Divorced woman with child travels through time

Sure enough, less than half an incense stick's time later, Cheng Xiang and the others respectfully welcomed them inside.

They even served tea as soon as I sat down; that's quite something.

Wang Feng, a first-year student, sighed as he held his cup, "We've been sitting here for ages and no one has offered us a drink of water."

"Hehe, sorry!" Cheng Xiang rubbed his hands together and laughed. "I wonder how Brother Chu Yi plans to cooperate with us? Are you going to recruit all our people to work for us? Like Chen Ji, will you provide meals and wages?"

"Yes, yes? I heard that Chen's restaurant has particularly good food."

The people below had just discussed it and were incredibly excited to hear that every meal included meat and was very oily.

Chu Yi pondered for a moment and said, "That's not impossible, but if we do that, your Canal Gang will have to change its name! Are you willing to do that?"

"This..." Cheng Xiang hesitated again, glancing back at his gang.

One of the guys immediately replied, "Let's change it. As long as we're doing well, what does it matter what we call it?"

"That's it."

"It's possible to change it," Cheng Xiang then changed his mind.

After thinking it over, Chu Yi still felt it wasn't a good idea, so he said, "I'll suggest two methods, you can listen to them."

"First, you will continue to use the canal gang to take on jobs, cooperate with my Chen family, and help Chen family transport goods. You will be paid according to the amount of goods delivered each time. Of course, you will also have to bear the risks of freight transportation."

"Secondly, if you cooperate with us, you will have to change your name. Of course, this will be considered as being employed by Chen's Company. You will sign a contract and make a written agreement. You will follow our arrangements to transport goods. We will pay wages monthly based on the number of people. If you do well, you will receive bonuses. You will also receive red envelopes during the Spring Festival and seasonal clothing and shoes. This part will be more strictly managed. We will select people carefully. You will need to have a guarantor and confidentiality. We have more requirements."

Chu Yi paused for a moment, then said, "I think you can choose the first option to cooperate; it'll save you trouble."

He was interrupted before he could finish speaking, "Choose second place!"

"Second! Second!"

A group of people were shouting.

Cheng Xiang chuckled and said, "My brothers all want to choose second place, so why don't you take us in, Brother Chu Yi?"

Chu Yi sighed. He wasn't too happy when his godfather told him to take over the canal gang. A bunch of peasants, he himself had risen from the bottom, so he didn't know what kind of people they were. But it was his godmother who saw through him and talked to him for a while that made him change his mind. Yes, who doesn't want to live a good life? Not everyone in this world is bad. If you can lend a hand, you should. There are always a few people who know what's good for them, right?

So he came. But seeing the crowds shoving into the sea, he thought of leaving.

"You! Go and give orders! Speak louder!" Chu Yi couldn't stand it anymore. He didn't know where the news had spread so fast, so he decided to take them in. In less than half an hour, only a few hundred copies of the afternoon contract had been printed, but the dock was already crowded with thousands of people.

"Alright!" Cheng Xiang hummed a little tune and went off. Chu Yi was a real brother, paying him ten taels of silver a month. He was all alone and yet he had so much money. Hehe, just thinking about it made him happy.

"Come on, listen to me, brothers, line up properly and don't push, or your pants will fall off and someone will steal them!" Cheng Xiang grabbed a long table from the side, stood on it, and shouted at the top of his lungs.

The audience burst into laughter. Cheng Xiang's little brother, Er Gouzi, quietly stood next to Cheng Xiang. He had just been the first to sign the contract, meaning he would start work tomorrow and would have food to eat from then on.

"Second-in-command, you're still criticizing others? Look at you, your pants are all torn and no one's patched them!" Xu Fengnian, one of the brothers, joked with him, then winked at Er Gou next to him.

Er Gou nodded quietly and stood up straight.

Despite the commotion, the people below eventually lined up obediently.

"That's right, Second Master, look at you, there's a rotten patch on your butt."

"No way!" Cheng Xiang immediately turned around. "Er Gou, can you take a look? Is it broken?"

"Second Master, turn around, or I won't be able to see you!"

"Okay!" Cheng Xiang turned around immediately.

Unexpectedly, Er Gou grabbed his belt and pulled him away, then turned and ran.

"Hahahahahaha!"

"Damn it..." Cheng Xiang hadn't even uttered a curse word before he quickly pulled up his pants.

Everyone below burst into laughter, and the scene was filled with joy.

Chu Yi and Wang Feng and the others started laughing as they watched.

By the end of the day, they had signed up about five hundred people, changed the name of the shipping gang, and hung up a big signboard: Shunfeng Escort Agency. Backed by the Jiang family and Chen family, with two big brands, they wouldn't have to worry about finding work.

In addition to Chenji Shopping Mall, Chen Wenfang's newly planned Chenji Food Factory is also in the planning stage. In order to boost the GDP of remote areas of Quanzhou City, not only was the location of Chenji Shopping Mall chosen to be remote, but Chen Wenfang also chose a remote location for this food factory. It is located less than a kilometer away from Chenji Shopping Mall. Construction has begun on a large scale, building factory buildings, dormitories, and warehouses, covering an area of ​​30 acres, which is a very large area.

As soon as construction started, people from the surrounding area came to investigate. Ouyang spoke up and asked Chu Yi to first recruit a group of unregistered migrants to work, which could be considered as helping him solve a practical problem.

Originally, we planned to send the people from the canal gang to the first day of the Lunar New Year, which would also solve the problem of the current lax staff. It's only been a short time since the New Year, and freight transport is fixed. There are still a lot of people who are idle and have no work. Now we don't have to worry about food, but we can't just eat rice for free.

Now that the migrants have replaced them, the canal gang members have nothing to do. Even if they go to work in factories later, the houses haven't been built yet.

The factory is expected to hire around two to three thousand people, with priority given to military dependents. Before the factory is even built, someone has leaked the news, and people are coming to Lou Guo every day to ask for favors, which is giving him a huge headache.

In just a few days, thousands of people from the canal gang had signed contracts. Every day when Chu Yi opened his eyes, he was worried, feeling like there were thousands of mouths waiting for him to feed.

As soon as he got home, he heard Wang Erniu also worrying. He said that tens of thousands of people had been recruited in the camp, and he was worried because they were training all day and doing nothing else. Now, the two of them were worried together.

Chen Wenfang had just returned with some good stuff when she heard this and laughed, "How can there be idle people? As long as you're diligent, how can you not have work to do?"

"What are you laughing at, wife? What do you think they can do? These Japanese are all too shrewd to dare invade, so they have nothing to do." Wang Erniu has been free lately, and it's great to have someone who can do the work.

"Let them clear the wasteland. The south is vast and rich in resources. There's plenty of wasteland now. Planting crops there will feed the people and store grain, so we won't have to worry about famine years." Chen Wenfang wasn't worried at all. She smiled and took out a tightly wrapped item from her bag. "Let me show you a treasure. We're about to get rich!"

"What treasure? Why are you being so mysterious? It's making me really curious."

"Go and close the door on the first day of the lunar month," Chen Wenfang instructed Chu Yi, pulling A Yue into the room.

"This is so precious!" Chu Yi did as she was told and closed the door.

“Once you’ve seen it, you can’t forget yourself.” A-Yue smiled strangely.