Bai Shanbao and Man Bao looked at him, Bai Erlang said sadly: "The people who come to my house to fetch food every year are very rich."
Man Bao: "Is that a grain merchant?"
"Aren't grain merchants considered human beings?"
Bai Shanbao & Man Bao: …
But at this moment, both of them are very tired, and when they are tired, they don't want to move their minds, so such a difficult question is temporarily left behind by the two of them.
Man Bao stared blankly at the hired workers who were working back and forth. They had already planted far away, leaving only a few lines here for the three children.
In the eyes of the hired workers, the three little masters only want to farm when they are full and free.
At their age in the countryside, they can already work in the fields and work as half laborers, but these three seem to have never farmed much, so the speed is not fast.
So for their help, the employees don't really appreciate it.
Man Bao probably also knew that they were rejected, so he just watched them thinking blankly, and didn't follow them around. The main reason was that she was very tired now and her energy was limited, so she didn't want to run over to join in the fun.
Watching, watching, she finally found something wrong.
"Why are all the day laborers we hire men?"
Bai Erlang shook his head.
Bai Shanbao thought for a while and said: "I remember that the short-term labor that my cousin hires every year is also male, at least it has been like this for the past two years I have been here."
"That's right, Master Bai has always only hired my eldest brother and third brother, and my sister-in-law and the others have never worked at Master Bai's house." Man Bao, who was on the verge of going on strike due to fatigue, turned his head reluctantly, and said: "Actually My sister-in-laws are also very good at work, no worse than my elder brother and the others."
She said: "Of course, my brothers and sisters did the plowing, but my sisters-in-law did better than my brothers, even better than them. "
Bai Shanbao was thoughtful, "I remember Mr. said that Ding Tian is only distributed to Cheng Ding, and women have no land. Then shouldn't they come to work more?"
Man Bao nodded, "Yes."
The two looked at each other, and Bai Shanbao immediately said: "I will tell my grandmother when I get back in the afternoon, let her invite some women to do part-time work."
Man Bao nodded approvingly, "Let the long-term worker vacate a room for them to live in. If they can't go home, they can stay here."
The short-term workers they hired temporarily built some thatched huts at the foot of the mountain to live in.
It's only spring now, and although it's getting warmer, it must still be cold. Man Bao has always felt that women are weaker than men, so they have to live better.
In ten miles and eight villages, not to mention rural landlords, even in county towns, hired workers are hired by men, and there are no special hires for women.
Even the helpers in the kitchen are mostly selected men. What kind of work would you find a woman
It will be selected when serving in the backyard, but such opportunities are rare.
And with such an opportunity, the little girl should be considered first, who would want an elderly woman with thick hands and big feet
Even Mrs. Liu was stunned for a long time when she heard it, until her grandson repeated it for the second time, and Mrs. Liu finally responded, but couldn't help asking: "Why do you want to invite a woman?"
"Because men can't be hired. Didn't grandma say that it's hard to hire short-term agricultural workers now? Man Bao said that women are no worse than men in farming, and even faster than men in some aspects, and they grow better."
Mrs. Liu smiled and nodded, "It's a bit difficult to invite, since women are not bad, let's invite a few more."
But in fact, it is not easy to invite women, because very few women come out to do part-time work. If they are suddenly invited to work, they may have doubts in their hearts.
So Mrs. Liu thought about it, and sent someone to Dali Village to invite Li Zheng's wife to come and talk.
Within two days, word spread in several nearby villages that the new Mrs. Bai's family from Qili Village wanted to hire some hard-working women who were good at farming to work in the fields. The wages were the same as those given to men, eighteen dollars a day. , including two meals.
Even Qian, who is busy farming, has heard about it.
That's right, after six years, Qian went to the farm again, which made the villagers of Qili Village very surprised for a while, and they all sighed around her, "Master Tianzun is really useful, it's just as good as it is."
Mrs. Qian nodded approvingly, "It's thanks to our family Manbao."
Someone's heart moved and suggested: "Sister-in-law, otherwise let Man Bao sit on the big rock under the banyan tree tomorrow, let us worship and make a wish."
Qian frowned, and reprimanded: "Fart, even if Man Bao is the reincarnation of a fairy, she is still a mortal now, a member of our old Zhou family. Are you going to worship her as an uncle because you want to shorten her life?"
"That's right, that's right, you can't do this indiscriminately. She's too young to bear it."
The man shrank his neck and said nothing.
That's how it ended, and everyone continued to chat about the Bai family's hiring of hired workers, "Is that small farm that is full of treasures in your family going to hire a woman to farm the land? Do you really pay eighteen dollars a day?"
"If it's true, I can go back to my mother's house and tell my sister-in-law that her family doesn't have a few acres of land, and she and a few girls can come and help."
"There is also my cousin, who can also come, because the family sells the land."
"Why don't you rent land?"
"The land in their village is not easy to rent. The land rent has to be paid 60%. The landlord still chooses people. There are not many male laborers in the family. The landlord doesn't want to rent at all, for fear that his land will be damaged."
"In this comparison, it's not as good as our Master Bai."
"No, although Master Bai is also stingy, as long as he rents his land, even if all the men in the family die halfway, the women can continue to rent it."
"By the way, aren't we talking about hiring workers, Aunt Qian, is this true?"
Qian waited for them to talk enough before saying: "I'll ask Man Bao for you when I get back, but since it's from the village head's family, there's nothing wrong with it."
"If you ask a few more questions, we can rest assured. People outside are very bad now. Who knows if they are spreading rumors?"
During her lunch break, Qian made a special trip to Daling. Spring just started. Even the sun at noon is not too hot, but it will still get dark and dizzy after a long time in the sun.
And the three children are used to napping.
So after lunch, they skillfully went to a thatched shed with air leaks on all sides, and fell asleep directly on a simple wooden bed.
When Mrs. Qian came to find him, Man Bao was sleeping soundly, with his stomach heaving and his cheeks flushed, obviously sleeping soundly.
Qian touched her cheek, smiled and put her hands and feet into the blanket, and then talked to Daji who was sitting outside the thatched shed.
Until Man Bao woke up, she didn't know that Qian Shi had been here.
But everyone in Qili Village knew that the information circulating outside was true, so many teenagers left home that afternoon to visit various relatives' homes under the orders of the adults in their families.
If another family hired a woman as a hired worker, people in Qili Village would not dare to let their relatives go, but this is to work in Qili Village.
And the owner is Man Bao from the very familiar Bai family and the extremely familiar Lao Zhou family.
Of course, come early to get a seat.