"Boss Cao, what price are you going to sell?" Zuo Le was curious.

Cao Shujie smiled but did not speak.

In a buying and selling transaction, it is easy for the seller to fall into passivity when he bids first, how can he make such a low-level mistake.

Zuo Le also guessed what Cao Shujie was thinking, and he didn't make a bid.

The strawberries are not ripe yet, and there is no hurry.

As for the final bid, Zuo Le knew in his heart, as long as the strawberries grown by Cao Shujie were delicious, otherwise everything would be suspended.

The two of them crossed this strawberry planting area and continued to the north, Zuo Le saw the cattle raised by Cao Shujie, a group of calves running back and forth in the fence, he was very surprised: "Boss Cao still raises so many cattle?" ”

The last time I came, I saw Cao Shujie raising cattle, but there were only a few dozen of them, but there were at least 100 of them in front of me, which were two concepts.

Cao Shujie said: "There is just a place and time to raise and play." ”

He said it very easily, as if it was really like planting an orchard and raising a few cows at the same time.

Zuo Le didn't know much about cows, and he didn't express his opinion.

The nose sniffed carefully, there was a little bit of taste, but it was okay and did not affect.

"Boss Cao is really good at playing." Zuo Le is really envious.

But Cao Shujie said with a smile: "Where is this, when the fruit over there is ripe, you can look at it, it will be more lively when the time comes." ”

Cao Shujie took the initiative to mention this matter, and Zuo Le was also looking forward to it, he asked, "It's going to take two years, right?" ”

"If it's fast, you can set fruit next year, and if it's slow, you will have to hang fruit the year after, but even if you start to set fruit next year, the overall yield will definitely not be too high." What Cao Shujie said was a bit perfunctory.

But Zuo Le didn't care, he thought in his heart that he must come over early next year to see the situation, and then discuss the issue of purchasing fruits with Boss Cao.

When he came down from the mountain, Cao Shujie happened to see his grandfather and Meng Meng riding a children's bicycle coming from the west, and his grandfather was dragging a red cloth rope in his hand, and the other end of the rope was tied to the handlebar post of Meng Meng's children's bicycle.

"Grandpa, I'm so tired." Meng Meng held the handlebar with both hands, put her feet on the pedals, and played backwards, as if listening to the sound of 'whooshing' when the chain was driven, and purely relied on Cao Zhenghu to pull the rope to pull her forward.

Cao Zhenghu said to her with a smile: "Mengmeng, who made you ride so quickly just now, now you know it's uncomfortable." ”

But for Mengmeng, there is no discomfort, and she is still very proud: "Grandpa, I'm so happy." ”

"Happy what?"

"They all gave me good food, toys, and a bicycle to ride, hehe!" Meng Meng smiled, a little bit of a conspiracy to succeed.

Hearing his great-granddaughter say this, Cao Zhenghu laughed.

In order to ride a bicycle for a while, those little guys brought out all the snacks they bought for them at home for Meng Meng to eat, and the toys were taken out for Meng Meng to play, and he wanted to laugh when he thought about it.

Meng Meng doesn't have to pedal now, she has free time to look around.

When she turned her head to look up the mountain, she happened to find her father walking down the slope road from the mountain, and there was a fat man next to him, she waved happily and shouted, "Dad! ”

Cao Zhenghu looked back and saw his great-granddaughter's handlebars on both hands, which frightened him: "Little ancestor, you can take it easy." ”

Afraid that Mengmeng would fall off the bicycle, he hurriedly walked to Mengmeng's side and looked at her.

Meng Meng pointed to the slope road up the mountain and shouted, "Look, Dad, that's Dad." ”

Cao Zhenghu had already seen his grandson at this time, and then looked at the strangers around him, and he didn't have to think about it to know that his grandson was busy.

"Grandpa, cute." Cao Shujie walked towards them.

Zuo Le is not a few years older than Cao Shujie, and after seeing Cao Zhenghu, he also shouted grandpa.

"Hello, go sit at home and have a cup of tea." Cao Zhenghu said to Zuo Le.

As soon as Cao Shujie walked to him, Meng Meng stretched out his hands: "Dad, hug!" ”

He picked up his daughter from the children's bicycle and asked, "Grandpa, where have you been?" ”

"Where else can I go, just go to the place where we used to live, where there are a few children of the same age who don't go to school, and Meng Meng has to ride a bicycle to play with them." Cao Zhenghu looked at his great-granddaughter, his face full of doting.

After Cao Shujie introduced Zuo Le, he also said to his daughter: "Mengmeng, you call uncle." ”

"Uncle." Meng Meng shouted obediently.

This uncle couldn't find the north of Zuo Le, he said: "Mengmeng, do you remember the uncle, I bought you milk, and there are a lot of delicious food." ”

"Wow!" Meng Meng smiled.

