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Chapter 139 Annual Gift
As the Chinese New Year is approaching, the workshop has been promised to be completely completed before the end of the year. No one is slacking off, no matter the bricklayers or the tribesmen who are helping. Wanting to finish the work early, Chief Li also called some more tribesmen over. .

On the twenty-eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, the carpentry workshop was completely completed.

At this point, with the concerted efforts of the clan members, as well as the hard work of three master bricklayers and two master bricklayers, the new workshop took thirteen days to complete and was finally completed.

This also includes huts.

The huts were separated for men and women and were built on the back side of the workshop. Originally, there was an open space around the homestead, and the huts were specially reserved for this purpose.

Enter through an outer door, and there is a small space in the middle. There is a large stone jar and a basin shelf. A basin is placed on the shelf to facilitate washing hands after going to the latrine. The water stored in the stone jar is not only used for washing hands, but also for washing hands. It is used for cleaning latrines. It is not far from the river and it is convenient to carry water.

The left and right sides are divided into men's and women's latrines. After entering through the two small doors, there is a water tank next to the door. The squatting pit inside is divided into two long straight rows. Stand on top and squat down to go up to the latrine. After you are done, you can easily go to the latrine. After scooping out water and flushing it, the excrement in the squatting pit will automatically rush into the cesspit behind. The excrement water is the best thing for growing vegetables and food.

In order to facilitate cleaning, the floor in the hut, including the squatting pit, was specially paved with bluestone slabs.

This latrine is a very strange place for a big guy to see. He keeps looking at it again and again, but he can't bear to put his foot down.

As a tribesman jokingly said, "The streets in the city are paved with bluestones, and our hut is paved with bluestones. Can it be climbed up? I'm afraid I won't be able to pull it out even if I squat down!"

No matter how much the tribesmen joked about it, Shiliu looked at this public toilet that was separated for men and women, and felt a thousand satisfactions in her heart. Although the conditions were still very simple, it was much better than the previous toilet!
Others were squatting in the latrine paved with bluestones and couldn't get out, but she had a great time getting in!
Of course, the latrine must be cleaned every day to be clean. After all, several workshops combined will be used by so many people!
It is an easy thing for everyone to wash the water after going to the latrine. The water required for cleaning and flushing the latrine has been arranged by Pomegranate, and several workshops take turns to do it.

Everyone has no objections to this. Fetching water only takes a few dozen steps and is not troublesome. As for cleaning the latrine before work every day, the latrine is made of bluestone, so it is easy to clean and is not troublesome at all.

But someone was smart enough to focus on the cesspit of this public hut.

When I asked Li Jihe if he could come here to pick dung during the busy farming season, Li Jihe agreed without saying a word. This is a cesspit created by everyone. Anyone who wants to pick dung can come and pick it.

The master bricklayers paid their wages and happily went home to celebrate the New Year. The clansmen helped for half a month and continued until the 28th. Li Jihe was very grateful in his heart. Therefore, he had already As I said, on the night of the 28th, I will treat everyone to dinner and drink, and have a good time.

No, on the night of the 28th, a few tables were set up in the newly completed wood workshop. It was covered by wall tiles and there was no wind. Li Jihe and his son accompanied the tribesmen who helped build the house. Chief Li Yishan, Li Yishan, father Li, Li Xinguang and his son were specially invited. They had a great time eating, drinking, talking and laughing over large bowls of wine and meat. In the end, many of them were so drunk that their family members had to carry them back.

The next day, it will be the 29th day of the twelfth lunar month, the penultimate day of this year.

The workshop is officially on holiday today. Early in the morning, the workers gathered at Li Jihe's house to wait for their remaining wages.

In the past, wages were paid every ten days. Everyone in the carpentry workshop that opened on the 25th of the twelfth lunar month had received wages three times. Today, wages are paid for the three days from the 25th to the 28th of the twelfth lunar month. It was only ninety cents, which was not much, but they were happy to queue up and get it. After working for a month, they had earned nearly a pound of silver in total! How can I be unhappy?

The first batch of food workshops were started on the 16th day of the twelfth lunar month. They had just been paid once, and today they are still paying for the remaining few days. It doesn’t add up to much, and that’s three coins of silver.

The workers were queuing up to receive their wages, and the apprentices were watching eagerly from behind. They had no wages, but why did Uncle Jihe call them here today? Do you want to give some to them too? While waiting with curiosity and a hint of excitement, everyone lined up to collect their wages from Pomegranate, and then saw Uncle Ji and Uncle standing over and smiling at them: "You guys have worked hard in the past month. ! Everyone is working hard and learning seriously, especially a few of them. I guess they can try to make wooden boxes by themselves after the new year! The apprentices don’t get paid, but it’s a rare occasion to celebrate the New Year, so I’ll give it to you today. Each of you will be given a red envelope. It’s not too much, so don’t be too little! I hope you will continue to work hard in the coming year and become apprentices as soon as possible!”

The apprentices were all teenagers, the oldest was only fifteen or sixteen years old. Hearing Li Jihe's words, they were all excited. Can they still get a red envelope?

The amount of money is not important, what is important is that you can get a red seal. Isn’t this a joy!

After hearing these words, the boys were full of energy, and they all looked forward to coming back as apprentices next year and starting their apprenticeship as soon as possible.

Of course, this apprenticeship only refers to being able to make a wooden box independently. Isn't the main reason why they enter the carpentry workshop an apprenticeship is to learn how to make this wooden box so that they can earn wages?
As for the more advanced carpentry work, you have to take your time. How can you learn it in a short time?
I heard that Uncle Jihe studied from eleven to seventeen years old, and it took him six years of training before he dared to say this.

The boys nodded their heads like garlic, taking Li Jihe's words into their hearts.

Li Jihe couldn't help but smile when he saw the angry expressions of his nephews and nephews.

"Come on, boys, line up and get the red envelope!"

"Okay!" A group of boys responded and formed a long queue in an instant.

Li Jihe came forward holding the small dustpans with red seals that he had prepared long ago and handed them to each one.

The boy who got the red envelope couldn't help it, so he took it back and opened it. When he saw that there were twenty copper coins inside, he narrowed his eyes with a smile and exclaimed repeatedly.

The workers who were receiving their work pay looked at this scene and couldn't help but nod. Among these apprentice boys, there were also their children.

Jihe's family is so generous. During the Chinese New Year holiday, all the apprentices prepared red envelopes. They were really thoughtful.

That's not all. Pomegranate also prepared a new year's gift for everyone, including the apprentices.

The New Year's gift is nothing rare, it's just a heartfelt gift, two packs of snacks per person, and a bowl of egg whites.

Yes, egg whites, the leftover egg whites from making salted egg yolks, Song fried them every day for the workers to eat. In this way, they were not wasted. The leftover egg whites from the hundreds of egg yolks that were pickled yesterday afternoon, today He didn’t know how to prepare meals for the workers. He couldn’t finish hundreds of egg whites if he kept them at home, so he simply gave each person a bowl. With dozens of people, each person could get about ten egg whites. , frying a plate is not a problem.

In the first year of the workshop, it has just started. This year’s annual gift is just like this, but Pomegranate promises that next year’s annual gift will be richer than this.

This was just her idea. Everyone was grinning at the two packs of snacks and a bowl of egg whites as a new year's gift. It was too polite and kind to the Tsugumi family.