Crossing the farm gate, the whole family reunites in the disaster year

Old Mrs. Cui changed into her cleanest clothes, combed her hair neatly, stood by the door, and glanced at the east room from time to time.

Lin walked over with a smile: "Mom, I'm not familiar with the people in the village. I have to rely on your help to check the recruitment today."

Old Lady Cui stood up swiftly. "Speaking of the people in our village, there's not a single one of them that I don't know well. Take the young wife of the Zhang family at the west end of the village, for example. She looks cheerful and capable, but she's actually incredibly lazy..."

Old Mrs. Cui couldn't stop talking about it and she remembered the events of more than ten years ago clearly.

A cough interrupted Old Lady Cui's recounting of old matters.

"Just go if you're told to. Why tell these things to the children?"

Old Lady Cui was tough for once: "It's the little things that reveal a person's character. We spent money to hire someone, so we can't let the money go to waste."

Lin smiled and agreed: "Mom is right. If the hired people are lazy and don't work, it will be our family that suffers."

"Of course." Old Mrs. Cui naturally put her arm around Lin's arm and said, "Let's go. Don't keep the villagers waiting anxiously."

A group of people walked towards the big locust tree.

Old Mrs. Cui placed her hand on Lin's arm, her fingers unconsciously stroking the fabric.

Lin calmly held Mrs. Cui's hand to ease her tension.

It would be a lie if Old Mrs. Cui said she wasn't nervous. She had been a peasant all her life, and this was the first time she had hired someone with money, and the person she hired was a fellow villager from the same village.

She hadn't even thought of her first words yet.

But the third son's wife had only been in the village for a few months and didn't know all the villagers. If they relied on her to hire someone, they were afraid that all the wages would be cheated away.

She still has to rely on her old wife.

Thinking of this, Mrs. Cui was no longer so nervous. Instead, she felt that she had a great responsibility.

The village head knew about Lin's hiring early on and set up a table under the big locust tree.

When the Cui family arrived, the big locust tree was already crowded with people.

"Hurry, hurry, Jingwen's mother is here."

A group of people crowded forward, fearing that Lin wouldn't be able to see them.

Cui Jingwen was standing next to Lin and was almost knocked down by the crowd.

The village head shouted, "Why are you pushing? Just stay still. I'll be watching from here. Anyone pushing forward can go home."

After the head of the village spoke, no one dared to move forward and they all found their seats and stood still.

Several people from the Lin family also stood in front of the table. Cui Jingwen stood in the middle and took out the form he had drawn last night and placed it on the table.

The village head took a few glances and couldn't understand what these small squares were. He just thought they were very impressive.

Lin smiled and glanced at the crowd waiting below. There were quite a few people coming, and some of them were even familiar faces.

We had just experienced a drought and every family was short of money. Only a fool would not take advantage of such a good opportunity to make money without leaving the village.

"I thank the villagers for their trust in our family. I won't waste any more of your time and will simply explain the salary and requirements for this recruitment."

Lin's voice was crisp and clear, and her pronunciation was so clear that even people standing in the back row could hear it clearly.

"We're hiring a total of ten people this time. The work period is three days. The location is the village grain drying ground, and the working hours are four hours a day. Considering that the autumn harvest is approaching and farm work cannot be delayed, there is no requirement for the working hours. As long as you work the full four hours a day, you're good to go."

As soon as these words were spoken, there was silence under the big locust tree.

Some people scratched their ears to digest the news.

"Then... can we go at noon?"

"I get up early, so I can go there at daybreak?"

Lin smiled and nodded. "As long as the work is done well, you can come any time you want. As long as it's four hours, you can even come three times a day to work."