Chapter 202 Hiring People to Work
"Then...then I'll go hire someone."
After Gu Dahan figured it out, he went to the village to hire someone.
Tong Huaqiong stopped her and said, "You go to the pig farm to check on the pigs. I'll go hire someone."
Although Gu Dahan realized the limitations of his previous ideas and agreed to hire people to take care of the crops, it is difficult for a person to change his mind so quickly.
I’m just afraid that he will go and hire someone with an embarrassed attitude.
Even if they paid him enough wages, Gu Dahan would still feel like he was asking for help.
Tong Huaqiong has to personally step in to hire someone.
After Tong Huaqiong sent Gu Dahan to the pig farm, she took two bags of Taohua Dessert's new pastries to the village chief Liu Tielian.
She plans to ask the village chief to help hire someone.
After all, the village chief is familiar with the people in the village.
Tong Huaqiong came to Liu Tiejian's house and explained her purpose to Liu Tiejian.
"This is a good thing, a very good thing."
The village chief became excited when he heard that Tong Huaqiong wanted to hire someone.
Most people in Qinghewan have relied on their own few acres of land for a living for generations. In order to earn a living, they have to go to the town, Pingchuan County or the provincial capital, where they usually do hard labor such as carrying sandbags.
Some of the Xu family's children had connections, and most of them followed Xu Jin to burn charcoal in the mountains. Not only was the work tiring, but the coal mines collapsed from time to time, killing two people last year.
For a job like this, only Xu Jin, a member of the Xu family, would be willing to hire someone.
Some workers also went to work on the farms of landlords to farm or look after crops, but most employers were stingy and exploited them repeatedly.
Even when the farm production was reduced due to hail or other weather conditions, some landlords would ask their employees to compensate for the harvest.
As the village chief, Liu Tielian also has his own aspirations. He hopes to develop Qinghe Bay and live a good life as the county magistrate, Lord Liu, calls it, with "full granaries."
But making money is not that easy.
Over the years, Tong Huaqiong's business was the only one that became successful in the town.
Peach Blossom Dessert doesn’t need anyone now. Besides, even if it does, it’s impossible to cram the entire village in.
Tong Huaqiong now needs to hire people for her dozens of acres of land, and Liu Tielian thinks this is a great thing from the bottom of his heart.
It can provide the villagers with opportunities to make money, and they can take care of the family right at their doorstep. In addition, based on his understanding of Tong Huaqiong, he believes that Tong Huaqiong will not let anyone down financially.
Apart from anything else, it is said that the guys working in Tong Huaqiong's pastry shop have a lot of money that can be counted in Yanguan Town. The village pig farm has hired two lonely old men from the village to feed the pigs and look after the farm. The villagers can really see that they have white flour to eat every meal and they also get paid.
Liu Tielan suddenly felt that Tong Huaqiong's willingness to ask him to hire people was a sign of trust in him, high regard for him, and a way to help him, the village chief.
I secretly swore in my heart that I must select the right candidate for Tong Huaqiong.
"Don't worry, Dashu Niang, I'll take care of the hiring. I don't want lazy people, slick people, or people with a history of petty theft and gambling." Liu Tiejian patted his chest and assured Tong Huaqiong, "I will definitely pick clean people for you to hire."
Tong Huaqiong thought, how else can I find the village chief? Wow, he really thought about the hiring standards.
"I need ten people first. I want to hire them long-term. It's also fine if they are willing to rent my land," said Tong Huaqiong.
With about fifty acres of land at home, Tong Huaqiong estimated that ten people would be enough to handle the spraying of pesticides and sterilization as well as the upcoming corn harvesting season.
However, these ten people need to work for Tong Huaqiong for a long time. In addition to the work in the fields and the pig farm, Tong Huaqiong also plans to grow cotton and contract a hill to grow an orchard, all of which require manpower.
In the future, these people will go wherever they are suitable.
If there are not enough people this season, Tong Huaqiong welcomes other villagers who are willing to do odd jobs.
The village chief said: "It's easy to find ten young and strong laborers in the village."
Tong Huaqiong thought for a while and said, "It doesn't have to be male laborers, women can do it too. I've seen many women in our village go down the mountain and do things well. They are more useful than men if they don't slack off."
"People like Guangkui's wife, the eldest daughter-in-law of the Bai family, and Mr. Xu's daughter-in-law are all very capable. We at Taohua Dessert are not short of people now. If we were short of people, I would like to recruit them to the store."
The village chief knew Tong Huaqiong's hiring style very well. She didn't care who the person was, as long as they were capable and had good character, she would hire them.
Even Tong Huaqiong, a member of the Xu family who is kind and hardworking, did not refuse.
And they often tend to favor capable women.
Village chief Liu Tielian calculated some people in his mind and soon had an idea.
So Liu Tielian described the candidates in his mind to Tong Huaqiong in detail, including some people Tong Huaqiong was familiar with and some people Tong Huaqiong was not familiar with.
Tong Huaqiong searched for the unfamiliar people in Tong Dajiao's memory. She found that many of these people had persuaded Tong Dajiao in her previous life, some sympathized with Chen Sufen, and some secretly gave food to Maner...
Tong Huaqiong felt that these people were at least decent people in terms of character.
Except for Mrs. Huang and Mrs. Yan, all the other people in the village who had done things against Tong Da Jiao were reasonable people.
Tong Huaqiong was initially satisfied with these candidates. As for how well they did the job, she decided to try them out for a few days and observe.
If it's not good, she can also fire him.
This is nothing.
"No one will lose out on the monthly salary. In addition, my family will provide lunch for those who are willing to accept the free meal. I will subsidize refined rice and flour for those who don't want it. Those who don't want refined rice and flour can exchange them for millet and wheat grains." Tong Huaqiong talked about the benefits of her own employees, and sure enough, the village chief's eyes lit up.
It was the first time he heard that people did not accept the free meals and rice and flour subsidies.
Now in Qinghe Bay, except for the Gu and Xu Jin families, no one eats refined rice or noodles for every meal. Tong Huaqiong's first move was to eat refined rice and noodles.
He could imagine that if this news got out, people coming to apply for jobs would crowd his house.
"Of course, this monthly salary and rice are not for nothing. You have to work according to my requirements. If anyone violates it twice, he will be fired and never hired again." Tong Huaqiong said.
Liu Tiejian said: "This rule should be established. After all, there is no order without rules."
Tong Huaqiong said: "Then I'll trouble the village chief. It would be best if we can hire someone today."
The village chief said, "Don't worry, Dashu Niang, I will go and find these people for you right now, and they will be at your house in the evening."
Tong Huaqiong nodded, indicating that she was waiting for good news from the village chief.
After talking about hiring someone, Tong Huaqiong stopped the village chief who was about to leave and said, "Village chief, there is one more thing I want to discuss with you."
Liu Tiejian stopped and asked, "What's the matter?"
He felt that what Tong Huaqiong said must be a good thing.
Tong Huaqiong told the villagers that most of the people's corn was infected with ear rot and cotton bollworms, and she had prepared fungicides and insecticides for them.
"I want to distribute the medicine I made to everyone for spraying, so as to save as much corn harvest as possible this year." Tong Huaqiong said, "You will definitely ask me why I don't keep the prescription to myself, and why I distribute it to everyone. I also have my own selfish motives. We all live in the same village. If everyone else's harvest is reduced, my family will have a bumper harvest, which will arouse envy."
"Besides, the people I hired have to go to the fields to spray the pesticides. I can't hide this matter. I might as well give them more pesticides."
Tong Huaqiong looked sincere, and every word showed that she was saying, "I am doing this for the good of Qinghe Bay."