When Chu Ye woke up, she felt that this sleep was the most peaceful one she had ever experienced. She had a dreamless night and the scent of soap locust was lingering on the tip of her nose. When she opened her eyes, she saw Mu Jiajun blinking at her with a pair of gray-blue eyes. I don’t know how long I watched it.
She felt a little embarrassed when she recalled the words that came to her mind last night. The two of them were so close, she could even see Mu Jiajun's eyelashes clearly.
Chu Ye silently pulled up the corner of the quilt, trying to cover her face, but Mu Jiajun reached out to stop her first, then leaned forward and gently kissed her forehead.
"Get up, I'll go wash up first and cook for you later." After saying that, he stood up. The bed was a bit small for him. He slept on the edge of the bed last night and didn't even dare to turn over. When he stood up now, he just felt His waist and legs were a little sore. After he came out of the house, he did some simple exercises before going to wash up. This toothbrush and towel was bought for him by Chu Ye when he went to the store yesterday.
The two of them got up early. They made an appointment with the villagers at seven o'clock yesterday, but no one has come yet.
"Hey, Jiajun, the water in the basin has frozen into ice cubes! That's great!" Chu Ye's surprised voice came. Mu Jiajun was cooking when he heard the sound and ran over to take a look. He was equally surprised. He looked at Chu Ye, then hurried back to the house holding the shovel.
After the meal, they began to move the ice cubes in the basin to the cold storage, and then set up a table in the open space. With two benches and a wooden board, a simple table stood firmly on the ground.
During this period, two or three villagers came over in groups. The first ones were all lesbians, holding kitchen knives in their hands and poking their heads at the entrance of the fish pond, as if they were afraid to come in. However, one person hesitated for a moment and ran over to ask if this was the place to accept people. After getting a positive answer from Chu Ye, he happily called the people behind him over, and several people were very discerning and helped move things.
Soon, more than a dozen tables were placed on the flat space visible to the eye. Chu Ye also specially placed one in front of the small house. Seeing that the time was approaching seven o'clock, a lot of people gathered here. It was roughly estimated that there should be Thirty or forty.
People came with many questions. Chu Ye walked to the eaves of the small house, which was a little higher than the ground. As soon as she stood up, people's eyes gathered over her.
They knew from the time they bought and sold things yesterday that the boss wanted to hire them to work.
"Folks, have you brought your ID cards?" Chu Ye asked.
"Bring it!" A strong man spoke out first, and the others either agreed or nodded.
Chu Ye continued, "Okay, many of you must have seen me yesterday when I went to collect rags. You know that this fish pond is mine, but you don't know what kind of work I came here to do today. Let me tell you now. ”
"First of all, let me talk about the working hours, from seven in the morning to twelve noon, and from two to seven in the afternoon. The salary is calculated that night, which is four yuan a day!" Chu Ye raised his voice and took the lead in raising the issue that people were most concerned about.
"Wow--" After a brief silence, the crowd shouted wildly, "Four yuan a day!" Even the most diligent female worker in the factory might not be able to earn so much in a day.
People lamented that today was the right day! Some people were excited, while others questioned, "Boss, are you cheating on us with such a high salary?"
"That's right! You won't finish the work without paying us, right?"
"What are you doing here by asking us to come here with kitchen knives?"
There are also people who know more and guess that they are close to the truth, "You are not asking us to kill fish for you, are you? I heard that the weather has frozen to death a lot of fish recently."
"Why do you think I'm stupid? The fish froze to death and was quickly sold for a cheap price. Why kill it? My wife bought two cheap fish yesterday."
"Who knows."
"Everyone, be quiet and listen to me give you a detailed introduction." At this time, Chu Ye transformed into Teacher Chu again. Faced with the various problems of the "students" below, she just wanted to solve them quickly.
"The wages for the day will be settled on the same day, and we will not be in arrears with you. If I didn't give you money, I wouldn't have a problem if you emptied my fish pond. Let's talk about our work. This work is not difficult. I will wait for you. Later, we will be divided into three parts, one part will chop the fish head and remove the bones and skin, another part will chop the fish meat into mince, and the last part will make the fish meat into meatballs, and finally lay out the fish meatballs to dry." It’s not difficult, and the division of labor is orderly.
"Let me say it first. Although this job is simple, it is also a physically demanding job. If anyone steals/rapes/plays tricks, I will drive them away directly and I will not give you a dime! At the same time, everyone is doing it You can also supervise others while you are alive. Once you catch someone who is lazy, reward that person with fifty cents!" Chu Ye's voice became cold and hard, with a tone that would not allow provocation.
However, these are harsh words, and people can understand them. After all, the daily salary is so high, but those who really want to work and make money will not have such evil thoughts. Seeing that no one had any objections, Chu Ye softened his voice again and said, "If you want to work, come to me and hand in your ID card. I will collect your ID card and the day's salary in the evening."
