in2ebook Chapter 213 Recruitment Storm
Chapter 213 Recruitment Storm
She is smart and a good worker. The two of them had gotten along well when they worked together to sell beggar's chicken. The key is that Lin Chunhua is a genuine person and doesn't act like a troublemaker.
So, Lin Xiaoman went to Lin Chunhua and told her plan. Coincidentally, Lin Chunhua also had the same idea, but because she was the granddaughter of the village head, she was afraid that the villagers would gossip about her grandfather, so she refrained from going to Lin Xiaoman to recommend herself.
Lin Xiaoman divides the soap-making process into three steps.
The first step is to make lard, the second step is to mix alkaline water and lard, and the third step is to package, cut into pieces and dry them in the sun.
As for the soap mold, it was left to the skillful Lin Lichun.
Lin Lichun has stopped making bamboo baskets and mats and is concentrating on polishing and carving bamboo molds according to Lin Xiaoman's requirements.
The first step is to make lard. Lin Xiaoman thinks that the women who had wrapped eggs and made sausages before can do it. In the early stage, her four aunts can come over to make lard.
The second process is more complicated, as it is difficult to control the proportion and master the state of the saponification reaction. This process is responsible for controlling the proportion and mastering the state of the saponification reaction, and also for stirring the alkaline water and oil to blend. It is definitely a physical job that tests arm strength.
The third step is relatively simple and can be done by anyone with dexterity, regardless of gender.
For the second and most difficult step, Lin Xiaoman plans to select girls of similar age to herself or young wives in the village. As for stirring the lard and alkaline water to fully dissolve them, Lin Xiaoman also plans to recruit young people.
Young people have a high receptiveness and they will learn it after learning it a few more times.
After Lin Xiaoman spread the news of recruiting people, the minds of men, women and children in Shanglin Village began to become active again.
Some people visited each other, and some came to the Lin family in the hope of a chance encounter, just to say hello to Lin Xiaoman.
They now knew that Lin Xiaoman was in charge of making the soap, so they would praise her whenever they saw her. They used all the good things they could think of to praise her, regardless of whether it was appropriate or not. Lin Xiaoman, who was still quite thick-skinned, was praised so much that she didn't want to go out.
However, some people are not optimistic about it, saying that the soap is so expensive that it may not be sold.
Anyway, there are all kinds of voices coming out of Shanglin Village recently.
Building a village school, making pancreas and becoming a middle school student were the three most popular things, two of which were related to Lin Dajiang's family.
However, these voices did not affect the mood of the Lin family at all. They were too busy, leaving home early and returning late, and had no time to pay attention to gossip.
In order to make soap, Lin Xiaoman specially asked someone to divide the workshop into two. The larger side was reserved for making sausages in the second half of the year, and the smaller one was divided into several rooms, including a kitchen with a stove and five large iron pots; and a storage room with wooden shelves for drying soap.
She also asked a carpenter to make a few wooden tables according to her requirements to use as workbenches.
The preliminary preparations alone cost more than ten taels of silver, most of which was spent on the large iron pot.
Fortunately, with the help of Lin Chunhua, Lin Xiaoman had some space to catch his breath and was not exhausted.
After the workshop was set up, Lin Xiaoman started recruiting people.
First is the one who fries the lard. There is no need to select people. The four aunts plus Aunt Li, five people are enough in the early stage.
Packaging, cutting and drying are simple, and anyone who is meticulous can do it.
As for the most critical part, the production of lye water, Zhou Quan and Lin Dajiang alone are barely enough for now. But when the weather turns cooler in autumn and they start making preserved eggs simultaneously, they will have to add more people.
Alkali is a key link in the production of preserved eggs and soap, and must be controlled by oneself. In this way, Lin Xiaoman was forced to face something she didn't want to face - buying people.
However, this is something we will have to face in three or four months, so we can wait for now.
What is giving Lin Xiaoman a headache now is recruiting people.
She asked Xie Ci'an to write a recruitment notice, which listed the recruitment requirements, one of which was in bold.
【Age not exceeding 30 years old. 】
Here, Lin Xiaoman suddenly began to understand the previous recruitment restrictions set by human resources departments, which required an age of 35 years old, because the age of to is definitely a person's golden period, both in terms of intelligence and physical strength, and then it will go downhill all the way.
"Hey, Xiaoman is such a reckless kid, why is there an age limit?"
"Oh, how old am I this year? I think I'm thirty-one. Ah, I just missed it."
"Yes, people like us who are old are more diligent in our work. Let's go and ask Brother Dajiang. We can't let a child mess around with such an important matter."
