Shunzi followed Qin Yao, eating five meat buns in a row, and just as he was savoring the taste, the logging work ended.
Due to the internal competition Qin Yao stirred up, the work that was supposed to take half a month was completed in seven days.
After work that day, they suddenly heard Ding Wu say, "The wood we've cut this time is enough, everyone go put the tools in the tool room, then head to the account room to see the housekeeper for the wages."
"No need to come tomorrow."
The crowd nodded dejectedly, took their tools down the mountain, and went to find the housekeeper for payment.
Because they worked so hard, the wages actually increased, twelve coins a day, for seven days totaling eighty-four coins.
No one had their pay docked, the top three earners got a little extra, making it an even hundred, strung on a hemp rope, jingling pleasantly.
Shunzi was quite happy, though he didn't make a hundred coins, eighty-four was still over a dozen more than what he anticipated.
