Chapter 40: Where can you find such an employee?

  Is your stove still usable? Qiu Ye wants to confirm whether it needs to be rebuilt or not.

  It's usable. Wang Zhuzi nodded, he would occasionally use the stove to cook a few meals, but he couldn't start the coal fire, and had to walk quite far to gather firewood. Each time he went to gather firewood, he came back very hungry and could eat a lot, so he only used the big pot occasionally.

  Then I'll rent a place in your house to make tea eggs, okay? I'll give you 10 yuan every month. Qiu Ye had already thought it through, knowing that she couldn't mass-produce tea eggs at her own home, so she had to find another place, and this was currently the best option.

  But don't give money. Wang Zhuzi nodded again, but he felt very awkward about Qiu Ye's statement that he wanted to give money, and always thought he had taken advantage of Qiu Ye.

  Qiu Ye didn't bother with him anymore, anyway when the time came she would give it to him and he had to accept it.

  Since Wang Zhuzi had already agreed to be her employee, she didn't stand on ceremony either and began assigning the first task.

  Zhu Zi Ge, you go to the nearby countryside tomorrow to collect some eggs and bring them back to store. In two days, the university students will be on holiday, and we'll sell them at the train station entrance. Qiu Ye said, then took out ten 10-yuan bills from his pocket and put them on the kang, this 100 yuan is our start-up capital, you take it and use it to collect eggs.

  Qiu Ye saw that the teacher's day was about to be off, wanted to store some eggs in advance, or at that time, suddenly want hundreds of them, afraid that Zhu Zi Ge would be too busy to handle, anyway, there are only a few days left, and the eggs won't go bad.

  She felt at ease letting Zhu Zhi Ge collect the eggs himself, Zhu Zhi Ge wasn't stupid, he was just a bit silly, his brain wouldn't turn corners, but if things were clearly defined for him like Qiu Ye did, then he could completely take care of it himself.

  Wang Zhuzi had never seen so much money before, his eyes were wide with wonder, he only dared to look at it, not daring to reach out and take it.

  Qiu Ye looked at Zhu Zi Ge's silly appearance and said: You're scared by this little money, you're too spineless. In the future, follow your sister properly, I guarantee that you'll have a good life with delicious food and drink.

  She got excited and her mouth wasn't fully closed, then she suffered a strict education from Wang Zhuzi. This brother and sister thing must be made clear, he is the older brother, Xiaoye is the younger sister.

  Qiu Ye scolded herself in her heart, thinking that she was showing off and being complacent. Looking at Zhu Zhi's serious face as he told her his age, Qiu Ye really wanted to slap herself. If it weren't for her own awkwardness, would she have provoked Zhu Zhi's nagging?

  She shouted: Shut up, I know I'm a sister, Zhuzi brother, you don't need to say more. She saw Wang Zhuzi nodding in satisfaction and quickly explained the confidentiality of this matter. Then she patted her butt and left.

  After she went out, she wiped the virtual sweat on her head with her hand and thought to herself that in the future, it's better not to joke around with Zhu Zhi Ge anymore. He doesn't understand what a joke is.

  The next afternoon, Qiu Ye went to Wang Zhu's house again. As a result, the gate of his house was locked, and she thought there was no one at home. As soon as she shouted outside, Wang Zhu ran out to open the door for her.

  Qiu Ye walked into the house and asked in confusion: "Zhu Ge, why are you closing the gate in broad daylight?"

  You said you wanted it kept secret, so I locked the courtyard gate in case someone came in. He replied matter-of-factly. If you don't want people to know, then just don't let them come in.

  Qiu Ye felt a bit speechless, but anyway, it's also good this way, at least when his family is always filled with the aroma of cooking, there won't be people coming to ask questions all the time.

  As soon as she entered the house, she saw two large iron buckets placed on the floor in the inner room, filled with a hundred or so eggs, and several more of the same iron buckets stacked beside them. These were what she had instructed Zhuzi to buy yesterday. From now on, when delivering goods and collecting payments, eggs would have to be counted by the hundreds, and using the small iron buckets stored at home by her mother would no longer be sufficient.

