HLnovel Chapter 188 Paying Liu Cai'er's Work Money
Chapter 188 Paying Liu Cai'er's Work Money
Seeing that her sister was busy helping her with needlework and burning pig hair and washing pig trotters, Liu felt a little relieved.
As long as my sister is willing to look forward, everything will gradually get better.
Her older sister had been busy helping out and had done a lot of work. She couldn't let her sister work for them for nothing, so she decided to discuss it with her husband and decide that they should also pay her sister for her work!
After lunch, she called her husband aside and whispered, "Dad, our sister has been doing a lot of work for us these past few days. You know she's always been reliable and capable; she's even more efficient than me when it comes to work. Once she gets through this period and her mind clears up, she'll be able to help with the braised pig's trotters. That will make things much easier for you, Tang'er, and Jiu'er. Let's set a wage for her as soon as possible."
Over the past two days, Lin Qingchuan had seen everything. His sister-in-law was indeed capable. He had wanted to discuss the wages with his wife for a long time, but since his sister-in-law came, his wife had been sleeping in the same room with her, while he slept with Xiao Jiu, so he had no chance to talk about it.
"Okay, I've wanted to discuss this with you for a while now, but I don't know if our sister is willing to work with us long-term?"
Liu wanted to help her sister, so she was more anxious to help the person in front of her. She whispered, "The Xie family is all heartless. Although Xie Laifu divorced our sister, it doesn't sound as good as a divorce. But who in our village can get a divorce? If life gets unbearable, there's always a rope or a well. Our sister took the divorce papers and left the Xie family. It's like she escaped the wolf's den."
You know what Tang'er and Jiu'er talked about last night. Xie Laifu and the young widow were so openly having an affair. The young widow is pregnant. Even if Xie Laifu comes looking for our sister again, our sister will definitely not go back.
You know what your parents are like. They're always concerned with saving face and getting something out of their daughter. If they knew their daughter had been divorced by her husband's family, they'd be ashamed and wouldn't let her go home. Our sister has nowhere else to go, so she has to stay here. Do you think she'd be willing to work here long-term?
He knew all too well how his parents-in-law favored sons over daughters and were materialistic and greedy.
My sister-in-law was divorced by her husband's family. Now she has lost both her husband's family and her own family. Her only hope is the two of them. If they don't help her, she may really not be able to survive.
She is not only my wife's older sister, but also a living person. I not only have to help her, but I have to help her properly!
“You’re right. Our sister has no way out. We are her only way out. Let her work with us. Our house is small, so let’s all squeeze in for now. When we save enough money in the future, we’ll move to a bigger house and try to get a room for everyone.”
As for wages, shall we pay her five taels a month? That's the same as Shuisheng's. Shuisheng mainly travels between home and the county, which is tiring for her. My sister also helps out at home, so it's not easy for her either.”
“Okay, five taels is just right.”
These days, with villages surrounding a small town, where can you find such high wages?
Five taels a month—something most people wouldn't even dare to dream of.
Liu was very satisfied with the wages her husband paid to her sister. Her sister and Shuisheng were paid the same amount, and since they were both adults, even if they knew about each other, they wouldn't have any objections. As for Xiao Jiu, he was still a child and had been bought by her husband and Tang'er. Giving him three taels of silver a month was already quite a lot. It was difficult to be a servant in a wealthy family, and the monthly wages were also low.
In two or three years, the indenture will be returned to him, and he can choose whether to stay or leave. It will be considered a good deed done by his family.
That night, Liu and her sister were chatting in bed. Liu said, "Sister, Qingchuan and I have discussed it and decided to pay you five taels of silver a month. What do you think?"
Liu Cai'er stared wide-eyed in surprise, her face full of disbelief. "Feng'er, are you kidding me? Five taels a month? Paying me such a high wage? Are you trying to make a living?"
Liu said with a smile, "Sister, don't be surprised. Listen to me. Our business supplies restaurants, and the profit is not low. In addition, we supply three restaurants at the same time, so we can earn quite a lot a month. Your wages and those of Brother Shuisheng are five taels, and Jiu'er's wages are three taels. The reason why we pay you higher wages is that everyone works hard for a month, and we can't let you work for free after we make money, right?"
The wages for just the three of them amount to thirteen taels of silver a month. Isn't that too much?
When ordinary people go to town to find work, even the best jobs a grown man can find only pay about twenty copper coins a day, which is a few hundred copper coins a month, less than a tael of silver. Women are even worse off; it's hard for them to find work that pays ten copper coins a day. Yet, my sister and brother-in-law offered her five taels of silver a month.
She wouldn't even dare to have such a dream at night!
"Feng'er, you can make so much money just by making braised pig's trotters? Don't lie to me. You can't trick me into paying you such a high wage just because you and your brother-in-law want to help me. If that's the case, I don't want it."
Seeing that her sister didn't believe her, Liu turned over, took her sister's hand, and said softly, "Sister, I'm not lying to you. We're not making money; we're only offering you such a high salary to help you. We'll find you five taels of silver a month as wages, so naturally we're willing to offer you this amount."
Don't overthink it. Let's work together, and things will definitely get better from now on.
Liu Cai'er secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Since her sister insisted that she had money, then she must have money. Her sister and brother-in-law were honest people and probably wouldn't lie to her.
Five taels of silver a month, that's sixty taels a year. She had never seen so much money in her life, and suddenly she had something to look forward to.
She was deeply moved by her sister and brother-in-law's help, and at the same time, she was excited about being able to save a lot of money in the future, so she immediately made up her mind.
"Feng'er, I've made up my mind. I'll work hard for you from now on. As long as you don't mind, I won't go anywhere else. I'll stay with you forever."
Liu was overjoyed and nodded vigorously, "I don't mind at all. I'd love for you to come with us. It'll be perfect when Qingchuan and Tang'er are too busy during my postpartum period, you can help us out."
Liu Cai'er said earnestly, "How can I just lend a hand? When you give birth, I'll take care of you during your postpartum period and won't let you do anything. I'll make sure you're well taken care of. We were unlucky before. We started working right after giving birth and didn't even have a proper postpartum period. We started having back pain at a young age. How can a woman's body be healthy if she doesn't have a proper postpartum period?"
The two sisters chatted until midnight.
The next day.
The elderly Xie couple rented an oxcart and took their son to Old Liu's house early in the morning.
"Bang bang bang..."
The door to Old Liu's house was being pounded on incessantly, like a death knell. The pounding was urgent and loud, but the whole family was still lying in their rooms, unwilling to get out of bed.
Old Liu cursed twice, kicked his wife, and said impatiently, "You lazy woman, didn't you hear someone knocking on the door? Get up and open the door to see what's going on."
Shen was somewhat displeased and muttered under her breath, "Disturbing people's sleep so early in the morning, what a sin..."