My parents are both dead, I rely on fishing and farming to support my younger siblings

"Oh, elder sister, I'm not a person who cares about empty formalities. You don't have to be so anxious to go to Jiangdu. Finish your things first, and then you can come back when you have free time in winter. It's just right, we can get all the good things done by then!" Liu Ying said cheerfully.

She and Liu Miaoyin couldn't stand the bumpy ride all the way to Donghai Town.

Old Mrs. Li and Old Man Li couldn't bear it anymore.

Although it is possible to travel by water, it is even more painful.

You can vomit all the way to Jiangdu. Liu Ying doesn't care about empty courtesy.

I thought, why not wait until winter when everyone is less busy and then go, so I don't have to suffer so many times.

Old Mrs. Li spent three days with Liu Ying and got to know her personality and behavior.

I knew what she meant, that she didn't dislike me visiting them in Jiangdu.

But even so, Mrs. Li felt more and more guilty.

"That's too much neglect for the child Miaoyin." Old Mrs. Li said with concern.

As Mrs. Li spoke, she took off a silver bracelet from her hand and placed it in Liu Miaoyin's hand.

"Miaoyin, good child, although this is not worth much, it is also passed down from my grandmother-in-law, you can keep it."

The Li family passed down a total of four items: a pair of bracelets, a necklace, and a silver hairpin.

Before Mrs. Li's mother-in-law died, she left everything to Mrs. Li.

Old Lady Li gave the necklace to Zuo Xiuhong, and one of the pair of bracelets was given to Gu Chenxi early on, and the remaining one was given to Liu Miaoyin.

As for the hairpin, it was given to Li Xihua as a dowry when she got married.

Later, she died and disappeared without a trace.

Giving Liu Miaoyin this bracelet is to tell her that the Li family values ​​her.

Liu Miaoyin looked at Liu Ying, and only after seeing Liu Ying nodded did she accept it.

"Thank you, Auntie. Miaoyin will be waiting for you in Jiangdu." Liu Miaoyin said with a blushing face.

She took the silver bracelet and put it on her hand carefully as if it were a treasure.

By accepting the Li family's heirloom, she had tacitly acknowledged that she was the future daughter-in-law of the Li family.

Old Mrs. Li nodded happily and said, "Hey, hey, hey, good boy, when winter comes, our whole family will go to Jiangdu!"

After breakfast, Liu Ying and her daughter set off.

The Gu family also started to get busy.

Gu Yunchu has handed over all the affairs of the restaurant to Huang Zhixiong. He goes to Donghai every morning and evening to pick up Zhang Dahua and check on the situation in the store.

Gu Lili took Gu Yunchu with her to learn how to receive the merchants who came to get soap.

Just after sending away a group of people, the village head came with his chosen apprentices.

After searching for several days, I finally found some clues.

At the beginning, when many people heard that Gu Lili's family was recruiting apprentices, they rushed to try.

But after hearing what the head of the village said, they all backed down.

The village head said that it would take at least a year to make the mother-of-pearl.

Although he was provided with food and lodging for the year, he did not receive any monthly salary.

They had heard that people working in Gu Lili's soap workshop earned fifteen cents a day.

Four hundred and fifty coins a month, that’s almost five taels of silver a year!

They sent their children to work for nothing, but did not receive a penny, and had no idea when they would be paid.

After thinking it over, I decided it would be better to stay at home and help with the work. At least I could earn a few cents.

The headman went to several villages and looked for headmen from several villages before he found these dozen apprentices who were learning mother-of-pearl. Fortunately, Gu Lili's family had left a carriage for him to use for the next two days.

Otherwise, if you rely on your legs to walk, it would probably be even more unsatisfactory.

As for learning carpentry, there are many people in this village who are willing to do it.

However, it didn't take much effort to find the people Gu Lili wanted, and the village head asked them to have lunch before coming back.

Let Gu Lili take a look at these people learning mother-of-pearl first.

Most of the people who come to learn mother-of-pearl are teenagers, so almost everyone is followed by an elder in the family.

They also want to come and understand it in person, and then make a final decision whether to let their children stay.

"I greet the county lady!"

In Gu Lili's courtyard, twenty or thirty people kowtowed to Gu Lili in a mighty manner.

Gu Lili nodded and asked everyone to waive their formalities.

There are so many people that it would be crowded if we went into the main room.

Therefore, Gu Lili asked people to bring stools to the yard and let these people sit down so that she could explain the matter again.

After everyone sat down, Gu Lili slowly spoke, "I believe the village head has already told you the general idea, so I will tell you again in detail."

Gu Lili said this, casually glancing at the people sitting around.

"To be an apprentice here, you need to be quick, smart, and willing to endure hardships. As long as Master Yu values ​​you, you can come down to be an apprentice. I will provide you with food and accommodation. You will get your monthly salary only after you have completed your studies. As for when you will learn, it depends on your talent."

Some of the people present started to make their own plans in their minds.

They were not as knowledgeable as those who heard that they might not see money for a long time. At least, Gu Lili did not set a time limit for them to learn it.

These are just half-grown children, and it is the time when they can eat.

Just send it here to learn. If you can’t learn it, then you will just eat for free for a few months!

There are quite a few people who have this idea, so when Gu Lili mentioned Yueyin, there was not much expression on their faces.

Instead, he was complacent about his own cleverness.

But Gu Lili's next words stopped them from laughing.

"To be my apprentice, you must sign and seal the document, and then pass it through the government. Since you want to be my apprentice, you must come with the determination to learn. If you want to give up halfway, that won't work."

When everyone heard Gu Lili say that they wanted to sign a document, some of them felt a little nervous.

Gu Lili continued, "If you want to eat and drink for free here, you can leave now. The content of my document is very simple."

"First, after you finish your studies, you must work for me for a full ten years, and you can leave only if you want to."

"The second, and most important, point is that once you sign the document, you must learn it. If you give up halfway and want to leave, it's not impossible. You just need to pay 55 wen per person per day for food and lodging."

After Gu Lili finished speaking, she saw many people on the ground unable to sit still.

Gu Lili had long expected that there would be such a shameless person who wanted to eat and drink for free.

Although she is kind, she doesn't want to be a fool.

Therefore, I thought of a countermeasure early on.

Looking at the people on the ground, many of whom were unable to sit still, Gu Lili knew that what she thought was correct.

Seeing several people wanting to leave but not daring to leave, Gu Lili didn't care.

No matter what you learn, you must be sincere in order to learn it.