Huo Xi led An An outside the hospital and saw brothers Huo Erhuai and Wu Dongsheng and Wu Qiushui talking about something.
Huo Xi turned around and glanced at Huo Nian. Huo Nian nodded towards her and whispered: "That Wu Dongsheng asked dad for a job, but dad said he couldn't make the decision."
Huo Xi understood immediately after hearing this. It seemed that his family's life after deregistering was not going to be easy either. So he walked over.
Wu Dongsheng also saw Huo Xi after she appeared. He didn't expect that he had decisively escaped from slavery, and now she would come to his door again. But now he can't live with it, and he can't care too much. The saint also said that men
There have to be ups and downs, and everyone in the family has to live.
While Wu Dongsheng was thinking blankly, Wu Qiushui had already walked towards Huo Xi.
He opened his mouth with some embarrassment: "My brother, he wants to find some work in our village."
Back then, his brother was a Zhuangtou, and he was enjoying a good life in Zhuangzi, living a better life than ordinary people. In order for his nephew to study, he resolutely left his slave status. He also wanted to leave his slave status at the beginning, but his mother didn't let him.
Unexpectedly, in just a few years, his brother's life was not as good as his own.
Huo Xi looked at Udonsheng, "Are you looking for work alone, or are you a family?"
Wu Dongsheng was a little embarrassed when asked, "I am looking for work alone."
I deregistered my nationality and settled in a nearby village. I saved up money and bought ten acres of land. I sent my son to school, thinking that life would get better and better. But I didn’t expect that I had arranged a wedding for my daughter and the family had to eat and drink. Now my son is
I can't even read books anymore.
An acre of land can produce about four stones per season. He also followed the example of Zhuangzi and planted two crops of grain. But even so, seeds cost money, farm tools cost money, after deducting field tax and Ding tax, the family was left with food.
Yes, one acre of land cannot save two taels of silver in a year.
He also imitated Zhuangzi and planted mulberry seedlings on field stalks and raised some silkworms. Even so, he didn't have a few taels of silver left in a year.
Looking at the second brother's family, they have no worries about food and drink. They get monthly silver and work in Zhuangzi's workshop, and they can get a lot of money every month. The two nephews, one in Zhuangzi and the other in the shop, are both used in important ways.
My niece Youxi works on the farm and earns one or two taels of silver a month. When she got married last year, the owner of the village gave her a dowry of twenty taels. Plus what she saved, she was even more prosperous than his younger daughter's wedding.
Even his old mother could get one tael of silver a month for doing odd jobs in the workshop. During the Chinese New Year, they even distributed cloth and meat, and they secretly gave him several taels of silver as a supplement before the year.
Wu Dongsheng felt a little ashamed. Why did he lose his citizenship? It would be better for his brother and his family to live a better life.
He had been the head of a village and knew what kind of life the slaves of Zhuangzi lived. Why was this Zhuangzi that he had left different from others?
Udon Sheng looked at the young boss in front of him. He heard that even her parents obeyed her. She was young and had extraordinary skills. Her hands were the ones that made money.
Wu Dongsheng calmed down and expressed his loyalty to Huo Xi.
Huo Xi listened and looked at him. This family was a little arrogant. She had noticed it from the beginning. It was very difficult for a family with no background to support a scholar with a good reputation when studying for the imperial examination.
Now that he can't survive, only Udon is out looking for work. The others may still be reluctant to give up their dignity.
"Do you want to naturalize?"
Udonsheng choked, "I'm not naturalized. But I will be loyal and serve the master's family. I have been the head of a village for more than ten years. I know the affairs of the village well, can do accounts, read the books, and do business with others."
I think I'm good at negotiating."
Wu Dongsheng recommended himself to Huo Xi and said that he would use his various benefits.
Huo Xi thought, according to her opinion, she would never use this kind of person again. But she left his old mother and brother's family behind, and they couldn't get along with each other privately.
Wu Dongsheng has some ability, is shrewd, and knows practical things. It is best to have such a person in your hands. It is better to offend a gentleman than a villain. It is more beneficial to yourself to use such a person than not to use him.
"What kind of work do you want to do?"
Wu Dongsheng was overjoyed and said, "I am willing to listen to the master's arrangements."
Huo Xi pondered for a while, with Wu Dongsheng's status, it was most suitable for him to deal with Zhuangzi and farmers.
He had been the head of the village and managed the servants. He considered himself to be superior to others. When negotiating business with the head of the village and the farmers in the village, he was able to negotiate prices without any timidity. It was most appropriate for him to collect grain.
After thinking about it for a while, he said: "After the New Year, I will arrange for you to take people to collect grain. I will give you two or two months of money in January. If you can meet the grain collection target, you will be given an additional bonus. The more you collect, the more rewards you will receive."
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"Yes. Thank you for your trust, my boss. Dongsheng will be loyal and serve the master." Wu Dongsheng was very excited. He didn't expect that this small boss would be willing to use him regardless of his past grudges.
Wu Qiushui was also happy for his brother and thanked Huo Xi and Huo Erhuai repeatedly. The two brothers walked away together, walking briskly.
Huo Erhuai frowned, he didn't want to use such a repetitive person.
At first, his family was so short of people, and Xi'er wanted to keep him, but he didn't understand his family's difficulties, so he turned around and left with his family. Now that his family is no longer short of people, his family can no longer survive, so he comes back to ask for work.
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"Xi'er, we don't have any shortage of people now. Why would we use such a person?"
"Dad, he has been a village head for so many years and is familiar with all the servants in the village. Since his family is in the village, it is impossible to prevent him from interacting with him. He is also familiar with the village heads in the surrounding areas, and he is surrounded by them.
It's better to have it in your hands than to offend him and have him stumbling upon us outside."
"Then how about we kick his family out?"
Huo Xi smiled and said, "Then Qi Da and his family at the head of the village must also be kicked out? Qi Da and Wu Qiushui are related to each other. All the servants in this village are related to each other, so we have to replace them all. Besides, Qi Da and Wu Qiushui are related.
The Qiu Shui family works very hard."
Huo Erhuai couldn't bear to drive them away. Over the years, these farm servants worked hard and were obedient, so he used them with ease. But he still felt uncomfortable with this Wu Dongsheng.
When he went back and chatted with Yang for a few words, Yang said to him: "You have also harvested grain, and you know the difficulties involved. As soon as you arrive in the village, when people ask for help, you don't even check it, and you don't tell the price. This family
It's pitiful, that family is pitiful too, the millet taken back is either not enough, or is soaked with sand and gravel, and many of the millet shells are empty and shriveled."
Huo Erhuai looked embarrassed.
Yang glared at him, his father was soft-hearted, so Xi'er let him collect grain outside. When he saw people who were not doing well, they always had big hands. It didn't matter if they had big hands, they wouldn't even let them test them, so they always
Being deceived.
But she is also thin-skinned, so this kind of thing is best done by someone like Udon-sao.
"That man Wu Dongsheng is smart and thoughtful. I don't like him either, but Xi'er is right. It's better to offend a gentleman than a villain. What if he causes trouble for us outside? He will collect the food then.
When the time comes, if our people are allowed to follow him, he will be unable to do anything."
Huo Erhuai nodded after listening: "I just don't like people who are so repetitive. But now that we are giving him benefits and taking care of his family, he should be dedicated to doing things for our family, right?"
Does anyone know how much a plastic cup of rice weighs? I remember when I was cooking at school, two taels of rice was enough for me. Two taels of rice should not be equal to two taels of rice. I ate a little more than half of a plastic cup in one meal.
