Pastoral little master

Chapter 141 Wage Dispute
Qiduo showed Tan Debao the account book in her hand.

Tan Debao spat bitterly, "It's really hateful."

"Uncle Tang, thank you for your hard work." Qi Duo changed the subject with a smile.

I don't want to say anything in front of Tang Hu.

"The seventh niece is too polite, it's a trivial matter." Tang Hu responded with a smile.

Looking at the lotus root in the pond, Tan Debao said to Tan Dejin a little worried, "Brother, if no one looks at the lotus root at night, I don't worry. How about it, I will go back with the car now, and I will bring some wooden sticks later , build a shed, and I will look at the lotus root here at night.”

"That can't be done. Let me see. You have been digging the lotus root for a day and have a good rest at night." Tan Dejin objected.

"I'm not tired, rest here, and I can get up later tomorrow morning." Tan Debao insisted.

Tang Hu smiled and said, "Okay, stop arguing between you brothers, this place is very desolate, and it's not safe to guard it alone."

Qiduo nodded, that's true, if there are those shallow-sighted people who want to be thieves, even if the father or fourth uncle finds out, who is weak, who is afraid of you?
No beasts or anything, she suspected, no hiding place here.

"Then let's go together." Tan Dejin thought for a while and said.

"But brother, if you are not at home, who will send Qiduo to the city tomorrow? And someone must be at home." Tan Debao frowned, feeling that there are not enough people right now.

The three Qiduo sisters are girls, so they can't be used, and Liulang is too young to use them.

Tang Hu listened from the side, his lips moved, as if he was hesitant to speak, he wanted to say something, but he couldn't say it.

Qiduo spotted it inadvertently, and she hurriedly asked, "Uncle Tang, do you have anything to say?"

"Hehe." Tang Hu smiled awkwardly, but was still too embarrassed to say it directly.

"Uncle Tang, we are not outsiders, we just speak up if we have something to say." Qi Duo urged with a smile.

"Yeah, Brother Tang, if you don't say anything, then you don't treat me like a brother, it's too alien." Tan Debao patted Tang Hu's shoulder very seriously and said.

Tang Hu pursed his lips, as if he had made up his mind, stomped his feet, and said, "Okay, then I'll have the cheek to ask, Seventh Niece, I don't know if you will plant lotus root in the pond after you have dug it." ?”

"Well, if the market for lotus root is good, we must continue to plant it. Even if we don't grow lotus root, we will definitely raise fish or do other things. We can't let it go to waste here. Uncle Tang, you ask this..." Seven Duo told the other party what he thought, but he didn't know his intention.

A gleam of joy flashed in Tang Hu's eyes, and he said, "Seventh niece, to tell you the truth, I also want to help you dig lotus root, and by the way, I can help you look at this lotus root with your fourth uncle, but I don't know..."

"Ah, you don't want to do the work of the Lin family?" Qiduo asked in surprise and joy.

If Tang Hu can come to help, that's of course great, it should save a lot of worry.

"Lao Si Lin is mean, and we were often scolded for doing things after him. I didn't want to do it a long time ago. It's just that our family has no land and no land, and we can't find a suitable job for a while, so we just delay it like this. down.

I figured it out, although I was a little tired digging lotus roots here, I earned far more than I did at Mr. Lin's house.And I thought, after the lotus pond is dug, no matter whether you are raising fish or planting lotus root, you must level it up and hire someone, and I can help.

Hehe, I said it with a cheeky face, if you think it's inappropriate, don't bother me. Tang Hu summoned up his courage and expressed his thoughts.

Seeing the wages that Qiduo paid the hired workers, he knew that Qiduo's family were extremely kind people, and he was relieved to work after them.

Moreover, I am familiar with Tan Debao, so I don't worry about being too lonely.

When things are stable, you can take over your wife and children to live with them.

Qiduo's mind was spinning quickly, digesting Tang Hu's words, there is really a person in Luhuapo, if this barren slope is used, it will be even more urgent to need people to help.

At present, Tang Hu seems to be a relatively reliable person, unlike that kind of treacherous and evil generation.

Of course, people have ulterior motives, and sincerity has been seen for a long time, it is still not easy to judge his character based on these two contacts.

Alright, let him help dig the lotus roots first, and if he is really capable and reliable, then we can discuss the next step. Anyway, the road is made step by step, so you can't eat a fat man all at once.

Qiduo smiled and said to Tang Hu, "Tang Hu, having your help is really like adding wings to a tiger. We wish for it. But, you have to think carefully, after all, digging lotus roots is tiring and dirty, and it is not as good as your dignity when you were in Lin's house." After resigning from the business, it should not be so easy to go back in the future."

"Don't worry, seventh niece, I'm not a three-year-old child. I said this after careful consideration." Tang Hu said very solemnly.

"Well, that's good, I'll leave it to Uncle Tang from now on." Qi Duo smiled and nodded.

Tan Dejin and Tan Debao were also very happy to have Tang Hu's help, and a chatter was inevitable.

After making a decision, Tang Hu helped carry the lotus root basket to the side of the road. Tan Dejin loaded the lotus root into the bullock cart, and took Qiduo and Liuju back first. Tan Debao and Tang Hu stayed to watch the lotus root.

Back at Tanjiazhuang, with the help of Tan Dama, Qiduo's family moved the lotus root basket back to the yard.

Tan Dejin was busy looking for the materials needed to build the shack, and Tan Dama brought his two sons to help.

Today, the lotus diggers came to settle their wages one after another, and Qiduo paid them the exact amount of their wages according to the catties each person dug.

