activa-t Chapter 292: Difficulty in Paying Wages
Chapter 292: Difficulty in Paying Wages
"Wu Fang, Zhao Qin, your wages are 500 coins per month. In the first few days, Yang Xing was the only one taking care of the chickens, so you only worked for 20 days. You should be paid 334 coins. But when Dong Ge was transplanting bamboo a few days ago, you helped dig holes and water the plants on the hillside. You deserve these 500 coins."
Gu Qingqing said as she took out a long string of copper coins from the basket and handed them to them.
"No, no, we can't take so much money from you. We were just helping to dig a few holes." Wu Fang didn't feel comfortable asking her for so much money, so she quickly declined.
"That's right, we didn't do anything, we can't ask you for so much money." Zhao Qin also felt that the money was not acceptable.
Gu Qingqing patted their arms and said, "All the hard work is worth it. Labor is not cheap in my family."
Seeing that they were about to say something, Gu Qingqing followed up with, "We still have a long time to be together in the future, so don't worry about these things now."
Then he gave each of them a piece of pork.
Zhao Qin and Wu Fang looked at each other and then happily accepted it.
After dealing with the three honest employees first, Gu Qingqing looked at Zhao Dong with a smile and said straight to the point, "Brother Dong, you just said that you will be paid when our workshop opens. If you pay attention, you will find that my workshop has already started operating since I asked you to transplant bamboo and plant saplings. So, this money is your helper's wages, and each of you Nanbeifeng will get 700 coins. Brother Dong is the leader, and he took care of you so much, so I will give you 50 more coins for this."
Gu Qingqing said that this was the wages for the workshop, but in fact she included the money they paid for helping to plow the land.
Zhao Dong was not someone who could be easily fooled. He glanced at the copper coin in her hand and said, "If you really want to do this, we will take the money and go to the county, say goodbye to Wuyan and leave Niutoushan Village."
Ouch, you're threatening her?
Huh? Gu Qingqing is afraid?
"Brother Dong, you are my elder brother. Tell me, how are you going to take this money? If you still want me to provide you with food as you said just now, then take the money and go say goodbye to Wen Wuyan."
Gu Qingqing gave in, but not completely.
Almost as soon as Gu Qingqing finished speaking, Zhao Dong smiled and suddenly took the string of money from her hand that looked like Buddhist beads.
At this moment, Gu Qingqing's eyes widened, and she felt sad in her heart, could it be that he really took the money and left?
Just when she was spinelessly saying that she should wait for Wen Wuyan to come back and discuss it, Zhao Dong suddenly threw the string of money to Zhao Bei, "Take it and put it away. This string is for both of us."
Gu Qingqing was stunned at first, then her anxious heart finally settled down, and then she had a headache again. She had never realized that Zhao Dong and the others were so stubborn before!
He is even more stubborn than the donkey in the backyard. Isn’t money a good thing?
Tsk tsk tsk, never mind, I can only wait for Wen Wuyan to come back and let him negotiate with his brother.
Just as Gu Qingqing was stunned, Zhao Nan took out a bunch of money from the basket with a smile, "Zhao Feng and I are sharing this."
Gu Qingqing looked at the remaining copper coins in the basket and took a deep breath. Wow, no one is playing by the rules.
"That's it for this time. Boss, just take care of the chores at home, and we'll discuss the rest in detail when Wuyan comes back." Zhao Dong said at this time.
What else could Gu Qingqing say? She had to agree, otherwise she was afraid that she would offend them and leave them.
"Money, as you just said, you can take all the meat." She took the opportunity to increase the stakes.
Zhao Bei said with some doubt, "Sister-in-law, don't we get meals when we work at your house? We can't eat the meat if we take it back."
Gu Qingqing felt like she was shooting herself in the foot, and said with a constipated look on her face, "So, you guys won't take the meat either?"
"We are already full at your house, what do we need meat for?" Zhao Bei asked in confusion.
"......What you said makes sense." Gu Qingqing felt like she was punching cotton at this moment.
She originally wanted to give each of them a piece of meat and let the brothers go back and cook their own meals, but she didn't know that these guys were a bit stubborn today.
It hurts my head!
"Uncle Yang, this was originally yours too..." Gu Qingqing was halfway through her words when she saw Old Yang and Zhao Bei laughing in the same way, and she was instantly speechless.
"Okay, okay, if you don't want to take it away, just leave it at home and I'll do it." Gu Qingqing looked helpless and resigned.
Seeing that the wages had been paid and the goods had been taken, Wu Fang asked curiously, "Qingqing, you didn't tell me before what kind of workshop you were going to open. When you said you were going to open a workshop, what are you going to do?"
Gu Qingqing smiled with a little lack of confidence, "I am planning to make something. Please keep me in suspense for now. I haven't made it yet. If I don't succeed the first time, it would be too embarrassing to publicize it now."
Zhao Qin smiled and said, "For a person as determined as you, is there anything you can't accomplish?"
"Oh, I'm not omnipotent. There are always things I'm not good at. Well, you should have been invited to have a meal at home today, but my family is really short of money, so I won't invite you to have a meal. I have stewed some pig offal in the kitchen, and I'll give you a bowl each. You can take it back to feed your children at home. It can also be regarded as a benefit from me as your employer."
Gu Qingqing didn't allow the three to say anything more and pulled each of them to get a bowl of pig offal, which marked the end of today's meal.
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Now that the weather has warmed up, Zhao Dong and his group eat in the yard outside the kitchen, while Gu Qingqing eats in the kitchen with her children.
"Uncle Yang, we are going to take the children back to my mother's house early tomorrow morning. We have everything we need at home. You can cook whatever you want to eat." Gu Qingqing said loudly to the outside while eating.
"Just take care of your own business. A bunch of grown men will never go hungry." Old Yang's voice came from the yard.
"What to do tomorrow?" Zhao Dong asked at this time.
Gu Qingqing had already made arrangements for this. When she returns from visiting her relatives tomorrow, she will be able to pulp the fermented bamboo and start making paper.
It takes about seven or eight months from fermenting bamboo to making paper. Last year, there were a lot of things to do at home, so she found time to dig two pits. She had no idea how much paper she could make.
But last year, she was worried about the sales of paper, so she made an agreement with Mr. Jiang of Qingfeng Bookstore early on to sell the paper in his store after it was made. Actually, thinking about it now, she was worrying too much at that time, and she could have let Wen Wuyan use it.
Thinking about it again, she really didn't know that Wen Wuyan could pass the examination and become a student, and follow a very good teacher.
Therefore, we need to dig a few more holes this year, at least to form a cycle of producing papers every month.
"Brother Dong, tomorrow you guys should find a suitable spot behind my house and dig eight pits of similar size to those on the hillside. I'll deal with the rest when I come back tomorrow."