The house is ancient, and was taken home by a rough man and spoiled

Meng Qian naturally agreed.

Su Wanwan took a look at the office conditions. The Agriculture Office probably thought that farmers would return to their hometowns during the winter farming season and would not live here, so there was no kang. It was quite cold here.

"Mr. Meng, Mr. Zhao will be leaving in two days, and there will be no one in the Agricultural Office. I have cleaned up a room for you in the workshop. It is warmer inside. You should move in as soon as possible. It is a bit cold here."

Meng Qian was a little touched. It was amazing that they were so thoughtful.

He was not afraid of the cold, and he thought it was okay for a middle-aged man to be a little cold, but being cared for by others was another experience.

And once Lao Zhao left, it became quite deserted here.

"Okay, then I won't be polite with you. After Old Zhao leaves in two days, I will move in."

After Meng Qian finished speaking, he suddenly thought of something and said:

"Shen Zhao will be back soon, right? Wait for him and ask him to come to me. I will test his homework."

Su Wanwan was overjoyed. This meant that she was going to accept Shen Zhao as her personal disciple.

Every time Shen Zhao came back from vacation, he would visit Mr. Meng and ask him for guidance on his studies.

It seems that Mr. Meng has caught her eye.

"Okay, when he comes back, I will bring him to see you in person."

Su Wanwan felt that it was time to get ready, as Shen Zhao would be going home for the holiday in two days, and she could then come in person with the apprenticeship gift to become his disciple.

When she first went to the academy, she paid a tuition fee. She also asked Shen Yuan, and there are not so many rules here. What matters is your thought. The sweet potatoes and corn represent hope, and the price was not low at that time. They were already excellent gifts.

As it turned out, the headmaster really liked such gifts.

However, if one follows the formal rituals of sages, true apprenticeship requires the performance of six rituals.

Su Wanwan thought about it and realized that they were the ones who paid Mr. Meng's salary, so she definitely couldn't take silver. As for the gift, she decided to follow the highest etiquette in ancient times and give it the six gifts of sacrifice.

In fact, it doesn't cost much, but it expresses the highest respect for the gentleman.

Perhaps it’s because it’s the twelfth lunar month and the Chinese New Year is approaching, the bean curd skin business has become better and the demand is already outstripping the supply.

So the couple discussed it and decided to have everyone work overtime in two shifts, usually six hours, which was three hours more than before.

Of course, there is overtime pay. It used to be 20 copper coins a day, but now it is 60 copper coins a day, calculated based on the hours.

Upon hearing the news, everyone agreed to work overtime.

Originally they work half a day, and overtime is just one day of work, one shift is from morning to night, and the other shift is from night to morning.

Each lasts about six hours.

Although I work three more hours every day, the wages are higher. The New Year is coming soon, wouldn’t it be nice to earn some extra money to celebrate the New Year?

What's more, if you go to work in other places, it will sometimes be very busy during the twelfth lunar month, and you will work for more than six hours a day, but you will only earn twenty cents a day.

This is sixty cents a day for six hours of work, not including any bonuses.

Based on the experience of the past two months, the bonus will be almost as high as the wages, which means that in the end they will earn almost 90 cents a day. I heard from the employer that the year-end bonus will be higher, and there will be benefits.

The boss is so kind that, let alone such a high salary, even if it is only thirty cents a day, there are still people rushing to do it.

What's more, with such high wages, they are willing to work overtime every day.

The workers were very enthusiastic about their work, and Su Wanwan was very satisfied. She decided to give out more benefits during the New Year. First of all, every member of Second Uncle's family would get a large can of oil.

We also need pork and some rice.

Su Wanwan wrote everything down on paper to avoid forgetting it in the end.

After writing all this, Su Wanwan left the workshop and saw Xiao Yunyi and Xiao Yueer walking towards her from the coal slag side with baskets on their shoulders.

Both children had become little cats, with black faces, as if they had walked out of a coal mine.

"Mom, look, we have picked up so much coal again."

The baskets of both men were also black, and their bodies were stained with a coal-black color.

At this time, another group of children appeared in front of her with the same posture.

Each of them looked like a child laborer in a coal mine, with a black body all over.

Their baskets were filled with small pieces of unburned, black coal.

Unburned coal slag can be reused

"Aunt, look, we have picked up a lot, let's send them over..."

When the children saw her, they all smiled, revealing their white teeth. Against the backdrop of her dark face, her teeth sparkled.

"You guys are awesome. Go find Brother Fengshou and ask him to give you some copper coins."

When Su Wanwan praised her, Xiao Yue'er's eyes smiled into crescent shapes.

"Okay, I'll go find Brother Fengshou too. I want copper coins too!"

Su Wanwan nodded.

"Okay, go quickly. Go to Aunt Huang's room and get a basin of water to wash and dry before coming back. It's too cold outside. Don't get frozen."

After Su Wanwan finished speaking to the children, they ran away.

Seeing Yun Yi and Xiao Yue'er also running to get the copper coins, Su Wanwan smiled helplessly.

It’s not that these two children are without pocket money, but they are willing to earn money with their own hands. They are happier to earn these two copper coins after working for half a day than for her to give them two taels of silver.

I wonder if their grandmother, Princess Yunran, would feel sad when she knew that the two children returned to the village and worked in the workshop like child laborers.

Especially the job of picking up coal, which is very dirty.

Su Wanwan was also unwilling to use child labor, and originally wanted to find a few elderly people to pick up the trash. However, an older child saw them and insisted on helping to pick them up.

She agreed. It wasn't a hard job after all. She just had to pick out the black coal that had not been burned cleanly from the coal slag and throw it into the coal cake pile.

These coals can be reused. It is not that they cannot be burned. They can be used just like new coal, which saves waste.

You can pick up a lot of coal in a day.

Who knew that after a few days, many children from the whole village came to pick up coal, so she let the older children come to pick it up, since they were running around the village every day anyway.

By picking up coal, you can earn a few copper coins a day.

Xiao Yue'er and Xiao Yunyi stayed at Ye Jingxue's place every day a while ago, but they didn't go because it snowed these days. Then they found the children in the village picking up coal and immediately joined in.

Su Wanwan was very happy to get those few copper coins every day and just let them do as they pleased.

It is true that the money you earn by yourself is different from the money given by others. Children cannot do nothing every day. It is good to do something within their ability.

That night, the workshop was brightly lit, and everyone in the village knew that the workshop had started night work.

The small mountain village has always been very quiet and pitch black at night.

That night, the area at the foot of the mountain suddenly became bright, and many villagers who did not go to bed early came to watch the fun.

The workshop was lively and warm. Sometimes they liked to come here to chat for a while. Su Wanwan didn't care about them. There was plenty of space on both sides, so it was fine as long as they didn't delay the workers' work.

Some villagers even had their cotton coats and shoes wet, and they couldn't dry them in such weather, so Su Wanwan asked them to bring their clothes here to dry on the kang.