Qiao Xin had just discussed the specific details of opening the store with Xu Can and sent the talented people away when she saw Butler Cao coming over with his employees. It was a noisy group of people, a large crowd, and many of them had mud on their trouser legs.
So positive, can’t wait!
Qiao Xin smiled and called out to everyone to go to the newly built threshing ground in Hu Town.
With so many people standing on the threshing ground of ten mu, it would not seem crowded. Xu had already placed chairs there. When they saw people coming, they greeted them and asked them to find a place to sit down.
"We are all from the same town, and I know everyone is busy, so I won't say any more polite words. I came to you all so eagerly to settle the wages owed to me some time ago. Originally, we agreed to pay you monthly, but during that time, there were many things going on at home, and I didn't have enough money to pay. It would be unfair to give this one and not that one.
Today, Cao Tianshi came and sold all the honey from her family. The first thing that my mother-in-law thought of was to pay everyone their wages.
As soon as Xu finished speaking, the atmosphere below suddenly became lively!
"Madam, is this true?"
"Of course it's true. Steward Cao went to get the account book and counted the change. You should also calculate in your minds how much you should be paid."
“I don’t know how much I can get?”
"Aren't you a road builder? Isn't this the money from selling honey?"
"Who cares? As long as the Qiao family settles the wages, it's fine! Hei Niu from my village listened to her brother-in-law and worked for the landlord Zhang in the prefecture for half a year. She still hasn't been paid for three months! Every time I go to ask for it, the housekeeper shirks it, or finds faults and deducts money. How can other people be as straightforward as the Qiao family?"
"Well, I wonder if the Qiao family will do the same. If they do, I will save enough money and move in later."
"Who knows?"
........
Qiao Xin came over very quickly. Behind them, besides Butler Cao and Xu Can, there were two guards carrying a large box. It was so heavy that the people were bent over!
Qiao Xin looked at them one by one. There were men and women, all of whom looked pretty much the same. They were all familiar to each other. She had a good memory, and she could remember the general appearance of anyone who worked at their house as long as she had seen them.
She raised her hand and said, "My daughter-in-law should have told everyone that we are gathered together today for a few things.
First, we need to pay off the wages owed to everyone in the past few months. Second, the Qiao family plans to build a workshop, and the work on hand is almost completed. Friends and relatives who know good skills and good character can recommend us to sign up first!
"Building another workshop, when will Madam Qiao start hiring people?"
"Yes, when will you recruit people, and how many people do you need?"
"It won't take long. The place has been chosen. It's in that wasteland in the northwest. Sixty acres of land, three or five workshops, one by one.
When recruiting people, we will naturally first select those of you who have performed well recently and are willing to work hard. If there are not enough, we will recruit from outside. If there are bricklayers with good reputation, you can introduce them to us for a try.
As for wages, thirty cents a day, including two meals! If you are quick and hardworking, you will be given an extra ten kilograms of coarse grains a month."
Upon hearing this, everyone didn't even bother to collect their wages, and hurriedly said to Qiao Xin: "Madam, I'll sign up myself, and also sign up my wife's brothers and father-in-law. The people in their family are good at building houses!"
Deng's husband, Wang Da Kui, was serving in the military with Qiao Yunxin and the others and has not returned yet. Qiao Xin secretly helped her a lot with the confinement after giving birth to her daughter.
Her son Wang Fusheng often went up the mountains and down the rivers with Qiao Erlang. From time to time, he would bring back a fish or a bowl of river shrimps to help her produce milk, saying that her son caught them himself.
But her son was only five years old, how capable could he be? As a mother, she knew that if Qiao Xin hadn't sent someone to look after him, he would have been lucky not to have drowned in the river, let alone catch fish and shrimp.
She would naturally remember this kindness.
As soon as she was out of confinement, she entrusted her little girl to her mother-in-law who had a weak leg to take care of her during the day, and found a job as a kitchen helper in the Qiao Mansion. Not only could she have enough food every day, but she also received wages and rice. The family's life was still acceptable.
Some time ago, she used her savings to hire someone to open up three mu of paddy fields, and planted millet like Qiao Xin did, hoping for a good harvest at the end of the year.
Now that he heard that the Qiao family was hiring people to build a workshop, he immediately shouted, "Madam, I'm signing up too. I'm also very good at work, as you know. Count me in!"
She shouted out loud, and the other women in the village did not dare to fall behind, each one more excited than the other!
"And me!"
"I'm also diligent!"
......
Qiao Xin looked at Mrs. Deng and said, "You don't want to be a kitchen helper anymore? Are you planning to go to work on a construction site? You guys too? If you have a long-term job on hand, don't make trouble here. Finish your job first!"
Deng's face turned red and she realized what she had done!
Helping in the kitchen is a must, although it is tiring, but it is not exposed to the wind, rain or sun. It is perfect for her!
Qiao Xin glanced at the people below and said, "For the time being, we will select fifty people. Please come here to sign up for the interview at 9:00 p.m. the day after tomorrow. Don't worry, there will be plenty of work for us in the future. As long as you perform well, you won't have to worry about work!"
Judging from the changes that have taken place in the Qiao family during this period of time, and their tolerance towards employees, Li Zhong absolutely does not think that Qiao Xin's words are empty talk.
He immediately said to everyone, "You all heard this, right? Those who didn't get selected this time don't have to worry, wait for the next time. The Qiao family is a family that accumulates virtue and does good deeds, everyone should understand this."
After hearing this, everyone said yes and stopped making noise!
Qiao Xin and the others calmed down, sat back in their chairs, and said to Butler Cao, "Let's get started!"
Manager Cao nodded, took out the account book, stepped forward and said, "When your name is called, answer it and come forward to settle your wages. Do not come one by one. Anyone who does not follow the rules will not be allowed to come tomorrow after the wages are settled."
After these words were spoken, the scene became as quiet as a chicken!
"Wang Sangou!"
"arrive!"
A black-faced man trotted over happily, greeted respectfully, and waited nearby.
Butler Cao pointed to the dates on the documents and explained them to him one by one: "You come here to report in and put your fingerprints down every day after work. Is there anything you don't understand or have made a mistake?"
"I can see clearly, everything is correct, everything is correct!" He would check the booklet every day when he came to work and when he left work, and tick the boxes with a red pen. As long as he remembered the days he was absent, he could check them clearly at a glance. The illiterate common people had long ago figured out the accounting rules that suited them.
More importantly, Qiao Xin's way of recording work is easy to understand at a glance, as if it was specially prepared for these rough guys like them.
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