My parents are both dead, I rely on fishing and farming to support my younger siblings

In this way, under the observation and improvement of Lord Lin and the reminder of Gu Lili, the drawings were completed three days later.

The sweet potatoes have been almost dug, and they will be finished in another two days.

Lord Lin was worried about what Gu Lili said, that using old vines for secondary planting would affect the yield, so he decided to only plant more than ten acres this time for experimentation.

The remaining fields should be used to plant wheat.

After the blueprint was completed, Gu Lili and Lord Lin went to Donghai Town together and found the blacksmith shop that Gu Lili mentioned.

After blacksmith Zhu got the drawings, he found them difficult to understand.

"What is this?" Blacksmith Zhu asked, holding the blueprint, squinting his eyes and frowning.

I have been a blacksmith for most of my life, so I can say that I have seen everything.

After receiving the drawings handed over by Gu Lili and Lord Lin, I felt that all my hard work for most of my life was in vain.

This weapon doesn't look like a weapon, and this utensil doesn't look like a utensil either. It's really eye-opening.

Fortunately, Gu Lili was already prepared.

"Yun Chu, Third Uncle, please move the thresher in." Gu Lili shouted loudly outside.

In order not to waste time, Gu Lili directly pulled a thresher from her home over to make it easier for blacksmith Zhu to do the job.

As soon as Gu Lili finished speaking, she heard some noise outside the blacksmith shop.

After a while, Gu Yunchu and Li Tiansheng brought in the thresher.

"Blacksmith Zhu, this is the real thing on the drawing, it's called a thresher. Take a look and see if you can make it?" Gu Lili asked with a smile.

Before the thresher was put down, blacksmith Zhu hurried over to check.

He had indeed never seen this thing, nor had he even heard of it.

As Gu Yunchu and Li Tiansheng put down the thresher, blacksmith Zhu touched it left and right and looked at it for a long time before he nodded.

"Yes!" said blacksmith Zhu confidently.

With both the drawings and the actual objects, it would be easy to just follow them.

Seeing how confident Blacksmith Zhu was, Gu Lili felt that she had found the right person.

"Okay, then leave the drawings and thresher here. When you're done, send someone to Baiweixuan to tell the shopkeeper. If there's no difference in the result, please make us a few more." Gu Lili said.

With so many acres of rice at home, naturally the more threshers the better.

You can use it again next year.

Blacksmith Zhu nodded, and could not wait to call his apprentice and get ready to start forging iron.

Seeing this, Gu Lili and others decided not to stay any longer so as not to affect Zhu the blacksmith's progress.

Several people got on the carriage and returned to Guzhuang.

When they arrived at the village, Gu Lili got off the carriage and asked Gu Yunchu and Li Tiansheng to go back first.

The canteen has been built and will be put into use tomorrow.

There are so many people eating at Gu Lili Workshop, so it is necessary to see what is not up to standard and let Aunt Zhang make improvements.

Seeing Gu Lili come in, Aunt Zhang and Uncle Zhang hurried out to greet her.

"Lili, you're here? Come and take a look. If there's anything wrong, you can give me some suggestions." Aunt Zhang said, and she took Gu Lili's hand and went into the house.

Gu Lili walked while looking at the layout of the cafeteria.

The table and everything else are available.

Gu Lili took a look and estimated that there were ten tables in total. If they squeezed together, eighty or ninety people could sit down and have dinner together.

Gu Lili's family does not have that many long-term workers at the moment. If the number of people increases in the future, they will definitely have to stagger their meals.

It’s just right, some people eat while some people work, it doesn’t affect the progress.

Looking at the shiny kitchen utensils, Gu Lili nodded with satisfaction.

"Uncle Zhang and Aunt Zhang, you've done a great job! The meals are as we said before, two meals a day, one meat, one vegetable, and one soup. For breakfast, porridge or vegetable porridge or something like that." Gu Lili curled her lips.

Gu Lili gave Uncle Zhang and Aunt Zhang a meal allowance of five cents per person per day. Although she couldn't prepare the finest food, she could ensure that everyone had enough to eat and they didn't have to run back and forth home every day.

Moreover, even if they eat at home, they may not be able to eat as good food as in the cafeteria.

According to Gu Lili's standards, Uncle Zhang and Aunt Zhang also have something to earn.

Moreover, if you are not satisfied with the fixed dishes in Uncle Zhang and Aunt Zhang's canteen, you can pay extra money and ask them to make better ones.

In this way, Uncle Zhang and Aunt Zhang can also earn some more.

Aunt Zhang repeatedly assured, "Li Li, I know, I know. We promise to cook the meal cleanly!"

Even without Aunt Zhang's guarantee, Gu Lili believed it.

After chatting for a while, Gu Lili went home.

She has not yet informed the villagers working at home of the news.

When Gu Lili returned home, the villagers who had been refining lard had just finished their work.

Gu Lili quickly asked Gu Chenxi and Li Tiansheng to call everyone to the yard so that she could inform them of this matter.

In addition to the villagers who made soap, those who went to the canteen to eat included the embroiderers and their apprentices, Lao Zhou and his apprentices, and Yu Yirou and her apprentices.

Cooking for so many people every day, both Mrs. Li and Gu Chenxi are a little overwhelmed.

Everyone was called into the yard and was somewhat confused.

I don’t know what Gu Lili was going to say, but she actually called them all over.

Not only the villagers didn't know, even Old Mrs. Li and Gu Chenxi were kept in the dark.

Seeing everyone's curious expressions, Gu Lili did not hide anything and directly told them her plan.

When everyone heard this, they all started whispering.

Everyone else was also normal. There was no difference between eating in the cafeteria and eating at Gu Lili's house.

But it’s different for the villagers who make soap.

Whenever they came to help make soap, they would go home to eat.

Gu Lili suddenly said that she would provide them with meals, so would that mean their wages would be reduced?

A braver villager asked with a big smile on his face, "Lili, does that mean we will be paid less for providing us with meals?"

If that's the case, I might as well go home and have something to eat. At least I still have fifteen cents a day.

When Gu Lili heard this, she finally understood that everyone was whispering about the issue of wages.

"Don't worry, the wages will remain the same! What's more, I will give you processing fees!" Gu Lili said loudly.

When everyone heard this, there was an uproar in the crowd.

Gu Lili continued, "Regarding the salary increase,

For the time being, this is only for the villagers of the soap workshop. I will remember the days when you come to work at my house. Every six months, I will increase your wages by one cent. If you do nothing wrong on weekdays, you will also be rewarded with silver during the New Year. So, when you work, you must be attentive! "

When Gu Lili finished speaking, the villagers in the soap workshop applauded excitedly.

Seeing that the other apprentices looked unhappy, Gu Lili knew what was going on.

They have to study for a year or two before they can get a monthly salary, so it is naturally unpleasant to see others receiving the salary.