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Chapter 847: Chapter 850 Rumors
Others don’t know about her family’s situation, so they can only worry blindly.
Qiao Duo’er thought that if she ignored the rumors and gossip, those people would get tired of talking and quiet down eventually, but the rumors just became more and more outrageous.
There were even rumors saying that the Tan Family had borrowed a lot of silver from the Lady of the County, and if they couldn’t pay it back, the relationship with her family would be severed, and they might even become enemies.
Now, Chen Yiling indeed hardly ever visited the Tan Family, but the real reason was that she was nearing childbirth and couldn’t run around recklessly.
Otherwise, she would have been restless by now, right?
Some people are really boring, Qiao Duo’er tried explaining, but it was almost ineffective, so she simply put the matter out of her mind.
Anyway, the Tan Family wouldn’t collapse just because of these words.
On the last day of May, the final touches to the new Embroidery Room were completed.
That morning Fat Aunt led the Embroidery Ladies with their belongings to the new Embroidery Room.
The new Embroidery Room was grand and majestic, spacious and bright, which brightened the mood of many Embroidery Ladies.
"I never even dreamed of living in such a nice house!"
"Wake up, you are here to work, not to live!"
"Well, it still makes me happy inside. After all, I’ve never stayed in such a beautiful house in my whole life."
The previous Embroidery Room was also tiled, but it had been built many years ago and looked somewhat dilapidated.
The tables and chairs inside were just barely usable, and there was simply no comparison with this one.
"Let’s hurry up and earn silver so we can push down our home’s thatched cottage and rebuild it. When we do, we’ll use the Embroidery Room’s standards!"
"That’s a good idea, and we should also install Ground Dragon heating. Then, no matter how cold it gets, we won’t freeze."
But some Embroidery Ladies furrowed their brows with heavy concerns.
For them, where they worked was irrelevant. What they cared about was whether they could get their wages and how much they would get.
Many people said that the Tan Family’s silver had been drained, and choosing the end of the month for the move was an attempt to delay the payday.
When that delay would end, nobody knew.
If the Tan Family failed to pay wages, all their work these days would be in vain.
Those slightly more optimistic didn’t think the wages would be impossible to pay this time but felt that the Tan Family would eventually be dragged down by the inventory.
Alas, it was hard enough to find a good job, and just when they had barely been happy for a few months, bad news arrived.
Qiao Duo’er saw all the reactions of the Embroidery Ladies and felt helpless.
She wasn’t foolish, if the family had run out of silver, would she ask to expand production?
Wouldn’t that be like lifting a stone to drop on her own feet?
The fact was that from the last batch of gold and jewelry, she still had more than five thousand taels of silver on hand.
Even if the monthly inventories were piling up, Duo Meifang wasn’t losing money.
But she didn’t want to explain, because the more she explained, the more others would think the Tan Family couldn’t pay the wages.
She would soon show them with her actions, the Tan Family was not finished!
Following a burst of firecrackers, the Embroidery Ladies entered the Embroidery Room in an orderly fashion.
The Embroidery Room had big trees for shade, which was much cooler than the old place.
What made everyone happiest is that each person had their own separate working area, without disturbing each other.
"Duo’er said that the key to Embroidery Flowers is to stay calm and peaceful. Now that everyone will not disturb each other, we must produce better work than before, or else I will send you back to the old place!"
Fat Aunt solemnly reminded them.
Lately, many Embroidery Ladies had been restless, and their workmanship could hardly compare to usual.
"The old house will have other uses. If anyone fails the assessment, I will have to lay them off directly."
Qiao Duo’er said indifferently.