What can such a smart person as Meng Meng say, she nodded: "Remember." ”

The sentence 'remember' made Zuo Le very happy.

They returned home together, Cheng Xiaolin was about to wash Mengmeng's clothes, and when she saw them coming back, she stuffed all the clothes in the basin into the washing machine and set it to be automatically washed.

After Mengmeng saw her mother, she ran over directly: "Mom, let me tell you, I'm amazing today, I'm still ......"

Meng Meng began to talk about her great achievements.

Cao Shujie helped his grandfather into the living room and sat down, took the pot again, brewed a new pot of tea, and accompanied his grandfather to drink tea and chat.

Zuo Le traveled south and north, well-informed, he talked about the different customs and customs of various regions and what he saw and heard along the way, even Cao Shujie admired his ability to 'travel thousands of miles', and envied him for seeing so many different scenery.

After Cheng Xiaolin watched the washing machine run automatically, she went to the kitchen to cook the dishes, and Cao Shujie also took out the good wine at home to entertain Zuo Le.

While eating vegetables and drinking, Cao Shujie asked about the batch of apples that Zuo Le bought last year.

"Boss Zuo, how is my batch of apples in the market?" Cao Shujie was curious, he wanted to see if anyone in the market bought it.

As soon as Cao Shujie finished speaking, Zuo Le said: "Boss Cao, I pulled your batch of apples to the provincial capital, and then went from the provincial capital to the magic capital, hey, guess what?" ”

"Big sell?" Cao Shujie guessed.

Looking at Zuo Le's expression, he knew that this answer was redundant.

Sure enough, Zuo Le stretched out a finger and said, "I'll talk about selling it, 10 yuan for an apple." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, he added: "Boss Cao, don't worry, I didn't tear the trademark paper on the apple." ”

He then shook his head and sighed with emotion: "How to say it, there are still many rich people in this world, as long as your things are really good, even if the price is a little more expensive, there are people who are willing to pay." ”

"You are like this strawberry, during the Chinese New Year, the slightly better ones were more than 20 yuan a catty, and now they are still seventeen or eighteen yuan, is the price expensive?" Zuo Le asked him, and without waiting for Cao Shujie to speak, he took the initiative to say: "It's very expensive, but no matter how expensive it is, someone buys it." ”

"The premise is that you're really good." Zuo Le said.

Cao Shujie also understands this truth, but he can't sell his products to any place in the country or even the world like Zuo Le, so for him, handing over some of these products to Zuole for sale has no impact on him, and it can also invisibly expand the popularity of his products.

Zuo Le continued: "Boss Cao, I can guarantee you that as long as your strawberries reach above the standard line, I will definitely give you a satisfactory price." ”

Cao Shujie waved his hand with a smile and did not answer.

It's the end of February, and we're only about a month away from the strawberry fruiting, so some of the work can already be prepared in advance.

Zuo Le came very suddenly, and he left very quickly.

Cao Shujie originally wanted him to stay for two more days, but Zuo Le said that he had other things, and early on the second morning, he drove away after sobering up and having breakfast.

Cao Shujie didn't know where he went, but he knew that Zuo Le must have poured fruit.

At the end of February, Cao Shujie walked up the mountain with money in a black handbag.

After coming here, he called Cao Shuchao, Zhu Shengliang and Zhuang Xuesong to the hut in the orchard, February is about to end, according to the usual rules, today should be paid.

Cao Shuchao, Zhu Shengliang and Zhuang Xuesong were all very excited.

Because for Cao Shuchao and Zhu Shengliang. Their salary in February was much more than before, and they couldn't figure out how much.

On February 1st, Cao Shujie bought 136 calves, starting from the 1st, Cao Shuchao and Zhu Shengliang were on night shifts, and from this time on, they were counted as two days of wages for the night shift during the day, and there was an additional 10 yuan night shift allowance for the night shift.

Cao Shujie didn't care what the few of them were thinking at this moment, he took out a piece of paper and began to read it according to the data recorded on the paper.

"Cao Shuchao worked for 29 days, 12 night shifts, a total salary of 2,255 yuan, a night shift subsidy of 120 yuan, a bonus of 220 yuan, and an actual income of 2,595 yuan."

After reading, Cao Shujie began to count the money, and gave exactly 2,595 yuan, but he didn't have a big head to make up enough for 2,600 yuan.

Regardless of Cao Shuchao being in a daze there, Cao Shujie continued to read: "Zhu Shengliang, the number of working days is 29, the number of night shifts is 11, the salary is 2,200 yuan, the night shift subsidy is 110 yuan, the bonus is 220 yuan, and the actual income is 2,530 yuan. ”

Zhu Shengliang was a little confused, he still remembered that he came over on the last day of last month, and he received a salary of 55 yuan at that time, but he never expected that the actual income of this month was 2530 yuan.

