Then, Han Songlin mentioned something else, which was the rice in the house.
'In the house, how is the millet?'
Han Songqing chimed in, 'As for millet, it will be almost ready to harvest in a few days!'
Han Songlin also remembered that the time for harvesting millet was very close.
Of course, Han Songlin was not simply talking about harvesting the grain, but rather buying a foot-operated threshing machine.
Foot-operated threshing machines were already available in the 1970s, and they had become popular in many rural areas in the 1980s.
When Han Songlin last went back, he wanted to buy one and take it back with him. Moreover, Han Songlin had specifically gone to the agricultural machinery station to see for himself, and indeed there were foot-operated threshing machines available.
It was just that the price was not too high.
Nowadays, if a rural family makes up their mind, they can afford it.
It all depends on whether you are willing to spend the money!
It feels a bit like preaching, but Han Songlin, who has experienced the price increases of the past 30 years, basically doesn't feel that the current prices are too expensive.
Except for industrial products, which are basically more expensive nowadays.
China has a complete industrial system, but this system has not yet completed a modern upgrade.
'Then you still have to go back and thresh the grain!'
Han Songcai deliberately provoked him, saying, 'You still care about that little bit of millet! Just don't take it!'
'If I don't, what will I eat in the city?' Han Songlin gave Han Songcai a look.
Well, although Han Songlin and the others now buy rice to eat, it's not some kind of 'pearl rice' or 'Northeast rice' in the future.
It's all locally grown rice.
At present, domestically, there is no large-scale cross-regional movement of grain.
Generally speaking, each region consumes its own produce.
'Buy rice to eat!'
'Is the rice you buy as tasty as the rice you grow yourself? You're joking.'
The millet was harvested this year, but will they plant rice next year?
Han Songlin is not sure, probably not.
So, will the land be left fallow?
No, they can't do that now.
They still have to pay agricultural taxes even if they leave the land fallow.
So nowadays, the land is actually less likely to be left fallow.
Han Songlin remembers that there was a time when a lot of land in the countryside was left fallow.
In particular, land that was far away and on the slopes of hills was basically abandoned.
There was no other way, as those who stayed in the countryside were basically the elderly and children, who really didn't have the strength to farm.
After Han Songlin left the store, which was still being renovated, he didn't go anywhere else, but went to the stationery store and bought a notebook and glue, as well as a pen and ink.
Then he wrote two job advertisements for a supplementary teacher at the stationery store.
Han Songlin's requirements for the tutor were really not that high, as long as the tutor had a high school education or above and was able to teach junior high school courses.
The tutor would be paid an hourly rate of five yuan an hour.
Five yuan an hour was, to be honest, quite an attractive price.
After all, nowadays, a person's monthly salary was only about three to five hundred yuan.
As for the address of the application, Han Songlin simply wrote down the address of Han's Delicacies in the market.
Han Songlin posted one on the notice board and then one outside the high school.
Then he just had to wait.
When he returned to the store, Liu Yuyan and the others had not yet returned, so Jiang Guiju was minding the store.
When she saw Han Songlin return, she greeted him warmly, 'Boss is back!'
'Yes, I'm back,' Han Songlin saw that there were customers, so he did not chat with Jiang Guiju.
He sat down directly and then picked up a pen to write a new job advertisement.
This time, it wasn't for a private tutor, but for an employee of the braised food shop.
This time, he went back to Liu Yuyan's hometown and met her cousin. Han Songlin's impression was that she was a bit introverted and afraid of strangers.
However, it didn't matter, the more contact she had with people, the more open-minded she would naturally become.
To put it bluntly, being introverted and afraid of strangers is a sign of a lack of self-confidence.
As long as you get in touch with more things and understand a lot of things, then naturally you won't have these kinds of emotions.
Han Songlin had already spoken to his cousin Liu Yuyan, Liu Xiaomei, and told her to come to work in the city tomorrow.
As for where to live, Han Songlin was going to rent a house.
In the future, not only would Liu Xiaomei be able to live there, but if any of the other employees were from the city, they would also be able to live there.
After Jiang Guiju finished her work, she saw that Han Songlin had posted another recruitment notice on the door: 'Boss, are you still hiring?'
'Yes, I'm looking for two more people!'
'Boss, I have a relative's daughter who just graduated from junior high school. Do you want her?'
'Junior high school graduate? She's not even an adult!' Han Songlin subconsciously refused, as he didn't want to hire an underage employee.
'Boss, my niece is already 17 years old! She's considered an adult!'
Han Songlin thought for a moment. Jiang Guiju usually did her job conscientiously and never made mistakes.
Since she had recommended her so highly, it would be bad to reject her!
Besides, seventeen was indeed the age of majority.
In the 1980s, when the one-shift system was in place, twelve-year-olds were able to change their ages to sixteen and take their parents' shifts in the factory!
Of course, if they did this, they could not be assigned to the production line and could only help wash vegetables in the canteen or something.
Nowadays, there is no such thing as child labour.
'In that case, you can bring the person over first, and I'll see if they're suitable, and if so, they can stay!'
Jiang Guiju: 'Yes, thank you, boss!'
As she said this, Jiang Guiju bowed, which took Han Songlin by surprise, and he quickly said that she shouldn't do that.
In China, bowing is generally reserved for elders and as a sign of special thanks.
'You can look around the store for now, I'll be out for a bit!'
Han Songlin said, and went out the door. He had to find a house.
At the time, no one had a phone, so if you wanted to rent a house, you usually had to be introduced.
Han Songlin knew someone who specialised in this.
'Brother, you want to rent a big house?'
'A bigger one, with a private bathroom!'
'Of course, are you going to live there yourself?'
'I'm going to let the workers live there!'
'That's how it is, you're a good boss.'
Han Songlin just laughed.
To be honest, Han Songlin has no choice. If you don't treat your employees well, they will dare to mess up in the store.
In that case, the losses will be even greater.
Therefore, it is simply not comparable between the money spent on treating employees well and the money lost.
Han Songlin rented a house in a newly built residential area. It was a new house, but in Han Songlin's opinion, it had been there for a long time.
It had been there since he could remember.
By the time Han Songlin finished his business and got the keys, Liu Yuyan and the others had already returned.
Liu Yuyan had gone to the market and bought a fish, which she had prepared at the fish stall.
She brought it back, cleaned it, and then simply cooked it.
After entering the city, the first thing Liu Yuyan did was buy a pickle jar.
The pickle jar was not big, just 40 cm high.
Then Liu Yuyan pickled a lot of seasonal vegetables.
It is best not to pickle cucumbers in the pickle jar, as it is easy to spoil the brine and cause it to froth.
A pot of pickled vegetables with fish is officially ready!
Jiang Gui-ju also went back to the restaurant after having dinner together.
At the beginning, Jiang Gui-ju hurried home every afternoon to cook.
Then, gradually, she started to go back less urgently.
Han Songlin was not really sure about this change.
Anyway, when it came to meals, Han Songlin really did not treat her badly.