Chapter 040: Labor shortage
This Spring Festival is the most lively Spring Festival that Wen Xu has had in ten years, Zhou Qian and Zhuo Yiqing stayed until the morning of the second year of junior high school, eating dumplings and glutinous rice balls before leaving, and Wen Xu went to Zhao Defang's house with gifts to pay New Year's greetings in the third year of junior high school. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ο½ο½ο½Uο½Eγ ο½ο½ο½ο½
Wen Xu has gradually become his hometown and Mingzhu running at both ends, not only there is a sunny greenhouse in his hometown, but also Wen Xu has felt that now the small truck can no longer meet his requirements to make money, how to say that he has to change to a medium-sized truck, if you want to get a B photo, you have to go back to the place where the household registration is, and the B photo can not be tested anywhere, and it can only be tested in the location of the household registration.
In this way, Wen Xu's life is gradually becoming tense, but the money is constantly squeezing into his pocket, and the sunshine greenhouse at home is also rising day by day, as for the exam, Wen Xu is quite good, and the B2 exam is also quite smooth.
Driving his own little Wuling, Wen Xu returned to Liyu Bay outside the mountain, threw the car at the door of his nephew, and moved an unlicensed motorcycle from the small Wuling.
"Uncle Cozy? You're coming back to see your sunny greenhouse."
Wen Guangfa, who is in his forties, is Wen Xu's nephew, and his father is the village accountant, whose name is Wen Shijie, and he is Wen Xu's fourth brother. After Wen Guangfa got married, he set up his home in Liyu Bay, which is convenient to enter and exit, in addition to Wen Guangfa, there are four other families, anyway, there is no family with a surname other than Wen or Wen here.
"Well, how's your business?" Wen Xu casually closed the car door, took out a pack of cigarettes from the bag he was carrying, and put it in Wen Guangfa's hand.
"Uncle Xu, it's not that you don't know, now this mountain is sealed at every turn, and where are there people in this village now, even if the child is too small, and the big one goes to school in the town, and he can only come back once a week, and the business of this mountain goods is about to go on" Wen Guangfa took the cigarette handed over by Wen Xu, and he was not polite, although he was young and Wen Xu was in his teens, but no matter what, Wen Xu was also an elder, and he didn't need to be polite to give anything.
After taking the cigarette, Wen Guangfa was reluctant to smoke after taking a look, thinking that when he arrived in the town one day to exchange the cigarette for the commissary, he would still smoke a pack of five red plums.
"By the way, Uncle Xu, I heard that you are going to show you the greenhouse, have you found anyone, what do you think of me?" Wen Guangfa asked.
At this time, Wen Xu's other nephew, Wen Guangshou, who also lives here, came over, Wen Guangshou is five or six years younger than Wen Guangfa, and the two brothers can be regarded as knowing each other in open crotch pants.
"Brother, just like this, you still want to show Uncle Xu the room, can you weed or pick vegetables, let me tell you, this job is not like you, you want a capable daughter-in-law, you have white skin and tender meat, you should pour some mountain goods" Wen Guangshou said with a smile.
Wen Xu saw that Wen Guangshou was coming, and took a pack of cigarettes from his bag and handed it to him: "I'm looking for someone to help, mainly not to look at the greenhouse but to pick vegetables, and the monthly salary is not too high, about two thousand five thousand, you can help me look for it, about five or six people."
"This salary is not an advantage, Uncle Xu, I tell you the truth, more than 2,000 was not bad three years ago, but now it is really not done, the garment factories in the county have a basic salary of 2,800 months, plus piecework," Wen Guangshou said.
Wen Guangfa said: "Guangshou, I can't say that, Uncle Xu's greenhouse is built at the door of his house, and the money for food and accommodation is saved, almost two thousand and a half a month, I think it's not bad."
"Lunch at noon, people can go back when the sun sets, if you are busy, you can also pack food at night, you can help me ask, be honest and capable," Wen Xu said.
It's been almost two weeks since the news was released, and there were a few people who asked, but none of them really wanted to do it, Wen Xu decided to improve his salary, and Wen Xu, who was eating something, was the least worried, anyway, what was grown in the solar greenhouse was just a cover, and it would take effort to deal with it when the time came, how much could a few hired workers eat.
