After Hong Tao pondered for a moment, he nodded in agreement, and Chi Xi and Tian Cuihe took the officials to the house.

Delicious meals and rich drinks are ready.

The officials were satisfied, and their favorability towards the Xi family skyrocketed.

Hong Tao looked at the scale of the Xi family, and there was a faint envy in his heart, he stood up and walked around the Xi family in the name of going out to sober up, and found that the Xi family's house was bigger than the county government, and the circle for feeding chickens, ducks and geese had expanded half of the mountain.

This is richer than some foreign masters in the county, his eyes flashed, and he was about to turn back, when suddenly a person suddenly appeared out of nowhere and grabbed his shoulder.

"Brother, you also think that the Xi family is very silver, don't you?"

The person who spoke was smelling of wine, and Hong Tao opened the hand on his shoulder very unhappily, wrinkled his brows and scolded in a deep voice: "Who are you?" I don't know the rules so much! ”

"Hey, me? I am Wang Dahu, the steward of the Xijia tile kiln! The Xi family is very silver, I am now working in the Xi family, and I can get seventy yuan a day! It's more than two taels of silver a month, so that in less than a year, I can build a blue-tiled house, marry a delicate daughter-in-law, and have a baby. ”

Wang Dahu drank a little too much, even if there was a fresh face standing in front of him, it still couldn't reduce his desire to talk, and he could wake up with a smile when he slept during this time.

He happily hugged Hong Tao's shoulders again: "Seeing that your body is so strong, you also came to work in the Xi family, right?" With your body, if you go to Stone Mountain to hit stones, you can also have 20 yuan a day, if you have more ability, the Xi family will definitely give you a salary increase, and there is also a commission for hitting stones on Stone Mountain. Now they have been doing it for a longer time, and they can have an income of 30 yuan a day, and they have rice at noon, one meat, two vegetables and one soup, and the rice is full! There is no such work in other families, I really burned high incense in my last life to meet such a good owner. ”

Hong Tao stared at Wang Dahu for a long time, rolled up and down his Adam's apple, and asked out loud: "The Xi family is so good to the workers?" ”

"Can I still lie to you? Everyone in this village knows that almost every family has someone working in Xi's house, who in the village could eat eggs before? Now every family has to eat a meal of meat every three or five days, and all the money is earned by the Xi family. My sister-in-law, Mrs. Xi! Don't look at her as just a woman, she is very generous and bold, and at the end of the month, she will give egg rewards to outstanding employees, and she will give a bonus of one penny a day for half a year, and she will give three dollars for a particularly good job! The people in the village are now full of praise for the Xi family! The quality of the green tiles we fire is also strictly controlled, and a piece only costs 15 yuan, if you buy more, it can be cheaper! ”

Wang Dahu patted Hong Tao's chest, and the brothers laughed goodly: "Brother, look at you like this, you also have spare money in your hands, right?" To give you a thorough explanation, as long as it is recommended by our insiders, the green tile can be less than two pennies a piece! ”

Hong Tao squinted and looked at Wang Dahu indescribably, Wang Dahu said: "Our acquaintance is fate, I will give you the internal price, and we will divide half of the silver saved, not too much, right?" ”

Hong Tao pulled the corners of his mouth, raised his finger and pointed behind Wang Dahu, Wang Dahu turned his head in a daze, and met Chixi's cold and gloomy eyes.

Wang Dahu's legs were weak, and he knelt down hurriedly, with a depressed face: "Sister-in-law, I didn't mean it, I was just pulling business for our green tiles!" I think this man is well-dressed, and he must have a lot of silver! This is the temptation of low prices, and please ask your sister-in-law to see what is going on! ”

"Really?"

Chi Xi sneered and said, "You give the internal price." Half of the money saved? ”

"Misunderstanding, it's all misunderstanding!"

Wang Dahu hurriedly expressed his loyalty: "Aren't I thinking about small profits but quick turnover?" If he really agrees to my proposal, I will return all the money to my sister-in-law, and I will never dare to deceive at all! ”

In his eyes, the sister-in-law is a more terrifying existence than the eldest brother.

Although the eldest brother is fierce and has a high force value, he will never hurt people's lives, even if they offended the eldest brother before, they were just beaten and couldn't get out of bed for ten days and a half.

