My Dear Wife, Please Be Gentle!
Chapter 779 - 785: Maternal Home Sister?_1

Chapter 779: Chapter 785: Maternal Home Sister?_1

Qiao Duo’er seldom visited the Embroidery Room, so she took the opportunity to call Fat Aunt and Chao Lian into a small room for a meeting.

She didn’t need to hold the managerial power of the Embroidery Room in her hands, but she needed to be clear about its situation.

The Embroidery Room had already entered the right track; there was a fixed process for both procurement and supply, and the Embroidery Ladies’ enthusiasm was high.

Chao Lian, who had been criticized by Ruo Lan for only imitating, had now started trying to draw her own patterns. According to feedback from the customers, the sales were quite good. This allowed Qiao Duo’er to finally say with confidence that what she was doing was original.

The only issue was that the storeroom was always urging for more products, forcing the Embroidery Room to recruit people nonstop, and it was now overcrowded.

If they were to hire more staff, they could only arrange for them to stay in Chao Lian’s room.

Qiao Duo’er nodded; indeed, having too many people was a problem.

Everyone needed a relatively independent space, otherwise, they would easily become irritable.

That would be reflected in the embroidered products with uneven stitches and careless needlework.

"We do need to find a new place, but I have to go back and discuss with Ah Hong whether we should build it ourselves or buy a ready-made yard," she said.

Chao Lian immediately asked, "Will the new place still be in the village?"

"Don’t worry, I won’t let you be separated from Erhu," Qiao Duo’er said teasingly.

Chao Lian’s face flushed red; she had just asked casually without thinking too much.

But she knew explanations would be useless. Others would definitely think she was trying to hide something. It was better to say nothing at all.

Fat Aunt laughed and said, "Don’t be shy, it’s human nature. What kind of home is it without a woman?"

Chao Lian pouted, "You’re all so mean, always teasing me."

But truthfully, she really couldn’t bear to leave her home.

Ever since she married Sun Erhu, she had felt the sense of having a home, something she had become extremely attached to.

Qiao Duo’er stopped teasing Chao Lian and started discussing the arrangements for the coming period.

"Recently, we can arrange for those making shoe pads to work from home, subsidizing each person with three Wen Money for meals. Just hold on until we move to the new place."

Many households were short of food, and with the weather warming up, there would definitely be people willing to embroider at home.

"Alright, I went to town yesterday and discussed with Qing Niang. We’ve decided not to recruit more people here. She could probably free up half her Embroidery Ladies, ensuring we have enough goods prepared for Mansion City before the Dragon Boat Festival," Chao Lian said.

"It’s all thanks to your efforts," replied Qiao Duo’er.

She was very assured about Fat Aunt and Fang Qingniang. With them around, she didn’t need to worry much about the supply side of things.

"It’s all part of the job; it’s not about being hardworking!" Fat Aunt humbly said, as she always wanted to live up to the wages Qiao Duo’er paid her.

After they had discussed official matters, Fat Aunt remembered someone else: Qiao Mei’er.

"Was that your younger sister from your natal family just now?" Fat Aunt asked uncertainly.

She had heard that Qiao Duo’er had a tough life in her natal family and that after being sold to the Tan Family, there was no contact with her natal family whatsoever.

Now, by taking in Qiao Mei’er, Qiao Duo’er was already being magnanimous.

But since Qiao Duo’er had personally delivered her, it must mean she valued her presence.

So she was unsure of how to treat her.

After some thought, she felt it was safer to ask.

"She’s my Third Sister, but she’s just an ordinary Embroidery Lady. You should manage her in the same way you do the others," Qiao Duo’er did not hide the truth, openly acknowledging her relationship with Qiao Mei’er.

Fat Aunt nodded; this set her mind at ease.

Since she took charge of the Embroidery Room, what she feared the most was managing someone with family ties. Speaking too harshly could easily hurt feelings, but turning a blind eye could compromise quality, leaving dismissal as the only option.

Anyway, no matter what she did, she was bound to upset someone.