Upon waking up, Lin Xiangyi realized she had transmigrated into a period novel written by her stepsister. Her stepsister was the protagonist, and she was the villainous female supporting character....
"Oh, what's so good about this reward? We didn't feel any hard work. We should be the ones thanking you," Aunt Xie said with a smile.
To be honest, they really didn't feel it was hard.
Zhang Pengfei and Xie Guoqiang and his wife nodded hurriedly.
Not to mention Zhang Pengfei, Aunt Xie and her family originally made a living by farming. It was because Xie Qingxiao and Lin Xiangyi did business and asked them to come and help with the work that they lived a completely different life from before.
At the beginning, the work was dirty and tiring, but farming was also dirty and tiring, not to mention they could get paid and had good food, so they were happy to be able to do this job.
After the workshop was established, the number of people increased. Xie Qingxiao and Lin Xiangyi asked them to be in charge of some things respectively. They could be regarded as "small leaders" in the workshop. They did not need to do many things by themselves, which made things much easier.
Aunt Xie is especially so. She is now in charge of the cleansing affairs of the people below. She is becoming more and more adept at it. Her momentum is rising and her temperament is gradually becoming more impetuous and resolute.
When she got home, her husband, Uncle Xie, complained that her temper was getting more and more irritable, like a tigress. She would scold him at the slightest disagreement, and her voice was so loud that even if it was not his fault, it would be considered his fault.
And Aunt Xie is really enjoying coming to the workshop to work more and more now.
"Oh, then should I not have come?" Uncle Xie, who also came here tonight, said hurriedly when he heard this.
He did not come to work with the Xie family, not because the Xie family did not want him to come, but mainly because there were already three people in their family here. If he came, there would be no one to do the farm work at home, not to mention that he had to help look after his granddaughter at home.
"No, big brother, don't think too much. It's just a matter of adding a pair of chopsticks. Usually, my aunt and Guoqiang and Xiaomei help Axiao and his wife a lot. You can eat without worry," Xie's mother said, "It also saves you from having to cook at home."
"Yes," Lin Xiangyi said, "Everyone, stop being so polite and sit down to eat."
Zhang Pengfei saw the table full of delicacies and couldn't wait to sit down. He turned around and saw Xie Qingxiao walking towards him from the kitchen with an apron tied around his waist and a bowl of soup.
He took the soup bowl from Xie Qingxiao's hand and said, "This is the soup. Let me do it. Brother Xiao, you've worked so hard. This is the first time I see you wearing an apron. You're so virtuous."
This was not the first time Zhang Pengfei saw Xie Qingxiao cooking, but it was the first time Zhang Pengfei saw Xie Qingxiao wearing an apron to cook. At this moment, he felt that the word "virtuous" was embodied in Xie Qingxiao.
"Hey, your brother refused to wear it before, but today he put it on as soon as your sister-in-law asked him to. He's become obedient now," Xie's mother teased.
"Ah Xiao really loves his wife more and more," Aunt Xie also laughed.
These days, Xie Qingxiao and Lin Xiangyi's relationship is visibly good; one can feel the sweetness emanating from their every move and even a glance.
"We cooked so many dishes today, and there's a lot of fumes. It's better to wear an apron when cooking, otherwise it will be difficult to wash off the fumes that splash on your body," Lin Xiangyi replied with a smile, asking everyone to sit down quickly and stop teasing her and Xie Qingxiao.
Seeing that Lin Xiangyi was embarrassed, everyone stopped teasing her about this matter.
Zhang Pengfei knew the reason and winked at Xie Qingxiao a few times. Xie Qingxiao gave him a "wait" look, and then he sat down.
Faced with the table full of delicacies, everyone was drooling, but no one started eating immediately. Instead, they looked at Xie Qingxiao and Lin Xiangyi.
Except Uncle Xie. In his heart, Father Xie was the head of the family, and he planned to wait for Father Xie to start eating before he did. Unexpectedly, he saw Father Xie looking at Xie Qingxiao and Lin Xiangyi.
In this family, it is now the turn of the two younger generations, Xie Qingxiao and Lin Xiangyi, to make the decisions?
Even though Axiao and Xiangyi are doing well in business and their second brother and his wife are also working for them, they are still Axiao's parents after all. Do they even have to look at the young couple's faces?
This is a misunderstanding.
Xie's father and mother were certainly not looking at Xie Qingxiao and Lin Xiangyi's expressions. They were just thinking that Xie Qingxiao and Lin Xiangyi might want to say a few words before the meal, and were waiting for them to speak.
When it comes to business matters, both Xie Qingxiao and Lin Xiangyi are quite clear about the differences.
Of course, neither Xie Qingxiao nor Lin Xiangyi planned to say anything before dinner.
Xie Qingxiao confirmed that Lin Xiangyi had nothing to say, and then he said to everyone: "I won't say much about thanking you. Let's eat to our heart's content today, and then we can talk about business after we finish eating."
"Okay, let's eat," Zhang Pengfei said immediately, and the others couldn't wait to start eating.
After dinner, Xie Qingxiao and Lin Xiangyi got down to business.
"Our braised food store is almost ready. Everyone knows about it, right?" Lin Xiangyi asked.
"I know. When will it open?" Su Xiaomei asked.
Xie Qingxiao: "This month."
"The decoration of the braised food store is almost complete and we can put up a sign to recruit workers. Once the workers are recruited and trained for a few days, we can almost open for business," said Lin Xiangyi.
"That's great," Aunt Xie clapped her hands, extremely happy.
Naturally, the same goes for others, especially Xie's father and mother.
A shop is different from a workshop. One shop can support three generations. Having a shop really makes them feel that their home is really different from before.
Lin Xiangyi: "Right now it's a matter of work allocation. Auntie and Daddy, your work content will remain the same as before, but the wages will change."
When Aunt Xie heard this, she thought that Xie Qingxiao and Lin Xiangyi wanted to reduce their wages. After all, there were many things that she didn't need to do herself now, so it was normal to reduce the wages.
She asked: "Should we lower our wages? It's okay if we do. My job is indeed easier now, but I don't feel comfortable with such a high salary."
Xie's father and mother thought so too.
Lin Xiangyi laughed: "No, we are not going to reduce your wages, but to increase your wages. Previously, we were going to pay you one dollar a day, but from now on, we will increase your wages to one dollar and fifty cents a day. We will also give you an extra four dollars a month for full attendance."
The full attendance system was implemented after the workshop opened. Every employee in the workshop will receive an additional bonus of three yuan for full attendance every month.
Even Mr. Xie, Mrs. Xie and Aunt Xie were a little dumbfounded. Instead of cutting their salaries, they were given a raise. Their attendance was also more frequent than others?
"The workshop will need to add more staff in the future. You have a lot of work to do, and you are worth the wages," Lin Xiangyi understood what they were thinking.
"But..." Aunt Xie wanted to say something.
"Okay, then we'll do it well in the future," Mother Xie held Aunt Xie and smiled at Lin Xiangyi, not being polite to her.