Chapter 1036
Annual Holiday [2]
Chapter 1036 Annual Holiday [2]
The students were young, and having just witnessed the prosperity of Taifeng Town and the respect the villagers showed the Qin family, they were filled with enthusiasm and nodded repeatedly, "Don't worry, General, we will definitely learn our skills well, go to the battlefield in the future, kill the enemy, make meritorious deeds, and become heroes of the village!"
Very good, very exciting, and will work harder.
The students were also worried that the villagers would get cold, so they took them to the Wu family house and Taifu Restaurant to shelter from the cold wind.
Old Man He/Old Man Cow: “…”
Damn it, we bought our seats too early!
They went to ask the Cao family to give up their positions, but Mrs. Cao said, "Today is a big day to pay wages. Don't make me crazy with you two!"
The two old men knew that Mrs. Cao was very generous, and they thought that this was a gift from their children and grandchildren, which they could use as a topic of conversation in the future, so they finally gave up the idea of resigning.
The villagers were bustling with activity, and the workers in the workshop were also happy, but also a little reluctant... The annual leave will be after the Lantern Festival, and I won't be able to see my coworkers for a month and a half. It's quite sad just thinking about it.
Dangdang Dangdang!
"It's noon, time to call it a day and have lunch!"
As soon as the gong sounded, the workers in the medicinal materials workshop, new dye workshop, and pine oil products workshop all stopped their work and began to put out the fire and clean up the workshop.
It took me a quarter of an hour to clean up before I went to the cafeteria to eat.
Half an hour later.
Dangdang Dangdang!
"Gather together!"
The workers suppressed their joy and excitement and went to the open space at the junction of the men's and women's workshops of the herbal medicine workshop for a big gathering.
Qin Xiaomi pushed hard and jumped onto the square table.
Ouch!
The workers were all shocked... The boss was very skilled, worthy of being the one who had chopped off the heads of bandits.
Well, the workers all shuddered, suppressed their excitement, and stood straighter, fearing that they would anger their boss and be chopped by him with a knife.
Qin Xiaomi was very satisfied with the workers' fear... notoriety could save her a lot of trouble, so she loved notoriety.
"Dear workers, today is the payday for all the Qin family workshops. Since it's the end of the year, we're paying two months' wages: the winter and twelfth months. When you collect your wages, please remember to check them carefully. If you discover a mistake in your wages after leaving the herbal medicine workshop, you will be held responsible. The Qin family will not compensate you."
"Regarding next year's first month wages, you'll be considered fully employed before the 20th day of the first lunar month, so you don't have to worry..."
He went on and on, saying a bunch of trivial but very important things to the workers.
The workers listened attentively. No one dared to slack off, and no one questioned: Why wasn't it Grandpa Qin or Old Madam Qin who came to hold a meeting with them, but Qin Xiaomi, an unmarried girl, who came to give the speech?
Of course it was because Qin Xiaomi was already strong enough that people ignored the fact that she was a girl.
This is also the reason why Qin Xiaomi, although lazy, is willing to come and speak... The ancients were confined to the thinking of feudal ethics and did not know how to break the feudal shackles, so she will show them!
Let all the ignorant ancient people understand that people can still live like this.
"After receiving your wages, male workers, please remember to give money to the family and give your wives a small amount. This is the compensation they deserve for taking care of the family. Paying them is the work rule of my Qin family workshop. If you don't pay them, it is a violation of the work rule and you will be fired. Do you understand?"
Although this work rule is overbearing, the workshop is opened by Qin Xiaomi. If you want to make this money, you have to follow her rules.
Otherwise, please get lost.
"Boss, we understand, we dare not break the rules!" The male workers were not so resistant anymore. After all, some rules that seem unacceptable at first glance, you'll find out after following them for a while, hey, they're normal.
"If you understand, then disperse and follow the steward to line up and collect your wages!" Qin Xiaomi shouted, then jumped off the square table and drank the warm water that Zhu Yiqing handed her. "Shouting really wears out your voice."
