Jiang Ziyan pondered for a moment and said, "Brother Zhang, how long have you been like this? I mean how long have you been living in this state?"

Zhang Qiu thought for a while, since he lost his dart job until now, "It's been almost a month?"

"It's only been a month. Why do they look so thin? They're sick."

Zhang Qiu sighed and said: "There are about 20 people here. Even those of us who are able-bodied go out to earn money every day, but the share is barely sufficient. And the people here are all old men, who lived at home before joining the army. I have never cooked before, and no one knows how to cook, so I usually buy food outside.”

In fact, they also tried to make rice, and when they earned less money, they would buy rice to make rice, but every time it was either steamed or undercooked, Zhang Qiu didn't have the nerve to say that.

"Brother Zhang, have you ever heard a saying? It is better to teach a man to fish than to give him a fish."

Zhang Qiu is a rough guy, he can't understand these polite words, he said: "Little brother, can you explain a little bit?"

He doesn't know a few big characters, so he can understand some advanced language.

"That is, every time you take a few people out to earn money, they just stay in the yard without doing anything, waiting for you to feed them."

Just halfway through saying this, Zhang Qiu became angry when he heard the words. His face was a little angry, and his tone began to be a little unfriendly, "What can they do without arms and legs? Let you lose an arm , you fucking go out to find a job, someone is willing to let you do it?"

Jiang Ziyan knew that he had misunderstood as soon as he heard it, and hurriedly explained: "I didn't mean that, Brother Zhang, you misunderstood me, I didn't intend to provoke the relationship between you, can you listen to what I have to say?"

Zhang Qiu was quite sensible, he didn't have the drama that Jiang Ziyan imagined, and he calmed down and listened to his explanation.

"Giving a man a fish can temporarily stop his hunger, but if the fish is gone, he will still be hungry. This is where you are now. But if you teach them how to fish, they can feed themselves. It requires you to work so hard, and their lives are guaranteed."

Zhang Qiu heard some meaning in these words, but he still didn't understand. He had already made it very clear just now that most of the people in his yard were half-disabled, and he wanted them to learn how to eat and drink. Craftsmanship, but in reality there is no job suitable for them!

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Zhang Qiu suddenly realized that Jiang Ziyan was always talking about letting them learn a craft to support him, could it be... he has a way?

Thinking of Zhang Qiu's sudden excitement, he did not refute Jiang Ziyan's words, but looked at him with bright eyes, and quietly listened to what he said next.

Jiang Ziyan was thinking just now that Zhang Qiu really needs a fast and stable job in order to support his family in the courtyard.

And now he is just preparing to develop in the county seat. The county seat is no better than the town, so it will definitely need more manpower. If they are hired to work, it will not only save them the trouble of recruiting workers, but also help them stop worrying about food and clothing. Kill two birds with one stone.

Jiang Ziyan then said to Zhang Qiu: "Brother Zhang, to tell you the truth, I'm in business now, but it's just started, and now I opened a shop in Qingping Town. I'm going to develop in the county after a while, and I'm here today to check the situation. If it is confirmed at that time, there should be a great need for manpower, people from you can come to work with me, and I will pay you wages, what do you think?"

Zhang Qiu didn't expect that Jiang Ziyan would already open a shop at such a young age, just because he was the son of a certain family.

However, he was really happy about Jiang Ziyan's proposal at first, but within a few minutes, the enthusiasm of the joy subsided.

He said: "Little brother, don't you want to subsidize us with your own money?" To be honest, the people in their yard can't do any work, even if they go to work for Jiang Ziyan, what help can they do?I'm afraid it's just a waste of time.

He can't bully people's kindness and let them put money in for nothing. Today, the 20 taels of silver is already a lot, and the other party gave them directly, so he must not entrap him.

Jiang Ziyan saw Zhang Qiu's thoughts, and hurriedly said, "No, I really need their help."

Not long after the beginning of spring is the season of colorful falling flowers. Not to mention the colorful flowers, all kinds of fruits can be found everywhere.

He is going to brew a large batch of fruit wine. The carambola wine he brewed earlier has sold very well, and this batch of fruit wine will definitely sell for a good price when it comes down.

The process of fruit picking is definitely not good for them, he plans to hire people to pick it like before.

However, the picked fruits need to be processed, some need to be peeled and pitted, and there are still several processes before the final fruit wine, and the time between them is different, all of which need to be watched by people.

In the yard, those with healthy hands but weak feet can sit there to peel and remove the core, and those with healthy feet but weak hands can watch the time of each process.

These are just simple jobs they can do when making cider.In addition, Jiang Ziyan is also preparing to make paper.

She is already familiar with the steps of papermaking in the encyclopedia, and only practice is left.

Although some of them are not very flexible in their legs and feet, they have no problem walking, but they have a slight limp.

Jiang Ziyan planned to let these people go to work in the paper mill. Anyway, as long as there is something that they can do without any trouble, they can do it. They will not be tired on weekdays, and they can get wages to support themselves.

Jiang Ziyan let Zhang Qiu tell his thoughts, and Zhang Qiu was both surprised and delighted.In fact, he didn't know that the brothers in the yard didn't want to stay here all the time and rely on him to support them, but even if their hands were able to work but their legs were handicapped, those recruiting workers would not want them.

The more Zhang Qiu and Jiang Ziyan talked, the more excited they became, wishing they could listen to Jiang Ziyan's plan a few more times.

The two sat there talking for a long time, and after discussing the next thing, they realized that noon had passed.

Zhang Qiu was so excited that he didn't even think about it, and there was lunch. He stood up, and his 1.8-meter tall and burly figure stepped forward and grabbed Jiang Ziyan's shoulders. All the people there cried out to listen to him.

These people in the yard are usually listless, but they listen to Zhang Qiu very much.When they were scouts, Zhang Qiu was their boss, and they were used to obeying orders. After retiring from the army, Zhang Qiu has been supporting them and never complained.So when Zhang Qiu said that he had something to announce, everyone got up and got together to listen to him.

Zhang Qiu said: "This little brother is called Jiang Ziyan. I met him today. From now on, he will be my brother in command, that is, our second in command. Everyone should treat him the same as me, you know?"

"Also, now I have a great news to tell everyone. My second brother is very business-minded. He arranged work for everyone. You can go to work in the future and make money with your own skills!"

As soon as the news was announced, the always peaceful small courtyard exploded instantly, and dozens of rough men woke up from their dazed state in an instant, especially when they heard that they could go to work to earn money, their eyes were always dull. A few rays of light suddenly poured into the sky.

Some people didn't quite believe it, fearing that Zhang Qiu would be deceived by the young man he just met on the first day, and said, "Brother, is what you said true? He really didn't lie to us?"

"Of course it's true! You fucking don't believe my second brother, how can you not believe me?"

Jiang Ziyan has now been promoted to what Zhang Qiu considers to be his second younger brother.

"As for your work, I have discussed it with my second brother in detail just now, just wait for me to arrange it!"

Hearing Zhang Qiu's exact affirmation, dozens of people became even more excited.God knows how bad it is for them to live in such a small yard and eat free food every day, but no matter who they go out to find work, they will be disgusted, and some even utter bad words, and sometimes it will hurt Zhang Qiu's reputation.They were humiliated more times, and they gradually stopped going out.

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