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Chapter 223 Why Are You Asking for Money?
Thank you for the reward of the three-season heart girl paper o(≧v≦)o
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Because Father Chu and the others came suddenly in the morning, Xiu Niang and Mrs. Liu had to cook the porridge again, which took some time, and it was almost noon when they finished eating and tidying up the yard.

Xiu Niang just sat down and rested for a while, and the twenty or so guys in the wooden workshop came over one after another.

Those guys watched the old man Chu and Chu Fu come back in the yard, and they all greeted with smiles.

In order to hurry this morning, Chu An, Xiao Xiang'er and sister Huahua both got up very early, and now they are starting to feel sleepy, sitting on the chair and dozing off, Father Chu just let them go back to the house to sleep Well, if Wenshi catches up with her, she also needs to hold the baby, so let her put it aside and watch over it.

Wen held the baby in his arms, looked at the noisy people in the yard, and agreed to what Father Chu said, hugged the baby, whispered to Chu Fu, and took a few small children with him. Went to North House.

Chu Ge was laughing and chatting with the guys in the middle of the yard, and introduced Ji Laoliu and his wife to them. After they chatted a few words, they went to sit with Chu Lao and his father.

Xiu Niang was sitting at the table in the middle of the courtyard. She lifted up the small wooden box at her feet, opened a booklet with pen and ink, and the fellows below all stood aside, chattering softly, waiting for Xiu Niang to call People pay wages.

"Oh my mother, I don't feel full when I sit and eat, but when I stand up, I feel terrible... Oh my mother, I'm so full..."

This time, Shen was half lying on the deck chair under the big tree at the foot of the yard, belching and groaning while rubbing her stomach.

Chu Ge made a cup of tea for Shen Shi earlier and kept it on the side, then Chu Fu went to get some sour snacks, let Shen Shi eat it to help him digest.

Old man Chu and old man Li were squatting in front of the room with sullen faces. Xiu Niang just heard Shen's yelling, and turned her head to cast a glance. Old man Chu probably thought Shen was ashamed, and old man Li was dissatisfied Shi took his recliner.

Mrs. Shen moaned and yelled, and the guys in the workshop were holding back their laughter, and some couldn't help but chattered and joked with Ji Laoliu and his wife, so that they could still laugh a few times.

Father Chu couldn't stand it anymore, and moved to Shen's side, "Damn old woman, what are you arguing about, this is a joke for the young man!"

Shen cast a glance at Father Chu and hiccupped, "You, you old man, try a bowl of porridge!"

Father Chu snorted, "I'm going to drink a bowl of porridge water, and I'll just urinate a few times and finish the job, so I won't be like you, clutching my stomach and humming!"

Mrs. Shen became angry again when she heard this, and started arguing with Father Chu, and the guys who didn't care about the yard at all laughed.

Xiu Niang looked at her and shook her head, she asked the guys to be quiet, and then said with a smile, on the two days when Mufang received the order from the palace, she promised to give everyone double wages, and Give them a red envelope during the festival.

"So, your shopkeeper said yesterday, calculate this month's wages, and round up the whole number for you all, no one will pay ten taels of silver."

The guys in the yard couldn't believe their ears after listening to it. Originally, Xiuniang's wages here were the highest in the town, second only to Yuanmu Co., five taels of silver per month. When the business is good for a few days, there are still six or seven taels of silver, but this time, the good guy can get ten taels of silver in one go!
Ji Laoliu and Liu Shi were also stunned for a while, looked at each other, and admired secretly, this sister Chu Ge and Xiu Niang made a big move, no wonder I chatted with these guys for a while, and they all praised Talk about their young couple.

Father Chu and Mrs. Shen also stopped talking when they heard what Xiuniang said, and stared straight at them. Mrs. Shen even started to roll over, and shouted angrily, this little prodigal woman!
But her cry overwhelmed the shouts of the guys in the yard. They were all very happy and thanked Xiu Niang loudly.

Xiu Niang waved her hand, pointed at Chu Ge, and said to them with a smile, "You don't need to thank me, if you want to thank, just thank your shopkeeper. Anyway, I just give out money, and I don't care how much money I give out." He has the final say, as long as you work hard from now on, if you earn more, everyone will have money to spend!"
After hearing what Xiu Niang said, those guys turned to Chu Ge, smiled and chattered.

"Hey, Brother Chu, thank you..."

"Thank you, shopkeeper!"

"Brother Chu, thank you!"

"Brother Chu, don't worry, we brothers will work hard for you!"

"Yes, yes, shopkeeper, our brothers will follow you!"

"Hey, shopkeeper, me too, me too..."

Chu Ge was not good at dealing with such occasions, so he had to respond a little helplessly, nodding and laughing with the guys in a numb manner.

Seeing that it was almost done, Xiu Niang asked the guys to stop arguing, took out her notebook and started asking someone to come up to collect the money, "Wang Er."

