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

Chapter 275 Ten Pence

Autumn is high and fresh.

The wind brings a strong sense of autumn.

After a busy day, people return home in the evening, and smoke gradually rises from the chimneys.

Old Mrs. Cui had originally planned to come back after lunch and visit the workshop for a while in the afternoon, but she was so happy that she forgot about it. She suddenly remembered it halfway and hurried back.

When I arrived at the workshop, I saw several aunts cutting vegetables in an orderly manner, and I finally breathed a sigh of relief.

But after looking around, Mrs. Cui didn't see Erfu either. How could this be possible?

"Where's that kid Erfu?"

"Is that the skinny guy?" an aunt said quickly. "He's in the workshop next door. He's been exhausted all day. He keeps running over here every half hour."

Old Mrs. Cui pursed her lips tightly and couldn't help cursing in her heart. Cutting vegetables into shreds is a delicate job. She usually stares at it without blinking and dares not leave for a moment.

This guy is really unreliable. He only comes once in such a long time.

There were several pots of shredded vegetables on the table next to her. Old Mrs. Cui calmly flipped through them, flipped them a few times, widened her eyes in disbelief, and quickly flipped through the other pots.

Strangely, there was no problem.

She was extremely worried on the way back, but when she saw that the workshop was the same as usual, she felt a little unhappy again.

Then why did she stare at me so closely before?

At this time, Erfu happened to come over quickly and was immediately delighted when he saw Old Mrs. Cui.

"Mother-in-law, you are back."

Old Mrs. Cui was unhappy. She just said "hmm" lightly and said nothing.

"Is...something wrong?" Erfu was nervous.

Aunt Lin specifically asked him to help watch over it for a day, and made sure it didn't mess up.

The aunt who had just spoken said loudly, "There's no problem at all. We're working even harder than usual, don't you think, Aunt Cui?"

Old Mrs. Cui could only say "hmm" again, her old face drooping.

Erfu couldn't help scratching his head.

"What did I say?" the aunt who was working said to Erfu, "Don't forget what you promised us this morning when you get off work."

Mrs. Cui glared: "What did he promise?"

"He said before we started work this morning that if you do a good job today, he'll give you an extra ten cents."

"What?! How come I didn't know that?" Old Mrs. Cui's blood pressure rose. No wonder nothing happened. That was ten cents.

There are five people cutting the vegetables now, so that means fifty cents.

Enough to buy three pounds of food.

When the aunts heard what Old Lady Cui said, they stopped cutting vegetables immediately.

"Don't worry, aunties. I promised and I will never go back on my word. I will give you the money later." Erfu showed his small white teeth, which made Old Lady Cui's head hurt.

The third son's wife also said that he was reliable, but he was just causing trouble.

The wages are fixed, how can you increase them at will? This is not the way to spend money.

Erlang still had work to do next door. Although he didn't know why Old Mrs. Cui had a stern face, as long as nothing went wrong, he could be considered to have done his job.

He distributed the copper coins he had prepared in advance to the aunts, thanked them one by one, and then hurried back.

Just as she finished today's work, after the aunts left, Old Mrs. Cui quickly locked the door, ran back home, and went straight to the east room.

Mrs. Lin rubbed her aching ears, handed Old Mrs. Cui a stool, and poured her a bowl of water.

"Mom, please sit down and talk slowly."

"I'm telling you, this kid is really extravagant. It's like giving it away for free. That's fifty cents."

Lin understood and was speechless for a moment.

Although Mrs. Cui was very distressed, Erfu was indeed insightful. As soon as he took over the workshop, he came up with a way to use money to increase work enthusiasm.