freenovelworld Chapter 576: Wages are paid
Chapter 576: Wages are paid
His hair was combed neatly and he looked refreshed.
I'm still a little thin, but I'll get better after some rest.
He smiled and said, "Work hard, and you will also get a share of the wages on New Year's Eve!"
The two were delighted, "Yes, we will do it well!"
Zhou Guo asked Wu Jiang and the housekeeper some more questions, arranged what they had to do today and then went home. It was New Year's Day, so he went home to eat delicious food. After a busy year, he needed to have a good rest.
Li and Zhou Xing were busy making meatballs for the New Year. When they saw Zhou Guo coming back, they asked, "Have you prepared all the New Year's goods at the villa?"
Zhou Guo said, "It's ready. We went to the county town the day before yesterday to buy everything. Meat, cloth, rice, flour, oil, etc. have all been distributed."
While picking up the meatballs, Li said, "There will be one last market tomorrow, the 28th. I think you'd better pay them before then. Although you've given them New Year's goods, there are always some things you didn't expect them to buy. If you give them the money and let them buy them themselves, what's the point of waiting until New Year's Eve to pay them? Save it for next year?"
Zhou Guo suddenly realized, "You're right, Mom, why didn't I think of that? I was thinking of giving them New Year's money on the 30th. No, I have to give it to them before that, so that they can buy whatever they want and have a good New Year."
He turned and went into the house, took out the account book and started to do the accounting.
Before dinner, Zhou Guo and Zhou Gu went to the mountains with a basket of money.
When everyone heard that money was going to be distributed, they ignored the dishes that were still stewing on the stove and asked their children to help watch over them, and came to collect their money impatiently.
In less than a cup of tea, everyone arrived.
Looking forward to Zhou Guo giving out money.
Wu Jiang and others brought a table and prepared pen, ink and paper.
Zhou Guo looked at these people with expectant faces and felt that her mother had thought it through much more carefully than she did. She also said that if the money was given out on the 30th, they could indeed have a lively New Year if they were given out at this time.
Zhou Guo said: "I originally wanted to pay you on the 30th, but your wife asked me to pay you earlier so that you can take advantage of the last market to buy things you want. I thought about it and it made sense. So I changed the payment to today so that you can have a good year!"
Everybody cheered and kept expressing their gratitude to Li, Zhou Guo and the Zhou family.
Zhou Guo didn't waste any words. He threw down his robe and sat down. He opened the account book and began to read out the names, "Zhao Liu, two strings of cash!"
Zhao Liu was stunned, and came forward happily, "Young Master, I have so much money?"
Zhou Guo smiled and said, "Yes, I have seen everything you have done this month. Your chief steward and the second chief steward are full of praise for you. You have done a lot and you have earned a lot. It is the New Year, so I will give you more!"
Zhou Gu took out two strings of money from the basket and handed it over.
Zhao Liu put the money in his pocket and went to the back happily. His normal monthly salary was only 600 coins, but now he got more than three months' salary in one go. How could he not be happy?
The crowd was in an uproar, everyone was happy. They all did no worse than Zhao Liu, so the money they got should not be less than two strings of cash, right?
Sure enough, there was no amount lower than two kan afterwards.
After sending money to Wu Jiang and his friends, the next thing to do was to send money to the women in the village, including children over ten years old, who all received monthly allowances.
The women who had more money received four strings of coins, the women who had less received two strings of coins, and the women who had children received at least one string of coins.
She even gave fifty cents to each child under ten years old as New Year's money.
The women led their children to kowtow to them with gratitude.
Then came Big Fatty and Second Fatty. They had just arrived and were squeezing in the back. Seeing that some of them received several strings of cash at a time, their eyes nearly popped out with envy. They thought, "If they work hard, how can the boss give them so much money at once?"
Even when my parents were still alive, the family wouldn't have so much money throughout the year. Now they can earn so much on their own, and just in one month?
Someone nearby kindly explained to the two, "The young master said this is our annual reward. Whoever performs well in the year will get more at the end of the year. If you work hard, you can get several more strings of cash next year!"
Zhou Guo called them up and said with a smile, "Although you are new here, you are also part of this family. It is not right to give them money but not you. But you have earned so much because they have worked hard for a year. If I give you so much, it will be unfair to you. So, I will give you one yuan each according to the age of ten and below and one yuan below twelve!"
Zhou Gu quickly picked out two coins and handed them to them.
The two brothers held the money in their hands, which was heavy and their eyes were moist. This was actually earned by themselves. No, it was given to them by the young master, and they had only been there for one day!
"Dong, dong, dong." The two brothers knelt down and kowtowed to Zhou Guo immediately, saying devoutly: "Thank you, young master, we will work hard in the future!"
That’s right, piety. Zhou Guo actually saw this on their faces. He smiled and nodded, “Okay! Get up!”
Finally, there are a few managers.
She now has three stewards, the chief steward Wu Jiang, the second steward Hu Zi, and a steward woman.
She called a few people over, stood up and said, "My stewards, you have worked hard. You have been busy all year, taking care of everything in the mountain, worrying about everything. You have saved me so much trouble! Shanli Feizhuang is well managed. I hope you will keep up the good work next year, and we will all build a bigger manor together!"
"Yes!!!"
Everyone shouted in unison, shaking the mountains and forests.
Zhou Guo smiled and nodded, handing each of them a big purse, without saying how much was in it. But it was obvious that Wu Jiang's purse was thicker than Hu Zi's and the housekeeper's.
That's normal. He is the steward and has to worry about everything, whether it's in the mountains or on the farm. Hu Zi and the stewardess have to call him when they can't handle something.
I really worry more than anyone else, so it's reasonable for me to have more money.
After the money was distributed, Zhou Guo motioned to Zhou Gu, "Brother, come up and say a few words."
Zhou Gu followed his words and stepped forward. He looked at the crowd, cleared his throat and said, "Everyone has worked hard. You have seen it. If you follow our Zhou family, as long as you work hard, we will never treat you unfairly. No... I won't say you will have delicious food and spicy drinks, but you will definitely not have to worry about having enough food and warm clothes!"
After a pause, he continued, "But if I find out that someone has second thoughts and does something that is unfair to our family, then he is not only unfair to our Zhou family, but also to all of us. I will never let him go!"
Zhou Guo raised a smile. When he first recruited them and asked him to say a few words, he was like facing a great enemy and couldn't utter a word. Now he has learned to use both kindness and force!
"Yes! Please rest assured, young master!" Everyone's faces tightened, and their smiling faces turned serious. Some people even had fear in their eyes.