Travel to ancient times and become rich women with your bestie

Chapter 149 Why My Grandfather Is Not a Carpenter

After breakfast, it’s almost time to go to work.

Except for Sanni and Xing'er who were releasing the ducks, the whole family locked the door and headed towards the factory.

"I really don't have the key! I told you but you just don't believe me, otherwise you can come and search."

Before I even got there, I heard the old lady's loud and excited voice.

What's going on? Several people quickened their pace.

When they turned the corner, they saw the old lady spreading out her hands, as if letting them search her.

Seeing them coming, the old lady put down her outstretched hands and breathed a sigh of relief.

"You are finally here, please open the door. I haven't even wiped the mucus off my eyes yet, and they came to my house to ask me to open the door for them. I said I didn't have the key, but they didn't believe me. Even if they were asked to come to you, I wouldn't go."

"It's not enough to start work at 9:00 PM. We have to go in and work right away. Do you think I can let them go? Don't say I don't have the key. Even if I did, I would still feel uneasy if we didn't go over and watch over me."

"They just stayed in the yard. I've lived for so many years, but I've never felt so comfortable this morning. Someone swept the yard, fed the chickens and pigs, and didn't even let us wash the dishes. Someone helped to do everything and carried me here."

"Unfortunately, I really don't have the key, so you're pestering me to open the door. Fortunately, you guys didn't come too late, otherwise I would have gone to urge you."

The old lady told the two of them what happened this morning, with a helpless and funny expression on her face.

Zheng Yuan looked up at the sun. It was probably still about 15 minutes before the 9th hour. How long had these people come to block the old lady's door? They had thought about coming early to pack up so that they could go to work today, but they didn't expect that they were the last to come.

"My dear uncles and aunts, didn't we agree to start work at 9:00 pm? We have some things to do at home in the morning, and you can't get in if you come so early, so why don't you wait until 9:00 pm to come."

The two were really helpless. The boss didn't want to roll, but he was pushed forward by the employees.

"Dashu's mother, Tao'er's mother, we know you are busy. Why don't you give the key to Aunt Chen so that we can go to work earlier." Everyone's desire to go to work earlier was unshakable.

"But my mother has her own things to do in the morning..."

"Not busy, not busy. We have a lot of people in our family. I can come here and watch over them when I get up in the morning. I can just ask them to prepare the meal and send it over."

Before Zheng Yuan finished speaking, the old lady had already shown that she could do it.

After the old lady said this, all the workers were happy and looked at Zheng Yuan expectantly.

Zheng Yuan found it funny, this was the foreman's lead curl.

"See, I told you that for piece-rate work, people definitely won't want to work at the time you set." The old lady looked as if she knew it.

Zheng Yuan and Duan Minmin wanted to laugh when they saw the old lady's expression.

Well, they can't be driven out after get off work, and they don't have to worry about going to work. We can't dampen the enthusiasm of employees, so let's just follow them.

"Okay, since you all want to extend your working hours, then we will meet your request. From now on, we will start work half an hour earlier in the morning and leave work half an hour later in the afternoon. If there are those who don't want to come earlier or leave later, they can follow the original time. But this time it's set, and we have to follow this time in the future. Is it okay?"

The time was extended by an hour, and a dozen people with quick hands and feet finished it. Naturally, no one was unwilling, and they all nodded in agreement.

After agreeing on the working time, Zheng Yuan took out the key and opened the gate.

The crowd, who had been impatient for a long time, rushed in, found their tools and started to work.

The wire-binding team also picked up their tools and stared at the two men with burning eyes.

"Big Tree Mother, Tao'er Mother, have you dealt with the pig hair? Can we start?"

"Okay, we'll get it out right away."

The two men, along with a few children, went in to fish out the defatted pig hair, placed it on a colander to drain, and then carried it out.

When the wire-tying team saw the baskets full of pig hair, they couldn't wait any longer. They rushed forward to grab the hair and then found a place to start working.

Except for the first step of smoothing the pig hair which takes some time, the subsequent steps are a piece of cake for a woman who is used to sewing.

After trying it once or twice, the speed was quickly increased.

Zheng Yuan and Duan Minmin took a look around, raised questions and said a few words to them in unison, and they were able to understand them quickly.

Looking at the people in the yard busy with work, the two seemed to see their own careers taking off.

There was nothing to do here, so the two of them planned to go to the village chief's house to inquire about the details of the house.

As soon as I reached the door, I ran into Li Tiantong, who was panting.

"Tiantong? What's the matter?"

"Aunt, I just went to your house and the door was closed. I knew you were working here recently, so I came over again. Isn't this the table and chairs you ordered when you went to your house that day? They are already ready. My father asked me to ask you to come over and take a look."

"So fast?" The two were shocked.

They made the reservation on the 11th, and it’s only the 15th, and they’ve already finished it?

"The table is simple in style, and we have ready-made boards and beams at home. My mother kept urging us to make it, fearing that we would delay your work, so we painted it last night and finished it this morning." Li Tiantong scratched his head embarrassedly.

Phew, this sister-in-law Li is also a big shot, she only cares about her own family.

"Thank you for your hard work. Okay, let's go and call our family members and move it back together."

The two men turned back and called a few children who were watching everyone working in the yard.

When passing by the house, Zheng Yuan and Duan Minmin went in and filled a bag with money.

Carpenter Li's home was quite far away. When they arrived, Carpenter Li and his wife and Li Tiantong's wife Wang Meixiang were all in the yard doing the final inspection of the table. Li Tiantong's son Xiaoyu was squatting nearby playing.

Eight sets of tables and chairs have been neatly placed in the yard. From the mess in the yard, one can imagine how Carpenter Li's wife has been urging the father and son these days.

When Sizhu saw his friend whom he hadn't seen for a long time, he excitedly pushed the door and ran in.

"Xiaoyu, you're back? Why did you take so long to go to your grandma's house?"

Hearing the noise, the people who were busy in the yard looked up and saw them.

"Girls, you're here, come in and sit down! Meixiang, go get some stools."

"Aunt Zheng! Aunt Duan!" Li Tiantong greeted his wife and a few others and was about to go into the main room to get a stool.

"No, no, we'll leave soon." Duan Minmin stopped Wang Meixiang who was about to move a stool.

Xiaoyu was also very happy to see Sizhu: "My grandma is sick, and my mother has to take care of her. Come on, let's play this."

Then he pulled him over to see the new toys made by his grandfather, which made Sizhu jealous so much that his eyes turned red. He kept yelling why his grandfather was not a carpenter, which made them laugh and cry.

"Girls, come and take a look at this table. Is it OK?" Carpenter Li's wife called the two men over.

The two men walked forward and touched the table one by one. They found that the table was made very solidly. Since it was a reading table, the surface of the table was polished very smoothly. The two men were very satisfied.

"Brother Li, sister-in-law, your family's craftsmanship is really good. It has been so good in just a few days. I am sorry for your trouble."

"Speaking of which, aren't we collecting money? You don't have to worry about it."

"Yes, yes, yes! The one who collects the money has to be careful, hahaha... Sister-in-law, how do you charge for this set of tables?" The two men also liked Sister-in-law Li's straightforwardness.

"Eighty-eight cents for one set."

"So cheap?" the two exclaimed.