Lin Desheng immediately said: "After I heard Wang Guizhuang talk about this, I realized that he and the widow Qi had an eye on each other. I was worried that someone was trying to do harm to Zhuangzi, or that someone was eyeing our vermicelli workshop, so I thought at that time
I quietly went to check on this widow."
"This widow is a good duck raiser and has a cheerful and optimistic personality. Some people in the village used to think she was unlucky and did not want to associate with her. Over the years, they have also been impressed by her temperament. I can chat with her very well and everyone says she is good.
Because she raised ducks and saved some money, she lived a prosperous life. In the past two years, people began to approach her as matchmakers, but she refused."
"It turns out that this year I got to know Wang Guizhuang a lot. From what I've seen, I think I really want to live with Wang Guizhuang."
Song Qiu listened, pondered for a long time, and said: "Then let Aunt Ma help with this matter. When people come in, Uncle Lin, you can also keep an eye on the workshops."
I'd rather make a mistake than let it go, and don't worry about trouble.
Lin Desheng hurriedly responded.
Nowadays, the workshop is still the same. Because there are so many people in Zhuangzi, the kitchen is too busy with cooking, so we built a stove in a room in the second courtyard just for the vermicelli workshop. The courtyard is used for freezing vermicelli, which is similar to the outer courtyard.
It's separated. If you close the second door, the outside can't see what's going on inside.
Wang Guizhuang's house was in the back room, and the widow Qi actually got married and wandered around the outer courtyard and the village outside. If she went in, she could see what she was thinking.
The work of picking and drying chili peppers has stopped. Dozens of people like Mu Mu are not idle at the village. They are responsible for cooking, cooking, washing vegetables, and helping to dry and collect vermicelli and pack vermicelli. In short, they do whatever they can.
After talking about Wang Guizhuang, Song Qiu drank half a glass of warm water in one gulp, and then asked Lin Desheng about the performance of Mu Mu and others in the past few months.
The dozen or so people like Gouzi are still young, so naturally they are not taken into consideration, but the twenty-two people like Mu Mu are all in their teens and can do their jobs without any problem.
Lin Desheng also knew that the girl opened three inns during this trip, and the six people she took out did not come back. This question must be to ask who can use it.
Now let’s talk about the performance of these people one by one.
"When Liuzi and the younger one were learning how to read and write abacus, Datou, Steamed Bun and Baozi often came to listen. The younger one saw that they could read words quickly and had a clever mind, so he asked the three of them to sit down and learn together.
Now that a few months have passed, the three of them already know a lot of words. Although the writing is not good, they can still write. As for the abacus, it is not bad. After practicing for another half a year, they will be able to master it by themselves. "
This was talking about candidates suitable for being the shopkeeper. Song Qiu listened and knew that there were three seedlings. He also knew that they would not be available for at least half a year next year. Therefore, the candidates for the shopkeeper had to be selected.
Lin Desheng continued: "The younger ones are busy with the vermicelli workshop. In the past two months, the kitchen has been handed over to Da Mao and the others. They can make dozens of meals at Zhuangzi, and the taste is also good."
good.
Da Mao, Monkey and Wooden are good at chopping vegetables, Shan Zi and Zhu Zhu Lao cook the dishes and everyone says they are delicious. A Xiang Xiaolan and the others wash vegetables and make fires, etc., they are all very smooth.
The remaining Chaihuo and others help hang vermicelli, freeze and collect vermicelli every day, and they are very efficient in their work."
Song Qiu nodded, indicating that she understood everything, and then asked Lin Desheng to step back and call these people over to have a look.
Lin Desheng responded and went, and soon, twenty-two young men and women entered the main hall, stood obediently in the hall, and shouted to Song Qiu obediently: "My boss."
Song Qiu had an impression of these people, but only one of them could name them at a glance.
After all, the reason why I met people like Huang Qi was because of Mu Mu. If he hadn't stolen Lihua's purse, she wouldn't have been able to bring back so many people.
Song Qiu asked him first, "How is your sister?"
Mu Mu was moved when his boss asked him about his sister's health as soon as he came. He knelt down and kowtowed to Song Qiu, "Back at my boss, my sister's health is much better. She keeps taking medicine. Now she can get out of bed on her own.
Occasionally, I should go out to get some air and bask in the sun! The doctor said that if I take care of it for another year or two, things will be fine."
This is all thanks to the boss. If she hadn't brought them back, how could my sister take medicine every day and not be hungry? The doctor said that my sister was injured because of the severe hunger.
The wooden head was banging and banging, but it was sincere.
Song Qiu didn't even stop him, he was already slapping him, so he could only shout to him to get up.
After asking other people one by one, everyone knew that the benches and others were already doing work after they were taken out, and everyone eagerly hoped that they could be selected and do a down-to-earth job.
Song Qiu looked around and had an idea in his mind. When he left, he took seven people with him: Da Mao, Monkey, Shan Zi, Zhu Zhu, A Xiang, Chai Huo and Mao Dan'er.
Of the twenty-two, only seven were taken away, and the rest were all helpless.
Mumu stood up and said: "Master, I can take a spoon now, and I am willing to learn hard."
Song Qiu laughed and said, "When your sister gets better, before it's too late, you can keep her and continue to be in charge of the kitchen work in Zhuangzi."
After the brothers Tao Dongcheng and Tao Dongping of Songshan Inn left, Nail and Pony took over their work. Over the past few months, they have done a very good job.
Song Qiu gave each of them firewood and Mao Dan'er to carry. Da Mao and Shan Zi Zhu stayed in the kitchen, and asked Wang and Yue'er to focus on helping Shan Zi and Zhu Zhu cook.
There were Li, Wang, and Yue'er in the kitchen, but Da Mao and the other three went in. Song Qiu asked Li to withdraw temporarily and go back to the house to work as an errand. At the moment, he was busy preparing for his son's marriage.
Monkey and Axiang arranged to help in the tea shed.
The seven people have made arrangements, and they just have to wait until the first lunar month is over so that someone can take them with them when they set off.
Song Qiu thought about it in his mind and realized that he was enough to be the boss. Counting the sixth son, there was still one less shopkeeper. The sixth son had just taken over the dessert shop and could not be transferred yet.
It's the end of the year and it's easy to add people. We have to go out at the end of the first year and there is no need to delay. Therefore, Song Qiu took the people to the town on the second day. When they found someone suitable, they came back with three more people.
After the 21st day of the twelfth lunar month, it will be faster.
Twenty-three sacrifices to the stove, twenty-four sweeping the dust...
On the twenty-eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, both the sweet potato and vermicelli factories had a holiday. The workers happily went home to celebrate the New Year with their New Year gifts, and then resumed work on the sixth day of the new year.
On the twenty-ninth day of the twelfth lunar month, Songshan Inn also closed its doors.
It seems that in the blink of an eye, the New Year's Eve has arrived.
Last year's New Year's Eve was still celebrated in the small courtyard of the wooden house that had been there for a long time. The three people of Yuan family, Song Qiu and Aling had a family reunion dinner. Du Chuanfu and the others who were the first ones came to pay their respects and received red New Year envelopes before going back.
But this year, the big house in Sijin, with dozens of people in it, has been bustling since early in the morning.
Red lanterns were hung inside and outside the house, and Spring Festival couplets were posted, making it very festive.