I feel so good after dressing up as a peasant girl

Chapter 157 Temporary Small Workshop

Chunni'er and her four siblings put on the old sheepskin coats that Gu Wenxuan provided them. A rare hint of joy appeared on their little faces, which were originally filled with sadness and anxiety.

This was the first time that the children showed joy after the great changes in their family.

When the old man saw that Gu Wenxuan actually provided the children with long sheepskin coats, he immediately felt more reassured about the children's future situation.

He did not stay in the Gu family for long. After drinking the sweet soup, the old man called his son and nephews to leave.

Mr. Gu and others warmly escorted them out of the yard, and as usual, they were polite and invited them to visit their home often in the future.

Gu Wenxuan always tried to avoid these kinds of interpersonal relationships. When Grandpa Gu and his friends were being polite to the uncle of the five siblings of the Wang family, she just stood there quietly as a background board.

Gu Wenxuan became active again only after those people set out on their way home.

She told Mr. Gu and others that she and Bai Jingzhou planned to build a simple workshop on the wasteland next to her house.

The workshop doesn't need to be very big, just enough for them to stir-fry mountain products, make persimmon cakes, candied haws and other snacks.

Old Man Gu looked at Gu Yongming and said, "If we are in a hurry, we need to hire more people in the village."

Gu Yongming nodded, "After everyone has sold their mountain products, I will find someone to build a shed and a stove."

The villagers are all anxious to cash in on the mountain products on hand, and it is estimated that all the mountain products will be delivered to their homes within three to five days. Gu Yongming doesn't think they can spare any manpower to hire villagers to build sheds, build stoves, etc.

After hearing this, Gu Wenxuan gave Gu Yongming a different idea, "You can let my uncle-in-law and his two younger brothers do this together."

Gu Xing's husband's family is not only large but also has very strong members with the surname Fang. Most of their strong laborers were busy working for Bai Jingzhou and Gu Wenxuan, so there were no mountain products that needed to be sold urgently at home.

Gu Wenxuan and others are collecting mountain products, and Fang Youfu and others are definitely busy, but their fathers are still idle.

"If they are too busy, you can ask them to call my uncle, aunt, and cousin as well. In short, as long as they are diligent and responsible, we will accept anyone who comes."

Gu Wenxuan's words reminded Gu Yongming that, indeed, his second uncle was also a capable man and was fully capable of taking the lead in arranging a temporary workshop for their family.

He was just about to say that he would go to Fang's house now, but the job was taken over by Mr. Gu, "Then I will go to your aunt's house now."

Gu Wenxuan said “hmm” twice, and then Old Man Gu walked away with his hands behind his back.

Bai Jingzhou's parents had been busy with the Gu family for a while and finally had some free time. But when they looked up, they saw their disappointing eldest son standing there, pointing and talking to Gu Wenxuan about something.

As for Gu Wenxuan, the girl was listening to Bai Jingzhou talking while moving things around skillfully.

The contrast was too stark, and Ning Cuizhi was so angry that she wanted to go up and hit her own son twice.

This is the Gu family, the Gu family! Can't their son behave well in front of his future father-in-law and mother-in-law?

He let the girl work hard, but he didn't even move his hands. He was afraid that he would be disliked!

What Ning Cuizhi, who was very disappointed with her child, didn't know was that the Gu family had actually long been accustomed to the way Gu Wenxuan and Bai Jingzhou got along, and they also knew something that Bai Chong and Ning Cuizhi didn't know, which was that Bai Jingzhou was not lazy, he was so honest now simply because he had been disliked too many times.

There was no way. The strength difference between the two was too great. If Bai Jingzhou insisted on going over to help, in Gu Wenxuan's words, he would not be helping but causing trouble.

Bai Jingzhou wanted to please others but always got the opposite result. This happened so many times that how could he not learn a lesson?

He has developed a good habit of never causing trouble when Gu Wenxuan is carrying heavy objects.

He and the Bai family didn't think there was anything wrong with his behavior. However, Bai Chong and Ning Cuizhi, who were unaware of the situation, often glared at their son.

They didn't want to scold their son in front of Gu Wenxuan's family, but they used this attitude to fully condemn Bai Jingzhou's "lazy" behavior.

Bai Jingzhou was very busy and had no time to explain to them that he was not being lazy on purpose. Well, the main reason was that even if he took the time to explain to his parents, Bai Chong and Ning Cuizhi might not believe him.

Thinking about the huge amount of time required and the small possible results, Bai Jingzhou simply pretended not to notice their glares.

In the next few days, Gu Wenxuan's family and Bai Jingzhou's family were so busy that they were running around.

First they set up a shed, built a stove, and collected mountain products. Then they roasted nuts, made persimmon cakes and candied haws, etc.

All the temporary workers in the workshop are from Baijia Village.

Gu Wenxuan and her colleagues found some clean, tight-lipped, efficient women from the village who came from poor families to help with cooking the mountain products. They also picked a dozen reliable young girls and wives to help with making persimmon cakes and candied haws.

After discussion, Gu Wenxuan and Bai Jingzhou set two wage levels for the temporary employees in the workshop: fifteen cents per day and twenty cents per day.

The women who were responsible for screening raw materials, fetching water, cleaning, removing cores, packaging, carrying, preparing wooden sticks and other trivial matters were paid 15 wen per day, while the women who were responsible for key steps such as frying and boiling sugar were paid 20 wen per day.

Of course, these people who received twenty cents as wages were also responsible for the taste of the finished product.

If the food was burnt, undercooked, or tasted weird, not only would Gu Wenxuan and Bai Jingzhou not pay them twenty cents a day, they would also choose someone else to replace them.

"If you can do it, go ahead. If you can't, step down." When Bai Jingzhou said this, Ning Cuizhi almost rushed over to cover his mouth.

They are all relatives, and Ning Cuizhi didn't want Bai Jingzhou to speak so bluntly.

However, Bai Jingzhou felt that it was the best option to speak out the ugly truth in advance.

Although they didn't intend to make money from the villagers, they also didn't want to be treated as suckers or easy targets.

The variety of goods he ordered was not very wide. Apart from cracked pine nuts, amber walnuts, spiced peanuts, crispy soybeans, and persimmon cakes, there were only hawthorn, orange, yam bean, and double-blended candied haws of various flavors.

He would teach these methods to different people separately, and then let them perform their respective duties and specialize in one thing, thus reducing the difficulty of their operation.

In Bai Jingzhou's opinion, if they are still unable to take on the main responsibility, it proves that they are not suitable for this job at all.

If it is not suitable, then of course you have to step down and let others take over.