in2ebook Chapter 115 Freedom at Last
Chapter 115 Freedom at Last
In the beauty shop, Jinchu wrote a letter to Li Meiniang and the shopkeeper Chen a month ago, saying only that he needed to leave Lincheng for a while, and that Huizhen would be in charge of the workshop affairs in the future. They also agreed that if there were any important matters that required Jinchu's response in the future, they could just keep in touch through letters.
The customer feedback on the newly improved cosmetics is also very good. In the future, Huizhen only needs to deliver the goods regularly according to the new formula and coordinate with Li Meiniang to operate normally.
Because the burden fell directly on Huizhen, Jinchu was prepared to give her 50% of the profits. However, Huizhen refused, insisting that the recipe belonged to Jinchu and that Jinchu had paved the way for her. She had already taken advantage of the situation by just reaping the benefits, and she must not do something so ungrateful and shameless as to lose her conscience.
Finally, after Jinchu's half-begging and half-angry negotiation, the profit distribution method of the cosmetics company after Jinchu's departure was finally decided with Jinchu taking 60% and Huizhen taking 40%.
The two also agreed to keep in touch during this period, and if there was any emergency, Huizhen would make the decision on her own.
Li from the workshop, Zhang Yaren's wife, was dexterous and gentle. After consulting Huizhen, Jinchu promoted her to the position of foreman, and her monthly salary was directly increased to one or two taels.
Let her help Huizhen manage the workshop to reduce the intensity of Huizhen's work after Huanyan leaves Lincheng with Jinchu.
After Jinchu's improvements to her cosmetics business, she was earning a little over a thousand taels of silver per month. Adding the money she had saved over the past few months, she now had about five thousand taels of silver. Even if they returned to the capital, this amount of money would be enough for her and Zhao'er Huanyan to survive for three to five years.
As long as the beauty shop doesn't go bankrupt in the future, she will still have a steady stream of income. Therefore, in terms of money, although she can't say that she is rich, she can live a comfortable life without worries about food and clothing.
After everything was arranged at the beauty salon, Jin Chu felt much more at ease.
Because of the rising popularity of the newly crowned top scholar, Wang Weiyuan, the Wang family was visited by many guests every day. Even the prefect Zhao came out in person to commend and encourage him, and gave him a gift of thirty taels of silver.
Ten days later, Wang Weiyuan traveled north along the Cuishui River from Lincheng to the capital by water to prepare for the spring examination in February of the following year.
On the day of departure, the sky was clear and the air was fresh. Prefect Zhao personally came to the Cuishui River to see off the top scholar from the prefectural city. The riverside was also crowded with people who came to watch the excitement.
Wang Jieyuan was a modest gentleman, gentle and elegant, and many girls couldn't take their eyes off him and fell in love with him.
Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, the ship carrying Wang Weiyuan slowly sailed away.
An hour and a half later, in the Li Mansion's villa on the outskirts of Lincheng.
The ground was covered with broken porcelain, and in the middle were several trembling servants kneeling, two of whom were the man and woman who had previously picked up Jin Chu.
"I sent four of you, but you can't even keep an eye on a weak woman. What's the point of having you useless people?"
As he was cursing, another teacup came crashing down, leaving the man on the ground with no way to avoid it. Blood instantly gushed out from his forehead, and the man didn't even dare to wipe it off. He only pleaded, "Damn it, damn it!"
"You deserve to die!" Li Zhongxian, still furious, pointed at the other three people. "You! You! You! You all deserve to die!" His chest heaved violently. "Someone, take these four out and hand them over to..."
"Master, calm down. The most urgent thing is to find that girl first. We can deal with these people later." The confidant beside him whispered to the host, "After all, these people are more familiar with the girl, right? With them leading the way, our people will be able to find her more smoothly."
"Hmph!" Li Zhongxian glanced at the four people below, and finally listened to the advice of his confidant, "I'll spare you this time today. Why don't you quickly explain the reason in detail!"
The four of them kowtowed repeatedly to express their gratitude, and the woman slowly told them the whole story.
It turned out that since the agreement that Jinchu would return to the courtyard every five days began, Li Zhongxian assigned two more men to assist the couple in addition to the one who was there, in order to ensure that he could keep absolute surveillance on Jinchu when she returned home that night.
This was indeed the case. Jin Chu always behaved well every time he went back, and would show up at the agreed place on time the next morning to go back with them.
At first, the four men were very conscientious in their duties. At night, they watched the courtyard where Jin Chu lived very closely, wishing that not even a fly could fly out.
As they went back more and more often, Jinchu was very well-behaved every time, never causing them any trouble, and occasionally even bringing them some delicious food.
At first, no one dared to eat it. Later, one of them was too hungry while keeping watch at night. When he saw the delicious food, he couldn't help but take a bite. Once he started eating, he couldn't stop.
From then on, Jinchu would bring all kinds of delicious food to share with them every time he went back. Gradually, they got used to receiving all kinds of hot food brought by Jinchu the next morning after staying up all night.
If you walk too much at night, you will always encounter ghosts.
This morning, as usual, Jinchu brought them a large plate of richly sauced five-spiced beef, a basket of freshly baked buns, and four bowls of soft and delicious nutritious five-grain porridge.
After seeing Jinchu take a bite as if nothing had happened, the few people who had been guarding all night couldn't wait to start feasting. When they finished eating and patted their stomachs in satisfaction and prepared to drive away, they found that their whole bodies were sore and their eyelids were heavy as if they had weighed a thousand pounds. Only then did they realize that they had been tricked by Jinchu.
After watching Jin Chu jump off the mule cart, the few of them quickly fell into a dark dream.
Jinchu's delay finally alarmed Li Zhongxian, who immediately sent people to look for her, but found that the courtyard where Jinchu lived was empty.
When I went to the private school where Zhao'er was studying to ask about it, I got the news that the child had asked for leave and returned home three days ago due to illness.
In an alley not far away, four people were seen sleeping unconscious in a motionless mule cart.
So far, what else is unclear?
That little girl paid attention to details, using the method of boiling a frog in warm water. On the one hand, she cooperated obediently, and on the other hand, she used various foods to gradually wear down the four people's vigilance.
In the end, the four of them learned a heavy lesson for their carelessness.
Furious, Li Zhongxian could only order people to search everywhere, but half a day had passed and the girl had already left the city with her vital brother.
At the same time, in the ship heading north, a tall and handsome young man was looking at the shimmering water, accompanied by a boy of six or seven years old.
The boy was looking at the ships in the distance with great interest, and looked up from time to time to ask something. The young man patiently answered his questions one by one. They looked like a very harmonious master and apprentice pair.
A pair of young girls sat on either side of the cabin, looking at the two people outside with smiles on their faces.
These two people are Jinchu and Huanyan.
Finally, I have escaped from Mr. Li's shackles!
Just like a bird that has been in a cage for a long time, today it finally regains its freedom.
At this moment, Jin Chu was in high spirits and felt relaxed all over. Seeing Huahua smiling and Shuishui being affectionate, he wanted to laugh out loud three hundred times towards the sky!
After being in this other world for so long, I finally feel the wind of freedom.