The singing of birds wakes up a new day. When the breeze hits, a burst of fresh, fragrant, and elegant earthy breath rushes forward. Today, Dongshan Village is different from the tranquility of the morning in the past, and the whole fishing village has become lively because of a certain news.
"Have you heard? Zhou's workshop is going to buy a lot of sweet potato flour!" The place where Yu Xiaocao's house buys sea oysters and sea intestines, the villagers chatted while queuing.
Another villager was overjoyed and said, "Really? My family harvested a lot of sweet potatoes last autumn. I was afraid that they would not be preserved, so they were dried into sweet potato chips and stored in the cellar! After selling the sea intestines, I will go home and let us be the head of the family." It's all ground into powder—just, what's the price?"
"The Zhou family is doing business in an authentic manner, and will not deliberately lower the price like some unscrupulous businessmen. I heard that it seems to be a little higher than the market price!" It was a capable man who spoke.
Another strong man with a simple and honest face looked at the processed sea intestines in his basket, and said cheerfully: "Yes, yes! Since the Zhou family collected sea oysters and sea intestines in our village, our family's life has improved. Quite a few, the children want to eat fine grains, so they don’t need to calculate like before! Yesterday, I bought a catty of meat to satisfy the children’s hunger!”
"Brother Dadong, you and your eldest son are both good at digging sea intestines, earning hundreds of Wen every day, even if you eat meat every meal, you can't spend it all!" the capable man said with a bit of sourness.
The simple and honest man known as Brother Da Dong smiled embarrassedly and said: "How can it be! The eldest of our family is going to be a daughter-in-law, and we have to save money to give him a dowry!"
"Brother Dadong, our Dongshan Village is not comparable to what it used to be! Our village was poor in the past, and girls from outside were unwilling to marry in. Now, as long as we have the strength, someday we can't earn hundreds of coins? How old is my mother's family?" A family with a daughter asks if there is any capable young man in our village!" The woman who spoke was a slightly futai woman.
Brother Dadong hurriedly said: "His aunt, then you have to help our boss pay attention. You don't need to ask how beautiful your daughter is, as long as you have a good character and work hard!"
Mrs. Futai laughed out loud, and said: "Brother Dadong, if you can trust me, I will take care of this matter. My niece from my natal family is upright, quick in work, and a good housekeeper. You Go back and discuss with your sister-in-law, if you have no objection, I will help you talk about it."
"Okay, okay! Please trouble his aunt!!" Brother Dadong smiled, and the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes became deeper. He used to marry a daughter-in-law because his family was poor and the eldest was not young. It seems that his son will not repeat his mistakes.
While chatting, Yu Xiaocao came to the front of the team and stood on a high stone, holding a paper roll made of calligraphy practice paper. She held the paper tube to her mouth and shouted with her loudest voice: "Everyone, uncles, aunts and aunts! Good morning everyone!!"
"Good! Good! This is Brother Dahai's daughter, she's very energetic!"
"Hey, Xiaocao, don't stand so high, be careful of falling..."
"Brother Dahai's little girl is very clever. Selling stewed vegetables and growing watermelons are all her ideas! Look at others, why doesn't our family have such a girl?"
"This little girl, I don't know what new idea came up..."
Seeing that she had successfully attracted everyone's attention, Yu Xiaocao smiled even sweeter: "Everyone, please be quiet!! I have good news, and I want to tell my parents!"
As soon as the villagers heard the good news, they immediately stopped whispering and pricked up their ears waiting to hear the so-called good news.
Yu Xiaocao nodded in satisfaction, and said loudly, "The Zhou family plans to open two more workshops! We need to recruit a group of workers, both men and women can sign up. After screening, sign an agreement, and the monthly salary will not be less than one tael of silver!"
As soon as Xiaocao finished speaking, it was as if a pot had exploded in the crowd:
"The Zhou family opened a new workshop again? Are they recruiting workers? That's great!! I heard that the Zhou family's seasoning workshop pays really well, with four days off a month, monthly money is not counted, and there are dividends at the end of the year! I'm still sorry , because their seasoning workshop only uses servants from the Zhou family... Unexpectedly, the newly opened workshop actually recruited foreign workers! I have to try it anyway!"
"I'll go too!! Maybe I'll be recruited! One tael of silver a month, guaranteed income in drought and flood! Those who don't go are fools!"
"Didn't Xiaocao say that? Men and women are not limited. I am idle at home, and I am not good at digging sea intestines. How about I go back and talk to my man, and sign up?"
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Yu Xiaocao saw that her words attracted the attention of the villagers, cleared her throat, and continued: "Stop talking on Wednesday, let the villagers of Dongshan Village recruit first! Whoever has surplus labor can try it." ! There are also sweet potato flour, eggs, and duck eggs. The Zhou family will buy them for a long time, and anyone who can’t eat them can exchange them for money! The registration period is only three days, please tell each other, don’t delay!”
Soon, the news spread throughout Dongshan Village. Immediately, several families accompanied them to the pier and signed up at Zhou's Workshop to wait for the assessment.
