Liu Xiaoyu's eyes moved slightly and she explained in a low voice: "Boss Liao fired everyone from Zhang Biao's side yesterday, and most of them were unwilling to leave. Zhang Biao ran out early in the morning, while the others stayed and refused to leave.
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"Refuse to leave? Why did it start?" Xue Ling grasped the key to the problem.
Liu Xiaoyu said: "One of my brothers was a little impulsive. He scolded them to leave quickly and asked them what they were doing here after being fired. They were so angry that they started to quarrel with us."
Xue Ling's face darkened and he complained: "You are here to start work today, not to quarrel. From now on, the construction site will depend on you to support it. Don't let me and Boss Liao be disappointed again and again. That would be bad."
Liu Xiaoyu smiled in apology and whispered: "Sister-in-law, I won't do it anymore. We were really too impulsive just now."
Xue Ling didn't hold him back and asked calmly: "How many of them refuse to leave?"
She took a glance and estimated that there were about twenty people.
Liu Xiaoyu explained: "These are people who don't want to leave. They said it was Zhang Biao who wanted to cause trouble, but this was not their original intention. Their jobs were taken by Zhang Biao, and they had to give him a commission. They couldn't disobey him."
But now it’s almost the end of the year, and it’s too late to find work at the construction site. They still want to stay here and work, at least with food, accommodation and wages.”
Xue Ling nodded and asked, "Where's Boss Liao? He hasn't come here yet today?"
"No." Liu Xiaoyu scratched his hair in confusion and said, "I don't know what he did so late today..."
Xue Ling thought for a moment and said, "It's probably Zhang Biao who went to find him."
Liu Xiaoyu whispered anxiously: "Sister-in-law, after all, these people are led by Zhang Biao. If they are allowed to stay, Zhang Biao will definitely fall out with them. In addition, I went to see my brother yesterday and he said that he would take care of them this afternoon.
Fifteen or six people are here. We already have enough people here."
Xue Ling understood what he meant. He didn't want to keep this group of people for fear of affecting them.
She neither agreed nor refused, explaining: "When Boss Liao comes over, I will discuss it with him. If they are willing to work for us, they must obey the engineer's instructions. If they want to cause trouble, we will never leave them.
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Liu Xiaoyu didn't feel comfortable saying anything, so she just nodded.
The construction site is shabby, and a small temporary office has been set up. The accountant and Boss Liao usually stay in it, and the workers are not allowed to come over at other times except to collect their wages.
The office was small and so many people couldn't get in. The little accountant was frightened when he saw so many people suddenly coming.
A tent was set up in front of the office, and the place was protected from the sun.
Xue Ling stood with them under the tent and asked: "Who is the person led by Zhang Biao? Please raise your hand!"
After a while, a dozen men of different ages slowly raised their hands.
Xue Ling smiled and said: "Please stand over here. The rest of the people who are following Little Boss Liu, please stand behind him."
Then, she turned around and told the little accountant: "Go get a few packs of cigarettes and give them two each."
The little accountant nodded hurriedly and ran in.
The workers all obeyed and took sides.
Xue Ling first looked at the people on Zhang Biao's side and asked, "You still want to stay and work, right?"
They nodded one after another.
The middle-aged man in the lead frowned and explained: "My home is far away from here, and it costs a lot of money to take the train back. It's almost the Chinese New Year, and I may not be able to get a salary if I change places. I have food and housing here, and I still want to
Keep!"
"I want to stay too!"
"Me too!"
Xue Ling saw that they had expressed their stance one after another, and couldn't help but ask: "Zhang Biao made trouble before, and you all participated in it, right?"
"Yes...but I didn't want to do that! It was all taught by Zhang Biao! He said that if you do that, you can ask for a higher salary from the big boss."
"That's right! He said that the big boss gave us higher wages and we also had more money! That's why we listened to him!"
Xue Ling smiled slightly and asked: "Your salary of one hundred and twenty yuan a month, including food and accommodation, do you think it is not high enough?"
As far as she knows, if a construction worker's salary includes food and accommodation, he can earn more than 120 yuan, which is quite high among his peers, not the highest, but definitely not low.
As soon as she spoke, the workers became excited.
“Mr.
"Yes! I just started working with him, and he said that I am a new employee and I have to pay twenty yuan a month! Otherwise, there will be no work for me!"
"We are from the north and don't understand the rules here. When we come here with Zhang Biao, we will obey him in everything. Whatever he asks us to do, we will do it."
"No one hundred and two! But we think it's pretty good that food and accommodation are included here... we don't want to part with this place."
Xue Ling listened carefully and waved his hand to quiet down the chattering crowd.
Then, she looked at Liu Xiaoyu and asked: "Little boss Liu, what about your side? You will also take a commission, right?"
Liu Xiaoyu nodded and replied: "My method is different from Zhang Biao. Every one of my brothers is treated equally. If they mess with me, I have to ensure that they have food to eat and a secure life. I usually charge five yuan for free."
"Brothers who have families will get two cents, and those who have family difficulties will get nothing, just follow me."
As soon as he finished speaking, the workers at Zhang Biao's side looked envious.
"Yo! Five yuan at most!"
"It's too different!"
"It's just two bucks for having a family?! Why is your brother so good?! Are you lying?"
Liu Xiaoyu was an upright person and was very unhappy when they heard their suspicions.
"I, Liu Xiaoyu, always say what I am! Why do you call me a liar?! My brothers are all here. If you don't believe me, you can ask them! I received the project, and I can't finish it all by myself.
The brothers didn’t make it together!”
The workers behind him also shouted loudly: "Brother Liu, he is like this! I got married last year. From that time on, I only pay two yuan a month!"
"I don't have a family yet, so it's only five yuan a month! Now I get 120 yuan a month to live on, which is not even less than five yuan! Brother Liu has a great reputation, and he has jobs all year round, so five yuan a month is nothing.
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"My wife was sick the year before last, so Brother Liu lent me a hundred yuan. From that time on, he never took a penny from me! The construction site gave me one hundred and twenty yuan, and he gave me one hundred and twenty yuan directly!"
After Zhang Biao's people heard this, they were all envious. They didn't dare to question it anymore and fell silent one after another.
Xue Ling looked at them and asked, "Did Zhang Biao leave with the others? Didn't he have more than thirty people under his command?"
"More than a dozen left." The middle-aged man at the head said: "They said they no longer wanted to do this business, and they all left one after another yesterday. Zhang Biao was aggrieved and went to discuss it with Boss Liao."
Xue Ling nodded, confirming his guess.
"Then what are you thinking?"
The middle-aged man explained: "We...we don't care what Zhang Biao and Boss Liao discuss...we still want to stay and continue working, at least until the end of the year before leaving."
"Yes! We all thought so! Just now we were about to start working, and Liu Xiaoyu said that we were no longer wanted here and asked us to leave. We couldn't get angry, so we quarreled with them!"
"That's right! It's up to the boss to decide whether you want us or not! Mr. Xue, just keep us! Don't fire us! We won't make trouble with Zhang Biao, and we guarantee a good job!"