Recruitment

"Eldest uncle, second uncle and father, the workers recruited will be divided by you, the construction of greenhouses need to first open up the land and loosen the soil, when Mr. Su sends the materials to be inserted into the frame and pull the film, we will do the span of nine meters long and one hundred meters, as for how many greenhouses to be made, it depends on how many can be made with the materials sent to us." Qibao said. The four, father and sons agreed.

The women at home are still waiting for Qibao to arrange work for them! There were expressions of expectation on every face, Qibao said: "Grandma, you will be responsible for paying wages from now on, and eldest aunt will keep accounts from now on. All household expenses need to be recorded. Second aunt will keep statistics on how many catties of vegetables and which kinds of vegetables are sent to Zuixianlou every month. Mom, you can just help from the side, and by the way, you can be responsible for recruiting some aunts and women in the village to cook for the workers." 

Qibao randomly found some things for grandma and the others to do, just so that everyone in the family could help, otherwise they would feel uneasy and feel useless, and it would also allow them to practice writing and calculating accounts.

The boys asked anxiously: "What about me?"

Qibao said: "Brothers, you just need to study hard and practice the techniques I gave you."

Everyone in the family has work to do and they feel more energetic about their work. Their days are getting more promising.

The next day at dawn, Elder Xu and Mrs. Wang went to the village chief and told him the matter. The village chief's happy face burst into chrysanthemums, and he took Elder. Xu and started beating gongs and drums in the village.

The villagers had just gotten up and were preparing to make breakfast. They were startled when they heard the sound of gongs and drums. Why did the village chief strike the gong? Could it be that something happened? Usually in the village, gongs are not played easily if there is no serious matter. The last time the gong was sounded was because Old Xu's family needed to recruit laborers in the village for the construction of a new house, but what was the reason for this time? Hurriedly dropped the work in hand and came to the banyan tree at the entrance of the village. The Xu family also went to the tree to join in the fun, they arrived at the entrance of the village is already full of people.

The villagers saw that not only the village head stood there, but also stood next to Elder Xu and his wife, they were all filled with doubt, could it be because of the old Xu family? Not waiting for them to think about it, the village chief spoke with a smile on his face: "Today, I invite everyone to gather because there is a happy event in the village, and I will ask Brother Xu to tell you about it."

Elder Xu stepped forward, cupping his hands and said: "Everyone already knows that my family has business dealings with Zuixianlou, right!" 

Seeing the villagers all nodding, Elder. Xu added: "That's it. Yesterday, the owner of Zuixianlou came to our Xu family and asked us to bring vegetables large-scale planting is located in our Xujia Village, so it requires a lot of manpower. So if you want to come to my house to work, please sign up with the village chief. This time we are recruiting long-term workers, but there is one thing this old man wants to explain. Choose those who come to work must sign an agreement and are not allowed to steal vegetables and sell them to others, and they are not allowed to hide vegetable seeds without permission, otherwise they will have to pay five hundred taels of silver. If there is no problem, you can sign up."

The village chief next to him, listened to the discussion of the villagers and said: "Everyone, be quiet and listen to me. You must sign this agreement when you come to work. If someone breaks the agreement, secretly hides the seeds and gets them by others, and they are planted by others, Do you think Zuixianlou will still cooperate with the old Xu family? Once this cooperation is gone, will you still be able to find such a good job in the village? I will ask my family Chunsheng to sign this agreement."

The villagers below thought it was reasonable. Xu Daniu was the first to say: "The Xu family is kind and righteous, and I am willing to sign up." Among the crowd, there were also people who had helped the Xu family build a house before, and they also nodded and said they would sign up, and more and more people signed up.

Mrs. Wang declared: "Don't be in a hurry, there are places for every family, there is one more thing for the wives, our family also intends to recruit a few aunts and women who can cook, every day at noon as long as they cook a meal, wash the dishes and scrub the pots and pans they will have ten wen of wages to take, all of them will be long term laborers."

The women in the crowd immediately began to chatter: "Good grief, I'll get 10 wen for cooking a meal, and I won't miss any of the family's work." 

There were many smart aunts in the crowd who immediately thought of the benefits of this job, and immediately raised their hands and said: "I'm willing to do it, I'm a good at cooking!" 

"I'm also willing, there's no one in my family who doesn't like to eat my cooking!" 

"I'm also willing"

...... The shouts rang out in unison for a while.

Mrs. Wang said: "We only need to recruit a few for cooking, just find the village chief to sign up for those who are suitable."

The crowd in the square was boiling for a while, and the village chief said: "Get in line first, and I'll register one by one." Immediately, the crowd lined up in an orderly manner. When the Xu family saw that it was almost done, they went home.

It was only at ten o'clock at noon that the village chief sent over the list of recruited workers and said: "Nearly a hundred workers have been recruited this time. Is it too many?"

Qibao said: "The village chief doesn't have many people. These vegetables need to be carefully taken care of and weeded. The area of ​​a greenhouse is not small. It requires several people to work together. People also need to take turns to guard it at night."

Elder Xu said: "Qibao is right, in addition, we need to find some people to build a shed for people to eat there in the wasteland, and also to support a few stoves, so that in the future, all the cooking and eating will be done there, and it will be close to the place where the work is done."

The village chief said: "It's all fine, but can Zuixianlou eat so many vegetables?"

Elder Xu spoke: "Village Chief, you don't know, it was only yesterday that I realized that Zuixianlou is not just the only one in town, it has opened several branches! Otherwise, the proprietor wouldn't have come here specifically to discuss this matter!"

The village chief suddenly said: "I see, this time I have to thank your family on behalf of the villagers, if not because of your family folks wouldn't be able to find such a long term job with such high wages."

Elder Xu replied: "It's serious for the village chief to say this. Since my Xu family has the ability to make some livelihood for the villagers, it is also appropriate. We are all of the same clan." The topic changed and he said: "I will need something at home soon. After lunch, the village chief stayed and had two drinks with me, just to celebrate this great event. "

The village chief laughed out loud and said: "No problem, at noon I can accompany my old brother to have a good drink."

Because the village chief stayed at home for dinner at noon, Wang specially asked her daughters-in-law to cook two more dishes, and then she went back to the house and opened a jar of wine bought from the town.

During the meal, the village chief was specially arranged to sit next to Mr. Xu. Qibao saw her grandfather and the village chief drinking happily. She also wanted to taste the taste of the wine of this era, so she secretly took a sip. As a result, she choked and her face turned red. This wine was not very tasty, it was extremely spicy, but not as mellow and long as the wine she tasted in her previous life.

When Mrs. Lin saw Qibao holding back her little face and kept sucking in air, she asked with concern: "Qibao, what's wrong with you?" Everyone else looked over when they heard Mrs. Lin's question.

Qibao felt guilty and said: "Mom, I'm fine, I just choked."

Mrs. Lin suddenly smelled the smell of alcohol on Qibao, and immediately said with a straight face: "Qibao, have you been drinking? Don't you know that children can't drink?"

Qibao whispered: "I saw grandpa and the village chief grandpa drinking happily. I thought it tasted good, so I tasted a little bit. I didn't expect it to be too spicy and not delicious at all." When Mrs. Lin heard this, she could only poke her head, and everyone else laughed.