Daya actually enjoys making things like floral vests.
Firstly, the bright and colorful patterns really stand out right now, and wearing them would make anyone in the area envious.
Secondly, she can make regular vests and shorts easily, but floral vests and shorts are made from scraps, which need to be pieced together before being cut and sewn again.
As a result, the process is more complex, allowing more practice—yes, Daya, being diligent and efficient, is almost out of work to do.
Anyone who’s been in the workforce knows that when the benefits exceed expectations but no work is assigned, the days can beco anxious and hard to bear.
However, the mont the family heard about making clothes, both kids and adults were eager and delighted, with no tendency to be picky!
As to why Daya doesn’t take the initiative to make sothing fancy... are you kidding, do you think fabric is free?
You can’t waste it like that!
Right now, not only did she agree to Little Xuan’s request, but she also ca up with another use for the fabric scraps—she decided to sew a unique pattern on each person’s matching vest and shorts using the scraps. This way, everyone’s clothes would be more beautiful and easier to distinguish!
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Daya’s self-upgrade was sothing Chu River couldn’t foresee, she just looked at the kids running around the yard and felt ready to enjoy a life where she wouldn’t have to lift a finger.
But first, she had to teach these kids how to manage their ti.
For example, cooking and tending to the vegetable plot was Da Dan’s daily work.
Gu Ping’s job was to take care of his younger brother and assist Da Dan with the vegetable garden, carrying water, weeding, and setting up trellises.
Yun Baoni was responsible for feeding the chickens, cleaning the house, collecting chicken manure, picking up eggs, and more—even though the chickens weren’t here yet, her tasks had to be planned.
Daya’s task was to wash everyone’s clothes and bed linens, as well as do so sewing and nding.
With his leg still in a cast, Gu An had no other tasks. He was responsible for supervising everyone’s howork.
As for the youngest, Little Xuan, just 6 years old but already studying at a fourth-grade level or above, he was in charge of teaching everyone during hot days when work couldn’t be done. By the start of school in a little over two months, the goal was for everyone, including Gu’an, to at least reach second-grade level.
In Chu River’s money-making ventures, tasks such as designing blueprints, writing manuals, polishing parts, etc., whenever there was work to be done, everyone who didn’t have tasks on hand would help out, so these weren’t assigned in detail.
Chu River stood in the middle of the yard, earnestly assigning the various tasks. For a mont, these kids entrusted with responsibilities held their chests high.
Even Gu An, with his leg still broken, was full of confidence.
It’s not that today’s kids are eager to work, laziness is a human nature, indifferent to the tis.
But... they couldn’t resist because Chu River paid them!
In an era where adults entering factories had a starting salary of just twenty or thirty yuan, Chu River offered each child 5 yuan per month, along with food and accommodation, and school fees—an extrely rare opportunity!
She did not intend to support unpaid labor—to have children work without showing them respect.
But this arrangent inadvertently soothed each child’s mindset in this household.
After all, no matter how good an uncle is, and no matter how lavish the als are each day, if it’s not their own ho, then it isn’t their ho.
They are not the uncle’s children, so they are always wary of the uncle abandoning them or having his own children...
However, if they have wages, that’s a different story.
Money brings imnse security, whenever, wherever.
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Moreover, if they excel in their various primary tasks and assist in the adults’ work, there would be an additional reward of three yuan at the end of the month.
Of course, since Little Xuan’s household registration isn’t with the family, he doesn’t receive the accommodation and schooling benefits, but his wage remains the sa.
Gu An, with a broken leg still needing care, was obviously limited in work capacity, so his monthly wage was lowered to 2.5 yuan. Once he regained full mobility, his salary would be adjusted accordingly based on his work.
Da Dan and Daya, having received an advance on their salaries, wouldn’t receive wages for the first five months, but they could earn bonuses.
And that 50 yuan, Da Dan and Daya didn’t spend a cent, holding onto the money, they didn’t feel any sense of disparity.
Paying 25 yuan solely in salaries for the five children each month is a sum that no family today would willingly provide for kids.
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