Chapter 1037
Annual Holiday [3]
Chapter 1037 Annual Holiday [3]
"Happy New Year to your family too." Cool sister Xiao Shanglu entertained these workers on behalf of Qin Xiaomi.
Seeing her cold attitude, the workers gave up trying to imitate Cao Fan's way of currying favor with their employers and just lined up honestly to receive their wages and annual gifts.
The Qin family has three workshops. The medicinal materials workshop alone has 613 workers. Together with the new dye and pine oil products workshop, the number of workers has exceeded 1,000. Wages and annual gifts are distributed at 3 p.m., and even when it was time to get off work, they had not yet been distributed.
Qin Xiaomi said, "Those who receive their wages after 3 p.m. will be charged an extra half hour's wages!"
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The workers were shocked and said hurriedly, "Boss, no, no, we're just waiting to be paid and haven't done any work. How can we charge you an extra half hour's wages? No, no, we can't let you lose money!"
Qin Xiaomi: "This isn't a loss, it's upholding the rules. If you're not allowed to leave at the end of the day, the workshop must pay you. Conversely, if workers violate the rules, they must accept the punishment, no mercy."
She asked Qin Dashi and his wife to repeat these words three times.
Qin Dashi and his wife did as they were told.
After three times, the word spread. The workers were happy and nervous. They kept reminding themselves in their hearts that they must work well and not violate the work rules. Otherwise, even if they dragged their whole family to kneel down and beg, the Qin family would never give in.
After mid-afternoon, the Qin family finally distributed the wages and annual gifts to the last worker.
Dangdang Dangdang!
Dangdang Dangdang!
Outside the herbal medicine shop and the new street, those who come to pick up workers from the villages should quickly break the gongs.
"Everyone from the villages west of the town, gather here at Village Chief Zhou. Be careful with your belongings and don't walk around strangers. Beware of thieves!"
"Workers from all the villages in the south of the town, come and gather here with Captain Kong. You will be protected by a team of Kong family members! If you, the descendants of the Kong family, know some rules and regulations and dare to act arrogantly and bully others, Captain Kong will personally punish your entire family! If you still refuse to learn your lesson, I will personally send you to jail to spend the New Year!" Captain Kong, his son Kong Yimin, and his trusted brothers almost shouted their voices out.
There was no way out. Because Kong Shengwu beat Niu Zaoyang, Village Chief Kong was arrested and imprisoned in the county jail for two months. He was released after the winter solstice.
He was still escorted by yamen runners and paraded through the streets from the county town back to Kongjia Village.
Chief Kong was so thin that his bones were visible. On the first day after he came back, he held a family meeting. With the help of several yamen runners named Lu who escorted him home, he dealt with more than a dozen troublemakers in the Kong family.
Kong Shengwu's family was the worst hit. Ten acres of their land was confiscated and taken into the clan's possession to be used as clan land.
Kong Shengwu's father, Kong Lichang's younger brother, made a scene. Kong Lichang just said, "You want to do forced labor too?!"
Kong Shengwu's father was scared. He looked at Kong Lichang and saw that he was as thin as a ghost. He knew that Kong Lichang was serious this time. He didn't dare to make trouble anymore and had to accept the punishment.
After a severe beating, the yamen runners stayed in Kongjia Village for another five days. Every day they went to the troublemaker's house to plunder food. The troublemaker in the Kong family was completely obedient.
As for Kong Shengwu, Kong Shenggui, Kong Shengliang and other Kong family members who took advantage of their power to beat people, they were sent to the post station by County Magistrate Kang to perform labor and would not be able to return until March next year.
If these children are not allowed to suffer a little, they will definitely do evil again.
Because Kong Shengwu and others were sent to perform forced labor, the children of Kongjia Village have been doing good deeds recently. They speak with their voices raised, for fear that their voices will be too loud and be misunderstood as cursing.
