Chapter 379 Payroll
To sum up their working situation in one sentence, they work from morning to night. They get up at dawn to work, go home to sleep at dark, and have a two-hour lunch break at noon.
As for the human villagers, they have no objections at all, and even feel that their current life is too good.
But for the grassland elves, that may not be the case.
Aside from necessary tasks like obtaining food, the workload of a human villager in a day is probably enough for a grassland elf to do in a week.
Through his previous contacts and understanding, Zhou Xu already had an idea of the living habits of these grassland elves.
Unlike the captured prisoners, if he were to subject these grassland elves to the same demands as the human villagers from the very beginning, it would only cause him more trouble.
Therefore, Zhou Xu also greeted Zhang Xiaoshan and Li Shitou, the village chiefs, early on, and told them that after arranging corresponding tasks for these grassland elves, they no longer had to worry about them, and there was no need to make any requirements on their work efficiency and workload.
In fact, they have never set any requirements for work efficiency and workload. It’s just that if you keep procrastinating while working, someone will definitely say something.
This is because their labor force is relatively tight. Once you finish the work at hand, there will always be another job waiting for you.
However, the grassland elves are in a special situation, so they naturally need some special treatment...
"Wang Xiaohua, you have completed 47 pieces of weaving work. Your monthly salary is 94 cents..."
At the weaving factory, in order to facilitate statistics and calculations, work is calculated one by one. When paying wages, they will report how much work the other party has completed that month and how much salary to pay. The main focus is on being reasonable and well-founded.
At the end of every month, thanks to the efficient work of Mr. Wang Dong, who guest-starred in finance, the salaries of human employees were quickly distributed, and then it was the turn of the grassland elves who were also waiting there.
"Williams, eleven pieces of weaving completed, twenty-two cents."
The human employees before had at least seventy or eighty cents, but when they came to the grassland elves, their wealth plummeted in an instant.
After comparing the before and after, the grassland elves all showed a hint of embarrassment on their faces.
This race is inherently proud and has always had a strong desire to win.
But for now, they have no intention of competing with humans in work. That kind of working state seems too abnormal to them. The grassland elves who like to enjoy life do not like to make themselves too tired.
Seeing the carelessness on the faces of the grassland elves after the embarrassment, Wang Dong coughed twice and emphasized...
"I would like to remind you, the grassland elves, that because you have not officially received your salary, we have provided you with minimum housing and two meals a day out of humanitarianism. These are advance payments to you. In other words, you will need to repay them in the future."
"The form of repayment will be based on the premise that you meet the most basic living security every month, and the excess salary will be deducted to repay the debt until the debt is paid off."
"But since your wages this month cannot even meet the most basic living needs, no deductions will be made this month."
At this point, Wang Dong, who was worried that these grassland elves were not good at math, was kind enough to give them a reminder.
"Finally, I'll remind you one more thing. There are basically 30 days in a month. Based on your income this month, even if you eat the cheapest 'relief meals' in the cafeteria, which cost one cent a meal, you probably won't be able to make it through a month if you only eat one meal a day. You better take care of yourself."
While giving a friendly reminder, Wang Dong quickly paid the wages and left.
As the financial officer, he is not only in charge of Salt Lake Village, but also Black Moon Village.
After all, he is the only one here who can both calculate and keep accounts.
So now he basically maintains a state of being in Salt Lake Village in the morning and in Black Moon Village in the afternoon.
If Huangshan Village wasn't too far away, Zhou Xu would have wanted Wang Dong to do the financial work in Huangshan Village as well.
Wang Dong rolled his eyes when he heard this.
When it comes to assigning tasks to people, their leader is really good at it.
During this time, looking at Wang Dong's hurriedly leaving back, the grassland elves, who had never studied mathematics before, obviously did not realize the seriousness of the matter.
Until the bronze bell rang to inform them that it was time for lunch, they rushed into the cafeteria as usual, and then lined up at their window to wait for their meals as usual.
As a result, this time, the prepared food was not served to them directly. The staff who served the food just glanced at them.
"What to eat?"
The grassland elf was stunned when he heard this question. Then, looking at the pots of fragrant food, he swallowed his saliva and ordered four dishes at once according to his own preferences.
The person serving the food didn't think much about it and just served them the food. Then he asked a question later.
"More?"
"No."
After receiving this answer, the person serving food stretched out his hand towards the grassland elf.
"Three cents."
“…”
This situation had never happened before, and the grassland elf was completely confused.
When they came to eat, the person serving the food didn't even ask them whether they wanted to eat or not. He just quickly prepared the food and handed it to them. They just took their plates and could leave.
The guy serving the food saw that the grassland elf was standing there in a daze and explained directly.
"Before, you had no money, so the finance department paid for your meals. Now that you have received your salary, from now on, you have to pay for your meals here."
Having said this, the guy serving the food urged again.
"Three cents, hurry up, there are people waiting behind."
The sudden situation confused the grassland elf for a moment, but fortunately, he still knew what three cents were.
When the grassland elf in front was concentrating on taking out the three cents, the grassland elves behind him were thinking quickly, and at the same time, the words that Wang Dong had said to them before emerged in their minds.
Before, they just thought Wang Dong's words were incomprehensible, but now that they had sorted out their thoughts, everything became clear! This also made many grassland elves realize at the first time that according to their current wages, they could not sustain their two meals a day until the next payday! Just as they were thinking about this, the big idiot who spent three cents of his limited salary on a meal right at the beginning had already left with his plate.
Looking at the next grassland elf, the problem of getting food is still the same as always.
"What to eat?"
Faced with this question, the grassland elf's mind worked quickly, and at the same time he recalled something that Wang Dong had mentioned before.
"Relief meal, is there a relief meal?"
"Yes, one penny a piece. Want one?"
"Give me one!"
(End of this chapter)
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