Yang Dahu also opened his mouth wide for a while and said in a hilarious way: "Xiaoqi, you are too generous, five stakes a day and ten stakes a day, two or three thousand stakes a year. You are not hiring a craftsman, but hiring your ancestors. A county magistrate can't make so much money in a year!"

"Hehe, after all, talent is rare, and Grandpa Liu said so well, it is reasonable to give it a little more!" Zhao Qi laughed dryly.

"Then you might as well give it to me. I will help you blow glass every day. I will only have fifty taels of salary every month when I die at the construction site!" Yang Dahu said, touching the bearded man on his face.

"That's not OK? Your salary is pocket money. You are also a shareholder of the port. You earn hundreds of thousands of trump cards a year. How can you miss this little bit of money and delay the big deal!" Zhao Qi shook his head like a plucking drum.

"Since Xiaoqi is willing to give money, that's a good thing. Money is jealous, but money can also be silly. Let's do this. I'll tell him that he's given thirty trump cards every month, which is twice as much as he did in the kiln factory at the time. He will definitely be very satisfied. As for the confidentiality matters, I will also explain it clearly to him and write a secret contract. The kiln factory has similar contracts, and he will not refuse!" Old man Liu thought for a while and helped Zhao Qi decide.

"Then I'll trouble Mr. Liu. Tomorrow... well, I'll invite him today. Let's take a look at the method of blowing glass together. Uncle Dahu won't have to come back tomorrow!"

"Okay, I'll go now!" Old Man Liu nodded and went out. His hunched back seemed much straighter.

"Hei San, take Uncle Qi to the town with a cart!" Yang Dahu yelled outside. A young man agreed to go to the cart quickly. He would not drive out a cart that would normally take out. Old Man Liu did not think it was dirty. He climbed up and got on. An old horse that had lost hair pulled the cart out.

"Xiaoqi, making glass is a technical job, and blowing glass is a bit fatal. The one who can blow the most in the village is probably Li San, who is a little stupid. Although he is a little stupid, he can really hold his breath. He can hold up three or five cups of tea in the sea. At the moment, he can't find someone who is very suitable, so he just asks him to help. However, his father has a bad temper and I am also a big mouth. I'm worried that he will tell you!" After the old man Liu left, Yang Dahu said to Zhao Qi.

After traveling for a few months, Zhao Qi is now familiar with the people in Maowan Village, especially Ermazi and Ermao who make a living at the wharf.

However, there are more than 100 households in the village, two or three hundred young men and women. Many of them do not carry bags at the wharf, but make a living in other shops or restaurants in the town, or farm at home, and some have family-owned craftsmanship, boat-mounted iron grinding tofu, carpenters, bamboo craftsmen, tiles, bakers, pots and knives, etc., each of them has ways to make a living. The 360 ​​lines are fully reflected in this era.

Therefore, although the sparrow is small, it is well-equipped. There are people working in almost all the industries used in Maowan Village. Moreover, because it is close to the prosperous Yanggong Town, every household is still doing well. There are almost no unemployed families, just depending on how much money it earns.

People like Ermazi and Ermao are all gangsters who do not have family skills and are too lazy to farm and learn to make a living like blacksmith. They can only make a living at the dock. They belong to very ordinary families. Like the rural areas hundreds of years later, these low-level families with no skills have become difficult problems to get married. Because they are too poor, they can only satisfy three meals a day when they are busy every day, and they can’t save much money at all.

In the era of the strong business atmosphere in the Song Dynasty, marriage depends more on the man's property and status, and is no different from later generations.

The so-called parents' orders and matchmakers' words are actually the most common time when parents of poor families don't have much say in their children's marriages. Most of the time, they still have to see if the money given to the matchmaker is enough. They just look at the money to help you brag. If you are rich, you can also brag about it as a gifted mushroom lying in bed for three days without being weak.

Except for all normal people, there are a few abnormal people in almost every village.

For example, Zhao Qi in the past and Li San in Yang Dahu's mouth.

Zhao Qi is a fool, with various attribute values ​​of zero, that is, except for the basic skills that maintain life, such as eating, drinking, defecation, and other life skills are zero or even negative.

Li San is a silly boy, and he is relatively smarter than Zhao Qigao before. At least he won’t take off his legs and run around the streets with the birds. He can also help others with work, but he is a very passive skill and requires constant orders to be issued.

However, Li San also has a very awesome talent skill, which is to hold your breath.

Ermazi and others once said that this guy can hold his breath in the water for about half a stick of incense. It takes about five or six minutes to dive into the seabed more than four meters deep. In the past, Ermazi and others would fool Li San into diving into the sea to catch some coral shells, but they did not dare to do so after being beaten and scolded by Li San's father a few times.

A few minutes later, Zhao Qi came to Li San's house alone.

Li San and A'an and Li Gui are both from their own family, and they also have several relatives in Maowan Village. They are considered to be a small family. They are much better than Zhao Qi, a single foreign household, and their family background is much better.

The yard covers an area of ​​about two acres, three houses in a brick and stone structure, with thatched roofs and a pergola next to it, with a pair of stone mills and some wooden boxes for making tofu.

It was almost noon at this time. Under the strong sun, the fruits and leaves on the yard wall were drooping. Some dried vegetables and dried beans were drying in the yard. I could not see half of the person quietly, but the chimney on the roof of the kitchen was emitting blue smoke.

"San brother, is the third brother at home?"

Zhao Qi stood at the door of the yard and shouted a few times. Soon a woman in an apron came out of the kitchen. After seeing Zhao Qi for a moment, she was stunned for a moment and then quickly wiped her hands on the apron with a smile on her face and went up to open the door, "Isn't this Xiaoqi? Why are you free to come to A San today? The sun is strong outside, hurry up and go to the main hall to cool off!"

