Chapter 101 Hong Weimin's Work
Work, food and lodging provided, thirty yuan a month."
Huang Yuezhen and her husband were both shocked and quickly refused.
"I cook for 30 yuan a month over there, and you guys provide food and accommodation and also give me 30 yuan, I dare not take it!"
Hong Weimin also echoed, "Yuezhen is right, we can't take advantage of you."
Lin Qin explained seriously for the first time, "Cousin, you are not taking advantage of this salary. How did you feel about my cooking this morning?"
Huang Yuezhen thought about it carefully and said, "I think it's pretty good. It's not as difficult as I imagined. Besides, I can sit and work. It's so easy compared to working in the village before."
Lin Qin clapped her hands, "That's right! You cook for thirty dollars a month easily, and in the afternoon you help my dad plant the land and build the pigsty. You may also have to help clean up the pigsty and water the vegetables. These are all physical work, and you have to be busy from two in the afternoon to seven or eight in the evening. The working hours are long and tiring. I think thirty dollars a month is still too little."
Huang Yuezhen shook her head repeatedly, "Not less, not less. I'll listen to you. I'll go to the construction site to cook in the morning and come back in the afternoon to help my uncle with work."
Hong Weimin asked, "Wenjun and Aqin have both sailed out, what will happen when Yuezhen comes back?"
Lin Yi smiled and said, "Wen Jun has already made arrangements with people. There are many boat people in Nanxi, most of whom are old people who are idle at home and occasionally go fishing. Wen Jun has made arrangements with an old man to pay him fifteen yuan a month. He fishes near Nanyu Island. If you want to take a boat, you can just shout and he will come over. It won't delay your work.
If you can't find anyone, you can just hail a passing boat and ask them to take you across the river. It costs about 10 cents per trip, it's simple."
Hong Weimin gave Chen Wenjun a thumbs up and said, "You are really good. You have arranged everything perfectly."
The next afternoon, Hong Weimin followed Chen Wenjun and Lin Qin's boat to Nangang.
This was the first time that Hong Weimin saw the sea. Although it was just an inland bay, it was enough to shock this inexperienced man so much that he was speechless.
The three of them arrived early, and the fishing boat had not yet docked.
Hong Weimin followed Chen Wenjun and Lin Qin to the recruitment office at the dock.
The person in charge is Lu Lin, a local fisherman. His family owns two large fishing boats and made their fortune by catching seafood.
During this period, Chen Wenjun wholesaled a lot of seafood from Lu Lin's family, and the quantity he needed was large. In Lu Lin's eyes, Chen Wenjun was his rich man and could not be neglected.
Seeing Chen Wenjun and the other two coming over, Lu Lin hurried forward and greeted them warmly, "Hey! Brother Chen, sister-in-law, you came quite early today!"
Chen Wenjun handed him a cigarette and said familiarly, "Bring my relatives here to find work, and wait for the fishing boat to come to get the goods. Brother Lu, you are knowledgeable and have many connections. See if there is anything suitable for my cousin to do."
Lu Lin shifted his gaze from Chen Wenjun to Hong Weimin and nodded without thinking, "Sure! I'm really short of manpower here. I wonder what your cousin can do? Can he read?"
Just as Hong Weimin was about to speak, Chen Wenjun asked, "What? Do you need to be able to read to work?"
Lu Lin was happy. "No, I have a job here that pays well and is easy, but requires the other party to be literate. It is responsible for recording the number and weight of seafood collected every day. I did this job alone before, but I couldn't handle it since the second half of last year.
This is a dock, as you know, so it's not suitable to recruit female workers. It would be better if we could find a man who can read and write. The monthly salary is 45 yuan, with food and accommodation provided.
Although the salary is not as high as that of a boatman, it is an easy job! I start working when the fishing boats come into the port, and I can rest after I am done.
Needless to say, Chen Wenjun was moved when he heard this, and subconsciously looked at Hong Weimin, "Cousin, what can you do?"
Hong Weimin was a little timid and said honestly: "I only studied up to the fourth grade of elementary school. I can write and recognize common characters, but I can't write difficult characters."
Chen Wenjun looked at Lu Lin and said, "Brother Lu, my cousin can read. Why don't you give him a few days to learn how to cook seafood? If he can't do it, forget it. We don't want his wages for the past few days."
Lu Lin was a little hesitant at first, but when he heard that he didn't need to be paid, he nodded immediately and said, "Then let's start from today. The fishing boat will dock at five o'clock. You can follow me to identify the seafood. I will write down the names of common seafood and you can look them up yourself. Is that okay?"
Hong Weimin nodded repeatedly in thanks.
Chen Wenjun exchanged a few polite words with Lu Lin before taking Lin Qin and Hong Weimin to the iron boat.
As soon as he got on the boat, Hong Weimin became anxious, "Wenjun, can I really do this job? What if I can't do it?"
Lin Qin immediately encouraged Hong Weimin, "Cousin, you have to have confidence in yourself. Look at me and Wenjun. We didn't know many characters before, but in this year we have learned almost all of them and can even write those complicated seafood names. You are in the fourth grade of elementary school, so don't show your weakness.
Besides, you haven't received any salary these days, so even if you don't do a good job, they won't suffer any loss, so what are you afraid of? It's just the issue of food and accommodation. We will discuss it with Boss Lu later and ask him to make you a bed. You can find a way to solve the problem of food yourself, or we can bring it to you when we come over."
Hong Weimin hurriedly shook his head, "No, no, I can find a way to solve it myself. You are already busy enough, so don't bother me anymore."
With the encouragement of Chen Wenjun and Lin Qin, Hong Weimin felt more confident when he went to Lu Lin again to ask for the seafood list.
While waiting for the fishing boat to dock, Hong Weimin wrote and drew on the ground, very seriously.
Lu Lin saw this and couldn't help but nod. Regardless of whether Hong Weimin could do this job or not, at least his attitude was good.
After the fishing boat docked, Chen Wenjun and Lin Qin no longer cared about Hong Weimin.
The two men followed other seafood vendors and rushed forward, some even boarded the boat directly, with a clear goal.
Lin Qin and his wife have a clear goal. They specialize in collecting common seafood such as small yellow croaker, squid, small octopus, pomfret, shrimp, crab, and razor clams. Those expensive and rare things are not within their consideration.
Hong Weimin glanced at them and was instantly encouraged to see the couple so busy. He hurriedly concentrated on following Lu Lin to identify the seafood, and at the same time learned some skills in picking seafood.
By the time he came back to his senses from his busy schedule, it was already so dark that he could barely see the words.
The harbor, which was bustling with people just a moment ago, was now reduced to just a few people.
Lin Qin and Chen Wenjun’s seafood has been almost packed.
Before leaving, Chen Wenjun went into the recruitment office again and said a few words to Lu Lin and Hong Weimin before leaving by boat.
Over the next four or five days, Hong Weimin gradually adapted to the work of receiving and registering goods at the dock and began to try to record the names and quantities of seafood.
Every time the goods were cleared out, Lu Lin would check with him again.
Half a month later, Lu Lin took the initiative to find Chen Wenjun and his wife.
(End of this chapter)
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