The poor little girl who traveled through the book, her father was lazy, her mother was stingy, and

Just as the Lin couple put the tools they had unloaded from the donkey cart in order, someone came rushing to their door.

The Lin family's door was open, and the visitor was embarrassed to walk in directly, so he banged on the door.

"Aunt, didn't we agree on a time yesterday? You're here too early."

"It's okay. I'm here to check out the situation. You guys do your own things. I'll just wander around."

There were nearly twenty people in the crowd.

Everyone was talking to each other, and the gate was blocked off from all escape.

Linda's wife, who was wrapping eggs, couldn't bear to see this, so she raised her hand and walked to the door, "Fellow villagers, please come back later. Didn't you see Taohua and the others haven't had lunch yet? Just come at the time we agreed on yesterday. Everyone will have a chance to be interviewed. Why are you in such a hurry?"

"Don't worry about us, let's just squat by the wall for a while without talking!" After saying that, he turned and went to the outside of the courtyard wall not far away and found a place to squat.

Seeing this, the others stopped talking and followed suit, finding a place to squat.

Staring at the Lin family’s gate, you can see clearly any slight movement.

Seeing this, Linda's wife didn't know what to say.

She could understand the villagers' impatience. After all, Shanglin Village was too poor.

They are all just making trouble because of poverty. If one person in a family can work in the Lin family workshop, he can earn more than half a tael of silver a month.

Who wouldn’t be jealous if this were to be told to others?

Even in her mother's family, where several brothers all had jobs to make a living, her two sisters-in-law still envied her for being able to work and earn money!

Not to mention the families in Shanglin Village who all make a living from the land.

Lin Dajiang was the first person from Shanglin Village to go to the town to do business.

Yaowu from her family was just helping out his uncle's family.

Now, because the Lin family asked Yaowu to collect duck eggs, she is also looked up to by her brothers.

Lin Dajiang was not used to being watched while eating, so he simply closed the kitchen door.

God knows he was already starving after working for a whole morning and he wished he could eat two scallion pancakes.

"Boss, how are you going to choose among those ten people?"

"Support the right, not the relatives. Choose whoever is suitable."

Li Taohua thought of how her second brother's wife begged her last night. She wanted to speak up, but she felt that this was the right thing for the head of the family to do.

So he hardened his heart and didn't bring it up.

They are from the same village and of the same clan, so they are all related. If you help one, that one won't be willing to help, and if you help that one, that one will have objections. So just let the head of the family worry about it.

After eating and drinking, the Lin family took a short nap.

Lin Dajiang went out and invited the village head to take charge.

Lin Xiaoman made a cup of osmanthus honey for the village head. The village head picked up the cup and rubbed it for a few times, "Hey, is this new?"

Lin Dajiang nodded, "I bought it not long ago. You can try soaking osmanthus honey in water. Xiaoman likes to make these little things. I think it tastes good."

The village head took a sip and found it had the rich fragrance of osmanthus. "It's sweet, not bad."

Lin Dajiang's family is indeed different. This osmanthus honey seems to have a lot of sugar and honey added to it, both of which are precious things.

The head of the village wanted to settle the person down as soon as possible, so he drank the osmanthus honey in a hurry.

Otherwise, the villagers will remain anxious, which is not a pleasant feeling.

Before the hour of Wei, the Lin family's recruitment "interview" officially began.

This time, there was no need for any guidance, and the villagers of Shanglin Village lined up one after another.

The person standing in the first position is particularly uneasy. What will the interviewer ask? How should he answer?

From nervousness to confusion, it only takes a moment.

Why did he come for an interview?

What to do after the interview?

My mind was in a mess. What question would he ask later? What would he say?

Just when he was confused and didn't know what was going on, Lin Dajiang called his name.

Under the expectant and fiery eyes of the villagers behind him, he walked in unconsciously. His hands and feet did not belong to him, and his brain was even less his own.

After more than an hour, the interview ended.

Lin Dajiang went from being uncomfortable with interviews in the beginning to being able to handle them with ease now. He can tell the difference between every candidate who comes in for an interview with just two or three questions.

The ten people who are about to enter this time naturally cannot be compared with the previous two batches.

After all, almost all those who come for interviews now were eliminated in the first two batches.

He was a little worried, afraid that even if these people came in, they wouldn't be able to help. He had told his family about this concern last night.

But Xiaoman said that no one is perfect and they can't always find the right person.

If people are unsuitable, they can be made suitable through training.

Although the word "training" sounded a bit unfamiliar to him.

He also thought of what Xiaoman said, if he was really worried, he could introduce a probation period, which means letting the newly recruited people try the job for five days.

The wages for these five days can be half of the original amount.