"What's the matter? You guys are meddling too much. Could it be that the money that the Lin family paid for the workers was pooled together by you guys?"
"Well, that's not the case. Look, if there is an age limit, more than half of the people in Shanglin Village will be excluded. Even if they meet the age requirement, they still have to participate in the Lin family's 'interview'! Wouldn't that give people from other villages a chance?"
Those who married in from outside or whose daughters were married in other villages became wary after hearing this.
I'll go and tell my family later.
"Why can't people from other villages work for Lin Dajiang's family? He runs a workshop to do business, but it doesn't stipulate that only people from the same village can be employed..."
Wherever there are people, there is the world. No matter how big or small the world is, there will always be endless right and wrong.
After Lin Xiaoman knew the purpose of the villagers' visit, he decided to go all out and closed the door to refuse the visitors.
She couldn't always be patient and deal with things. To put it bluntly, the villagers felt that the Lin family came from humble beginnings and subconsciously thought that the Lin family was easy to talk to.
If it were the landlord Liu whose property was confiscated, the villagers would not dare to say a word.
They thought they could have two days of leisure by not going out of the house, but unexpectedly, the villagers gathered at the entrance of the village and tried to persuade the Lin couple when they saw them.
After the villagers asked so many questions, Li Taohua also became curious.
"Xiao Man, why did you choose someone under 30?"
"Mother, making soap is a technical job. There is a certain ratio between lard, lye water, and even medicinal powder. One point more or one point less can affect the final result. Do you think those elderly people in our village can think straight?"
Lin Xiaoman added with a bitter face: "Firstly, when they get older, they rely on their experience and have a lot of principles to do things. They love to preach, and your ears will get calluses after listening to them. Secondly, they can talk about any smell of a fart, and they keep talking endlessly."
Especially the old women in their forties and fifties, they work hard but never stop talking.
From which man was flirting with a widow to how many times a person pooped in a day, they could talk about it for half an hour each time.
Unless I sew my mouth shut, I will never be able to stay idle.
Li Taohua didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "Why don't you just ignore their gossip? Just work hard and don't be lazy. Besides, when you are busy in the future, how can you have so much free time to listen to their gossip every day?"
"Mom, don't worry. If any villagers find you and dad, just push them to me."
The one who caused the most trouble here was Lin Yougen's mother.
Originally, they gave Lin Dahe five taels of silver, and the county government recovered the silver and returned it to them according to the proportion, which was only three taels.
As soon as he got the money, Lin Yougen paid back all the borrowed money. Life was hard without money. He finally got a chance to work for the Lin family, but it turned out that there were restrictions.
Lin Yougen is the eldest in the family. He has a brother named Lin Youyin, who is four years younger than him.
Maybe because his name contained both "root" and "silver", God blessed him equally, and later Lin Yougen had two more sisters.
Lin Yougen is thirty-five this year, and Lin Youyin is thirty-one this year, both of them are just outside the threshold.
Lin Yougen and Lin Youyin were poor and could not find wives. Later, his two younger sisters married two equally poor families in Xialin Village in exchange for wives. He finally married his current wives and had three girls. It happened that there was no one in the entire Lin family who was of the right age for Lin.
There are many villagers in a similar situation as Lin Yougen. They are now looking for work everywhere. Now they heard that the Lin family is hiring people to do the work. Lin Yougen and his family want to seize this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
Lin Yougen's mother, a woman in her fifties, waited at the door of Lin Dajiang's house every day.
Unable to wait for Lin Xiaoman and unable to persuade Lin Dajiang, she gathered together families with similar financial situations to hers and cried poor in front of the Lin family's door.
"Stupid, absolutely stupid!" Li's beard was curled up with righteousness. "There is no bad person in Lin Dajiang's family. If they do this, it will be seen that Xiaoman will never choose someone from this group of people who cause trouble again."
"Dad, you've tried your best to persuade them, but those people still say that you are just seeking fame and reputation. Just ignore it!" said Linda's wife.
My father's kindness was taken for granted. He was already very old, but just because his granddaughters Lin Chunhua and Lin Xiaoman were close, the villagers who were making trouble said that he had paved the way for his family a long time ago and didn't care about their lives.
My father worked as the village head, and his whole heart was with the villagers, but now he has been burdened with this false accusation.
This village head is not qualified!
Since he couldn't avoid it, Lin Xiaoman decided to attack head-on.
On the day of the "interview", there were two lines of people lining up in front of the Lin family's door.
A group of young people lined up neatly, waiting for the interview. In addition to the young people from Shanglin Village, there were also villagers from several nearby villages.