Wang Er is a little strange, why is he the first one to call him up today, if this sister-in-law of Xiuniang called someone by the name on the book, then he would not be the first one.

He stepped forward in a daze and said "Hi, sister-in-law". Xiu Niang nodded and asked him to sign or put a handprint on the back of his name on the book, which is considered a receipt. wages.

Seeing that Wang Er signed his name with a pen, Xiu Niang took out a piece of paper from the small wooden box and handed it to Wang Er.

Wang Erzheng was wondering, he lowered his head and glanced at his hands, and suddenly shouted, since the sister-in-law of Xiuniang gave him a silver note worth ten taels, he didn't recognize that it was a silver note, but That day, the people in the palace brought a bank note to Xiuniang's sister-in-law, and he sent it to the backyard. He just searched for it a few times on the way.

Xiu Niang smiled, and said to Wang Er, "That's right, this time we issued bank notes. The other day I went to the bank to get the silver, and there was no money in the shop, so I issued the bank notes." .”

When some guys heard what Wang Er said about the banknotes, they had already looked at his hands with their heads poking around. To be honest, these coolies, they have never seen what the banknotes look like. The money they earn every month It would be nice to have enough money to fill the stomach, there is still some left over, let alone deposit it in the bank and exchange it for bank notes.

Xiu Niang looked at them and said again, "However, if you think this banknote is troublesome, you can get it today, and then come to me to exchange it for silver at another day."

Those guys listened, waved their hands and said no, everyone knew in their hearts that what Xiuniang did was fulfilling their wish. I remember that earlier, they used to joke with Chu Ge and Xiuniang, saying I haven't seen what a bank note looks like, so I want Xiu Niang to exchange the silver for a bank note when she pays wages next time, so that they will all be open-eyed.

Hey, but at that time, they just took it as a joke, because everyone knows that no bank will have nothing to do to issue some silver notes, and they don't have that much money to pay in a month. Just deposit it in the bank.

Xiu Niang saw that the guys in the yard were very happy. When Wang Er went down, some of them even said that they wanted to see his bank notes. Originally, she could exchange the money, but when she went to the bank the day before yesterday Suddenly, I remembered what Muzi and the others said before, and I really wanted to see what the bank note looked like.

So on a whim, I asked the guys in the bank to issue twenty or so bank notes. Anyway, ten taels per person is enough. She told Chu Ge and Old Man Li about this when she came back that night, but Chu Ge didn't What's your opinion, but this old man Li just talked a little bit, saying that she and Chu Ge are too kind to the guys, and if these guys get bad one day, they won't be riding on the necks of the two of them!

Xiu Niang was thinking about it at the time, so she explained to Old Man Li that if she and Chu Ge hadn't been so nice to the guys, wouldn't they have worked for them day and night.

That day, their wood workshop received an order from the palace, and because the time was too short, she discussed with Chu Ge, and asked the staff in the workshop to work in two shifts day and night, and rush to get the thousand dollars within four days. This board was made, and even though she paid them double wages at that time, they didn't take much advantage if they counted from day to night, but they still agreed at that time, she said, Li The old man stopped nagging.

"Hey, thank you, sister-in-law, I want to take this bank note home and show it to my mother." A man in his late teens smiled at Xiu Niang.

Xiu Niang also smiled at him, and asked him to put his handprint on the notebook before taking the banknote, and then she seemed to think of something, and told the guys below, the aunt who was helping in the shop earlier Whether it's Wang's family or the two aunts who came to help temporarily, they will come to her to collect wages later.

Listening to Xiuniang's last sentence, Shen patted her thigh in pain, "Oh mother, this prodigal...Chu Wazi, come here!" Ever since Xiuniang said that she would give each job ten taels After the silver, she has been holding back the fire.

Chu Ge walked over, "Mother, what's the matter?"

Shen looked at Chu Ge, "What's the matter, why don't you care about your daughter-in-law, she's going to waste all the money!"

Chu Ge glanced at Xiuniang, and said, "Mother, Xiuniang is paid."

Shen stared, and pulled Chu Ge closer to chatter, "What kind of salary do you pay? Who pays the clerk ten taels of silver a month? Your elder brother used to work as a long-term worker for a big family, and he only earned four taels of silver a month. Two silvers, isn’t your daughter-in-law a waste of money!”

Chu Ge looked at Shen Shi, and said that earlier they had agreed to double the wages when they asked the clerk to work, and everyone was quite tired in those few days, so it would be okay to give more money.

Shen was so angry that she couldn't speak. She heard from Chu Fu a while ago that Chu Ge's shop had received a big order, which seemed to be a business in the palace, so the old man's family would definitely make a lot of money. Mile.

She originally wanted to take advantage of this time to come here to ask for more money for Chu Fu, but this time, since the little woman of the second child's family is so bad at money, one person is ten taels, and those two are twenty taels ...Eighteen people would be 20 taels, so much money, oops, I feel so sorry for her, why would she ask for money after a while!
(End of this chapter)