Chapter 383: Reward Given to the Wrong Person (3)_1
"Elder! You’ve worked your entire life, but only for others, and your own family has none to show for it! If you work with me, as long as you do well, in five years, I’ll hand over a shop to your family, so you can also run a shop and sell roasted goods!" Pei Qin said with a smile in her negotiations.
Such a tempting offer left Old Man Chang momentarily stunned. What kind of employer would do such a foolish thing!? Give a roasted goods shop to a subordinate!?
Pei Qin wasn’t short of money and was willing to spend it, "My word is my bond!"
Old Man Chang hesitated. His old employer had treated him well too, and it would be quite ungracious of him to just walk away. On the other hand, he really had worked for many years. His son had married, his daughter needed a dowry for her own marriage, and with grandchildren, the whole family was living quite frugally. If he followed Pei Qin for five years, he could open a roasted goods shop just like hers—then his whole family would have hope! But, if he opened his own shop and competed with her in business... People would surely point fingers at him and curse him for being heartless!
"Yuanyang County is so vast, no one can monopolize the market! Besides, I have more than just Yuanyang County!" These issues were never a problem for Pei Qin.
Looking at the various roasted sunflower seeds on the table, and the Drunkard’s Peanuts that he had never managed to successfully produce, Old Man Chang thought about Landlord Chang’s regard for their family, the fact that Young Master Chang was even living with them, and he gritted his teeth in agreement. There already was someone capable of taking over his duties at the old employer’s, doing quite well in fact—if it weren’t for him standing in the way, they’d already be known.
Pei Qin immediately signed a five-year employment contract with him, leaving the shop to him and his son to tidy up while she went home to prepare.
In the past few days, Pei Qian also became busy. It was time to harvest the cabbages, and she was taking Lu Hao and several other women around to collect cabbages.
The ingredients for the kimchi were already piled up at home, filling up an entire room. In the workshop warehouse, three rooms were filled with cabbages, almost reaching the ceiling.