After saying that, she walked down the eaves and sat at the table. People couldn't wait to put their ID cards on the table. At this time, Mu Jiajun walked out of the cold storage. He had obvious foreign ancestry. At first glance, people still saw it. Surprised.
In the sight of everyone surrounding him, Mu Jiajun called a few strong men to go behind the house to get tools, and then a few people went down to the fish pond in a hurry. After a while, they fished out a lot of fish with their bellies turned over in their net pockets. Here comes a question.
I had made all kinds of preparations before, but now I remembered that they didn’t have that many containers to hold these fish.
While looking at each other, Chu Ye suddenly had an idea. He ran to the storage room and took out the extra plastic sheet. He also called a few villagers to move the old table that was abandoned next to the dormitory.
These seven or eight old tables were bought at a low price when she was collecting junk yesterday. She didn't want them at first because they thought they would take up space, but then she thought they might be useful, so she bought them.
At this moment, she and several others arranged the plastic between the bottom of the table and the legs of the table. Then she leaned down and fit every corner neatly. Finally, she nailed the plastic sheet to the legs of the table. In this way, a simple container That’s it.
The fish are still being caught here. Chu Ye divided the crowd into three groups according to the approximate number of people. The group that chopped off the heads and deboned the bones and the group that minced the meat into puree had the most people. In the end, there were only three people making meatballs. After dividing , Chu Ye asked them to sit according to the area, and at the same time took out the morning washbasins and placed two on each table.
Soon, a basket was filled with fish. Several strong men struggled to lift the table legs and carried the big frame to the group of chopping fish heads. When the people on the table saw it, they knew that work was coming, so they picked up their kitchen knives. , started working three times, three minutes later, two clean pieces of fish were processed, and ten minutes later, Chu Ye gathered the fish from several tables into a basin, which was already full.
She brought the basin filled with fish meat to the place where the minced meat was minced. People also picked up the kitchen knives in their hands. The kitchen knives came into contact with the wooden board and made a "咵咵咵" sound. Soon, various sounds were mixed here. The strong man yelled, "Come on, try your best to catch the fish." There was a clear and loud "click" of the kitchen knife, and then the fish head was chopped off, and there was also the sound of mincing meat. Everyone performed their duties and worked hard.
Chu Ye was not idle here either. She and the three people who were still alive made another plastic container, filled it with water and put a lot of ice cubes in it. Then she washed the basin and put some ice cubes in it. potato starch, and then went back to the house to boil onion and ginger water.
After the seasoning water was boiled, the fish chopper over there also finished a large basin. Chu Ye checked it again. Because they were all seabass, there were originally few bones. Now when it was chopped, there was no difference. The meat paste was delicate and soft. .
She brought the basin containing the minced meat to the last step, mixing the potato starch and onion and garlic water, and the last three people also busily joined the work team.
At present, Chu Ye has not made many containers that can hold things. She estimated that these basins alone would not be enough in the future, so she told Mu Jiajun and rode a tricycle to the surrounding villages to continue collecting junk.
She didn't come back until noon. The fish pond was still in full swing. Chu Ye looked at the time and told people to leave work at twelve o'clock and come back in the afternoon.
Mu Jiajun also directed the villagers to move the containers full of fish to the cold storage. Now there are no white fish bellies on the water surface of the two fish ponds here. Mu Jiajun said, "There are still a lot of living things in these two fish ponds." We will throw them back into the water when we encounter them when we are salvaging them.”
Chu Ye nodded. This situation was not bad as she expected. After a long time of tossing, both of them looked quite embarrassed now, especially Chu Ye, who looked at Mu Jiajun's sweating profusely and his forearms were all red. , she pinched the corner of her clothes, feeling a little distressed.
At this moment, there was a gentle touch on the top of her head. When she raised her head, Mu Jiajun looked at her with warm eyes. His gray-blue eyes seemed to see through her thoughts, "Don't think too much. I can't help you. I can't tell you." How happy I am, you don’t know what I am thinking about you every day? Have you encountered any difficulties? It’s great to be with you now.”
After saying that, he spread his arms and looked at her tenderly, "Would you like a hug?"
"Yes!" Chu Ye took a step forward without hesitation and hugged the man's lean waist. A strong and powerful heartbeat came from the man's chest, which made him feel at ease as he had never felt before.
At two o'clock in the afternoon, the sound of kitchen knives hitting wooden boards resounded in this area again. Those who came to work in the morning called their friends and called more people, and now the number of people increased sharply to more than 60 people.
Chu Ye couldn't help but sigh. Fortunately, she had been more careful when collecting rags in the morning and bought more wooden benches. Now she could accommodate so many people. She took all the orders and paid the new ones at the price of two yuan for half a day. The people who came spoke clearly, then collected their ID cards and placed them separately from the morning group.
(End of chapter)