Chapter 166 (2/2)

“After getting the riches, you still act like you’re losing!” When she thought of all of that s.h.i.+ny silver from the factory and that she had thirty-percent of the profits, Yu Xiaocao couldn’t help but have her mouth slightly curl up in a smile .

Zhou Zixu sullenly grumbled at her, “This is our factory, but you, as the second owner, only earn the money without doing anything . Ever since our factory has started producing, you haven’t even gone over once to look it over . You have such great trust in me!”

“Third Young Master, let me tell you this common saying, it goes: ‘the capable people are the ones who do the most work’! Didn’t we already come to an agreement in the beginning? I was only responsible for the recipes and you, Third Young Master Zhou, were in charge of everything else . You’re so capable, and you’re one of the rare talented people in the Zhou Family, so how could I not trust you?” Yu Xiaocao gave him a high evaluation .

Zhou Zixu deliberately acted as he heavily sighed, “Ay! You have it good, all you have to do is to wait to get your money, but it’s so hard for me! I’ve spent so much time at the factory . In fact, once I spent over ten days there . My mother thought that I was missing and even ran over to the docks to find me!”

Yu Xiaocao didn’t believe his act and retorted, “Are all of the subordinates under you incompetent? What about Steward Zhou and that little a.s.sistant, Simo ah? Having a.s.sistants but not using them, are you stupid?”

Zhou Zixu glared at her for a second and said, “Those two are even more busy than me . For the sake of the factory, Steward Zhou hasn’t even gone back to the residence ever since it started producing . His wife even packed up all of their things and took the children with her to live in the staff housing! Simo is in charge of the transport of the products, especially the oyster sauce . It’s not easy to store the sauce so he needs to produce ice when he transports it to a long distance! He’s the same as the steward and has been on the road for more than a month . In fact, we had just loaded a s.h.i.+p full of goods for Jiangnan and Simo also went along!”

“In the future, our business will absolutely get larger and larger, so you need to take the opportunity to train more trusted subordinates . If you only rely on Steward Zhou and Simo, the two of them might die from exhaustion!” Yu Xiaocao sank into contemplation .

Third Young Master Zhou sighed, “It’s not that easy to find trusted servants ah! The most important thing of our factory is our recipes . It’s hard to find loyal servants and also prevent the first branch from…”

Yu Xiaocao suddenly interrupted, “You can give a share of the profits as a year-end bonus to the workers . You can give more to the supervisors and less to the regular workers . This way, the success of the factory is tightly bound to the workers’ integrity and ethics . I am sure that no one would try to damage their own income…”

Third Young Master Zhou felt as if he could suddenly see the light at the end of the tunnel . He slapped his thigh and exclaimed, “That’s a good idea! I need to go back and discuss with Steward Zhou to figure out the best way to implement this——Xiaocao, you are truly my lucky mascot . That brain of yours, just how did it develop in you?”

“How did your brain develop this way? Without a comparison, there wouldn’t be faults . With you around, it makes me seem a lot smarter than I actually am!” Yu Xiaocao’s method of interacting with Third Young Master Zhou sometimes made her seem like a bad friend . Before he could feel unhappy, she continued, “Sit down quickly and rest a bit . I will make you something good to eat for lunch!”

“Heh heh!” Zhou Zixu, who had just been insulted, wasn’t angry and was in fact giggling foolishly . “Even if I’m conservative in my estimate, it’s probably still been half a month since I’ve eaten the food that Xiaocao made . Makes me feel a bit at a loss…”

“Psht! Graceful words and a flowery speech often hide bad intentions!!” As soon as Fang Zizhen stepped into the courtyard, he overheard that stinky brat from the Zhou Family flattering his daughter . He rushed over furiously .

Zhou Zixu grimaced as he quietly said, “Lord Fang, when did I ever offend you? You’re a high-ranking official, please don’t bring yourself down to my level!”

Fang Zizhen glared fiercely at him, “In the future, stay farther from my daughter! My daughter is still young, so she’s not someone that you can dally with!”

Zhou Zixu’s face immediately turned a dark liver color as he stammered, “Lord…Lord Fang, you . . . you misunderstand me! I regard Xiaocao like she’s my biological younger sister . I don’t . . . don’t have any other intentions!” Eh, why did it sound like he wasn’t very confident when he said this?

“Having no other intentions is good!” Only now did Fang Zizhen regard Third Young Master Zhou with a more favorable look in his eye, “If I, this old man, find out you have some kind of cunning plot going around, I swear I’ll beat you up until you’re bruised from head to toe, otherwise I’ll no longer be surnamed Fang!”

“G.o.dfather!” Yu Xiaocao had been in the kitchen during this entire time and hadn’t heard their conversation . She stuck out her head with a sweet smile on her face and said, “What do you want to eat for lunch today?”

“Pork stewed with vermicelli! Is the new batch of century eggs ready to eat? Then also make some century egg and lean meat congee and slice a plate of century eggs . . . it’s pretty hot today at noon, not sure if there’s any watermelons available . I’ll go ask Brother Yu to help me choose some to quench our thirst later!”

Fang Zizhen wasn’t a freeloader . Ever since he started coming to the Yu Family to b.u.m meals to eat, the Yu Family hadn’t needed to buy any meat, vegetables, or grain anymore . All of these were paid for by Fang Zizhen!

Originally, he wanted to give half of his salary to Xiaocao . Xiaocao not only didn’t take the money but she also threw a temper tantrum and didn’t talk to him for a few days . It frightened Fang Zizhen so much that he never mentioned money again to her . Thus, he only bought more things for the family instead .

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