It’s not just those fellow villagers who are envious. Even the ginseng farmers in Donggang have many people who are envious of the temporary workers in the fertilizer factory.
In the past, when the fertilizer factory was recruiting workers, everyone thought they were temporary workers and not regular workers. They thought it would be better to earn money by growing sticks.
Anyway, not many people here in Donggang are willing to go.
Looking at it now? It’s still better for workers to ensure harvests despite droughts and floods.
It doesn't matter whether it's windy or rainy outside, as long as you go to work, you will get paid.
You don’t have to pay any capital, you don’t have to worry about losing money, just go to work and get paid.
Look, now even temporary workers are getting benefits, including meat, fish, and fruits.
If we put this in previous years, all these participating households would have made money, and no one would have taken the five pounds of meat seriously.
But that won’t work this year. The hammer doesn’t make any money, so Bala managed to sell it with great difficulty, just to save the principal.
Next year we still have to pay for the expenses, and there are expenses for the whole family. Who is willing to spend money carelessly?
Many people were interested and simply asked someone to find out if they could work in a fertilizer factory.
Temporary work is also fine, just don’t worry about how much it is, earning money is better than not earning anything at all.
Now, Yang Junxian's family is very lively, and many people are asking for favors and connections.
This time, things have changed, and this is not the time when Yang Junxian asked someone to help recruit workers.
Yang Junxian directly told the visitor that we are temporary workers, but not everyone wants them.
Those who want to work part-time in Maodong, don't come here. Now you have to work for at least half a year.
Just this one rule will eliminate a lot of people.
Those who planned to work hard in the spring, summer and autumn and find a place to make money in the winter simply gave up.
On the other hand, those who saw that there was no money to be made in farming, and simply planned not to do it next year, gritted their teeth and made up their minds to join the factory.
Yang Junxian naturally welcomes these people.
Nowadays, the factory has too many orders and the workers are overwhelmed. He is eager to bring in a few more people.
The fertilizer factory and the two beverage factories in Songjianghe and Quanyang are all the same. Regardless of whether they are temporary workers or regular workers, they all receive benefits.
Especially in Quanyang, when Chen Jihui was here, not to mention benefits, even wages could not be paid. Who dared to think about benefits?
Looking back now, all workers, whether temporary or regular, are treated equally and receive year-end benefits.
The food is the same as here in Donggang, five pounds of fish or meat per person, and ten pounds of fruit.
But these workers were so stunned that they were so happy that they couldn't close their mouths.
At first I thought the beverage factory was a temporary worker, and I looked down on them and refused to come. This time I regretted it.
Unfortunately, it's too late to regret it. The beverage factory is not expanding or recruiting workers, so even if you want to, you can't get in.
Compared with these factories directly distributing benefits, the Forestry Bureau is slightly less popular.
It was the same as last year, except that a large amount of fish, meat, shrimp, and fruits were brought in. Employees could buy whatever they wanted.
The Forestry Bureau has also become somewhat inflexible in its operations over the past two years.
There is no way, in this year and month, there are all kinds of triangular debts outside, and the bureau's funds cannot be recycled.
No matter what, the workers are quite happy, after all, there was nowhere to buy them if they wanted to in previous years.
Originally, Xu Shiyan negotiated with Ji Tongzhong and others to let them set up a store to sell things.
As a result, Su Anying asked for goods, and Huang Shengli and others were busy.
All the relatives in each family are helping with the work, who has time to take care of the sea fish and prawns?
No matter how much you drop the price with a stick, it will still be more expensive than sea fish and prawns. These people are not stupid, how can they give up watermelons and pick sesame seeds?
This year’s New Year’s Eve falls on January 26th, so it’s not that far away.
Normally, by this time, Su Anying should be thinking about going back.
But there are always merchants over there asking for goods. Although the quantity is not particularly large, it can't handle the large number of customers, so it accumulates a lot.
Su Anying was a little reluctant to part with this business, so she discussed with Xu Shiyan that she would come back later and sell the goods there for a few more days.
At this time, just make whatever you can, because no one knows what the market will be like after the New Year.
What if no one takes delivery after a year and the market drops again?
Furthermore, the houses here are almost completed and just need to be topped out.
Su Anying meant that she would go back a little later, watch the main body of the building get up, and talk about the rest after the new year.
Xu Shiyan thought about it, it's really hard to say what's going on now.
"Oh, it's a pity that the house over there hasn't been built yet.
Once this is built, it will be good for me to take my family to Yangcheng to celebrate the New Year, and the children can also experience what winter is like in the south."
Xu Shiyan said regretfully on the other end of the phone.
"Who knows, I'm not used to it anyway, I just feel like I can't see any snow in winter, and I feel uncomfortable all over.
Besides, even though there’s no snow here, it’s actually quite cold. Children may not be able to get used to it when they come here.”
Su Anying complained on the other end of the phone. As a Northeastern person, even though she has spent the winter here for two consecutive years, she is still not used to it.
The couple didn't say a few words on the phone.
After all, Su Anying was using a public phone outside.
Although she didn't care about the long-distance call charges, there were many people waiting behind her, so she couldn't hold on to the phone all the time, so she hung up the phone after chatting for a few words.
Su Anying stayed in Yangcheng until the day before the Lunar New Year, then she packed up her things, flew back to Shenyang, and then took a bus from Shenyang back to Songjianghe.
By the time they got home, it was already the afternoon of the 24th of the twelfth lunar month.
When Su Anying and others came back, the first thing they did was to settle accounts.
I won’t make as much money this year as I did last year.
One is that there is no harvest for processing in autumn, and the other is that the price of ginseng is not high.
Also, I didn’t sell any ginseng seeds this year, so I lost another income.
"We were in Yangcheng this winter. Not counting the small amount of goods from each company, we just collected about 150,000 catties, and earned less than 4 million.
This is the gross profit. After deducting various expenses, taxes, and the wages of Xiao Ji, Sheng Kai, and others, we are left with 2.8 million.
Sigh, if this were the market situation last year, I could make a small amount of tens of millions by handling 150,000 kilograms of hammers."
Su Anying calculated the accounts and couldn't help but sigh. She didn't earn much this year, and she didn't spend much money on it.
Over in Yangcheng, hundreds of thousands of dollars have been invested in buying and building additional houses.
When I go back after the New Year, I have to clean up and decorate inside and outside, and it costs a lot of money. If the business doesn't make any money, what can I do?
"Daughter-in-law, just be content. Just this year, you can still earn over a million. What are you thinking about?"
When Xu Shiyan heard his wife's words, he almost laughed.
This is true. If you are used to seeing big money, you feel uncomfortable when you earn less, right?
Yes, compared to the small million I earned last year, this year’s money is really not much.
But compared to ordinary people, if you can still earn so much money at this time, that would be amazing.
"No matter what, with the money you make this year, our store over there will definitely be able to open.
If this is fixed, you can get your money back next year, do you believe it?
Besides, we still have a breeding farm here. The breeding farm has not been affected this year, and the efficiency is good.
By the way, there is also a fertilizer factory, which is doing well this year."
This is the best proof that you can't put all your eggs in one basket.
If his family had no other business, and it was all about ginseng, it would be bad this year.