"Okay, I'll help you ask," Wen Guangchang and the brothers said in unison.
Wen Xu now sees the greenhouse getting up day by day, and remembers that he can't squat in the vegetable field every day to pick vegetables and put them in baskets, so he started to look for people last week, and the salary is not high, not that Wen Xu is reluctant to pay, but this job is simple, and he just wants to find a desirable person, a little qualitative, don't look for an eighteen or nineteen who is not qualitative, come and run away after a few days, that is also troublesome.
"Then you help me ask, I'll go back to the village first," Wen Xu said and got on his small motorcycle, running towards the village with smoke on his buttocks.
After half an hour of bumps, Wen Xu came to the door of his family's old house, now the old house has been renovated, the courtyard wall has been reorganized, the original grass on the roof and the broken tiles have been replaced with new ones, the original slight cracks on the wall have also been simply reinforced, the house has also been re-painted, at least when I entered the house again, I have smelled the musty smell when I came back a year ago, and the current old house residents are no problem at all.
Putting the unlicensed motorcycle in the courtyard, Wen Xu locked the door again and prepared to go directly to the construction site of the Sunshine Greenhouse to have a look.
After going out and turning the small stone bridge, I saw the sunny greenhouse with the walls completed, two of which had already seen the steel hinges on the top floor, and the rest was only the complete wall.
After taking two steps, Wen Xu saw a little old man squatting under the tree on the side of the road, the old man's back was very hunched, his eyebrows were white, the hair on his head didn't seem to have fallen much, the half-length white hair hung up to his shoulders, it seemed that there was still a bit of 'literary atmosphere', the old man's spirit was also very good, although a pair of eyes looked a little confused, but he didn't see the faintness that he should have at his age. Under the old man's ass sat a small bench that had been polished, black and shiny, holding a dry tobacco pouch in one hand, and sucking it up and looking at Wen Xu who came over in confusion.
"Ninth Grandfather?" Wen Xu walked in front of the old man, bent down and squatted on the ground with a smile to greet the old man.
The highest generation in the whole village is now this old man, think about it, Wen Xu's generation has been very fatal, this old man is two generations older than Wen Xu, as for the age Wen Xu, this is too clear, but this year is at least ninety, and now the old man's sons have passed away, living in his grandson's house, and now his body is still strong.
"Who are you?" asked Grandpa Jiu, looking at Wen Xu.
"I'm Shixu, my father is Wen Liangzhuo, who lives under ......the old jujube tree in the easternmost part of the village," Wen Xu explained as he took out a pack of cigarettes from his small bag, untied it, and took out one and handed it to Uncle Jiu.
After Grandpa Nine took the cigarette, he said, "Oh, it turned out to be Shixu!" β
As he spoke, Uncle Nine leaned into his dry tobacco pouch and lit the cigarette, put it to his mouth and smoked, and then smoked alternately with a mouthful of dry cigarettes.
"Ninth Grandpa, why are you sitting here, isn't it cold? Let's go back early, it's just spring, and it's cold outside! Wen Xu said to Grandpa Nine with concern.
The old man nodded, then raised his head, and asked Wen Xu with a confused expression, "Whose child are you?" β
Wen Xu, who asked this, was stunned for a moment, then came back to his senses and said, "I am Shi Xu......"
It hadn't been two minutes since he finished speaking, and the old man said to Wen Xu who are you, and Wen Xu realized at this time that the old man's memory was probably not good.
"Boom! Keep staying here, I've got something to do first! I felt that I couldn't tell Grandpa Jiu, so I had to put the remaining cigarettes in my hand into Grandpa Jiu's hand, stand up and continue to walk towards his greenhouse.
"Shixu is here!" Wen Shigui saw Wen Xu coming over and stretched out his hand to say hello.
Wen Xu glanced at a few people standing next to Wen Shigui, greeted him with a smile, and after saying hello to everyone, he began to take out his cigarette and scatter around, these people are technicians, people from the greenhouse construction company, and are responsible for the technical guidance of the greenhouse.
