OBS Chapter 406 Recruiting Workers for the Shop
Chapter 406 Recruiting Workers for the Shop
After Zhao Dong and the others took the tools to the fields, Gu Qingqing told Wen Shengxi to stay at home, and she went to the village with Dahei.
She hadn't been to the village for a long time, and the villagers greeted her warmly when they saw her.
"Have you finished your work in the fields? You rarely appear in the village." A daughter-in-law who was more familiar to her greeted her.
"You can take a break these two days. How about your family? Have you been busy lately?"
"It's almost done. There are only a few patches of grass left to be weeded."
"Okay, then you go ahead and do your work. I'll go to Sister Geng's house." Gu Qingqing ended the topic.
When Gu Qingqing arrived at Geng Chunhua's house, she and Li Yu were not there. Only Geng Wu was there. Geng Wu had been studying with Old Yang at her house some time ago, so he naturally scolded Gu Qingqing. Seeing someone coming, he hurriedly helped to move the stool and said, "Auntie, please sit down first. I'll go get you a bowl of water."
"Gengwu, there's no need to pour water. Has your mother gone to the fields? Do you know when your mother will be back?" Gu Qingqing asked as she sat down. Dahei didn't dare to get too close to his mistress, so he lay down under the shade of a tree in the distance.
"My mother went to the river to wash clothes." Geng Wu looked up at the sky and said uncertainly, "My mother has been gone for a while. I think she will be back soon. Is there anything urgent, aunt? Do you need me to call her back?"
"It's not too urgent. I'll take a break here. You can do your thing."
Geng Wu still poured a bowl of water for Gu Qingqing and ran out of the yard in the blink of an eye.
The child was honest and ran all the way to the river without stopping. After seeing his mother from a distance, he shouted, "Mom, Wenxin Mom is here to see you. She is at our house."
Geng Chunhua and her eight-year-old daughter Geng Xiangli were beating clothes with a mallet by the river. When she heard Geng Wu's voice, she looked up and saw her eldest son gesticulating with his hands.
She couldn't hear what was said, so she had to stop the mallet in her hand and stood up to ask Geng Wu who was getting closer and closer, "What are you shouting?"
"Mom, Mom Wenxin is here to see you." Geng Wu said as he ran to Geng Chunhua, sweating profusely.
"Your Aunt Qingqing is here? Did she tell me what she wants to see me about?"
"I didn't say it."
Geng Chunhua threw the mallet in her hand into the basin, rinsed the clothes she had just been beating in the water, wrung out the water and threw them into the washing basin, then took the washed clothes from her daughter's hand and rinsed them in the water as well, "Let's go, let's go back."
Geng Chunhua said this as she walked back holding the basin in one hand and the mallet in the other.
Gu Qingqing hadn't even finished her bowl of water when Geng Chunhua's voice rang out from outside the courtyard gate, "Qingqing, why are you here? If you have something to ask me, just ask your kids to come over."
Gu Qingqing stood up and walked towards the door, then smiled and said, "I want to come to your house to visit and chat with you, but that's not okay."
"Hahaha, why not. Xiangli and Gengwu, you two carry the basin to the backyard to hang up the clothes. I'll talk to your aunt." After entering the yard, Geng Chunhua handed the washing basin to the children.
He moved a bench and sat diagonally opposite Gu Qingqing, put on a bold posture, and said with a hearty smile, "Tell me, what are you talking about."
"......" Gu Qingqing was so intimidated by her attitude that she swallowed back what she wanted to say.
Then he glanced at her and said to her speechlessly and helplessly, "Sister-in-law, chatting is also a kind of mutual understanding. You look like you want to fight with someone."
"Haha, I'm standing here, and I can't pinch my waist or twist my hips," Geng Chunhua said as she gestured with her hands on her thick and twisting waist.
Hahaha~
Gu Qingqing was immediately amused by the other party's expression. In her eyes, it was like Xiong Da pinching his waist and twisting his hips.
"Hahaha, Sister Geng, you are so good at making me happy." Gu Qingqing was very happy.
Geng Chunhua watched Gu Qingqing laugh from the side until her laughter stopped. Then Geng Chunhua said, "Why? You are so happy to see me. You are almost laughing to tears."
Gu Qingqing really didn't want to laugh just now, but she couldn't help it.
After she finally calmed down after a while, she told Geng Chunhua her purpose.
"Sister-in-law, I came to see you today for something."
"I told you that you had something to do, and you said you came to talk to me. What's wrong? But if there is anything you need me to help you with, just tell me."
Her man could not get a job in the village without the help of the person in front of him. Seeing Qingqing asked her for help, she did not hesitate.
"It's like this. My family plans to set up a workshop, mainly to help me make soap and shampoo. The location is in my backyard. I am currently planning to hire two people, and the first person I thought of is you, sister-in-law. The job is..." Gu Qingqing then told her the work that needed to be done.
The work isn't hard, it just kills time.
After all, soaps need to be molded one by one and then demoulded.
"Of course, I won't be too busy these few days, because the molds I customized haven't all been delivered yet. When I get busy later, I'm afraid you'll be at my house most of the day. But you have free time, you can come early or late, as long as you can get the job done for me. The first month's salary is not high, only 500 coins, and from the second month onwards, the salary will be 600 coins. There will be dividends at the end of the year, and the amount of dividends will be calculated based on how much soap you make at the end of the month. I think it won't be less than two taels of silver. It sounds like the salary is not high, but it's long-term and stable here, and the work is not tiring."
The more Geng Chunhua listened to her, the more her breathing became faster. How could such a good thing actually happen?
Although she has plenty of strength, if she comes across someone building a house and moving bricks, she can earn thirty or forty cents a day, but the village is so small, who can build a house so often?
Even if she had enough soil and bricks to build a house, she would only earn about twenty or twenty-five cents a day as a laborer.
Whether or not she is tired or not when working at Qingqing's house is a small matter. She is not afraid of being tired. The key is stability. If she can earn 600 wen every month, she can save more than 4 taels of silver by the end of the year. If there is any dividend, plus the harvest from the fields, she will be able to save 10 taels of silver this year, right?
"Yes, Qingqing, I'll do it. You can ask me to do anything." Geng Chunhua said loudly, but just after she answered, she suddenly said a little embarrassedly, "Qingqing, you also know that my family relies on me for work. If I really can't spare the time during the busy farming season, can I go to harvest the crops and let your brother Li do it for me first? Once I finish my housework, I will go over and will definitely not delay your work in the workshop."