Chapter 377: Tea Mountain


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    After the agreement was reached, Qiao Xuan and Shao Yunduan went to visit Ding Erzhu and Ms. Zhou.


    The couple were very pleased to see them, and received them in the main room.


    Shao Yunduan and Qiao Xuan had paid a visit to them during the autumn harvest, which was a month ago.


    Ms. Zhou poured some tea for them and Ding Erzhu talked about what was going on with them these days.


    Hearing that they were going to open up the barren mountain, Ding Erzhu became serious and attentive.


    “We already spoke with the Land Officer about this. Uncle Erzhu, you can decide regarding who to hire and how to manage it well. It would be best if we can sort out at least 500 mu of tea mountains before the New Year. 300 mu of it should be ready for the nting of tea trees.”


    “Apart from thesends, there will be anothernd asrge as 100 mu, which


    would be for other nts.”


    Ding Erzhu nodded constantly. “Okay, okay, I will speak with the Land Officer in the afternoon and take over the job. The tenants are avable right now, and with the help from the Zhang Vige, we can definitely clear through 300 to 500 mu ofnd.”


    “That’s good.” Qiao Xuan smiled. “If anyone asks about the sry, we are offering 30 won a day and lunch included. The lunch will be meat and vegetable steamed buns or rolls.”


    They could not specify the dishes because there should be at least more than 100 people working together when the project starts, so steamed buns made everything easier.


    “Aunt Zhou, you can make some steamed buns with a few women at the vige, and they should be paid 20 won a day. You can buy the fillings from town and at least 1/3 of the fillings should be meat.”


    Qiao Xuan believed thatbor should be well-served so that they could be full of energy to work harder.


    30 won a day was considered to be a high payment.


    Ding Erzhu felt concerned on their behalf, so he said, “The sry is too high, and thepetition would be fierce. That would be quite troublesome…”


    If it was 15 won a day, that would be a rtively average price for those who craved to earn some money, and those who were selected to work for them would not protest.


    But 30 won a day would be really appealing for everyone toe and join them. It would be very difficult to choose whom to hire.


    And those who could not be hired would definitelyin.


    After all, 70% of the vigers were surnamed Zhang and Qiao Xuan and her husband were outsiders.


    They just could not be a match against those who were local residents.


    High payment and one lunch which served meat steamed buns… that would be so tantalizing for anyone.


    Hearing Ding Erzhu’s thoughts, Qiao Xuan was startled.


    She had just felt that the work would require a lot of energy and 30 won per day was something within her budget. But Ding Erzhu knew more about how those farmers were thinking.


    Shao Yunduan looked at her gently and smiled. He knew pretty well what his wife was thinking.


    “30 won a day is a bit much, what about 20 won plus lunch. But we need to set a rule, like two steamed buns with fillings and two pure steamed buns, one steamed roll for each worker. Those who don’t take lunch would get extra pay. The size of steamed buns with fillings can be as big as that avable in the market while the steamed buns and rolls can berger.


    It should be enough for one adult for lunch.


    Qiao Xuan smiled. “Okay, that sounds great! As for the workers, each tenant’s family can offer one person and we would hire them all..”