After five days, the suitable ones will be kept and the unsuitable ones will be eliminated.

Time was tight and the task was heavy, so after Lin Dajiang discussed with the village head, he directly announced the selected candidates.

"Oh, I won, I won!"

"There is Wang Ergou. I heard the name Wang Ergou!"

"I didn't expect that I, Lin Daniu, would be selected..." A burly man said with a choked voice, crying with joy.

"I got it, I got it, hehe, I'll go back and ask my wife to give me an extra piece of black flour cake!"

There were cheers, and of course there were doubts.

There are more people than vacancies, and there are nearly half a hundred people interviewing.

Those who were selected gathered together and cheered, while those who were not selected were naturally depressed.

"Why are there twelve? Didn't they say they would only recruit ten people?"

"Wouldn't it be nice to have two more?"

"There's no share for me! What good is two more?"

"Fellow villagers who registered their names today, please come here at noon tomorrow. Someone will take you to work. But we have agreed in advance that the first five days will be trial days, and a master will lead you to work. The remuneration for these five days is 15 coins a day. After five days, those who are suitable will stay, and those who are not suitable will be paid and leave."

“Ah, trial day? Why is there a trial day?”

"Yeah, why didn't those people have a trial day before?"

“Isn’t it unfair that the pay for the trial day is only half?”

Lin Dajiang was surrounded by twelve people, and it was not easy to say that he was picking the tallest man among the short ones. Of course, there had to be a probation day, otherwise it would be unfair to others.

But they are all fellow villagers, and he doesn't want to offend too many for the time being.

"As long as you pass the five-day probationary period, you will be paid the same as everyone else after becoming a regular employee. If you have doubts about the probationary period or do not accept it, you can leave now."

"Oh, that's just the right time for me to take over!"

"Yeah, I can do it too. I don't even need to be paid for the trial day. Just keep me here too!"

After hearing what Lin Dajiang said, and seeing that the unsuccessful villagers were still recommending themselves, he shut up immediately when he was about to question a few more times.

Fifteen cents a day is not a small amount.

Besides, the trial period is only five days, and it will be fine after five days.

The recruitment was finalized so quickly.

However, there was a problem with the supply of pork.

Zhou Laosan said that all the pork in several towns near Dayi Town has been bought up by the Lin family, and if they want to increase the supply of pork, they can only go to places farther away.

That's something Zhou Laosan can't help with.

Just as Lin Dajiang was preparing to go to Jialin County by himself, Shopkeeper Tong came over with two large carts full of pork.

"The young master was worried that you wouldn't be able to find that much pork for a while, so he asked me to transport some from the county town. Don't worry, there will be more later, so you can just do it without worrying."

"It's really timely rain, the young master is really as good as a god!"

"No, no, the young master said that it was thanks to you guys that the sausages were so delicious. He remembered this because he was always thinking about the taste of the sausages."

Seeing the two people flattering each other, Lin Xiaoman smiled and went to see the pork being transported.

In addition to pork, there are also pig intestines. The young master really takes everything into consideration and is worthy of being a businessman.

What my father said about my ability to predict the future is true.

And what Shopkeeper Tong said about the delicious sausages was of course true!

-

The twelve people who started work on the first day were shocked by the mountain of pork in front of them.

It was the first time they had seen so much pork, at least a dozen pigs.

Li Zimao, who was leading them, saw a group of people staring at the pork in a daze, so he stopped and asked them to follow.

"Wang Ergou, Lin Daniu... the six of you will be responsible for washing and cutting the meat, follow me; the rest will be responsible for processing the small intestines, mixing the ingredients, and packing the intestines, follow Aunt Li."

"Nephew, will we be responsible for washing and cutting the meat?" Wang Ergou thought, washing meat is not a simple task. If his family had money and asked him to wash meat every day, he would be so happy that he would be beaming with joy.

Unfortunately, there are only a few opportunities to buy meat throughout the year.

It is so wonderful to work here that he would probably wake up laughing in his dreams at night.

"Don't underestimate this job. It's winter, and we have to cut and wash so much meat. We have to fetch water from the river ourselves. Also, cutting meat is a physically demanding job. You may feel fresh after doing it for one or two days, but what about doing it for one or two months?"

Li Zimao emphasized, "After a long time, when the novelty has worn off, that is the real test. When we cook, cleanliness is the most important thing. When that happens, you will find that keeping things clean is not an easy task at all."

"My dear nephew, I will definitely keep this in mind. If I do something wrong, you should scold me directly. I am thick-skinned and I won't learn my lesson unless I scold me harshly."

Seeing that Wang Ergou was showing his loyalty, Lin Daniu naturally couldn't fall behind.

"Ergou is right, nephew, please don't be polite to us."

