The history of struggle of peasant girls

Chapter 126
"How much time does such a simple thing take?" Han Qingquan said, shaking the basket gently to clean the pulp inside.

Han Qianluo walked over to help wash the pulp, and asked by the way: "Brother, how many people do you think we should invite?"

"If you plan to hire part-time workers, Xiao Luo, then we can hire more, and it's not a busy time for farming, so we can find more. After a while, when the farming season is busy, we won't be able to hire more people." Han Qingquan said.

Han Qianluo thought for a while, and felt that what the elder brother said was right, so he said: "Then I will find someone in a while, find someone quickly, and then I can start faster." After finishing speaking, he put down the work in hand and went out.

At this time, it is not necessary to post the recruitment advertisement to future generations. At this time, only one family is looking for someone.Han Qianluo only planned to find a man. At this time, all the women would weave or do needlework at home, and few would be willing to come out to work.

The first thing she thought of was Chunhua's family. Chunhua had an older brother, but halfway through the walk, she realized that her brother had gone as an apprentice. There was no free man in their family, so she turned to find another family.

Apart from the position in Li Chunhua's family, the second thing Han Qianluo thought of was Zhu Er, so he knew that he was walking towards their house, and soon came to his house. The person who opened the door was Zhu Er's mother, Mrs. Zhu, who saw It was Han Qianluo who quickly raised a smile: "It's Qianluo, come in."

"Aunt Zhu, I'm weaving." Han Qianluo said casually, and walked into the yard.

"That's right, I'm not as capable as you, Qian Luo, and can make a lot of money." Zhu Shi said with a smile.

The two walked into the room and sat down on the mat facing each other.Han Qianluo asked directly: "Aunt Zhu, is Brother Zhu at home?"

When Mrs. Zhu heard this, she laughed so hard that she could hardly see her eyes, and quickly replied: "At home, at home, I went up the mountain to cut firewood. What do you want from him?"

"It's like this. Our family doesn't have enough hands, so I want to ask someone for help. I wonder if Brother Zhu is free?" Han Qianluo knew that he was not a good talker, so he tried his best to say it tactfully, not wanting to make people feel uncomfortable. uncomfortable.

But Mrs. Zhu didn't care about these details, and said with a smile: "Of course I'm free, when will I tell him when he comes back later?"

"It's best to start this afternoon. It's all heavy work. The price is [-] Wen a day. What do you think, Aunt Zhu?" Han Qianluo has learned about the price of helpers at this time, and the cheaper one is four to five hundred. , the expensive one is seven or eight hundred a month, that's why she offered such a price.

Sure enough, when Aunt Zhu heard the price, the smile on her face became even brighter, she nodded repeatedly and said, "No problem, no problem." After she finished speaking, she paused, and asked hesitantly, "Qianluo, do you still want a price?" Looking for someone else?"

"Yes, it's the slack time for farming. Most of them should be free, so find a few more people and make things quickly. Otherwise, when the farming is busy in the future, you won't be able to find anyone." Han Qianluo smiled. explained.

Mrs. Zhu hesitated for a while, and finally said: "Qianluo, don't blame your aunt for talking too much, your price is really a bit high."

Han Qianluo was a little puzzled. The high price of helpers is not a good thing for them who are hired. Why does this Zhu family seem to think that it is not very good, so he is a little puzzled: "Aunt Zhu, is there a problem? ?”

Mrs. Zhu paused for a moment, as if she had made up her mind, and then said: "Qianluo, you are still too young, you have raised the price of helpers so high now, if other people have something to hire short-term workers in the future, this price But it’s hard to decide.”

"Why?" Han Qianluo was still puzzled, "The price I hire doesn't conflict with them."

Mrs. Zhu somewhat hated iron for being weak: "Think about it, your price is so high, would others be willing to work in your house, or in other people's house, or to work in another house, but the money they got would have to be It’s so much less, don’t they discuss it after they go back, if these people are employed, do you think they will be happy?”

"But..." Han Qianluo still felt a little puzzled, "I don't think the price of labor in other places is the same, high or low?"

"But there is not much difference. Those families with eight or nine hundred dollars a month, but what kind of families are those people, or the work they do is very heavy physical work, but your family is hungry, although I don't know what it is. What kind of work, but you can do a job that a girl can do, how heavy can it be." Zhu said.

Han Qianluo was a little surprised. She didn't know whether she should listen to Mrs. Zhu's words, but thought for a while and said, "Aunt Zhu, I always thought that the price of this servant should be higher to keep him."

"There is nothing wrong with being taller, but don't be too tall, just a little bit taller is fine."

