eurekapd Chapter 24 It’s time to get paid!
Chapter 24 It’s time to get paid!
After seeing off two large trucks full of fruits, Gu Chang turned around and was shocked to find that all the more than 20 workers from the labor team behind him and a dozen villagers temporarily found by Gu Guoqing were looking at him with burning eyes.
Yesterday, everyone knew that Gu Chang had already received a deposit.
Moreover, Gu Guoqing had already told everyone that the bill would be settled immediately after the goods were delivered today!
Give money to everyone!
Now that the goods have been delivered, everyone is looking at Gu Chang eagerly, waiting for him to fulfill his promise and pay the money.
Gu Chang looked at everyone's expectant eyes and said with a smile: "Don't worry, uncles and brothers, I will give you the money right away!"
"Wow, that's great!"
"The money is coming, the money is coming!"
"Xiao Chang is a man of honor and keeps his word!"
"..."
Everyone was talking at once, very excited!
"Okay, okay, everyone calm down first." Gu Guoqing waved his hand.
After everyone quieted down, Gu Chang spoke up, "We will first pay the wages of the second batch of uncles and aunts. According to the price we agreed on before, everyone can go to my second uncle to collect their wages."
"Come, come, come here." Gu Guoqing took out a piece of paper recording the workload and compared it with the workload. The more you work, the more you get!
More than a dozen temporary workers who were hired yesterday immediately rushed over.
"Queue up, queue up, Gu Laosi, why are you pushing so hard!"
"Hehe!" Gu Laosi looked embarrassed.
Within ten minutes, all wages were paid out to more than a dozen temporary workers, with wages ranging from dozens to hundreds of yuan. The one who got the most was Gu Laosi, who had squeezed the most just now, and he received 140 yuan!
Gu Laosi is a simple and honest person. He is not good at talking and only knows how to work hard. He is the one who worked the hardest yesterday, and he also earned the most money today.
Now that the money is in hand, everyone finally has a sense of satisfaction.
In Shangouzi Village, it is unthinkable to earn 100 yuan a day, in cash!
Even before, when Gu Chang's father Gu Jianguo was around, they would work first and get paid later every year.
Sometimes, we have to wait a long time for the money to be paid to everyone until the sales proceeds arrive.
Every year, the villagers have no other way to make money except planting and harvesting some food. Picking fruits from Gu Jianguo's orchard is a rare opportunity to make money in the village!
This is also the reason why Gu Jianguo was hated so much by the villagers after the accident in the orchard.
In the eyes of some people in the village, Gu Jianguo is the culprit who prevents them from making big money!
……
This second batch of temporary workers picked about 10,000 kilograms of fruit in total, and Gu Guoqing paid them a total of more than 1,200 yuan in wages; based on the unit price, it was already a very high wage in Shangouzi Village!
The other twenty or so people in the labor team were all staring with their eyes wide open!
So many!
This Xiao Chang is much more generous than his father!
This group of temporary people can send so much?
Especially when I saw that Gu Laosi received a salary of 140 yuan, I became even more excited.
Many people have calculated on their own and found that they have done no less than Gu Laosi. Doesn't that mean they have more to learn than Gu Laosi?
Gu Chang took the account book from Gu Guoqing and said with a smile: "I believe that all the uncles and brothers in the labor team have been waiting anxiously, so we won't say much and just give the money directly!"
"Wow, that's great!"
“Give money, give money!”
"Xiao Chang is really honest and doesn't do anything pretentious!"
"..."
Everyone praised again.
Gu Chang ignored these "money-hungry" "sycophants" and began to read loudly.
"Uncle Li, 185 yuan!"
"Uncle Wu, 160 yuan!"
"Sixth brother, 200 yuan!"
"Uncle Gu, 155 yuan!"
"..."
After listening to Gu Chang's words, everyone was stunned for a moment, some of them couldn't believe it. But when they received the money from Gu Guoqing, they were all excited!
I can’t help it, it’s too much!
The one who received the most was Gu Chang’s sixth brother, who received 200 yuan in wages!
At this price, don’t even think about it in Shangouzi Village!
Can you make 200 yuan a day? You are dreaming!
Soon, the wages of more than 20 labor teams had been paid.
At this moment, looking at the money in the hands of the excited labor team members, a dozen temporary workers suddenly felt that the money in their hands was not so attractive!
I originally thought that I was earning quite a lot, but when I compared it to what the labor team paid the players, the difference was too big!
Now, they feel extremely regretful. Why didn’t they work harder yesterday and pick more fruits so that they could earn more money today?
But it’s too late to say anything now!
Yesterday, we picked more than 20,000 kilograms of normal fruits, and 14,000 kilograms of them were given to senior sister Jiang Mozi for juice making, totaling about 35,000 kilograms; the total wages paid out were more than 4,000 yuan!
Fortunately, Jiang Mozi paid Gu Chang a deposit of 10,000 yuan in advance, otherwise, he would not be able to pay the wages today!
