It's really hard to just farm peacefully.

Chapter 295

The phrase "get your wages soon" was like a curse. Jiang Yan was full of anticipation, but by the end of the third day of work, he hadn't received a single penny.

The food did improve slightly - two days later, there was a piece of boned meat in the soup bowl.

At night, Jiang Yan sat in the temporary dormitory, the flickering red light of the firelight illuminating the confusion on her face.

"Yanyan, aren't you going to sleep yet? I don't know how much work you will have to do tomorrow." Jiang Ying urged in a low voice despite being sleepy.

After the first two days of getting familiar with the situation, the manager allocated them a large box of books today.

Books are not as bulky as bamboo slips and do not take up as much space, so the actual number of books to be sorted out is more than double. They were so tired that they had no time to think about anything else. Jiang Ai even went back to the room and fell asleep.

"Sleep, sleep now." Jiang Yan lay down and covered herself with the quilt, making a decision quietly. She soon felt sleepy.

……

The sky was still gray, and there were already slight sounds of footsteps outside the house.

Jiang Yan kicked her legs suddenly and sat up from the kang in shock, stroking her madly beating heart with both hands... How could she have such a disgusting and suffocating dream? Is there anyone in the village who can interpret dreams?

Unfortunately, distant water cannot quench immediate thirst, and Jiang Ying and Jiang Ai are still sleeping soundly.

Jiang Yan lay down again with lingering fear in her heart. She wanted to arrange a super good dream for herself to hedge against the remaining time.

……

On the afternoon of the fourth day of the probationary work, the manager who had not been seen for a long time suddenly showed up and looked through the work results of Jiang Yan and the other three.

After a moment, he said to Jiang Yan and Jiang An, "You two don't need to continue doing this. I have other tasks for you."

"Okay." Jiang Yan and Jiang An nodded in unison.

Just as the steward stepped out of the door, Jiang Yan suddenly remembered something he hadn't asked, and hurried out to chase him: "Brother Mu, wait a minute, I have something I want to ask you."

Brother Mu, codenamed Eighteen, who doesn't want to reveal his real name, is the manager's right-hand man. He has been assigning and receiving tasks for Jiang Yan and others these past few days, and the two sides have initially established a thirteen-sided friendship.

Jiang Yan glanced in the direction the steward had left, confirming that he had walked a considerable distance before asking softly, "How are we going to calculate and pay our wages for the trial period?"

"Wages?" Brother Mu raised his eyes and spoke in a flat tone.

This tone... Jiang Yan's heart skipped a beat, and she subconsciously responded with ruthless, unreasonable, cold and arrogant lines: No, you're dreaming.

"This job is easy now. Three copper coins for five days' work. The work I'll take you two to do later will be one copper coin per day. Both are paid in ten days."

Jiang Yan relaxed, as long as she was not working for nothing. She had been struggling for a long time before going to bed last night about whether she should quit her job and go home if she didn't get paid.

If I go home, I'll have to use up the food at home, which will be enough to sow an extra field for the next spring. If I don't go home, I won't feel happy working for nothing, especially since the workload is quite full. I always feel exploited.

Thinking of the salary Aunt Yu Qian had mentioned earlier, Jiang Yan couldn't help but be curious, "Is there any job that pays three copper coins in two days?"

Mu Xiaoge's brow twitched again, but he maintained his calm tone, "Where did you hear that? I didn't know there was work that paid three copper coins in two days. Those who came before you must have been paid much more than you. Even if you stayed and doubled your monthly salary, you still wouldn't be able to catch up."

Jiang Yan: ...

She didn't know the exact amount of compensation for the old gentlemen. After all, from the sound of the assessment content, it sounded like they were recruited to be legal advisors or counselors.

But what she is doing now is not the work of an ordinary maid. What's wrong with expecting to earn three, four or five copper coins a day?