It's hard to be a stepmother, my disabled husband takes care of my child

Lin Yue Niang thought for a moment and said, "Then can I go back to my parents' home and ask my mother and sister-in-law to help me? My sister-in-law can also make clothes, and my mother can do a little bit too."

"Of course, I'll give you the money, and you can go back and give it to your mother and sister-in-law when the time comes."

"No, no, no, no wages. How can I ask for wages? I heard from my mother that you gave her 600 coins a month. We can't even thank you enough, how can we ask for your money?"

"If you don't want my money, I'll have someone else make it. Whoever I ask to make clothes needs to pay. If you don't want to pay now, how can I hire you later? Even if I make it for you, you can ask your sister-in-law to make it, and you can give them money or gifts."

Lin Yue Niang paused at first, then finally smiled lightly and nodded.

"Okay, then I'll listen to you."

"Here is your wages."

Su Man gave a small purse to Lin Yue Niang, and then gave one to Ni'er.

"Nier, this is the rent I paid for your house. I will use your house for the next ten days or so, so you must pay the rent. You can't refuse or it will be a mess, understand?"

Ni'er looked at Lin Yue Niang, and she didn't dare to accept it rashly.

Lin Yue Niang nodded slightly to her.

"Take it. Your sister Su cares about us."

Nier nodded with emotion, "Thank you, Sister Su."

Su Man directly gave Lin Yue Niang five taels of silver, three small pieces of silver of one tael each, and a few strings of copper coins, which was very convenient for Lin Yue Niang's daily expenses.

Nier's was two hundred copper coins.

This is all calculated according to the prices here, because she also plans to ask Lin Yue Niang to make two small cross-body cloth bags and a backpack. These are technical jobs, and five taels of silver is indeed a lot of money.

"Xiao Man, why did you give so much!" Lin Yue Niang exclaimed when she noticed the small changes in her purse.

"Yes, Sister Su, why did you give me so much!" Ni'er was also shocked when she saw the small bag full of silver.

"Not much, these are normal prices." Su Man said, looking at the two of them.

“But I have something to make clear to you, because the clothes I want you to make are all my own ideas and drawings, you can’t disclose them to others.

Of course I believe you won't leak it, but you have to sign a contract like you did with the people in the restaurant, okay? And even if you let your mother and the others do it, you must not let them tell anyone else."

"Sure." The two nodded without any hesitation.

Then Su Man took out the contract that she had prepared long ago. What surprised Su Man was that Lin Yue Niang could actually read, but Ni'er could not and could only press her fingerprints.

The two of them trusted Su Man very much, so they signed their names and fingerprints directly.

"Now I can only sign a contract with you first. When the store opens, I will officially pay you wages."

The two of them nodded.

"Yueniang, do you have two sisters-in-law?" Su Man asked again.

Lin Yue Niang nodded, "Yes, I have two sisters-in-law."

"Do they all know how to do embroidery?"

"Yes, they all know some, but they are not as skilled as I am, because my mother made me learn from an aunt in our village when I was young. That aunt used to be an embroiderer for a wealthy family in the imperial city.

After she came back, she lived alone in the village. She never married and had no children. But she liked me very much and thought I had a talent for embroidery, so she taught me. My mother asked me to be her master. Otherwise, I would not have such embroidery skills. Unfortunately, she died of illness when I was fifteen years old.

Speaking of this, Lin Yue Niang felt very sad.

"So that's how it is. No wonder you have such good embroidery skills in the village."

"As for my sister-in-law, she later learned some things from me after she married into my family, so she knows a little bit about it."

"Okay, then you can go back and teach them well. When my shop opens, we will need a lot of embroiderers, and they can come to work in the shop together."

Lin Yueniang was very excited, "Are you serious? Can we really let them come together?"

"Of course it's true. I've always heard you say your sisters-in-law are very nice people. I'm very happy that they are working in the store."

Lin Yueniang cried with joy, "Okay, thank you Xiaoman!"

"Don't be polite, I'm just making plans for my own business. But don't forget, even if you have to go back to your parents' home, you have to bring Ni'er with you and teach her well. When the time comes, you have to let her be the embroiderer in my shop."

