Chapter 673: The Goods Arrive
Chapter 673: The Goods Arrive
Gao Jie quickly returned from Ruan Tang's office to her own. Seeing the triplets, she couldn't help but smile: "Oh, you three little darlings, you're getting cuter and prettier every day! Come on, let's go to the examination room, and I'll check if you've grown taller."
The three children, seeing someone talking to them, responded with enthusiasm, first grinning and then babbling away.
They were so lively and adorable!
Who wouldn't love such lively children?
Zhou Fu carried the children into the village, and everyone vied to hold them. The triplets were absolute chatterboxes, and they would excitedly respond to anyone who spoke to them.
Gao Jie, fond of such lively children, picked one up and took them to the examination center.
At the examination room, Gao Jie conducted a routine health check for the triplets.
Measuring their heights, she found that they had grown three to four centimeters this month.
The little sister had grown a bit over three centimeters, while the elder and younger brothers had each grown four centimeters.
Their heights were already above average for their age.
From birth to now, they had grown faster each month than the average child. Typically, children under six months old grow two to three centimeters per month, but the triplets grew one to two centimeters more each month.
Gao Jie smiled, "You both have tall parents, so the children have inherited all your good traits."
After the health check, it was time for their vaccinations.
This time, only the elder brother didn't cry; he just pouted a bit.
The younger brother and the little sister cried their hearts out!
Tears streamed down their faces, and it took a while to calm them down.
After the vaccinations, when Zhao Cheng Lei and Jiang Xia had calmed the children, Gao Jie tried to pick them up again, but they wouldn't let her. As soon as she reached out, they started crying.
Gao Jie laughed, "Oh dear! You've already learned to recognize people and bear grudges! I guess I can't give you vaccinations next time; I'll let the nurse do it."
After the vaccinations, Zhao Cheng Lei asked when the children could stop night feeding.
Gao Jie replied, "There's no need to force them to stop. By eight or nine months, they should be able to sleep through the night, and they won't need night feedings anymore."
"Once they're six months old, you can start feeding them soft foods like rice porridge, fruit juice, or mashed bananas and apples. Don't feed them too much or too many different foods at once, as their digestive systems are still delicate. Add new foods gradually", Gao Jie added. She had planned to tell them this at their next checkup, but since they brought it up, she decided to share the information now.
After leaving Dr. Gao's office, Jiang Xia and Zhao Cheng Lei returned to Zhou Ying's ward.
Jiang Xia and Zhao Cheng Lei also had to go to the train station to pick up the goods.
The fabric pieces sent from the capital city were arriving at noon, and they needed to transport them to the clothing factory.
Jiang Xia also had to go to the factory to arrange the work.
She would return to the capital city the next day and bring the workshop supervisor and a few team leaders to attend a training session.
The plane tickets were already booked.
The couple handed the children to Zhou Fu and Zhou Mu and went to the train station to pick up the goods.
Zhao Cheng Lei hired several tricycles to help transport all the fabric pieces back to the clothing factory.
At the factory, Jiang Xia called the capital city's clothing factory to confirm the number of fabric pieces and threads received.
She found a sample garment in the bag of threads and asked the team leaders to make a piece of clothing for her to review.
Since the garment was a simple style with no technical difficulty, the team leaders quickly made a piece.
Jiang Xia was very satisfied with their work and then held an impromptu production meeting.
At the meeting, she held up a few sample garments and said, "We'll follow this standard for the main batch. Ensure quality control at every step, and any substandard garments must be set aside. Those that can be fixed should be, and those that can't be fixed should be treated as defective and not sent to the client."
The workshop supervisor immediately responded, "Understood."
The deputy factory manager said, "I'll inform the workers to start this afternoon. I had told them to start tomorrow."
The fabric pieces had arrived, and the sewing machines at the factory had been repaired. The factory had also been cleaned according to Jiang Xia's requirements, so it was ready to start production at any time.
Jiang Xia nodded, "That's fine. It's up to everyone's willingness."
The deputy factory manager then asked, "How will the workers' wages be calculated?"
This had never been discussed before, but now that production was starting, the workers needed to know their wages. After all, wages were the most important concern for the workers.
Without knowing their wages, who would be in the mood to work?
Jiang Xia replied, "Until the New Year, all workers' wages will remain the same as before. After the New Year, I will adjust everyone's wages based on their performance. The adjustments will primarily be increases, and at the very least, wages will remain unchanged. I won't easily reduce wages, except for those who only collect a salary without doing any work. I don't tolerate idleness here."
Hearing this, the deputy factory manager felt reassured.
The department heads and team leaders who had come to the meeting also felt relieved.
Jiang Xia continued, "The other benefits might not be as good as before, but we will have a perfect attendance bonus and a performance bonus."
The deputy factory manager asked, "What's the performance bonus?"
Jiang Xia explained, "The capital city's clothing factory has sent us 30,000 pieces of fabric for simple garments. Since the work is straightforward, we will give a five-cent performance bonus per piece to the workshop workers."
For such simple styles, the capital city's clothing factory was only paying Jiang Xia fifty cents per piece. Running a factory involves paying workers, maintaining machines, and covering water and electricity costs, so after all expenses, including wages, bonuses, and other expenditures, Jiang Xia's profit was minimal.
She might earn only about twenty cents per piece, or even less.
Of course, more complex styles would have higher processing fees.
The team leaders' eyes lit up at this!
This was a system where the more you work, the more you earn!
They, being model workers, loved such a system.
These simple T-shirts could be made in large quantities, allowing them to earn an extra two or three cents per day, which would add up to ten or eight yuan per month.
Combined with their basic wages and bonuses, they would earn about fifty yuan per month.
This was a significant increase from their previous wages.
The lack of other benefits was no longer an issue!
Jiang Xia was concerned that the workers might neglect quality to increase their output.
"Clothing that doesn't meet the standards must be reworked, and if it's damaged, the cost will be deducted from your wages. So, please remind your workers to focus on quality, not just speed."
"Understood, we will remind them."
"The specific rules and regulations will remain the same as before, with a few additions, such as the perfect attendance bonus..."
...
After the meeting, Jiang Xia finished all the arrangements at the factory and left.
At three in the afternoon, the family returned home.
Great-Grandma was excited, "You're finally back! Someone came looking for you this morning."
(End of Chapter)
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