nycdaug Chapter 16 Looking for Helpers
Chapter 16 Looking for Helpers
"What? Are you telling the truth?" The village head was very excited. There are hundreds of families in Linjia Village, and most of them live in poverty. They work in the fields, and whether they can have enough to eat depends on God. The weather has been good in recent years, but for farmers, without extra income, after paying taxes, they can only barely make ends meet. Even if most families go to the city to work during the slack season, it is just a drop in the bucket. It is difficult to find work in the city, and even menial jobs are not available every day.
Not to mention the years of disaster, when people either starve to death or have to sell their children. If the village has one more source of income, most of the farmers in the village will be able to save a few coins. Now Lin Dashan is harvesting mushrooms. This job is easy and not tiring. Children and women can do it. The villagers don’t have many things, but they have many people. And as far as he knows, these white mushrooms grow wildly every year, and the bamboo forest is snow-white for several months every year. In this way, wouldn’t the villagers have a stable income every year?
This bamboo forest is a golden goose that lays eggs! ! ! !
The head of the village became more and more excited as he thought about it, "Dashan, if this can be accomplished, you will be a great benefactor to our village!"
Lin Dashan smiled innocently and scratched his head, "Uncle headman, don't say that. The villagers sell me mushrooms to help my business. But let me be frank in advance. I don't want undried mushrooms, bad mushrooms, or broken mushrooms!" These were what Xiaomi and he had agreed on in advance. It was better to say the ugly words in advance than to make a big fuss when something went wrong.
"This is a must. You have done such a big favor for the village, how can I cheat you? Don't worry, I will take care of it. If anyone messes up, I will never let them off easily."
Lin Dashan was relieved. "You can pick this mushroom even when it's not fully grown. As long as it sticks out, it will continue to grow after you pick it. Take off the black cap on the mushroom and the base below. We only want the white part. Of course, if there are relatives or parents in the village who want to bring them to pick together, that's fine. I'll take them all as long as they're good."
"Okay, okay!!!" The head of the village nodded repeatedly. Who doesn't have a few relatives? Even he wanted to inform his father-in-law's family in another village.
Lin Dashan gave a bundle of dried mushrooms to the village head as a sample, and told him that he could go pick them tomorrow, and then left.
He turned around and went back to the old house. He had to tell his father about this matter himself, to prevent his stepmother from causing trouble again.
Watching Lin Dashan's departing figure, the village head sighed. This man had almost no presence in the village before. Who would have thought that he could do such a big thing just after the separation of the family? He felt that Lin Dashan was about to make a name for himself. He didn't know whether Old Lin and his stepmother would regret it.
old house.
Lin Mutu sat by the door frame, smoking his pipe, and looked at his eldest son who was walking towards him. "Why are you here at this time?"
"Dad, I discovered a while ago that the white mushrooms in the bamboo forest are edible, so I went to the city to ask, and it turned out that people really wanted them, 45 cents per pound. Please tell my second and third brothers to pick them early tomorrow. These mushrooms wither quickly, and they wither by noon, so you can only pick them half a day a day. I will collect them after they are dried."
"What, you collect mushrooms?" Lin Mutu looked at his tall and honest son and couldn't believe that such a cowardly person could do business.
Lin Dashan smiled naively, "Yes, Dad, this job is easy. We have a big family, so we can pick a lot in a day!"
Of course, any child can do this job. There are more than a dozen people in his family!
"Is it reliable? Don't you take it back and smash your hands? Does the person really want it? How much does he want?" Lin Mutu asked worriedly.
"Dad, it's reliable. I wrote the deed."
"Old man, the eldest brother is always reliable. If he says he can do it, he can do it." Li came out of the house and said. Her stepson is really capable. It has only been a short time since the family was separated, and he has found such a good job. Even if he was cheated, he would lose the money himself. It's okay as long as they can get the money for their mushrooms. But she knew that this stepson was a steady man, and this was probably true. If it was true, his family could also take the opportunity to make a fortune. 45 wen per catty, with so many people in his family, he could always pick dozens of catties a day.
Thinking about the daily income of several hundred coins, Li became restless and went to the fields to find her second son. She wanted her son to inform his uncle immediately.
Old Man Lin nodded in agreement. Although his son was dull, he was very reliable. Unlike the third son, who was always idle.
"Dad, I'm going to go and tell my second uncle. I'll be back first!"
"Go!" Old man Lin was pleased. His son would help his relatives whenever good things happened. He was a filial son.
The other members of the Lin family didn't have time to find fault. Several daughters-in-law were rushing to notify their natal families and other relatives.
After Lin Dashan and Lin Erbo agreed, they went directly to Lin Fuyou's house. Fuyou is the grandson of the second uncle, who had separated from his family a few years ago. Because he was not the eldest son, Fuyou's father got a limited share of the family property. He had many children, and the children got married and had grandchildren, so life became more and more difficult. Until now, the family still lives together with the second uncle and cannot afford to build a new house. His eldest brother has long been old enough to get married, but because he is poor, no one is willing to marry him. Fuyou has also long reached the age...
"Uncle Dashan, you've been a great help in picking mushrooms for our family. I've been free lately, so I can't charge you for this!"
30 cents a day, just to help inspect the goods, it takes less than half a day. Lin Fuyou felt that he couldn't do this and take the money, it was against his conscience.
"This is not something that will happen overnight. You may have to charge for this every year. You said you don't want to charge for the work. How can I let you work for free? What will happen to me if I tell others? If you don't charge for this job, I will find someone else!" Lin Dashan made the final decision.
Lin Fugui stood there dumbfounded. If he didn’t get paid, he wouldn’t be able to help. What should he do?
"Uncle, how about this? 10 cents a day, I'll test the mushrooms, how about that?"
"30 cents, that's it, sir, why are you hesitating? I brought a bunch of mushrooms here, and I'll tell you about the inspection..."
After Lin Dashan left, Lin Fuyou was still confused. Why did he say 30 cents for half a day or a day? Oh, by the way, Uncle Dashan’s yard needs to build a shed to collect mushrooms, and it would be better to build a warehouse, in case there is not enough space.
When Lin Fuyou told his father about this, his father's eyes turned red, "Your uncle is helping us because we are in trouble! Call your brothers and build the shed now."
"Dad, Uncle Dashan told me to inform our relatives in other villages to pick them together."
Lin Fuyou's mother cried out and went to find her mother-in-law. They were going to inform her family.
"Then go inform your uncle and your great uncle. Your brother and I will set up the shed this afternoon."
"it is good!"