Chapter 168: Scary
After saying goodbye to Qin Huiyin, Song Ruize reunited with his brothers.
He was carrying a basket filled with all kinds of delicious food.
Jiang Qibin came over, salivating: "As expected, she is our sister. She understands our thoughts so well."
"She originally gave me more, but I confiscated them." Song Ruize said calmly.
"We are also discussing this matter." Jiang Qingnan said, "Sister Huiyin is very generous to us, and we are not stingy people. From now on, each of us will take out fifty coins to show our appreciation."
Each person gets 50 wen per month, so the five of them get 250 wen. Song Ruize is different, he gives all his wages to Qin Huiyin.
For the five of them, if they were to improve their food outside, the monthly expenses would definitely not be less than 100 coins. Moreover, the food they had would only be wontons, noodles, and the like, and it would definitely not be like the delicious food Qin Huiyin gave them. Therefore, these 50 coins were already a bargain for them, and in the end, they only paid the cost.
"Yes, we feel bad for always taking advantage of the girl." Jiang Qibin scratched his head. "We discussed it and decided that if we gave her too much, she wouldn't accept it. If we didn't give her anything, we wouldn't feel good for taking advantage of her. It's not easy for her to support a large family. I've never seen a girl as capable, generous, gentle and lovely as her. So, we gave her fifty cents."
"Okay." Song Ruize pulled the corners of his mouth upwards.
Jiang Qibin: "...Brother Ze, are you okay?"
"Is it because fifty cents is too little and Brother Ze is not happy?" Chen Yong touched his head, looking confused.
Jiang Qingnan coughed lightly and laughed secretly: "Is it possible that he wanted to laugh?"
"How is that possible?" Jiang Qibin, Chen Yong and Zhou Jinyuan retorted in unison. "Our brother Ze is an iceberg handsome boy. Don't even laugh. He doesn't even know what a normal expression looks like."
Song Ruize got on the carriage and said coldly, "Hurry up."
"Okay, Brother Ze." Zhou Jinyuan was responsible for driving the carriage.
Jiang Qibin looked at Song Ruize who was leaning there, and saw that he ignored him as usual, like a cold little iceberg, so he breathed a sigh of relief.
"Great, Brother Ze is normal." Jiang Qibin said, "I heard from the old people that some evil spirits will possess the living, and those with weak horoscopes will have their bodies taken away."
Song Ruize suddenly opened his eyes and looked at Jiang Qibin: "Where do those evil spirits come from?"
Jiang Qibin: "... the old man said that, I never asked. This kind of thing is obviously made up, to scare those children not to hang around the graves, who would take it seriously?"
Song Ruize played with his fingers, deep in thought, not knowing what he was thinking about.
Jiang Qibin and others looked at each other.
What is going on this again?
Why is it so hard to guess what their brother Ze is thinking?
Qin Huiyin held Mantou and Baozi and looked at Tang Yichen's figure, stroked the fur of the two little puppies and said: "Mantou, Baozi, why is it so difficult to guess what boys are thinking?"
Tang Yichen was sweating profusely but he did not stop.
He usually holds it in high esteem, like a finely carved jade, unwilling to have even a single flaw. But today, the jade seemed dissatisfied with the previous carving and wanted to be carved into a different pattern.
Li Taohua drove in a ox cart.
"Mom..." Qin Huiyin was surprised, "Can you drive a bullock cart now?"
Li Taohua said proudly: "I tried it, it's not that difficult..."
Zhou and Pang got off the back of the ox cart.
They carried the pots and jars down, and when they passed by Qin Huiyin, they said, "They got stuck in the field halfway, and it took more than a dozen men to carry them out."
Fortunately, it was Li Taohua. If it was any other woman, those men would not have paid any attention to her.
Zhou and Pang have always known that men like beautiful women, but it was the first time they saw Li Taohua get those big men doing farm work to rush over to help her with just a few sweet words.
Qin Huiyin chuckled.
Li Taohua glared at her: "Well, you little heartless person, are you making fun of your mother?"
"How dare I? I just think my mother is really amazing. She can learn anything well." Qin Huiyin praised sincerely.
"That's right. If I wasn't capable, how could I have such a capable daughter? The daughter takes after her, so the mother can't be much worse. Look, the ox cart is pretty easy to drive!"
Zhang Erzhu from next door brought in a few carpenter apprentices for a trial period. Zhou and Pang helped for a while and then went back to their own business. Before leaving, Li Taohua gave them their wages.
Zhou refused and tried to refuse. Pang accepted it generously. After all, it was reasonable for Pang to pay her for her labor. If she refused to accept the money, she would be considered to have owed him a favor. For most people, there was no need to owe a favor to another person if they could pay it back with ten cents. So, she accepted it generously.
Zhang Erzhu tried out batches of apprentices and finally decided on five. Zhang Dazhu told them very clearly that they would have a one-month trial period. If they still couldn't meet their standards after a month, they wouldn't have to come back. If they met the standards after a month, the apprentice's monthly salary would increase from 100 coins to 300 coins. If they could complete a piece of furniture independently, their salary would increase again.
This is the management method he learned from Qin Huiyin. Qin Huiyin told him that no one likes a monotonous life, and pressure can form motivation, and only with motivation can one do better.
In addition to the five apprentices, they also recruited two masters. The two masters were Zhang's apprentices, but later stopped working as carpenters for some reason.
"You can't be late every day. Ten cents will be deducted for each lateness. If you are not late at all after a month, you will be rewarded with fifty cents for perfect attendance." Zhang Dazhu said.
The people Zhang Erzhu had found were all from nearby villages, some were near and some were far away, the farthest of them could not walk for more than 25 minutes, so this was not a problem for them. In their view, the 50 cents were already in their pockets.
The Zhang family has made arrangements.
Zhang Erzhu returned to the city.
Tang Yichen also returned to the city.
Master Tang San made the trip in person and took Tang Luwu into the city to buy materials.
Qin Huiyin was busy in the yard when Tang Sanmei's voice came from outside: "Sister Yinyin, a lady is looking for you."
Qin Huiyin put down the crab in her hand, strode out, and saw a carriage parked at the door. Xia Ruwan slowly got out of the carriage with the help of her maid.
The villagers passing by looked at the scene curiously.
"Miss Xia, why did you come here in person?"
"I've been feeling a bit bored lately, so I decided to go out for a walk because I thought the scenery in the countryside was beautiful." Xia Ruwan looked around, her eyes fixed on the dilapidated house in front of her. "Sister, you make so much money, why do you still live in such a small place?"
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