Chapter 251 Recruiting workers and appeasing the villagers who lost the election
After listening to the explanation of the village chief, the villagers started chattering again. They were still very reluctant to sign the contract. As ordinary people, they had never signed a contract in their lives, let alone seen what a contract looked like. They were subconsciously reluctant to do so. Moreover, they were afraid that they would leak something unconsciously, and then they would have to bear the consequences.

"Well, isn't this the way it should be? I'll sign first."

Looking at the villagers, Aunt Wang was the first to stand up. Her idea was similar to her husband's. As long as they controlled their mouths and didn't have any bad thoughts, this contract would be just a piece of waste paper and there was nothing wrong with signing it.

"Aunt Wang, just press your fingerprint here."

Seeing this, Shen Xiangwan and Mu Yunran looked at each other, took out a new contract, pointed to the last blank space and said that the villagers were basically illiterate and they just pressed their fingerprints when signing any contract.

"it is good."

Aunt Wang didn't waste time. She took the ink and pressed her handprint on it. After she was done, she asked with a smile, "Is this done?"

"Congratulations, Aunt Wang, you are now the manager of the workshop. From this moment on, you are making money."

Shen Xiangwan stood up with a smile and said half jokingly and half seriously.

“Hahaha…Okay, okay.”

Aunt Wang couldn't stop smiling. From now on, she would be the one who made the most money in the family. Wouldn't the old men treat her like a bodhisattva?

"Mrs. Wei, what about us?"

"That's right, Mrs. Wei, we also want to sign the contract."

"You can't be partial to one and ignore the other. Let's get started. We want to make money, too."

"Hahaha···"

With her taking the lead, the villagers who were originally very resistant became excited again. Now they didn't care about the contract or not. If they could get this job, the family would have a stable income, and their lives would become more and more promising. It was a pity that the Wei family would only recruit fifty people this time, and they didn't know if they could be selected. Even though many people learned from the village chief that the Wei family wanted to recruit people who loved cleanliness this time, they also cleaned up carefully, but they still felt unsure.

"Everyone, be quiet."

Shen Xiangwan raised her hand and signaled everyone to be quiet. After making sure that no one was talking, she continued, "Regarding the issue of wages, I believe Uncle Zhao has already told you, so I won't say more here. From now on, the workshop will start work at 2:55 am and finish work at 3:55 pm every day, and start work at 2:55 pm and finish work at 3:55 pm in the afternoon. There will be four days off every month. You can arrange your time by yourselves. It's best to negotiate with the manager in advance. In addition, if anyone wants to resign, they need to tell the manager a few days in advance, and we will not allow them to leave until we recruit new workers. If everyone has no objection, please line up in five rows, five people at a time, and I will select the people I need one by one."

"it is good."

The sound mixed with a little bit of internal force was clearly heard by everyone present. The villagers who couldn't wait any longer had no objection and quickly lined up in five rows with the help of the village head and his wife. The five people standing in the front were inevitably a little nervous. Shen Xiang looked them up and down and said, "Stretch out your hands so I can see them."

"what?"

Several people were stunned, but still stretched out their hands obediently. Shen Xiangwan lowered his eyes and glanced at them, leaving only one of them, a woman who looked to be in her twenties: "Yun Ran, let her sign the contract."

"Okay, come this way."

Mu Yunran smiled slightly and motioned her to move towards him. The woman was still a little dazed. After a moment, she stuttered and asked, "I, did I pass?"

"Yes, once the contract is signed, you will be a worker in the workshop."

"Thank you, thank you." After making sure that she had passed, the woman excitedly kept bowing to them. The four eliminated people couldn't stop envying and jealous, but they didn't have any bad intentions. Under the leadership of Zhao Dashan, the villagers of Yong'an Village were still relatively simple and honest. They were eager to get this job, but they didn't feel resentful for not getting it. They only blamed themselves for being unlucky and missing this great opportunity.

What Shen Xiangwan didn't know was that after her strict screening, almost all the villagers in Yong'an Village became clean and paid attention to hygiene at all times.

Afterwards, Shen Xiangwan continued to select many people until there were fifty people. Those who got the job were so happy that their faces were about to burst, while those who were eliminated were all dejected and annoyed.

"Don't be sad, everyone. In the early stage, I really only need fifty people, but it may not be the case in the future. In addition, the papermaking and printing workshops should also expand in scale in the future, and they will continue to recruit workers in no time."

Seeing this, Shen Xiangwan smiled and comforted them, saying that she quite liked the atmosphere of Yong'an Village and was willing to help them as much as possible.

"real?!"

The villagers who were originally dejected suddenly looked surprised, especially the men. After all, papermaking and printing workshops only needed men, and they had more opportunities.

"Ah."

Shen Xiangwan nodded in response to their eager gazes, thought for a moment and continued, "After the sorghum in the field is harvested, I will also set up a brewing workshop, which will require a lot of people. As long as everyone works hard, I guarantee that you can all make money."

"it is good."

Hearing this, everyone became completely energized and looked forward to the next recruitment. Shen Xiangwan and Mu Yunran also laughed when they saw this. After all the fifty people hired had signed the contracts, they personally took them to the factory.

Shen Xiangwan divided them into five groups, each with ten people. They were the sorting group, which was responsible for sorting various herbs to avoid confusion; the cleaning group, which, as the name suggests, was responsible for cleaning all the herbs; and the brewing group, filling group and transporting group, which were responsible for brewing and filling the ointment respectively, and finally transporting the finished ointment to the warehouse for storage, or loading it onto a truck and sending it directly to the county town.

The five groups work in different areas without interfering with each other but cooperating with each other.

In order to let them learn how to work as quickly as possible, Shen Xiangwan personally stayed in the factory to teach them, from the sorting group to the filling group, all of which were taught hand-in-hand. Because their customized containers had not yet been delivered, the filling group and the handling group first helped other groups, and they returned to their respective positions after the first batch of containers was delivered.

"Huh, I can finally take a breath."

After being busy for several days, Shen Xiangwan collapsed on the recliner in the small study and let out a deep breath. The containers they customized were delivered yesterday, and today all five teams were operating in an orderly manner. The ointment workshop was also completely straightened out.

"Thank you for your hard work. From now on, we just need to keep an eye on it from time to time."

Picking up a cup of herbal tea and handing it to her, Mu Yunran smiled and said that she had been busy these days as well and was equally tired, but when she saw the finished product, she felt indescribably satisfied. She had never thought before that a woman could act like this.

"Well, it's all thanks to Aunt Wang that her salary was raised to two taels of silver."

After taking a few sips of the herbal tea, Shen Xiangwan smiled and said, "Aunt Wang is indeed very prestigious. She not only manages the group she is in charge of, but also assists other managers in managing other groups. She is like a general manager and has helped them a lot."

"It should."

Mu Yunran did not object. The two smiled at each other. The matter of the ointment workshop was almost settled.

【End of this chapter】

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