mtlumby2d Chapter 125 The Village Chief's Wife Wants to Visit Her Parents
Chapter 125 The Village Chief's Wife Wants to Visit Her Parents
The villagers of Guangze Island never had the opportunity to visit the He family before.
This time, a few young people were fortunate enough to follow the village chief into the He family for a tour.
There is nothing special about the decoration and setting of their homes. Eighty to ninety percent of the households on the island have similar arrangements in their homes.
What surprised them was that the He family actually had an independent pharmacy with several rows of medicine cabinets containing at least hundreds of kinds of herbs.
They didn't believe that He Fan's illness could be cured by taking hundreds of kinds of Chinese medicine. It seemed that someone in the He family knew how to treat illnesses.
As long as we use the process of elimination, we will know who the person in the He family who knows medicine is.
After Zuo Zixuan and He Yi had breakfast in the morning, they went to the ancestral hall to arrange the preparation of medicine.
He gave the village chief ten places, and the village chief had the final say on who to recruit.
Among the ten people, there was a deaf-mute person, a middle-aged man with a broken leg, and the rest were girls and women arranged by the village chief according to their family situations.
Among them was the girl from Yu Changgui's family, but not the wife or daughter of the village chief.
I heard that the village chief's wife had a big fight with the village chief because of this matter, and was so angry that she didn't go to work in the morning.
After looking at the team structure, Zuo Zixuan understood the village chief's intention in making such arrangements.
After briefly explaining what needed to be done, everyone was allowed to do their own work.
She did not mention the issue of salary, and the villagers who helped her did not ask about it either. They just did whatever she instructed them to do, working diligently without a single complaint.
She asked someone to help her call Widow Tian over.
After Widow Tian came over, she roughly told Widow Tian about the work content and acceptance standards of the helpers, and then prepared to hand over the pharmaceutical supervision matters to Widow Tian, and also did not mention their salaries.
Widow Tian did not ask about the salary, she just thought that Zuo Zixuan asked her to help.
Yu Changgui's daughter Yu Jiahui graduated from high school. Zuo Zixuan taught her how to keep accounts and register all the items in and out of the warehouse, saying that someone would come to reconcile the accounts with her every month.
Yu Jiahui was very grateful to Zuo Zixuan for giving her this opportunity, which allowed her to learn knowledge. She thought that even if she was not paid, she would still be willing to work with Zuo Zixuan.
When Tang Wenben heard that Zuo Zixuan was at the ancestral hall, he did not follow her into the He family to cause trouble. Instead, he went directly to the ancestral hall.
When he went over, the people recruited by the village chief were working in an orderly manner.
Grinding medicine, sorting out debris, cleaning medicinal materials, cleaning medicine bottles and disinfecting them...
The work assembly line is clearly arranged, like a miniature pharmaceutical factory.
"Are you Comrade Xiao Zuo?" Tang Wenben saw a little girl teaching a disabled person with a broken leg to stir ointment, and guessed that person might be the owner of the prescription for traumatism.
Zuo Zixuan nodded, "Yes, I am. Who are you?"
Tang Wenben quickly extended his hand, "Hello Comrade Xiao Zuo, I am Tang Wenben, the director of Zedu Shangjin Pharmaceutical Factory."
"Oh, hello, hello, Director Tang." Zuo Zixuan politely reached out and shook the hand that Tang Wenben extended.
"Wife, Brother Haoping just called and said they can't hold on any longer and asked us to send some more ointment over to him."
He Yi hurriedly ran into the house from outside and just saw Zuo Zixuan and Tang Wenben holding hands.
He was stunned for a moment, but did not rudely push their hands away.
He just ran over and hugged Zuo Zixuan's waist, smiled and looked at their clasped hands, and asked:
"Wife, who is this comrade...?"
Seeing that He Yi kept glaring at the hand that he and Zuo Zixuan were holding, Tang Wenben quickly let go of Zuo Zixuan's hand and reached out to He Yi.
"Hello, Captain He. I am Tang Wenben, the director of the Zedu Shangjin Pharmaceutical Factory."
He Yi politely shook the other person's hand and greeted him.
"Director Tang, is there anything that brought you here today?" He Yi asked with a smile.
"My old boss called me and said something happened here and asked me to come and settle it.
I will also come to see when the second batch of drugs will be shipped."
Tang Wenben hurried to explain.
As soon as he saw He Yi's expression, he knew he was a jealous person.
So it’s better to explain it quickly to avoid misunderstanding and delay the delivery of medicine to the factory, which would not be a good thing.
Nothing is more important than the factory's profits.
He Yi nodded and patted Tang Wenben's arm generously, "Thank you, Director Tang, for this."
Tang Wenben shook his head, "We all share the same interests. No need to thank me. This is what I should do."
“By the way, the brother Haoping you mentioned when you came in just now, is he from the Su family?”
He Yi nodded, "Yes, he is my relative, and his son is my godson."
Tang Wenben raised his eyebrows. Are the Su family and the He family related in this way?
When he saw Zuo Zixuan packing the ointment, he originally wanted to take it all away, but now it seems he can only divide it equally.
"Xiao Zuo, you see the pharmaceutical factory is running out of stock, and we're almost overwhelmed. Can you give half of the ointment you've made to the factory?"
Zuo Zixuan nodded and said, "You don't have to tell me. I made the ointment these few days and originally planned to send half of it to the pharmaceutical factory.
After waiting for another four days, the herbal water can be bottled. When used together with ointment, it should be able to meet market demand.
