She gave birth to three daughters in a row, and was kicked out by her mother-in-law who favored boys

Chapter 117: Scrambling for Work

Wen Wuyan was so excited that he exuded a festive feeling all over his body. He just shouted "OK" to everyone.

Then he continued slowly, "There are different levels of work, the more important the work, the less important the work. Everyone knows the situation in my family, so except for a few skilled workers, we don't provide meals for others who work in my house. Of course, we will treat everyone to meat and vegetables when we put up the beams and seal the roof."

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"Why don't you serve the meal?"

"Have you ever seen a family provide meals for their laborers?"

“…It seems so.”

When Wen Wuyan saw the crowd talking, he immediately raised his hand and pressed it down to signal everyone to listen to him.

Seeing that the voices in the crowd had quieted down, he continued, "The first thing to do is to go to the loess pit and carry the clay. It will take about ten people, and each basket costs six coins. Who will go?"

"Ah! Six cents for a basket? Last time, that person only sold a basket for four and a half cents."

"Yes, if you carry the bag ten times a day, you can earn 60 cents! If two people in a family carry the bag, it will be 120 cents a day, but this is 30 cents more than before."

"No words, other people's baskets are only 4.5 cents each, why are you offering such a high price?"

The person asking the questions was none other than Niu Song. His mother was still at home making clothes for Wen Wuyan's family.

When Wen Wuyan heard the question, he smiled at the other party and said, "Because we are anxious to move into the new house!"

"That's not right. There are many workers who want to live in the new house. If you don't have many workers, the house can't be built that fast!"

"Other skilled workers will arrive tomorrow." Wen Wuyan said.

Wen Wuyan said that the other skilled workers were none other than Zhao Zhong, Zhao Feng and others.

Everyone then realized that someone had not arrived yet.

However, this did not affect their work. As soon as they thought about the high amount of money they could earn here, the crowd immediately became excited and people raised their hands one after another to approach Wen Wuyan.

"I'll go with you."

"I'll go as well."

"I'll go back and get the bamboo basket."

This is the custom in the village. No matter whose house is being built, the workers who come to help basically use their own tools. Otherwise, a lot of things will be needed, and the host family will not be able to get them all.

So when they heard that they needed to be covered with yellow clay, they immediately took positive action.

There are positive ones, and naturally there are also those who have ulterior motives.

Li Er was like this. He saw that the people around him were also about to go up, so he hurriedly pulled them up, no matter who they were, and said, "Why are you in such a hurry? Listen to what kind of work is next and how much you are paid."

He is typical in that he wants to choose the lesser of two options.

As a result, the person who didn't pull the trigger got angry and said back, "You don't want to earn this money, but I do. Just wait for the next one."

Those who were slightly delayed were afraid that Wen Wuyan would not see them, so they squeezed forward while shouting.

Wen Wuyan was commanding his troops like a general at this time.

The chosen people immediately stood aside. Wen Wuyan pointed to Old Yang outside the crowd and said to the ten people, "Uncle Yang can read, and he will be responsible for recording the number of trips everyone has made. Remember to say hello to Uncle Yang when you come back."

Everyone then looked in the direction of Wen Wuyan's arm, and saw an old man outside the crowd looking at them with a smile.

Gu Qingqing was somewhat surprised to see Wen Wuyan mention Geng. She nodded to the ten people who came over as a greeting. When her eyes fell on Li Geng, she kindly reminded her, "Sister Geng, there will be some easier work later. Do you want to wait a little longer?"

Geng laughed heartily, "Qingqing, right? Our homes are quite far away from each other, and we are busy on weekdays, so sometimes we can't even say a word when we meet. I understand your good intentions, but don't worry, I will definitely not lag behind in work."

Seeing that she insisted, Gu Qingqing didn't say anything more.

At this time, Wen Wuyan asked loudly, "We need five people to dig the foundation and tamp the ground. It costs 26 coins a day. Who is willing to come?"

Those who did not sign up to carry soil are now regretting it so much that they are about to bite their back teeth off. Tamping the ground is also strenuous work. Although it is not as tiring as carrying yellow clay, as long as you are not afraid of tiredness and are willing to work hard, you can earn much more by carrying yellow clay than by tamping the ground in a day.

Although the price of the rammed earth offered by Wen Wuyan was two cents higher than that of other households in the village, considering the price of the yellow clay mentioned above, those who didn't go were regretting it very much.

Wu Shan looked at everyone's regretful expressions and couldn't help but remind them.

"A bamboo basket of yellow clay weighs about 80 to 90 kilograms. Think carefully about how many baskets you can carry in a day. There is no traffic over there. If you want to take a detour, it will be very difficult. Don't think about carrying ten baskets. In fact, you can only carry three or five baskets. How much food can you eat? You don't know."

As Wu Shan spoke, the crowd immediately chuckled, "That's right, I'll lay the foundation."

"I also tamp the foundation."

Afterwards, Wen Wuyan continued to arrange subsequent matters in an orderly manner.

Gu Qingqing found Old Yang and said apologetically, "Uncle Yang, the porridge is cooked in the big pot in the kitchen. I got up early to make some pancakes. The dishes are also ready. If you think it's not enough, you can make it yourself. I'm sorry to bother you today. I'll be home tomorrow."

Wen Wuyan had informed him about this matter yesterday, so he just waved his hand to Gu Qingqing and said, "Go and do your own thing. I'm familiar with the kitchen affairs, so you don't have to worry about it."

"Thank you, Uncle Yang."

Afterwards, Gu Qingqing was worried again and greeted Wen Wuyan, so she took the silver and Erhua to the town.

She was obviously more than half an hour late today. By the time she arrived, there were already some impatient people gathered around her stall.

When someone saw her, they shouted, "She's coming!"

Then there was a commotion.

While setting up the stall, Gu Qingqing loudly apologized to everyone, "I'm sorry, my family started building a house today, and I was delayed at home for some time, so I kept everyone waiting for a long time."

Before everyone could start to complain, Gu Qingqing continued, "I made some dried tofu today. I was planning to sell it, but to compensate you, I will give a piece to everyone who buys pig intestines later."

When the complaining crowd heard that there was something to be given away for free, they instantly became excited.

After counting money for so many days, Erhua can now tell how much money there is just by taking a quick glance after receiving it.

She received the copper coins, and Gu Qingqing was responsible for cutting the pig intestines, and then she used chopsticks to pick up a piece of dried tofu and gave it to others.

When it was the big man's turn to braise the duck, Gu Qingqing apologized to him, "I'm sorry, I kept you waiting for so long today. I had something to do at home and couldn't leave."

The big man was easy to talk to, and asked back, "How is my duck?"

"Alright, alright, wait a moment, big brother!" Gu Qingqing said as she turned around and brought over a basin from the car. In it lay a bright red braised duck. "Here, big brother."

The big man looked at the duck in her hand, his eyes lit up, and he praised it generously, "Good!"

Then the big man handed the copper coins to Erhua and asked Gu Qingqing to pour the duck into the basin he brought. Seeing that he was about to leave, Gu Qingqing immediately said, "Brother, please stay. I'll give you three pieces of dried tofu. Go back and try them."

The big man suddenly realized something and asked, "Is this the new product you mentioned yesterday?"

Gu Qingqing nodded, "Yes, it's a new product. Let the elders at home try it."