That's right, why is your division of labor so unfair? We are almost exhausted. We work during the day and at night. Why haven't you heard anything about the overtime pay you mentioned before?"
"If you knew there was no overtime pay, I wouldn't have agreed to your original arrangement. Others finish their work during the day and enjoy the cool air at the entrance of the village at night. We are on the other side. We have so much work to do every day and we are exhausted."
Several women surrounded the village chief and complained, all of them with incredibly loud voices.
"Okay! Just eat me! Why are you all so loud? I can hear you! You guys really don't know how lucky you are. The more work you do, the more you earn. Some people want to work more. But I won't arrange work for them! Just be content!" The village chief covered his ears, which were buzzing from the vibration, and argued with the other party at the top of his voice.
"Village chief, please give me a definite answer! When will the overtime pay be paid? If this problem is not solved today, we will not work tonight! You can find whoever you want. This is really a waste of time."
"Yes! You must give a definite answer!"
"Village Chief, you are not fooling us all the time, are you? Didn't Ye Li agree to give us overtime pay?"
When the women saw that the village chief was covering his ears, they pulled his hands off and continued yelling.
"You asked for overtime pay right away, so I have to discuss it with you. Do you think I have the final say on everything? If I had the final say, I would give you overtime pay immediately! Stop wasting time here and go back to work. The delivery date is in two or three days, why don't you hurry up!" The village chief couldn't stand it anymore and turned around to go back to the house.
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How could the women let the village chief fool them like this? They pulled at his clothes and prevented him from entering the house. Zhang Xiaohua pulled at his shirt, Niu Lanlan and Wu Cui pulled at his pants, and the others blocked the village chief's way.
"Please let go of me quickly. My clothes are going to be torn!" The village chief protected his clothes with his hands, fearing that they would be torn.
Unexpectedly, as soon as the village chief finished speaking, there was a crackling sound.
Suddenly the crowd burst into laughter.
"Hahaha. Village chief, this year is your zodiac year."
"Hahaha. The color of the fork of these pants is really bright."
As expected, married rural women are the most terrible, they have no shame or embarrassment. Several people tore the village chief's pants, watched the fun, and made fun of the village chief.
"Let go! If you continue like this, I will take over the job for you! If you don't want to do it, get out!" The village chief's face turned red because of what several people said. He was really angry.
"Hey, village chief, why are you still cursing? Who are you telling to get lost? You took a joke so seriously. Who knew you could become so thin-skinned?"
"If you really don't need us to work anymore, we will have nothing to do and we won't earn this money! Whoever wants to earn it can earn it. I wonder where you can find people like us who are so hardworking and willing to work for you day and night!" Niu Lanlan heard the village chief threatening them, but she didn't buy it and planned to quit.
"That's right, who are you trying to scare? We are not afraid of your threats. If you want to take it back, just take it back. We will deliver the goods soon anyway. We will mobilize everyone in the village to go on strike. Then we will see where you can ship the goods from!"
Wu Cui also echoed.
The village chief found that these troublemakers were really difficult to deal with. It seemed that he would not be able to get away with it unless he gave them some sweet treats.
"I was just angry and said that. Why did you take it so seriously? How about this? Starting from tonight, the wages for the work you do at night will be 5% higher than the wages you do during the day?"
"What does 5 percent mean? How much can it increase?" Zhang Xiaohua asked.
"You guys should read more books! You are illiterate! You don't even know 5%? Let me explain it to you. For example, you used to make a piece of clothing for five dollars. Starting from tonight, it will become five dollars plus 25 cents to make a piece of clothing. Do you understand?" The village chief explained.
"Oh! I see. Hey, it would have been better if you had done this earlier!"
"Only 5 percent, isn't that too little?"
"That's right, at least 10% is enough, right?"
When the village chief heard this, he refused to do it, as he thought 5% was too much.
"Be content, my ancestors. These few days are all that's left. You should carry forward your good work style. After this batch of goods is shipped out, I will go to Ye Li to discuss the wages and ask her to give you a 10% increase. How about that?"
"real!"
Several women were tempted when they heard this. In fact, they were already very happy to get a 5% increase this time.
"Really? If Ye Li doesn't agree to your request, I will. Is that ok?"
"Okay, sisters, let's go and go home to catch up with the deadline."
The women got a satisfactory answer and left happily. The village chief wiped the sweat off his head and went back to the house, pulling his torn pants.
Ye Li heard some clues behind the tree. She wanted to go to Guan Gensheng's house immediately and ask him some questions to confirm what she was thinking.
"Nie Fan, let's go find Gensheng."
The two came to Guan Gensheng's house. Guan Gensheng didn't expect Ye Li and Nie Fan to come at this time, so he quickly invited them into the house.
"Sister, why didn't you say hello when you came? I came to pick you up. It's quite hot today, drink some water quickly. Brother Nie Fan, you drink too."
"Gensheng, stop working and come and sit down. I have something to ask you. How is the production in the village recently? Has anyone asked for overtime pay?" Since they are all family members, Ye Li didn't need to beat around the bush and asked directly.
"Production has been pretty good recently, and I have made all the arrangements. Everything is proceeding step by step according to the production capacity of each household. I haven't heard of any objections, and no one has mentioned overtime pay." Guan Gensheng didn't know where Ye Li heard the news that someone wanted overtime pay.
"We saw Zhang Xiaohong and others asking for overtime pay from the village chief. They said the tasks they were assigned were too heavy and they had to work day and night!" Nie Fan told Guan Gensheng what he had just seen and heard.
"Impossible! The tasks they have been assigned are not heavy, they can definitely finish them during the day, why do they have to stay up late at night? Besides, why are they looking for the village chief? Isn't it my responsibility to arrange production tasks?" Guan Gensheng was very confused. What was going on?
When Ye Li saw Guan Gensheng’s reaction, he immediately understood what was going on.
She motioned Guan Gensheng and Nie Fan to come closer to her. She had something to tell them.
When the two heard Ye Li's words, their eyes widened and they asked in disbelief: "Sister, is that really the case? That's too abominable."
"Sister, we will do as you say! Let's see what they will do then!"
"Okay, our delivery date is in three days. Gensheng, you must keep an eye on it and make sure to complete the tasks I asked you to do." Ye Li reminded him again and again.
"no problem!"
Just as the three were chatting in the house, there was a noise outside. Guan Gensheng thought it was his wife and children, but when he went out, he found Ergouzi standing at the door.
Ergou was obviously startled when he saw Guan Gensheng coming out. He wanted to hide but failed.
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