"Uncle Zhao, what is it?" Liu Yifeng asked.
Zhao Jiazhu's anxious voice immediately came through, "The boss had an accident!"
Liu Yifeng's heart skipped a beat, "What happened?"
"Just now, Zhao Linong fell from a tree while picking pomelos and broke his leg."
"Then what are you waiting for? Call 120 and send him to the hospital!" Liu Yifeng said immediately.
"I've already called, and 120 is on its way. I'm calling to ask if this can be considered a work-related injury?" Zhao Jiazhu asked hesitantly.
"Do I even need to ask? I'll reimburse all the hospital expenses.
Later, have him bring me the treatment expense receipts after he's discharged, and I'll pay him every cent." Liu Yifeng was not the kind of capitalist who exploited others.
After all, the other party was hired by him, and an accident occurred in his orchard, so he, the employer, had to bear the corresponding responsibility.
Zhao Jiazhu thought Liu Yifeng would make excuses to shirk responsibility. He was a bit surprised that he agreed so readily, and he knew he hadn't followed the wrong person.
He immediately nodded, "Alright, thank you, boss!"
"After Zhao Linong is in the hospital, you should talk to those people properly about personal safety.
Although injuries can be covered by work insurance, your body is ultimately your own, and it's you who will suffer at the hospital." Liu Yifeng reminded him.
"I know. I'll hold a meeting later to remind them to pay attention to their own safety." Zhao Jiazhu was also experiencing such a situation for the first time. Although people had picked fruit for him before, no one had ever fallen.
This incident today served as a small lesson for him, and he would pay more attention to this aspect in the future.
After hanging up the phone, Liu Yifeng was still a bit uneasy and decided to go to the orchard himself to supervise.
A broken leg was manageable, but if someone died from a fall, he, as the orchard owner, would likely be held criminally responsible, and Tongtong would also be implicated.
"Yifeng, did something happen?" Liu Chunsheng had vaguely heard Liu Yifeng talking about the hospital.
"It's nothing, just that someone picking pomelos accidentally broke his leg. He's already been sent to the hospital. I'm going to the scene to take a look!" Liu Yifeng said lightly, also afraid his father would worry.
Liu Chunsheng became nervous upon hearing that someone had broken his leg, "Yifeng, will they try to extort money from us?"
He had heard many stories about employers being extorted because of work-related injuries.
If the person then obtained a disability certificate or something, wouldn't he have to support them for life?
"Dad, don't overthink it. We'll compensate him fully for whatever is due.
But if he tries to extort money from us with this, we won't tolerate it. We'll call the police and let them handle it." Although Liu Yifeng was a man of few words, he was not someone who would be bullied.
Recalling the last time Liu Yifeng dealt with Liu Chenguang and Liu Yadong's parents, Liu Chunsheng felt his worries were a bit excessive. His son was no longer the person who would only escape when facing trouble.
Afterward, Liu Yifeng drove to the orchard.
In the pomelo orchard, dozens of people were working overtime to pick pomelos. Three large trucks were parked outside the orchard, and the pomelos would be transported to other provinces for sale that night.
Su Wanru was solely responsible for sales in three provinces, so all the stores under her management had to sell Liu Yifeng's pomelos. This was her non-negotiable order.
As soon as he entered the orchard, the number of pomelos was visibly decreasing.
Zhao Jiazhu and Su Wanru's employees were responsible for weighing the fruit, and six other people were responsible for loading it onto the trucks.
Counting them, there were about forty people working.
Even though it was already dark, they were still busy.
This was because Liu Yifeng had only given them three days to pick all the pomelos.
Otherwise, they could delay picking the pomelos until the Mid-Autumn Festival, as they were paid by the day.
Zhao Jiazhu immediately stopped what he was doing when he saw Liu Yifeng, "Boss, you're here!"
Liu Yifeng nodded, "Was the injured worker sent to the hospital?"
"He's already there. I just called and asked. It's a minor fracture, and he should recover in about a month with a cast!"
"It's good that it's nothing serious. You all should also learn from this and don't disregard your safety for speed," Liu Yifeng advised.
"I know. I've already told them. Everyone is being very careful now," Zhao Jiazhu said.
Looking at the pomelos on the ground, Liu Yifeng asked, "How many kilograms of pomelos were picked today?"
Zhao Jiazhu opened the tally book and quickly calculated with a calculator. Soon, he got the result, "Excluding yesterday's, we picked 320,000 kilograms today. There are still some on the ground that haven't been weighed, estimated to be around 350,000 kilograms."
Liu Yifeng was reasonably satisfied with this speed, "Good, keep up the good work. It's already 7:30 PM. Let everyone work until 8:00 PM and then go home to rest!" Work should be balanced with rest, otherwise, the body cannot endure it.
Moreover, at this pace, they would have enough time to pick all the pomelos in three days, so there was no need to rush them further.
Zhao Jiazhu nodded, then said, "Boss, a former client I used to cooperate with wants to buy pomelos from us at a high price. What are your thoughts on this?"
"Whether it's your old client or someone new, we will not sell our pomelos to them. Ms. Su has already purchased all of them."
"Okay, I understand." Zhao Jiazhu hadn't directly agreed to the offer because he didn't know the boss's intentions.
Back then, when his pomelos were ripe for harvest, he begged them to buy some at a low price, but the other party absolutely refused and even lectured him.
Now, seeing his pomelos in Bai Guo Yuan are big and sweet, spotting a business opportunity, they shamelessly came to him. Is there such a good thing in this world?
"Actually, there's something I'm curious about your thoughts on," Liu Yifeng's expression suddenly became serious.
Zhao Jiazhu told Liu Yifeng to ask directly if he had anything to say.
Liu Yifeng then asked directly, "It's only been a week since I took over your orchard, and the pomelos can be sold at such a high price. Do you regret selling me the orchard? Or do you want to buy it back?"
In fact, if Zhao Jiazhu had such thoughts, it would be understandable. Anyone else would not be able to accept that the orchard they had just sold could sell its fruit at such a high price, representing no small loss.
However, the reason the fruit grew so large, had such good quality, and could be sold at such a high price was all due to the growth agent developed by Tongtong.
Therefore, even if Zhao Jiazhu regretted it and came to make trouble, he would not compromise.
The reason for asking this was simply to understand Zhao Jiazhu's inner thoughts and whether he could confidently entrust the orchard to him for management.
After hearing Liu Yifeng's question, Zhao Jiazhu immediately shook his head, "Boss, although I don't know how the pomelos grew so much in a week."