Although he is not as much as Cao Shuchao, he is not jealous at all, and he even thinks about finding a time to buy something and go to Cao Shuchao's house to sit down.

If it weren't for Cao Shuchao, he wouldn't have had anything to do with this job at all.

On the whole, this income is still less than working outside, but the problem is that Zhu Shengliang knows very well that if he goes outside, he needs to pay rent and food, and the real money saved every month is not much different from this amount.

If you have a lot of entertainment or other needs for additional consumption, you may not have as much money left.

But now, except for the night shift, he can go home every day to eat a hot meal, and he can immediately help with anything at home, which is far from being comparable to going out to work.

At this time, he really wants to say to himself that he has no regrets!

"Master Zhu receives the money!" Cao Shujie counted out 2,530 yuan and handed it to Zhu Shengliang.

Cao Shuchao smiled at Zhu Shengliang, and he looked at Zhuang Xuesong again: "Master Zhuang, do you want to know how much money you earned last month?" ”

I don't want to know it's nonsense, but Zhuang Xuesong can't say that, he doesn't know how to speak for a while.

Cao Shujie didn't tease him, and read directly: "Master Zhuang worked 26 days in February, 6 days on night shift, with a salary of 1,760 yuan, a night shift subsidy of 60 yuan, a bonus of 115 yuan, and an actual income of 1,935 yuan." ”

Zhuang Xuesong heard it clearly, and there was no difference between the number of hours at work and the number of night shifts and the time he had recorded.

As for the bonus being nearly half worse than the other two, Zhuang Xuesong didn't think much about it, he came later than the two and did less work than them, so he should take these.

Cao Shujie also briefly said a word about bonuses, in his words, it all adds up to more work and more rewards.

After paying the salary, watching the three of them count the money happily, then wrap it in a plastic bag, and put the money in their trouser pockets, Cao Shujie asked them: "Brother Chao, Master Zhu, Master Zhuang, do you three have anything else?" ”

Cao Shuchao and the three of them shook their heads and didn't speak.

Working in Cao Shujie's orchard, the manual labor is indeed not small, but the income is also okay, and they are very satisfied.

In addition, Cao Shujie is a person who is easier to get along with, and he is not like those bosses who do engineering outside who shout at every turn, move their hands and feet, or scold their mothers, they still feel very comfortable doing it here.

Seeing that they had nothing to say, Cao Shujie smiled and continued: "Since you have nothing to say, then I will say a few more words." ”

Hearing Cao Shujie say this, the three of them hurriedly stood up and listened carefully.

But they never thought that what Cao Shujie said was actually a salary increase.

In their impression, it is almost impossible for the boss to take the initiative to increase the salary, and outside, the boss is not bad if he doesn't pick the point, but also increase the salary?

Dream on!

But Cao Shujie did just that!

He said: "I also know that wages are rising all over the country, pensions are also rising, and the prices of daily necessities are also rising, so in order to respond to the call of the state, we will also adjust wages appropriately." ”

“……”

Cao Shuchao, Zhu Shengliang, Zhuang and Zhang Xuesong all looked confused when they heard Cao Shujie's words.

They didn't know what to say, and Cao Shujie continued: "I plan to adjust your daily wage to 60 yuan for 12 hours, or 40 yuan for 8 hours, do you understand?" ”

In this way, it is a standard daily salary of 5 yuan, which is quite easy to remember.

The three of them were so excited that they didn't know what to say.

According to their previous 12 hours a day of 55 yuan, plus this 5 yuan is almost equivalent to a 10% increase in daily wages, which is not a small amount, and the overall calculation is more than 200 yuan a month's salary.

The more than 200 yuan may be very inconspicuous outside, but in Caojiazhuang, it is very likely that it is an ordinary rural family's monthly expenses without human sophistication.

At this time, even if he is as calm as Cao Shuchao, he doesn't know what to say.

He can't pretend to be high enough to push off this salary increase, right?

Cao Shujie smiled and said, "Okay? You guys give me some feedback. ”

"Boss, thank you, thank you!" Zhu Shengliang was the first to react, and he expressed his gratitude vigorously.

Cao Shuchao and Zhuang Xuesong also said thank you again and again!

Seeing them like this, Cao Shujie did not embarrass them, shook hands with the three people respectively, he said: "Work hard, increase wages this year, depending on the business situation next year, we may increase wages, as long as you pay, the harvest will definitely not disappoint you." ”

At this time, the three of them couldn't accommodate other things in their heads, they weighed the wages that had just been paid in their trouser pockets, and Cao Shujie had just told them about the salary increase, and their heads were a mess.

Happy Holidays to all friends!

(End of chapter)