"Zhang Gong, how long will it take to finish?" Wen Xu asked the fifty-year-old technician with black-rimmed glasses.
"If you don't add drip irrigation, it will take a week at most, but if you suddenly want to add drip irrigation to all the greenhouses, it will take another five or six days......" Zhang Gong said to Wen Xu.
Originally, Wen Xu wanted to get a simple filling faΓ§ade, but after watching it a few times, he felt that he was not too provincial, and if he wanted to pretend to be forced, he had to pretend to be a little forced, and after the New Year, the demand for fruits such as watermelons and pears on Han Tao's side also rose, and the investment here was not too large, so at first he felt that adding tens of thousands of dollars would be enough to get on a forced grid, so Wen Xu added drip irrigation equipment to his greenhouse.
Later, I felt that drip irrigation was weak again, and I added a little money to buy a computer-controlled ventilation and lighting adjustment system, and then I felt that all these things were added, so I simply added a little more, so nearly 30 tons of imported treated struvite stone was used as base fertilizer, and the mixed professional planting soil was made into greenhouse soil. In the end, I felt that three seemed a little too little, so I was stunned to add three more.
So this three plus two plus has become the current scale, so to speak, the county can no longer find a second Wenxu such a proud grower, the entire greenhouse computer control, the province is Wenxu now six sunshine greenhouses have this kind of force.
"Then you can tighten it up a little more, I'll wait for the seeds to bloom," Wen Xu said.
"I have to guarantee the quality!" Zhang Gong said: "No matter how tight it is, it is difficult to ensure the quality of the project, and you also know that people are not machines, and it is impossible to stay focused all the time."
Through several contacts, Wen Xu also knew that this Zhang Gong was a meticulous person, Wen Xu just casually urged this, for these things, people are experts, Wen Xu's side is in line with professional things to professional people to do, never stand next to others when they are working.
"Okay! Do what you say," Wen Xu said with a smile.
Zhang Gong said: "Then I'll take you to have a look, these two tops can be up today, and the glass can be installed in two days tomorrow......" Zhang Gong said Zhang Gong motioned for Wen Xu to follow him into the greenhouse to have a look.
After going around a few times, Wen Xu expressed his satisfaction with the project, and put the scene of Zhanggong's greenhouse, Wen Xu was called aside by Wen Shigui.
Wen Shigui took Wen Xu to the trail, took out two documents from the leather bag hanging from the head of his bicycle, and handed them to Wen Xu.
"Whoa! You want two things, a pond and a small hill are rented for you, just take this document to the county to report a formality, and pay the rent for the first five years, and the money from the pond will be handed over to you Brother Shijie, he is the accountant of the village, and the things in the forest will have to be handed over to the county, pay attention, it is written in black and white that all the trees must be cut down and planted as much as they want, and the ...... must be guaranteed."
After Wen Shigui said a long list, he said to Wen Xu: "Shixu, I always feel that this thing is not worth it!" β
"It's okay, thank you, second brother, I just want to raise a sheep and pig on a piece of land or something, and I'm not going to cut down trees and sell them, are these conditions the same for me" Wen Xu took the document and looked at it carefully.
It took half an hour for Wen Xu to read the two contracts from beginning to end twice, and he felt that he couldn't see anything wrong. Then he nodded and put the documents into his small bag.
"Did you find anyone over there?" Seeing that there was no problem on Wen Xu's side, Wen Shigui asked again.
"Not yet! Now I have ordered Guangsong and his family, and none of the others have any," Wen Xu said.
"It's hard to find people now, and there are few people who are willing to farm anymore," Wen Shigui said with a sigh.
Wen Xu said: "Look for it slowly! β
"If it really doesn't work, you can hire a small worker, how much money a day, so that the old and young masters in the village who are okay can also help, and they can earn some oil and salt if they are bored at home," Wen Shigui said.
Wen Xu listened and thought for a moment: "If you can't hire someone, you can only do this first!" β
Wen Xu didn't expect that this labor shortage would come to him one day, he originally thought that the countryside should have the most abundant human resources, who knew that people here like to drill in big cities, or county seats, and few wanted to continue to stay in the countryside.