Springtime Farming: A Happy Wife At Home

After the agreement was reached, Qiao Xuan and Shao Yunduan went to visit Ding Erzhu and Ms. Zhou.

The couple were very pleased to see them, and received them in the main room.

Shao Yunduan and Qiao Xuan had paid a visit to them during the autumn harvest, which was a month ago.

Ms. Zhou poured some tea for them and Ding Erzhu talked about what was going on with them these days.

Hearing that they were going to open up the barren mountain, Ding Erzhu became serious and attentive.

“We already spoke with the Land Officer about this. Uncle Erzhu, you can decide regarding who to hire and how to manage it well. It would be best if we can sort out at least 500 mu of tea mountains before the New Year. 300 mu of it should be ready for the planting of tea trees.”

“Apart from these lands, there will be another land as large as 100 mu, which

would be for other plants.”

Ding Erzhu nodded constantly. “Okay, okay, I will speak with the Land Officer in the afternoon and take over the job. The tenants are available right now, and with the help from the Zhang Village, we can definitely clear through 300 to 500 mu of land.”

“That’s good.” Qiao Xuan smiled. “If anyone asks about the salary, we are offering 30 won a day and lunch included. The lunch will be meat and vegetable steamed buns or rolls.”

They could not specify the dishes because there should be at least more than 100 people working together when the project starts, so steamed buns made everything easier.

“Aunt Zhou, you can make some steamed buns with a few women at the village, and they should be paid 20 won a day. You can buy the fillings from town and at least 1/3 of the fillings should be meat.”

Qiao Xuan believed that labor should be well-served so that they could be full of energy to work harder.

30 won a day was considered to be a high payment.

Ding Erzhu felt concerned on their behalf, so he said, “The salary is too high, and the competition would be fierce. That would be quite troublesome…”

If it was 15 won a day, that would be a relatively average price for those who craved to earn some money, and those who were selected to work for them would not protest.

But 30 won a day would be really appealing for everyone to come and join them. It would be very difficult to choose whom to hire.

And those who could not be hired would definitely complain.

After all, 70% of the villagers were surnamed Zhang and Qiao Xuan and her husband were outsiders.

They just could not be a match against those who were local residents.

High payment and one lunch which served meat steamed buns… that would be so tantalizing for anyone.

Hearing Ding Erzhu’s thoughts, Qiao Xuan was startled.

She had just felt that the work would require a lot of energy and 30 won per day was something within her budget. But Ding Erzhu knew more about how those farmers were thinking.

Shao Yunduan looked at her gently and smiled. He knew pretty well what his wife was thinking.

“30 won a day is a bit much, what about 20 won plus lunch. But we need to set a rule, like two steamed buns with fillings and two pure steamed buns, one steamed roll for each worker. Those who don’t take lunch would get extra pay. The size of steamed buns with fillings can be as big as that available in the market while the steamed buns and rolls can be larger.

It should be enough for one adult for lunch.

Qiao Xuan smiled. “Okay, that sounds great! As for the workers, each tenant’s family can offer one person and we would hire them all..”