Chapter 1259: Full-level Boss Dressed As a Peasant Girl
Chapter 1259: Meng Yunzheng's Attendant
News of Shu Yu's hiring spread quickly, and the villagers who were originally just spectating gained confidence and came forward to inquire.
Shu Yu repeated the same thing, and the people cheered before running back to tell their relatives.
Since they were already hiring many people, the competition intensified. The workers at the workshop became anxious, fearing that the best jobs would be taken by others.
Shu Yu wasn't worried. Although there were many villagers in Shishi Village, some of them were already working with her father. Those who had their own land and families wouldn't want to work at the workshop for a long time, so there were actually not many suitable candidates.
Finding hardworking, meticulous, and careful workers who met her criteria would be a challenge, and there would probably be fewer than thirty or forty people.
Shu Yu set a date three days later for interested individuals to come for a "job interview" at the farm.
Afterward, she let everyone get back to work, and she checked the progress of the workshop inside and out. It would be ready to use in about ten days.
As Shu Yu was about to leave the workshop and go to the sunflower field, she saw a familiar carriage approaching.
The carriage stopped in front of her, and she looked at the person on the coach... he was a stranger.
Then, the curtain was lifted, and Meng Yunzheng jumped out of the carriage.
A smile involuntarily appeared on Shu Yu's lips as she took a few steps forward. "You're back?"
Meng Yunzheng had previously told her that he was going to the Dong'an Prefecture to buy some attendants. He had left yesterday.
"I just returned from the Dong'an Prefecture. When I passed by the farm and saw your carriage outside, I thought you were here, so I came to find you. Are you planning to leave?"
"No, I'm going to see the sunflowers."
"Let's go, I'll accompany you."
The two of them walked ahead.
Shu Yu thought about the stranger who was sitting on the coach earlier, so she turned her head to take a glance. The man was now leading the carriage and following them. When he saw Shu Yu's gaze, he quickly and respectfully greeted, "hello, Miss Lu."
Shu Yu was stunned for a moment before nodding her head.
She turned back and smiled at Meng Yunzheng. "Is this the attendant you found in the Dong'an Prefecture?"
"Yes, his name is Xia Yan. He has studied for six years and writes quite well. He also knows some martial arts."
Shu Yu was somewhat surprised. "You actually found a treasure in the capital."
"Well, speaking of which, he has some connections with the Shu family."
"How so?"
"Xia Yan originally came from a well-off family with land and shops. His parents sent him to study, hoping that he would pass the imperial examination and achieve fame. However, before he had a chance to participate in the county-level examination, his family encountered some trouble. He originally had a childhood sweetheart, He Shi, and they were engaged when they were twelve years old."
However, a year before their wedding, his fiancée caught the eye of Shu Feng, who wanted to take her as a concubine.
Shu Feng was several years older than Shu Yu and was already married. However, before the Lu family fell from grace, his wife's family received the news and advised her to divorce Shu Feng, so she didn't end up in the exile convoy.
As for Shu Feng's concubine, she was just a maidservant and was sold after his arrest.
Xia Yan's fiancée was the first concubine he was interested in.
Naturally, Xia Yan's family was unwilling, but her fiancée's parents had ambitions to connect with the magistrate's family.
The He family was in a similar financial situation to Xia's. They were fortunate to have acquired some unexpected wealth, and their life improved.
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