"Yao Zhi wants to hire people to build fences to surround her land. The wage is 30 wen a day, including lunch and water. She only wants strong and hardworking n. If you are interested, you can register your na with my son."
After he said this, a middle-aged woman asked, "Village Chief, I’m as strong as a man. Can I take the job?"
"Yao Zhi requested n, so you can’t take the job."
Before the woman could complain, the Village Chief continued, "But after the fences are built, she will hire people to clean up the wasteland. This job can be taken by n and won. The wage is 40 wen for n and 30 wen for won, not including lunch and water."
When they heard this, the villagers were excited. The paynt almost tripled the wages they received for working in town.
"Village Chief, can my son take the job too?" a young woman asked.
Hearing this, the Village Chief frowned and said, "Your son is only 9 years old. What can he do?"
He glanced at everyone and added, "Since Yao Zhi is willing to hire us, it’s already showing her goodwill. You had better not push your luck and take advantage of her."
After he said this, other villagers glared at the woman and scolded her in low voices.
"She is not from our village. It’s no wonder she is so shortsighted."
"Isn’t that so? She didn’t care about offending people and caused everyone to lose this opportunity."
"This is why it’s better to look for relatives when you are looking for a match for your son. At least then, you know the other party’s personality and won’t end up with this kind of selfish person."
As the words grew harsher, the Village Chief raised his hands and said, "Enough. Don’t waste ti on useless bickering."
With his words, everyone finally shut up. He gestured to his sons and said, "Line up to get your money. If you want the job, you can register directly. The work building the fence will start tomorrow. Everyone should gather here at dawn."
Since those who ca today were mostly the heads of the family, they were able to make decisions and quickly registered their nas to build the fences and clear the wasteland.
2 hours later, the villagers finally left the Village Chief’s house with money and a job.
Early the next morning, before dawn, a large group of villagers arrived at the Village Chief’s house with their tools.
When the sky started to brighten, Yang Dalang led everyone to Yao Zhi’s house. Today, their cousins and distant relatives also ca over to work.
Not knowing that a large group of people was coming, Yao Zhi cleaned the donkey shed and refilled its water and grass. Just after she washed her hands, she heard Yang Dalang’s voice coming from outside.
"Sister Yao."
Hearing this, Yao Zhi looked at the sky and muttered, "Why did he co so early?"
Thinking that sothing urgent had happened, she went to the front yard, only to see a large group of n. Seeing them, she opened the gate and asked, "Brother Dalang, what brought you here so early today?"
"Sister Yao, didn’t you hire people to build fences? We ca here to work."
Yao Zhi nodded and replied, "I thought you would start working tomorrow."
"We inford the villagers and our families yesterday. Everyone is eager to work, so we ca today. Is it inconvenient today?" Yang Dalang asked.
"It’s convenient. Everyone, please co in," Yao Zhi said and opened the gate wider.
As she led them to the backyard, she asked, "Brother Dalang, how many people did you get?"
"Including the distant relatives, there are a total of 97 people. Everyone is strong and works fast. We might be able to finish the work in 2 to 3 days at most."
When she heard this, Yao Zhi was delighted. "That would be great!"
"Everyone, you can start from the area connected to my backyard. As per the agreent, I will prepare drinking water, and you can get your lunch before noon."
Hearing this, everyone’s tense expressions finally relaxed. They had heard about the high wages and doubted it. At first, they ca to test the water. Now that they heard her confirmation, everyone was finally at ease.
They didn’t waste ti on small chat. As soon as they reached the backyard, Yang Dalang divided the tasks, and they started working.
Since there were so many people and the weather was hot, Yao Zhi lit another stove and boiled 2 big pots of water at the sa ti. There was an empty water vat in the backyard. She cleaned it up and used it to store the drinking water.
While she waited for the water to boil, she went to water the vegetable gardens and the apricot trees. Today, she mixed 3 drops of spiritual spring water into 3 buckets of water and sprinkled them on the vegetables and the apricot trees.
After she was done, she returned to the kitchen and poured out the hot water before she boiled 2 more pots.
This ti, she chopped so cabbage and added them into the water. The cabbage would add a hint of sweetness and make the water taste better.
When she filled up the water vat in the backyard, she started cooking lunch. Thinking about the number of people she needed to feed, she opened her system. At first, she wanted to take out the stead buns, but then she saw another flash sale.
She thought that she could buy more stead buns, but today’s flash sale was pastries and cakes instead. She checked the list and was stunned by it.
There were Mooncakes, Rice Cakes, Mi Guo, Golden Pea Cake, Rolling Donkey, Stuffed Sweet Rice Cake, Dumplings, Zongzi, Tanghulu, Fried Dough Twist, Sachima, Ear-hole Fried Cake, Osmanthus Cake, and Red Bean Cake.
Lotus Seed Paste Pastry, Sun Cake, Red Tortoise Cake, Thousand Layer Cake, Mung Bean Pastry, Water Chestnut Pastries, Sesa Balls, Walnut Cookies, Almond Biscuits, Youtiao, and Chicken Pastry.
Just reading the nas made her salivate.
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