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Chapter 591: Chapter 595 Missing_1
"Of course, you can work from home, but in the future, the embroidery room will often produce high-end products, which can only be created with ordinary materials at home."
"For example, when embroidering the same pattern on silk and cotton, the silk will definitely earn more. However, whether working at home or in the embroidery room, it’s a case of the more you work, the more you earn."
"Also, if you work at the workshop, there are set hours. You’ll start in the late morning, finish at the end of the afternoon hour, with a meal provided at noon. Everyone has an hour for lunch and rest combined, and you cannot just skip work without reason. If you can’t come, you must ask for leave in advance."
Qiao Duo’er went over the basic arrangements.
"If we work at the embroidery room, can we make it home on time?"
Qiao Duo’er nodded, "Generally, yes, but there might be times when we have to rush orders. If that happens, we would add a meal in the evening and offer extra compensation."
"That can’t be possible, I’ve never seen anyone get extra compensation for work in town."
"There’s nothing impossible about it. That’s the rule here, but the money isn’t for nothing. There will be an assessment for everyone each month, and anyone who doesn’t meet the quantity or quality standards will need to be replaced."
Qiao Duo’er spoke earnestly. She was usually easygoing, but she definitely wouldn’t tolerate anyone cutting corners or reducing the quality of work.
Everyone nodded their heads in agreement. Their families weren’t wealthy like those in Kai Yi Village, who could afford to feed idlers?
They didn’t just not object, they were fully supportive, because this ensured that those who worked harder wouldn’t be at a disadvantage.
"I want to work at the embroidery room, make sure to save a spot for me."
"You’re lucky to have your mother-in-law help look after the child. I can only stay home every day to watch; otherwise, those little brats could turn the house upside down!"
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After weighing their options, everyone made their decisions.
Qiao Duo’er kept everyone’s decisions in mind and thought that they still needed to recruit more people for the embroidery room.
Everyone chatted happily while they ate.
Before they knew it, the whole spread on the table was devoured, and a few people remained to help clean up.
Suddenly, a woman from Hu’s Clan ran in anxiously: "Have Da Ya and Er Ya been here?"
"I haven’t seen them," Qiao Duo’er shook her head. She had been at home all morning; if Da Ya and Er Ya had come by, she certainly would have known.
Hu’s Clan’s woman stomped her feet in frustration. "Where could those children have gone? This morning they said they wanted to visit their fourth uncle and also play around for a bit, but they still haven’t returned!"
Without finishing her sentence, she rushed out in a hurry. She needed to search elsewhere.
Perhaps she had already searched all the usual places where Da Ya and Er Ya frequented. Where else could she go?
"Sister Lan, don’t worry yourself too much right now. Da Ya and Er Ya are sensible kids; they wouldn’t play so late without coming home. Let’s ask for help from everyone to search."
Qiao Duo’er said calmly.
As the woman from Hu’s Clan had good relations with everyone, and her daughters were well-mannered, all were willing to help.
Everybody put down their work and went out with Hu’s Clan’s woman to look for the children.
But after a while, they couldn’t find them, and they had to come to a grim conclusion: the two girls were missing!
"Sister-in-law, the children couldn’t have been taken by wolves, could they?" a daughter-in-law from the Qin Family muttered.
Hearing this, Hu’s Clan’s woman’s face turned deathly pale, and tears began to spin in her eyes.
Without her two daughters, she couldn’t possibly have survived this long.
Even now, she lived for the sake of her two children.
Fat Aunt hurriedly comforted her, "Impossible. The snow hasn’t fallen yet; wolves won’t come down the mountain and snatch children. Besides, if there were wolves, wouldn’t someone in the village have seen them?"
It is only during heavy snows when food becomes scarce in the mountains that wolves might risk descending, but that hasn’t happened in years.
