Because of the shortage of manpower, Yunfei still hired someone to help.
A boy who was only fifteen years old, tall and thin, with a lot of strength and a lot to eat, his clothes were shabby and he didn't even have a pair of shoes on his feet.
He did not deny that he had some sympathy, but the young man had fought for his job.
Ding Wang is the eldest son in his family. He has a 13-year-old sister, an 11-year-old brother, and an 8-year-old sister.
The family can only rely on his father to earn money by working on his own, carrying bags at the dock, unloading goods at the grain and oil store, etc.
Life is too hard. If I persist, I may have to sell my sister.
So after he learned that Yunfei wanted to invite someone here, he came to the hut and knelt down to beg him. He showed his strength and asked for a chance to try.
"Uncle Qiang, please use me, just for three days. I won't be paid for these three days. If I don't do well, I will leave immediately."
Yunfei sighed and agreed, "Then three days. If you can't do it, see if there is any other job."
It's not that I don't want to help this kid, but his cart is indeed quite heavy.
There are several buckets of food, and if I don’t have any strength, I may not be able to push them to the dock.
On the first day of the trial work, after Yunfei sent Zhang Qingsong to school, he saw Ding Wang guarding the door when he came back.
"Good morning, Uncle Qiang." The young man had a shy smile on his face and looked a little reserved.
In fact, he was not familiar with Yunfei and the original body, and he had heard many stories about the original body before.
It can be said that on the Hutong Street side, he was originally a person who was hated by everyone. After all, some of them had been charged protection fees for setting up stalls.
Those who were obedient would be fine, but at most they would lose some money and goods, while those who were disobedient would be beaten.
If it were before, he wouldn't have dared to take the initiative to approach.
It was because when he got up early every day to work, he could always see Yunfei pushing a cart passing by their house that he was sure that this uncle had really changed.
At such a young age, it is difficult for anyone to ask him to work, and some would deduct wages from him.
It was not like he had never found a job before. He worked as a clerk in a grain and oil store. His father interceded and gave him money to get in.
As a result, he didn't get any salary after working for two months. He still said condescendingly that it would be nice to give him a full meal and he still needed salary.
If he hadn't been taken in by their grain and oil shop, he wouldn't even be able to afford food at home.
But the so-called food was only two pieces of cake provided by the shop every day. They worked from dawn to home after dark.
Sometimes the goods arrive late and have to be left for a while...
My shoulders are worn out, and I work so hard every day, but I only get two pieces of cake.
It was because he was young and had difficulty finding a job, so they bullied him so unscrupulously.
It was because he heard Yun Fei and his son chatting while passing by that day that Ding Wang knew he wanted to recruit people.
Thinking that he was a neighbor, relatively close, and the job was only busy for one morning, he accepted it even if he had no wages and could only have lunch.
After all, eating is indeed a burden for his family.
If he was only busy all morning and could help the family with some work in the afternoon, it would be fine if he could have a meal to save the family a bite.
That's why he came to recommend himself.
Because he had heard many rumors about his original identity, Ding Wang was so nervous when facing Yunfei, fearing that the new boss would be difficult to get along with.
However, Yunfei did not embarrass him and asked with a smile: "Why are you here so early? Have you had breakfast?"
"Have eaten." When he answered, he subconsciously licked his lips.
Obviously, it was impossible to come after breakfast.
Ding Wang really didn't eat. Their family doesn't cook breakfast. They have sweet potato porridge for lunch and sweet potato soup for dinner.
Each family member can only get one bowl.
Yunfei asked him to go inside first, then took out the half bowl of noodles and noodle soup spoon left in the breakfast pot and handed them to him.
"We haven't prepared the portion today, so you can eat the pad first, and then have lunch when the stall comes out later. Come here at this time tomorrow, and start busy after breakfast."
I originally thought I could come later, but since I wanted to give my children a bite to eat, I decided to come earlier.
Ding Wang blushed, "Uncle, no need, I've eaten, just go to work."
"Eat, you haven't been paid for these three days, I can't refuse to give you food. From now on, I'll give you two meals. When you come back from the stall, you will stop working.
As for salary and so on, let’s wait three days and then decide, okay? "
"Okay, listen to uncle, thank you for giving me a bite of food."
He was a grown man, and he looked really miserable. He only had half a bowl of noodles, and the ends of his eyes were a little red.
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Fortunately, Yunfei usually prepares the day's dishes in the early morning.
After getting up in the morning and buying groceries, I came back to make breakfast and then mixed some things in the space into it.
Half of the current hut is used as a room for him and Zhang Qingsong, and the other half is used as a kitchen.
However, the cooking is not done inside the house. There is a stove and a large iron pot at the door, and the cooking is done outside in buckets.
The stove inside the house steams rice.
Many people here basically cook at the door, under the windows, or on the eaves, so there is nothing strange about it, and no one complained.
After all, this is basically the case in every household. There are small houses everywhere in the intricate alleys.
Or even a house rented in half to two families.
After eating the noodles, Ding Wangzi carefully washed the bowls and put them away, then consciously cleaned and selected the vegetables.
"Uncle, do you want to peel the sweet potatoes?"
"want."
"Uncle, I've finished peeling it. Do you want to cut it into pieces or make it whole?"
"Cut it into small pieces. I'll make sweet soup later and wash the soybean sprouts."
After receiving the instructions, Ding Wang quickly started cutting the sweet potatoes.
He often helps with cooking at home. Although he doesn't have much ingredients at home, he is still fine with ordinary cutting and washing.
Today’s recipe is stir-fried bean sprouts with millet and pepper, sweet potato soup, then stir-fried pork with dried radish, and half a braised egg.
After the two of them prepared quickly, although the amount of preparation today was more than yesterday, there was still plenty of time.
It would really make a difference if someone could help me.
Yunfei filled up two large bowls of rice and gave one of the bowls to Ding Wang, "Eat quickly, it's still early. Let's go out after eating, otherwise we won't have time to eat later."
"Thank you, uncle."
Ding Wang was carrying the rice, and there was a sweet potato soup on the table.
He watched his uncle scatter the sugar. The large swaths of brown sugar made him feel distressed. They looked very sweet.
Chopsticks subconsciously avoided eating vegetables. He only ate half a bowl of rice and a little bean sprouts, and didn't eat the rest.
Seeing that Yunfei was still eating, he hesitated for a while and then said: "Uncle, can I send these leftovers home? Come right away."
"Is this enough for you?" Yun Fei frowned.
"That's enough. I'm often hungry, and it's not too filling. Besides, I just ate noodles."
Mainly because he thought of his younger brothers and sisters who were tightening their belts at home, and he felt a little overwhelmed.
The food was delicious, but his relatives at home were still hungry, so he couldn't feel at ease after eating.
Yunfei understood the thoughts of these children and nodded in agreement.
"Thank you, uncle!"
