There are many people coming to the door asking for work.
Even though most of the family members have gone to the woods to dig wooden stakes, there is still labor left. Now it is just after the autumn harvest, when the land is resting and people are idle.
People come to Qiao Mingjin's house every day, and they always come empty-handed. A few radishes, a basket of vegetables, a dozen eggs or some dried mountain delicacies.
One tael of silver a month! It’s the Zhou family’s workshop in Qingchuan City. Are you afraid it will go bankrupt?
I received one tael of silver every month steadily, and it was at my doorstep. If something happened at home, I would shout at my doorstep, and I could hear it in the workshop.
No one wants to miss this opportunity.
Even the two brothers of the Yue family, Yue Laoer and Yue Laosi, came to the door in person.
Sun and Yu also came several times, but Qiao Mingjin didn't agree.
It's not that Yue Lao Er and Yue Lao Si can't do their job well, on the contrary, these two people work very hard. Although they are a little careful, they still understand the general idea.
It's just that Qiao Mingjin doesn't want to get too entangled with the Yue family and the Wu family.
Ever since Yue Zhongyao, his third wife, became a policeman in the city's yamen, Mrs. Wu felt that she was superior to others in the village. She walked with her chest held high and her eyes almost moved to the top of her head.
Wu didn't notice that Qiao Mingjin was looking for someone to dig wooden piles and hired workers.
Who is her son? A policeman in the yamen. He is the proud man in front of the old parents of the county magistrate. Why can't he arrange a job for the other two sons?
In fact, the Wu family did pester Yue Zhongyao to help the two brothers find jobs.
It's just that they are all working as waiters, and they have to live away from home. They also have to eat, drink and stay in the city, which also costs a lot of money. The Wu family doesn't think it's worth it, and the Sun family and Yu family also see the money their men get.
He couldn't fall into their hands, and he couldn't come back even once in a month. After working for a few days, he got the person back.
And at home, we don’t have a few acres of land, so we can’t just sit around and wait for food, right?
Everyone was digging wood piles in the forest. At first, the Wu family wanted to make money, but all the money the family earned was in the hands of the Wu family. The Sun family and the Yu family also had different intentions.
After Luo and her men refused at the same time, Wu had no choice but to give up.
Later, after watching the villagers digging for several days, they actually got a lot of silver. In just a few days, they could get one tael or more of silver. Wu was moved again.
He then sent his two sons and daughter-in-law to dig wooden stakes in the mountain. Of course, with Sun's skillful talk, he naturally gave up some benefits to them.
After they went up the mountain, they were asked to dig three stakes and received four to five taels of silver.
Now that they heard about the recruitment, the Sun family and the Yu family naturally knew how to settle accounts. They worked hard to dig out wooden piles, but they dug out one. The two families could only get dozens of cents. They could dig it out in a month.
Three or four of them are enough to reach the sky. How much silver can they have together?
It's different to work in a workshop. You can earn one or two silver a month and have a meal at noon. Isn't this an easy job?
But no matter what they said, Qiao Mingjin didn't respond.
Later, Qiao Mingjin saw that there were too many people coming to the door, all from the countryside, and it was really difficult to deal with them.
After discussing with Zhou Yanqing and everyone else, it was decided to add two more male laborers.
Now the workshop has officially started work. Eight more carpenters from the city have been added, and everyone is working hard to create an unprecedented finished product.
I forget about eating and sleeping. I just wish that the sun would not set and the night would be as bright as day.
Some of the chores were naturally done by He and Ma, but labor was needed to carry the wooden piles from the mountains to the workshop, and to put the wooden piles in the warehouse after drying.
Originally, there was Father He and others, so she didn't worry about this at first, but now there were more than ten people competing against each other, and no one was convinced. They all tried their best to make a finished product as soon as possible, so she laid the foundation for their work in the workshop.
status.
The eight craftsmen who came from the city naturally wanted to leave a deeper impression on Zhou Yanqing's heart. Regardless of whether Mr. Zhou took a fancy to them or had some other reason to send them from the city to the countryside, they had to make a move.
When the results come, let Mr. Zhou see their value.
Father He and others also caught up after seeing their own shortcomings. They had been exposed to these things first, and they and Qiao Mingjin had started from scratch, so they naturally knew how this workshop came about.
Qiao Mingjin didn't invite them here just to slap them in the face. If they can't produce some results, they will be sorry for the salary and attention given by Qiao Mingjin.
Father He had to give instructions to his son and two apprentices every day so that they would not relax.
Qiao Mingjin was only happy to learn this.
It's good to be enterprising. It's good for everyone to have their own abilities. As long as her mentality is correct, it's a good thing for her.
She would go around the workshop several times every day. Seeing that everyone was so serious that even eating seemed like a waste of time, she thought of adding two more men to do chores for them.
After discussing with Zhou Yanqing, Qiao Mingjin soon invited two more people under the introduction of Sister Xiu and Yue Dalei.
Yue Dongzhi, from the west end of the village, is nineteen years old. He looks lean and lean, but he is very strong.
There are four brothers in his family, and he is the youngest. The family was not well-off to begin with. After the first few brothers got married and separated, the family even lost good land. Only a few acres of wasteland were left for him to take care of.
Two old parents live together.
