When Li Jianguo picked up Han Benzhong's family from the Corps, the only ones left cutting reeds were Li Anguo and Li Junshan.
The reason why there are two families is because Zheng Songlin’s family went back to his hometown, and Zhang Laoshi followed. Originally, Han Benzhong wanted to call more people, but Li Jianguo refused because the whole team could do it now. He called Han Benzhong and the others because of their previous agreement. Otherwise, the 30,000 reed handles would be more than enough for the team. .
"Xingbang and Junfeng went to draw reeds and press the handles." Li Anguo saw his elder brother coming, put down his sickle and explained, "Those two piles of reeds were made by them, and one of them carried back a bundle. , these two piles were made by Junshan and me, brother, do you think it’s okay?”
“Okay.” He smiled and said, "The bundle of reeds is not small, almost enough, it can be used. By the way, have you had lunch?"
"Yes, Xiaolong brought it here." Li Anguo said with a smile, "Steamed buns The food was still warm when it was delivered. I gave you the water, but it’s not cold yet, which is great.”
"Then you fight first. I'll pull back the Weizi that Xingbang and Junfeng fought first, and then I'll come back and pull back yours."
"Zhong, Zhong." Of course Li Anguo had no objection.
He likes to contribute and does not like to use his brain to do technical work. That's why he stayed to play reed. Li Junshan was embarrassed simply because Chen Xingbang and Li Junfeng took the initiative to go back and press the reeds during lunch, so he couldn't say anything. In fact, he could do any kind of work.
He is still thinking about it. He has made more than 20 reed bundles from morning to now, and if he cuts off the leftovers, he is considered unqualified. Has he already earned two yuan?
Two yuan can buy an old hen in my hometown. Even if I make money in my hometown, it will take several days to earn these two yuan!
He was a little worried, but he didn't know if Uncle Xiaolong would really pay if he took Weizi back at night.
I want to think about it, but I still have to do it.
Li Jianguo had brought the rope in advance. By this time, Han Benzhong and the others had already got off the carriage and helped Chen Xingbang and Li Junfeng count the reeds they had cut and load them into the carriage.
"The reed bundles cut by Junfeng are okay, but the ones cut by Xingbang are a bit too thin." Li Jianguo commented, "Junfeng has eleven bundles and Xingbang has nine bundles. I have written them down. ”
The bundle of reeds The cart was loaded and arranged and "braked" with ropes. Because there were not many reed bundles, no winches were needed to fix them. So after the two ropes were tied, Li Jianguo said hello to Li Anguo and Li Junshan and led the cart to Lao Lao. The horse number is there.
What surprised Li Jianguo was that both Han Benzhong and Zhang Laoshi stayed here in Weihu. One person from each family followed Li Jianguo back, and the rest started playing Weizi here.
Start earning this money now!
Li Junshan suddenly felt a sense of crisis. There are only 30,000 reed handles in total. If someone else cuts one more bundle, you will earn one less bundle of money.
He was very tired at first, but now he suddenly became energetic again and started cutting quickly.
Li Anguo doesn't have that much sense of crisis. After all, Li Long is his younger brother and Li Jianguo is his eldest brother. It is impossible for him to suffer any loss.
When Li Jianguo arrived at Laomahao, Li Long was inspecting the reeds sent by the villagers, while Li Junfeng and Chen Xingbang were smoking reeds in the yard.
"Xingbang, you and Junfeng give up your position. I have to unload the truck. These are the reeds you two brought back. I pulled them back for you. You have nine bundles, Junfeng has eleven bundles, yes Right?"
"Yes." Chen Xingbang nodded, bent down and picked up the reed he had drawn.
Li Junfeng also hurriedly moved away from the middle of the yard and went to the edge to find a suitable place to draw reeds.
"Don't be busy yet, come here and remove the reeds from you two." Li Jianguo shouted when he saw that the two people had no intention of helping.
"Okay." Chen Xingbang responded quickly, but his movements were a bit slow. Li Junfeng didn't say a word. He trotted over and unloaded the reeds under Li Jianguo's guidance.
Li Long inspected the delivered reeds and picked out the unqualified ones. The rest were transported to the pile. After finally paying the money, Li Long came over and helped unload the reeds. I asked my eldest brother:
"Brother, Brother Zheng and the others didn't come this time?"
"No Come." Li Jianguo unloaded the reeds and watched Zheng Xiumei and Zhang Laoshi's daughter go to make bed. He led the horse to the side and said as he walked:
"His family has gone back to his hometown, so I will. There are so many people in the team. It’s time to call people from other villages.”