Looking at the heavy copper coins in their hands, many people's eyes turned red. On a daily basis, this is the most wages he earns.

Although tiring, it's worth it!

It was just that Mrs. Zhao and the others hadn't come to settle the wages. Qiduo and Mrs. Xu tied a few lotus roots together with straw ropes, and sent them to Patriarch Tan first to express their gratitude.

"Grandpa patriarch, the lotus root just dug up, I specially brought some for you and grandma to taste." Qiduo smiled and offered the lotus root with both hands.

Patriarch Tan's wife, Grandma Tan, had a kind face, and she took it with a busy smile, "Sister-in-law Tan, girl Qi, you are so kind."

"Yeah, you spent money to get these lotus root, how dare we accept it." Patriarch Tan looked at the lotus root, his face flushed with joy.

He was not happy because of the lotus itself, but because Qiduo and the others were sensible. This was a respect for him and made him feel that he did not help their family in vain.

This is the case between people. When someone helps you, you have to express your gratitude appropriately.Of course, this thank you can't just be verbal, but also have some material expression.

This is human relations.

Xu said gratefully, "Patriarch, if it weren't for your help, where would we have dug out the lotus root in our family? This is just a little care on our part, please don't feel cold."

If the patriarch Tan hadn't come forward to help yesterday, the Zhao family didn't know what boring things would have happened.

After some simple evasions, Patriarch Tan accepted the lotus root, and said to Qiduo, if you have any difficulties, just come and tell him.

Qiduo hurriedly said yes with a smile, and left the patriarch's house with Xu.

After returning home, Qiduo took lotus root and bean sprouts to give to Zheng Wanru. If there are good things, the person who should not be forgotten is Zheng Wanru.

Zheng Wanru found out about Luhuapo when she saw the lotus root, and Qiduo was too busy these days, so she forgot to tell her about it.

"Ten acres of ponds, you should be able to dig a lot of lotus roots, but it's not easy to sell them all at once after digging them out. If you can't sell them for a while, you have to think of a good way to save them. Get up, otherwise, it would be a pity if it breaks." Zheng Wanru began to worry about the next thing.

"Auntie, you're right. I've been thinking about it these days." Qiduo's heart warmed up. This was exactly what she was worried about, but she wasn't sure about selling all these lotus roots at once.

However, she also thought about it. If she couldn't find a way to preserve the lotus root for a long time, she could only produce lotus root powder first, and sell the lotus root powder at that time.

After thinking for a while, Zheng Wanru comforted Qiduo, "Qiduo, don't think too much, dig the lotus root first, if there is something, I don't believe it can't be sold. When your uncle comes back, I will tell you about it." He, let him help you think of a way. If you can sell all these lotus root, your family will have a better life in the future."

As long as she thinks that the lotus roots of Qiduo's family will be sold in the future, she will be anxious and must find a way to help.

"Auntie, I've made you worry again, but don't bother Uncle with this matter, he has worked hard enough teaching every day, I don't want to cause him any more trouble." Qi Duo replied.

She really didn't dare to bother Shen Huairen.

For him, there are still some small bumps.

Zheng Wanru stroked her hair lightly, and smiled softly, "Silly boy, don't say such outrageous things, just speak up if you have any difficulties."

"Well, Auntie, I know, I will." Qiduo nodded gratefully.

After talking with Zheng Wanru about digging lotus root, Qiduo returned home.

Still at the gate of the courtyard, I heard Mrs. Zhao's voice coming from the inner courtyard.

Qiduo guessed that she should be here to settle the wages for the Tan family. Yesterday in the front yard, Mrs. Zhao said that she would settle the wages of the Tan family in a unified way, and no one else could handle it.

Sure enough, as soon as she entered the yard, Mrs. Zhao immediately yelled at Qiduo, "Qiduo, you girl, where did you go, let me wait."

"Grandma is here to settle the wages." Qiduo asked directly, ignoring other things.

"En." Zhao snorted from his nose.

Qiduo nodded, brought over a basket of lotus root that had been prepared a long time ago, put it in front of Mrs. Zhao, and said, "Grandma, these lotus roots are for you and grandpa to try."

This basket of lotus root weighs about 20 kilograms, and it is all good whole lotus root.

Mrs. Zhao glanced at the pile of lotus root in the yard, and then looked at the lotus root in this basket. Compared with it, the lotus root in the basket seemed insignificant, making people look down upon it.

"Hey, you guys are really generous." Mrs. Zhao responded with a clear dissatisfaction expression.

Qiduo didn't respond, but just took out the account book to see how many lotus roots the Tan family had dug up in total, so that they could calculate their wages.

When she saw it, she couldn't help shaking her head. Nine people from the Tan family had dug a total of 210 catties of lotus root, but there were [-] catties of residual lotus root, which was much more damaged than others.

"Grandma, the total salary is 330 Wen." Qiduo told Mrs. Zhao the amount, and went to get copper coins from her purse.

"Qiduo, although your grandma doesn't know a few words, and she doesn't know how to settle accounts, but your grandfather does. Don't treat us like cowards. Your three uncles, three mothers and two mothers have dug up all the money today. 210 catties of lotus root, two Wen for a catty, that is 420 Wen, how could it be 330 Wen?" Mrs. Zhao sat down on the long bench placed in the middle of the yard, and asked a little bit strangely.

Holding back her anger, Qiduo explained the reason to Mrs. Zhao, wondering if she and Mr. Tan didn't understand the rules.

"Fart, it's fine to talk about your rules to others, you still have face to us." After hearing her explanation, Zhao shi not only did not calm down, but became angry.

(End of this chapter)