"Of course." Lin Yue Niang looked at Ni'er and said, "I will never have children in my lifetime. Now that I have accepted Ni'er as my apprentice, I will definitely treat her well and take good care of her and train her."

Ni'er was very moved by both of them. She didn't know what to say. She just kept swearing in her heart that she must work hard and live up to the kindness of her master and Sister Su.

Su Man then handed the styles of the small cross-body cloth bag and the backpack to Lin Yue Niang, and explained to Yue Niang the key parts of how to make them.

Lin Yue Niang was curious and excited because she had never seen such things before. She became even more excited after knowing how these two things were used.

If we have these two things, it seems to be very convenient.

Aunt Cui, Hua Niang and their group did come here at the time Su Man said.

No one had expected that not only would they have a new job, but they would also have new clothes to wear, so they were all extremely happy.

Su Man was standing next to them, holding a piece of paper and helping someone record the dimensions. She narrowed her eyes when she saw Dagui coming forward to measure the dimensions.

Dagui's ears were all red, and it was obvious that he was interested in Lin Yueniang.

But Lin Yue Niang didn't notice anything wrong at all. In her eyes, everyone was the same.

Now she was even more certain of her guess.

It’s just a pity that Yue Niang didn’t have that intention at all.

After taking the measurements, Su Man brought people to Ni'er's house. Of course, only Aunt Mei, Aunt Cui, Hua Niang, Lian Di and Mei Zi went there. The rest, Wang Ping'an and Dagui, went home. After all, they were not needed because of their different jobs.

Ni'er's house is relatively clean because there are two, three, four, five, six, or seven people living there.

Moreover, her kitchen is bigger than her home, so so many people can stand there.

She asked a few people to wait at the door first, and she went in first, saying that she was going to pack up Fu Er and the others' things. In fact, she took advantage of these people's inattention to transfer the things that had been prepared long ago from the space to the kitchen.

Su Man was very satisfied with the large and small bags of various raw materials piled up in the corner of the kitchen.

She went out and called a few people in. When they saw so many materials, they didn't doubt anything. After all, they knew that Su Man wanted to teach them how to make many things.

Su Man planned to serve breakfast and afternoon tea in the restaurant. The afternoon tea and desserts would be modeled after those in Cantonese teahouses and desserts.

Breakfast includes noodles, soy milk, buns, dumplings, porridge, and Cantonese rice rolls and fried noodles.

She planned to teach the four people how to make vermicelli today.

As long as you can make vermicelli, which does not exist in this world, it will become a living signboard. Then it will be very easy to make noodles in soup, fried noodles, or steamed noodles.

She plans to make three kinds of flour, sweet potato flour, potato flour and rice flour.

Because sweet potatoes and potatoes exist in this world, and rice noodles are also made from rice.

Su Man had bought the stone mill early on, so the process of teaching them was relatively smooth.

The next day, she started teaching a few people early in the morning. They were all good at working, so they made rapid progress.

The reason why she taught these five people was to prevent someone from taking a break at that time, otherwise the others would not be able to keep up and affect the work progress of the restaurant.

At that time, we will find two more people to serve the dishes. Then there will be three people cooking in the kitchen every day. The remaining two will still serve the dishes, and they will take turns to work the next day. In short, we will divide the work and cooperate with each other.

Everything made in the past two days went into the stomachs of Aunt Mei and the others.

When they tasted rice noodles for the first time, they were all shocked.

Su Man didn't let them take the food back. After all, it was impossible for the food to flow out before the business started.

On the twenty-ninth day of the lunar year, Manager Fu came with his waiter and Wei Yan and a few others.

This time he brought two large carriages full of things.

Su Man didn't stop teaching them at Ni'er's side just because the two of them came. She just gave them a task and asked them to make her a portion of everything they had eaten in the past two days. She would taste it when the time came, which could be considered a test for them.

Su Man came back carrying a large bowl full of rice noodles. It was impossible for Manager Fu and his friends to come over without eating. She didn't have enough time to cook, so she could only make one bowl of noodles for each of them.

Shopkeeper Fu looked at the things Su Man carried over with some curiosity.

"Madam, what are you holding on this plate? And they are in strips. How come I have never seen them before?"