Seeing this, the Miao village chief and the Miao clerk became even more humble and banged the gong to warn the Miao children: "Behave yourself, learn from Mr. Rong, and do more good deeds. Don't think that just because you have a village chief and a large number of people, you can bully people from smaller villages. Anyone who dares to bully others will have one acre of land confiscated!"
Elder Wu, the village head of Wu Family Village, didn't call him that. He had already told his clansmen that the lessons of Wu Lao Nie's and Wu A Jun's families were right before their eyes; anyone who didn't want to live could simply follow their example and commit evil deeds. The people of Wu Family Village were already terrified by the deeds of Wu Lao Nie, Wu A Jun, and others. Besides, life in town was better now; they could earn money to support their families without resorting to crooked means. Why would they need to bully their fellow villagers to make money?
Because the four headmen and village chiefs strictly supervised the villagers, Taifeng Town was becoming increasingly chaotic. A worker's wages fell on the ground, and a villager who was setting up a stall called out to him, "Hey, the one in front, come back quickly, you dropped your money!"
Liu Duotian, who had lost his money, turned around in a hurry and saw the money bag in the stall owner's hand. He was so scared that he broke out in a cold sweat and ran back in a hurry: "Thank you, stall owner, you saved my life. If I had lost this money, I would not be able to live this year."
His family has many people and his grandparents are overbearing. It has been agreed long ago that he should give half a month's salary to his grandparents as a filial piety.
If the money was lost, not only would he not be able to give his family a good New Year, he would also have to pay out of his own pocket to make up for the filial piety he promised to his grandparents!
The stall owner smiled and said, "So it's the Liu family kid. Be careful next time and don't drop it again... Here's your purse. Count it quickly. Is there any money missing?"
"Hey." Liu Duotian hurriedly counted the money. After a while, he smiled and said, "Nothing is missing. It's all in here."
He took out five copper coins and gave them to the stall owner: "Thank you for returning my wallet, brother. This is a thank you gift."
The stall owner refused to accept it: "We are from the same village, no need! I know your grandparents, please let me go."
This?
His grandparents' tyranny was indeed known to the whole town.
Liu Duotian still gave the money to the stall owner: "Buy a serving of fried food."
"Hey, this is fine. I'll make it for you right away." The stall owner said happily and made a fried dish for Liu Duotian.
Liu Duotian took the things, thanked them again, and went home happily.
The stall owners from other towns nearby were all stunned. After Liu Duotian walked away, they said, "Your Taifeng Town is truly amazing. The people are so honest that they don't even hide the money they find."
"That's right, I've never seen anyone return money to its owner in my entire life."
There's no such thing as a road without lost items, but that's just a nice saying. If you really find something, even if it's just a few cabbages, you have to put it in a basket and cover it with hay, for fear that the owner will come back looking for it!
The stall owners surnamed Lu laughed and said, "The New Year is coming soon. If anyone loses money, they will have a bad year. If they find it, they must return it... And these acts of kindness will be remembered. When the Qin family recruits workers in the future, those who have done such acts of kindness will be given priority in the interview."
"I see! Then this righteous act was well worth it!"
No wonder the people in Taifeng Town don’t pick up things on the road. It turns out that the Qin family promised them benefits.
But other towns don't have this benefit, so this kind of atmosphere can only be seen in Taifeng Town.
The stall owners from other towns were full of emotion and envy. If their families were not in other towns, they would all want to move to Taifeng Town and settle down.
Dangdang Dangdang!
"Workers from all the villages, it's getting late. Gather and go home first. Come back to town tomorrow to buy New Year's goods. There's no need to rush for just one or two days!" Lu Pangsan, an officer from the Silifang, kept patrolling and shouting, "The most important thing is that the money gets home safely!"
"Yes, yes, father-in-law, let's not buy anything yet. Let's go home first. Pan Niang must be waiting anxiously!" Zhang Niugao hurriedly urged Old Man Chai.
"Wait a moment." Old Man Chai said, "My family bought these twenty eggs. They must be used to nourish my daughter and grandson so that they can grow well and not get sick."