"That's the truth." Li Long nodded and said, "Today, the team members sent more than a thousand reeds. Without preparation, more will be sent every day. But no There are many qualified ones, and there will be no shortage of unqualified reed players in the team in the future."
"How are they doing?" Li Jianguo turned to look at Chen Xingbang and Li Junfeng who were smoking reeds. , asked softly.
“You’re clever.” Li Long said with a smile, “I’m going to say something ugly earlier. Drawing reeds and pressing reed handles is easy and easy, so it’s naturally cheaper. If you want to make money, there’s no problem. As long as Wei Bangzi is qualified, the standards are there. They will follow other people's standards. I will definitely not want them if they are not qualified. "
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"Anyway, I'm a little unhappy. But I also made it clear that I have to be responsible for the superiors, otherwise I can't get the money, and I can't lose myself, right. I said that when dad worked here, If you want to do it, then follow this standard. If you don’t want to do it, then I won’t force it. It’s still okay to provide a few meals, but if you want money, there’s no way.”
"Yes, that's what it is." Li Jianguo's initial feelings about several relatives are now correct, "But don't worry, there is less money back home, and you will definitely be very happy when you settle the account at night. ”
Li Jianguo was right. After he made three trips to bring the reed bundles of Li Anguo and Li Junshan, Chen Xingbang and Li Junfeng also pressed out more than ten or twenty reed bundles. .
"Brother-in-law, Junfeng, don't worry, you two. The first step in pressing the reed handles is to pull out the reeds. Although you pressed less reed handles today, you pulled out a lot of reeds. Look at that The number of reeds is at least thirty or forty per person. Tomorrow will be different."
Li Long enlightened Chen Xingbang and Li Junfeng, who were somewhat dejected.
“Of course, if you think the work of drawing reeds and pressing reed handles is difficult, it’s okay if you want to cut the reeds. It’s up to you to choose tomorrow. But it’s just one more choice, and it can’t change again. Otherwise there will be chaos in this yard.”
"If you don't change, I won't change." Chen Xingbang was the first to speak, but Li Junfeng didn't change after thinking about it.
"Finally, I figured it out. Junshan cut thirty-four bundles of reeds, which cost three yuan and four cents; the second brother cut twenty-nine bundles of reeds. One bundle was unqualified, which was counted as five points, which cost two cents. My brother-in-law cut nine bundles of reeds, two of which were unqualified, and made eighteen more reed handles, totaling one dollar and seventy cents. Brother-in-law, these reed handles were The quality of the reed is not good, so I won’t count you as unqualified today. Starting tomorrow, the reed will no longer work.” Although he was only half as excited as Junshan, he was confident that he would be able to press more reeds tomorrow and earn at least three yuan a day!
“Junfeng had eleven reed bundles, two of them were unqualified, and he pressed twenty-three reed bundles. Two of them were too bad, so we didn’t count them.”
"Okay, Uncle Xiaolong, no problem, I will try to pass tomorrow." Li Junfeng didn't think about competing with anyone, as long as he made money.
If you go out to do big work with others, you only get one dollar at most for that day, and you have to suffer so much!
"Then it's two yuan and five cents for you. Okay, come and get the money." The four people took the money and were all very happy.
When I used to do big jobs, I had to get money after the work was done. Now, although I am doing it for relatives, which is a bit embarrassing, the money I give is really fun and refreshing!
After Li Jianguo unloaded Wei Zi, he went to pull the Wei Zi that Han Benzhong and the others had beaten. When they came back, Li Anguo knew the gap.
Although they had only been collecting reeds for two or three hours, the final amount they brought back was seventeen bundles for one family and fifteen bundles for each family.
And not a single bundle was unqualified.
Han Benzhong and Zhang Laoshi were still a little dissatisfied, saying that their raw hands were cut too slowly.
Fortunately, I will be able to draw reeds tomorrow.
Li Long did not settle the bill for the two families here. After Li Anguo asked, he found out that the two families worked together and finally settled the bill according to the reed bundle.
In this way, I feel that others are really different from me.
The four people made money, but also felt tired, and each had their own thoughts.
Zheng Xiumei and He Ping helped Old Uncle Luo make dinner, including steamed buns and rice soup. It's dry and watery, and it's just comfortable to eat. The stoves in the house were set up, and Li Long thought it was time to buy some coal. Just these few stoves can burn a lot of food in a winter.
