Chapter 242: Persuading Song Xi’s Family
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Chen MO added, “But it’s all hard work. They have to work ten hours a day.” Xia Wan nodded. She already had an idea in mind.
After a simple discussion, they went to the first house, Song Xi’s house.
When she arrived at Song Xi’s house, her father was scolding her.
‘You failed to even complete such a small job. If your stomach hurts, you must have stolen something from the house. Otherwise, why would it hurt? What’s the use of giving birth to a girl like you? You can’t even do such a small task!”
Beside Song Xi, her eight-year-old brother, Song He, was laughing at her. “Sister is so stupid. She can’t even do such a simple task.”
Song Xi lowered her head, her stoic face expressionless. It seemed that such scolding was very common for her.
The arrival of Xia Wan and Chen MO attracted the attention of Song Xi’s father, Song Hui.
Song Hui looked at Xia Wan unhappily. “Why did you come to our house? Didn’t you go to the town to have a good life? Why? Are you trying to meddle in our family’s business?”
In the past, when he lectured his daughter, there were always some blind neighbors who wanted him to stop.
What a joke. What did it have to do with others if he beat and scolded his own daughter? Was it their turn to teach him a lesson?
Therefore, when he saw Xia Wan coming over, Song Hui’s first reaction was that Xia Wan was here to speak up for his daughter.
Xia Wan deliberately put on a fawning smile. “Sir, we’ve come here this time because we have something good for Song Xi. This is a friend of mine who does business in the South. He said that the factories there have a golden opportunity, especially now that they lack female workers. Sister Song Xi has always been diligent. If there’s such a good thing, I immediately thought of looking for her.”
Hearing that he could make money, Song Hui immediately became interested. He couldn’t be bothered to hit her anymore and asked, “How much money can I earn?
Xia Wan smiled slightly. “You can make up to 600 yuan, with the minimum being 400!”
Chen Mo’s eyelids twitched. He didn’t expect Xia Wan to break the 1000 yuan in half.
But even at those rates, Song Hui was very tempted.
His gaze towards Xia Wan immediately became pa.s.sionate, and a smile appeared on his face. “Xia Wan, I knew that you were a good child. Look, I remember giving you potatoes when you were young. I knew that you had a
conscience. ”
“Our Song Xi is famous for being hardworking. If she goes over to work, she will definitely earn that 600 yuan.”
600 yuan was really a lot of money. Even if he did laborious work moving bricks, he would only earn 200 yuan a month, not to mention it was backbreaking. But now, Xia Wan said that he’d be working in a factory. How could it be harder than moving bricks in a factory?
Song Hui rubbed his hands and quickly welcomed Xia Wan and Chen MO in. He
asked again, “Only female workers? Can I go with you? I’m also very strong.”
Xia Wan shook her head. “That’s not possible, Sir. These are all delicate jobs. They said that they only want females, and there’s an age limit. They don’t want anyone over 30.”
Song Hui’s original intention of letting his wife go was also gone. After some calculations, only Song Xi met the requirements.
Suddenly, Song Hui looked at Xia Wan warily. “Since it’s such a good thing, why didn’t you go yourself? Now that you’re so eager to get my daughter along, is there some sort of trap I need to be weary about?”
Xia Wan smiled helplessly and said to Song Hui, “Sir, you’ve misunderstood me. The reason why I’m not going is very simple. My family has a job now, and I’m going to start school soon.”
With Xia Wan and Chen MO’s explanation, Song Hui finally believed her and agreed to let Song Xi go to work.
The main reason was that Xia Wan was in the middle as a guarantor. If his daughter really could not be found, he would directly go to Xia Wan to ask for her.
After she was almost done, Xia Wan pretended to be in a difficult position and said, “But Sir, this salary is about 500 yuan. There’s a cafeteria over there to get food. Every month, Sister Song Xi will have to spend about 50 yuan on food.”
She said this because she wanted Song Hui to think that Song Xi’sm expenditure there would be very high. This way, she could save more money for herself.
Song Hui frowned slightly, but after calculating, even if his daughter had to spend 50 yuan a month on food, she would still be earning more than in the county. In the end, he agreed.
After Xia Wan finished speaking, she brought Song Xi, who was still dazed, out. She didn’t expect such a good thing to happen to her.
After the three of them left, Song Xi looked at Xia Wan nervously. “Xia Wan, is what you said true? Will the factory really accept me?”
“Yeah, and your income won’t be 500 yuan. It’ll be 1000-1500 yuan. As for how much you can make, it’ll all depend on your own ability..”