His first three brothers married their sisters-in-law, and they only had their own little family in their hearts. Although they all asked him to dig wood piles together these days, they didn't get much in his hands, and the day's labor was only a little.
A few pennies.
His sisters-in-law are all fierce, and it would be extremely difficult to steal money from them.
But without these few pennies, he and his elderly parents would be given a few acres of wasteland, and the annual output of coarse grains would only be a few hundred kilograms. No matter how much he saved, he would not be able to eat it until the end of the year.
Yue Dalei told Qiao Mingjin about his situation, and Qiao Mingjin agreed.
The other family moved here, their surname is Shi, and their name is Shi Gen. They are twenty years old.
His family was just the opposite of Yue Dongzhi. The family was harmonious, and the three brothers did not split up. It was such a spine-tingling thing to push their old parents to their unmarried younger brothers.
On the contrary, the family is still crowded together. The three brothers also have their own families, with children and daughters. Shi Gen also got a daughter last year. Only his wife has been in poor health since giving birth to a daughter, and the whole family went to dig wooden stakes in the forest.
His wife stayed at home to cook. His two brothers were considerate of him and allowed him to stay at home and be busy in the fields, so that he could take care of their little daughter and wife at home.
Sister Xiu brought this stone root in person. When she came, she brought her wife and her daughter who was under one year old in her arms.
Wan'er liked this little sister very much. Maybe she had never seen a child younger than her. She was very happy to play with the child and feed her soft cakes.
Qiao Mingjin saw that Shi Gen was taking great care of his wife. Although he was a rough country man, his eyes showed warmth towards his wife and daughter. He was not the kind of person who was flattering. Qiao Mingjin made up his mind on the spot.
After the person was chosen, she breathed a sigh of relief.
There were so many people coming to her door every day asking for work, and they were all from the countryside, so it was hard for her to refuse. Everyone was in a similar situation. She was afraid that if it took another ten days and a half, she would offend everyone.
Already.
After learning that they had settled on someone, the villagers didn't say anything. The wooden piles they dug are still waiting for Qiao Mingjin to estimate and receive the goods, so they didn't dare to complain easily.
On the contrary, Mrs. Sun and Mrs. Yu came to the door and said some crooked things. But Qiao Mingjin ignored them.
But Yue Donggen, that little kid, rushed in. Seeing Wan'er and Mingqi playing a game of picking up sticks on the ground, he quickly ran over, grabbed it in his hand, and ran away quickly.
When Ming Qi realized what he was doing and went to chase him, the kid had already fled far away.
It made Wan'er cry hard.
The game of picking up sticks was also taught by Qiao Mingjin. They threw a handful of sticks of equal thickness and length on the ground, and then used the same stick to pick them up one by one, but they could not move other sticks until they were all on the ground.
After picking up the wooden sticks.
This is also a game to exercise children's patience.
That handful of bamboo sticks was from Yun Jin who went to the forest to break bamboo to make bamboo grates. Wan'er split the remaining materials. They were the same thickness and length, and were polished smooth. There were no burrs at all.
Unexpectedly, within a few days of playing, the kid snatched it away.
Qiao Mingjin happened to be preparing lunch in the courtyard. Seeing her daughter crying hard, she stepped forward and hugged her in her arms.
Wan'er turned around in the yard, bumped a few times, and coaxed: "Oh, don't cry. Next time he comes, he won't be allowed to come to the door. Can Wan'er take a small bamboo rake and beat him out?"
The little thing was sobbing so sadly: "My cousin made it... wow wow... Wan'er's..."
Qiao Mingjin hugged her and spun around: "Yes, it belongs to our Wan'er. My cousin made it for our Wan'er, right? Next time, let's ask my cousin to make something better for Wan'er, okay?
good?"
"...Wow wow...not good..."
Qiao Mingjin didn't know how to coax him.
The pair of pebbles I picked up for the little thing last time were also snatched away by her cousin when she was at Yue's house. Wu was protecting her at that time, so the little thing didn't even dare to cry loudly, she just pursed her lips and bit her lips.
Cry silently.
Now that the mother and daughter have moved out, that naughty child has come to snatch her away again. Mrs. Sun really has to suppress her, otherwise the naughty child might come to her door again.
Mingqi chased around and ran back angrily, gritting his teeth and breathing heavily.
"Next time he comes to your door again, I'll knock out his teeth!"
When Yue Donggen started to grab it, the aunt and nephew were too focused on playing and didn't pay attention.
Later, they were robbed and waited for the man to run a few steps before the two of them realized what was happening. When Mingqi went out to chase him, the kid was scurrying left and right. He was a wild child and was familiar with the village. He dodged left and right, and even led Mingqi away.
When they arrived at the field, the kid jumped into the ground and ran away on the ridges.
Mingqi didn't dare to go down. It was something that others had worked hard to grow, so he could only angrily stamp his feet on the field ridge and curse a few words before returning angrily.
Wan'er saw that her aunt was very angry, but she gradually stopped crying.
At this time, the sound of bells outside the door came from far to near, tinkling, crisp and loud. The two little things listened with their ears straightened, and their eyes lit up.
Qiao Mingjin looked at it, smiled, put her daughter down and said, "Go with my aunt."
The two little things held hands and ran out. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly votes. Your support is my biggest motivation.)
