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Su Wan stood at the door waiting all morning.

Two people arrived.

The first one was a woman in her forties, wearing an apron, with flour still on her hands, probably from the steamed bun shop next door.

She craned her neck to peek inside and asked, "Are we weaving cloth?"

Su Wan nodded.

The woman waved her hand and pursed her lips, "The men in my family won't allow it."

After saying that, he turned and left.

Su Wan called out "Big Sister," wanting to explain that one could come without knowing how to weave, but the other person had already walked three zhang away.

The second one was a young woman.

She looked about sixteen or seventeen years old, with two braids, and stood awkwardly at the door without saying a word.

Behind her followed a dark-faced man in his early forties, with a straw rope tied around his waist. Judging from his clothes, he looked like a dockworker carrying goods.

The dark-faced man stared at the notice for a long time.

To be precise, he had the scholar selling water nearby read it to him, since he himself couldn't read.

After listening to the content, I hesitated for a moment.

Then he squeezed his eyebrows together, and the fat on his face twisted into a knot.

"If she keeps showing her face in public like this, will she ever get married? It's immoral!"

He reached out and grabbed the girl's arm, then turned and left.

The girl stumbled a step after being pulled, and turned around to look at Su Wan.

His lips moved, but the words that were about to come out were swallowed back down.

Meanwhile, Gu Mingyue spent the whole morning at the construction site in the south of the city.

They discussed the construction of latrines and canteens with the craftsmen, drawing diagrams and gesturing.

The foreman simply couldn't understand it.

Why did the workshop have such a complicated outhouse, such a well-organized canteen, and finally a nursery?

Although he had never heard of this project before, he couldn't resist the money his employer was willing to spend.

In the end, I did as instructed.

After finishing these chores, the sun rose directly overhead and began to slant westward.

Gu Mingyue rushed to Su Wan's shop, eager to see the results of the first day of recruitment.

The carriage swayed and rattled through the city gate and turned onto a main street.

Before long, Gong Huo stopped the carriage at the entrance of the alley.

Gu Mingyue had barely taken two steps after jumping out of the car when she saw Su Wan standing alone at the shop entrance, craning her neck to look towards the alleyway.

Her neck was sunburned red, and fine beads of sweat appeared on her forehead.

The bench next to the door frame was empty.

Upon seeing Gu Mingyue, she quickly took two steps forward to greet her.

"Master, two people came today."

She paused, feeling somewhat guilty.

"Two left."

Taozhi shook her head after hearing this and couldn't help but mutter, "These conditions are too high to find anyone? Three taels of silver including room and board, I'd want to go too."

Su Wan gave a wry smile: "Miss, don't compare yourself to others. You've been with the master for a different time, so your perspective is different."

"Women outside, let alone going out to work, will be scolded by their parents-in-law for 'not being virtuous' if they walk a few more steps down the street."

After listening to her, Gu Mingyue didn't rush to speak.

Of course she knew this.

In ancient times, women going out to work was fundamentally at odds with the rules and regulations of the entire society.

What about the saying "a woman's virtue lies in her lack of talent" and the saying "she never leaves her home"?

They talk about propriety and morality, but in reality they just keep people at home as free labor.

Moreover, it's a workshop with an all-female workforce.

If this news gets out in a place like Jiangzhou, who knows how many unpleasant things will be said about it in the streets and alleys.

but……

Gu Mingyue straightened up and patted the dust off her sleeves.

"Manager Su, don't put up the notice yet."

Su Wan was taken aback. "Boss, about the recruitment..."

"Let's try another method."

She glanced at Su Wan.

"You have to make people feel like they're missing out if they don't come."

Su Wan didn't understand.

"What other method should we use?"

Gu Mingyue turned her head and glanced outside the alley.

Several beggars were squatting by the wall at the street corner. The oldest was twelve or thirteen years old, and the youngest was only waist-high to an adult.

They were all disheveled, their clothes were torn in several places, and their straw sandals were worn down to almost the bottom.

A few people were drawing circles on the ground with twigs, occasionally glancing furtively in the direction of the steamed bun shop.

Gu Mingyue walked out the door.

As soon as the children saw someone approaching, they instinctively shrank back.

Perhaps they're used to being chased around.

Gu Mingyue walked up to them without bending down or putting on a fake smile.

She asked calmly, "Are you hungry? Would you like to eat a big meat bun?"

The skinny boy at the front paused for a moment, then looked up at her.

His face was filthy, but his eyes were surprisingly bright.

He didn't answer, but he swallowed hard.

Gu Mingyue had Taozhi take out a handful of copper coins and bend down to place them on the ground.

"Go to that steamed bun shop over there and buy two big meat buns each. Come find me when you're done; I have a job for you, the kind where you can earn money."

After saying that, he turned around and went back to the shop.

Once the people had left, the children gathered around and stared at the pile of copper coins for a couple of moments.

Then they all reached out and quickly pulled the objects into their arms.

"Let's go! Buy some steamed buns!"

The few beggars ran off to the steamed bun shop in a flash.

Su Wan stood at the shop entrance, watching this scene with a slight frown.

Taozhi didn't quite understand either, and muttered under her breath, "Master, you want to ask that little beggar to help recruit workers?"

Gu Mingyue stood up and dusted off her hands.

"It's not about hiring. It's about creating hype."

Fifteen minutes later.

The five little beggars brought with them more than twenty other beggars, including some adults.

Five little beggars squatted at the entrance of Su's Cloth Shop, their mouths smeared with the oil from meat buns, their cheeks bulging as they ate.

The smallest one is still licking its fingers.

The group of beggars who arrived later could only stand by and watch, their mouths watering.

Gu Mingyue's gaze swept over the crowd.

"Would you like to eat a big meat bun?"

"Yes!" Everyone answered in unison.

Gu Mingyue nodded in satisfaction, "Alright, then today I'll give everyone a task. Anyone who can bring people here will get twenty coins."

Everyone's eyes widened in surprise, "Twenty coins?! That's a lot!"

Gu Mingyue raised her hand, and the scene quickly quieted down.

"Listen carefully. You'll split up and go explore the city later. Go to places with lots of people, like the teahouses, rice shops, docks, and markets."

The boy who had just led the group wiped his mouth and nodded earnestly.

"Boss, what kind of work do you want us to do? We're all very efficient at running errands."

"No need to run errands." Gu Mingyue looked at him. "I'll let you two go chat."

"Huh?" The beggars looked at each other in bewilderment.

"Chatting with people, or you all getting together and talking loudly."

"As for what to talk about, I'll teach you."

The scene was completely silent.

Looking at the bewildered beggars, Gu Mingyue changed her approach.

"It's... gossiping. Do you guys do that?"

The skinny boy grinned, revealing a row of slightly crooked teeth.

"Yes, yes, yes! That's amazing!"

"it is good."

Gu Mingyue took two steps with her hands behind her back.

"Just remember a few sentences. No need to memorize them. Use your own words, the more like you're just chatting casually, the better."

"The first thing..."