Chapter 931 Thirteen Strong Laborers
Li was very disappointed that Shuyu didn't need a cook, but now she was eager to please Shuyu and dared not pester her any longer.
Just then, there was a knock at the door. The village chief's son had brought everyone on the list over.
The courtyard gate opened, and a large number of people rushed in.
Shu Yu glanced at the crowd and said, "I didn't intend to hire so many people."
The village chief's youngest son is named Fan Dabao, the same name as Lu Dabao.
He quickly stepped forward and explained, "These dozen or so people in front are the people the village chief wants to recruit, and those behind them are their family members. After hearing about this, those who were at home all came along."
Of course, there were also some villagers who came to watch the spectacle.
Shu Yu, "..."
Fine, let them watch if they want.
She looked up and sized up the people Lu Erbai had mentioned who were quite hardworking. Some were fat, some were thin, but all had dark complexions and looked like they were used to manual labor.
Shu Yu then said, "I think all the uncles and elders have heard Uncle Fan say that our family needs to hire people, but because it is the busy farming season, we can't use too many laborers, so that there will be no one to do the work in the fields. So we're asking the uncles and elders with more strong laborers in the family to help. Of course, even though it's helping, there will be wages."
Upon hearing that there would be wages, everyone present beamed with joy.
Especially the families of those dozen or so strong laborers, who had been worried all along, finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Although the village head said he was there to recruit workers, everyone in the village is a fellow villager, and if anyone is building a house, they will go over to lend a hand, and all they have to do is provide lunch.
Everyone helps each other out; whoever has time will work for half a day, and if they don't, that's fine too. Besides, this is to repair the village head's house, which is an honor to be associated with, so how could we ask for wages?
But it's the busy farming season right now. Even if there are many able-bodied men in the family, if one or two of them have to go and help others, it can take up to a month. Of course, people feel a little uncomfortable about that.
Now that they had received Shu Yu's confirmation, everyone couldn't help but feel happy.
Shu Yu then continued, "Now I'd like to ask who among you is truly unable to get away, then I won't take them. If everyone is available, I'll explain the house situation in a bit, and we can start work tomorrow, how about that?"
"We're both free, we can go tomorrow."
"Yes, Brother Erbai thought of us first, so we definitely have to help him. We can talk about the wages, we'll definitely do a great job."
Everyone else echoed this sentiment.
Shu Yu nodded. "Okay, then it's settled."
Once the decision was made, the other onlookers left, even though they wanted to continue listening. But Shu Yu had important matters to discuss, and Fan Zhong couldn't let them stay.
Only when the workers were left in the courtyard did Shu Yu count them. Including the village chief's youngest son, Fan Dabao, there were thirteen people in total, which was actually quite a lot.
The courtyard gate closed again, and Shu Yu said, "As I just said, there is a wage. According to the market rate in Jiangyuan County, it's about thirty wen a day. Besides, the county town is too far from Shangshi Village, and traveling every day would take too much time. We provide food and lodging there."
Everyone's eyes lit up when they heard that food and lodging were included.
It's important to know that although the going rate in Jiangyuan County is 30 wen a day, it only includes one lunch; you have to take care of everything else yourself.
If we calculate it this way, it would be more than forty coins a day.
Some people felt bad and said, "Lu Xiangjun, this isn't right. I know you want to take care of us uncles, but Erbai has something on his mind and is thinking of us. We can't let you suffer, can we?"
(End of this chapter)
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