179, build a workshop
179, build a workshop
They had just finished the entrance examination for the Imperial College, and it would take several days for the admission results to come out.
While waiting for the results, there was nothing important to do in the city, so Lu Mingfei and his adoptive father went out of the city and visited the workshop built by their family.
The workshop was also built on the land they had purchased. When they fenced off the land at the back, they had reserved a piece of land in the front for the workshop. This piece of land was right at the entrance, and behind it was the farm and breeding ground.
In the future, even if there are people and vehicles coming and going in the workshop, it will not affect the free growth of chickens, ducks, pigs and geese in the farm.
When he got here, he found his father supervising the construction site and called out, "Dad."
"Hey, why are you two here?" When Lu Youtian saw his eldest son and Lu Qingfeng coming together, a look of surprise appeared on his face.
"It just so happens that I have nothing to do today, so I came here with my adoptive father to take a look." Lu Mingfei walked towards his father and saw that his father had been working outside the city for some time and had become several degrees darker.
Lu Youtian had been staying outside the city for a while, supervising the construction of the house. He spent most of his time outside the city. He only returned to the city to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival, and was out again the next day. However, he knew that his eldest son would be attending the Imperial College for the exam after the Mid-Autumn Festival.
So when he saw his eldest son coming, he asked about the thing that concerned him most: "How did you do in the Imperial College exam?"
"It should be okay." Lu Mingfei said with a smile.
As soon as he saw the smile on his eldest son's face, Lu Youtian knew that his eldest son was confident about the Imperial College exam, so he smiled and said, "Then we will wait for your good news."
"Okay, if I have good news, I'll tell you right away." Lu Mingfei smiled and nodded, still feeling confident that he could pass the Imperial College entrance exam. After all, the exam wasn't too difficult for them, and he felt his essay would score above 80 out of 100.
If the Imperial College had no vision and didn't want him, he, the first place in the college entrance examination, wouldn't have to worry about having no place to study.
After the father and son chatted for a while, they talked about the construction progress of the workshop.
Seeing that the framework here had been built, Lu Mingfei heard his father say that it would be completed in a few days, so he talked to the two fathers about hiring people to do the work.
"I plan to go back to our village and say hello to the village chief and the head of the village, and first hire a group of people from our own village to work here. Anyway, we have to hire people to do the work, so it's better to ask acquaintances who know them better." When it comes to hiring people to do the work, Lu Youtian prefers to find people he is familiar with.
He also discussed this matter with Lu Qingfeng, and Lu Qingfeng did not object.
"If we're short on manpower in the future, we can also look for people from the nearby villages. Our village has marriage exchanges with several nearby villages, and we know each other."
Lu Mingfei glanced at his adoptive father and knew that his father must have discussed the matter of returning to the village to hire people with his adoptive father.
However, Lu Mingfei had a different idea about this matter. Coincidentally, his adoptive father was also here today, so he suggested to the two fathers, "Dad, adoptive father, have you ever thought about hiring all women to work in our workshop?"
"Invite all women?" Lu Qingfeng showed a little surprise on his face. It was obvious that he did not expect his adopted son to have such an idea.
"Yes, most of the people employed in our garment factory must be women, right? Why don't the remaining food factories employ all women?" Lu Mingfei glanced at the two fathers, and seeing that they were listening to him, he continued.
"Firstly, most men are the main laborers in their families, and they need to do the housework. Secondly, if we hire men to work in our workshop, they will have to go back to work in the fields during the busy farming season, and I'm afraid many of them will not be able to come to the workshop to work. So we might as well hire women from the beginning."
"As far as I know, many women at home, besides washing clothes, cooking, and taking care of children, occasionally weave, but they are a minority. Most women find it difficult to find work outside the home. They are idle anyway, so why not provide them with a job so that they can go out and work and add some income to the family?"
Lu Mingfei suggested that his father and adoptive father hire women to work in the workshop. Another major reason was that women in that era had a very low status. Many women worked tirelessly at home after marriage. If they met a good husband and mother-in-law, their life would be a little better. But if they met an evil mother-in-law like his grandmother, their life would be very difficult. The most terrifying thing was that there were many evil mothers-in-law like his grandmother.
It is already very good to find two men out of ten who love their wives like his father does.
When he was young and living with his family in the village, he saw that most of the men acted like bosses when they returned home, and many women stayed at home with hunched backs serving the whole family, and they were not even treated well.
The reason is that women don't have jobs and income. If women had jobs and income, would their family status still be so low?
