Chapter 973 Three Questions

Shu Yu gave them time to think it over, and then she went back to the main room to drink tea.

A constant buzzing sound came from the front yard, occasionally punctuated by a high-pitched scream.

After about half an hour, someone finally came forward and said they wanted to ask Shu Yu a few questions.

Shu Yu looked up and saw that it was the woman who lived next door to the Cui family.

Shu Yu was deeply impressed by her and had a good impression of her, so she nodded and said, "Go ahead and ask."

"What kind of grains does Mr. Lu Xiangjun intend to grow on the land he bought?"

Shu Yu smiled and said, "What I'm going to grow is a kind of food that you've never seen before."

"Never seen it before?" Guo's eyes widened. "If we've never seen it before, then we have no idea how to plant it. What if we grow it badly?" Are we going to make them pay for it?

Shu Yu shook her head. "The food I want to grow is called sunflower. It doesn't have high requirements for soil and is easy to grow. My brother has already successfully grown it. He will be living on this estate from now on, and he will take you there and teach you how to grow it."

Da Niu nodded to the side.

Guo was surprised that the master's elder brother was personally going to the fields.

She couldn't help but swallow hard. "So, how will the wages be calculated?"

"I'll pay you according to the standard wage for long-term laborers in Jiangyuan County, which is six hundred wen a month. Of course, if you do a good job, I'll raise your wages and give you bonuses."

She certainly wouldn't pay too much at the beginning, otherwise making money from her would be too easy, giving people the wrong impression and fostering laziness.

But she couldn't let her long-term workers live too hard. How could they work hard if they weren't well-fed and clothed? So as long as they worked diligently, she wouldn't treat them unfairly.

Guo was quick-witted and understood the meaning behind those words, which finally stirred something within her.

She clenched her fists slightly. "How many people does the village head plan to recruit?"

"Tentatively, thirty people will be hired. Of course, these thirty people may not all be recruited from among you. I need to see if you are suitable. I will only hire those who are suitable."

Guo understood this.

Seeing her lower her eyes in deep thought, Shu Yu asked, "Are there any other questions?"

Guo shook her head. "No, that's all."

Shu Yu thought, after discussing for so long, there are only three questions?

It seems that only she can do it.

Shu Yu finished writing the contract last night at home.

She took out the contract and pushed it in front of Guo Shi, saying, "This is the contract. It lists a lot of points to note. Ask everyone, and if there are no problems, then I'll choose someone."

When Guo looked down, she saw that the paper was covered with dense writing, but she didn't recognize many of the characters.

Are there really so many conditions? She suddenly felt short of breath and almost suffocated.

Jiang Kuanyu, who was standing to the side, knew that few of them could read, so he took the contract and read it to them line by line.

The more Jiang Kuanyu read, the more astonished he became.

This contract not only outlines the requirements for the tenants, but also has the same binding force on Shu Yu.

No wonder she wrote so much. She's a landlord now, yet she's so kind! She's even more understanding than he was as a former landlord.

Shu Yu could tell what he was thinking just by looking at his eyes, and her lips twitched involuntarily.

She doesn't want slaves who can be beaten and abused at will; she wants employees who strive hard so they can live a better life.

Besides, she's not a ruthless exploiter like Zhou Bapi; she's not so cruel as to make things worse for people who are already struggling. Why can't everyone just be happy and make money together?

(End of this chapter)