Junmei was young and her calmness was beginning to show. It was the first time she faced so many people. Although she was a little nervous, she quickly regained her composure and said slowly:
"Children under the age of fifteen and over five should register with me. Classes will begin at 10:00 tomorrow."
Seeing this, Wang Youliang was not willing to be outdone, and hurriedly shouted: "If you want to go to the factory, come to me. There is no limit on the number of people, regardless of gender!"
Perhaps in the eyes of the villagers, the host's behavior was puzzling, but thinking of food and warm cashmere sweaters, they all actively came forward to sign up.
The factory had the most work points, so a lot of people came at once.
It wasn't until Lu Meng reminded everyone with his personal experience that blacksmithing was not that easy, that everyone's blind passion returned to reason.
Most women choose to go to Xu Erniang's place to make sweaters because they can work in a warm house with a floor covering.
Moreover, it is easier to make clothes, which is more suitable for those who can do needlework.
The people Xu Dalang wanted were quickly filled up. After all, he had an advantage with more work points.
There were some older people who didn't know what to do, so Xu Yue arranged for them and Asan to dig mud and make bricks to build a kang, and the work points were calculated according to the quantity made.
For a time, Zhuangzi, which was originally lifeless, suddenly became active because of the busy people.
People get hot when they exercise, and the howling cold wind doesn't seem so biting anymore.
The women in the village followed suit and learned to imitate wool and knit sweaters. The more they learned, the better the sweaters became.
After several days of observation, several of the women felt that Xu Erniang should be easier to talk to, so they boldly asked her if they could just sell the wool and go home to knit their own sweaters.
It costs 200 work points to make a set of sweaters. Children's sweaters are cheaper and only cost 150 work points.
If there is a family of three, the man earns 9 work points a day, the woman earns 6 work points a day, plus the two of them in the literacy class each earn 2 work points, a total of 19 work points can be earned a day.
Zhuangzi once said that one pound of grain cost five work points. Now you have to work and eat more. No matter how much you save a day, two pounds of grain will cost you ten work points. Calculating like this, if you save 9 cents a day, you will need to work for more than 20 days to save 200 cents.
This is just one person. It will take more than 20 days for the other adults in the family, and the child will also take half a month. By the time the clothes are taken off, this winter has passed and people will freeze to death.
But if you can buy wool at a cheaper price and go home and knit it yourself after class in the evening, you can knit a set in two or three days, and the adults and children in the family can put on clothes earlier.
Xu Erniang was quite surprised after hearing the calculations of several women. She didn't expect that they could actually exert the subjective initiative that the young lady mentioned.
This is of course a good thing, as it shows that literacy classes have begun to achieve results, and these women now know how to count.
I still remember when we first started, these people couldn’t even calculate how many work points they earned in a day.
"Very good, there is progress. My mother said, those who take the initiative to ask questions can get extra points. I will give each of the three of you five extra work points." Xu Erniang took out her counting book, waved her charcoal pen, and each of you received five extra points.
This could be exchanged for a pound of grain. The three women looked at each other in excitement and disbelief.
After all, on the way to find Xu Erniang, they were prepared to be punished by their master.
Unexpectedly, what the young lady said before was actually true. As long as you bravely ask questions or help Zhuangzi solve the problems, you can get rewards.
But the second lady hasn’t responded yet to the matter of selling wool.
The three of them were so happy that they still looked at Xu Erniang anxiously, waiting for her reply.
This matter was related to the pricing of wool. Xu Erniang asked them to go back to work first and she would get back to them later.
It was an unexpected joy to be able to ask the question and be praised by Xu Erniang. The three of them did not dare to rush anymore. They looked at the five newly added work points on the counting wooden sign and happily went back to knitting sweaters.
Each worker has a wooden stick in his hand for counting, because extremely fine tools are needed to engrave words on the small wooden sticks, eliminating the possibility of imitation.
Moreover, there is also a total points account book in the hands of each manager. If someone wants to play tricks, a pair of both sides can find it out.
Xu Yue promoted the wooden sign to urge these people to study actively.
If you don't know how to count, the person in charge will add or subtract you points casually and you won't be able to tell the difference yourself.
And with the wooden sign, everyone can directly exchange food, tofu, clothing, charcoal, ceramic bowls and other daily necessities at the newly opened canteen.
Wang Dayou's factory can even make porcelain and glass. It is not a problem to produce some pottery bowls and pots that are more delicate than the ordinary pottery on the market.
The clothing is not only cashmere sweaters, but also leather jackets and linen clothes.
Some time ago, it was the time when the animals were gaining weight. Wang led his subordinate team to go directly into the mountains for a week of practical exercises. The harvest was not small, and the fur and other materials were processed and directly made into clothes.
As for the remaining meat, it was given directly to the Buqu team as a supplement.
Those who couldn't finish the food were specially taken to the smokehouse to be smoked and made into bacon.
Where there is demand, there is motivation for production. As long as they look at the piles of food and warm clothes in the canteen, the villagers are full of energy.
Soon, the four-meter-wide road that had been opened up was hammered and solidified by the villagers. It was no longer concave on the left and convex on the right.
The road is smooth and smooth, making it very smooth for horse and carriage.
On the hillside, the men, led by Xu Dalang, cut back a lot of old wood and were digging kilns to prepare charcoal.
A young man named Shitou in the village was quick at work, worked harder than others, and was very eager to learn. Xu Dalang gave him ten work points a day and made him the team leader.
A few days ago, everyone was still a little unfamiliar, and we were scared when we saw Xu Dalang's cold face, so we didn't dare to get close to take a look when it came to the important stage of burning charcoal.
Because in this era, the craft of making charcoal is generally not spread to outsiders and cannot be seen by outsiders.
They thought this was the Xu family's unique secret, and they were even more cautious.
But Shitou really couldn't bear it today. He really wanted to know why the charcoal Xu Dalang burned was strong and resistant to burning, but there was no smoke.
Therefore, when everyone was retreating consciously, the stone stepped forward bravely.
Xu Dalang, who was busy checking the sealing of the charcoal kiln, turned back and glanced at him. Shitou's scalp suddenly went numb.
But before he could say anything, Xu Dalang had already waved him forward to help.
"Go in and check the arrangement inside." Xu Dalang ordered.
Shitou responded hurriedly, got into the opening of the kiln, and carefully inspected the firewood stacked and stacked inside.
The trees cut back from the mountain were chopped into neat strips, and then overlapped to cover the entire cave dwelling.
After checking the stone and seeing that it was not loose or collapsed, he drilled it out again.