Zhu Yiqing smiled and said, "Then I will make throat-soothing tea for you today."
"No need, it's too much trouble, and that stuff doesn't even taste good." Qin Xiaomi refused, and then led the servants to the courtyard where wages and New Year's gifts were distributed. Grandma Qin was already busy there with the family servants, the manager of the herbal medicine shop, Qin Dashi and his wife, Qin Dayan and his wife, and Qin Eryong and his wife.
The five rooms in the yard were already filled with New Year gifts and wages.
Dangdang Dangdang!
"Workers, line up outside the gate barricades. Do not cross them!"
A quarter of an hour later, the courtyard was ready.
Dangdang Dangdang!
"Dashi, Dashi's wife, you can let people in now, thirty of them!"
There are three collection points in the hospital, with ten people standing at each point, so thirty workers can come in to collect their money at a time.
In fact, there was still some spare space in the yard, but they were afraid that too many people would cause trouble, so they made a rule that only thirty workers would be allowed in at a time to receive their wages.
"Worker No. 1 from the medicine shop, Cao Fan, come in to collect your wages and New Year's gift!" Qin Dashi shouted.
"Hey hey hey, here it comes!" Cao Fan was particularly happy every time she received her wages.
She has the number one work badge, the first one in the entire herbal medicine shop.
If the Qin Family Herbal Medicine Shop's business grows bigger and stronger, she might be recorded in the Baofu County Annals together with the Qin Family Herbal Medicine Shop, which would bring honor to the family!
"Madam Yao, this is my work badge." Cao Fan handed over the badge.
Madam Yao took it, examined it, and then looked at Mrs. Cao Fan. After confirming that it was this person, she began to flip through the booklet and said to her, "Ms. Cao Fan, this time I will pay you two months' wages. Your wages for the winter month..."
"The total is two taels and eight qian of silver... Three qian of that is the silver for the New Year's meat."
There were too many workers this year, and it was too troublesome to slaughter the pigs and distribute the meat. The Qin family was really too busy, so they converted the New Year's meat into 300 coins and let the workers use the money to buy the meat themselves.
Three hundred coins can buy at least ten pounds of pork, enough for the whole family to eat dumplings during the New Year.
Therefore, the workers are very happy. Many workers have already made an appointment to buy the New Year pig together and slaughter it. They can also get extra pig blood, pig offal and other extras. It is much more cost-effective than the employer directly giving out New Year meat.
Madam Yao then had someone bring Cao Fan a new year gift without any meat: "This one is white flour and sugar, it's this year's new year gift, take a look."
"Hey hey hey... look, these are all fine grains, good stuff." After checking it, Cao Fan was very satisfied with the New Year gift.
It was quite heavy, with five pounds of white flour, this year's new wheat flour, which had a strong wheat aroma, and four full bags of malt sugar.
This candy alone is worth a lot of money.
The Qin family is so kind!
Cao Fan was delighted and full of energy. She felt that just for the one and a half month annual leave, high salary, and generous New Year gifts, she could work for the Qin family until her death!
Qin Xiaomi said, there is no need to do that, just get your things and leave quickly. Didn’t you see that the next worker has glared at you several times?
"If you are sure there is no problem, please sign and put your fingerprints on these three booklets." Madam Yao instructed Cao Fanshi.
Cao Fanshi followed the instructions step by step. When she was done, she said to the Qin family, "Boss, I, Cao Fanshi, will be going home now. I will come back to work for your family next year. My shop is near the herbal medicine shop. I will go to the shop during my annual leave. If there is any work for the Qin family, I will go there..."
"Cao Fan, are you done yet? The people behind us are waiting."
"Yes, Cao Fan, if you want to flatter the boss, can you please step out of the line and flatter to the side instead of blocking the people behind us from getting paid!"
The workers really wanted to hold her down and beat her up.
Cao Fan rolled her eyes at them, but she knew better than to argue any further. She smiled and shouted to the Qin family, "Boss, I'm leaving now. Happy New Year!"