Chapter 79: Extra Face
Mrs. Zhou said, "You don't have to worry about it. You have to make tofu every day, which is very tiring. Go and do your own thing. Leave the construction of the house to your father. He is good at it. Our family is rich and has people. We will finish the construction before the New Year and move in to celebrate the New Year!"
"Thank you, Mom and Dad!"
You still have to say the polite words that need to be said.
Next, Lin Shiqi carefully selected people to help make tofu.
The first choice must be Liu.
With the fixed source of income from Xu's Business, Liu no longer had to go out to sell bean sprouts and tofu. She could help Lin Shiqi at home, and Lin Shiqi would pay her wages, which was better than hawking her goods everywhere.
With Mrs. Zhou around, she gathered the whole family together and let Lin Shiqi make the choice.
The whole family was excited when they heard that they would get paid.
Even Zhou Qinan stopped studying and came out to watch the fun.
Lin Shiqi chose Liu to be in charge of personnel.
Next, Ruan, Wang, Zhou Yaogu, Erya from the second room, Erlang from the first room, and a few hardworking people were selected to come and help. They were also paid, but definitely not as much as Liu.
Originally, Mrs. Zhou didn't want Wang to be included, but it wouldn't be good to target her too much either.
At least Zhou Qinan is still at home.
You have to give them some face.
So, Lin Shiqi also selected Wang.
No matter how much it is, as long as we get paid, everyone will be satisfied.
Everyone was beaming with joy.
Mrs. Zhou gave the vaccination first. "Except for the fourth and third sons, who are busy with business every day and don't have to do housework, the first son and the second son's family, you two will take turns to cook and feed the pigs. On the days you are not on duty, you can go to the tofu shop to help. You can't go on the days you are on duty."
Ruan quickly nodded in agreement.
Wang had some opinions. Over the years, she had become accustomed to being lazy and pretending to be sick. She was not happy to be the only one cooking for the whole family.
But if she is not happy about it, then she will definitely lose her job to earn money.
She had in her hand ten taels of silver that her son had just given her.
But who would complain about having too much money?
For work in the first half of a month, I earn twenty cents a day, which makes three hundred cents a month.
If it's stable, she can earn more than three taels of silver a year.
If you tell others about this, they will be envious to death.
This is just her share. Erlang from her family was also selected. If the mother and daughter's wages are calculated together, they can earn 600 Wen a month!
Isn't this money falling from the sky?
No matter how big her opinion is, she cannot express it casually.
Naturally, I agreed.
Mrs. Zhou said again,
"Er Ya and Er Lang are both clever, so I picked them out. Your daily tasks are to go to the town to sell bean sprouts and tofu. You need to record the amount of money you earn based on the weight of the goods you sell and come back to me to reconcile the accounts."
"Okay, milk!"
"Thank you, Fourth Aunt! Fourth Aunt, we will definitely sell our weekly diary items well."
Lin Shiqi smiled slightly.
Yes, these two little guys are good at doing business.
Mrs. Zhou finally said,
"You all have to thank the fourth elder's wife. I said that family members do the work, so why should we pay for it? Isn't it enough to provide them with enough food and drink? She said that she gave the money to increase everyone's enthusiasm and do a good job. The fourth elder's wife has a way to make money, but she doesn't forget to support our whole family. From now on, who is the boss in our family and who has the final say, you all have to have a clear idea in your minds..."
Lin Shiqi coughed.
Stop.
Let's talk about business, not nonsense.
It will be a loss to society if Mrs. Zhou doesn't take on the job of human resources manager.
While Mrs. Zhou was calling on the daughters-in-law and grandchildren of the Zhou family, Old Man Zhou did not stop either and called together his sons to talk about building a house.
The eldest and the third expressed their surprise, but the second did not react.
The third brother was good at flattering. After understanding Old Man Zhou's intention, he said that he was willing to help build the house.
"Dad, I was a bad person before. I stole money from my family to gamble, and I even did all the work of building the house. Please give me a chance to make a new start."
Old Man Zhou is relieved...
When Zhou Qinan saw this passionate scene in the Zhou family, his expression changed slightly.
I don’t know what he is thinking.
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The house is bustling with activity.
The next day, Old Man Zhou and his family started looking for fellow villagers to come and lay the foundation and build a house.
First, we asked the village chief to come over and plan the direction and location of the new house for the Zhou family. Only after his approval could the construction of the new house begin.
Only with the consent of the village head can it be a legal procedure, and in the future it may be filed with the town government office, and there will be land deeds and house deeds.
After the foundation was settled, Mrs. Zhou invited a fortune teller from the next village to check the Feng Shui, to see if it would bring prosperity to the offspring and affect the fortune. The fortune teller took a look and said that the Feng Shui of the new homestead was very good. He also congratulated the Zhou family on having a great talent and hoped that their life would be more prosperous...
Mrs. Zhou and the old couple, Mr. and Mrs. Zhou, were delighted to hear this.
Mrs. Zhou thought to herself, this must be referring to our fourth brother and his wife.
Old man Zhou thought to himself, that must be his eldest grandson Zhou Qinan, who will definitely pass the exam to become a scholar next year.
Finally, the Zhou family set up the altar, informed their ancestors, paid homage to the gods of all four directions, and began to break ground.
Generally, when small families build houses, they don't do it in such a formal way. They simply pile up earth, bricks and stones on flat ground, build it up, and then add a thatched roof to live in.
After living there for a few years, the house that was built ten years ago will be useless.
The Zhou family built a solid house with big earthen bricks and a wooden spine, the kind that can accommodate three generations.
This requires a solid foundation.
When the villagers heard that the Zhou family was going to build a new house without inviting them, they all came to help enthusiastically.
Some were laying the foundation, some were making bricks in the fields, and some were cutting wood in the mountains.
With more than a dozen strong laborers arriving at once, the work could be done very quickly.
Sure enough, Lin Shiqi didn't have to worry about anything. Mother Zhou was responsible for directing the wives to prepare meals and made all the arrangements properly.
When it was time for dinner, there was not enough space for all the people eating at Lao Zhou's table, so the men squeezed together and filled up the two tables.
There were five or six hard dishes on the table: pork stewed with vermicelli, large ribs cooked with carrot soup, large pieces of steamed pork with rice flour and sweet pumpkin under it, pig blood stewed with white tofu, and bacon fried with wild mushrooms...
They are all served in large bowls and the portion is quite large.
It was also served with a large bowl of fried tofu meatballs, and there were two or three vegetarian dishes, such as stir-fried vegetables, cold tofu, and stir-fried bean sprouts.
The mixed flour steamed bread is very filling. It takes up a big wooden barrel to steam it. It is as big as a bowl. Three are given to each person.
If you don’t have enough, take more.
This stunned the villagers who came to help.
No one dared to pick up their chopsticks.
Several people shuddered and said, "This, this is too much. Let's take two hard dishes home and eat them tonight. It's not a festival, how can we have such a big feast?"
"That's right, it's too extravagant. We just need to have some steamed bread to eat while working. Don't be so polite..."
Old man Zhou pursed his lips and smiled.
There is a special glow on her face.
Very face-saving.
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