“Alright, ask away. Your father and I know all the dozens of households in the village very well!” Zhao patted her chest and assured her.
Li Mai smiled and asked, pointing to the first name she remembered. "Who is this Qu Cuicui?"
“Oh, Zhou Qi has a wife, you can call her Aunt Qi. His son is about the same age as our Zhou Tao,” Zhao said to Li Mai.
“Oh, Aunt Qi, I remember now, I ran into her just now. I also took care of her when we were building the village last year. But there were so many people, I couldn’t remember her full name, I just remembered calling her Aunt Qi.” Li Mai smiled shyly.
"Seventh Aunt is a decent person. Her eldest son is in school, and her two younger daughters are eleven and eight years old!" Zhou Quan said, knowing Seventh Aunt's family situation.
Li Mai nodded, hummed in agreement, and ticked the box under Seventh Aunt's name, indicating that she was hired.
After that, the family sat together and chose one by one, eventually selecting eight people.
There were four men and four women, a total of fifteen people signed up.
"What about the others?" Zhao asked Li Mai.
Li Mai nodded, "Yes, we don't like to change people frequently. And the people in the dye house may be working with us for a long time. So, they will inevitably learn how to dye cloth. Therefore, I would rather have fewer people and choose slowly in the future than use people with questionable character or who are not likely to stay for long."
After Li Mai finished speaking, Zhao Shi and Old Man Zhou exchanged a glance and nodded. Indeed, what his wife said made a lot of sense.
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