"Everyone, a man's salary is 12 cents a day, and a woman's salary is 10 cents a day. The salary is paid once a month. The salary of the previous month is settled before the fifteenth of the following month. Also, if you work for [-] days in a month, it will be considered as perfect attendance. With a full month's salary, you will receive a one-time reward of thirty cash for three months, eighty cash for half a year, and two hundred cash for a year."

Lin Xiaofan opened his mouth and told everyone about his treatment. Thinking that many villagers were looking forward to starting work, he added another sentence:

"Everyone, you can go to work today. It's half a day's wages."

After everyone heard this, even though they had been mentally prepared, they were still shocked.

They wouldn't have dared to think about working for twelve cents a day before.

And if you do it for a long time, you can get rewards. If you do it for a year, you can get 200 yuan in one lump sum.

This means that as long as you are selected, you will have an iron job.

"Xiao Fan, I don't know how to thank you."

A woman in the crowd spoke up, her eyes red and her voice choked with sobs.

She was accompanied by two children, her two sons, the eldest son was eight years old and the younger son was only five years old.

This spring, her husband died on the battlefield, and she happened to be seriously ill, unable to farm, and there was no harvest at all throughout the year.

Fortunately, there was some pension for her husband's death in the war, and the three of them, mother and son, have been able to survive until now with the pension.

She recovered from her illness two days ago, but her pension is about to be used up, and she has no food left at home. If this continues, we won't be able to survive next year's grain harvest.

If you go to the city to find a job, I don't know whether a weak woman like her can find one. Even if there is, it is estimated that the salary is only six cents a day.

Six cents can't even buy three kilograms of grain. How can it be enough for them to eat for a day? And if you can’t find it, you’ll lose every penny of your income.

She was about to despair, but today she heard from Aunt Li that Lin Xiaofan was recruiting workers, so she came here with the idea of ​​giving it a try.

But what she didn't expect was that Li Zheng saw that her family life was very difficult and chose her directly.

And twelve cents a day is enough to support the three of them, mother and son.

It can be said that Lin Xiaofan gave her a way to survive.

"Xiaofan, I kneel down for you."

There is no way to repay the kindness of saving a life. The more the woman thought about it, the more excited she became. She knelt down and kowtowed to Lin Xiaofan.

When the two sons next to her saw this, they also knelt down.

Although they are young, they are all sensible and understand that the person in front of them saved their lives.

This spring, their mother became seriously ill and their father died in battle. They were immediately devastated and grew up overnight.

Originally, the two of them wanted to work in the fields, at least grow some food to feed their mother. But when they went to rent land, they were stopped by Li Zheng.

These two are so young, even if they go there, they may not be able to grow food. If you rent land and get nothing all year round, and you have to pay taxes to the court, that will be troublesome.

Taking this into consideration, Li Zheng did not rent it to the two of them, but gave them twenty kilograms of grain.

Over the past year, the two of them have helped this family carry some water and that family chop some firewood from time to time. People in the village felt pity for the two of them, and many people were willing to take care of their food. This saved a lot of food, which allowed their family to survive until now.

But even so, their family is almost out of food now. In troubled times, disasters may come at any time, and everyone is suffering. No one is willing to borrow food from outside. The only outcome waiting for them is death.

But Lin Xiaofan gave their family hope to live again. They kneeled down willingly.

Lin Xiaofan saw this and hurriedly stepped forward to pull the three of them up.

If she was really allowed to kowtow, he might lose his life.

I don’t know why, but these people like to kowtow at every turn.

"Fifth Aunt, please get up quickly. You help me make money, and I will give you wages for working. This is a matter of course. There is nothing to kneel down."

Lin Xiaofan looked at the woman in front of him, searched his past life memories, and learned about this person's tragic experience.

In these troubled times, too many people are suffering. If he can help, he will still try his best to help.

"Boy, what's your name?"

Lin Xiaofan patted the bigger boy on the shoulder and showed a bright smile.

"My name is Li Kang."

The child stood at attention and answered the question loudly. This look immediately made everyone around him laugh.

"Okay, Xiaokang. Then do you want to make money on your own to support your mother?"

Lin Xiaofan smiled and touched the little guy's head.

There was a hint of expectation in Li Kang's eyes:

"I... can I?"

It was his dream to support his mother and younger brother. It's a pity that he is too young and can't do anything. He couldn't lift even a larger bucket.

"If you are willing, go to Uncle Li San's place to help blacksmith, and I will give you seven cents a day."

Lin Xiaofan opened his mouth and preached.

Li Kang is too young. It would be difficult for him to carry the quarry. But it is still possible to make some small parts.

The blacksmiths at Li San's place were paid according to the wages of the escort team, which was fifteen cents a day. Li Kang was considered a child laborer and was paid half of his wages.

When Li Kang heard that he would receive seven cents one day, his big eyes were full of excitement, and he hurriedly responded:

"Yes, I will!"

The fifth aunt was so excited that she knelt down again, but luckily Lin Xiaofan was prepared and held her back directly.

"Okay, you guys helped me make money. You have nothing to thank me for. Just leave now. Anyone who is willing to work today can go and pay half a day's wages."

Lin Xiaofan said.

Everyone bowed to Lin Xiaofan three times before leaving. Most people rolled up their sleeves and headed towards the mine, determined to have a go at it.

Lin Xiaofan paid them so much, so they should repay him well.

"Uncle De, my land on the back slope on the west side of the hill has not been rented yet, right?"

After settling the work matter, Lin Xiaofan asked.

"That land hasn't been rented yet."

Li Zheng thought for a while, then said: "But the acre in the middle of the land can never grow food. A fortune teller said before that this is a dark land, which is unlucky. If you want to build a house Something like that, I can choose another piece for you."

In his opinion, what Lin Xiaofan wanted was definitely not to grow food. After all, he was not short of money now. Then we can only build some houses or something like that.

When building a house, you must pay attention to Feng Shui. Places with poor Feng Shui will be haunted and even dead.

Lin Xiaofan shook his head:

"No, Uncle De, I want that piece."

No food can grow in the middle, that's because there are saltpeter mines underground. As for anything unlucky or anything like that, that's just nonsense.

Li Zheng saw Lin Xiaofan's firm eyes and knew that he could not persuade him, so he said:

"That's up to you."

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