After fleeing famine, I have thousands of acres of fertile land

Chapter 304 Hourglass

Ye Qing would come to visit sometimes. She would bring Wangcai and Heizi with her, and would take the girls back to the village.

That day, Ye Qing and Ye Yuan were in the accounting office discussing the follow-up arrangements for the workshop. They had been open for more than a month, but they had not made any profit and were all supported by Ye Qing.

"Don't worry, only by training people can we continue this for a long time."

Gao Hui and Jiang Jun were a little nervous. They lived in a free house and had a high monthly salary, but they didn't make any money for their employer, so they felt guilty.

Ye Qing also noticed it and comforted the two of them not to worry.

"It's my turn now. Come down quickly and stop occupying the loom."

Ye Qing and his friends were interrupted by the noise outside, but they didn't mind. There were many people but few looms, so if they wanted to practice, they had to practice separately.

"I've just been practicing for a while, it's not time yet." The other girl didn't want to give in either.

Ye Qing usually doesn't care about such trivial matters. As long as there is no big conflict, they can handle it privately.

But the noise outside became louder and louder, and gradually other voices joined in.

The noise outside was getting louder and louder, and even nasty words were said. Ye Qing frowned a little.

"Brother Ye Yuan, Sister Hui Hui and Xiao Ya, please go out and take a look. Don't let them hurt each other's feelings."

Ye Qing made such arrangements because Ye Yuan was in charge of the entire workshop, Gao Hui was in charge of the coarse cloth loom, and Xiaoya was in charge of the fine cloth loom. The three of them could keep the place in check.

Jiang Jun was not allowed to leave because he was young and a man, so some things were inconvenient for him to say.

"Qiao'er and Baozhu, what are you doing?" Gao Hui's majestic voice sounded.

The girls who had been making a fuss just now all stood apart and dared not quarrel anymore.

"Qiaoer, tell me, what are you quarreling about?" Gao Hui looked at her with a stern face.

Qiao'er shuddered. The girl, who was only thirteen years old, was so frightened that she even trembled when she spoke.

"Master, I was practicing weaving. It wasn't time to change people yet, and Baozhu came to steal my loom."

Gao Hui looked at Baozhu and said, "Tell me what you quarreled about."

Baozhu was no longer as powerful as before, "We agreed that each of us would practice for a while, but she didn't come down when the time was up."

Gao Hui frowned. One said it was time, and the other said it was not time. Both wanted to practice for a while longer.

"Tell me, how do you judge the time?" Gao Hui asked them first.

"I just knitted for a while. Baozhu knitted two inches long last time she practiced, and I only knitted one inch. It must be that I haven't made up my time." Qiao'er said aggrievedly.

Baozhu was unwilling, "You knit less because you are slow. Last time you drank two cups of tea and I stopped. This time I drank two cups of tea and you still didn't stop."

Gao Hui had a headache. What both of them said made sense, but each of them had his own way of telling time.

"You can't make a noise. This is not your home. You can do whatever you want. Let's stop here for today and you can all go back. Tomorrow I will find a timing tool for you so you can keep track of the time." Gao Hui had never thought about this problem before.

Ye Yuan watched Gao Hui handle it, "Listen to the manager, go back today, don't quarrel when you encounter problems in the future, come and tell the manager, and the manager will make the decision for you."

Qiao'er and Baozhu were so frightened that their faces turned pale. When they heard that the manager would not punish them, they thanked him and left.

These two people were Gao Hui's subordinates. Xiaoya didn't say anything and followed to learn how to deal with this situation.

After everyone left, the three of them went into the house to talk.

"Qingya, we didn't think it through. Let's buy two hourglasses tomorrow and put them in the workshop so that everyone can see the time."

Seeing that the two of them handled the matter in an organized manner and had a solution, Ye Qing stopped interfering and let them handle it on their own.

Ye Qing looked at the sky outside. It was already late.

"Everyone, please go back. I'm sorry for wasting your time today. Has Xiaowei eaten yet? Sister Hui, please go back and check on him."

"Xiaowei is older now and can cook simple meals. You don't have to worry about him." Gao Hui prepared lunch at noon, and the child could just heat it up and eat it when he got home.

Gao Hui and the other two returned to the house at the back, while Ye Yuan and Ye Fan sent Ye Qing home first.

The next day, Ye Yuan bought two hourglasses and placed them in the weaving workshop. Everyone arranged their time and when the hourglass ran out, they would take over.

The villagers were very curious about the competition in the workshop. On the day of the competition, many people wanted to come and watch, as they had never seen weaving before.

Ye Qing asked the head of the village, clan leader Wang, Old Man Ye and several elders from the village to come over.

They are here to help keep things under control and ensure the fairness of the competition.

Gao Hui, Jiang Jun, Xiaoya, Ye Qing and Ye Yuan are mainly responsible for scoring. The scores of the four people are added together and the ranking is based on the scores.

On the day of the competition, Ye Qing found a spacious space in the workshop.

There were two looms inside, and coarse cloth and fine cloth were compared together. Both sides were ranked and rewarded.

Ye Qing and Ye Yuan first welcomed the village head and several others in. There were two rows of tables and stools in the yard with names written on them.

Ye Qing arranged seats for them, served them tea, and asked them to sit down and chat for a while.

Old Man Ye sat there with a rosy face, "Qingya, go and do your work first. You don't need to take care of this."

Ye Qing served them some pastries before arranging seats for the villagers.

The position opposite the head of the village is reserved for the villagers. In the middle is the competition area, and people will come to compete in the order they were drawn in advance.

The villagers had brought their stools and were waiting outside the workshop early in the morning. Ye Fan watched as everyone sat down and went out to lead them in.

After everyone was seated, Ye Yuan explained the rules to everyone.

"Everyone, today's competition is very serious. When the competition begins, please do not make any noise and disturb the competitors. If anyone interferes with the competition, we will ask you to leave."

In order to watch the fun, the people below agreed readily.

After Ye Yuan finished explaining the rules, he looked at the village head and asked him to say a few words as well.

"Everyone, Qingbufang invited us to watch, so we must abide by the rules of the workshop. If someone makes trouble, I will take charge of the workshop and will not accept the silk from that family."

After the head of the village said this, the people below became much quieter. Some of them were still thinking about interfering with their children's competitors, but they didn't dare to do so this time.

Ye Qing was impressed. It would be inappropriate for Ye Yuan to say this, but it was the head of the village who said it that really had a deterrent effect.

After everyone quieted down, Ye Fan shouted to start.

The yard became quiet, and the person who came over was Ye Juan. She was the first to compete, and she looked very nervous.

"Hello everyone, I'm Ye Juan. Today's competition is weaving fine cloth."

The other girl was much more generous, "Hello everyone, I'm Pearl, today's competition is weaving coarse cloth."

After listening to their introductions, Ye Fan asked them to debug the loom first.

After the loom was debugged, Ye Fan lit incense and the two began the competition.