"Xiao Chang, what are we going to do today?" asked Gu Chang's fifth uncle.
"Yes, Xiao Chang, what are you going to do today? Let's arrange it early so we can start work early."
"Yes, start work early!"
"..."
Now that the money is in hand, everyone's enthusiasm for work is unprecedentedly high. They can't wait to start work early and make more money!
"Uncle Zheng will have another truck coming tomorrow, and the loading volume is estimated to be about the same as today, 20,000 kilograms. Brothers and uncles, please work hard and just follow this amount. Don't pick more." Gu Chang said to the members of the labor team.
"Also, judging from yesterday's picking situation, uncles and brothers, please be careful when picking and don't damage the fruits. If there is too much damage, we will deduct money." Gu Guoqing frowned. After Gu Chang played the good guy, it was his turn to play the bad guy.
When we were picking the fruits yesterday, a lot of them were damaged. In order to meet the demand, the workers had to work more slowly.
After Gu Guoqing finished speaking, the members of the labor team immediately promised each other: "Don't worry, second brother, we will pay attention today!"
"Today I will treat the fruit as a young lady, and touch and handle it gently, hehe..."
"..."
Everyone assured!
"What about us? Xiao Chang." Gu Laosi asked hurriedly.
"Yes, yes, what about us?" asked the other temporary workers.
"I'm sorry, uncles and aunts, we don't need such large quantities of other fruits for the time being." Gu Chang said a little embarrassedly.
"Ah..." Everyone looked disappointed.
If they don’t need it, it means they can’t make any money.
The members of the labor team looked at the temporary workers with lost faces and suddenly felt fortunate. Fortunately, they started working with Gu Guoqing so early. Otherwise, such a good way to make money would be nowhere to be found, let alone in Shangouzi Village, even in Dayizi Town!
Among the temporary workers, Gu Chang planned to keep only three villagers including Gu Laosi. These three people performed very well yesterday and they were all honest and capable villagers.
"Xiao Chang, no matter what work you do, please remember us!" Everyone looked at Gu Chang eagerly.
"By the way, there is one more job." Gu Chang said suddenly.
After hearing Gu Chang's words, the people who had originally had no hope suddenly brightened up. Is there still hope?
"What kind of work is this, Xiao Chang? Everyone is pretty idle these days!"
"Yes, yes, you said, we must do our best!"
"..."
Everyone spoke up, fearing that he would run away alive.
“It’s like this, uncles and aunts, I’m planning to sell the Gastrodia elata from our mountain recently, but the market hasn’t been opened up yet, so the quantity won’t be very large. If the product is good in the future, the quantity may be larger.” Wild Gastrodia elata has been put up for sale on the online store. Although no order has been placed yet, preparations have to begin.
"Uncles, you can sell me the raw ones directly, or you can dry them in the sun and then sell them to me."
When everyone heard this, they asked, "Gastrodia elata? There are plenty of these in the mountains!"
"We've agreed in advance that the price of the first batch will definitely not be high. One kilogram of raw gastrodia will not exceed 8 yuan, and one kilogram of dried gastrodia will not exceed yuan. The first batch will be kilograms of raw gastrodia and kilograms of dried gastrodia. If the results are good, there will be a second and third batch."
"8 yuan a pound, pounds is yuan, let's do it!"
"Yes, yes, yes, there are Gastrodia elata everywhere, this is like picking up money for free!"
"Go, go, go, hurry up, it's only 500 pounds!"
"Yes, don't leak the news. The quantity is limited and other people in the village cannot know about it!"
"That's right, Third Brother is right!"
"..."
Everyone was whispering and preparing to go dig Gastrodia elata together!
"Where are the three of us, Xiao Chang?" Gu Laosi became anxious again because everyone had work to do.
"Don't be anxious, Fourth Uncle." Gu Chang said with a smile.
"Uncle, you three should still pick fruits, but this time, be careful to sort them out. Separate the big, healthy ones from the small, crooked ones. You don't need to pick too many, 700 to 800 kilograms a day will be enough."
"Okay, okay, let's pick fruits!" Gu Laosi smiled so hard that his eyes disappeared.
"Second uncle, include fourth uncle and the other two in the labor team and pay them the basic salary." Gu Chang said with a smile.
We can’t let these three capable people get away.
Gu Laosi and his friends were very envious of the treatment of the labor team. More importantly, once they joined the labor team, their status would be different and would be completely different from that of temporary workers like them.
"We will do our best!" Gu Laosi and the other two promised excitedly!
"Okay, it's getting late, let's get moving!" Gu Chang said after arranging the tasks.
"Let's go and work, brothers!" Gu Guoqing said loudly!
Everyone took their tools and rushed to the orchard. The morning sunshine filled the orchard, giving the ripe fruits a golden glow.
Now in everyone's eyes, this is a treasure as valuable as gold!