bestfiction Chapter 291 Payroll
Chapter 291 Payroll
"Hey, we don't know either. Daxin just ran home and said Qingqing asked me to come over and bring a bowl. We were still wondering if Qingqing made something delicious and wanted to share some with me." Wu Fang is a straightforward person and says whatever she thinks.
"You know what, as soon as we entered the yard we smelled the aroma of meat. They're not really going to give us meat, are they?" Zhao Qin also joked.
Gu Qingqing wiped her hands on her apron, came out of the kitchen, and took over their conversation and said directly, "You guessed it right, it's just to share the meat for you. But don't worry, today there will be not only meat but also other things. You wait for me in the yard."
After Gu Qingqing finished speaking, she called out to Zhao Bei, "Ask Daxin to help you move the round dustpan on the stool in the west wing." As she spoke, Gu Qingqing went back to the main room.
After Zhao Bei took out the things according to Li Xin's instructions, he suddenly lost his composure.
"I can tell from the look of your face that you know the truth. Tell your uncle now."
Zhao Bei was a man of noisy temperament. Seeing that he had brought out meat, he had no idea what Gu Qingqing was going to do, so he could only strangle Li Xin's neck and interrogate him.
Li Xin's shoulder blade was pressed by Zhao Bei's arm. He used both hands to pull his arm away, trying to save himself.
"Say or not?"
"No, no, you'll know when my aunt comes out." After saying this, Li Xin smiled with his mouth tightly closed, as if if he didn't close his mouth at this time, his aunt's plan would be revealed.
"Hey, you've learned to hide your words, haven't you? Then don't blame me, your uncle, for being ruthless to your men." Zhao Bei said as he controlled Li Xin with one arm and touched his armpit with the other hand.
"Gah~ Hahaha~ Dong Bo, Dong Bo, save me." Li Xin is not so ticklish on normal days, but he was just in a good mood today, so when he was tickled a little, he started jumping and struggling.
"Just keep quiet." Zhao Dong scolded Zhao Bei jokingly.
"Brother Dong, I was just teasing him." Zhao Bei smiled at Zhao Dong, and immediately transformed into a big bad wolf and stretched out his claws towards Li Xin, shouting, "Hey, you've learned to complain, so I can only continue to do it."
Dahua and Erhua were standing by and watching Daxin being held by Uncle Bei, and they were laughing so hard.
When Gu Qingqing came out of the main room, she saw Li Xin laughing uncontrollably, but he was unable to break free from his control.
Wu Fang saw her coming out of the house with a basket in her hand, which was covered with a red cloth. She became even more suspicious, but still pointed at the meat and asked, "Qingqing, you didn't bring it out on purpose to make us jealous, did you?"
Gu Qingqing smiled and said, "I can't do that. There are seven pieces of meat in total, each weighing two pounds. I can see how hard you've worked these past few days, and I prepared that for you."
Gu Qingqing didn't keep anyone in suspense and directly told them her plans.
"what?"
"Give us?"
"why?"
"We have one too?"
The first three sentences were blurted out by Yang Xing, Wu Fang and Zhao Qin in surprise, and the last sentence was blurted out by Zhao Nan.
"Yes, everything. Not only meat, but also money!" Gu Qingqing said as she removed the red cloth covering the basket.
Inside the basket were strings of copper coins, which shone brightly in the hands of thousands of people.
Seeing that everyone was surprised by her, Gu Qingqing put the basket on the steps and waved her hand in front of everyone. Seeing that everyone's eyes were focused, she asked with a smile, "Why are you all in a daze? You don't think I won't pay you for working in my house, do you? We can't do such a thing as bullying others."
"We eat and drink well at your house every day, why should we ask for wages? No!" Zhao Dong waved his hand and said.
Zhao Bei absolutely followed Zhao Dong's lead. When Zhao Dong said no, he also waved his hands, but only one hand was not noticeable, and both hands were waving faster than Dahei's tail.
"I'll listen to Brother Dong." Zhao Nan spoke at this time.
As for Yang Xing and the others, they were fine, after all, the wages had been agreed upon when they went to order the chickens and ducklings.
"Brother Dong, if you don't take my money, and you say I'm going to open a workshop soon, how can I tell you to work? Or do you have other ways out? If you say you have a job outside and they pay you more than my family, not only will I not stop you, I will be happy for you. Now, except for Zhao Xi and Zhao Zhong who have found odd jobs outside, do you have any work outside now?"
"We didn't find any work because we didn't look for it. I still say the same thing. We brothers know what we ate at your house during this period. We also know how you and Wuyan treated us. We can't take this money."
"Okay." Gu Qingqing agreed with a cunning smile.
"That's it, just give them the money that belongs to them, and we'll eat." Seeing that everything was fine, Zhao Dong urged them to start eating.
"Brother Dong, why are you in such a hurry? Wait for me to finish what I am saying. My family has other work to do next. This matter has been gradually implemented since last year. Because of its special nature, Wuyan and I have never mentioned it to everyone on weekdays. I just want you to ask, will you help me with the work?"
Zhao Dong asked in confusion, "Is this the workshop you just mentioned?"
Gu Qingqing nodded.
"As long as you provide the food, we will do it."
Gu Qingqing smiled, "Brother Dong, do you know what a workshop is?"
Gu Qingqing didn't wait for his answer after she asked. Instead, her eyes fell on Zhao Bei and she asked him the same question, "Zhao Bei, what do you mean by a workshop?"
Zhao Bei scratched his head, "The workshops in town just make things and sell them."
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Gu Qingqing clapped her hands with a sly smile, "What Zhao Bei said is right. Since we are doing this for profit, you are being righteous if Brother Dong says you don't want any money. If we really don't pay you, don't even think about whether Wuyan's classmates will accuse him of 'bullying his brothers' when they find out about this. In Niutoushan Village, we will be criticized by others, who will inevitably say: You treat Wuyan as a brother, but Wuyan treats you as unpaid laborers."
Zhao Bei was glanced at by Zhao Dong, and he shrank his neck with a chuckle.
"Then it won't be too late to pay the workers when your workshop starts working."
"Okay, I'll listen to Brother Dong." Gu Qingqing agreed readily again.
Seeing that she agreed so quickly, several people looked at her with caution. Did she agree just like that?
Then, Gu Qingqing didn't say anything more to them and started taking out copper coins from the basket.
"Yang Xing, your monthly salary is one tael of silver. It's been five days since you came here from Jizai, and I won't give you that many copper coins. Please accept this tael of silver, and I will deduct the five days you owe me next month."
As Gu Qingqing spoke, she took out a small silver ingot worth one tael from the basket and gave it to Yang Xing, then picked up a piece of meat and gave it to her.
Yang Xing looked at the silver and meat in her hands, and was so excited that she didn't know what to say for a moment. After a long while, she said, "I will definitely take good care of the chickens and ducks."
Gu Qingqing nodded at her.