Su Qingluan originally set the registration deadline to be approximately 6 p.m. Considering that although there were timekeeping tools in this era, this was a rural area and there were no particularly accurate timekeeping tools, most of the time everyone calculated their daily routine by looking at the sun.
Even Su Qingluan herself had to draw a "24-hour sundial" in her backyard to have a relatively accurate concept of time.
Therefore, Su Qingluan did not set the time so strictly. As long as the registration error was within two quarters of an hour, it would basically be recorded.
After about seven or eight o'clock in the evening, that is, after the hour of Xu, everyone basically went to bed, so although a few people came to ask if they could sign up after the hour of Xu, Su Qingluan was a little unhappy, but still wrote down her name.
However, when the agreed gathering time arrived the next day, only about three-quarters of the registered people showed up.
Su Qingluan waited for about another quarter of an hour. At this time, the sunlight had moved significantly. No matter how accommodating Su Qingluan was, it could not be said to be "within the error."
Su Qingluan then looked at the villagers who were already chatting in groups of three or five in the yard, stood up and coughed twice. "Ahem, everyone, please listen to me. I will call the roll from the roster later. If you are already here, please raise your hand. From now on, anyone who has not reported in will be considered late and will not be eligible for the next round of interviews."
As soon as he finished speaking, two people came in from outside. They were obviously a couple. They were chatting happily as they walked into the Su family's yard.
Su Qingluan stepped forward and said with a smile, "Please go back, both of you."
The woman was unhappy: "Hey, Su family's eldest daughter, we are the elders, and we were ordered here by a junior like you, and now you want us to go back without any explanation?"
The man chimed in, "That's right, even a meal would be fine. Why don't you have any explanation?"
Su Qingluan wasn't angry either. She just smiled and pointed at the sun in the sky and said, "Let's put things in perspective. Now I want to hire people to work, so I'm the boss and everyone who comes to work is the worker. But you two are late now. If I continue to hire you, then why would all these people who have been waiting in the yard for half a day come early in the morning?"
Su Qingluan knew that sometimes when dealing with people who seemed to be taking advantage of their seniority, and since they were all neighbors, it was not feasible to just reason with them, because that would make her appear very "unkind" - that's right, even if it was the other person who broke the rules, she couldn't be "unkind".
However, now the majority of people arrive on time, so Su Qingluan can pull this group into her own camp.
The effect of Su Qingluan's approach was significant. As part of the group that "paid more", those who had arrived early and were waiting yawning were naturally unwilling to let those who came a long time later be treated the same way as themselves, and they all condemned:
"Hey, Cao Erlangzi, were you two doing needlework in bed this morning? You're so dawdling and you still have the nerve to complain about the Su family's eldest daughter not paying for her meals—how can you eat without doing anything else?"
"That is to say, you slept soundly this morning, but we have been waiting here for fifteen minutes."
"I've been waiting even longer, for more than half an hour!"
As expected, when facing Su Qingluan alone, the two latecomers were still confused, but when facing a group of people, their attitude immediately changed.
Seeing everyone blaming them, the Cao couple snorted unwillingly and walked away in shame without causing any trouble.
However, not everyone is so cowardly. There are a few tough and scoundrel ones. When Su Qingluan was about to finish calling the roll with Liu Yunniang, they came into the yard with their arms crossed, looking like big shots, as if saying, "I'm just here to eat and drink for free and I don't want to work. What can you do to me?"
Su Qingluan sneered at this, "Some people refuse to accept a toast and then drink for it. Whether it's our village head or the county magistrate, they are all reasonable and upright officials. Do you think I would be threatened by a scoundrel? Yunniang, get him out!"
Yunniang had long been displeased with this kind of idler, and she thought that since she was "hired" yesterday, she not only did not do any work, but instead ate and drank a feast of delicacies she had never tasted before. She was eager to make some "achievements" and was rubbing her hands in anticipation.
So without saying anything, Liu Yunniang went to catch the scoundrel.
The scoundrel saw that the girl was a skinny, dark-skinned girl with a slender figure. She was only half a head taller than Su Qingluan, like a long bean sprout. He then smiled maliciously, revealing his large yellow and black teeth: "Little girl, you haven't even grown all your hair yet, and you still want to teach your grandfather a lesson? Be careful, you'll get hurt - ah!"
Just when the scoundrel wanted to put his arm around Liu Yunniang's shoulder to take advantage of her, he felt a piercing pain in his little finger - it turned out that Liu Yunniang had cleverly grabbed the scoundrel's little finger and twisted it hard behind his back.
In order to prevent his little finger from being broken, the rogue had to put his arms behind his back. In this way, Liu Yunniang subdued the tall and strong rogue without much effort.
"Oh my, oh my, I was wrong, I was wrong, I'll get out of here, can't I just get out of here?" The scoundrel grimaced in pain.
"Get out of here!" Liu Yunniang snorted coldly, and pushed her hand forward hard, causing the scoundrel to stagger forward a few steps.
Unexpectedly, a scoundrel is still a scoundrel after all. One moment he was under control and begging for mercy like a grandson, but the next moment he regained his freedom of movement, he immediately showed his true colors and pounced on Liu Yunniang with his fangs and claws bared: "You little bitch, you don't know your place. Grandpa, I'm going to teach you a lesson! Drink——"
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