"It's about building our house." Gu Yundong said, "I just came here, and I don't know anyone here. So I want to trouble the village chief to help me find a reliable person. The wages will be forty wen a day, food is not included."
She had already inquired about it, and usually, the cost of building a house here was 30 yuan a day, but you needed to include lunch.
But now, she was living in a widow's house, so it was not convenient.
"There is no problem for me. I will help you find a suitable person." Chen Liang said but frowned slightly, "I'm just afraid that you will not be satisfied."
"What do you mean by this. The village chief is the only one that can find the most suitable one for me. If I do it myself, I might be unlucky, and I won't even know that I've been tricked. It's just that I may have more requests, and I would like to ask the village chief to help me communicate more with others to avoid any frictions. This is one tael of silver. It's the fee for asking the village chief to help."
Gu Yundong took out a piece of silver and handed it over, Chen Liang immediately refused, "What are you doing? I'm the Chief of Yongfu Village. Of course, I'll help you find a few people. How can I charge you for that?"
"That's not what i mean. Although you are the village head, i can't just push everything on you and ask you to help me, right? You also know that my father is not here, and I, a little girl, have many things to deal with. It's not convenient for me to come forward, and people may not listen to me. You have to help me find people, communicate with them, and help me make adjustments later. This is not within the scope of the village chief's responsibilities. I can't take your help for granted. You have already done so many things for me, right? Who do you think I am ? If you don't accept it, then my house will be destroyed."
"This, you girl..." Chen Liang didn't even know how to react, she had listed irrefutable facts one by one.
There was no one else in the main room, except him there was his wife, Madam Zhou.
He hesitated for a moment, but he accepted the money, "Okay, you can just leave this matter to me. This money will be treated as if it is my wage as you hired me."
"Then thank you Uncle Chen." Gu Yundong changed her way of addressing him, and with a smile said, "I have to go back and think about how the house will be built. Can I give you the drawings tomorrow?"
"Yes, I will find someone in the afternoon. You can meet me here tomorrow morning and we will start the construction"
Gu Yundong and Chen Liang spoke more for a bit, and after seeing that it was getting late, she left a package of pastries bought in the county town this morning, before taking her three family members out. The carriage followed them and took their things to their rental place.
As soon as they left, Madam Zhou opened the package on the table, and felt even more satisfied when she saw that it was the famous jujube cake from the county town.
"This little girl is much more sensible than the two families who came before. The Wang family and the He family spoke so nicely, saying that they were now from our village, that the village chief had to help them out. As a result, you found someone for them, but they were still dissatisfied. Acting like you stole from them. It was not easy for you to find those people on your own. But they kept saying that the salary was too high, so the wages were lowered again and again. Twenty wen a day is too little, and no one is willing to help them. Now, they are building their house on their own. It's been five or six days since they came here, and they haven't found anyone yet. I guess, by the time the Gu family's house is built, they won't be done yet."
Actually, Chen Liang liked the Gu family more, so even if he didn't get the tael of silver, as he liked how this little girl spoke to him, even if she didn't ask him, he would have helped her more. But he still scolded Madam Zhou, "We won't know for sure before tomorrow, and the Gu family may not be satisfied with the people I will find, so don't be careless ."
"Regardless of whether they will be satisfied or not, they gave cakes and money in advance. Those two families didn't even say thank you"
After such a comparison, Chen Liang was left speechless.
Moreover, the Gu family gave him the money directly without even meeting anyone. This was because they trusted him.
Chen Liang felt quite happy.