When Cao Shujie ran back to the village committee compound, there was no one inside, and there was an iron general on the door of the village committee compound.
The village is like this. It's very lively when there's something going on, but it's deserted when there's nothing going on.
It was already lunch time, and there were not many people on the street. He tried to raise his arms in vain.
After thinking about it, Cao Shujie called Cao Jiangang. After the call was connected, he said directly: "Uncle, I want to use the loudspeaker of our village committee."
"What are you using that for?" Cao Jiangang wondered.
Cao Shujie told him about recruiting people to work.
After listening, Cao Jiangang immediately said: "You wait there for a while, I will go over right now."
Cao Shujie never expected that Cao Jiangang would be so happy, and he didn't know how important he was in Cao Jiangang's heart.
A young man who is willing to invest hundreds of thousands in the early stages of planting orchards on a large area, and who is good at running things, is definitely a person.
A few minutes later, Cao Jiangang came over on an electric bike with a cigarette in his mouth. When he saw Cao Shujie, he asked him: "Shujie, when are you going to recruit people?"
"We're hiring now. The people on the mountain are in a hurry to start work, just dig ditches in my land. The work is not tiring. I tried to persuade them to agree to 10 hours a day and pay 40 yuan." Cao Shujie said.
Cao Jiangang said: "It's not low!"
Except for those who are skilled, their labor costs in the countryside are really not high, only three or four yuan an hour on average.
Fortunately, in the countryside, apart from big expenses such as human relations and children's schooling and marriage, daily expenses are also small, and one can be self-sufficient in food and vegetables.
"It's okay. They gave me less at the beginning, so I fought for it shamelessly." Cao Shujie said shamelessly. He thought about telling Boss Xia later that he couldn't mention the 50 yuan.
Cao Jiangang didn't know the details, so he pointed his thumb at Cao Shujie and said, "Shujie, okay, do your best. If you need help with anything, just ask."
"Okay!" Cao Shujie agreed happily.
Walking into the courtyard, Cao Jiangang took him directly into the office, pointed to the microphone on the long table and said: "Shujie, I made my voice hoarse this morning. You can try shouting twice."
"Is this appropriate?" Cao Shujie asked him.
Cao Jiangang said carelessly: "My special wife is here to watch. If anyone dares to say no, I will just go up and kick him."
The tyranny of the rural village party secretary is undoubtedly revealed.
Hearing what he said, Cao Shujie burst out laughing. He was not polite, turned on the power, took a black microphone and coughed twice. Hearing the coughing sound from the loudspeaker outside, he was about to get to the point.
Cao Jiangang waved his hand: "Play a Peking Opera segment first to let them know something is going on."
"We're all busy cooking right now. If you just shout, there are a few people who can listen."
This is all experience.
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In Cao Jiang's country, Cheng Xiaolin was washing clothes in the yard, and Mengmeng was walking around her mother with her puppy toy, going round and round without getting tired.
The eyes of Daha and Erha, who were tied with ropes next to them, were full of envy. They also wanted to run around freely for two times, but unfortunately their little master ignored them now.
"Oh oh, oh oh oh..."
The blue-eyed Daha screamed, trying to attract Mengmeng's attention.
But it was useless. Mengmeng dragged the puppy toy and ran faster without even looking at Daha.
Erha, with dark brown eyes, twisted his dog's head to look at his elder brother, and barked "Oh" softly, as if to persuade his elder brother to save his efforts, don't waste his efforts, and learn to be smarter next time.
At this time, the Peking Opera "Mu Guiying Takes Command" started playing on the loudspeaker. Wang Yuelan, who was cooking, subconsciously came to the yard and muttered: "What is going on in the village?"
"Mom, I don't care what's wrong with him, don't go to anyone who wants money." Cheng Xiaolin said with a smile.
Wang Yuelan laughed from ear to ear when she heard her daughter-in-law say this.
She was thinking about going into the house to look at the pot. After the Peking Opera was finished, she heard a familiar voice shouting: "Young and old men in Caojiazhuang, I am Cao Shujie. I have some work here that I will have to do for two or three days, 10 yuan a day."
Hours, 40 yuan, and 30 people are recruited. If anyone is willing, bring a shovel and come to the village committee to find me. When there are enough people, we can leave."
With Mengmeng's sharp ears, she immediately stopped running, pointed at the sky and shouted: "Mom, dad, it's dad."
"Yes, your dad's voice, you can continue playing." Cheng Xiaolin said.
Mengmeng stopped playing and listened for a while. When she heard her father shout again, she was happy: "Dad, he's in the sky."
"Mengmeng, don't talk nonsense." Cheng Xiaolin said to her, in the countryside, there would be no life in heaven.
But when Mengmeng heard the familiar words, she also chanted: "The nonsense is creeping in, hee hee!"
Wang Yuelan saw her granddaughter smiling happily, and she was also happy: "Mengmeng, are you hungry? You will eat later."
At this time, Caojiazhuang is bustling, and there is work at Cao Shujie's place again. He can make money, so it doesn't matter if he works for two more hours.
Many people didn't even bother to eat lunch, so they carried their own shovels, rode electric cars, bicycles, or walked to the village committee compound to get the next spot first.
Now is the slack time for farming, and many people are idle at home with nothing to do. Anyone who works hard can earn a dollar for a buck now.
"Linlin, what is Shujie doing again?" Wang Yuelan wondered.
"Mom, we should dig ditches and put pipes in them." Cheng Xiaolin washed her daughter's clothes and squeezed out the water. She said, "Mom, you will watch Mengmeng at home later, I will go and help."
"What are you going to do?" Wang Yuelan disagreed. She said, "I can't see Mengmeng either. You watch her at home, and I'll go see what work is available."
"Then let's go have lunch together." Cheng Xiaolin said.
…
In the village committee compound, before Cao Jiangang could leave, he saw three people carrying shovels.
They are all people who live near the village committee and are relatively down-to-earth.
After seeing him, the three of them nodded, smiled and said hello, and then asked, "Lao Cao, where is Shujie?"
"Yes, are you looking for someone to work for? Why don't you see him?" Cao Jianfang asked.
Cao Jiangang rolled his eyes at him: "I can't do without you."
The search for people went smoothly this time. In the end, we recruited 6 more people and asked no one to return. Cao Shujie had no choice but to take them to the mountain together and let Xia Changhong figure out what to do.
With more people, we have more power, and we can’t spend a few hundred dollars more anyway.
At around one o'clock in the afternoon, Wang Yuelan carried a shovel and took Mengmeng to the orchard on the mountain with her daughter-in-law Cheng Xiaolin. As soon as she took a look, she saw more than 30 people digging ditches together. The scene was really spectacular, and it was the only one in the village.
It can be compared when we go to work together.
"Linlin, look cute. I'll go over and help you." Wang Yuelan thought very simply. If she worked more, her son's work would be completed faster and she would spend less on labor costs, but she didn't know this.
Someone else paid the money.
Cheng Xiaolin also wanted to let her mother-in-law look cute, but if she didn't pay attention, her mother-in-law would rush over to work in a hurry.
