Looking at the villagers gathered around him, Wei Mo spoke calmly.
"I called everyone here today to tell you some good news."
"Everyone's envious of the work points our family earns, and they all want to get into the staffing group that my mom leads!"
After Wei Mo finished speaking, he paused and looked at the villagers surrounding him. The villagers nodded repeatedly, and then many of them scratched their heads awkwardly.
"I'm envious, of course I'm envious."
"It's impossible not to be envious of earning so many work points every day, but it's what your family deserves."
Hearing the villagers say this, Wei Mo was also very happy. He waved his hand, and everyone stopped talking.
After all, Wei Mo's prestige in the village was quite extraordinary. Seeing that everyone had stopped arguing, Wei Mo continued to speak.
"I plan to expand the weaving group and recruit all the women in our village. Anyone who wants to join the weaving group can come and work there."
"Then I will teach, but there is one condition, as everyone knows, a master does not pass on his skills to outsiders. People with skills will not easily teach everything to others."
“I can teach everyone the weaving technique, but no matter how much you weave each month, you have to hand in one work point for each finished product.”
The villagers also understood that teaching an apprentice could lead to the master starving.
They also knew that one work point wasn't much, and everyone started discussing it after hearing that.
Based on the speed of Wang Zhenhua and her team, each person can weave about five or six pairs of Ula straw sandals per day.
A pair of straw sandals is worth three work points, so a day's work points are seventeen or eighteen. After only five work points are handed in a month, twelve or thirteen work points are left.
How many work points can I earn in a month? About four hundred work points, which is more than a strong adult can earn.
Upon realizing this, the villagers shouted loudly.
"Little Wei Mo, Little Wei Mo, I'm willing, I'm willing to participate."
"I'm willing too, I want to participate."
"Who should I contact to register? Where's the brigade leader?"
Hearing everyone start discussing again, Wei Mo didn't stop them. Instead, he let everyone express their opinions. Once he saw that it was about time, Wei Mo waved his hand again.
When everyone saw that Wei Mo was about to make a move, they immediately stopped talking. You see, this was an opportunity for the villagers to earn more work points, and this opportunity was especially rare.
Winters in Northeast China are for hibernating, so there's no work points to earn. But things are different now.
Once Wei Mo really gets everyone into the weaving group, as long as they work hard, they will definitely be able to earn work points.
Aren't the fishing teams and weaving groups in the village all formed by Wei Mo?
"Since everyone agrees, let's make it clear in advance that I and the current staff will provide instruction, and everyone will receive work points as long as their work is completed satisfactorily."
"However, we still shouldn't accept substandard products. After all, we can't harm the interests of the brigade. There have been similar incidents before."
Hearing Wei Mo say this, some women felt particularly embarrassed, because they were from the second weaving group.
But Wei Mo didn't elaborate, and the women grew anxious, calling out to him one after another.
"Xiao Weimo, Xiao Weimo, we know we were wrong. Can we join Group 1?"
Wei Mo looked at the group of people who were speaking, hesitated for a moment, and then thought to himself that they hadn't done anything too wrong. Moreover, to avoid them causing trouble in the future, it would be better to take them into the weaving group.
Wei Mo nodded and spoke to the people beside him.
"Sure, but no trouble allowed. If you cause trouble, I'll never touch your things again, okay?"
The villagers chimed in, speaking up for Wei Mo.
"Yes, if you're causing trouble, we won't need you anymore."
"Wei Mo may spare you, but none of us will."
"That's right, that's right. If Wei Mo and the others don't behave, I'll scratch them to death for you."
The voices of several women nearby were particularly loud, drowning out everyone else's.
The other women from the second weaving group stood there awkwardly, nodding repeatedly.
"Don't worry, Wei Mo, we will definitely do a good job."
Wei Mo didn't take the matter to heart, after all, they were all from the same village, and his family had never suffered a loss before.
After thinking about this, Wei Mo looked at everyone and slowly spoke,
"Those who want to join the knitting group, go register with the brigade leader in a bit. We'll teach you at the brigade headquarters until you learn it."
"However, if you learn it and still weave substandard products, I will expel you from the weaving group. You have no objection, right?"
"No objection, no objection."
After all, opportunities are rare, and now that we've given them a chance, who would have any objections?
Wei Mo felt he had said enough, so he pulled Li Dazhuang in front of him and whispered...
"Uncle Dazhuang, you tell them that I've said enough. From now on, anyone who signs up will have to give me a work point for every piece of work they make, as a kind of apprenticeship fee."
Seeing that no one had any objections, Li Dazhuang naturally wouldn't either. After all, earning 400 work points a month and being able to work in winter was a rare opportunity.
Li Dazhuang waved to all the villagers, then addressed them,
"Alright, everyone, it's the New Year, let's not disturb the Wei family's rest. Those who want to sign up, come with me."
“We’ll go to the brigade headquarters to register, and then we’ll have Wei Mo’s family send someone to teach everyone. That way, everyone will earn work points in the future, and we expect to receive more money at the end of the year.”
The villagers nodded in agreement and then thanked Wei Mo's family profusely.
Hearing the endless stream of thanks, Wei Mo smiled but didn't say anything. Instead, he watched everyone leave and then returned to the house with his family.
Wang Zhenhua is also very excited, as is Wei Xiaomin, since Wang Zhenhua will be in charge of half of the women in the village.
Wei Xiaomin is about to begin managing all the woven products and inspecting their quality.
Wei Xiaomin jumped up excitedly, while Wei Mo had a bit of a headache. After all, there were so many people, and it would take him a while to teach the whole church.
But before Wei Mo could speak, Wang Zhenhua spoke up from the side.
"Wei Mo, you shouldn't go teach weaving for now. Let your older sister do it. Your older sister's skills are arguably the best in the whole village, second only to yours."
"After all, there are a lot of women there. It wouldn't be good for you to go over there. It would be better to let your sister go instead."
Upon hearing her mother's words, Wei Xiaohui readily nodded.
"Sure, Mom, I'll go in place of my brother!"
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