Restart the Disaster of Another World

The beams were ready, and the factory had to continue working the next day, so the villagers simply dispersed without any objections. Now was the spring ploughing season, and everyone was tied up in the fields, so naturally they didn't want to waste another day, and just went about their own business.

After Jing Yao and Wen Qun got engaged, Wen Qun cooked almost all of his family's dinners. Jing Yao would go to help when he was not busy. Even when he was busy, he would try to get home before dark. Today, he got home early, and Wen Qun hadn't finished cooking yet, so Jing Yao went straight into the kitchen.

"Ayao, you're back. You have to come in earlier today." Wen Qun was cooking. When he saw someone come in, he said with a smile.

Jing Yao walked over, picked up the talent and went to the stove to watch the fire. "Things have been dealt with almost, we can start looking for people to train. Since this is the first batch of people, we still need to plan."

After the beams were installed, Jing Yao began to go around to collect the finished equipment. The core ones were almost done, so there was no need to pay too much attention to the unimportant finishing work, and Jing Yao didn't have to go out every day.

"Are we recruiting now? We haven't notified anyone yet." Wen Qun asked.

Jing Yao nodded, "We will build the training place in the next two days. We will build a shed to store things. It may take a few days. If anyone comes to inquire, we will spread the news first."

"Okay, it's finally started. Some anxious people have asked me several times, but you didn't say anything, so I just glossed over it." Jing Yao was not in the village all day and was rarely asked questions, but Wen Qun was watched every day.

"It doesn't matter. The first batch of people don't want much, so we are not in a hurry."

"Are you still going out?"

"Yes, I will bring all the equipment back and install it later. Only I can do this."

"I've already told Zhang Da that we'll need a car tomorrow. You can stay home to receive the things that are being delivered and put them in the open space behind. It won't rain in the next few days."

"Is this okay?"

"Okay, these are equipment that need to be installed and cleaned, don't worry about them."

After dinner, it was still early today, so the two of them walked slowly to Wen Qun's house. People passing by along the way were no longer surprised by them, after all, they saw them every day and had long been accustomed to them.

When they returned to Wen Qun's house, they saw Wen's mother in the hall. She was obviously waiting for them to come back.

"You're back. Have you eaten?" asked Wen's mother.

Wen Qun nodded, "I have eaten, mother."

"How's things going?" This question was obviously directed at Jing Yao.

Jing Yao replied: "The preliminary preparations are almost complete, and we are going to start recruiting workers." Jing Yao answered truthfully.

Mother Wen nodded and said, "The Wen family is a big family in the village. Everyone is related to them. It's not easy for you to build a factory. Choose carefully when recruiting people. Don't worry about elders and relatives. Your father and I will get to know them ourselves. Just pretend you don't know them."

"Yes, thank you mother-in-law for your teachings." Jing Yao said gratefully.

Seeing that he had listened, Wen's mother nodded with satisfaction and handed Jing Yao a letter. It was sent by Wen's father from the county academy, asking Jing Yao if he had studied and written well.

Jing Yao felt a chill down his spine when he saw this. He quickly thanked Wen's mother and went back to start practicing calligraphy.

The next day, workers set up a simple shed in the open space outside Jing Yao's new home. This was used for temporary training. Next to it were parts that had not yet been assembled. After Jing Yao assembled them, he could start explaining the theory combined with practice. Then the college would assign jobs based on his performance.

These are all lightweight equipment that can be easily moved. The large pressure cookers and some other equipment can only be moved back after the factory is built, so the initial training is actually very simple and only involves general operators.

There are also some jobs that process raw materials. Actually, he wanted to find women or boys for those jobs, but he didn't know if it was in line with the rules, so he asked Wen's mother.

This era was still relatively open, but there was no such precedent even then. Jing Yao finally had to separate the male and female workers and place them in different places before Wen's mother agreed to find someone for him.

"I don't agree, but if you need someone, I will help you. You have to talk to the sisters-in-law clearly, and you have to promise me that you won't do anything out of line, otherwise I will be rude." Mother Wen sat at the table, talking and drinking the tea made by Jing Yao.

Jing Yao quickly assured: "No, I will let them work separately and never let them work together."

Mother Wen was satisfied, "Remember your words."

During this period, Jing Yao went to the county town and Shishan many times, bringing people to bring back the tools and equipment made by carpenters and blacksmiths, and also brought back his customized clothes.

Wen Qun has already started registering workers who want to work in the factory. When he started construction, many people came to see the construction of the factory. Wen Qun also took the opportunity to promote it several times. Many people are very interested in Jing Yao's plan, so many people came.

Some families wanted to go to the factory for training, some were waiting for him to grow the seedlings and prepare for planting. There were also many people who felt that Jing Yao was too ambitious. They had only farmed for two years and had never done any big business, but he wanted to build a factory or open a processing plant right away. They had never heard of him and thought he was definitely not reliable.

On the day of the official recruitment, Jing Yao asked Wen Xin and Wen Qin to come to help register the application forms. Gender and literacy were required to be distinguished. Everyone lined up to receive the application forms in front of the two people, filled them out truthfully according to the information on the forms, and then took the forms to Jing Yao for an interview.

"Wen Lianxi, 20 years old, literate, temporarily assigned to the operating room."

"Wen Rui, 24 years old, can read, temporarily assigned to the operation room."

"Warm, 34 years old, literate, temporarily assigned to the operating room."

"Li Zhang, 26 years old, temporarily assigned to the operating room."

