Chapter 21: Fast hands have, slow hands without
A heavy snowfall in early winter has been falling intermittently for nearly half a month. This afternoon, the dense snow clouds finally dispersed, and the long-lost Father-in-law Sun showed his smiling face in the sky.
As soon as Xiao Jing opened the door and walked into the courtyard, Dong Huaiyuan ran up to him and stretched out his little hand: "Brother Xiao Jing, I want to eat candied haws!"
"Xiaoyuan, don't make trouble." Dong Xiaoya patted him gently on the back with a straight face: "The candied haws of apples are used for business, why do you want to come here to eat them all day long?"
Xiao Jing laughed and said, "If Xiaoyuan wants it, there must be some." As he said that, he took out two bunches of candied haws, one bunch was handed to Dong Huaiyuan, and the other was stuffed into Dong Xiaoya.
Dong Xiaoya looked helplessly at her younger brother who ran away screaming happily, and sighed: "Young master dotes on Xiao Yuan too much. As time goes by, the slave family is afraid that he will be spoiled."
"You're spoiled by being given sugar-coated haws on a stick? That's not true." Xiao Jing smiled and waved his hand: "As the saying goes, men are poor and women are rich. When we make a lot of money in the future, let's eat delicacies from the mountains and seas and let him eat candied haws, right?
alright?"
He glanced sideways and saw that Dong Xiaoya had lightly opened her red lips and bit off half of a hawthorn. Hey, there are few girls as old as her who are not greedy for snacks. There were exactly three skewers left. This person is really clever!
"Don't eat delicacies after making a lot of money. Give me three thousand taels of silver first." Xiao Jing was still secretly proud. Shao Ning, who had just come out of the room, responded in a nonchalant manner and walked up to him again.
Spread your hands.
Xiao Jingyan replied succinctly and concisely: "The candied haws is gone."
Shao Ning rolled her eyes at him, turned around and left: "Hey, I'll go back to the house quickly and take a look. If the things I brought back today are taken away by wild cats or mice, it will be troublesome!"
Xiao Jing had no choice but to call Shaoning back, and reluctantly gave him a bunch of candied haws: "Take it. I originally said I would keep it for myself, but you are too smart. I think the fur will turn you into a monkey."
Got it!"
Dong Xiaoya was eating happily. When she heard Xiao Jing complaining, she raised her hand and wanted to pass her over. But when she raised her hand in the air, she realized that she could only give the bunch in her hand to Xiaoyuan, so she had to smile
The face went away.
Shaoning happily ate the candied haws and walked away. After a while, he moved a large pile of paper from his room to Xiao Jing's room.
It wasn't until he was ugly that his upper and lower eyelids were fighting, and he walked out, shaking his head as he walked: "My father must be crazy..."
It was dawn and Xiao Jing opened his eyes.
After Shaoning left, he worked hard for a long time and just fell asleep an hour ago.
Xiao Jing rubbed his eyes vigorously and sorted out the papers around him. He slowly raised the thick stack of papers and waved it in the air with a smile.
Come on, let me see your hands!
Puhua Town, which had been silent for a long time, was once again noisy.
What makes everyone excited is not the gossip. Although the town is not small, there are not so many parents who can talk about it. What really makes people crazy is another piece of paper filled with words.
Recruitment special edition?
The second son of the Tian family, a tea merchant, stared at the four big characters on the paper, a little confused. After reading a little further, he tossed it with disdain, and the poor paper quickly fell to the ground in the wind.
He discards it like worn out shoes, which may not be the case for others.
"Master, look at what this is?" Aunt Feng rushed into the room angrily and threw a piece of paper in front of her husband.
Her man was sitting idle. When he heard this, he only glanced sideways and said impatiently: "How do I know? It's so densely packed up there. It's so annoying to look at it. Take it away quickly!"
Aunt Feng said angrily: "Someone also gave Jin Gui's family a piece of paper just now. After a while, Jin Gui's father ran away happily. There must be something good! You are the only one in our family who can read, no matter who you ask.
?”
Her man was even more upset, so he slapped the chair hard: "I only know a few words? Who knows what these squares full of paper are talking about!"
While the two were arguing, the grandson of the family came over secretly. He curiously picked up the discarded paper and looked at it for a while, then shook his head and read out: "Shao's wife's family needs two plasterers. Every day
One coin of silver; Han Taigong's family needs a craftsman, thirty coins a day; Huang's stone farm in the south of Beijing needs a stonemason, and the construction period is three days..."
The two adults fell silent immediately.
It is not difficult to find a part-time job during the off-season, but it does take some effort. Now, someone has compiled information on recruiting part-time workers and delivered it to your doorstep!
What's even more exciting is that the conditions offered by Shao Yuanwai are extremely generous: the salary he pays is double the usual!
Aunt Feng's voice was trembling a little: "My dear grandson, what else is there? Come on, read it and listen to it."
The child held his fingers in his mouth and said innocently: "Shao's wife has a man who earns three dollars a day. But I don't understand what he does..."
Similar things happen constantly in Puhua Town. People often rush to find a part-time job somewhere, only to be told that the job has been taken.
In the courtyard of the Xiao family, Xiao Jing was sitting on a chair basking in the sun and said leisurely: "Do you know? This is called quick hands and slow hands."
Shaoning nodded thoughtfully.
Xiao Jing added: "You can only understand if someone in your family is literate. The more proficient you are in reading, the faster your reaction will be. The more words you know, the better the part-time workers you can find. Every job has a quota, and everyone must compete for it.
, so I don’t have time to ask others; everyone has selfish motives, and even if someone does ask, the neighbor may not tell him.”
After saying that, he stood up, walked around for a few steps and stretched: "The most profitable jobs are all those that require your own work. People who don't even know what to do and go empty-handed, even if they are the first to arrive,
, it’s of no use at all.”
Information equals money, and money is the most direct benefit. People will be driven by enough benefits, and in order to obtain benefits, you must first understand what is written on the paper...
For Xiao Jing, this is a battle that must be won. Of course, he also firmly believes that this is a battle that must be won.
Shao Ning complained: "That's what I said. But what are we doing by writing so many 'recruitment pages'? It's so tiring! The rich people in the town don't know how to do part-time labor, so what's there for them?"
use!"
Xiao Jing chuckled and said: "It is exactly what you said. However, it is also good to let them see it in advance. It will always be useful one day."
As soon as he finished speaking, Xiaoyuan ran into the courtyard: "Brother Xiao Jing! Goudan asked, when will Mr. Xiao and Mr. Shao have classes again?"
Shaoning stood up immediately. This Mr. Shidang was a bit addicted. Looking at his posture, he wanted to run over right now.
Chapter completed!