Song Sanniang's Journey to Wealth

Chapter 181 Year-end Arrangements

It was then that she realized that she had not bought a house. It seemed that it was time to buy a house for herself.

She has two younger sisters. When she buys her own house, she will earn money to buy them a house too.

Next, in addition to the house, she had to work hard to earn money to buy fields, farms, and hills, she thought.

Song Lao Er beside her pulled her back, and she came back to her senses. She thought for a moment and said,

"The prosperity of Tianmi Mi in Fucheng is thanks to every employee here. It is your dedication that has made Tianmi Mi a well-known store in Fucheng.

Therefore, everyone can get double their wages this month. "After saying this, everyone cheered and some even clapped their hands.

After everyone was done being excited, Song Sanniang continued, "Everyone will get a Spring Festival gift. You can write down what gift you want on a piece of paper, and I will make the arrangements accordingly.

In addition, for the Chinese New Year, I think there should be a seven-day holiday so that everyone can reunite with their families and have a good year.”

As soon as she said this, everyone's opinions diverged. Some thought it was a good idea, but people like errand runners didn't want to close the shop because if they took one more day off, they would earn one less day's money.

Song Sanniang stopped everyone from making a fuss, asked a few people for their opinions, and then said,

"Then let's discuss how many days off we can have before deciding. Tonight is our sweet employee gathering before the New Year. I have reserved the Wangjiang Tower.

You can go home and bring your family to Wangjianglou for dinner tonight. I wish you all a good meal and drink tonight."

After saying this, everyone became even more excited, and Song Sanniang asked everyone to go home and take their families to eat.

Wangjianglou is a famous restaurant in the city, owned by the Jin family. The restaurant has invited chefs from all over the world, and you can eat dishes from all over the world.

The prices range from low to high, so Wangjianglou is crowded with customers every day. However, this is the first time that Song Sanniang has booked it for employees to have a dinner together.

The shopkeeper was reluctant at first, but after asking his superiors, he readily agreed and even prepared a buffet according to Song Sanniang's request.

So everyone came to Wangjiang Tower with their families, and what they saw was a hall filled with a dazzling array of dishes.

There are all kinds of food, including those flying in the sky and swimming in the water, and the chefs will cook noodle soup and dumplings for everyone. As long as everyone wants to eat something hot, the chefs will cook it for everyone.

Everyone followed the instructions of the waiters in the store to get tableware, and then began to choose what they liked to eat.

Wangjiang Building was bustling with people. Most of the people eating in the building were wearing sweet work clothes. Only the employees' families were wearing their own clothes.

Everyone got their favorite food and sat down at the table one after another.

Those who have families can sit together, while those who are alone can share a table with others.

Everyone wants to try everything they see, so all the tables are filled with all kinds of dishes. But don’t worry about waste. At this time, people will pick up and eat even a grain of rice that falls on the ground.

Song Sanniang also told everyone to eat as much as they wanted and take away any leftovers, so everyone ate as much as they wanted.

Song Sanniang also selected a lot of dishes, but she only served a little of each. The whole family sat together, along with Master Hu.

It was Mr. Hu's first time trying this buffet style, and like everyone else, he had a variety of dishes piled in front of him.

Since Si Niang and Wu Niang studied with Master Hu, their temperaments have gradually become more elegant, and they have become a bit like Master Hu.

They were no longer as lively as children, but tonight they seemed to have returned to their lively childhood, showing off to each other the delicious dishes they had chosen.

Song Lao Er was diligently picking up the dishes that Song Ersao liked. Ever since Song Ersao got pregnant, Song Lao Er had been serving her very well.

Treat her like a treasure in the palm of your hand, afraid she will melt if you hold her in your mouth, afraid she will fall if you hold her in your hand.

At first, Song Ersao enjoyed it quite a bit, but as time went on, she was pregnant and her mood started to get wild.

She thought that Song Lao Er was so good to her because of the baby in her belly, so she got angry and cried, which scared everyone.

Later, Song Lao Er invited Liu Waizu and his wife to the capital, and Song Ersao's mood returned to normal.

After this incident, Song Ersao realized that she was affected by her emotions, so she listened to Song Sanniang and went for a walk when she had nothing to do, and listened to Master Hu's lectures.

When Si Niang and the others returned home, she would ask them to read to her. Song Sanniang also bought two pianos for Si Niang and Niu Qianqian to use. Song Ersao would also ask Si Niang and the others to play the piano for her, although they were not very good at it.

Song Ersao ate all kinds of dishes with gusto. Her appetite had always been poor. Even though Song Laoer and his men had searched for all kinds of food in the city, she could only eat a little. So even though she was pregnant, it was not very obvious.

Her appetite was whetted tonight, probably because she saw so many dishes, so she accepted all the dishes that Song Lao Er brought.

The shopkeeper of Wangjiang Tower looked at everyone dining in the building, thinking that the buffet Miss Song had come up with was quite interesting. Everyone could enjoy a variety of dishes, and the restaurant would not waste any food.

Because sometimes the restaurant prepares ingredients, but if customers order fewer dishes made with these ingredients, then these ingredients will be wasted.

But if all the surplus ingredients are made into dishes, and everyone is allowed to choose what they like from the prepared dishes, then no matter what, the dishes made with these ingredients will be eaten by the guests.

Thinking of this, he decided to mention this matter to his superiors. He felt that this suggestion would help him gain merit.

That night, the sweet employees and their families all ate to their heart's content, and no one left empty-handed. The leftovers were either packed up from their tables or shared equally in the public area for everyone to take.

After this night, the cohesion of Tianmi employees was further enhanced. Everyone knew that only in Tianmi could they get such good treatment, so they hoped that Tianmi could continue to operate until they could no longer work.

After discussion, Song Sanniang decided on a holiday time for the Chinese New Year, starting from New Year's Eve and ending on the second day of the New Year. The company will resume business as usual on the third day of the New Year, which means a four-day holiday.

In fact, she thought it was too little, but everyone thought it was too long. Song Sanniang could only sigh that everyone was working too hard.

Although she did not attend the county staff dinner, she asked Boss Song to arrange for everyone to have a meal at Jufulou.

Because there are few employees in the county town, there is no buffet, but everyone still enjoyed the meal.

She prepared a piece of cloth, a cured duck, a piece of cured meat, a box of cakes, and a bag of wedding candy for everyone. Such a gift cost about one or two taels of silver.

Song Sanniang had the gifts delivered to the two stores on the day of the holiday, and everyone lined up to receive them. When everyone got the gifts, they were all very happy.

Everyone has cleaned the shop, and as Song Sanniang announced the start of the holiday, everyone's mood reached a peak.

Everyone was holding their New Year gifts, chatting and laughing as they headed home. People on the road enviously looked at the sweet employees, who were smiling happily as they carried large and small bags with a piece of cloth tucked under their arms.