The little ancestor of the family

Chapter 191 Workshop Starts

Chen has been very competitive since he was young.

Her family was poor and she had no chance to learn a skill, so she went to help a widow in the village every day and begged her to teach her some needlework skills.

The widow was afraid that Chen would steal her job, so she didn't teach her much. However, Chen learned it on her own and became a master at it.

I can make clothes for people, embroider simple items, and earn some money to supplement the family income.

Because of her money-making skill, her family kept her for several more years. Seeing that she would be too old if she didn't get married, they hurriedly found a matchmaker, asked for a dowry of three taels of silver, and married her to Zhang Dali.

There is not much people at Zhang Dali's house.

The three taels of silver were also saved bit by bit by his hard labor.

Although he lost his money after getting married, fortunately both of them are hardworking and united as husband and wife.

Life goes on.

Unfortunately, God doesn't favor me.

Because of her family's poor conditions, Chen did not take good care of her body after giving birth, and a cold left her with a chronic illness.

In the following years, Chen's health deteriorated.

The money Zhang Dali earned alone was used to feed several children and pay for Chen's medical treatment. At one point, he could no longer hold on and had to sell his child.

Chen thought about it and realized that the day when Xiaohua was almost taken away was only more than half a year ago.

But in this short period of time, earth-shaking changes have taken place in the family.

Chen's health has improved.

Zhang Dali earns more than before.

Even the two daughters can make money.

Chen was afraid that this was fake and she was dreaming.

She cried for a while, then considering that Ye Xinran was still in front of her, she quickly wiped away her tears, "Thank you, Madam Ye! You are really a great benefactor to my family!"

Ye Xinran smiled, "Sister-in-law, I know how to use people wisely. If you want to thank someone, you should thank yourself for thinking of sending your two daughters to school. Isn't this just the right time to put it to good use!"

A warm feeling welled up in Chen's heart.

She wanted to send her children to school because she didn't want them to have a hard life in the future.

I didn't think much about it when I sent it.

I never thought it would actually come in handy!

But to be honest, this school was built because of Ye Xinran.

Ultimately, we have to thank her.

Dazhu Niang also had the same idea as Chen.

Since she married into Yunbian Village, the thing she was most proud of was giving birth to two sons in succession.

But when her son grew up, she began to worry.

When a son marries a wife, he has to give a dowry.

If the bride price is not enough, you can’t marry a girl from a good family.

Even if you borrowed money from all over to get the bride price, people won't agree if they find out that your family is poor.

Zhang Dazhu has always liked Sun Shuqin from Donggou Village.

The marriage was proposed twice, but the Sun family still did not agree.

Later, Erzhu went to the Xiao family to help and earned a lot of money.

Dazhu Niang used the money to renovate the house and bought some new pieces of furniture.

The Sun family was relieved after hearing the news.

Now that Dazhu is married, he is chosen to help in the workshop.

The Sun family looked at the Zhang family with a higher regard, and Dazhu and his wife lived a happy life, all thanks to the Xiao family.

"If you ask me, the Xiao family is the lucky star of our village."

She said to her man while eating.

Dazhu's father has never been good at speaking, but he agreed with what his wife said.

"Xiao Huaian is lucky, but Ye is the lucky star."

"Yes," Dazhu Niang agreed.

"When Xiao Huaian first came, our lives didn't change much, and we were afraid that he would do something bad. All the changes started after Madam Ye married into our family.

Now, I really regret having two sons. It would have been better if one of them was a daughter!"

Dazhu's father glanced at her and said, "What's wrong with giving birth to a daughter? Can you raise her to be like Madam Ye?

There is no smoke from our ancestral grave!

Now that both of your children can earn money, you should be content!"

……

Two days later, all the molds and wrapping papers that Ye Xinran had ordered arrived.

We also made arrangements with the shops selling lard to have lard delivered to them in the village every morning.

Ye Xinran announced to the public that she would collect firewood.

Six cents for a bundle of firewood.

Those who were not selected had already started preparing to go out to work, but when they heard about this business, they all stayed and did not leave.

One bundle of firewood costs six cents, and if you collect two bundles a day, that would be twelve cents.

Better than going out to work!

When the first truckload of lard arrived, the workshop was officially opened.

The twenty villagers selected by the village chief arrived at the workshop early, ready to work.

Ye Xinran did not rush to start work, but first brought twenty contracts.

“This is the contract I wrote. We made the rules and ugly words clear up front to avoid trouble in the future.

Since no one can read well, I specially asked the village head to come and help everyone check it out. If there is no problem, we will sign and seal it. "

The village head was also notified of this matter at short notice.

He didn't expect Ye Xinran to be so meticulous.

He first glanced over the contract, then nodded and said:

"I think there's nothing wrong with what Xinran said in there."

He read out: "Workers in this workshop must strictly keep the secret of the formula and must not disclose it without permission or take the materials out of the workshop without permission. Violators will be fined 500 taels of silver."

"500 taels?"

Several people exclaimed.

"Even if we were sold together, I'm afraid we wouldn't be worth 500 taels."

Ye Xinran said: "This contract is to keep the formula of the facial soap from being leaked.

Let our workshop continue for a long time.

As long as our workshop can continue to operate, everyone here can continue to make money here. This is actually a win-win situation.

Of course, if anyone feels that this is unreasonable, they can quit now and I will recruit someone else.”

"Before signing, I will also talk about the salary so that everyone can consider it."

Ye Xinran continued,

"Our wages are settled on a monthly basis, and the wages vary depending on the work we do.

For the time being, men receive 800 coins per month and women receive 600 coins per month.

On the first day of every month, we will pay the previous month’s salary, and we can take two days off a month without any salary deduction.”

"What? There's still a break? Staying at home and getting paid for nothing, is there such a good thing?"

Everyone looked at each other.

Dazhu was the first to stand up.

"I'll sign it. What's the big deal? As long as I don't steal anything from the workshop and don't tell others the workshop's formula, there will be no fine, right?

Even without this document, I would not do such a thing."

"That's true!"

Erdan's mother also said: "When we work for others, we should abide by their rules. This kind of good job is hard to find even with a lantern. I will sign it too."

“Then I’ll sign it too!”

"I'll sign too!"

In the end, none of the twenty people left.

They all signed the contract document and stamped their fingerprints.

For those who don’t know how to write their names, the village head will teach them on the spot, and that’s the end of the story.

After signing, Ye Xinran assigned tasks to them.

There were five people who boiled lard and collected wood ash.

Two people boiling lime water.

Four people blending the finished product.

Four people were responsible for the transport.

Three people are pressed.

Two people packing boxes.

On the first day, no one else had work, only four people from the oil-boiling workshop stayed.

Taohua and Xiaohua also came to the workshop later.

Following Ye Xinran's instructions, the lard was weighed, the quantity was checked, and recorded in the account book.

Then, the first pot of lard began to be boiled.

Thick smoke rose above the workshop, indicating that their village had another way to make a living besides farming.

People in the village only know that this thing needs to be burned from morning to night, which consumes a lot of firewood.

But they didn't know that their fate would also change with the opening of this workshop.