Right now, her market has just opened up, and she can't guarantee how much money she can make or how many deals she can make. But since Zhang Xiuhong is willing to work with her, she can't treat her unfairly.
"The base salary is 10 yuan per month, plus a commission of 2 cents per kilogram of herbs. I decide how many kilograms of herbs to collect, to prevent the herbs from piling up due to insufficient orders." The salary that Shen Sisi offered her was quite good.
Zhang Xiuhong can earn a base salary of 10 yuan per month by sitting at home, and there are no fixed working hours, which is equivalent to doing part-time work.
Herbal medicines also incur a separate commission.
No matter how you calculate it, Chen Sisi is at a disadvantage.
Shen Sisi understood this perfectly well. She could have simply accepted the herbs without paying a base salary, but... she didn't want to shortchange Zhang Xiuhong and dampen her enthusiasm.
Upon hearing the terms, Zhang Xiuhong's eyes lit up: "A monthly base salary of 10 yuan is enough for our family to eat and buy meat. There's also extra money. One jin of herbs is 2 fen, ten jin is 2 mao, and one hundred jin is 2 yuan! That's not bad..."
You should know that her family eats quite well, and their monthly living expenses are only 6 or 7 yuan.
She can save 10 yuan for living expenses and still have some left over to keep as her little savings. Isn't that great?
Zhang Xiuhong secretly clutched her chest, thankfully, she had almost missed a golden opportunity to make money.
"You know what... what incredible luck I have... You not only saved me, but also eased the tension between me and my family, and now you're even giving me work and paying me a salary. I... I really don't know what to say."
With a smile playing on her lips, the curve of her eyes was just right, making the whole world seem gentle and full of light.
She patted Zhang Xiuhong on the shoulder: "Then do a good job!"
Chen Sisi acted immediately, and along the way taught Zhang Xiuhong to recognize several kinds of herbs.
Zhang Xiuhong had worked in the countryside since she was a child and had a lot of contact with wildflowers and weeds. She quickly memorized the medicinal herbs that Shen Sisi had told her about.
She seems to have some kind of special talent in this area.
“I understand. I’ll go out and wander around more often when I have time. No one knows the surrounding mountains better than me.”
However, Shen Sisi was still worried.
"Can a woman like you manage to go into the mountains alone?"
"In case of danger..."
Zhang Xiuhong's fingers cracked as she gripped the sickle: "I've been cutting pig feed on the mountain by myself since I was a few years old. I'm used to it. Don't worry, whether it's the birds and beasts in the mountains or those bad people, they're just unlucky to run into me!"
Joking aside, as the saying goes, one shouldn't go into the mountains alone. She was thinking that she still needed to find Zhang Xiuhong a companion. But who should she choose?
Suddenly, a perfect person came to mind—Li Wenhui!
After parting ways with Zhang Xiuhong, Chen Sisi went straight to Li Wenhui's house.
Li Wenhui chopped some minced meat today and was sunbathing and rolling out dough at the door, planning to make a bowl of sauerkraut dumplings to send to Shen Sisi when she saw Shen Sisi rushing in.
"Sisi, come quick, I made some dumplings. Take some home and try them later..."
Chen Sisi was dazzled by her quick movements.
Li Wenhui is really skillful; she can do everything.
Looking at her white, bamboo shoot-like fingertips, I stood hesitantly at the door, suddenly unable to speak. Wouldn't it be too much of a waste of time for such beautiful and delicate hands to go up the mountain to cut herbs?
It wasn't until Li Wenhui warmly invited her in to sit down that Chen Sisi came back to her senses.
"What day is it today? They're making dumplings!" Shen Sisi sat down, holding Niu Niu.
Niu Niu looked curiously at the dough balls on the cutting board, wanting to reach out and grab them, but was stopped by Chen Sisi.
Li Wenhui was amused by Niu Niu's playful appearance. She affectionately took a small dough ball and stuffed it into Niu Niu's hand, letting her play with it like playdough.
She stared at Niu Niu in a daze, and slowly replied, "It's nothing, it's not a big deal, it's just that after this meal, my Yong Ge and I will be eating radishes and cabbage every day from now on."
"What do you mean?" Chen Sisi asked.
Li Wenhui said, "Today, people from Yong's hometown came to tell us that his mother is having a banquet for her 60th birthday. Yong is the most successful person in the family, and they all rely on him to make money."
"Brother Yong is a very filial son. Knowing that his brothers were all struggling financially, he agreed to cover the majority of the costs and even took the savings account!"
Speaking of this, Li Wenhui felt anxious, but dared not say much. After all, Cheng Yong earned all the money in the family, and she just stayed at home cooking and washing clothes every day. She didn't have any other skills.
Most importantly, she has been married for several years and has not gotten pregnant.
Staying at home without earning money and not having children, Li Wenhui always felt like a burden, dragging Cheng Yong down.
I thought Shen Sisi was quite optimistic before, but I didn't expect her to have so many things on her mind.
"No signs of labor... Have you seen a doctor?" Shen Sisi asked with concern.
"I read it, and it says that I have severe uterine coldness, which makes it very difficult to get pregnant, and even if I do get pregnant, I am very likely to miscarry..." Li Wenhui's heart ached as she talked about this.
She did have a child a couple of years ago, a boy, but the pregnancy ended in miscarriage at five months.
After that incident, her health was severely damaged, making it extremely difficult for her to conceive.
"Given my situation, how could I dare say no to Brother Yong? Of course, I also dare not go back for the old lady's birthday celebration; going back would be my denunciation ground."
Gong Han's inability to conceive is not her fault; she didn't want it to happen...
As a woman myself, Shen Sisi felt very sorry for her plight.
Li Wenhui looked forward to her child growing up day by day, but the child was lost at five months. How heartbreaking must that be?
It's like tearing a piece of flesh out of her heart!
"I'm sorry, I made you sad." Shen Sisi's tone was very low.
Li Wenhui suddenly burst into laughter through her tears: "Hey, what's the big deal? I'm not a particularly good person, but I'm naturally optimistic. If you think about things on a positive note, life will go smoothly."
"As for the child... let's see how it goes. If I really can't get pregnant, I won't hold Yong back. I'll take the initiative to file for divorce."
Chen Sisi just watched her quietly.
It turns out that every woman in this world has her own difficulties.
She was just lucky to have met Gu Chengfeng.
Knowing that Li Wenhui was short of money, Chen Sisi stopped hiding her intentions and asked directly, "If there's a job that can earn you some living expenses with flexible hours, but... it requires you to go up the mountain to collect herbs often, would you be willing to give it a try?"
Going up the mountain to collect medicinal herbs?
Li Wenhui immediately frowned. She had always preferred quiet to activity, and she would be out of breath if she had to climb a mountain.
However, the flexible hours and the ability to earn money sound pretty good.
"What kind of work is it?" she asked.
Chen Sisi immediately became interested and offered the same terms she had just given to Zhang Xiuhong to Li Wenhui.
“Although the base salary isn’t high, you also get commission,” Shen Sisi explained.
"We..." Li Wenhui asked, "Who else?"
Chen Sisi deliberately kept everyone in suspense: "You'll find out then..."
Li Wenhui stopped rolling out the dough and just sat there quietly.
It was clear from Shen Sisi that she was considering it very seriously.
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