Chapter 871 (Page 1/2)
As night falls, everything becomes quiet and the entire courtyard is immersed in tranquility.
After Huo Qingci finished washing up, he slowly leaned back against the soft and comfortable headboard of the bed, looking at his wife Lin Man beside him with gentle eyes.
He coughed softly, breaking the silence, and began to speak, "Manman, Xiao Xu came to see me earlier and told me that her daughter is fifteen years old and wants to find a job in the city. She also asked me specifically if she could come work in our store."
Hearing her husband's words, Lin Man frowned slightly and asked in confusion, "Are you saying that Sister Xu wants to recommend her daughter to work in our store? Her daughter is fifteen years old. Why would she not go to school at the age of fifteen?"
Huo Qingci nodded and explained, "Xiao Xu told me that her daughter only attended junior high school for one semester. Because her academic performance was not ideal, she did not continue her studies.
But this girl is quite hardworking. It is said that she often works in the fields at home, and even dirty and tiring work like raising pigs is no problem for her."
Lin Man nodded thoughtfully, expressing her understanding that this was a very common thing in rural areas.
"I see. Okay then, let's have her come over at the end of the month. Once she arrives, we'll arrange for her to do some simple training with the new employees."
Let her go to the hot pot restaurant to help out, after all, the hot pot restaurant needs more manpower.
After a pause, Lin Manman continued, "But then again, this girl hasn't received much education, so I'm afraid running a flower shop isn't suitable for her.
Qingci, could you please help me recruit two more young women to work in the flower shop? But one thing is for sure, they must look good!
It’s best to choose a girl who looks gentle and clean, and never one who dresses in a flashy or rustic way.”
Lin Man knows very well that the image of the staff is crucial to a flower shop.
Although she does not require every girl selling flowers to have the elegant temperament like an orchid, they should at least look comfortable and pleasing to the eye.
Girls who dress too fancy or look tacky will undoubtedly affect customers' overall impression of the flower shop.
"How about asking my cousins Huo Yan and Huo Wenyao to come to the store to help?"
Lin Man frowned. These two women were 27 and 26 years old respectively. They were both married and had children. She asked them to come and help.
Putting aside whether they match the image, just because they are relatives, she doesn't want them to come to the store.
Fourth Aunt and Younger Aunt were both nosy and opportunistic, which she disliked very much. Naturally, she had no feelings for Huo Qingci's cousins.
Moreover, if they knew that a pot of her grape-shaped Clivia could be sold for tens to hundreds of dollars, and those precious orchids could be sold for one or two thousand dollars, they would be jealous to death.
Jealousy was one thing, but she was afraid that the two of them would join forces to get her money.
For example, if I buy a pot of orchid for 88 yuan, but they insist that I only received 80 yuan, who can she ask for the money?
She would rather pay her mother-in-law a salary and let her sit in the store and collect money than to ask them for help, and also hire a young girl who can grow flowers and has a good image.
"Doesn't your mother want to come and help out in the store? We'll pay her a salary and have her come to the store to collect the money. We'll also hire a girl who can grow flowers and has a good image.
When the clothing and shoe stores open, we can invite them over. Each store needs at least two people anyway, so we can just separate them."
There is one acquaintance and one outsider in each store, so it is difficult for them to play tricks. After the store opens, she will go to each store to check every day.
If she finds out they are playing dirty, she will fire them all. As long as she has money, is she afraid that she won’t be able to hire employees?
At seven o'clock the next morning, the family sat around the table and enjoyed breakfast together.
At this moment, Lin Man turned to look at Xu Xiaomin who was sitting opposite her and said, "Sister Xu, I heard that your eldest daughter is already fifteen years old. Is that true?"
Hearing this, Xu Xiaomin's hand, which was about to pick up the bun, suddenly stopped. She hesitated for a moment, then replied, "That's right. In the blink of an eye, she has grown up. After the sixteenth day of the first lunar month, she will be sixteen years old."
Lin Man nodded gently and replied with a smile, "Oh, so that's how it is. That's quite a coincidence. My Ningning was born on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month in 1967, the Lantern Festival. That makes her four years younger than your daughter."
Xu Xiaomin showed a hint of surprise on her face, and then said, "Oh, so Ningning was born in the first month of 1967.
What a coincidence! My third child was also born in 1967, but he was born on the 25th day of the eighth lunar month.
Lin Man couldn't help but ask curiously, "Sister Xu, how many children do you have in your family?"
Xu Xiaomin smiled and replied, "We have many children, five in total. The eldest and second are girls, the third and fourth are boys, and the youngest is a girl."
Then, Lin Man remembered the conversation she had with her husband before going to bed, so she continued, "Sister Xu, didn't you tell Qingci last night that you wanted your eldest daughter to come work in my shop?
Why don't you ask her to come over at the end of this month? Our hot pot restaurant will open on October 10th next month, so we can arrange for her to help out there.