The other team was mixed with people like Lin Yougen's mother who came to cause trouble, and there were also people from other villages who came to join in the fun. It was very noisy and disturbing.
Lin Xiaoman opened the door and the scene was quiet for a while.
The next moment, Lin Yougen's mother rushed over and said, "Xiaoman, look at Yougen and Uncle Youyin, they are both good workers, how can you limit their age? Our family can't even afford to eat now, isn't it all because of your third uncle Lin Dahe? Please be kind and have pity on us. Look, Uncle Youyin is only 31, just accept him!"
Lin Xiaoman sneered and looked at the old woman with messy hair. Was she trying to use moral blackmail this time?
Too bad she didn't buy it.
"Every wrong has its perpetrator and every debt has its creditor. Go to where you were cheated and ask for the money. I'm running a business here, not a charity. I won't accept anyone who's pitiful."
"Why can't you make sense, young lady? You and Uncle Yin are only one year older, so try to be flexible. We are from the same village, and we will see each other sooner or later..."
"I respect you as an elder of my grandmother's generation, please don't joke around in front of a junior like me. The Lin family has always been a stickler for business. Since the requirements have been written in the recruitment notice, there is no reason to change them at the last minute. You asked me to be flexible, isn't that putting me in an unfair position?"
"If word gets out that I, Lin Xiaoman, don't keep my word, who would dare to do business with our Lin family in the future?"
"It's not that serious!" Lin Yougen's mother said, "If you don't tell me and I don't tell anyone, and if our villagers don't tell anyone, then those businessmen won't know."
"Yeah, yeah, we won't tell anyone."
"Yes, we are all from the same village, we should help each other and not let people from other villages get away with it."
"Yes, we in Shanglin Village are still living in poverty. We can't let people from other villages get this kind of good thing for free."
"What outsiders?" Now, the people from the nearby villages who had been watching the fun were unhappy.
Among those queuing up for interviews are their children and brothers. Isn’t this ruining their future?
"Why are you so unreasonable, old woman? The employer has posted a notice about recruiting workers.
"That's right, you old woman wanted to use the back door but didn't even pick the right time, and you don't even look like you're asking for help. Shanglin Village really opened our eyes!"
Birds of a feather flock together. People with common interests naturally come together.
The old woman's face turned red when she was accused of using the back door. She pointed at Lin Chunhua next to Lin Xiaoman and said, "If you want to talk about using the back door, isn't Lin Chunhua the one? She's already helping out at the Lin family before they even hired a worker. We can't, but the granddaughter of the village head can use the back door?"
"I..." Lin Chunhua explained hurriedly, "I didn't!"
Lin Xiaoman stopped the anxious and angry Lin Chunhua and said, "I invited Chunhua. Lin Chunhua is fourteen years old and works efficiently and diligently. She fully meets the requirements of the recruitment notice."
As she spoke, she bent down and looked at Lin Yougen's mother, who was sitting on the ground and making a scene, with a cold smile, "Besides, I opened a business, paid money to recruit workers, do I have to report to you? Are you my parents or my grandparents? What qualifications do you have to point fingers and say irresponsible things in front of me?"
Lin Yougen's mother was stunned by Lin Xiaoman's sharp eyes.
Lin Jia Xiaoman used to be a fool, and I didn’t have much dealings with her later on. My impression was that this girl always smiled at everyone she met, and she seemed like a very kind person.
Lin Xiaoman stood up and looked at the hundred or so people gathered at the gate of the courtyard, exuding a sense of majesty.
"My dear uncles, the Lin family workshop has always been honest and trustworthy in doing business. The wages, festival gifts, and red envelopes promised before the start of work have all been paid at the end of the year, and the villagers who have started working have received them. Since the recruitment notice has been issued, there is absolutely no reason to modify it at the last minute. If I, Lin Xiaoman, have offended you in any way, I hope you will forgive me!"
"I'm young, but my father has always taught me to be trustworthy!" Lin Xiaoman looked at the old woman who was throwing a tantrum, then turned his eyes to the people who were pushing each other, and said firmly, "The interview starts today. If there are any more troublemakers, the Lin family workshop will never hire them again!"
Lin Xiaoman also knows how to give a sweet date after a punch.
"Fellow villagers who meet the requirements are welcome to participate in the interview. Our workshop will need your support in the future."
After saying that, Lin Xiaoman turned around and went back to the yard, while Lin Jingzhe and Li Erli were guarding the gate.
There was a piece of rough paper in front of Xie Ci'an, which was used to record the interview details of the interviewee, including family situation, neighborhood relations and the interview situation.
Lin Chunhua, on the other hand, was helping Lin Xiaoman with an admiring look on her face.