Zhao Qi was not polite, and then walked into the main hall and sat down. The woman quickly poured another glass of water. Zhao Qi was already so thirsty that he picked it up and slapped it down, smacked his lips and said with a smile: "Aunt Yan, you are so generous, you have even put candy!"

"Xiaoqi is a distinguished guest. Why did you come to my house for the first time for a long time? My aunt has to be more generous, otherwise others will laugh at me for being stingy!" The woman explained with a smile, and at the same time she could see a little nervous and nervous on her face.

She didn't know what Zhao Qi, a big celebrity in Maowan Village, who was usually in trouble, suddenly ran to her house at noon to find her stupid son.

The two of them got together, and the two men from Maowan Village Hansha got together. There were so many bullying and jokes in the past.

Now Zhao Qi suddenly woke up after being hit by the statue of the mountain god. In just one month, he quickly rose to become a popular figure in Maowan Village, leading a large group of people in Maowan Village to make money.

In the past few days, the whole village has been rumored to be in private. Zhao Qi gave gold and silver to the villagers who were working on the construction site in Xiaolongwan. Ermao and Ermazi and several other well-off were given dozens of taels of yellow gold. In the past few days, I have heard the mothers of these people visiting the village for publicity. I don’t know how proud that look.

Zhao Qi was fine, but his son was still a fool, which made Yan feel very disappointed, and he was filled with all kinds of indescribable emotions about Zhao Qi's sudden arrival.

Zhao Qi put down his cup and smiled and said, "Aunt Yan, I have something to ask for help from my third brother!"

The woman was stunned for a moment and turned a little strange. She hesitated for a moment and said, "Xiaoqi, you know the situation of A San. He is so stupid that he can't help much. If he breaks the matter, we are afraid that we can't afford to compensate!"

"It's okay, Brother San must be able to do this. I just want to ask you and Uncle Changgui's opinions!"

"What do you think A San can help me? When you come back later, you tell him that Changgui takes A San and Wu Yatou to the town to sell tofu in the morning..." The woman looked outside and continued, "It's noon soon. They should come back at about this hour every day. Xiaoqi, sit for a while, aunt goes to cook, and stay for a meal later, so you can talk to your Uncle Changgui!"

"Okay, Aunt Yan, go and do your business. I'll wait for Uncle Changgui and Third Brother!" Zhao Qi nodded, and the woman went back to the kitchen to cook suspiciously.

Almost ten minutes later, a middle-aged man in his forties and a tall and honest young man came back with a tofu burden, followed by a girl carrying a basket, thirteen or fourteen years old, wearing a cloth skirt and a ponytail, dressed in a standard village girl.

To be honest, I have seen Zhao Qi, a family of Li San, but I have hardly spoken, I am not familiar with him at all, and I don’t even know the name of Li San, and I haven’t even said it in the blacksmith shop.

"Uncle Changgui, third brother!"

Li Changgui and his son and daughter put the tofu burden and a basket under the pergola. Before they could breathe a sigh of relief, they suddenly saw Zhao Qi coming out of his main hall to say hello. Almost all the three of them were stunned.

"Brother Xiaoqi!" The girl came to her senses first, her cheeks were a little red, and then she lowered her head to the kitchen.

"Why is Xiaoqi coming? I don't say anything in advance. We'll go home early. This is something!" Li Changgui's black and thin face was like his wife, a little nervous and a little anxious, and he was completely unprepared for Zhao Qi's arrival.

"It's okay, I have something to ask my third brother to help me. The business is important. The tofu on this hot day will break if it doesn't sell it out!" Zhao Qi waved his hand with a smile.

"Come in the house and sit down and say!" When Li Changgui heard that Zhao Qi wanted to ask his son for help, he was even more frivolous. After entering the house, he ordered his son to pour water for Zhao Qi.

"Uncle Changgui, don't be busy. Aunt Yan had already drunk the candy water just now. She was not thirsty or thirsty!"

Zhao Qi smiled and sat down again. Li Changgui also wiped the sweat from his forehead with his clothes and asked nervously: "Xiaoqi, I know you are good to San'er, but you know San'er's situation, I'm afraid I can't help it?"

"Uncle Changgui is so worried. This matter was introduced by Uncle Dahu. I also think the third brother is the most suitable, otherwise I wouldn't have come. The salary is temporarily set at ten trump cards per month. If you do well, you will have an extra bonus of thirty trump cards at the end of the year..."

"So much?" Zhao Qi's wages scared Li Changgui.

"It's more because this matter is more important. You should keep it confidential and not tell it to outsiders. You shouldn't ask too much, including Aunt Yan and Uncle Changgui. If it is reported, we will suffer a lot of losses. This is also the biggest reason why we look for the third brother!"

Li Changgui was stunned for a moment and seemed to understand, his face looking a little ugly.

Zhao Qi's meaning is very clear, that is, his son is stupid enough to not talk nonsense.

But soon Li Changgui's face turned into a kind of joy. It seemed that his silly son also had a good fortune. Not everyone could earn a large amount of money that was 150 yuan a year. He had to be stupid enough.

After thinking about it, Li Changgui nodded with a smile on his face and said, "Don't worry, Xiaoqi, as long as you think San'er can use it, you can bring it to help. Just look at the wages and other things. We promise not to ask, and we will remind him not to talk nonsense."

"Okay, then that's it. Brother San will go with me later to see if he can do it. If he can do it, he will make the decision in the future. Don't worry, Aunt Yan and you will not be in any danger!"

"That's good, that's good, San'er, come and help with Xiaoqi later, and do whatever you call you to do. Don't be lazy, do you know?" Li Changgui turned around and advised his son who was sitting next to him, who had been silent.

"I know Dad!" Li San agreed silly.
Chapter completed!