this time, they would never have the chance again.

However, the thought of the terrifying rumors, and the possibility of living alongside ghosts every day, made them shudder uncontrollably.

After much deliberation, no one spoke up from the group.

"Alright then, that’s settled. We’ll stop here once we ship out tomorrow’s goods. Now I’m going to settle this month’s wages for everyone," Zhang Xiaoling said, then stepped into her room and took out the ledger. Originally, she wanted to settle wages on a daily basis, but the guards’ wives found it troublesome, so she opted for monthly payments.

"Sister-in-law Jiang, your pay for this month comes to twenty-five yuan and sixty-three fen. I’ll settle with you for today’s later tonight," Zhang Xiaoling read from the ledger and took out the money from her pocket to hand over to Du Cuihua. She had prepared this money two days before and had kept it in her pocket all this time.

"Ah!" Du Cuihua responded and walked forward, smiling as she took the money from Zhang Xiaoling’s hand. Working for a month and getting paid felt so good!

"Sister Mudan, your wage this month is thirty-four yuan and fifty-eight fen," Zhang Xiaoling continued, looking at the list in the ledger.

Zhou Mudan stepped forward and took the money from Zhang Xiaoling’s hand. She felt mixed emotions, naturally happy to receive her wages, but after this time, there would be no more wages to collect.

After handing the money to Zhou Mudan, Zhang Xiaoling began to announce the next person, the Guard’s Wife. It took over half an hour to finally distribute all the wages.

Packing up the ledger, Zhang Xiaoling looked at everyone and let out a long sigh in her heart, "Everyone keep up the work." They had been working together for so long, and now that they were disbanding so suddenly, she also felt upset. However, since they didn’t want to move to the new place, there was nothing she could do.

Her factory couldn’t stay stuck in the past, and her home couldn’t remain un-home-like forever. Thus, this step had to be taken. Only by moving forward could her factory and her home become better!

Because it was the last day, everyone’s spirits were not very high. After finishing their work and receiving the remaining money, they stayed at Zhang Xiaoling’s place for a while, then left with complex feelings.

In the past, their lives at home consisted of nothing but caring for children or cooking and washing clothes for the men in their families. Even when a few Guard’s Wives gathered, it wasn’t like now, where they could chat while earning money, spending each day both fulfilled and happy. Although it was tiring, when they got paid, they realized the effort was worth it.

But today, all of this was coming to an end; they would return to their previous lives, feeling really empty inside.

When everyone had left, Zhang Xiaoling began cleaning the house. Luo Shu had said he would drive her and the four people who remained to deliver the goods tomorrow. After delivering the goods, they would go to the newly bought house and use those machines to try making some cakes.

Yang Le walked into the house and saw Zhang Xiaoling hammering her waist, looking fatigued. He walked over and gently started hammering for her, "Tired, aren’t you?" He also felt heartache seeing her so exhausted over these days. But looking at their home that didn’t feel like a home, he felt a bit angry.

"Yang Le, I’m sorry for these days!" Zhang Xiaoling turned around, hugged Yang Le’s waist, and said with guilt.

Yang Le sighed helplessly, "Who told you to be my wife!" Every time he got angry, he would remember that Xiaoling was also doing this for their home, trying to make their lives better, and his anger dissipated. Let it be a cake pile, at least the cakes were fragrant.

"We’re moving all this away tomorrow, and we won’t be making cakes at home anymore." Zhang Xiaoling looked at Yang Le and said with a smile, "From now on, you won’t have to sleep with that sweet smell anymore."

"Huh?" Yang Le looked at Zhang Xiaoling in surprise.

"Didn’t Luo Shu buy a house? The house has been beautifully renovated, looking like a grand official’s residence from ancient times. After we deliver these cakes tomorrow, we’ll be working there. There are machines and once things settle down, I won’t be this tired," Zhang Xiaoling said, full of longing.

"Isn’t that house said to be unclean?" Yang Le asked. With everyone talking about it, he had also heard the rumors.

"Those are just rumors. Wait until you have the time to visit, and I guarantee you’ll love it there too. Let me tell you! Over there, there are artificial mountains, a Lotus Pond, pavilions, terraces and open halls—so beautiful! And those purple lotuses; their scent is particularly wonderful. Have you ever seen a purple lotus?" Thinking of the scenery at Luo Shu’s house, Zhang Xiaoling couldn’t help but want to share with Yang Le what she saw, letting him know how beautiful it was.