Chapter 434 There are still too few people in the village
Shuiqing also talked about the welfare benefits: "Since it is done at home, everyone, young or old, can participate in it, and the meals are not provided;
As for clothes, when the toothbrush workshop has income, the workshop will give two sets of cloth to every household in the village who participates in it."
It is equivalent to work clothes, which is also a welfare for the villagers. After all, they do the work at home, which saves her space and brings inconvenience to other people in the family.
Two sets of cloth make everyone feel a sense of identity and participation, which is quite good. The more people participate, the more toothbrush handles are made, and the more money the toothbrush workshop makes.
Wang Guifen also understood that the meals were not provided. If they were made at home, the whole family could participate, and there was lunch every day, so how could they provide it? It is impossible to provide it to the whole family, and it is not known whether the money earned by the toothbrush workshop is enough for the whole village to eat!
When she heard that there were clothes and that they would be distributed directly to all the families who participated, she thought she had heard wrongly and asked stupidly: "Shuiqing, are you right? Some families have more than 10 or 20 people, and they need a lot of cloth for adults and children."
For example, there are more than 10 people in my family, so I will definitely take the job of making toothbrush handles. When I bring them back and make them, Shuiqing will give two sets of cloth to these more than 10 people?
"Well, the five steps I mentioned earlier require five people. Cutting bamboo and splitting bamboo is done quickly by men at home, but polishing is a delicate job that takes a long time. The elderly and children at home can help with this step. In this way, the number of toothbrush handles that can be made every day can increase a lot.
For them, they earn money, and for the toothbrush shop, isn't it? It's just two sets of cloth. People in our village wear clean, comfortable and warm clothes, and there is also a motivation to work and earn money."
The children in the village only have two hours a day to read and learn to read, and they don't take the imperial examinations, which is similar to literacy classes. The rest of the time is free. They used to help their families mow grass and do housework and farm work. Now there is a toothbrush shop to take manual work, at least they can make money.
The old village chief's mouth, which has never risen easily, can't help but curl up at this moment. What Shuiqing said is equivalent to everyone in the village having work to do and everyone can earn money in the future!
Unlike in the past, the three of them had to go to the capital city to earn some money, and they had to bow and scrape to those in charge to arrange work. It was good to have work to do, but the unskilled men in the village couldn't even find scattered work.
Not to mention the women who couldn't go out.
The old people and children could only do limited work in the fields, and grinding toothbrush handles was the most suitable for them.
Thinking of the future Shanshui Village, the old village chief's hand holding the cane trembled slightly.
He looked at the eldest daughter-in-law and said, "You go and notify every household in the village, and ask each household to send a smart and intelligent person."
Wang Guifen immediately sighed, put down the chicken feed dustpan, wiped her hands casually on the hem of her clothes, and ran out quickly.
This is a great happy event! The villagers will set off firecrackers to celebrate when they know about it.
The old village chief looked at Shuiqing again and asked with concern: "Have you thought about the sales? Can you sell it?"
Whether the village is good in the future depends entirely on whether the goods can be sold.
Shuiqing was just sighing at the efficiency of the old village chief. When she heard the question, she answered, "No worries for now. The first batch will be needed by Mr. Bai, so we will stock the Bai family's shop.
The next thing we will do is wait for Wenhua and the others to come back and ship it to Yuhang to try. We will know whether it sells well and how many can be sold per month in two or three months."
The old village chief was worried. If it doesn't sell well in two or three months...then he thought that at least the first and second batches won't be a problem. We have to try it to know whether it sells well or not!
Shuiqing at least has the ability to try. How can others do that?
Shuiqing thought that there are still too few people in the village.
There are about 400 people at present. The herbal medicine shop is okay. Only more than 30 people are needed. And these more than 30 people can also be used in the toothbrush shop, which accounts for a small proportion.
But the processing work of the toothbrush shop can occupy a lot of people at once. Every household in the village raising rabbits, pigs and sheep also takes up a lot of labor. She can use the wool of rabbits, pigs and sheep, and she indirectly promotes everyone to invest in expanding breeding.
Then there are medicinal herbs, which are grown everywhere in the mountains, fields, and lands. These are also indispensable for the supply of the herbal medicine shop.
Finally, transporting goods outside takes up more manpower, especially the strongest and most powerful men in the village.
After this set, only those who can move in the village have to work, and there is no rest. If they want to do other jobs later, recruiting people will become a problem... But first, let's talk about what the old village chief wants to do!
Wang Guifen came quickly with people, and the Zhao and Sun families also sent their children.
Even if the legs and feet of the adults in their two families were connected, they couldn't walk normally like before, and they didn't want to go out to deliver goods. The work of the herbal medicine shop didn't recruit new people to replace the women of these two families. They can still do it at the end of the year.
But the work of the toothbrush shop doesn't wait for anyone. The two families can't do it. Their legs and feet can't move, and there is no income at home. How can the whole family not be panicked?
The adults are panicking, and the children can also feel it.
After Sister Guifen said this, the elders in the family urged them to come.
After seeing everyone present, the old village chief told the story again.
This time, the scene immediately became lively!
They were all smart people in the family, and they understood everything at once, especially the half-grown children sent by the Zhao and Sun families. Others were just excited, but they jumped up and down.
Most of the elders in the family were injured in their legs, and they couldn't go out for the time being, but they could still polish it, and they could cooperate with the people they were on good terms with!
Even if there is less money, the family will still have income.
Shui Qing stood up at the right time, and everyone in the yard immediately became silent when they saw her standing up.
She looked at the people in the yard, put away her usual smile, and said seriously: "Grinding and drilling tools are collected from the workshop. How much you receive will be recorded in the book, and any messy ones will not be used!
As for the specifications, styles, requirements, etc. of toothbrushes, you can go to the workshop and learn from them. You can also take a few of them home to make molds. Just compare and make them. Once they are finished, they will be handed over to the workshop on the same day or in a few days. Either way, the same goes for wages. "
Ugly words are not ugly in front of you.
"Know!"
"Sister-in-law Shui Qing, don't worry!"
"We must study hard and do it well!"
There was an enthusiastic response from the courtyard.
If they wasted such a good job and lost it, not to mention being laughed at by the villagers, their whole family would regret it to death!
Aren't Fan Damu and Zhang Tuzi the best examples?
Toothbrush handles need to be made well. Only by selling them well can you earn money. You can also turn the wool from rabbits, sheep, and pigs into a source of income.
The people in the yard, like Wang Guifen before them, began to calculate their daily income, and it was very difficult to hold back laughter.
Never in their wildest dreams did they imagine that one day their income would be calculated on a daily basis!