Chapter 539: Unconvinced
"Me too."
Song Chuman also heard what some people said, but she didn't get angry. She continued, "This indenture isn't for you to sign for life. If you need it in the future and we're a suitable place, we can release you from it."
"Those who sign the indenture will receive three taels of silver per month, and during festivals, our family will also give you seafood to eat."
Anyway, the seafood in her space has been multiplying all the time and it’s free of charge, so she doesn’t feel bad about giving it away.
Three taels of silver a month, and if a month has thirty days on average, the daily wage is one hundred copper coins.
Anyone with a sound mind would no longer care about selling themselves.
Most people were immediately delighted, as this was higher than building a house.
Liu Kang complained, "Fishing at sea already pays 400 coins a day, and here I have to sell my body. How come it's only 100 coins a day?"
Yang Qingrui sneered, "You know that fishing only pays 400 wen a day. We can't go out to sea every day, and not every time we go out to sea, it's safe. We work on the sea, so we're prone to danger."
"Every time we work, we get up two or three hours earlier than you. Ah Man feels sorry for us, so she pays us so high."
"You're so unconvinced now, you're talking as if you can definitely win Aman's favor."
Liu Kang choked and was speechless.
Although he was dissatisfied, for other villagers who had no work, earning one hundred coins a day was something they could not even dream of in the past.
Even if I have to sell my body, compared to making money to support myself and my family, it's just selling my body, and I won't lose a single piece of meat, so it's no big deal.
Song Hexiu said, "The wealthy families in the city also have to sell themselves if they hire people to work. But we are all from the same village and our houses are nearby, so we don't plan to provide anyone with accommodation."
"In other words, although raising seafood requires selling one's body, it's just an additional contract, just like the other people working in my house."
"Those who sign the indenture will receive one ounce of selling money in addition to the three ounces of silver per month."
"Although the money for selling yourself is much less than in the city, selling yourself as a domestic slave in the city only earns one or two taels of silver a month at most. We will give you three taels, and you can still live at home and spend time with your family. You won't suffer any loss."
"Seafood is very valuable, and we have no choice but to do this because we're worried that some people might deliberately do something bad. If the seafood gets sick or dies for other reasons, we won't be able to sell it. We won't make any money, and we won't have money to pay everyone. You don't want to see that happen, right?"
The people present looked at each other.
Indeed, if they work hard for a month and in the end someone tricks them and kills all the seafood, wouldn’t all their work be in vain?
Those who want to sign up for work are no longer opposed to signing a contract to sell themselves.
Villager A asked, "Song Jia Dalang, my son and my relative's son are helping you build houses. The wages aren't very high. Can they give up building houses and go straight into farming?"
This is also what many people want to ask.
Villager B asked, "Yes, your house will be finished in a few days, and then those who build it will have no work to do."
Song Hexiu said, "Don't worry, we have taken this into consideration. Those who are building their houses can also come and sign up. Once the houses are built, they can come and raise fish. But they can't come in advance and delay the progress of our house construction."
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