Dressed as a vicious stepmother, the whole family is full of wealth

Chapter 71, Negotiation (Fifth Watch)

When Ma Xian heard that he was looking for him to build a house, he was overjoyed. He was about to open his mouth to agree, but he thought of Xiao Qing's original personality, and the excitement he had just aroused gradually faded. The conditions of Old Qiao's house were not bad in the village at first. It's just that after Old Qiao's father died, Old Qiao's family declined. Even the house was confiscated by the government, and the whole family was driven to the entrance of the village. Come alive.

No one in the village knows that their family is the poorest. When this Aunt Xiao was unable to eat and wear, she treated her two daughters-in-law harshly. The children in the family were almost sold out by her. She wanted to build a mud-brick house. Does she have the money?
Today's mud-brick houses are no more expensive than a few years ago, and everything is more expensive. Seven or eight mud-brick houses may cost nearly tens of taels of silver. Their family is so poor, can they afford it?
"Ma'am, it may cost a lot of money to build this house!" Ma Xian directly expressed his concerns.

Xiao Qing knew that Ma Xian was honest, so she just said what she had in mind. What she liked was the old Ma's family. She smiled gently: "Brother Xian, don't worry about the money. To build seven or eight mud houses, it takes a lot of money. How much, give me a number, including your labor costs?"

Ma Xian didn't expect that she would ask him to count the money. It seems that what Dad said is true. These days, Old Qiao's family sells winter dates and chestnuts, and they sell a lot of money.

Based on the market situation in the past two years, he made a rough calculation in his mind: "Ma'am, to tell you the truth, everything is expensive in the past two years, but labor is very cheap. Seven or eight mud-brick houses, if wood and homesteads, tiles, There are also house utensils, all together, um...about 70 taels of silver!"

Xiao Qing grinned, she thought it would cost one or two hundred taels of silver, but it was only more than 200 taels!

"Brother Xian, don't worry about building a house for the aunt. By the way, there is one more thing to discuss first, which is your wages?" Xiao Qing asked: "Auntie doesn't know how much money you worked in Fang's house in a day, auntie. According to the price of hired labor in the county, it is the same for you, and the salary is ten yuan a day?"

Ten pennies?
Ma Xian was startled, he looked at his father suddenly, ten cents a day was something he never dared to think about.

When he worked in Fang's family, he only had six Wen a day at most, and the hired workers in the county town only paid seven or eight Wen a day, and the aunt gave ten Wen?
"Ten words?" Ma Xian muttered in surprise.

Xiao Qing nodded: "Yes, I will take care of the meal at noon every day. Don't worry, I will never give you wild vegetables and bark. Our minimum is millet and sorghum rice."

"What about the rice? Or millet and sorghum rice?" Ma Xian was shocked again!
Xiao Qing nodded, hummed, and said with a smile: "Yes, if you work for my family for a day, you can't ignore your food?"

Lao Ma is an honest and responsible person. If he hears that ten pennies a day is still in charge of millet, then Lao Qiao's family will not suffer?Just build a mud-brick house, not so much, ten yuan a day, and a few people need fifty or sixty yuan a day. Their families are orphans and widows. Isn’t this spreading the news to take advantage of them?

"Sister-in-law, don't you give money to others? Your family's money didn't come from big water. Brother Xian is close to home, so he doesn't have to eat at your house at noon! Let him come home at noon every day to eat, ten days a day." Wen, take care of the food, my old horse has never taken advantage of anyone in my life!" The old horse persuaded.

Hearing this, the corner of Xiao Qing's mouth twitched, she really saw the right person, the old Ma's family is quite reliable.

"Uncle, the ten cents a day is naturally not free, and the food is not free. Brother Xian has this ability, so I will definitely hire more." Xiao Qing still persuaded with a smile: "Uncle, I am Think about it this way, brother Xian is good at craftsmanship, let him help me find five or six people to build together. Of course, I have to choose people with good craftsmanship and experience, the best, people who can burn kilns and build houses, and those with poor craftsmanship I don’t want it, Brother Xian will help the aunt to watch them, and help the aunt to spend more time, need soil, wood, or water, these aunts don’t understand, neither do the Second Classics, I don’t ask Brother Xian to help look at them Now, how can I rest assured about this house? Don’t I have to worry about the places that require effort and effort? So the price is not much, and the food must be taken care of. With such a lot of work, I have to eat, my aunt is willing to give it to me, just enough!"

Before Ma Xian worked in Fang's house, he was responsible for so many things of the master's house, but it was not so much as ten coins. Those digging, planing trees, making roof beams, and making mud bricks were all trivial things. Ma Xian did it by himself. That's the thing.

Ten cents a day let him be the leader, he thinks it is very high, he really wants to go, although he has never been a leader, but over the years, he has learned a lot from the leader, resting at home for so many days, After finally finding a job that can earn money and manage meals, this is a good thing in the world.

Ten Wen a day, ten days can be a hundred Wen.

"Ma'am, I'll do it. I'll look for as many people as you want. It just so happens that winter is coming, and they're all lounging at home. It's easy to find people. When will Ma'am start?" Ma Xian asked.

Xiao Qing felt relieved, as long as it is easy to find people: "Brother Xian, find five more people, but the wages of the others can only be six renminbi a day, and lunch is as full as you. As for when to start building the house, Madam thinks the sooner the better, if you can find all the people tomorrow, we will start tomorrow, and if you find all the people the day after tomorrow, we will do it the day after tomorrow!"

Naturally, she was looking for these people not just to build a house, isn't it a dry winter this year, and the time is long, so these people, especially experienced kiln kiln experts, will be of great use to her later.

"Okay, ma'am, just wait for my reply, and promise to find someone to go to your house tomorrow morning!" Ma Xian swept away his timidity facing Xiao Qing before, and promised.

Xiao Qing looked at him with a smile and promised, and seeing that it was getting late, he thought that he would go back to grind dogwood noodles later: "Then his uncle, this matter is settled like this. In the future, my house will rely more on Brother Xian Helped."

The old horse said: "Where is the sister-in-law, people in a village, you help me, I help you, this matter, you just leave it to Brother Xian, our family will be honest all our lives, if he dares to occupy you in the middle The family is cheap, and my old horse will be the first to let him go!"

Xiao Qing laughed and said, "Uncle, can't he trust you all these years? Well, go ahead, I'll go first, there are still a lot of things waiting for me at home."

Lao Ma and Ma Xian got up with Xiao Qing, smiled and saw him off to the gate of the courtyard.

While delivering it, he also said polite words.

As soon as Xiao Qing walked to the door, she ran into Jiao's carriage and went back to the village. Dust was flying all over the sky, so she covered her face to avoid it.

When the dust dissipated, the old horse waved his hands and sighed: "It seems that the business of Yueju Inn is really bad. I go back to the village four or five times a day, and the food left in the inn is getting more and more!"

　It's over today!Thank you for your support, little cuties!

　　
　
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