"This is something I just made. It's called rice noodles. I'll sell it in Xiaqiu Building. I'll let you guys try it later."

Shopkeeper Fu looked at the rice noodles curiously.

Su Man looked around the house and asked when she didn't see Wei Yan.

"Where's Lord Wei? Didn't Fu Si say he was coming too?"

Fu Si, who was also holding a bowl of rice noodles, said immediately after hearing this.

"Madam, Master Wei is indeed here. I didn't lie to you."

Shopkeeper Fu: "Madam, Fu Si is indeed not lying. Master Wei is here. He is talking to the master in the room now. They have something to discuss alone."

Su Man said "oh" and prepared to take the things into the kitchen. At this time, the two children also came out.

"Mom, how can you carry such a heavy thing?" Xiaobao said with concern.

Fu Er and the others took the things immediately.

Su Man did not refuse, but just looked down at the two children and smiled slightly.

"It's not heavy. Didn't you two say you were going to play with Gousheng? Are you back?"

Xiaobao: "Yes, mother, we played with Gousheng for a while and then we saw Grandpa Fu coming, so we went home."

Su Man patted the two children's heads and said, "Okay, go play. Mom and Grandpa Fu have something to talk about."

"Mom, my brother and I don't want to go out and play. Can we just sit here and keep you company? You've been busy these two days, and my brother and I haven't had a chance to talk to you." Xiaobao said aggrievedly.

Su Man was stunned, and felt a little sour and distressed in her heart.

"I'm sorry, my dear. I was too busy with work these past two days to take care of you. Just sit here. I'll make you something delicious after I finish talking to Grandpa Fu."

The two children nodded obediently.

Seeing the two children so well-behaved, Su Man did feel a little guilty.

In fact, she knew that she had indeed neglected her two children in the past two days, but she had no choice because of time constraints.

"Hmph!" At this moment, a heavy cold snort suddenly sounded beside him.

Su Man looked over and saw Old Man Fan holding a bowl.

"Oh, uncle, who has offended you? Why do you look so bad?"

These days she has been calling uncle very smoothly.

Old man Fan looked very unhappy.

"How dare you ask who provoked me? Who else could it be but you? You haven't been seen since dawn these past two days, and you've been fiddling with things in the kitchen at night. Are you not feeling well?"

Su Man looked innocent, "What do you mean? I'm in good health, right? Aren't I still full of energy now?"

"You are full of energy now, but you will regret it in two years when you are older. If you continue to endure this, your body will have problems even when you are young. Hurry and give me this medicine."

Old Man Fan handed the bowl in his hand to Su Man.

The strong smell of medicine was very unpleasant. Su Man sighed and asked,

"Can I not drink? I feel like I'm in good health, there's nothing wrong with me."

"No, you have to drink it. As I said just now, your body is in good condition now, but in two years, your body will have problems. You have to make up for it now."

Old Man Fan's face and tone were extremely serious.

It was the first time that Su Man saw Old Man Fan like this, so in the end she could only helplessly drink the medicine in the bowl.

Although it was bitter, Su Man drank it in one breath without pausing or frowning.

The two children also exclaimed in amazement when they saw it.

"Mom! You are so awesome!" Xiao Bao's eyes were full of admiration, "You are not afraid of such bitter medicine."

"Really? Then when you grow up, you must be as brave as your mother, okay?"

"Okay!" The two children nodded obediently.

Su Man looked at Old Man Fan again.

"Don't worry, I know my own health very well, you don't have to worry about me. It's just that you've worked hard for the two children and Gousheng. If you hadn't taken care of them these past two days, I would have been worried."

Old Man Fan snorted coldly and turned into the kitchen.

Su Man touched her nose and knew that the old man was really angry.

"Uncle Fu, how's Xia Qiulou doing? Is it cleaned up?"

"Madam, everything has been cleaned up and a sign has been made. We will ensure that you open the store on time on the fifth day of the New Year. It will definitely not delay your work." Manager Fu replied respectfully.

"Okay, thank you Uncle Fu. By the way, Uncle Fu, do you know how Mama Li's brothel is doing now?"

"That building is now in the hands of Lord Wei and has become the property of the government."