Chapter 403: The Gu Family is Recruiting Long-Term Workers
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
Gu Yundong counted, and in the end, twelve people agreed to stay.
After all, long-term workers were different from short-term workers. They signed long-term contracts and had many restrictions. If you suddenly quit midway, the boss could sue you.
These people had a lot of work to do at home, so they had no choice.
The Liu family had originally rented the courtyard to Gu Yundong as a temporary workshop. The three of them worked here as temporary workers. Now that they were going to sign a long-term contract, only the couple agreed. As for Father Liu, firstly, he was old and secondly, there was other work at home. Someone had to do it.
Gu Yundong had an idea of what to do. She said, “Since you’ve decided, well sign a contract tomorrow. The salary will still be 500 copper coins at the beginning, but there will be three days of vacation every month. Well start working at seven in the morning, rest for two hours at noon, and stop at five in the evening. If there’s anything at home or if you’re not feeling well, you can take leave, but your salary will be deducted for a day.”
She explained some of the rules of the long-term workers first to avoid any controversy in the future.
However, such conditions were enough to make these people excited and happy.
Even the villagers who originally did not plan to sign long-term jobs were filled with envy and eagerness. However, they could not afford to leave their homes and could only feel regretful. Even so, they visited Gu Yundong afterwards, thinking that she could still look for them if she had short-term jobs one day.
Gu Yundong agreed. She was very satisfied that no one had slacked off during this period of time.
Once the matter was settled, Gu Yundong gave everyone their wages.
Every month, on this day, everyone’s eyes would light up, especially in the last month. Gu Yundong promised to give them an extra 100 copper coins.
After settling the wages and coming out of the Liu family’s courtyard, she looked up at the sky and heaved a sigh of relief.
Big Qian had already gone to other villages to collect fruits. Eldest Tong and Liu Wei, who had joined in the fun, followed him.
Gu Yundong also did not understand why Liu Wei was so enthusiastic about her business even though he did not care about his own business. No wonder Old Master Liu wanted to throw him away every time he mentioned him.
Shao Qingyuan also invited the escort from the Zheng family’s bodyguard agency over. The guy was originally an escort who guided others in martial arts. He could be considered very experienced.
After the escort came, he started training Ah Mao and the others the next day. Tong Shuitao also woke up early every day and ran to the Shao family.
Shao Qingyuan even bought an old woman to help wash clothes and cook.
However, he still came to the Gu house to eat every day. It was as if he could eat two more bowls of rice just by looking at Gu Yundong.
The new workshop could already be used. Gu Yundong started to recruit people again.
When this news came out, many people, be they from Yongfu Village, Xianbei Village, or the Song Family Village, came after hearing it.
Not only did the Gu family’s workshop have a high salary, but they also gave out things during the new year. Occasionally, there would be bonuses.
These things had long been spread by the dozen or so short-term workers from before. Everyone who was related to Yongfu Village knew that they worked well in the Gu family.
As a result, many people came. Gu Yundong was shocked when she opened the door in the morning.
She only planned to recruit 30 people this time. Everything had to be done slowly. After all, she did not know the fruit production here. If she recruited too many people but did not have much work, wouldn’t she suffer a loss?
Hence, she told everyone the number of people she needed and told them to be mentally prepared. She did not want too many people.
Then, she got everyone to line up. The person sitting at the desk taking notes was the second son of the Tong family, Tong An.
Previously, this person was the fastest and most diligent when he learned how to read. Now that a few months had passed, he could recognize the basic words..