The four people behind thought so too.

You call me nephew, and I call you nephew. It was the first time that Li Zimao was called nephew so affectionately by so many people. His brain was blown away.

"Less talk, more action. I will definitely supervise you!"

Nonsense, the sausage is the hard work of my aunt's family.

If he, the younger generation, doesn't help to keep an eye on things, he can't expect these villagers who only care about getting paid to act on their own initiative, right?

-

The Lin family's workshop became busy again and remained busy until the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month.

At noon on the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month, the last five carts of sausages were sent away and the Lin family workshop was closed.

Although it was a holiday, the workshop was still filled with sausages hanging out to dry.

These sausages have not been dried enough and can only be shipped after the New Year.

That day, Lin Dajiang and Li Taohua did not go to the town to buy breakfast.

They went to the money shop early in the morning and exchanged a large bag of copper coins.

Country people don't like small changes of silver. They like to string copper coins together. The jingling and clanging sound when they distribute them is their favorite sound to hear.

Don’t be fooled by the small workshop, there are nearly thirty people working on wrapping the preserved eggs.

Fortunately, the team led by Li Erli had paid the wages two days ago.

If you add the dozen or so people collecting eggs, it would be a huge crowd.

"Thank you for your hard work, fellow villagers!"

Lin Dajiang was filled with emotion, but if he really wanted to say anything, he felt that it would be better to give out the money as soon as possible.

"The day after tomorrow is New Year's Eve. I wish you all a prosperous new year."

After saying this, he took out the copper coins that had been strung together long ago and settled the wages one by one.

The first and second batches were considered old friends. They worked without a day off in December and for 28 days, each of them earned 840 copper coins.

In addition, Lin Dajiang prepared a red envelope worth sixty cents, a string of pork weighing two pounds, and ten pieces of sausage for each of his old friends.

Linda's wife was overjoyed when she got the meat. This was the second time the Lin family distributed meat.

In this way, the family’s income is almost enough for a year.

"There's also pork! It's really fat meat. We can make lard when we get home."

"I've been making sausages for so long, but I still haven't tasted them! The day after tomorrow I'll ask mom to steam all ten sections of sausages."

"Your mother hasn't called you a loser yet!"

"I'm not eating yours. Brother Dajiang gave it to me, so I can eat it however I want."

Everyone was talking and laughing, and the twelve newcomers stood at the back with eyes full of envy.

They have only been working for half a month, so I'm afraid there won't be any extra rewards.

However, when they thought about getting paid soon, they began to rub their hands and get impatient.

Wang Ergou's eyes lit up as he looked at the fat and sausages.

The two children in the family knew that he had been to the Lin family's workshop and they kept clamoring for meat for a long time.

Now, everyone in the nearby villages envies those who can work in the Lin family workshop.

Before long, the first and second batches of villagers who worked in the Lin family had received their allowances.

He held a string of meat in his left hand, a string of sausages in his right hand, and a string of copper coins and a thick red seal in his arms.

Everyone is smiling and full of energy, wishing their eyes could be narrowed into slits. If it weren't New Year's Eve, they would have continued waving and working for a month.

Next it was the turn of the third group of twelve people.

Having said that, none of these twelve people were eliminated midway.

Lin Xiaoman figured it out later.

The elderly and children in the family are their soul. As long as the soul is there, all difficulties can be overcome.

They were just like every ordinary worker before she traveled through the book, with elderly parents and young children to support, and their lives were hard. As long as there was a chance to make money and hope in their hearts, no one was willing to give up.

This is the case with the villagers of Shanglin Village.

In the past, they could only see the world of Shanglin Village from a narrow perspective and only knew how to dig for food in the fields. Dayi Town was too far away for them, and they would only go there when they had to.

But it's different now.

They saw hope in the Lin family and their future in the first people who came to work for the Lin family.

As long as you work hard and steadily, you can ensure that your family has enough food and clothing and lives a good life.

The third group of twelve people worked for fifteen days. They earned fifteen cents a day for the first five days, and a total of seventy-five cents in five days.

For the next ten days, thirty coins per day, that is three hundred coins in ten days, a total of three hundred and seventy-five coins.

When Lin Dajiang handed them a string of money with 375 copper coins on it, except that it didn't have a red envelope, each person also got a portion of fat and sausage.

The twelve people who got it were dumbfounded.

They thought it was good enough to get paid, after all, they had only worked for half a month.

Lin Dajiang saw their confusion and said with a smile, "Meat and sausages are New Year gifts. Not only you have them, but also those who go out to collect chicken and duck eggs. Everyone is welcome to come again next year. We can make sausages until the end of February."

When these words were spoken, everyone was happier than when they got the meat.

I can still work for another two months.

Very good!