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Chapter 257 Inauguration Ceremony

After the workshop was completed, Zhao Lizheng and the Xiao family held a completion ceremony together.

As for the name of the workshop, it is still the simple four big characters "Xiao Family Workshop".

The Xiao family invited Wu to arrange the banquet for the completion ceremony. Wu took on the task and did not dare to be negligent in the slightest.

She had eaten at other people's banquets on weekdays, but the Xiao family's banquet definitely could not be held according to the village banquet, and the price of a table of banquet was about one and a half to two taels of silver.

Wu specifically went to consult Zhao Laoer and her father-in-law, and Zhao Lizheng also helped to think about it and roughly decided on the banquet.

However, Xiao Wan also said that they were all from the same village, so it would be better to make the banquet more affordable.

The guests who came from the town to congratulate would make the dishes look a little better. It was not because they were treated differently from the villagers, but because the villagers would rather eat something practical than something fancy.

If there are any leftover chickens and meat, you can take some back to your fellow villagers. Isn't this more cost-effective than spending too much money?

Mrs. Zhao and Aunt Xiao were also busy working, and the children were milling about in the workshop, but no one made trouble.

Almost all the villagers came to show themselves and share in the good cheer.

Your family gave you a handful of millet, while his family gave you eight or ten copper coins. If a poor family brought a handful of vegetables, the Xiao family would not despise them and would entertain them warmly.

The villagers were happy to see that the Xiao family did not look down on others.

And they also knew that it would soon be time for the workshop to recruit workers.

The people responsible for recruiting workers this time should be Aunt Xiao San and Zhao Lao Er.

Mrs. Wu was only in charge of the work in the kitchen.

So they all went straight to Zhao Laoer and Aunt Xiao San to plead for mercy.

But Zhao Laoer said that today is the opening ceremony, and they will discuss the recruitment once there is some progress.

The workers who expanded the workshop were also paid according to the construction period.

As the stewards, Zhao Laoer and Wu were given red envelopes of two taels of silver each as a thank you in addition to their wages.

In addition, he gave Zhao Lizheng five taels of silver as a thank-you fee, a jar of wine and a bag of tea, and also cut ten pounds of meat and sent it to him.

Zhao Lizheng tried to refuse, but couldn't refuse either.

Because Xiao Wan would soon have to trouble him and Zhao Laoer to select more people to do the work.

Zhao Lizheng had no choice but to accept the things, and he felt more and more that the Xiao family was good people.

When it came to selecting people, there was another round of chaos.

Although Zhao Lizheng calmed the situation, the people in Kaoshan Village still made a commotion.

After all, working in a workshop is equivalent to a secure long-term job right at your doorstep.

Who wouldn’t want to squeeze in?

However, the number of vacancies is limited, and the few people who went out to expand the business have not yet brought back orders for powder products. Therefore, Xiao Wan decided to temporarily recruit only 20 male workers and 15 female workers.

Through doing this work recently, Zhao Laoer has gained a deeper understanding of the character of the villagers.

Basically, there is nothing wrong with it, but there are still some villagers who like to take advantage of others or are lazy.

It seems that nothing serious will happen to such a person, but you can never be sure.

Yao Linlin’s case is also a wake-up call.

Originally, Mrs. Zhao was the only one in charge of the kitchen. Since there were not many people, Aunt Xiao would lend a hand when she was too busy.

But once more workers are hired, Mrs. Zhao will definitely be too busy to handle it.

At that time, it would be enough to hire the five female cooks that Wu had originally hired on the construction site to continue working.

Mrs. Wu also said that apart from the daughter-in-law with dirty hands and feet, the rest of the female workers were quite clean and efficient, and their personalities were also straightforward and generous, so she could consider continuing to employ them.

Trust people you employ, and don't employ people you don't trust. Xiao Wan directly adopted Wu's suggestion. Once the workshop started operating, the five female workers could continue to work.

Although Wu had not yet confirmed it with the five people, her words and actions revealed some meaning.

The five female workers were smart and had guessed something, so they put a lot of effort into preparing the banquet.

Although the others were a little confused, they were all kind people after all and spared no effort when working. Xiao Wan was very satisfied, so she asked Wu to thank them on her behalf and gave them red envelopes of sixty cents each in advance.

The meal wasn't over yet, but everyone was already beaming with joy.

Although I don’t know what’s wrong with them, the women in the village who didn’t come to work were jealous when they saw their big grins. They must have been given benefits by the Xiao family.

So all the villagers, regardless of whether they were workshop workers or not, helped the Xiao family to get things done, and the Xiao family was naturally grateful.

However, the workshop built in front of her was really grand. Xiao Wan spent a lot of money to enclose the entire workshop and built a grand gate.

There is a plaque with four big characters "Xiao Family Workshop" hanging at the door, which is very grand.