"It's more than that. Ma Laoliu from the next village earned about 700 or 800 last year! When he brought back that thick stack of money, his wife was so happy that her mouth was crooked."

Listening to the two female workers' envious conversation, Shen Mingzhu asked calmly, "Since the leather shoe factory makes so much money, why don't you go with them?"

The two female workers said, "We would like to go, but they only recruit male workers, not female workers, so we can only come back here."

It seems that her food factory was just a second-best option.

Shen Mingzhu didn't waste any time and announced the good news that the production license had been obtained as planned.

Shen Chaobei and Du Juan were both extremely excited. Even Daya, who was playing with the wooden horse carriage nearby, clapped her hands in understanding.

The two workers didn't react much. It was unclear whether they were demoralized after being idle in the factory for a month, or were still unhappy about not getting the job at the shoe factory.

It is impossible to do a good job with such mentality and state.

"Once the food factory officially opens, as long as you work diligently and do your job well, I can guarantee that your monthly income will not be less than 40 yuan, or even more."

After some encouragement, the enthusiasm of the two female workers was immediately boosted, and there was a look of anticipation on their faces.

"In addition, you will have an evaluation opportunity every year, and your base salary will be increased by 5% to 20% based on the evaluation results."

"For example, your base salary this year is 30 yuan. After the evaluation next year, if your evaluation result is excellent, your base salary can be increased by 6 yuan. The year after that, if your evaluation result is still excellent, your base salary of 36 yuan will be increased by another 7.2 yuan, so your base salary will be 43.2 yuan, and so on."

The two female workers were excited by the salary increase system formulated by Shen Mingzhu.

"If you work for ten years, your base salary will be over 100 yuan?"

Shen Mingzhu nodded, "The premise is that you cannot quit your job midway. If you quit and come back to work, your base salary will be calculated from the beginning as a new employee."

At this point, the two female workers no longer envied the male workers who went to the shoe factory. They were eager for the food factory to start operations immediately so that they could earn more money.

After successfully calming the two female workers, Shen Mingzhu called Shen Chaobei and Du Juan to the office for a small meeting.

The meeting mainly discussed the preparations before formal production and recruitment.

This time, Shen Mingzhu planned to go back to the town to recruit people in person, and bring them back to the factory on the same day to save time.

In the evening, after dinner at the food factory, Shen Mingzhu took Pei Ziheng for a walk home.

The food factory is three blocks away from the staff quarters, and it takes about twenty minutes to walk there.

However, the mother and son walked slowly, and by the time they returned to the family compound, it was almost dark.

There were many people sitting by the flower bed at the entrance to the family compound, enjoying the cool air. When they saw the mother and son coming back, they all cast different looks at them.

Shen Baolan happened to have some free time and went downstairs to hang out. When she saw Shen Mingzhu, she came up to her like a dog seeing a big bone, "Hey, Shen Mingzhu, you're back so late, is your factory so busy?"

Shen Baolan's joke caused bursts of laughter from the people in the family compound.

Everyone knows that the food factory has not officially started operations yet, so what is there to be busy about?

Shen Mingzhu thought Shen Baolan was just a barking dog, so she didn't bother to pay any attention to her and went straight home with Pei Ziheng.

Shen Baolan was not willing to let go of such a great opportunity to attack and ridicule Shen Mingzhu. She followed behind like a ghost, "I have long advised you that doing business is not that easy, but you refused to listen. Now, your money has gone down the drain, and even the workers in the factory have run away. I think you should close the shop as soon as possible before you lose too much money. It is not too late to stop before it is too late."

Shen Mingzhu retorted coldly, "I'm losing my own money, I can afford it, why should you worry about it?"

After curling her lips at the backs of the mother and son, Shen Baolan turned and ran to the flower bed, spreading the news that the food factory workers had run away.

As soon as Shen Mingzhu entered the house, everyone in the family compound knew that the workers from the food factory had run away.

By the next day, rumors that the food factory was about to close down were spreading like wildfire in the staff quarters.

Shen Mingzhu didn't know this, and of course, even if she did, she wouldn't bother to care.

After sending Pei Ziheng to school, she and Shen Chaobei went to the bus station to prepare to return to town.

Although it is autumn, the weather is still hot and humid. Sitting in a crowded minibus filled with the smell of sweat, foot odor and body odor is really a sour feeling.

While Shen Mingzhu was applying cooling oil frantically to remove odor, she missed the convenient transportation forty years later.

When she makes money in the future, she will definitely buy a car.

When she arrived in the town, Shen Mingzhu found a place with a lot of traffic and hung up a handwritten recruitment poster.

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In rural areas these days, it is not difficult to fill one's stomach, but it is not easy to earn some money.

As soon as Shen Mingzhu's recruitment notice was posted, a large group of people gathered around.

Shen Mingzhu took out a loudspeaker and announced the recruitment conditions.

Female, under 40 years old, able to read and do accounting, married with children.

The "escape" of the two male workers taught Shen Mingzhu a lesson. Although the male workers are strong and work hard, they are also ambitious. Once there are better conditions outside, they will not be able to resist the temptation.

Women, relatively speaking, tend to pursue stability more. Especially mothers, they are not willing to be too far away from home because they cannot bear to leave their children.

As expected, her practice of only hiring female workers attracted questions and even abuse from men.

Shen Mingzhu also has a reasonable explanation for this. A food factory makes food and needs workers with good cooking skills.

Now, those people had nothing to say.

Men in Fengcheng are generally patriarchal, especially in rural areas. The concept that men should work outside and women should work inside is deeply rooted, and most men will never even step into the kitchen.

Half an hour later, Shen Mingzhu successfully interviewed three female workers.

However, the three female workers still had to go home to discuss with their families and pack their luggage. Shen Mingzhu made an agreement with the three of them to meet at the entrance of the guesthouse at 2 pm. If they did not arrive on time, it would be equivalent to giving up.

Shen Chaobei put away the recruitment notice and loudspeaker, and looked at Shen Mingzhu eagerly: "Little sister, you really don't want to go home to see your parents?"

"Well, no reply."

There was no unnecessary explanation. Shen Chaobei didn't dare to ask more questions, let alone force her. He just turned around and walked towards the town entrance.

Shen Mingzhu went towards the guesthouse at the end of the town, preparing to book a room to rest.

As soon as I entered the guesthouse, I saw a familiar face.