Yesterday, a young man came to Lin’s house. I heard that he seemed to have come on horseback. It turned out to be Lin’s younger brother.
Since he wants to ask for help, it would be a good thing as long as he hires someone from our village. Everyone is having a hard time, so as long as they can pay, there will be no problem.
Seeing that the clan leader was silent for a long time, Old Man Li continued with a nervous heart: "You also know that they are merchants. They think any strange things they see are treasures."
Patriarch Li came back to his senses and nodded hurriedly: "I wonder how many people you plan to hire? How much per day?"
When Old Man Li heard the clan leader agree, he replied, "Ten cents a day to start. We only need twenty people at the moment, both men and women are welcome. I'll listen to you about the selection!"
I was surprised when Chief Li said he wanted twenty people.
That's two taels of silver in one day's expenses! And when he said he'd choose the person himself, I couldn't help but feel satisfied: "Let's choose those who have had a hard time first!"
It’s not true to say that Patriarch Li has no selfish motives. His cousins are living in extreme poverty and he has to help them from time to time.
Ever since I spent eight taels of silver to buy food from the village, my wife has been thinking that my nose is not a nose and my eyes are not eyes for quite some time.
He was afraid that if there was no work in winter, he would not be able to ignore his brothers who really came to him for help.
Fortunately, his son was very successful and opened a pastry shop in the town early on. In recent years, his family has been the first in the village.
After the two discussed it, the village chief took Old Man Li to the village to find people. When everyone heard that Old Man Li's family was recruiting workers again, they all wanted to sign up.
But the clan leader has already said that currently only Xiu'er, Liu Niangzi, and the village chief's two younger brothers, who are living in a tight spot in the village, will be accepted...
After gathering the good people, Old Man Li took them up the mountain and taught them how to pick the fruit. Everyone dispersed and started picking the fruit by finding branches.
As the sun was setting, Old Man Li called everyone down the mountain.
Li Yan prepared her pen and ink early, and went to the village to borrow a scale to weigh the fruits picked by everyone.
Everyone felt a little emotional as they watched Li Yan pass the scale. However, they didn't dare to speak out, fearing that this hard-earned opportunity to make money would be ruined because of their own words!
In fact, everyone is overthinking it. Li Yan just wants to remember the amount clearly so that she can make up the difference according to the amount later. Let’s not talk about this matter for now.
Everyone handed in the forsythia, recorded their work, and went home happily. Those who were quick-witted had already looked at the things on the mountain. If they picked them all, it would probably take a month, and they could earn at least three taels of silver that way!
After everyone left, Li Yan calculated today's harvest, which was about 500 kilograms.
Li Yan was satisfied. At this picking speed, minus the time required for steaming and processing, plus the time she had spent drying the forsythia at home a few days ago, she estimated that her uncle would be able to take away 500 kilograms of processed forsythia in half a month.
According to the price of eighty wen per catty that Doctor Zhou agreed with me, I can earn forty taels of silver.
After doing this calculation, Li Yan's eyes immediately lit up. Great! She was very excited.
Mrs. Lin watched her daughter writing and drawing and walked over curiously: "What are you calculating? You look so happy, I can see you grinning from a distance!"
Li Yan told her mother the result she had just calculated. Lin was surprised. Is this really the way to make money?
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