It is also very forward-looking on Wednesday. When he was building the seasoning workshop, he specially built more factories. When it first produced only spices, it occupied less than half of the houses. For the rest, he separated them separately and used them as factory buildings for preserved egg workshop and vermicelli workshop respectively.
Three days later, Zhou's preserved egg workshop and vermicelli workshop were ready. There is almost no technicality in making preserved eggs except for the "mud" wrapped outside. Xiaocao passed on the recipe of making "mud" to the confidant of Zhou Zhou. Every day, he prepares it and then the workers make preserved eggs. Therefore, the preserved egg workshop can start work after only simple training!
The Preserved Egg Workshop didn't need many people. After the interview and assessment, only a few women with quick hands and feet were accepted. The vermicelli workshop is not so easy. Whether it is making sweet potato flour, knocking out the leaking pot, or collecting vermicelli to dry vermicelli, they are all relatively technical and require strict training.
Moreover, the workers admitted to the fan workshop must sign a non-disclosure agreement. If anyone leaks the recipe, he will compensate the workshop for a loss of one thousand taels of silver, and he will be arrested and sent to jail.
Just heard this, many people backed down. However, I heard that the employees of the fan workshop have high wages and good benefits, and there are bonuses at the end of the year. After weighing, most people are still willing to sign a non-disclosure agreement. As long as you have no bad intentions and don't leak the prescription, nothing will happen!
The ones with sweet potato flour are almost all clean and quick big girls and little daughter-in-laws. Times have changed, and the ideas of the villagers in Dongshan Village have also changed. It is no longer a shame for a daughter-in-law to come out to earn money to support the family!
The person in charge of knocking out fans is a young and strong man, and he takes a break every hour. This job is all about strength. If you work from morning to night, it will be no wonder that your arms are not useless!
Those who scoop up fans to dry them are women who are meticulous and patient. As a result, more than half of the employees in Zhou's two workshops are women.
Take Dongshan Village as an example. In the past, the eldest daughters and daughter-in-laws gathered together in twos and threes, chatting shortly with each other. Since Zhou's workshop started production, the village has become much quieter. Under the old elm tree at the entrance of the village, except for the elderly, few women are seen.
Of course, except Xiong and Li! These two typical lazy types can do whatever they want, and the workshop will definitely not want them. The two also went to the workshop together to sign up, and when they saw Li's slovenly appearance, they passed the first level. The reason is that Zhou's workshop produces food, and personal hygiene is not good enough. How can we ensure the hygiene of food
Xiong was also passed the second level because of his clumsy hands and feet. Seeing that several women who did not get along with her had passed the audit, Xiong was jealous. So he urged Li Shi to go to Yu Hai and the others through the back door.
Like her mother-in-law, Mrs. Li is a bully. She didn't dare to go to Yu Xiaocao, who had a backer, and talked to Liu Shi in private, forcing Liu Shi to intercede with Young Master Zhou on her behalf, but was heard by Yu Xiaocao, who paid attention to her as soon as she entered the door.
"Uncle! This preserved egg workshop and vermicelli workshop are not run by my mother. What's the use of you looking for my mother? My mother has never said a word or two to Wednesday. You ask her to intercede for you and find the wrong one. People! Let me tell you the truth! There is no one in our family who can talk to Wednesday less than me! Finding someone else is useless!!"
Yu Xiaocao crossed her hands in front of her chest, feeling very much against Li Shi's bullying. Do you still think her mother is the soft persimmon back then, and you can squeeze it if you want? dream!
Mrs. Li looked around, but didn't find Xiaocao's high-ranking godfather, so she hurriedly bent down to laugh with her, and said, "Xiaocao! Look, we are relatives after all. What are relatives? Aren't relatives just taking care of each other? My aunt didn't ask you anything, just help my aunt once!"
Yu Xiaocao rolled her eyes and said, "It's not impossible for me to intercede for you! However, fan workshops are full of hard work, and my aunt is delicate and expensive, so I definitely can't do it. Then ... Let’s go to the preserved egg workshop! However, the wages are paid by the piece! If you do more with quick hands and feet, you will get more monthly money;
Mrs. Li still knows herself very well. Whether in her boudoir or after marrying into Yu's family, she has hardly done any work. If the monthly money is calculated according to the amount, I'm afraid...
Mrs. Li continued to laugh, and said, "Xiaocao, take a look, is there any other work..."
"It's not that I underestimate you, uncle, you really can't do other jobs! If you don't think it's suitable, then continue digging. As long as you work hard, you can earn a lot of income in a month!" Yu Xiaocao He waved his hand, his tone a little impatient.
Mrs. Li knew that Xiaocao was not easy to deal with, and with the backing of her godfather who was a high-ranking official, she would not be beaten or scolded, so although she was dissatisfied, she still agreed. Just slow down, anyway, make one with one money.
What satisfies her the most is that when she is working, Mrs. Zhang will not watch from the sidelines. Her mother-in-law doesn't know how much she can earn, so she can deduct some from it as private money...