Su Qingluan finally explained to her parents the issue of the first wave of benefits she had recently promised at "Su Ji".
"...That's right. So after four days, when the people with the most outstanding work have been selected, Dad will take these people you've chosen to renovate their homes completely—especially any leaky or damaged areas."
"To what extent has the renovation been completed?" Su Guangfu, who asked this question, had a much more serious expression than before.
After all, in Su Guangfu's view, "Su Qingluan" and "Su Manager" can be regarded as two completely different people in a sense.
If it was just Su Qingluan herself asking him, as a father, to help with some chores, then it would be a private matter. As a father, he would definitely try his best to meet his precious daughter's request as long as it was within his ability.
But if Su Qingluan distributed so-called "benefits" to the employees of "Su Ji" in the name of "Shopkeeper Su", then this was official business. And if he also brought a group of brothers to work with him, then he was also considered a leader, so he absolutely could not let the brothers who worked with him suffer.
Therefore, the price will vary depending on the level of the "work". After all, doing manual labor is not easy. Even if the other person is your own daughter, you can't be a black-hearted businessman, right?
Su Qingluan smiled: She just likes the way her father keeps things separate and distinguishes between public and private matters.
However, Su Guangfu's problem had already been within her conception - although she wanted to help everyone get through this cold winter, it was only to meet the "minimum standard". After all, people are never satisfied, and if she did everything to perfection, it might lead to resentment.
Su Qingluan smiled and said, "Father, as long as you can guarantee that the damage will be repaired, that the strong winds and snowstorms in winter will not collapse the house, lift off the tiles, or blow out the window frames... something like that. We can discuss the specific implementation plan, and we must put it into a written contract."
Yang was a bit amused and said, "Daya, do you have to sign a contract with your father too?"
Su Qingluan smiled and said, "Let's put things in perspective. This isn't just a matter between us two, but rather a matter between 'Su Ji' and 'Foreman.' It involves not just the two of us, but also a large number of people who work for both of us."
Su Guangfu also nodded: "It should be so. Besides, my brothers can't be underpaid."
Su Qingluan was at a loss whether to laugh or cry: "Don't worry, it definitely won't happen." After all, she wanted everyone to earn more. Anyone who could brave the biting cold wind to climb up high and repair someone's roof was definitely not a wealthy family. What's more, this was hard-earned money, so Su Qingluan would naturally give her a few more cents.
After roughly finalizing this matter, Su Qingluan felt relieved and slept very well that night, falling asleep almost as soon as the pillow touched her head.
The consequence of sleeping too soundly was that Su Qingluan got up late the next day and even rushed to the meeting place without having time to eat breakfast.
Although she could survive without eating in the morning for a while, after a while, Su Qingluan felt her stomach growling with hunger. Moreover, no matter how much she ate, she always had to eat something at mealtime.
Being hungry is already a very uncomfortable thing, and if you haven't experienced this feeling for a long time, the discomfort will be doubled.
It just so happened that everyone was on their way into the mountains at this time. There was no village in front and no shop behind. Su Qingluan couldn't even stop to look for something to eat to fill her stomach - because the suitable fruits that could be picked yesterday had almost all been picked, and the remaining ones were either crooked or not ripe enough, so today's route into the mountains had to be slightly adjusted, heading in a different direction than before.
Only Su Qingluan knew which fruit forest could withstand a whole morning of picking by these people.
So Su Qingluan couldn't stop, and could only press her stomach inconspicuously to make it feel less empty and uncomfortable.
As she walked, Su Qingluan felt a little dizzy, probably because of hypoglycemia. She was thinking about whether to stop and rest for a while when she felt a force next to her pulling her sleeve.
The reason why I said "seemed" was because the force was very small and was obviously cautious, because when Su Qingluan stopped, she felt that the owner of this force obviously shuddered.
Su Qingluan turned around and saw a boy about eleven or twelve years old - the youngest member of the team.
The child is very thin, but his big eyes are very lively.
"Shopkeeper Su, are you a little hungry?" The child must be very afraid of her, and spoke cautiously, "I... I have a piece of malt candy here, do you want to... eat it..."
Su Qingluan knew that the child's name was "Xiaocheng". He was not shy and introverted, but was quite lively. However, for some reason he was a little afraid of Su Qingluan.
Now is not the time to worry about whether it is embarrassing to ask a child for candy. If he faints from hypoglycemia later, that would really delay things. So Su Qingluan just smiled and nodded: "Thank you, Xiaocheng, I accept the candy."
As for the other party's fear of her, Su Qingluan didn't care - as I said, a moderate sense of distance is necessary, otherwise she would not be able to establish her authority.
Su Qingluan understood very well that compared to the dispensable advantage of being "friendly", the most important thing for a "shopkeeper" was to be able to make money with everyone.
So she did not use words or actions to get closer to the child - rather, in her mind, the degree to which everyone was a little bit afraid of her, but not overly afraid, was just right.
The second day, the third day, and soon it was time to settle the scores for the fourth day.
"The team with the highest total score this time is Group 3," Su Qingluan said, looking at the members of their group with a smile. "You did a great job. You've been in first or second place in every competition over the past four days."
"It's because the team leader is trying so hard to make us do more..." A tall and thin young man in his twenties at the back muttered. Although his tone was half-joking, it was hard to tell whether there was any complaint in it.
"Come on, we can get an extra hundred or so coins every time, why don't you say anything?" A person next to him rubbed the back of his neck, and the person in front grinned - obviously, for ordinary people, who would make things difficult for Brother Kong Fang?
The leader of the third group this time was also the leader last time - of course, not every leader can be "re-elected". If he performs poorly in his group, his position as leader will be cancelled and replaced by someone else.
Su Qingluan smiled at the person who seemed to be complaining, then looked around at everyone: "Isn't it that everyone remembered that the top scorer has extra 'benefits'? Now I can tell you what these benefits are."
Despite this, the people below were still not interested - the reason was simple, they had no idea and therefore did not have much expectation.
So when Su Qingluan said, "The benefit is to help everyone renovate and repair the roofs, walls... in short, all the leaky places in the house," no one had yet to react to what this benefit meant.
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