Chapter 942 Working Hours and Wages

In fact, as long as you enter the herbal medicine workshop, you will smell some medicinal herbs. But if you don't stay in the room where the herbs are prepared, He Liuliu and the others can stand it if they stay in other rooms or outside where the air is well ventilated.

"Thank you, boss. Thank you, boss!" At this time, Miao Jinke finally spoke and thanked Qin Xiaomi.

He Liuliu and the other 31 male and female interviewees also stood up and expressed their gratitude: "Thank you, boss!"

"Go to the cafeteria to eat first. After eating, go to the signing room together. Everyone else is waiting for you." Qin Xiaomi gave instructions and left the 'detention room'.

"Master Lu, Brother Zhou, Brother Lu, Village Chief Miao, all the village heads, Brother Nong, let's go to the cafeteria. We'll eat and then go to the signing room." Grandpa Qin greeted everyone.

Because of He Liuliu and the others' matter, the village heads, including Miao Shuli, Guan Shuli, and Lu Shiye, were unable to have lunch and had to stay here the whole time.

Now that the matter was resolved, everyone's stomachs were rumbling.

As for Mr. Jing and Mr. Xun, they ate earlier than the workers.

"Hey." As a family member, Guan Shuli didn't need to be shy and was the first to respond. He then called out to the others, "Let's go eat first."

The village heads were fine, but He Liuliu and the others were almost at their wits' end... Their hearts were pounding as they followed a group of "big shots" to dinner.

But when they saw the food, they didn't care about anything else and ate a big meal.

Only after finishing their meal did they bow to the clerk, the head of the village and the village chief before leaving the dining hall and gathering in the open space outside.

After the thirty-three people gathered, Xu Zhengmao and Tao took them to the signing room.

"Sixth boy, congratulations! Come and sit next to your uncle. We male workers all sit together!" The people in Kaihe Village were very happy to see He Liuliu and congratulated him.

He Liuliu was delighted. He wiped away a tear and bowed to the uncles, aunts, and women from the same village. "Thank you all for your concern, elders. The boss is kind. Although we can't stand the smell of medicine, our life is difficult, so he still hired us."

"Hey, Liuzi, stop talking so much and keep quiet. Go sit with your Uncle Wangtian!" An aunt from the same village reminded him, fearing that he would continue to make a fuss and lose his job.

"Hey." He Liuliu didn't dare to say anything more and hurried to sit next to He Wangtian.

Qin Xiaomi and the others had already taken their seats at the long table in the front of the room. After waiting for another quarter of an hour, she ordered, "Madam Yao, take the roll."

"Yes." Madam Yao took out the roster and began to call out names: "Cao Fan, the village chief of Caojiatun..."

"Here!" Village chief Cao's wife stood up and raised her hand to answer, with a proud look on her face... Look everyone, I'm the first one.

"Okay, sit down." Madam Yao continued to call the roll.

It took a quarter of an hour to complete the roll call of more than 400 people.

"Boss, all 453 candidates who passed the interview are here."

"Yes." Qin Xiaomi nodded and said, "Thank you all for coming to our herbal medicine workshop to apply for a job. Now let me tell you about the wages and working hours."

"The Qin Family's medicinal materials workshop currently pays 30 wen per day. We have three days off per month, but we still pay those three days off, so the total monthly wage is 900 wen. In addition, there are bonuses, festival gifts, and two seasons of clothing. After six months, the wages will increase, and the amount depends on individual ability, with no upper limit."

"Ancestors, we provide food, holiday gifts, clothes, and at least one or two taels of silver as salary every month... Um!" Village chief Cao's wife couldn't help but shout out, then quickly covered her mouth and pinched her thigh to shut herself up.

"The Qin family is too kind. They won't lose money, right? Boss, please don't be too nice to us. Just provide us with food and three hundred coins. This is the wage for a young man in the county." Cao Lin choked up and said. She was really afraid that the Qin family would pay too much and feed them too much, which would cost a lot of money and cause the medicine shop to go out of business.

