At noon, the female workers would eat the food they brought. Everyone had half an hour to eat and rest. Lin Haoming found that most people ate black bread, with at most a few slices of vegetables. Occasionally, some brought white bread.
When you come out, you will be envied by everyone.
Black bread is very hard. If you bite it directly, your cheeks will hurt after just a few bites, so the female workers will prepare a box and eat it by soaking it in the hot water provided by the factory. Some people even make it completely into a batter, and then sprinkle some vegetables on it.
Leaves or beans are inside.
Lin Haoming had lunch with the supervisors. Most of these people were the ones who had followed Zhou Lixiong early in the morning. Among them was Zhou Lixiong's cousin. However, this man was also an honest man and was responsible for counting and shipping the finished products. Zhou Lixiong
After using it for more than ten years, I feel at ease.
What the supervisors eat is white bread, jam and barbecue slices. Meat is valuable everywhere. Even the cheapest chicken costs thirty copper coins per pound. This is definitely a burden for civilian families.
If it's pork, it costs fifty or sixty copper coins, while beef and mutton cost seventy or eighty copper coins, so whether you can eat meat has become the difference between the bottom class and the so-called middle class.
In fact, the female workers working in the factory are all at the bottom. Although there are differences between the bottom class, most of them are relatively good, but there is a clear gap between them and the upper-class people who can earn one gold coin a month.
Lin Haoming had been working in the factory for more than half a month. When he came home that day, the housekeeper Chen Jiazhong came over immediately after seeing him and said: "Haoming, you eat later today!"
"Mr. Butler, do you have anything at home?"
"The eldest lady is back. She came with Mayor He. The guest room will be for the mayor. Come and stay in my room tonight." Chen Jiazhong ordered.
"Okay, Mr. Butler!" Lin Haoming didn't hide anything and agreed directly.
There was obviously a cooperative relationship between Zhou Lixiong and Mayor He. When Zhou Lixiong married his daughter to the other party's son, he also invested in the other party, allowing Mayor He, who was still the deputy mayor at the time, to become the deputy mayor.
Mayor.
The town mayor is the most basic local governing official of the Great Zhou Empire. The entire Great Zhou Kingdom is divided into seven provinces, just like Guangming City is the capital of Guangming Province. Each province has several cities, and the mayor is generally the highest official.
Each city also has jurisdiction over surrounding towns.
The mayor is not necessarily a noble, and the mayor's acceptance of fate is elected through the votes of all adult men over the age of 16 in the town. Of course, if you want to be elected, you will need financial support and publicity. Mayor He got Zhou Lixiong.
Today is only possible with the support of the mayor, and the mayor needs to be re-elected every five years. Now the five-year period is almost up.
Although Lin Haoming was no longer qualified to serve at the dinner table, he also met Zhou Siyu's sister Zhou Siyan. Compared with her sister who was eight years younger, this sister obviously had not received systematic aristocratic training. After all, Zhou Lixiong in the early days was not what he is now.
of rich man.
Compared to his younger sister, Zhou Siyan is not as beautiful as her younger sister, but she is still a beauty, and twenty-four is the golden age for women. As the mayor's wife, she naturally has her own arrogance.
This woman seemed to look down on him, so Lin Haoming naturally didn't like this woman very much.
"Haoming, are you hungry? This is the barbecue I asked the kitchen to leave for you. It's still hot!" In the room of housekeeper Chen Jiazhong at night, Lin Haoming looked at the things sent by the housekeeper who was nearly fifty years old.
"Mr. Butler, have you eaten?" Lin Haoming asked.
"Of course, this is specially left for you. I bought two legs of lamb today." Chen Jiazhong said.
"Thank you!" Lin Haoming said politely, and then started eating as if he was very hungry.
"What a polite boy, Haoming, do you plan to continue working with the master in the future?" Chen Jiazhong asked.
"Mr. Butler, your job seems to be pretty good now!" Lin Haoming said.
"But you have to leave here sooner or later. You have been staying in the guest room for a month." Chen Jiazhong said.
Lin Haoming didn't know whether this was his intention or Zhou Lixiong's.
"This is what the master meant, and he didn't bring it up, but this is what you have to face. If you bring it up yourself, the master will feel that you are more self-aware, and maybe he will give you a formal job. A man must have his own
You have done some things, and the master still likes you, you are very polite." Chen Jiazhong said.
"But I don't have a salary yet. When I get my salary..."
"You can tell Madam that it has been almost a month and Mr. Li has not been found yet. Madam hopes that if you can, you can take care of your Aunt Zhang Hui and your two cousins. They are still young, one is eleven years old and the other is
Only nine years old." Chen Jiazhong said.
"Is this what aunt means?" Lin Haoming asked.
"Yes, in fact, you should be able to feel that my wife still takes great care of you, otherwise you would not be able to get a job and still live here." Chen Jiazhong said.
"I understand, I agree to this, and they are also my relatives. As a man, I should also take care of my sisters." Lin Haoming agreed.
"Very good!" Chen Jiazhong heard this and smiled with satisfaction.
Lin Haoming knew that this was what they had discussed early on, and now he was just telling himself through this person that if he disagreed, he would not break up, and it would be better if he agreed now.
The mayor's family stayed here for two full days before leaving. After a few more days, finally at the end of the month, Zhou Siyu also went home. The family sat together to eat. Before Lin Haoming came back, he had just received his first prize.
A salary, a total of sixty silver coins. Although sixty silver coins is not a lot, it is already three times that of those female workers, and they also have white bread for lunch.
"Haoming, have you really decided?" Li Fengzhu asked Lin Haoming, obviously a little skeptical about his agreement to go to Zhang Hui's place. After all, life here is very good. Although it is not too bad there, it is definitely not as good as here.
"Yes, aunt. My uncle is probably gone, leaving two younger sisters. I feel it is my responsibility to let my younger sisters live a good life. I am already sixteen years old and considered an adult by imperial law. I can join the army and even marry a wife."
Lin Haoming said.
"Haha, you kid, if you really take good care of your sister, I promise you that I will definitely choose a beautiful girl to marry you!" Li Fengzhu felt Lin Haoming's sincerity and fell in love with this nephew even more.
Zhou Lixiong also nodded, feeling that this guy is very pleasing to the eye. Compared with Li Qiang, he is many times better. Even in the month since he came, the productivity of female workers has increased by about 5%. Don't look at this.
At 5%, each person can produce half an extra tube a day, which is fifteen tubes a month. With nearly 80 female workers, they can produce about a thousand more tubes a month.
"Haoming, as an elder, I appreciate your choice. I had the same determination back then, and that's how I am today!" Zhou Lixiong praised.
This chapter has been completed!