The people who came to dig wells in the mountain have arrived - it's not that our family is inefficient that it took so many days to hire someone, but now that tap water has been connected to the village, the wells of each household have been gradually abandoned.
Since the well diggers couldn't get any work, these old masters were busy with their own things. They had been waiting for these few days because they still had to gather more manpower.
Fortunately, we finally got together three people. We came early in the morning and took a stroll around the marked places on the mountain. Then we came back with the equipment and quoted the price:
"It's not easy to drill! One is on the top of a mountain, it's all rock, you have to use a drill first. The other two are on other hills, the angles are very tricky... Not only do you have to pump out water, you also have to repair the pool and well, it's expensive!"
"And you want to find a water outlet every few sections, and build canals in series... That means there must be more than a dozen places."
Discussing with the locals, it was Wulan who stepped in. She said, "I've almost booked a seat for you. It's so much easier! We're from the same village, can you give me a fair price?"
The location was not determined, but it was roughly circled out - Professor Song had been here for a few days and had already made a basic plan with Yanran and the others, so they had a route for digging the canal.
It would be more convenient if there were more water outlets at the top of the mountain within this route.
The three men discussed it over and gave a fair price: "The one on the top of the mountain will cost 1,000! We'll take care of it! Including repairing the pool... You can find a good spot and it'll be cheaper, 500. We'll look for the others in the next two days, 600 each."
"It's too expensive!" Wu Lan said firmly: "Another village ahead asked you to dig a well, and it only cost 400!"
"You also said that the village hired them. The flat land is all soil, which is different from the mountain! Take our machine, for example. It's very difficult to lift it up..."
"I have a tricycle, I'll give it to you... but it has to be cheaper! How about this, the rest is 400..."
The two sides fought back and forth for a long time, and finally succeeded in setting the price according to Ulan's idea.
After everyone reached the top of the mountain, Wu Lan smiled with satisfaction: "This price is not bad, it's fair."
Why do you still look like you have to accept the defeat reluctantly and have no choice
"What do you know?" Wu Lan glanced at the group of people who didn't know how to live. "These are all labor costs. There's no fixed high or low. If you put on this attitude, they will feel that their price is worth it, and they will feel good when working."
Song Tan: …
At this moment, she also received a call -
Super affordable excavator brother
Huh
On the other end of the phone, the excavator guy's voice was a little awkward and shy:
"Well, sister, do you need an excavator to work on the mountain near your home recently?"
Yes, why not? She has two or three hundred acres of mountain! Without the help of excavators, she will have to work till the end of time!
but…
"Is it possible in such a hot day?"
"Yes, yes!" The excavator guy's voice was full of excitement: "Start working at four or five in the morning and finish at ten. Start at five in the afternoon and finish at seven or eight. I can work a full shift a day, which is definitely eight hours!"
"Then how do you charge?"
The new hill is not as good as her back hill. At least there are not many stones on the back hill, but there is a hillside full of high and low stones, shrubs, small trees and weeds. The starting fee for an excavator coming from the suburbs is at least one thousand.
"Not much, not much!" The other party said happily: "Food and lodging included, 1500 a day, how about that? Is that okay?"
What? Song Tan was at a loss for words and bargained for the price symbolically:
“Isn’t it a bit expensive?”
"It's not expensive, sister! There are rocks on your mountain, and you need to do earthwork. I drive a small pine and add a breaker, and one shift only costs 1,500! The fuel consumption is more than 1,000 a day, plus the maintenance and labor costs... I won't charge you any extra money for the breaker!"
When the construction started in the back mountain, Song Tan specifically inquired about the price of the excavator. This young man was so honest, and she actually had a good impression of him and trusted him. At this moment, she was wondering:
"Xiaosong? Didn't you drive that Kobelco last time you came here?"
Even though it seemed like I understood what she said, I actually only learned about the brand knowledge during my last chat with the person in charge of the engineering team.
But the excavator guy didn't know that. He just sighed and said, "Sister, you are really knowledgeable now. I drove my cousin's excavator last time. He doesn't do it anymore. He mortgaged the excavator to someone else, so I bought a second-hand one myself."
Actually, he wanted his cousin's machine, but his cousin owed an online loan and was obsessed with money... In the end, he gave up.
"Oh, you can do it!" Song Tan was a little surprised: "A second-hand one would cost hundreds of thousands, right?"
On the other end of the phone, the guy working on the excavator just smiled foolishly: "It's OK. The market has been bad in the past two years, and the excavators have improved rapidly. The price is not that expensive."
"My down payment is only over 30,000 yuan, I have enough money."
"Brother Xu said it's okay to buy it. I'm a steady worker, and he still calls me when he has work."
Brother Xu is the person in charge of the engineering team. In the past few years, the excavator guy has been an apprentice for others and later became a substitute in the team. When there is no work, he will do any project that needs people. He can do everything and has learned a lot, but he is a down-to-earth person.
It’s hard to find young people like this nowadays! Therefore, the person in charge likes him quite a lot.
Coincidentally, Song Tan also likes this kind of steadiness.
At this moment, she smiled and said, "So you are looking for work here to pay your monthly mortgage! Okay, then come on. I have more than 200 acres of land to work hard for a while."
"Okay, sister!"
On the other side, the excavator guy was even happier: "I like working for your family, the food is delicious, and you don't delay my salary. I'll go there tomorrow!"
This couldn't be more sincere.
The excavator business was booming in the past few years. For the kind of work that the excavator guy is taking now, people would hire him for more than 2,000 yuan per shift when the pay was high.
It has been getting worse in recent years. Many people can't get any work. Among their group of excavators, many people can't continue working and have sold their vehicles to change careers.
Even if you get the job, it's difficult to get paid.
He has been filling in for others over the years, and he has also encountered people who owe money or refuse to pay, or people who agree on a price but then go back on their word after the work is done...
Only when I work in Song Tan's house do I feel so comfortable!
Although the excavator he drove at the beginning was smaller, it had low fuel consumption and the price he asked for was also low.
But Song Tan always said that the price was what he said, and he was quick and generous when paying, which made him much better than others.
And...and the food in her house is really delicious!
Thinking of this, the young man's saliva was about to flow out.
What he said was so honest, Song Tan was not surprised:
"Okay! Then you can come over in the next two days. But my family has no place to stay, so you can live with my grandfather."
The planning has not been completed yet, but it will not affect digging the mountain, turning the soil and exposing it to the sun.