Han Qianluo thought for a while: "Then I'll go back and think about the price, and I'll talk about it later." After speaking, they chatted casually for a while, then left, and went to other people's homes to find someone.

After searching around in Qianyang, Han Qianluo went to every family with a man, and finally invited more than a dozen people.Han Qianluo was still having lunch at noon when she heard someone shouting outside: "Qianluo, Qingquan." So she quickly put down the bowls and chopsticks in her hand and went out to see that it was Zhu Er who came: "Second Brother Zhu , come in quickly."

"No need, Qian Luo, just tell me what to do." Zhu Er said honestly.

How could Han Qianluo do such a thing, so he quickly pulled Zhu Er into the room: "Come in quickly." After pulling him in, he hurried to eat.

Han Qianluo finished the meal quickly, but before the meal was finished, a few more people came.After eating, they took several people to the next yard.

"Qianluo, your yard is really big enough." A middle-aged man surnamed Zhou said.

Another man surnamed Wang also said loudly: "That's right, these two yards are really big enough, your family is getting rich now."

"Can we invite so many of us to work without making a fortune?" Mao San also said with a smile.

These people are usually very familiar, and it is easy to chat when they get together.Faced with such a situation, Han Qianluo was really surprised. Facing such a group of men who were older than her, she didn't know what to do for a while.

"Qianluo, tell us what to do." Zhu Er asked loudly.

This sentence made everyone quiet, and they all turned to look at her.Han Qianluo didn't order work immediately, but said: "Before that, I have one more thing to say about your wages. Because you are part-time workers, you are paid twenty cents a day. However, If any of you are willing to sign a long-term job, it will be [-] Wen per day."

This price was only considered after she came back. In the end, she decided to accept Zhu's suggestion and lowered the original price. However, for the sake of safety, she decided to sign a permanent job, but she also knew that these people hardly May be willing to sign long-term employment.

Sure enough, these people glanced at each other, but none of them were willing to speak. In the end, the man surnamed Zhou who spoke first said, "Qianluo, why don't you hurry up and tell us what to do?"

"Qianluo, your price is really attractive. If my house has no land, I would definitely sign it without hesitation." Mao San also said with a smile.

At this time, Han Qingquan also came over. He was obviously better at managing people than Han Qianluo, and immediately got the chatterers to start working.

Han Qianluo asked these people to do the same, making it an assembly line, which can improve efficiency.In the first few days, Han Qianluo stared closely, for fear that these people would do something wrong, but after a few days, she stopped staring there, leaving only Han Qingquan watching them.

Han Qianluo, who was free, took out the blueprints that had been shelved before, and continued to design the farming and harvesting machines.During dinner that night, Han Qingquan suddenly said: "Xiaoluo, go to Lizheng to find out if there are any mountains or wasteland. There is too much demand for bark and hemp now. Just relying on these wild ones is not enough."

"Okay, I'll go tomorrow." Han Qianluo replied without thinking.

After breakfast the next morning, Han Qianluo went out to Lizheng's house. It was Zhao Qin who opened the door. She was a little happy to see Han Qianluo: "Qianluo, why are you here, come in quickly."

"Aqin, where's your father?" Han Qianluo walked in and asked casually.

Zhao Qin brought out two stools: "Let's sit and talk," she said and sat down, "I just said, you are so busy every day, why do you have free time to come to play with me? Looking for my father, he has gone out, but he will be back soon."

Han Qianluo thought for a while: "Then I'll just wait for your father to come back." Then he sat down, looked around the yard casually and said, "You weave at home every day now?"

"What can we do without weaving? I'm not as capable as Qianluo." Zhao Qin said enviously.

Regardless of whether Han Qianluo is capable or not, it is impossible for her to directly admit Shi: Yes, I am very capable.Speaking like this is not in line with Chinese habits, so Han Qianluo said: "This is not considered capable, but the things I am good at are different. If you have seen the needlework I do, you will not say that."

Zhao Qin picked up the sewing basket on the side, took out the half-finished cloth shoes from it, continued to put in the soles, and asked, "Qianluo, I heard that you hired a dozen short-term workers in our Qianyang ?”

"Yes, I'm a bit busy with work now. Since it's the slack season and everyone is free, invite a few more people to clean up the things that have piled up at home." Han Qianluo explained.

Originally, she thought that Zhao Qin was just asking casually, after all, this matter is considered a relatively important matter in the village now.But things didn't seem to be like this, Zhao Qin asked after listening: "Then is there still a shortage of people in your family?"

(End of this chapter)