  How many eggs did I collect today? Qiu Ye asked herself a concerned question, without raw materials this business can't be done.

  Received 360, nine cents each, a total of thirty-two yuan and forty cents spent, this is the remaining. Wang Zhuzi finished speaking, then took out from his pocket the crumpled paper ticket that had been ground by him, and was about to return it to Qiu Ye.

  Qiu Ye waved his hand and said, "Zhu Zi Ge, put this money here for now. Tomorrow we still need to go collect eggs. Later on, find a small notebook and record the account. As long as the numbers match up, it's fine."

  Wang Zhuzi thought for a moment, nodded, and then put that handful of money back into his pocket.

  Qiu Ye crouched down to take a look at the eggs in the iron bucket. Not to mention that Zhu Zi Ge's collected eggs were better than those he bought himself at the market, they were also bigger and cheaper.

  Zhuzi Ge, you're really good at collecting eggs, they're big and cheap. Qiu Ye is generously praising Zhuzi Ge for completing the task so well.

  Wang Zhuzi hehe smiled foolishly for a while and said: I went to Hongqi Village first today, but the people there are not honest, the eggs are not big, and they want one cent each. I didn't buy them, then I ran to Yangcun that side to collect them. There are many chicken farms there, so the eggs are cheap. I still chose a bigger one to buy, the smaller ones were only eight cents, I didn't buy them.

  Qiu Ye listened and wanted to sigh, having a loyal subordinate had its pros and cons. Her tea eggs were sold individually, if she bought smaller chicken eggs, she would make more profit. She turned her head intending to instruct Zhu Zi Ge, next time just buy cheaper small eggs, just as she was about to speak, she swallowed it back, forget it. Now doing business emphasized integrity, making that extra bit of money wouldn't bring prosperity, might as well do honest business.

  But she still misses the small eggs, so she says: "Zhuangzi brother, next time you go to collect eggs, if those eight-point eggs are not too small, we can also buy some. This way, we can mix and sell both kinds, and use the small eggs as a supplement." Also, don't go so far away to collect eggs, just coming and going takes more than two hours, and when you come back, you have to carry so many eggs, how tiring! Collecting from nearby villages is fine, even if it's a bit more expensive.

  Hongqi Village is just nearby, the ones selling eggs on Central Street are all from Hongqi Village. Xiangyang Village is very far away, it takes more than an hour to get there, and coming back with so many eggs is really not easy. Although she doesn't have to exert herself, she still feels sorry for Zhu Zi Ge.

  Hehe, no big deal, I have a lot of energy, not tired. Besides, others sell at 90% discount, people from Red Flag Village are selling too expensive. Wang Zhuzi thought to himself that he should go to Yangguang Village to collect eggs in the future, people from Red Flag Village are too unreliable.

  Qiu Ye looked at Zhu Zi's expression and guessed his thoughts, sighing silently, he was just too stubborn.

  I don't care where you collect them, but I'll charge one cent for each egg. If you can get nine cents for it, then the extra cent is yours. Qiu Ye thought that Zhuzi couldn't be made to suffer in vain.

  That won't do, that's your money. Wang Zhuzi stubbornly believed that he had already taken the salary opened by Qiu Ye, how could he take someone else's money again?

  Qiu Ye couldn't help but think to himself, "My eyes are really good at picking people! Where can you find an employee who isn't greedy, doesn't take more than they should, and always thinks of the boss's interests?"

  No way, she can't be a black-hearted boss. She has to start caring about her employees from now on, in all aspects. Let's start with giving them eggs to eat.

  But Qiu Ye knew that if she let Zhu Zhi Ge cook two eggs for himself every day, he would definitely not agree. She said it was useless, so she didn't say anything and directly took out 10 eggs from the bucket, cooked them in a small pot, and instructed Zhu Zhi Ge to eat two every morning before going to work. Seeing the gratitude in Zhu Zhi Ge's eyes, Qiu Ye happily skipped home.