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With so many shops, there were naturally quite a few merchants living in Chenjia Village.

When these businessmen learned that Chenjia Village would be on holiday for ten days, they were all overjoyed.

As is well known, although the people of Chenjia Village have relatively strong purchasing power, they actually have very little time to spend on consumption due to their heavy workload and limited holidays.

Most villagers in Chenjia Village only have time to stroll along Chencun Avenue during their seven-day holidays to buy things they need for their homes.

In short, although the people of Chenjia Village have money and strong purchasing power, they don't have much time to spend it. They can only make large-scale purchases during holidays, bringing more profits to the merchants on Chencun Avenue!

Therefore, when the merchants learned that Chenjia Village would be on holiday for ten days, they were all excited and planned to take advantage of the 10-day holiday to sell more goods and make more money!

"Cheer up, everyone!"

Inside a candy shop, the shopkeeper, Meng Mai, chuckled and instructed his employees, "Our business is about to pick up, so all of you better be alert and treat our customers well. Don't let anything go wrong!"

Mengmai runs a sugar shop, so naturally, the goods he sells are sugar.

In an agrarian country like Xia, sugar was a luxury that only a few could afford. When Mengmai ran a sugar shop in Taiping County, he was often troubled by poor business.

Unfortunately, in the Xia Kingdom, where productivity was low, the price of sugar was too high, making it unaffordable for ordinary people. Even wealthy farmers and small landowners wouldn't spend large sums of money to buy sugar. Only a very small group of extremely wealthy people could afford it.

This resulted in Meng Maikai's sugar shop in Taiping County earning some money, but after paying for the goods and the wages of the shop assistants, there was not much left.

At one point, Mengmai even considered closing his candy shop!

Fortunately, when he had this idea, he learned about the existence of Chenjia Village. With his quick mind, he immediately realized the business opportunities in Chenjia Village.

Without hesitation, Meng Mai sold his shop in the county town, came to Chenjia Village, bought a piece of land there, and opened his candy shop in Chenjia Village.

This choice also improved Mengmai's business. The villagers of Chenjia Village generally earned higher wages, and they could buy grain at half price, so they did not have much pressure to survive and had more savings.

Under these circumstances, the villagers of Chenjia Village naturally had the means to afford sugar, a luxury item.

In addition, there are a large number of merchants in Chenjia Village. Whether it is villagers like Chen Gou who became rich first, or those who came from outside to do business in Chenjia Village, they are all extremely wealthy and are the main customers of Mengmai's sugar shop!

In short, since opening his sugar shop in Chenjia Village, Mengmai's business has been getting better and better, and he has been making more and more profits. He is all smiles every day and no longer has the gloomy look he used to have!

Having lived in Chenjia Village for a long time, Meng Mai naturally knew very well that the shops in Chenjia Village did their best business when Chenjia Village was on holiday.

Therefore, upon learning that Chenjia Village was on holiday, his first thought was to urge the shop assistants to be alert and ready to serve the customers.

"understood!"

The shop assistants responded listlessly. Everything is relative. When they saw that the workers in Chenjia Village had a ten-day holiday, they realized they could take advantage of it to rest and have a good New Year.

When they could only continue working in the shop, they inevitably felt uncomfortable, and their responses to Meng Mai naturally became less enthusiastic.

Look at the state of you all!

Meng Mai shook his head and chuckled. These guys had all come to Chenjia Village with him from Taiping County, and they knew each other quite well. Naturally, he knew what they were thinking.

"Don't be so downcast. After we're done with these busy days, I'll give you bonuses and a few days off so you can have a proper New Year!"

Upon hearing this, the eyes of the shop assistants lit up.

"Is it true?"

"Manager Meng, are you really going to give us a bonus?"

"Are you going to give us a holiday?"

"..."

Seeing his several excited colleagues, Meng Mai smiled and nodded, saying, "It's true! After these few days of work are over, everyone can go home for the New Year holiday, and everyone will get a bonus!"

Meng Mai was never the kind of greedy and insatiable boss; otherwise, these few guys wouldn't have come to Chenjia Village with him in the first place.

Mengmai knew very well that it was impossible to make a horse run without letting it eat grass.

The kind of endless exploitation of employees, which increases profits by reducing their wages, is not feasible in Chenjia Village.

In Chenjia Village, to recruit workers, you have to ensure that the wages you offer are not much lower than those of the regular workers in Chenjia Village. Also, the village businesses have to provide some of the same benefits as the workers in Chenjia Village; otherwise, you simply won't be able to recruit workers to work for you.

Not to mention, the shops in the village are also subject to the supervision of Chenjia Village. Any shop that over-exploits its workers and has a bad reputation will be punished by Chenjia Village. The punishment ranges from a fine to the direct repossession of the land and expulsion from Chenjia Village.

This policy was formulated by Chen Dao to protect the interests of other migrant workers in the village. With this policy in place, even the most greedy businessmen in Chenjia Village would not dare to exploit their employees at will, otherwise they would surely face severe punishment from Chenjia Village.

As for whether any merchants will be unwilling to do business in Chenjia Village because of this policy...

That's certainly true.

However, in general, there are relatively few such businessmen.

Merchants are profit-driven, and since Chenjia Village can provide them with stable and high profits, they are naturally willing to abide by Chenjia Village's rules.

"Great!"

Upon hearing that Mengmai was going to give them a bonus and a holiday, the guys were no longer listless. They perked up and were full of energy!

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Meng Mai's judgment was correct. As the news of the ten-day holiday spread throughout Chenjia Village, Chencun Avenue soon became lively.

Whether they were workers with Chenjia Village household registration or migrant workers, they all came to Chencun Avenue one after another.

The former plans to buy some New Year's goods so that he and his family can have a prosperous New Year.

The latter planned to buy some goods in Chenjia Village to take back to his hometown, so he could show them off to his neighbors and relatives.