Chapter 298: People are not as good as rabbits
All the workers were in tears at the first meal.
They had never eaten so much rice at home, nor had they eaten meat and eggs so happily.
The lard residue was so fragrant, and there were so many smooth eggs in the egg soup. Shuiqing said that this was a work meal, and they would have it as long as they went to work.
They never rested at home in the past. They were busy from morning to night during the busy farming season, and they were also busy from morning to night at home and outside during the slack farming season, but they had never felt so fulfilled and satisfied doing those jobs!
It turned out that it felt so good to earn money by working, and it was no longer useless. It turned out that it was so happy to eat with their own hands. The whole person was so happy that he almost flew up!
Originally, they came to the medicinal materials factory to work just to earn money. After a meal, upgrading to the medicinal materials workshop was their backbone. Medicinal materials were the most important thing in their hearts!
At noon, the men who went out to carry bricks and tiles came back. More than 30 vehicles were full, and each of them was full of bricks and tiles. They were unloaded and stacked in the medicinal materials workshop.
After everyone went home for lunch, everyone set off again with empty carts.
Shuiqing felt that the men in the village were getting more and more aggressive, and she was a little uncomfortable with it!
She sat on the railing of the wind and rain corridor, chatting with Aunt Wu, Xu Ting, Fan Xiang, and technical instructor Qin Yilin, who were washing, "I remember that I could only pull one trip a day last time, why did I pull it back at noon this time? After lunch, I rushed over again, pulling two trips a day."
Bricks and tiles are very heavy, and it is not cost-effective to pull less and run one trip, so the strongest men in the village went there, but even for the strongest men, two trips a day is enough.
You have to know that this group of men has just finished planting potatoes, and after the house is built, there is still winter wheat waiting. From time to time, they go to the capital city to sell rabbits. They basically have no rest before mid-October.
She can't stand the density and intensity of this work!
It's too hard.
Aunt Wu was in charge of the rough washing part. She kept moving her hands, skillfully picking off the softened mud. She also kept talking: "Well, they use donkeys to exchange for labor. Donkeys work hard and don't slack off. Shouldn't they work hard too? Otherwise, they will be outdone by donkeys?"
Donkeys are so useful. Everyone is planning to borrow donkeys to plow the fields next year. If you want others to lend you things, you have to pay them back. If they don't work hard, they will be the ones who suffer if Shuiqing family doesn't lend them next year!
The most important thing is that it's embarrassing. A tree lives on its skin and a person lives on his face. If they don't lend them anything, they won't be able to hold their heads up in the village.
Fan Xiang is the youngest daughter of Mr. Fan Qiye. She continued with an innocent face: "I heard my father tell my brothers to work hard and not to be lazy. He said that after the medicine shop is built, the library can be built;
When the library is built, my nephews and nieces can learn to read and learn arithmetic. Even if they can't be selected as accountants in the future, it is always good to know how to read and count.
My brothers are working hard. Even my unmarried sixth brother is so excited that he wants to finish the construction overnight!"
Sixth brother said that although he is not married now, he will have a wife soon. After that, he will have children, and he has to plan for the children in advance!
The library will not run away after it is built. With second cousin Fan teaching the children in the village, their Shanshui Village will get better and better in the future.
Xu Ting said bluntly: "I think it is also because of the wages paid last time. Of course, they will not work too hard if they are paid by the day."
After saying that, she bit her lip embarrassedly and lowered her head.
It seems that her father and uncle made money last time, which is really embarrassing.
Shuiqing smiled indifferently.
The atmosphere of everyone speaking freely was very good, and she would not make a big deal out of someone's unintentional words and make the scene awkward.
Especially Xu Ting, the little girl, had already begun to defend her in words and deeds.
Qin Yilin was busy all morning and had a little free time in the afternoon. She smiled and interrupted: "Pulling bricks and tiles requires a lot of effort. Who doesn't want to take a break? This time, it is really not hard work or tiredness, and it is extraordinary. I think it's not that they were lazy and didn't work hard last time, but that everyone worked harder this time."
These words not only saved everyone's face, but also highlighted the importance of the men to this matter.
Xu Ting and others, who had been ashamed and bowed their heads, looked relaxed and gave Qin Yilin a smile of gratitude and recognition.
Aunt Ding is so nice! The atmosphere in the herbal medicine shop is really good.
Shui Qing praised Qin Yilin in her heart, and always felt that Qin Yilin's craftsmanship and emotional intelligence should not be confined to a small poor village.
If she wanted to, she might have a place in Jinling City.
"But to be honest, do you think that the people in our village, regardless of gender, age or status, are much more diligent than before?" Aunt Wu hurriedly expressed her opinion after hearing this.
"I thought only my family became diligent. After hearing Aunt Wu's question, I thought that except for those two families, all families have become particularly diligent!"
Those two families did not need to be mentioned explicitly, and everyone present knew who they were.
"Not only diligent, my father and grandfather have more smiles on their faces, and my mother scolds less often."
"My family is always in a hurry, as if there is endless work to do every day, but think about it, it is true. We started picking mushrooms last year, building a house for Sister Shuiqing's family, and then building a house for our own family, and then storing firewood;
After the Chinese New Year, we raised rabbits. Last month, the rabbits were sold and turned into silver. Originally, cutting grass was done by whoever was free in the family. Now the family has specially assigned people to be responsible for grass, and a lot of grass has been stored, for fear that the rabbits will run out of food."
"Yes, it's the same in my family. It's no exaggeration to say that it doesn't matter if I don't have food, but I can't let the rabbits lack fodder! People are really not as good as rabbits."
"Hahaha, who made you valuable without rabbits."
"I don't have valuable rabbits either."
When talking about this topic, the people working obviously have a lot to say.
Everyone expressed their ideas happily, and the yard was very lively. As they talked, the wind direction gradually changed.
"Speaking of which, our good life is thanks to Shuiqing. Without her, those mushrooms we picked every year would just be an extra wild vegetable."
"Yes, I used to pick mushrooms, thinking that mushrooms are more delicious than vegetables, but in the past two years, every time I picked a mushroom, I would think of rice, pork, and eggs, and I loved it so much.
If there was no Shuiqing, I couldn't exchange for these things, and the mushrooms I picked would just be a wild vegetable. How could I love it so much?"
Mushrooms are delicious, but if they don't have enough rice and oil, no matter how delicious they are, they are useless. They would rather change to food that can fill them up.
"We were not lazy in the past, we worked all the time, but we worked all year round and still didn't have enough to eat or wear. Now we are so motivated because working hard can make life better, and this improvement is all because of Shuiqing!"
"Yes, yes! And her husband."
Qin Yilin walked in front of Shuiqing, unable to hide her smile, and lowered her voice and said: "Look, how high your status is in the hearts of the villagers, Fan Jin has become your husband."
She is still "Aunt Ding" and "Mrs. Ding of the Ding family". Shuiqing has removed the Fan family, and others call her Sister Shuiqing and Sister-in-law Shuiqing, which is much better than her.
Alas, it seems that she has to work harder.