Chapter 188 Wages and Bonuses
"It was terrifying. The bandits would just ride through the village on horseback, and before you could react, they would kill and rob people. Many people were killed by them."
"Horse bandits are much scarier than mountain bandits. Mountain bandits are not as fast, but horse bandits are too fast. The villagers don't even have time to hide."
"Tsk, tsk, two or three villages in that town over there have been affected."
"It's like a swarm of locusts. It's terrifying. We don't know where they are right now. Will they come to our town?"
"Our town is a bit remote, and the villages don't have as much stuff as the ones in Beilin Town. Horse bandits shouldn't show up, right?"
“Who knows if it will show up.”
"Oh, don't you know that the county government in the north has posted it, saying they want to suppress the bandits, and they also want people to know the information and tell the government. There will be money for providing useful information."
"Hasn't this been posted a long time ago? The prefectural capital has posted the news a long time ago. The bandits came into the village and killed many people and robbed many things. They went to another place to kill people and rob things. It's despicable."
"This time the government is serious about this. We are going to recruit people from various villages and towns to form a bandit suppression team, and we will join forces with the government to suppress the bandits."
"Why didn't anyone get sent from above?"
"Sometimes they even beat people with sticks at the border, and soldiers are needed to guard it..."
Shen Yueyao and Su Xueyi sat down and listened to these words, their expressions froze.
It can be seen that these horse bandits have some strength, otherwise they would not cause such a headache for the government office.
Just killing villagers and stealing things makes people feel heavy when they hear about it.
Shen Yueyao's heart tightened when she thought of Madam Meng and the others. She asked with some worry, "I wonder what's going on back home?"
No one knew what had happened to Liuhe Village and Xinghua Village.
Shen Yueyao couldn't help but worry.
Su Xueyi looked calm and said gently, "Don't worry, my eldest brother is here, nothing will happen to mother and the others."
"My grandfather personally taught Big Brother martial arts. After he fully recovers, dealing with some horse bandits won't be a problem."
Su Xueyi has confidence in her elder brother's martial arts.
I just don't know exactly how many bandits there are.
Shen Yueyao was still feeling a little heavy-hearted, as she was still worried about Xinghua Village.
My parents, third and fourth brothers and others.
However, thinking of the skills her father occasionally showed when she was a child, for some reason, she vaguely felt that her father knew martial arts.
Thinking of this, Shen Yueyao suppressed her worries.
The two people originally planned to eat wontons and then find a place to have a good rest.
But after hearing such news, they couldn't stay any longer.
It’s better to hurry up.
Because they took a detour and were a bit far from Liuhe Town, it took them another two days to reach Liuhe Town.
Liuhe Town is quite lively.
It looks like there is no impact.
When you enter the village, you can clearly feel the moisture on the land on the roadside.
It looks like it has rained.
It was mid-morning at this time, and many elderly people in the village were sitting at the door with their children, talking and chatting.
There were also several strong men in the village standing on the street talking together.
The main problem was that the fields had just rained heavily and were still very wet. Your feet would sink into them if you stepped on them.
So some people haven't gone to work in the fields these days, thinking of waiting until the ground is dry before going back to the fields.
However, some people were so excited that they couldn't help but go to the ridges to see how the crops were doing after the rain.
"It's raining really hard."
"Yes, I feel relieved after the rain. Even the river is flooded."
"Have you been to the river to see if it's flooded?"
"I'm so happy after seeing this. This year's crops have been saved. I was always worried because it didn't rain before."
"That's right. Although Yueyao helped me find a water source, it wouldn't be the same if it didn't rain. I'm relieved if it rained..."
Everyone talked about the village for a while, and after a while, as if thinking of something, they said, "By the way, has the third son of the Su family not returned yet?"
"I don't know, maybe he was delayed on the way."
"There's a scholar from my mother's village who also took the exam and came back two days ago. Why hasn't the third son of the Su family come back yet? Do you think he can pass the exam?"
"I heard that he is very knowledgeable and will definitely pass the exam to become a scholar. The Su family doesn't look like ordinary people."
"You can't say that. How can the exam be so simple? If it were that easy to pass the exam, everyone who went to school would have passed it long ago. Look at how many scholars there are in our town, but how many of them are scholars?"
"That's right. It's so easy to pass the exam to become a scholar. Many families can send their children to school. It's a respectable thing to raise a scholar."
"Don't say that. The people in our village hope that the Su family will be better. The better the Su family is, the better the workshop will be. Everyone can make money by following Miss Shen."
"Yes, yes, if Su Lao San becomes a high-ranking official, Su Yatou will have someone to protect her business, so she won't have to worry about any problems."
Although they can't read a single word, they understand some things.
For example, when doing business, it is easier to do it with someone above you.
With officials protecting me, everything I do becomes easier.
"Also, another month has passed. Isn't it time to get paid soon?"
"Yes, yes, it's almost done. If the wages are paid, my daughter-in-law will be able to get her wages this month. I thought about buying a pound of meat then, and the whole family can eat meat."
"Yes, I want to make delicious food. My daughter works in the workshop. We've already agreed that after she gets paid, she'll buy me cloth to make beautiful clothes. My daughter is so filial..."
Everyone was talking at once, and in the blink of an eye, they saw Su Xueyi and Shen Yueyao leading their horses back to the village.
Everyone was a little shocked to see the two people coming back.
You go out for an exam, and when you come back you have a horse?
The Su family is buying a horse.
When everyone saw the two people, they immediately focused their attention and greeted them warmly.
Su Xueyi and Shen Yueyao also nodded in response with a smile.
The villagers are very warm and welcoming. Even if you don't speak, everyone will stretch their heads to look at you.
The villagers always speak loudly, and Shen Yueyao heard what everyone said just now.
Shen Yueyao thought about it and realized that it was true. The workshop had been expanding its enrollment for almost a month.
Tomorrow is the time to pay wages and bonuses.
Fortunately, I had a lot of silver on hand, and when I passed by a money shop on the way, I exchanged some copper coins.
Shen Yueyao put the silver and copper coins in the space and didn't have to worry about anything.
But after returning home, she has to make a salary and bonus statement.
There were quite a lot of people in the workshop, and there were no computers in that era, so she had to draw the forms and fill in the numbers herself with a pen.
When Su Xueyi and Shen Yueyao returned home, no one was at home.
Shen Yueyao said: "Dabao and Erbao should be with mother."
She remembered that her mother had said she wanted to bring her eldest and second child to live here.
Shen Yueyao was a little worried, and she also missed Dabao and Erbao. She put down her things and prepared to go to the old house to see the two babies.
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