kingnovel Chapter 490 The Team Has Grown
Chapter 490 The Team Has Grown
"Tsk, what you said is sour. A cow can at least do the work of three laborers. If you don't feed the cow, will you eat it? Are you that capable? How much effort can you save if you take good care of them?"
"Yes, that's what I said!"
Everyone nodded. The most important thing for a farmer in his life, besides his land, is his cattle.
Unfortunately, due to poverty, many families simply cannot afford to buy a cow. But if they had a cow, it would definitely be like serving their ancestor. Not only could they grow beans for the cow to eat, they could even feed it with some grain.
Li followed everyone up the mountain. On a good day, she could pick up most of the goods in the backpack, probably about ten to twenty kilograms. If she did the math, she could get two or three strings of silver, which made her very satisfied.
In previous years, who would have dared to think that one could earn three or four strings of cash in a day by going up the mountain? It would be like falling into a nest of money.
There was a family who went up the mountain with us. At the end of the day, they could collect up to two backpacks full of things, sometimes weighing thirty or forty kilograms.
Later on, Zhou Guo collected more and more mushrooms, and gradually there were not enough vehicles and people, so he had to go out and hire more people.
It’s hard to hire a car at this time, but people are everywhere.
Wu Jiang took her to another place not far from them, which was also a refugee camp, but it was not entirely populated by children. There were also quite a few adults, but most of them were the elderly, the weak, women and children, and there were few strong laborers.
These people seemed to be having an even harder time than Wu Jiang and his friends. Their pots and pans were filled with wild vegetables and grass roots dug from the mountains and tree barks scraped from the trees. After walking around, I only saw one or half a stale steamed bun in the bowls of five or six families.
Their stomachs were swollen, probably because they didn't eat any salt. They were not thin, but a little swollen. They all looked weak. They obviously knew Wu Jiang.
But Zhou Guo had never seen such a fair and clean young lady with some flesh on her face. He took the child beside him into his arms with some caution.
The children's eyes were dull and they wouldn't even glance at anyone when they saw them coming.
Zhou Guo looked at so many people, very puzzled, and asked Wu Jiang, "Why didn't you go to Yunzhou? The governor of the prefecture city would have arranged for us to be settled. That's how we were settled."
Wu Jiang smiled bitterly and said, "People like us cannot afford to pay all kinds of taxes even if we are settled down. Besides, many people inside want to go back after things get stable outside."
Zhou Guo disagreed. "Life has become so bad, and you still want to go back. I'm afraid that the whole family will starve to death before the day comes when you can go back."
After looking around, he frowned in worry. "So many people are either old, young, or women. I'm looking for a convoy, but these people are useless. If we encounter robbers on the road, the men will knock them down with one punch. How can I transport the goods? I might as well just deliver them to them."
She is not running a charity. What she wants is a win-win situation, not one-sided giving. That would be a big deal.
He turned to Wu Jiang and said, "Then there is no one else?"
Wu Jiang said: "The men in these families are all out, it's not that they are gone, boss, just wait, they will be back soon."
Zhou Guo had no choice but to wait, because she was short of people. When the villagers heard that they had to run around to move the goods, they shook their heads and refused to do it. Who would want to do that when they could earn so much money at home in a day? If something went wrong, they might even lose their life.
There were people in several nearby villages, and she decided that if she couldn't find any, she would go to each village to look. She couldn't really let these women do it, even if she didn't despise them, their children at home still needed them.
After waiting for an unknown amount of time, the men who had gone into the mountains finally came back, each carrying two loads of firewood with bunches of wild vegetables hanging on the firewood.
Zhou Guo counted them and found that there were only eleven or twelve men. The youngest one among them looked to be about the same age as Zhou Gu. He was carrying firewood with great effort, his feet were trembling and he was staggering, looking like he would fall down at any time.
"Are all the men here?"
Wu Jiang nodded. "Almost. These are the heads of the families whose bowls you see have steamed buns. Some of these people are from the same village, or from several nearby villages. It is said that they escaped together. These people are just like us, and they don't have any family divisions. They all raised money together, bought some delicious food, and shared it with the children and the elderly."
Zhou Guo glanced at him and knew why he brought her here. She nodded and said, "Okay, let them come over. I'll see if they are suitable for this job."
Wu Jiang was overjoyed and said excitedly, "Thank you, Boss."
Everyone knew Wu Jiang, and when they heard that he had found a job, they were happy for them. It was not easy to get a job these days, especially for people like them.
Wu Jiang pointed at Zhou Guo and said, "This is my boss. I brought her here to introduce you to some work. You should seize this opportunity. Our boss is very generous. As long as you do a good job, she will give you food and meat."
The men were stunned when they heard this. They looked at Zhou Guo and saw that she was so young, but they didn't doubt it. Isn't it normal for a young person to be the boss? This is how people are born in wealthy families.
Zhou Guo looked around at these people and saw that although they were thin, their eyes were clear and they stood respectfully. She had dressed up before going out today.
She wore gold earrings on her ears and a gold bracelet on her wrist. It was a bit big and she borrowed it from her mother.
There were a few jade pendants hanging on his belt. Although his outfit was a bit weird, he looked really rich.
Especially the big shiny gold bracelet on her wrist. She deliberately held her hand and pulled up her sleeves to show it in front of these people.
A gold bracelet this big can be sold for a lot of money.
This group of people just took a look and then lowered their eyes and dared not look again. The wealth and glory were so overwhelming.
Zhou Guo looked at them for a long while, and seeing that no one had their eyes darting around, he nodded. At least their character was acceptable, so there was no need to worry about them taking things home. He would have to check on the details later.
In this way, these people joined her convoy.
As for the car, you can only rent one. There is a car dealership in the county town, which is quite convenient.
With people and cars, the fleet has grown again.
After two or three times of training, although Zhou Gu could not act on his own, he had Wang Fugui by his side, and the two of them could discuss things together, so they would not suffer any losses.
Cheng Ding and Yunzhou Zhou Guo never went there again. It just so happened that Baoyue Tower had restaurants in Ningping and Kang'an. Manager Yang wrote her a letter of introduction. She took the letter and the goods to the two places.
It was bought at a price sixty cents more than that of Baoyue Tower in Yunzhou.
After all, it takes four or five days to get there from Yunzhou, so it’s impossible to pay the same price as Yunzhou.