Chapter 162 Hiring people

Chen Qingqing checked the cooked brown sugar, bent down to smell it, and couldn't help but praise it.

"Good, very good, there's not a single burnt smell. I didn't expect you guys could cook it so well after just watching it once. It's amazing."

Lin shook her head and smiled, "It's not that we cooked it well, it's that you taught me in detail. I followed the steps you taught me."

Chen Zhanshan asked, "Qing girl, how about you go to the town? Is anyone buying our brown sugar?"

"Dad, I have good news for you. Not only have all the sugars been sold, but I've also found a long-term partner. I'm going to deliver this cooked brown sugar to him tomorrow."

Chen Zhanshan was so happy that he almost jumped up. "According to what you said, our brown sugar will be in demand from now on."

"Yes, I have signed a contract with that merchant to supply him with brown sugar on a long-term basis."

"Great, that's great." Chen Zhanshan looked at Lin excitedly, "Did you hear that? We've sold all the sugar we made. If we keep going like this, it won't be long before our family can live a good life!"

"Yes, Boss, good days are coming."

The sun sets.

Dinner was prepared at the Wu family's old house.

There were two cold dishes on the table: a plate of spicy and sour cucumber strips and stir-fried potato shreds.

There were also two hot dishes, one was pork belly stewed with cabbage, and the other was stir-fried green peppers with dried tofu and pork slices.

There is also a full bowl of white rice.

Chen Dabao's eyes widened. He had never seen such food before. Even during the Chinese New Year, the food was not this good.

He vowed to work hard in the future so that his parents could have meat every day...

The next morning.

Chen Qingqing cut the sugar she had boiled yesterday into pieces and prepared to deliver them to the town.

The little fish just stood beside her without saying a word, watching her work quietly.

He followed her wherever she took a step, and they were inseparable.

Just as she was about to leave, the owner of Liuji Grocery Store came with two boxes of snacks.

The 40 kilograms of sugar he bought yesterday were not enough to sell. Early this morning, his old customers were blocking the door of his shop waiting to buy sugar.

He had no choice but to hire a carriage and go to Nanshan Village to pick up the goods in person.

Yesterday, we sold 60 kilograms of brown sugar. Manager Liu happily paid for it and urged us to deliver the sugar early tomorrow.

Chen Qingqing nodded and agreed to deliver the goods every other day, and then he left happily...

With the donkey, the speed of grinding the mill was significantly faster.

Lin and Dabao were busy cutting beets.

Chen Zhanshan pushed the cart back and forth to transport the goods.

He was very busy carrying the cut beets to the stone mill and then bringing back the ground beet juice.

Although Xiaoyu has lost his memory, he is not stupid and learns things very quickly. Chen Qingqing asked him to watch the donkey and feed beets into the millstone, and he did it very smoothly.

But no one is making the beet juice in the pot. It seems that we need to hire a few people to do it. Only then can my parents have time to make sugar.

Chen Qingqing also discovered a problem. Although the stone mill was not far from the Wu family's old house, it was very troublesome to transport it back and forth. In order to save time, she had to find a stonemason to carve a stone mill.

There was still a month left before the harvest, and as soon as Old Man Chen harvested the crops from the fields, she would start preparing to build a house.

By then, we can design the pond and put a few stone mills in the yard, which will be much more convenient.

Let’s just deal with it for now!

Thinking of this, she asked, "Mom, Dabao, we are short of manpower. I want to hire a few people to help. The wages are ten cents a day. Do you think there are any suitable candidates?"

Chen Qingqing wanted to ask Sun to come over directly, but she had some reservations.

After all, the second wife and Old Man Chen have not yet separated. If the second wife makes any money, it has to be handed over, so she cannot make decisions for Sun.

Lin smiled and said, "Why don't you ask your second aunt? She has nothing to do anyway and can work efficiently. I just don't know if she is willing to do it."

Dabao's eyes darkened. If his mother came to work, she could earn ten cents a day, which would bring more income to the family.

Life will be much better. Not to mention eating meat every meal, at least you won’t have to eat coarse grains or vegetables.

But my mother would definitely hand over the money she earned, and she wouldn't spend a penny on the second wife. No matter how much money she earned, it would all go into the third wife's pocket.

Forget it, just go for it. It can at least help support the family.

"Auntie, thank you for thinking of my mother first. I will go back and tell her right away."

Chen Qingqing stood up and said, "Okay, then I'll go to the village entrance and ask if anyone is willing to come. As long as I find someone, I can start making sugar."

"Qing girl, it's better to let them come to work today, otherwise we will be too busy."

"Okay, I know."

Village entrance.

The stone mill was already crowded with villagers, including the village head's wife. They looked at the buckets of juice and praised it one after another.

"Zhanshan is so lucky to have raised such a good daughter."

"Who said it wasn't? We thought these rotten vegetables were for pigs, and we laughed at them, but we didn't expect that these were gold nuggets, gold nuggets that would make us rich."

Listening to the villagers' praise, Chen Qingqing smiled faintly and said loudly, "My dear uncles and aunts, you are too kind. I just happened to discover the sugar beets and was lucky enough to make brown sugar. Now I am short of manpower, so I plan to hire a few helpers. Ten cents a day, see if anyone is willing to do it?"

When everyone heard this, they became excited.

The village head's wife smiled and said, "Qing girl, I have nothing to do all day, so count me in."

"Okay, thank you, auntie." Chen Qingqing's eyes were filled with gratitude.

"Why are you being so polite, kid? Your uncle, the village head, said that you will build a pond and encourage the villagers to grow sugar beets. You are leading everyone in our village to prosperity, and we should all be grateful to you."

The villagers heard the village head's words clearly.

Some people who had looked down on Chen Qingqing began to change their attitudes.

"Qing girl, is this job difficult? Can I do it?" asked Liang Fugui's wife, Liang.

Chen Qingqing shook her head and smiled. "Aunt Liang, the job isn't difficult. Just wash the beets and cut them into pieces. It's very simple."

"That's good, count me in too."

Erhuzi from the village asked loudly, "Qing girl, I want to work too. Do you want to hire male workers?"

"Uncle Huzi, as long as you have the strength, we welcome you."

"Okay, this male worker position is mine."

Soon after, Liu and Wang from the village also signed up to work in the sugar mill.

Including the five female workers of the Sun family, it should be enough. If Zheng Zhong needs help delivering goods on time in the future, he can hire them at any time.

Bringing people back to the Wu family's old house, Chen Qingqing arranged the work and specifically instructed that the big pot of sugar boiling in the house should not be approached casually. If anyone broke the rules, don't blame her for not considering the friendship of fellow villagers...