Since seeing the jade man in the small building that day, Shen Xi found that Shen Mingjun was a little unwilling, and he liked to be in a daze when he was idle, and even when Shen Mingjun was talking to people about renting a yard to open a printing workshop, he was actually distracted.

“…… Shopkeeper Shen, I don't know if you are satisfied with this place? ”

The proprietor of the courtyard was a little confused, thinking that Shen Mingjun was dissatisfied with the feng shui of his courtyard, so he hurriedly asked.

Shen Mingjun came back to his senses at this time, shook his head and smiled: "Very good, very good." ”

Maybe his father didn't even hear what the other party said clearly, Shen Xi vaguely saw some signs, and hurriedly covered up: "This owner, my father may be thinking about business matters, how many people need to be hired...... Look, would it be nice to sign a contract with you later? ”

The proprietor smiled: "Naturally, then so-and-so will wait inside first." ”

Waiting for the others to leave, Shen Xicai was slightly dissatisfied and said, "Dad, let's come out to talk about serious things, how can you not care?" ”

Shen Mingjun's old face burned badly, his face was red and his neck was thick, and he couldn't speak.

Shen Xi didn't say anything more, first told Shen Mingjun about the problem of yard rent, although the courtyard to be rented is located in the south of the city, a little far away from the downtown area, but fortunately, the surrounding roads are spacious, the carriage is unimpeded, and it is very convenient to transport goods in and out, plus the courtyard of the three entrances is spacious and clean, whether it is to place machinery and equipment or pile up paper and print finished products, these are the prerequisites for choosing a printing workshop site.

"If Dad is satisfied, then sign the contract, and let's go back to my mother to ask for the silver, and give the silver to others." Shen Xi finally reminded that he explained almost every step very clearly, and it was also to prevent Shen Mingjun from forgetting something because he was absent-minded. Hey! Speech! elder brother

Shen Mingjun realized that there was such a thing as a contract, went in and talked to the proprietor a few more words, then found Fang Ya and Fang Jia as the middlemen, signed the contract, and Shen Mingjun took Shen Xi back to get the silver.

The contract was in hand, and it was already half a day later.

The yard was signed for a year, and it was paid once every six months, and a total of thirteen taels of silver were spent, of which one or two was paid to Fang Ya and Fang Jia, which was only two taels of silver per month, which was much cheaper than renting a storefront along the street.

"Xiaolang, how good do you think it would be for us to have our home here? The yard is big, three into the yard inside and outside, two into the back, and ...... outside"

Seeing Shen Xi looking up at him with surprise in his eyes, Shen Mingjun's words came to an abrupt end.

Shen Xi shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Dad, in the future, you will be the shopkeeper of this printing workshop, and you must be magnanimous in what you say and do, and you can't make people think that you are a little family...... The ink in the printing workshop is smoky, and the personnel are extremely noisy in and out, how can people live? Besides, my mother has to look at the pharmacy, and it is a little far to live here. ”

Shen Mingjun sighed: "Then you should always install some beds in the courtyard of the back, so that the master and the guys can rest when they are tired." ”

Shen Xi nodded and said: "That's natural, the printing workshop in Ninghua also has beds, which can be used in two or three shifts." But I can say first, although there are beds arranged here, Dad has to come home on time. When you get to Fucheng, if you don't fall into the house every day, I can't help you when my mother starts a temper. ”

When Shen Mingjun heard this, he was slightly taken aback, and then frowned and thought for a while. Fortunately, this time he didn't think about the jade man of the building, and quickly came back to his senses: "Xiaolang, I often didn't go home before, your mother really complained?" ”

Shen Xi was speechless.

If the wife does not think about her husband and does not want him to come home, then she is definitely an emotionless couple. Although Zhou's people are a little spicy, they are delicate and know how to hurt people, and it is precisely because of Shen Mingjun's "inaction" that Zhou's heart has accumulated more and more resentment.

But this kind of thing, Shen Xi is not easy to say as a junior, so he has to deal with it casually, saying that the family should be together, but in fact, he still wants his father to go home more to accompany his mother and resolve the resentment in his mother's heart.

The issue of the printing workshop site is settled, and all that remains is to ask for a man.

Originally, when the printing master was not in place, it seemed a little early to invite a guy directly. However, the printing workshop is not printing text books, but comic books and New Year paintings, the technology is mainly provided by Shen Xi, and the workshop in Fucheng is to undertake the semi-finished products that have been printed in Ninghua for secondary processing, so that even if you find a printing master who knows how to do it, you must teach it by hand, which may not be more efficient than raw hands.

Shen Xi's idea, among the guys recruited this time, not only do they need to be young and strong, but they also need to recruit some female workers. Women who are accustomed to needlework are usually very careful with their hands and feet, and can do the two parts of color New Year pictures with great precision, while men are mainly responsible for printing, proofreading, and binding color comics, as well as carrying and lifting.

The work on both sides is basically separated, and the female workers find someone to be in charge of the elderly, so that the eldest man can take care of a group of women, and even if the female workers have no opinion, their families will oppose it, saying that it may not necessarily attract the interference of the government.

When Shen Xi returned home and told Zhou and Hui Niang about the idea, Zhou felt that it was not very safe, after all, it was mainly men who worked in this era, and recruiting female workers on a large scale like this was not needlework, and it would definitely be difficult for people to invite them.

Hui Niang felt that Shen Xi was reasonable, she had personally witnessed Shen Xi painting color New Year paintings before, which was really not something that a rough man could do, and the big proprietors behind the printing workshop were her and the Zhou sisters.

“…… I'll go back and let people post notices outside to see how many people can be invited back, Xiaolang, do you think it's appropriate to hire more female workers? Hui Niang looked at Shen Xi and asked.

Shen Xi thought for a while and replied: "At least thirty people, too many can't do it, please teach them things when you come back, and at the same time conduct an assessment, if you don't do well, you must screen out some of them." The skilled female workers we have trained can give them a basic wage, stipulate the minimum amount of work that must be completed every day, and calculate the wages by piecework for the excess part. ”

Hui Niang was a little curious about this novel way of calculating salary, and after thinking about it carefully, she felt that what Shen Xi said was very reasonable. People are smart and clumsy, and when it comes to the coordination of the hand and brain, the first thing to do is to see their comprehension.

"But...... Xiaolang, let's invite people and dismiss them for no reason, it's not good after all, people will gossip about us. Hui Niang was quite worried.

According to the previous model of inviting guys, as long as you invite people to come, dismissing guys for no reason is something that will only be done by the owner, even if people are stupid and slow to do things, they should not be dismissed casually, especially if the girl's family wants to save face, and in the future, she will have to raise her head in front of the neighborhood, and she can't have a bad reputation for no reason.

Shen Xi said with a smile: "Let's get a probationary period first, set the time for one month, if the female worker invited in a month can't do half of what others have completed, then we will send her a month's salary to dismiss her, but if she does it well, she can officially sign the contract, one year at a time, in this year, as long as she works hard, she will have monthly money, even if our business is cold, it will not treat them badly." ”

Hui Niang smiled with a little joy, and a shallow smile appeared on her cheeks, which was even more glamorous and moving: "This is a good idea, so that these female workers can break their worries, and they can also survive the fittest, let's use this contract to tie them up, and they will not be poached by people with high salaries." With one stone, Xiaolang is still thoughtful. ”

Zhou Shi was disdainful: "My sister praises him like this again, I think this kid is about to his tail to the sky." ”

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