"Zhou Lian is 32 years old, illiterate, and is temporarily assigned to the packaging room."

"Wen Tao, 18 years old, illiterate, temporarily assigned to the packaging room"

The names of candidates were sent to Jing Yao and Li Zheng, and were scored by several uncles. Finally, Jing Yao decided whether to admit the candidates and determine their positions.

Because of the previous screening, Jing Yao is fast, and he only needs to look at the score on the form and the person in front of him to make a preliminary decision. First, those who are sneaky and sly will definitely not be accepted, and then there is the image issue, because personal hygiene is still a relatively important aspect of the food business. Those who are not selected will be arranged to leave, and those who are accepted will be taken to the back and arranged by Wen Qun.

A lot of people came from the village, and most of them focused their attention on the job fair. It was noisy all morning, but people didn't disperse. They were still craning their necks to look inside, wanting to know what the people who were admitted were doing.

There were also many people around who made sarcastic remarks and did not have a good opinion of the factory.

"Jing Yao has been here for three years, and I haven't seen him grow any crops."

"That's right. I just heard that he knows how to hunt."

"Will this factory succeed? Have you heard of those canned goods?"

"No, it's very new."

"A young boy and a twin, they think business is so easy to do. Young people just dare to dream."

"Hey, isn't this the Wen family's?"

"The second daughter-in-law of the Wen family doesn't care either."

"It's not her fault, why should she care?"

"Old Six, what do you know? Tell us."

"No, I don't know anything."

"This guy named Jing has been here for three years and I haven't seen him plant anything. Now he's taking out these seeds and asking us to plant them. Isn't this a waste of time?"

"Okay, I didn't ask you to do it, so just don't plant it."

Jing Yao didn't care about those who made sarcastic remarks. Just say whatever you want. It won't hurt him. He heard a lot of them when he was out and about, but he didn't care. After all, they were all men, and they wouldn't say anything too extreme.

When someone asked Jing Yao about this, he still said the same thing: "Three meals are provided during the training period, but there is no salary. If you are selected, you can come to the factory to work. If you are not selected, you can go back and wait for notification. Maybe there will be more people needed for the subsequent expansion, so you can come and apply again."

"Yao boy, you are not kind."

"That's right. We are all from the same village. How can anyone help you if you do this?"

"Li Zheng, tell me what you think."

"That's right, Jing Yao, why don't you change it."

"Yao boy, you can't do it alone."

"We don't know how to do business, so we have to listen to our masters. When you go to town to do odd jobs, people will pick you out, and it's the same in the village." The head of the village looked at those people who were usually restless, ambitious, and had no real abilities, and didn't want to say anything good to them.

"Uncle, you are right. I thought that I couldn't do it alone, so I looked for help from uncles, aunts, and brothers and sisters in the village. But my place is not a place without barriers. We accept everyone. Of course, it doesn't mean that those who were not selected are bad. Everyone has their strengths and weaknesses, and ten fingers are not the same length. We can still farm. This batch of seedlings of mine can be transplanted soon. If you are interested, come back in a few days." Jing Yao smiled and saluted to the people outside. He looked decent and polite.

Some people who were not interested in the factory but were interested in planting and came here today just to watch the fun were immediately happy.

"Yao boy, how long will it take for the seedlings to grow? We have already plowed the ground and are just waiting for the seedlings to be planted."

"Yes, yes, I really like those novel seedlings."

"Don't worry, uncles and aunts. After the next rain, the soil will be moistened and we can transplant the crops." Jing Yao was not angry when the topic was diverted. He explained with a smile.

"If it rains, then it will be two days, and we will go back and wait."

"It's almost time. Let's go back and look at the land."

"Okay, we'll come if it rains, so you don't have to invite them."

Those uncles are old hands who have been farming for their entire lives. They can roughly infer when it is likely to rain by looking at the weather. After getting the answer, everyone stops standing around to join in the fun and goes back to look after their own fields.

When these people left, there was one third less people. It was difficult to talk to the others anymore, so they went back in groups of three or four. Jing Yao felt much more at peace.

Wen Qun would be annoyed to death. His uncles would only talk about it behind his back, but his aunts would talk about it openly in front of him and ask in a roundabout way.

Although Wen Qun has become much more cheerful, he has not yet evolved to the point where he can quarrel with others. Moreover, those are his elders. If he dares to scold them back today, Wen Xing's mother will lock him up and teach him a lesson tomorrow.

"Qun Qun, this is your fourth cousin, why didn't you get admitted?"

"Qun Qun, why isn't your cousin here? Talk to Jing Yao."

"Wen Qun, your uncle is late, can you still come in now?"

"Wen Qun..."

Wen Qun was besieged by a group of aunts and uncles, some of whom wanted to get a backdoor, some of whom wanted to fight for a good job. They all talked loudly in his ears, and his ears were numb from the noise.

"Everyone, stop arguing. Once these lists are finalized, they will not be changed. This is just the first batch. Don't worry, we will expand the enrollment later." Wen Qun's words not only failed to calm people, but made them quarrel even louder.

Some people even made sarcastic remarks behind their backs. They disdained to work in the factory and were arrogant towards the job applicants.

"Third sister-in-law, you are so eager to send your daughter to them, but they still don't want her."

"Yeah, it's not even built yet and you're already nitpicking. Who knows what's going on inside."

"You'd better take a good look. Don't just leave here in disgrace after working for a few months because someone doesn't want you anymore."