The sound of the machines in the workshop was very loud. Shen Man started to operate the machines when he arrived. It was very difficult to talk to people.
There's nothing she can do about it, most of the time she just goes wherever she needs help.
This is the packaging workshop. If there are defective plastic packages on the floor, she will deal with them immediately and put the bags into the wooden box next to them.
Because there are a lot of defective bags there, this should be where these things are placed.
"Comrade, are you new here?" A woman in her thirties came over and said hello with a smile.
Shen Man looked at her and nodded, "Hello, my name is Shen Man."
"My name is Ma Xiaoli! If you have any questions, come to me." She smiled and waved her hand, then turned and left.
There was a lot of noise in the workshop, so neither of them said much.
Shen Man persisted until noon. Shen Man felt that he was not too tired from the day's work. He just went to help wherever there was a shortage of people.
There are several people like her in the whole workshop. Looking at them, Shen Man feels a bit like handymen. Maybe they are just handymen and they also have to clean.
After lunch and a break, the noise in the workshop finally stopped.
Seeing everyone going out with their lunch boxes, she followed suit.
When she went to the logistics department to pick up her work clothes today, she was given some meal tickets to use in the factory cafeteria.
Of course it's not free food, the meal ticket is only a partial credit, which is much cheaper than eating out.
Because the food factory is a large factory, the canteen is also very large. When you enter the door, you can see tables, chairs and benches. There is a long queue inside. There are about a dozen windows, but the queue still takes a long time.
Shen Man queued up with his lunch box and waited for almost five minutes before she arrived.
The small blackboard has the menu for today, which I saw just now.
"Comrade, give me two taels of rice, one portion of shredded potatoes and one portion of fried pork with peppers." She handed over the money ticket and the lunch box.
Shredded potatoes cost 10 cents a portion, and fried pork with peppers costed 30 cents. The entire lunch box was filled, and in the end the rice was placed alone on the lid of the lunch box.
Looking at the affordable meals, Shen Man quickly found a place to sit down. The restaurant had more dishes than this, but of course it was more expensive, and the meat dishes also required meat tickets.
While she was eating, she saw Ma Xiaoli, who was talking to her in the workshop today, walking over with a lunch box.
"Having eaten, are you still used to it?" Ma Xiaoli sat opposite her with a friendly smile on her face.
Hearing this, Shen Man nodded, "It's not bad. It'll take just two days to get used to it."
It was rare to get to know someone right after arriving, but she was still willing to chat with them for a few more words.
While the two were eating, Shen Man inquired about the situation in the workshop. Her job was indeed that of a handyman, and there was little room for promotion.
Basically, the production line has workers with their own positions, and it is difficult to queue them up.
Moreover, the handymen workers only appeared in recent years, and most of them were arranged before going to the countryside.
After eating, Shen Man left more than half of the box of vegetables. Thinking that the space would keep them fresh, he planned to find a place where no one was around to put them in the space.
You can't throw away food that you can't eat. It is food after all. She has not wasted food in recent years. She has developed this habit since she was a child.
On the way back, Shen Man learned something about Ma Xiaoli and learned that she was a widow. Her husband had been dead for five years and it was very hard to live alone with two children.
She is the only one who has a job, and her two children, the eldest is only twelve years old and the younger is seven, are both in school.
And the worst thing is that the boys can eat as much as an adult.
Shen Man looked at her sunny smile and immediately felt that Ma Xiaoli was great. It is very hard to raise a child alone, especially in this period, when the children's food rations are not enough, so they can only eat what adults eat.
So I’m afraid the hardship is more than that, right?
Back in the workshop, everyone was resting. A few people also said hello to Shen Man. They had gone to help when they were at work, so they got to know each other.
At this time, Shen Man also noticed that Ma Xiaoli didn't seem to be very popular in the workshop, and basically no one talked to her.
Occasionally, the workshop director would say a few words about work matters, but when other people saw them speaking, they had unclear looks in their eyes.
This made her a little curious, what was going on?
The afternoon's work was still chores. After a day's work, Shen Man knew what he was doing.
The other odd jobs are all on a temporary basis to help with the production line, and no one takes the odd jobs seriously.
It can be seen that there should be someone to do these jobs, but after she came, there was no one to do the work.
Shen Man didn't know if others stopped doing these things because of his arrival, or if no one did them in the first place.
She didn't understand the work on the production line, so she worked hard to do her job well.
Before leaving get off work in the afternoon, the workshop director called Ma Xiaoli out alone.
After others stopped working, they began to prepare for get off work.
Shen Man cleaned with the others, listening to the gossips of the workers next to him.
"It's so shameless."
"Isn't that great? Everyone follows you, what a shabby shoe!"
"Stop talking and get off work immediately!" The team leader came out and glared at them, then looked at the other people who were whispering.
Everyone packed up their things and didn't dare to say anything more, so they took the time to leave.
The team leader is also a woman in her thirties, named Wang Meijuan. There are many women in this workshop, and the men basically do manual labor.
Seeing her leaving here helplessly, Shen Man felt a little more doubtful in his heart.
When I chatted with Ma Xiaoli before, I didn’t think this person was frivolous. He talked openly and openly.
She didn't think much about it. These things had nothing to do with her. She took the time to clean up and get off work.
In the morning, Gu Chen said he would pick her up after get off work. If the delay was too long, what if the other party thought she had gone back early?
Thinking of this, Shen Man quickly picked up his things.
The same goes for everyone else, everyone wants to get home from get off work as soon as possible.
There were so many people that cleaning up was faster. When she walked out of the workshop with her bag on her back, she happened to see Ma Xiaoli coming back with an ugly face.
The two met each other, and Ma Xiaoli smiled reluctantly as a greeting.
Shen Man looked at her back and didn't think much about it.
Sure enough, when we arrived at the factory gate, we saw Gu Chen at the front.
There were so many people after get off work, but the two of them could see each other at a glance among the crowd.
"When did you come?" Shen Man ran over and asked with a smile.
Hearing this, Gu Chen replied: "I just arrived, are you still used to it today?"
Basically, every factory has a similar time to get off work, and some jobs that require overtime are later.
Shen Man looked at him and wanted to ask if he was delayed in going to work, but he didn't ask.
Why are you asking? They were not concerned about her discomfort, so they came to pick her up.
She smiled and said, "I'm used to it. Everyone is very easy to get along with."
At least no one made things difficult for her, everything went smoothly!