Han Benzhong and others will go back after this mission is over. Second brother Li Anguo and other relatives will definitely stay there until next year. There is definitely nothing wrong with buying more coal.
Of course, this has to be done in every possible way, otherwise there will be no time.
Li Anguo and the others went to bed early in the evening. Li Long checked the reed handles and bundles outside and closed the door after finding that there were no safety hazards.
This gate was originally found in Laomahao. It should have been divided when the team was born, but Li Long spent money to buy the old horse together, and the two big iron doors remained.
In Li Long's opinion, there is still a country dog missing in Lao Ma's account, and then they all live together. If there is any movement, the dog is more alert than a human being.
As soon as he closed the door, another person came outside. Li Long looked at the cart and knew it was here to deliver reeds.
He opened the door and took the goods seriously. There's nothing you can do about it. If someone comes to deliver it, you have to accept it.
After checking the reed handles one by one with a flashlight, Li Long looked a little unhappy. He said to Tao Dayong who sent the reed handles:
"Dayong, the quality of your reed handles is not good." Like this. Of these thirty-odd reeds, eleven are unqualified. I can’t I want it. I’ll give you three dollars and sixty cents for the remaining twenty-four..."
"Xiaolong, don’t, my family just made this reed today, why not? It's qualified..." Tao Dayong still wanted to get closer, "Look at all the times I've been I’ll bring you the best one. Don’t be too strict this time...”
“Dayong, I’m going to take it. The county will definitely not pass the inspection of these reed handles, so I’ll have to pay for it.” I'll make up for it. The problem is that once you open the door, you can get the unqualified one. People can take it, so don’t even think about completing my mission.”
Li Long was determined not to open this hole. Before Tao Dayong and the others came just now, Li Long had already suppressed Chen Xingbang. Three unqualified reed handles were pulled out and thrown on the roof. You can't hand this over, and it will be an eyesore if you put it in the yard.
He knew that if he let go now, there would definitely be troubles ahead.
Seeing that it didn't make sense, Tao Dayong had no choice but to take the unqualified ones back.
After collecting reeds from two more families, Li Long felt better - after all, most of the villagers were not like Tao Dayong who wanted to take advantage of the loopholes. Basically, they were pretty good, at least the things they brought were basically the same. Passed.
It is normal to have one or two who are unqualified.
It wasn't until after twelve o'clock that Li Long locked the door and decided not to open it. How long will he have to last like this intermittently?
Fortunately, no one sent it over later. He roughly estimated that he had collected more than 1,800 reeds today. Tomorrow we might be able to break through 2,000. In this case, it wouldn't take fifteen days to get enough reeds.
Fortunately, I settled the bill before, otherwise I might not have enough money on hand.
I don’t know if Li Xiangqian will send a car to pull him over the day after tomorrow. If he doesn’t come, the money he has on hand will be really tight. And there can’t be so much stuff piled up in this yard.
Easy to fire.
Thinking about it, Li Long fell asleep. Although I don't do physical work, it is quite tiring to check, settle accounts, and argue with those people about the standards of qualifications and disqualifications all day long.
Continue the next day. Li Long could clearly feel it. Starting from the next day, his second brother Li Anguo, brother-in-law Chen Xingbang and his two cousins suddenly became more motivated to work.
That's right. You are here to make money, so why do you need to be clever? Work hard and earn money is the most important thing.
At the end of the night, all four people got more than three yuan. Although it was not as much as the Han family and the Zhang family, it was a collective action, and the four of them were not envious. They talked a lot during dinner in the evening.
The number of reeds harvested this day directly exceeded three thousand, and Li Long was shocked!
Everyone is so motivated!
Of course I am very happy. If this continues, I may be able to collect enough reeds in ten days.
On the third day, technician Chen Zhenming was also shocked when he came with a truck to pull the reed handle. According to Li Xiangqian, he should be able to take away five thousand today, but now it seems that this is almost tens of thousands!
This action is too fast!
Just keep going like this, you can come here once a day. Today it will take at least half a day of work to complete the inspection, and the rest will need two more trips to complete.
Fortunately, I came early. I thought I would finish early, but it was too late. I might not be able to finish my work today.
Chen Zhenming's arrival brought an end to Li Long's work of collecting reeds. He fully cooperated with Chen Zhenming to inspect and hand over the reeds in the yard.
Most of the day passed like this.
Of course, the result is not bad. (End of this chapter)