Chapter 67: More Work, More Pay
After Aunt Zhou left, Su Qingliu and others asked her why she set the wage so much.
Wouldn’t it be easier to pay a fixed monthly payment? Counting every day. ReadМ
Su Qingnao smiled and asked Su Qingliu: "If you were asked to pluck your hair every day, would you be willing?"
Su Qingliu thought about the extremely quiet and happy days during this period, and nodded: "I definitely would like it. It is much easier than working in the fields, and easier than squatting on the bluestone slab to wash a basin of clothes. I am willing to sit on the bench every day Pluck the hair.”
Su Qingyu glanced at her.
Then he asked: "But if you pluck fifty duck feathers a day, I will give you ten cents a day, and I will give you ten cents a day if you pluck one duck feather. Would you rather pluck fifty duck feathers or one?"
"One!" Xiao Qingxing said eagerly.
"Yeah, I'm definitely willing to pull out just one." Xiao Qingyang also agreed.
Seeing that her brother agreed with her, Xiao Qingxing nodded happily to Su Qingyu.
Su Qingyu smiled and held her in her arms. Seeing everyone thinking deeply, she said: "If you only pluck a few poultry feathers a day, suddenly you have to pluck many poultry feathers one day, many times more, but the money you get is It's all the same, so there will definitely be emotions in the heart. And if you pluck one to give money to another, the more you pluck, the more you will get. Then, if you pluck a few more, the task will be heavier, and your heart will be heavier. Happy too?"
"Well, I'm happy because the more money I get, the more money I get." Xiao Qingxing said again.
"Yes, Xiao Qingxing is so smart." Su Qingyu said approvingly.
Su Qingliu looked at her two youngest siblings, seeing them right in front of her, seeing them becoming more and more lively and cheerful, and felt as if she was eating honey.
It's great to be able to be with my brothers and sisters from my mother's family, to have good food and housing, and to be paid for my work.
This day is like a dream.
When Su Qingyu said this, everyone present understood. Su Dahu and Zhou Dajiang nodded repeatedly. It turned out that there was so much knowledge here, and they felt that they had learned a lot.
Su Dahu looked at the energetic Su Qingyu in front of him, feeling both sweet and bitter in his heart.
After thinking for a while, she said: "Qing Lao, after my mother-in-law came that week, the eldest sister went to the front store to help. I'd better help you run out to collect the goods. Run further to see if there are any novel fruits and wild fruits. Town. There are still many people in the world who are willing to eat fruit.”
Su Qingyao nodded. Fruits account for half of the store's profits.
She had some ideas originally, but when Su Dahu brought it up, she started discussing it with him.
Ask him to pay more attention to any special fruits, whether they are ripe or not, and be sure to sign a contract with the other party. Don’t be caught off guard when the season arrives, so don’t wait until the season arrives.
She has a way to accelerate ripening. She doesn't have to wait until the fruit is fully ripe before picking it up at her door. That way, it won't last for a few days, and there will be a lot of damage when it is shipped back. When the time comes, it will be put on the market and the price will not be high.
Su Dahu always resolutely implemented Su Qingyu's decision, nodding while listening.
After giving instructions to Su Dahu, Su Qingyu gave Zhou Dajiang a few more instructions.
This kid is quick and hard-working and has a bright eye, but he is a bit lacking in dealing with others and is not tactful enough. When encountering a tricky customer, he not only fails to solve the problem, but often makes mistakes, and has to ask Su Qingyu to follow him to solve the problem.
Su Qingyu still wanted him to stand alone and be responsible for his part.
Seeing Su Qingyu teaching Zhou Dajiang, other people also added to it and pointed out his problems.
"Cousin Da Jiang, you just love to blush and can't save face. Today, the mother-in-law obviously loves to take advantage. She wants to put a few garlics in a separate basket and a few fruits in a separate basket. We all bought those baskets with money. When she came, she took a lot of them and didn’t buy anything yet.”
Xiao Qingyang said.
"That's right, we also paid to collect that basket. That mother-in-law did something wrong, and you should stop her. But when you were teased by that mother-in-law, you blushed and let her take it away. I stood next to you and said Wink, you can’t even see it. My brother and I want to grab it, huh.”
Su Dahu also smiled and patted him on the shoulder: "That's right, a man blushes so easily. He didn't say kiss, so what's the point of blushing? Her daughter is not good-looking, so you don't dare to look at her. She has the nerve to look at you, why don't you still?" Are you embarrassed to look at her?"
Zhou Dajiang responded with his head buried.
When Su Qingliu saw it, he smiled and said: "Da Jiang is doing very well now. In the first few days, it was difficult for him to deal with people who took food without paying."
"Cousin, I will study hard in the future."
Su Qingyu nodded: "In the future, when the store is not busy, you and your big tiger brother will go to the countryside to see how he talks and negotiates with people. He is now invulnerable and his skin is much thicker."
Su Dahu smiled and said: "Yes, I will take you with me next time when I am not busy."
"Okay. Then I'll learn from Gedo."
Early the next morning, before the store was even open, Grandma Zhou came.
As soon as he came, he got into the kitchen to boil water, and quickly went to the chicken coop in the backyard to catch a chicken, and quickly shed its feathers. I was able to spare my hand and help make breakfast. By the time we opened the shop, a dozen chickens and ducks had been killed.
It made Su Qingliu feel much more relaxed.
On this day, with Grandma Zhou helping out in the backyard, there was no shortage of meat at the meat stall, and no customers were kept waiting.
After a few days of this, all the chickens and ducks that the customers bought outside were brought over to help them shed their feathers. Each chicken was charged two cents, and almost half of the people who bought chickens and ducks were brought over for help to clean up.
Anyone who can afford to eat a whole chicken or duck will still be willing to pay two cents.
You have to clean it up yourself when you take it home, and you have to clean up the dirt, so why be stingy with the two cents.
Some people in the vegetable market wanted to follow suit, but most of the chickens and ducks sold were sold by farmers in the countryside. It was not easy to make money without a shop, water or tools. The pork shop had the conditions, but people looked down on this small amount of money.
So Grandma Zhou almost never stopped for a day, and her business was booming.
Occasionally, Su Qingliu saw that she was too busy and wanted to help, but the old lady waved her away.
She said confidently: "Why do you young people get involved in killing animals! Let us, who are half buried in the loess, come. Don't block your children's luck."
She refused to let Su Qingliu and others help.
After hearing what Grandma Zhou said, even those who wanted to save a few cents at the end brought their chickens and ducks to ask for help to remove the feathers.
Although Grandma Zhou was busy all day, she never stopped smiling.
And in order to make settlement easier, Su Qing'an paid the wages for removing the feathers on the same day.
Every day after closing the shop, the old lady would go home with a heavy purse in her pocket, and she could also take home some leftover vegetables that didn't look good. When she left, her steps were flying and her body was light. The next day, she came to work before dawn with full energy.
Later, Su Qingmei saw that she had been squatting on the ground for a long time and her waist was not good, so she asked Su Dahu and Zhou Dajiang to build a half-high platform so that she could stand or sit to operate. The old lady thanked her repeatedly and was even more motivated.
When she was not busy, she also helped to take care of Yaya. Because she was patient, Yaya was willing to let her take care of her, and the old and the child had a good time.
A few days later, Grandma Zhou came to Su Qingmei.