"Everyone in the village knows us. If you, Dad, go to the village and tell the village chief that we are looking for women to work, I'm sure the village chief, the head of the village, and the people in the village will trust us." The reason for saying this is because Lu Mingfei knows that in this era, many rural women do housework at home, and many also have to do farm work in the fields, but very few people go out to find work.
It is for this reason that many women who have never worked outside the home have various concerns about going out to work, and even about their families.
If you want the women in these villages to be willing to work outside, you must eliminate the doubts in everyone's minds.
Lu Youtian and Lu Qingfeng looked at each other, both thinking about what the child said.
Lu Qingfeng thought about it and thought his adopted son's suggestion of hiring women to work was somewhat feasible. However, he also had a concern: "If we hire only women to work in our workshop, it will be inconvenient for your father and I to manage it here."
"If we run the two workshops in the future, there will definitely be more and more things to do. Godfather, father, you two may not be able to stay here every day. You must hand over the responsibilities to your subordinates." Lu Mingfei said.
"That's true. Then we'll see if there's a suitable female manager. It's also feasible to promote two people to be managers." Lu Qingfeng said the last sentence while looking at Lu Youtian.
Seeing Lu Qingfeng looking at him, Lu Youtian knew that Lu Qingfeng agreed with his son's suggestion to hire women to work in both workshops.
Lu Youtian didn't think that women were inferior to men. Didn't he see that his wife was much more capable than him now? He nodded and said, "Then I will go back to the village tomorrow and discuss this matter with the village chief and our clan leader." Since he was going back to the village to hire people, he certainly wouldn't be able to find clan members to take care of him.
Seeing that the sun outside was too strong, Lu Youtian brought his son and Lu Qingfeng to the small shed where they had built a house, sat down to drink tea and talk.
Lu Mingfei wanted to help with some of the work, but his two fathers were afraid to let him do it, fearing that his delicate hands would get hurt. This made him laugh and cry. Seeing that there were many people working here and there was really no place for him, he gave up.
They hire people to work here and provide them with a meal at noon.
A big pot of whole grain rice is stewed with a layer of vegetables on top and some diced bacon mixed in and steamed together.
After finishing work, each of the workers took a large bowl to fill it up.
There were people from their village working here, and when they saw the father and son here, they greeted them warmly.
Lu Mingfei also responded to everyone with a smile, asking everyone to go eat first. The weather was hot, and he also reminded everyone to drink more water.
After the Mid-Autumn Festival, the temperature difference between morning and evening is quite large. It gets a little cooler at night, but it's still very hot during the day. These people do hard labor on the construction site, and the sun is beating down on them. They sweat so much that if they don't drink some water to replenish their body water, they will easily get heatstroke.
He happened to be here today, and he had a big pot meal with his father and godfather.
What surprised Lu Mingfei was that the big pot meal tasted quite good. It contained rice, vegetables, meat, both non-vegetarian and vegetarian food, as well as oil and salt. No wonder everyone enjoyed the meal so much.
After dinner, without the host urging them, everyone rested for a while and then went back to work.
***
Seeing Ji Kang here, Lu Mingfei asked Ji Kang if he was used to it here.
Ji Kang was the servant he had chosen before, but he had nothing else to do. It happened that the farm was just being built and needed help, so he sent someone to work there. Who knew that after this incident, he would never have the chance to return to the city again?
Now that he has let Zhang Qi work by his side, he probably doesn't need a second servant anymore, so he always feels sorry for his subordinates.
Ji Kang glanced at the person following their eldest young master, and knew in his heart that their eldest young master probably didn't need him anymore. When he heard the eldest young master ask him if he was used to it, he just said "hmm" and didn't say anything else.
"You work hard here. If you do well, I will ask my father to arrange a manager position for you." In order to make up for his former servant, Lu Mingfei promised him a manager position in advance.
Unexpectedly, his former servant just looked at him intently after hearing this, his light brown eyes seemed to see through everything.
When Lu Mingfei went out of the city that day, he originally planned to stay outside the city for two more days before returning to the city. However, after his two fathers learned of his plan, they refused to let him stay outside the city and drove him onto a donkey cart and sent him back to the city.
In the end, he had no choice but to return to the city to practice martial arts and archery with Prince Zhao, striving to become a man of both civil and military talents in the future!
On the road of rolling up his brother and rolling up himself, Lu Mingfei decisively chose to roll up himself. Author's words: Thank you Bole 9492239 (9492239) for your support, mua! To know more exciting content, please leave me a message on Liancheng Reading
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