Let's try her out for three months. If she performs well, her monthly salary will be 30 yuan. After three months, we can consider raising her salary based on her performance. What do you think?"
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If you want to retain people, especially those in the service industry, you have to give them reasonable and competitive salary packages.
Compared with state-owned enterprises, the wages for temporary workers hired by individual shops are usually much higher than those for temporary workers in general factories.
This phenomenon has already begun and, in the long run, seems to be an irreversible trend.
She also has no plans to bear the cost of food and lodging for all her employees. Although the third floor of her shop is currently idle, she has not considered converting it into an employee dormitory for everyone to live in.
Perhaps they have other plans for how to use the space, or they are concerned about the range of issues that may arise from managing employee accommodation.
Initially, Lin Man planned to recruit only urban residents, so that these employees could return home easily after work without having to make additional arrangements for accommodation.
However, Xu Xiaomin's daughter became an unexpected situation in this plan.
When Xu Xiaomin heard that the monthly salary for this job was as high as 30 yuan, her eyes widened in surprise and she could hardly believe her ears!
She has been a nanny for so many years, and now her monthly salary is only 36 yuan. Although she comes to work for the Huo family and has free food and accommodation and good benefits, the work is also very heavy.
Unlike the way she was casual at her brother's house, she was very particular about her work at the Huo's house. For example, she only needed to wipe the table once at her brother's house, but she had to wipe it repeatedly at the Huo's house.
When washing their clothes, I have to wash them very carefully, for fear of damaging them by washing them too hard.
The salary offered by Lin Man for new employees made Xu Xiaomin very excited. She even thought about asking her sister and sister-in-law to come and work to earn money.
But at this moment she was a little hesitant, secretly worried: If she made such a request to the hostess again, would it cause her disgust and dissatisfaction?
If this angers the hostess and causes her to revoke her daughter's job opportunity, it would be a waste of time and effort!
Seeing Xu Xiaomin seemed to be hesitant to speak, Lin Man asked, "Sister Xu, is there anything else?"
“No…no!”
"Then let's eat! You might have to work hard to make kimchi with me today."
Xu Xiaomin nodded gently, while Lin Man beside her said nothing more. After quickly finishing her breakfast, she skillfully mounted her slightly worn tricycle and slowly drove out of the house.
After a while, the tricycle stopped in front of the house next door. Lin Man got off the tricycle swiftly, exchanged a few words with the people in the house, and then began to move the goods.
I saw her first carrying heavy bags of salt onto the truck bed, and then picking up large cabbages and stacking them neatly.
In less than half an hour, a full 100 kilograms of salt and 400 to 500 kilograms of cabbage were safely loaded onto the tricycle.
When Lin Man drove the fully loaded tricycle back home, Xu Xiaomin couldn't help but widen her eyes and stare at the mountain of cabbages in the car with astonishment.
She was stunned for a moment, then quickly stepped forward and helped Lin Man unload the cabbages. She couldn't help but ask, "Comrade Lin, do we really have to pickle so many cabbages? How long will it take to eat them all?"
In response to Xu Xiaomin's question, Lin Man just responded lightly, but her hands did not slow down at all.
She quickly unloaded the cabbages and salt from the truck bed one by one, then bent down, held a large cabbage tightly in her hands, and walked towards the backyard with steady steps.
Arriving at the backyard, Lin Man found a spacious place to put down the cabbage, then picked up a sharp knife and skillfully cut the cabbage in half.
With a crisp "crack" sound, the cabbage opened. Then, she carefully peeled off the outer green leaves and the parts with insect holes, revealing the white and tender heart inside.
After completing these preparations, Lin Man placed the processed half cabbage flat in a huge water tank and sprinkled a layer of coarse salt evenly on it.
In this way, one cabbage after another was put into the tank until the entire tank was filled.
After all the cabbages were laid out and sprinkled with salt, Lin Man wiped the sweat from her forehead and turned to Xu Xiaomin beside her and said, "Come on, let's lift this big stone slab together and put it on the big vat."
"good."
The two worked together and took great effort to finally place the heavy stone slab steadily on the mouth of the vat.
Looking at the pressed cabbages, Xu Xiaomin curiously asked Lin Man again, "Comrade Lin, how long do these cabbages need to be pickled?"
"It needs to be pickled for five to six hours. In the afternoon, we will draw some water from the old well and wash it thoroughly.
Oh, you should pick up the fallen leaves on the ground. I have to go out for another run.
After Lin Man finished explaining the task, she opened the door to the backyard and rode her tricycle to another courtyard.
As soon as she entered the courtyard, she closed the door and returned to the villa as if she was familiar with it, and began to prepare the various ingredients needed to make kimchi.
She first lit the stove steadily, slowly cooked a pot of fragrant and soft glutinous rice paste, and carefully poured it into a huge stainless steel barrel with a capacity of 50 liters.
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