Chapter 88: Asking Mother-in-law to Work
On the phone, Zhang Yunqi only said to recruit Jiang Feng to deliver goods. As for how to recruit him and how to arrange work after recruiting him, that was Zhang Qiulan's business.

Now Zhang Qiulan is familiar with the procedures of this business and can deal with retailers normally. Although she is not professional in accounting, she has not made any mistakes since the incident when she was underpaid by the owner of the convenience store at No. 2 Middle School. However, she has never led any troops, and now Zhang Yunqi has given her someone, which is actually a headache for her.

The main thing is that she has to recruit this person herself.

Speaking of it, recruiting people is not a big problem. The big problem is that the business they are doing now has no qualifications to endorse it. The other party is a mute, his family is in financial difficulty, and he probably doesn't have much knowledge. If you rashly go to recruit workers, you might be treated as a liar and kicked out.

After hanging up the phone, Zhang Qiulan lay in bed thinking for half the night, but had no idea, so she woke up her husband Niu Fen who was sleeping soundly. Niu Fen climbed on top of her in a daze. After three minutes of lovemaking, she suddenly remembered that there was a convenience store near Xinghua Middle School in the shantytown of Hongshan Road, which was a handheld game retailer she had acquired years ago. Perhaps the problem could be solved through this retailer.

Thinking of this, Zhang Qiulan patted Niu Fen, and Niu Fen, who was sitting in the driver's seat, involuntarily shifted gears and accelerated.

Third gear...

Fourth gear...

Five gears...

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The next morning, after delivering the goods, Zhang Qiulan, with a ruddy complexion, took a bus to Hongshan Road.

The Hongshan Road shantytown, also known as Hongshan Lane, is a famous slum in Jiangchuan City that was formed after liberation.

She heard from the older generation that at that time, there were continuous famines in the Hengnan area, and a large number of refugees poured into Jiangchuan City. Some of them settled in the area of ​​today's Beicheng. They bent a few bamboos into a bow shape by fire, inserted them into the mud as a frame, and covered them with reed mats to build a small hut. This hut has no windows, a straw curtain is hung as a door, and it is so low that you have to bend down to get in. It is very similar to the temporary huts built by old farmers to watch over the watermelon fields in summer.

Since there were quite a lot of wasteland at that time, the first shanty dwellers who moved here reclaimed the land and mostly grew sweet potatoes as a substitute for food. When the residents who went out to find jobs returned at night, they would dig up a basket of sweet potatoes from the fields for dinner. Sweet potato is also known as red yam, and "Hongshan Lane" got its name from this. Later, this place gradually became synonymous with the slums of Jiangchuan City.

Nowadays, people living in Hongshan Lane either work as coolies at the ship docks or cement factories, or ride tricycles for transportation. In addition, there are a large number of poor people who have no food or clothing, no proper jobs, and thieves and gangsters who commit crimes.

In short, Hongshan Lane had a very bad image, synonymous with poverty and dirtiness. Any girl in the city who wanted to find a date would definitely not agree if she heard that the other person was from Hongshan Lane. This made Zhang Qiulan very confused. She couldn't understand how her brother Yunqi had established connections with people here and even arranged jobs for others.

With this doubt, Zhang Qiulan came to Hongshan Road and went directly to the convenience store of Xinghua Middle School. The owner of the convenience store was named Zhou. After hearing Zhang Qiulan's purpose, he took her to find the director of the Hongshan Road shantytown neighborhood committee.

The director of the neighborhood committee is a warm-hearted middle-aged woman named Yu.

Zhang Qiulan directly told Aunt Yu her purpose, saying that she was an agent of digital electronic products in the city. As she had a lot of work to do, she wanted to hire someone to help with delivery. If the job was done well, the salary would not be less than 200 yuan.

Although her younger brother Yunqi had already offered Jiang Feng a monthly salary of 300 yuan, which was a done deal and could not be changed, at that time 300 yuan was higher than the salary of ordinary workers in state-owned factories. If she told Aunt Yu directly, she might scare her and make her doubt her origins. Life requires wisdom. Zhang Qiulan also has her own way of dealing with poor people. After all, she was also living in poverty half a year ago.

Of course, a monthly salary of 200 yuan is not a small amount. At least in the Hongshan Road shantytown, there are definitely not many people who can get this income.

Aunt Yu thought this was a great thing. There were a lot of poor people living in shanty towns like theirs. They had no jobs, no food or clothing. In order to have a bite to eat, they gradually turned to crime.

This is the fundamental reason why Hongshan has such a bad reputation, but if everyone can have a stable job and income, who would be willing to steal and cheat?

Now, a boss came here to recruit workers, how could Aunt Yu not be happy? Moreover, the salary was so high, enough to bring a poor family to the level of having enough food and drink. But she was not a careless person. After all, she had never met this boss Zhang and didn't know whether it was real or not. So she politely asked Zhang Qiulan to sit down and inquired about her background.

Zhang Qiulan answered them one by one with a smile.

However, Boss Zhou who was standing nearby heard what was going on, and he patted his chest and guaranteed: "Don't worry, Aunt Yu. Don't you trust the people I brought with me? Boss Zhang is a serious businessman, and I also sell her goods in my store. If you have any problems, just come to me."

This old Zhou lived across from Aunt Yu's house, so they were acquaintances. Seeing how confident he was, Aunt Yu's doubts were put to rest. She enthusiastically made a cup of strong tea for Zhang Qiulan before asking, "Boss Zhang, what do you want? What kind of person are you looking for?"

Zhang Qiulan said: "My job is not difficult, it's just delivering goods, anyone with healthy limbs is fine, but I came here today to hire someone, actually mainly because a friend told me a few days ago that there is a woman named Jiang Feng here, she is mute, and her family is in financial difficulty. When I heard my friend's description, I was very moved and wanted to help Jiang Feng. We are businessmen, we have made a little money, and we also want to do some good things within our ability."

Aunt Yu cried out "Ouch!" and immediately took Zhang Qiulan's hand and said excitedly, "I've met a good person, I've met a good person! Boss Zhang, Jiang Feng's family is really in trouble because she is a mute and can't find a proper job. She relies on picking up garbage to support her family. But don't worry, although she is a mute, she works hard and steadily. Boss Zhang, how about I take you to her house first?"

Zhang Qiulan nodded and agreed.

On the way there, she calmly asked Aunt Yu: "By the way, Aunt Yu, how many children does the Jiang Feng you mentioned have in his family?"

Aunt Yu said without thinking, "Two, two daughters. The younger one has an intellectual disability because she had a high fever when she was a child and didn't get timely treatment. She's about five or six years old now, and she still can't speak. Fortunately, her older daughter is very good. She's very pretty, has excellent grades, and is well-behaved and sensible."

Zhang Qiulan asked, "What's her eldest daughter's name? Where does she study?"

Aunt Yu replied, "That girl's name is Chu Jian. She's currently in the first grade of high school at the No. 1 Middle School in the city. She's the only one in our area who got into the No. 1 Middle School in the city. She's a very good student. Wow, the number of award certificates she's brought home since she was little is so huge that they can't even fit on one wall."

After hearing this, Zhang Qiulan began to understand a little.

Could it be that her younger brother is in love? She was a little confused. If it was true, it would be a bit troublesome. In this case, should she still go to Jiang Feng's house to recruit workers? This would mean asking her mother-in-law to work for him.

(End of this chapter)