But those who came to find the sister-in-law's stubble were either bitten to pieces by wolves or worked as coolies on the stone mountain.

That's right, the group of people who were detained a few days ago are now beating stones on the stone mountain, and they have no wages, and they have to behave well to have steamed buns to eat!

Eat steamed buns in the morning, eat steamed buns at noon, and still eat steamed buns in the evening!

The treatment of those people and serious employees cannot be said to be very different, but it is not insignificant.

He now has a stable income of 70 yuan a day, which he once dared not think, is it possible that he is going to fall short now?

Wang Dahu looked at his sister-in-law with an indifferent face, and was so anxious that he was about to cry: "Sister-in-law, I really know that I am wrong, I don't dare to give my sister-in-law any more, beg my sister-in-law to give me another chance, I will never move this crooked mind again!" ”

Chi Xi looked at Wang Dahu, who admitted his mistake, his eyes flashed, and he said lightly: "Your treatment has been demoted, and the money for the steward is gone." If it is a repeat offense, it will be lowered again. ”

Wang Dahu was grateful: "Thank you sister-in-law, I will definitely change my mind and be a good man!" ”

Chi Xi nodded his chin: "Well, get up!" ”

Wang Dahu wiped a handful of tears and got up from the ground.

The corners of Hong Tao's mouth twitched when he saw it on the side, Chi Xi raised his eyes to look at Hong Tao as if he was nothing, and said politely with a smile: "Lord Hong, this is Wang Dahu, the steward of the tile kiln, and also the manager of the house in the back mountain, I have already informed them to sort out the room, and Lord Hong can go over with him to rest later." ”

After this day of getting along, Hong Tao felt that this Mrs. Xi was not simple.

Obviously she is just a peasant woman, but she does not have the short-sighted cowardice of the villagers, her father-in-law is not around, and she can take care of the family business very properly even if she is a pregnant woman.

He looked sideways at Wang Dahu, who was silent with his head drooping, and sincerely felt Wang Dahu's awe of Chixi, and felt more and more that this Mrs. Xi was really not simple.

On the way back to Xi's house, Hong Tao suddenly asked: "Mrs. Xi, I just heard that your Xi family treats workers very well?" ”

Chi Xi smiled and replied, "It can't be said to be very good, it's all the reward they get for their labor." They have created wealth and value for me, and I will be rewarded for it, even though they are paid and treated more than others, but in my opinion, they deserve it. ”

Hong Tao has never heard such remarks, he has worked in the county government for many years, and he has seen a lot of foreign masters, most of whom are people who have wealth but are very picky.

They wish they could pay the workers less, and when they let the workers work, they want one person to do the work.

As a result, many workers are obviously overworked, but they can't even solve the most basic food and clothing problems.

Chixi smiled and said, "My lord, you may not know. Our wages are based on a basic salary and a commission, and the average basic salary is only 15 or 20 yuan per person, but as long as they do a good job and sell things, they can get a commission. The amount of commission is about the same as the basic salary, and the average daily income of our workers last month was already 35 yuan. I don't dare to say that this is a good salary, only that they are very hardworking. ”

Hong Tao had never heard of this statement, but when he looked at the pond, he couldn't help but have some appreciation in his eyes.

This woman gives the workers a higher basic salary than the county seat, and she is willing to give a commission so that the workers can earn.

What kind of heart and wisdom is this?

No wonder the people of Dahe Village are full of praise for the Xi family.

"Mrs. Xi, I have two younger brothers who are not successful, and they have nothing to do at home, and my parents are very worried, I wonder if I can send Mrs. Xi to work?"

Hong Tao broke his heart for the two younger brothers in the family, but his two twin brothers were spoiled by their parents since they were children, and now they are seventeen years old and idle, playing cats and dogs all day long, and he can't even find a daughter-in-law, so anxious that his parents put pressure on him every day.

If you can send your younger brother to the Xi family to work, feel the atmosphere of the Xi family, and stay away from the doting of your parents, you may be able to change it.

Chi Xi was a little surprised, and joked with a smile: "Lord Hong, I do hard work here, whether it is firing tiles on the tile kiln or beating stones on the stone mountain, it is very hard, although our daily working time is four hours, but they are willing to work more to earn silver, and the hard work is self-evident." ”

These words are right in Hong Tao's arms.