The way Hu Laoliu asked this question was obviously due to a certain degree of luck - even though Su Qingluan's position, her expression and movements fully revealed her possible identity, Hu Laoliu still didn't want to believe it.
But the people he questioned were not happy about it - these two people were the two team leaders who persuaded Su Qingluan to take a rest and leave the recruitment matter to their team leaders that day.
In their eyes, Madam Su is a good person who makes money with everyone. Having such a person who is willing to take everyone to eat meat and drink soup, let alone letting these grown men and women obey the orders of a little girl, as long as Su Qingluan can really bring more wealth to their lives, it is not a bad idea to set up a longevity tablet for her!
When they heard someone use the disrespectful term "little girl", coupled with Hu Laoliu's expression of disdain and unwillingness, the two team leaders on the opposite side - or to be more precise, the "former" team leaders - were not very happy.
One of them looked Hu Laoliu up and down, his face darkening. "What 'little girl'? That's our shopkeeper Su. Don't be so dissatisfied and angry."
Another one snorted coldly, "That's right. If you don't want to be managed by Shopkeeper Su, you don't have to come. There are plenty of people vying for jobs at Su's!"
After the last time a group of people worked overtime till they flew away and received "high salaries" that they could not get even if they worked their hardest elsewhere, Su Qingluan became famous overnight. Everyone knew that although this overly young shopkeeper could point fingers at people faster than a spinning top, he was also generous and willing to pay!
What’s more, everyone took back a lot of things, saying they were “work benefits” or something like that.
Most of the villagers in Huaxi Village were simple-minded and took money for granted. Furthermore, if the shopkeeper gave them something, even if it wasn't very valuable, as long as it was useful, everyone would smile and express their gratitude.
So this time, when everyone saw that Su Qingluan was recruiting again, almost everyone who could move around came.
For no other reason, last time there was a family with two or even more people who applied for the job, and after they were hired, they were offered double the salary.
One family even received a wage of around three taels, which made them very happy - you know, for this family, three taels of silver can be enough for their living expenses for half a year!
There is such a big premise. Even if Su Qingluan has a mediocre relationship with the people present, or even doesn't know some of them, for their own practical interests, these people will stand on Su Qingluan's side and protect her.
After all, there were no labor protection laws in those days, and workers often had to bow down to the landlords or shopkeepers.
In addition, there is no surveillance camera, and many things have no verification, so in this era, it is too easy to withhold the wages of the workers.
When Hu Laoliu heard what the two people across from him said, his last shred of hope was shattered. But thinking back to the rumors he'd heard before about people earning a few taels of silver within ten days of work, he felt very unwilling to accept this. He had been shortchanging people all day and asking for exorbitant prices, all just to make a little more money.
However, despite his speculation, fraud and deception, he only earned three or four taels of silver a month.
In fact, it is no wonder. Although people like Hu Laoliu are lively and thoughtful, those who always want to make money through illegal means have a common weakness - they are unwilling to work honestly and are lazy.
For example, when he was selling shrimps before, if he had gotten up earlier, he could have caught a large number of river shrimps before dawn, and there was no need to have any evil thoughts about just one or two pounds of river shrimps.
However, Hu Laoliu could not bear the hardship of getting up early to catch river shrimps in the cold water. He was only willing to hang the shrimp-catching net at the river mouth after dawn, and then wait for the river shrimps to be filtered out like a waiter waiting for a rabbit by a tree. When the net bag was full, he would put it in a bamboo basket prepared in advance and take it to the town to sell.
He didn't necessarily want to ask for an exorbitant price, but when he saw Su Qingluan wanted to eat river shrimp, he felt that he had her under control and decided to rip her off.
So this time Hu Laoliu still didn't plan to miss such a good opportunity to make money. Of course, this wasn't because Hu Laoliu suddenly had a change of heart and wanted to work hard to get rich.
It was because Hu Laoliu discovered that the number of people being recruited this time was more than before. Since it was a "collective work", it would be much easier for people like him to hide in his own small group and pretend to be busy but actually be lazy. Naturally, he would not miss this opportunity.
So when Su Qingluan started to screen out unsuitable candidates as usual, he made up his mind to stay even if he had to throw a tantrum and make trouble.
Su Qingluan actually screened out more people this time than last time, because many people this time came with the idea that "even though my person may not be selected, it doesn't hurt to come, just in case."
So she asked all those who were just there to make up the numbers, those who were so old that they could barely walk, those who were so young that they couldn't even tell east from west, south from north, and those who had disabilities to go back one by one.
However, after all, they had been dragged here and waited for so long, Su Qingluan also gave them fifty cents each as "hardship pay."
Fifty cents is not a small amount. At least for the people in Huaxi Village, they can buy ten bowls of plain noodles or twenty-five sesame cakes in the town.
When Hu Laoliu saw that he could get money just by waiting here, he became more determined to stay.
So when Su Qingluan called out his name and told Hu Laoliu to go back, and also stated that she would not give him a penny, Hu Laoliu was not happy and yelled at the top of his lungs, "You girl surnamed Su, you are so unreasonable! I'm not late, nor am I old, weak or sick. Why do you want me to go back?"
He had originally thought that if he spoke up a bit, at least a few people would speak up for him, because he was absolutely right. Although Hu Laoliu had decided to slack off, people's hearts were hidden, and no one could tell what he was thinking. Before all this happened, he was indeed a qualified strong laborer.
Unexpectedly, because of Su Qingluan's deliberate actions, the news of him raising prices and ripping off customers had spread. People around him sneered and mocked him, saying, "Oh, this guy is really shameless and has done well. He ripped off customers one foot and then he had the nerve to come here and apply for a job the next."
"That's right, if it were me, I would have to tuck my tail between my legs and run away!"
"People who ask for exorbitant prices like this are malicious. Who would dare to hire them?"
Su Qingluan looked at everyone in front of her condemning and attacking Hu Laoliu, narrowed her eyes slightly, and was in a good mood - this was the reason why she said so loudly yesterday that she was "ripped off".
Yesterday, Su Qingluan felt that Hu Laoliu looked familiar and might be the applicant. Although Su Qingluan didn't remember it clearly at the time, in order to prevent herself from being "accused first", she took the initiative to let everyone know in advance what kind of person Hu Laoliu is.
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