Chapter 971 Giving Up Position

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For the next two days, the workers in the town were all in training and did not officially start preparing the medicinal materials.

On September 15th, fellow villagers from other towns come to work a day early.

At the outpost, Old Student Fan said to Uncle Qin, "Although we were supposed to start work on September 16th, the workers were afraid of being late, so they came a day early to settle in."

Uncle Qin thought it was reasonable and asked Captain Tang: "Captain Tang, please register them. After confirming that they are workers or their families, you can let them in and our herbal medicine workshop will accept them."

"Okay." Captain Tang ordered his soldiers, "Get to work!"

"Hey!" The soldiers replied, holding up the list and brushes. This job is really good. Even these illiterate people can become teachers.

There were only ninety workers from other towns, plus two family members who came to visit, and a few prestigious elders from each town, a total of more than three hundred people. They completed the registration and passed the checkpoint in half an hour.

Dangdang Dangdang!

Zhu Xuemo banged the gong and shouted as Uncle Qin ordered, "Follow the flags. Workers, keep an eye on your families. Otherwise, if anything happens, you'll be responsible!"

Old Student Fan, Clerk Xu, Clan Leader Han, and other prominent figures from each town also kept shouting to remind everyone: "Behave yourself, don't cause trouble. If you have any questions, raise your hands and ask after you get to the herbal medicine shop!"

"Hey hey hey." The workers' families responded. Even though they usually kept their word at home, they were too scared to talk nonsense when they saw Taifeng Town was heavily guarded.

Everything about Taifeng Town amazed them: "Oh my God, this is the new street? There are so many stalls, and the aroma of fried food is everywhere. Oh my God, there are so many vehicles, what are they used for?"

"Huh, you don't even know that? You're so ignorant. That's a merchant caravan, bringing goods to the new dye workshop!"

"Is this the Lasetang convoy? Wow, it's really spectacular."

"Are these convoys going to the wrong place? Shouldn't the Lasetang convoy be heading to the back of New Street? Why are they going ahead of us? And they're carrying so much cargo? But they're delivering herbs to the herbal medicine shop? And they don't even smell like herbs."

The Lu family vendor laughed and said, "That's the Zhao family cotton goods company's fleet, delivering winter clothes and quilts to the herbal medicine shop. They're all for the workers!"

After hearing this, the family of the worker from another town looked at the endless convoy ahead and was so shocked that they couldn't speak clearly.

"Are all these warm clothes for the workers? Oh, my Jingniang is so lucky to have such a good boss." Old Lady Wu was so happy that she kept praising her granddaughter Wu Jingniang and her mother: "My eldest daughter-in-law, you gave birth to a good daughter."

"Oh, what's so good about a girl getting a job? After two years, when she gets married, the job will belong to someone else." A tall and thin old woman next to her said sarcastically, and then encouraged Old Lady Wu: "If you ask me, after you meet Mr. Qin, let your granddaughter give the job to your grandson. Only then can the job stay in her parents' home for life. With a job, it will be much easier for your grandson to find a wife, and he can pick girls as much as he wants. What a great thing."

Old Lady Wu frowned, glanced at her, and said disdainfully, "Who are you? If you want to go crazy, go find someone else. My Wu family is not stupid."

After saying that, he took his family and stayed away from her, not daring to get close to her at all.

Old Lady Li was furious and secretly pinched her granddaughter: "We agreed on this. If you dare to go back on your word, think about your brother's future."

Li Tianya said, "Grandma, don't worry. Your granddaughter has no regrets. But you must save a hundred coins every month for my brother so that he can get married in the future."

Old Lady Li rolled her eyes at her and said, "Your brother is only eight years old..." It's hard to say whether he can grow up. What if he falls into the river and drowns in a few days?

But the position was not yet in hand, so Mrs. Li didn't dare to torture Li Tianya like before, and changed her tone: "Don't worry, your brother is also the blood of the old Li family. How can I prevent him from getting married and end up with no descendants? Even your grandfather wouldn't agree to that."

"Well, I feel relieved with what grandma said." Li Tianya said with a smile.

Seeing this, Old Lady Li cursed inwardly: You are such a slut, you don't even know how to resist when you are being tortured like this, don't you deserve to be bullied by me?

Old Mrs. Li brought her second daughter-in-law and surrounded Li Tianya like a prisoner, and walked towards the Qin family's herbal medicine shop.

Dangdang Dangdang!

"We're here, male workers stand with the blue flags; female workers stand with the red flags. Families visiting, please follow your family's workers. I'll take you to visit the workshop in a moment."

The workers from other towns immediately brought two family members and stood under their respective flags.

The people have gathered.

Ding ding ding, the Qin family took the workers to the men's workshop area and the women's workshop area.

"The men's and women's workshops are located at the east and west ends, quite far apart. Each workshop is separated by a gate and guarded. Male and female workers are prohibited from visiting the workshops, so the workers' families can rest assured!"

On the way, on the female workers' side, Madam Yao kept introducing and explaining things to the female workers' families.

At first, Mrs. Wu and other female workers' families were a little worried, but after visiting the female workers' quarters and learning that Ye Xifen and other female servants would be on duty at night, they felt relieved.

"Okay, okay, this place is safer than home. It's half a village away from the men's workshop. I feel relieved now." said Old Lady Wu.

Madam Yao smiled and said, "Your family members can come to the herbal medicine shop to visit the female workers at any time. The herbal medicine shop will not stop you, unless the female workers come out and clearly say they don't want to see you."

"But she's a young girl, and we, as her elders, really don't feel at ease living away from home. If anything happens, her life will be ruined." Old Lady Li choked up and pretended to wipe away her tears.

Qin Xiaomi smiled and said, "We have taken all possible protective measures in our herbal medicine workshop, and we are working with the government to protect the personal safety and reputation of the female workers."

"If the female worker and her family are still worried, then it means that the female worker is not suitable for earning her own living. She can go home immediately. The herbal medicine shop will not force her."

Everything was very backward in ancient times, so no matter how powerful she was, the help she could provide was limited, so she only helped those who dared to take the first step.

If you don’t even have the courage, then you should just find a man to marry.

"This job pays one or two taels of silver a month, how can I not do it?" Old Lady Li was anxious and pushed Li Tianya: "My dear granddaughter, you go and talk to Mr. Qin yourself."

Li Er's wife also smiled gently and said, "Tian Ya, come on, this is the solution you came up with yourself to get the best of both worlds."

Li Tianya hesitated.

Old lady Li was furious. Is this little girl trying to go back on her word?

How could that be? Such a good position must belong to her good grandson. She pushed Li Tianya out.

With a bang, Li Tianya was pushed to the ground. Everyone was shocked and looked at Old Lady Li... This old lady was too heavy-handed.

"I didn't, Li Tianya was pretending!" Old lady Li shouted anxiously. She was really wronged. She didn't use that much force at all.

Yes, that’s right, Li Tianya just fell down by herself.

The next moment, Li Tianya knelt down, kowtowed to Qin Xiaomi, and begged, "Boss, help me! My stepmother has detained my younger brother at home and told me to give my job to my second uncle's cousin, who is my stepmother's grandson. She also said that if I don't give up my job, she will sell me out and ruin my younger brother's life!"

Everyone was shocked.

Qin Xiaomi was amused and said to Grandma Qin, "Grandma, taking hostages and threatening people with interests is already a criminal case. Please report it to the authorities and let the people from the Second Gate of the government army handle it."