Bai Shanbao and Manbao looked at him, and Bai Erlang said sadly: "The people who come to my house every year to collect food are very rich."
Man Bao: "Is that a grain merchant?"
"Isn't a grain merchant considered a human being?"
Bai Shanbao & Manbao:......
However, both of them were very tired at this time. When people are tired, their brains are not willing to work, so such a difficult problem was temporarily forgotten by the two of them.
Man Bao stared blankly at the workers working back and forth. They had already planted their crops far away, leaving only a few rows here for the three children.
In the eyes of the hired workers, the three young masters only farmed when they had enough to eat and had free time.
At their age, they could already go to work in the countryside and work as part-time laborers. However, it seemed that these three had never farmed much, so their speed was not very fast.
Therefore, the employees did not appreciate their help very much.
Manbao probably also knew that they were disliked, so she just stared at them and thought, and did not follow them around. The main reason was that she was very tired now, her energy was limited, and she didn't want to run over and join in the fun.
Looking, looking, she finally discovered something was wrong.
"Why are all the day laborers we hire men?"
Bai Erlang shook his head.
Bai Shanbao thought for a moment and said, "I remember that the part-time workers my cousin hires every year are all men, at least in the two years I've been here."
"That's right, Mr. Bai has always only hired my eldest brother and his third brother. My sister-in-law and the others have never worked at Mr. Bai's house." Manbao's mind, which was almost on the verge of going out of action due to sleepiness, managed to turn around and said, "Actually, I
My sisters-in-law are also very good at work, no worse than my elder brother and the others."
She said: "Of course, my brothers and the others do the work of plowing the fields, but in fact, my sisters-in-law do better than my brothers, even better than them, in tasks such as spreading fertilizer, throwing seeds, and closing furrows.
"
Bai Shanbao thought thoughtfully, "I remember my husband said that Ding fields are only allocated to Cheng Ding, and women have no land. Then shouldn't they come to work more?"
Man Bao nodded, "Yes."
The two looked at each other and Bai Shanbao immediately said: "I will tell my grandmother when I get back in the afternoon and ask her to hire some women to do part-time labor."
Man Bao nodded with deep understanding, "Ask the long-term worker to free up a room for them to live in. If they can't go home, then they can stay here."
The short-term workers they hired temporarily built some straw huts at the foot of the mountain to live in.
It's just spring now, and although it's getting warmer, there will definitely still be cold days. Man Bao has always felt that women are weaker than men, so they have to live in a better place.
In villages across ten miles and eighty miles, not to mention landowners in the countryside, even in the county town, all hired workers are men, and there is no special hiring of women.
Even in the kitchen, most of the jobs are done by men. What kind of jobs do women find?
You can choose it when you are waiting in the backyard, but such opportunities are rare.
And if there is such an opportunity, the girl should be considered first. Who would want an older woman with thick hands and feet?
Even Mrs. Liu was stunned for a while when she heard about it. It wasn't until her grandson repeated it for the second time that Ms. Liu finally responded, but couldn't help but ask: "Why do you want to invite a woman?"
"Because men can't be hired. Didn't Grandma say it's hard to find day laborers now that the farming industry is busy? Man Bao said that women are no worse at farming than men. In some aspects, they are even faster and better than men."
Mrs. Liu smiled and nodded, "It's a bit difficult to invite. Since women are not bad, let's invite a few more."
But in fact, it is not easy to hire women, because there are very few women who work part-time. If you suddenly hire a woman to work, I am afraid that they may also have doubts in their hearts.
So Mrs. Liu thought about it and sent someone to Dali Village to invite Li Zheng's wife to come and talk.
Within two days, word spread in several nearby villages that the new Mrs. Bai's family in Qili Village wanted to hire some diligent women who were good at farming to work in the fields. The wages were the same as the men, eighteen cents a day.
, including two meals.
Even Qian, who was busy farming, heard about it.
Yes, after six years, Mrs. Qian went to the fields again, which made the villagers of Qili Village very surprised. They all gathered around her and sighed, "Master Tianzun is really useful. It turned out to be just what I promised."
Mr. Qian nodded with deep understanding, "It's thanks to our Man Bao."
Someone's heart moved and he suggested: "Sister-in-law, why don't we let Manbao sit on the big rock under the banyan tree tomorrow and let us bow down and make wishes?"
Mrs. Qian raised her eyebrows and scolded: "Fart, even if Man Bao is the reincarnation of a fairy, she is still a mortal now and a member of our old Zhou family. You, an uncle, go to worship her, do you want to shorten her life?"
"Yes, yes, you can't do this indiscriminately. She is young and can't bear it."
The man shrank his neck and said nothing.
The matter passed like this, and everyone continued to talk about the Bai family's hiring of hired workers, "Is your small farm in Manbao hiring women to farm the land? Are you really paying eighteen yuan a day?"
"If it's true, I can go back to my parents' house and tell my cousin-in-law that her family doesn't have a few acres of land, and she and her daughters can come over and help."
"I also have a cousin who can come. Her family sold the land."
"Why don't you share the land?"
"The land in their village is not easy to rent. The land rent has to be paid at 60%. The landlord still chooses people. There are not many male laborers in the family. The landlord doesn't want to rent at all, for fear that his own land will be damaged."
"In this comparison, he is not as good as our Mr. Bai."
"No, although Mr. Bai is also stingy, as long as he rents his land, even if all the men in the family die midway, the woman can continue to rent it."
"By the way, aren't we talking about hired workers? Aunt Qian, is this true?"
Qian waited for them to say enough before she said: "I will ask Man Bao for you when we get back, but since the news came from the village chief's family, there can be no mistake."
"We can rest assured if you ask a few more questions. People outside are very bad now. Who knows if they are spreading rumors?"
Qian made a special trip to Daling during his lunch break. Spring had just begun, and even though the sun was not very hot at noon, he would still get dark and dizzy after being exposed to it for a long time.
And the three children are all used to taking naps.
So after lunch, they skillfully went to a grass shed with drafts on all sides and lay down directly on a simple wooden bed and fell asleep.
When Mr. Qian came over, Man Bao was sleeping soundly. His belly was heaving and his cheeks were red. He was obviously sleeping soundly.
Qian touched her cheek, smiled slightly and put her hands and feet into the blanket, and then talked to Daji who was sitting outside the hut.
Until Man Bao woke up, she didn't know Qian had been here.
But everyone in Qili Village knew that the information circulating outside was true, so many young people left home that afternoon and visited various relatives' houses on orders from their adults.
If another family hires a woman as a hired worker, people in Qili Village would not dare to let their relatives go, but this is to work in Qili Village.
Moreover, the owner is quite familiar with Man Bao from the Bai family and the very familiar old Zhou family.