Cao Laosan was fiddling with the abacus sticks while he said to him, "Okay, twenty coins a day for the first two months, and 1,220 coins for the sixty-one days. The old lady is grateful to you for not being late or leaving early for two consecutive months.
I will give you an extra ten coins a month, a total of 1,240 coins. You come and count them, and if you have verified that they are correct, you can put your fingerprint on them.
Wang Ergou's expression froze, thinking he had heard wrongly, and asked again: "Are there any extra rewards?"
Butler Cao nodded and said, "Of course, I told you a long time ago that if you work hard, I won't treat you unfairly. Just don't let the old lady down in the future!"
"Hey, got it!" Wang Ergou took the purse and quickly put it in his pocket. After hesitating for a moment, he turned around and knelt down to pay his respects to Qiao Xin!
"Hurry up, our family doesn't care about these red tapes, just work hard in the future."
Qiao Xin asked someone to help him up, and then said, "It's time to get off work today. Anyone outside Laohu Town should not rush to leave. It's not safe to go back so arrogantly after receiving your wages. Go to the village chief to count the people, and those who live not far away should go back together. I will send a few more people to escort you home."
Li Zhong smiled and said, "Madam, you are very thoughtful."
Money is a very tempting thing, and Qiao Xin couldn't guarantee that these farmhands were carrying huge sums of money. If they were to be intercepted by malicious thugs, then these months of work would be in vain.
Qiao Xin didn't want to cause any trouble, so she just tried to be a good person and send the Buddha to the west.
After paying the workers, they also distributed the wages of the guards, Nanny Qin, and Housekeeper Cao. With the base salary and bonus, everyone received a considerable fortune.
Cao Laosan held the three taels of silver that were burning hot around his waist and was so happy that he was bubbling with joy.
He was still on probation as a housekeeper, and his monthly salary was one tael of silver. Qiao Xin paid him two taels of silver at once, and another tael of silver as a reward. His mother and daughter-in-law each received one and a half taels of silver. In just over two months, with the Qiao family providing food and accommodation, the whole family actually received 6 taels of silver.
Oh my goodness, Cao Laosan finally has his lucky day!
The people who received the most wages were the beekeepers. They could get at least 4-5 taels, and at most 10-20 taels. Li Zhong, in particular, actually received 25 taels.
He shook his hands and asked in disbelief, "Did the old lady make a mistake in her calculations?"
"That's right. In addition to the basic wages, there is also your share of the profits. However, you only get a share when the honey is sold in a year."
"It's a lot, a lot!" He had never saved up this amount in his entire life.
He was content. Besides, there were two honey-collecting seasons, which meant he might make another fortune in the fall. After a year's calculation, he was considered a person with a small fortune.
What else are you dissatisfied with!
"I plan to build a school in our town. I would like to trouble the village chief to apply for it."
"Madam, is this the Qiao family private school? Can the children in our town go there to study?" Li Zhong asked hurriedly.
Reading, that was something they never dared to think about before. It would be great if their children could learn a few words.
"Of course you can. If you are rated as an outstanding employee in the Qiao family for three consecutive years, your children can study for free for one year. Employees will also be sent to learn common characters regularly. The ultimate goal of building this school is to enable the children in Laohu Town to read and write, or learn some skills. Even if everyone no longer works for the Qiao family in the future, they can still find a job with the skills they learned here."
"Can adults learn this, too?"
"Why not? You can learn as long as you live! Only those who despise themselves for not having any ability, who would despise themselves for knowing more? Just tell me whether you envy those who can read or not?"
Li Zhong stopped talking.
How can I not envy them? Even a waiter who knows a few words can look down on others. Wherever a scholar goes, he will be treated with favor and looked up to. Who wouldn't want to be the one treated with favor?
"Well, I will go to the government office tomorrow to ask, and when the school is built, everyone can come and help."
Qiao Xin nodded in agreement.
Only if I personally participate can the school be well accepted and maintained by the villagers. If only the Qiao family members contribute from beginning to end, the villagers will inevitably look at it as if it has nothing to do with them. At that time, the operation and maintenance of the school may not be so smooth.
In this era, everyone lives together as a family, and there are so many relationships to take care of!
Every time at this time, Qiao Xin missed the time when Qiao Yunqing was at home. He would come forward to solve these problems, so there was no need for her to waste so much brain cells to deal with them!
Xu Can said to Qiao Xin privately: "Madam, this private school is not that easy to run. It's hard to hire a famous teacher!"
Qiao Xin smiled and said, "I'm not aiming to train top students. I'm mainly teaching them to read and write so they don't get cheated when signing an agreement. Just learn some math and understand the accounts.
If there are really one or two people with talent for studying, it is not impossible for our family to provide financial support. My school is more about teaching everyone practical skills. It is also to reserve suitable personnel for our Qiao family, which can be regarded as targeted training of talents needed. "
"That's not easy!" Xu Can didn't expect Qiao Xin to plan this way, but this is even more difficult to do well as there is no precedent to learn from.
Qiao Xin sighed, "It's not easy but we have to do it. The eldest, second, and third brothers are all officials now, so they all need to form their own makeshift team, but the talents are all controlled by the aristocratic families.
I have been searching for half a year but have not found any capable ones. Even Nanny Qin and the guards were sent by others. Instead of wasting time like this, it is better to train a group of people myself."
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