Granny Han and Stone Mother also arrived. Granny Han gave them instructions:
"Your second aunt has given you this opportunity, so you must cherish it. Be on your best on the way, and don't slack off when unloading the goods, understand?"
Stone's mother also said, "Stone, you must listen to Fengshou and work hard so as not to let down your second aunt's family."
Lin Shitou and Han Xiaohe both obediently responded.
Song Anxin said to Uncle Lin, "Uncle Lin, when you go to the cattle market, please help Fengshou check the cattle carefully. Don't worry about the high prices, just make sure to choose mature, strong cattle."
Uncle Lin replied, "Fengnian's mother, you can rest assured about this matter. I've got it covered."
They're buying an oxcart, and they can't expect Uncle Zhang to come all the way from so far away every day. He also needs to collect duck eggs, so they can't let him delay their business.
Moreover, with an agricultural tool, going to the fields in a good year doesn't have to be so hard.
Song Anxin and the others watched them leave, and after they had gone far away, Song Anxin returned to her own courtyard.
She didn't dare to rest for a moment after working all night. Her family still had to interview people later. Salted duck egg gift boxes were very popular, and with the addition of braised delicacies, they were afraid they would be even busier.
Their workshop staff needs to be expanded.
He had Feng He speak to the village head about this early in the morning, hoping the village head could help spread the word. He also had Song Anbang write a recruitment notice and have Lin Fengyao post it under the big ginkgo tree.
Now many children in the village can recognize some characters, and they can probably guess and read to convey messages to their families.
She is currently verbally explaining the labor contract to Song Anbang. Previously, there were only five people, and they were all trusted acquaintances. Now that the scale has expanded, a labor contract must be signed to bind both parties.
Song Anxin plans to recruit sixteen people this time. In the morning, everyone will pickle salted duck eggs together, and in the afternoon, the pickled duck eggs will be washed and packed into gift boxes.
Because of the addition of the braised pork gift box, five more people are needed to wash the pig offal. This is a temporary job, and they are paid ten coins for each set of offal they wash.
These recruiters only hire women because women have a very low social status in this era. They hope to give these women a foundation for economic independence so that they can have more confidence at home.
Just like Stone Mother, after Stone Mother came to work here, Lin the Drunkard still drank heavily, but he never hit Stone Mother and her son again. He was still counting on Stone Mother to earn money for his drinks.
Song Anxin was methodically planning and arranging the personnel in her mind.
Here, under the big locust tree in the middle of the village, a large number of villagers gathered and looked at the job posting on the tree.
"What does this say? San Dou, didn't you go to learn to read? Quickly read it to your mother."
The boy named Sandou looked at it for a long time, scratched his head, and said:
"I only recognize a few words on it." After he recognized those few words, several teenagers went to recognize them as well.
I finally managed to piece together a job posting from various sources.
The villagers were immediately filled with amazement.
"Good heavens! I didn't know that working at Aunt Lin's house would pay thirty coins a day, with five days on and one day off, plus processing fees. This is too good to be true, even in the county."
"Yes, even the landlord's farmhands only get one day off a month."
One man said, "Why are only women being recruited? Why can't we men go?"
Another woman chuckled and said, "It's because Fengnian's mother, being a woman, is helping us women."
"It says here that we only need sixteen people who have been pickling salted duck eggs for a long time, and we even have to do an interview and give a self-introduction. Oh my! What is this? I don't know how to do this."
A woman, determined to succeed, said, "Didn't the notice say it would start at 9:00 AM? It's still early. Chunmiao, your teacher must have taught you this, right? Quickly teach your mother."
Chunmiao was one of the few girls who went to study at the ancestral hall.
Some women felt they couldn't fall behind, so they asked their sons who were in school to teach them. Others who didn't have children in school would ask their relatives' or neighbors' children to teach them.
Of course they would try their best to be selected for such a good opportunity, and there were only sixteen long-term positions available. Even if they weren't selected for long-term employment, washing pig offal would be a good job too.
"Mom, just tell me your name and age, and also tell me how capable you are."
"Mom, why are you stuttering when you say this?"
"Hey, you brat! You've read a few books but haven't learned any words, yet you're getting more and more talkative. You even dare to talk back to your old mother! You're asking for a beating!"
The one who was talking about her mother was none other than the little girl Chunmiao. She wasn't afraid at all when she heard her mother say that, and she ran away laughing and giggling.
Chunmiao's mother smiled helplessly and quickly resumed practicing in front of the corner of the wall in the yard.
Soon it was almost 9 AM, and the gate to Song Anxin's workshop courtyard opened, and everyone gradually came over in groups.
Before the interviews even started, some women began chatting, actually trying to find out how well their competitors were preparing.
"Oh dear! I wasn't prepared at all, I just made things up," a woman said.
The women nearby secretly rolled their eyes. Who was this person who had been muttering those words all the way here?
“My Chunmiao taught me that I definitely need to take one of these fifteen spots. You guys should hurry up and think about how to get the remaining fourteen spots.”
Chunmiao's mother said confidently.
The women were quite alarmed. None of them had sent their children to school; they all learned from the children of their neighbors and relatives. But now that their parents had come, they wondered if the children wouldn't be taught properly.
Soon it was 9:00 AM. Song Anxin walked into the courtyard. Good heavens, there were at least seventy or eighty people standing in the courtyard. Fortunately, his courtyard was big enough that even if more than a hundred people came, they could still stand there.
The women and men greeted Song Anxin and her group as soon as they saw them arrive.
"Fengnian's mother is here. Meizi hasn't seen me in a long time."
"Sister-in-law Lin seems to be getting younger and more beautiful lately."
"Yes, standing next to Meizi, you can't tell they're mother-in-law and daughter-in-law at all. You could say they're sisters and no one would say a word against it."
"......"
Immediately, everyone started flattering Song Anxin, hoping to please her and catch her eye so she would choose them.
Although Song Anxin was pleased by their compliments, she didn't show it on her face, only maintaining a polite smile. She wasn't there for casual conversation; she was there as the workshop's representative to recruit people, so it was best to keep some distance from these job applicants.
She walked onto a makeshift wooden platform that had been erected in the yard and stood on it.
Seeing Song Anxin standing there, the people below fell silent. Aunt Lin seemed to have suddenly become a different person. It was hard to explain, but it made people feel a little afraid, like they were seeing an official.
She was dressed in the same coarse cloth as them, and although her clothes were unpatched, she wore the same hairstyle. She was a little fairer than them, but she was just an ordinary peasant woman. How could anyone have such an impression of her?
Seeing that everyone had quieted down, Song Anxin slowly began to speak: "Hello everyone, thank you very much for coming to participate in the recruitment of workers at our Lin Family Workshop. Now I hereby announce that the recruitment of workers at Lin Family Duck Egg Workshop has officially begun!"
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