Director Tang, don't worry, as long as there are enough medicinal materials, we will not run out of medicine.
I asked the village chief to buy another 40 large vats in the name of the village organization and divided them into two batches for brewing. There is absolutely no problem at all.”
"Okay, that's great...
If you need any certificate from the factory, just give me a call and I'll have someone send it to you when it's ready.
We still have 20 unused large medicine jars in our factory. I will arrange for someone to deliver them to you tomorrow."
There were no spare large medicine jars in Shangjin Pharmaceutical Factory, as they had never produced any prepared medicines.
Tang Wenben was worried that Zuo Zixuan would not be able to get enough medicine, so he asked the purchasing department to deliver the newly ordered 20 large medicine jars to her.
Zuo Zixuan did not delve into the purpose behind Tang Wenben's statement, but just nodded in agreement.
The cooperation with the pharmaceutical factory is directly put on the table, and it is more convenient to purchase medicines. The factory will issue a certificate, and you can get as much medicine as you want.
The people who helped in the ancestral hall worked for a month. Zuo Zixuan didn't mention any salary, and they didn't ask either. They just did what they were supposed to do.
The other villagers were worried, but they didn't discuss the matter openly.
Mother He and Aunt Hu were too busy with the clothing business to get away, so they were delayed for a few days. They finally went to Guangze Island to reconcile the accounts, carrying the money, escorted by Director Ning and Qiao Xinghua.
After the accounts are checked, it's time to pay the workers' wages. The amount will be decided by Zuo Zixuan.
Zuo Zixuan prescribed forty-five per month for Yu Jiahui, fifty per month for widow Tian, and forty per month for the rest, whether disabled or healthy.
Everyone is working really hard, and Zuo Zixuan sees it all.
Including Widow Tian and Yu Jiahui, in addition to the work assigned to them by Zuo Zixuan, they also had to help out if they were too busy.
As soon as the salary was paid, the whole village was excited.
This salary is almost catching up with the salary of light workers in city factories.
The village chief's wife made a fuss again, blaming him for not arranging herself or her daughter in.
Tang Wenben also felt that Zuo Zixuan's salary was too high. The apprentices and workers in his factory only earned 20 to 60 yuan. He wanted to persuade him but was stopped by his old leader.
"So many of my partners have no objections, why do you want to be the first to speak out?
It’s up to her to decide what she wants. The girl is a good person and naturally knows how to settle accounts.
All the people and materials are provided by them, we are just there to share the money, we have no right to make any comments. "
After the old leader said that, Tang Wenben had no choice but to give up.
On the Mid-Autumn Festival, all of Zuo Zixuan's workers received two five-nut mooncakes.
This made the villagers so envious that the threshold of the village chief's house was almost stepped down.
"Village chief, our family is one of the poorest in the village. You must give priority to us next time..."
"The dozens of companies ahead of us all said the same thing!"
The village chief said with an embarrassed look on his face, holding a cigarette in his hand.
There is no family in Guangze Island that is not in financial difficulty. Even though he is the village chief, isn't his family also in financial difficulty?
I only earn a few dozen yuan a month, but I still have to support a large family.
Zuo Zixuan released 10 places in the first batch, but he did not arrange for his own family to go because he was worried about gossip from the villagers. Because of this, he and his wife had no idea how many fights they had.
If I don’t make arrangements for my daughter in the second batch, I’m afraid my wife will divorce me.
And Zuo Zixuan hasn’t released any more vacancies yet.
He was really being driven around and had no other options. Now when he went out and saw the villagers he was scared and couldn't hide from them.
There was really no way to continue like this, so he had no choice but to shamelessly go find Zuo Zixuan.
"Xuanxuan, please save me, when will you release the quota?
The threshold of my house is about to collapse, and I am afraid to go home now."
The village chief found Zuo Zixuan and complained bitterly.
Zuo Zixuan found it really funny to see the village chief’s expression as if he was about to cry.
There are eighty cylinders, and ten or so people are already too busy to handle it. It is time to hire more people.
But recently, He Yi's brothers at Zedu Clothing were urging her to release new styles, and she was so busy drawing designs and making patterns that she forgot about this matter.
"Uncle, go ahead and recruit them. I'll give you 20 spots this time, and we'll figure it out later if there aren't enough."
"Hey, hey, hey..., I'll go and notify them right away."
After hearing Zuo Zixuan's words, the village chief quickly got up and ran outside.
This time, the village chief did not arrange the 20 places according to his own wishes.
He directly held a meeting and asked the villagers to select the twenty most needy families in the village.
Fairness and justice were not arranged by him, so no one can blame him.
The villagers were convinced, but the village chief's family was naturally not selected.
This time the village chief's wife was not happy with it. She had a big fight with the village chief and packed up her things to take her children back to her parents' home.
"Wouldn't it be difficult for your family if you were the village chief?
You only have thirty or so yuan a month, and you arrange a place for this family with old and young, and you are abusing your power for personal gain?
My parents have to buy medicine worth ten yuan every month. My second and third children are in high school in the city, and they each have five yuan per month for living expenses.
Can you tell me if there is anything left for the rest of the family to eat and use?
I have had stomach pain for several months, but I haven't been willing to go to the hospital.
If you don't arrange for me, at least arrange for Shun'er to be included.
Shun also graduated from high school. Even if he can't keep accounts like Jiahui, it would be good for him to do some work to supplement the family income.
I can’t live like this.”