"Eleventh wife, don't say anything. Keep quiet." Village chief Cao's wife really wanted to strangle Cao Lin's neck and ask her, "Are you stupid? Can't you live without poverty?"

You may not take advantage of a bargain, but please don’t ruin it and prevent us from taking advantage of it!

Really, Village Chief Cao’s wife felt that people like Cao Lin were her natural enemies, the kind that would fight to the death. It was so infuriating.

Hundreds of other male and female workers also felt that the wages were too high and wanted to talk Qin Xiaomi out of it. However, Qin Xiaomi had an unusual temper, and they were afraid that if they spoke well of her, she would throw them out.

Dangdang Dangdang!

Qin Liupo banged the gong and shouted at them, "Shut up and listen to your boss!"

Qin Liupo's heart was also bleeding.

The damn girl really doesn't care about money at all. She actually paid such a high salary... But Mr. Xun said that preparing medicinal materials is the most unprofitable business. Changji Pharmacy buys indentured servants to prepare medicinal materials. They don't get paid, just two meals a day.

The dead girl not only gave her food, festival gifts, and wages, but also... Huh, Qin Liupo took a deep breath and was so stimulated by Qin Xiaomi that she wanted to pinch her own philtrum.

After everyone quieted down, Qin Xiaomi continued, "Nine hundred wen is the monthly wage for full-time work, but the herbal medicine shop may not have work every day. So during the off-season, when the working hours are too few, the herbal medicine shop can only guarantee a monthly wage of no less than five hundred wen."

"This is the guaranteed monthly salary that the herbal medicine shop gives you."

"Ancestors!" This time it was not the people inside the house who exclaimed, but the village chiefs outside the house.

Village Chief Cao, Village Chief Wei, even Village Chief Miao and Clerk Miao wanted to see through Qin Xiaomi's heart... How could a human being have such a generous heart?!

There was no work to do in the workshop, but the workers were still given a minimum monthly salary of 500 wen, or half a tael of silver.

"Master Qin, my Miao family has to say something. Will this guaranteed monthly salary of half a tael of silver nourish lazy people?" Village Chief Miao seized the opportunity to improve his favor.

Grandpa Qin smiled and said, "Don't worry, Village Chief Miao, and all the other village chiefs, the herbal medicine shop has work regulations and won't support lazy people. And if the herbal medicine shop is unable to make ends meet, we will reduce the staff and won't continue to make losses."

Qin Xiaomi also nodded and took over the conversation, saying, "I won't do business that always loses money. I will only do business that loses money from time to time but makes money in the long run."

"One of the purposes of my Qin family's business is to benefit the people. As workers in my workshop, you are the first to benefit. If the Qin family treats even the workers in its own workshop poorly, what business is there for them?"

Ah this?

Old man Xun secretly gave a thumbs up... The young boss really likes to show his righteousness whenever he gets the chance.

When it comes to buying and selling medicinal herbs, the most important thing is righteousness.

Old Man Xun has already seen the endless stream of orders coming in, and the Qin family's medicinal materials workshop has been working day and night to rush the production.

The workers were deeply moved, and Cao Lin was so happy that she cried: "Being able to meet the boss is a blessing we earned in our previous life."

Village Chief Cao's wife scoffed... "You're talking about your past life?" "Just live your life well first. You can't even bear to eat some good food. What's wrong? Do you really believe in the past life and present life thing? You want to save the delicious food for the next life? Aren't you afraid that the delicious food will go moldy if you save it?"

When Village Chief Cao saw his wife's eyes and eyebrows flying, he knew that she was acting up in her mind again. He wanted to remind her, but there were so many people around, so he couldn't glare at her or cough at her. He was very anxious.

Fortunately, Qin Xiaomi quickly said, "Let's talk about the working hours. To ensure the efficacy of the medicine, some herbs must be prepared day and night. Therefore, the herbal medicine workshop also has to work at night. This is only for male workers. The female workers all work during the day."

Phew, the female workers breathed a sigh of relief... If they had to work at night, their families would definitely make a fuss. After all, it is not easy for women to spend the night outside. Once they do, rumors will spread.