In front of the newly built family dormitory next to the workers' dormitory, there were a total of 66 children under the age of 16 in the factory and in the workers' families. After about ten days of coordination and docking, their schooling issues were resolved
Finally, everything has been settled, and today we will officially enroll in school for education.
In this matter, Benedick actually spent a lot of effort and exhausted all means.
Originally, he hoped to provide these children with better educational conditions, so he contacted the nearest public school. However, the school learned about the family background of these children and believed that the poor family background would affect the school spirit. Therefore, although Benny
Dick proposed suitable tuition fees but was unable to accommodate the children.
Thinking that the public schools in the past were places that provided education for the poor and common people, and how they have developed step by step, they have turned out to exclude the poor first, Benedick became very angry, and finally contacted another private school with acceptable conditions.
, After negotiating the tuition fees, these children were assigned to different grades and received education that was in line with their current level.
Naturally, little Jacob and little Zachary, who were working hard in the factory just ten days ago, were also among them.
The factory specially customized new clothes that fit them, making each of them clean and full of vitality.
"Listen carefully to the class! Cherish the opportunity!" little Zachary's father warned little Zachary before he left.
"Father, don't worry." Little Zachary's eyes were full of brilliance and he was full of expectations for the school life he had never experienced before.
Little Jacob stood nearby and smiled.
Ten days ago, they were always looking gray and miserable, getting up before dawn to peel potatoes, cook, and work. They would never dare to think that they would be able to wear clean clothes in the future, not have to worry about food and housing, and be able to be with those who were born into the same family.
People who are countless times more privileged than them go to school to learn, read, and receive education.
Everything in the factory changes so quickly that they often feel like they are in a dream.
"You must be literate, don't be lazy when you go! If you let me know that you didn't study hard when you went there, and wasted such a good opportunity, I will definitely keep you to work with me!" Little Zachary's father was worried about little Zach.
Klee will
The factory’s current welfare package makes me lose myself. I feel that I can survive no matter what and give up the opportunity to go higher. “I am older and have no chance. Otherwise, I really want to study and live a different life.
"
"Don't worry, I will definitely study hard! And you don't have to regret it, isn't there a night school for workers?" said little Zachary.
"My brain is no longer good, and my hands can no longer hold a pen. I really can't learn anything." Little Zachary's father smiled bitterly and touched little Zachary's head, "That's why you have to cherish the opportunity and cherish it."
My younger self.”
"clear!"
"Okay, let's go!" At the factory gate, the staff responsible for taking the children to and from school counted the number of children and led the children outside.
He would be back tomorrow night, but little Zachary was a little reluctant to leave his father: "I'm leaving, Father."
"Go." Little Zachary's father saw that his child actually still had a little fear of the unknown school, "That's where you should stay now."
Little Jacob is used to being alone and has no worries at all about living in a new environment like school: "Zachary, let's go."
"Well..." Little Zachary walked back a few steps, turned around, and left the factory with little Jacob and other children of all sizes.
"Look how happy the children are." A worker standing next to little Zachary's father, smoking a cigarette, looked at the children's backs and said.
"Yes, I can finally live the same life as others. I don't have to work early and late at a young age. Anyone else would be happy." Little Zachary's father grinned. This was the first time he felt this way.
Be willing to let your children leave your side.
"Okay, let's get ready to go to work. Only if we work hard can they continue to live such a life peacefully." The worker patted Zachary's father on the shoulder, exhaled a puff of smoke, and headed towards
Walk to the factory.
Little Zachary's father didn't move and stood until the children's backs were out of sight, then he caught up with his coworkers with a smile.
Outside the factory, children walking toward school attracted the attention of other factory workers.
At first they saw this group of children wearing bright clothes, and thought they were nobles somewhere, but it didn't take long for them to recognize that they were people from the Nak Weaving Factory, which was unknown to everyone recently.
"It turns out it's true. The new owner of the Nak Weaving Factory really didn't let these children work. They should be sending them to study, right?"
"How much does it cost to have so many children studying, right?"
"Why is it impossible? The wages in other factories are so high, and all kinds of benefits are so good that it's like throwing away money. What's the point of sending children to study?"
"Yes, I saw it on the notice board at the door when I applied for a job at that factory. Their new system includes helping children receive education."
"It's a pity to talk about this. Their factory would rather guard the old, weak, sick and disabled and give them such good treatment than consider the young and strong like us. Otherwise, I would definitely be the first to go in."
"Aren't you talking nonsense? Who doesn't want to get in, but the problem is that they can't get in. Even if they want to expand their scale and recruit more people in a while, no matter how many people rush to apply, we may not have hope. To put it bluntly, we must be serious
If we want to be like them, we can only hope that our factory owners will also implement a set of reforms like theirs."
"Dream on, unless you have too much money and no where to spend it, which factory owner would give workers such good treatment for free like the new owner of Nake Weaving Factory? Would you do it for you?"
"As long as they can make money, other factories will definitely follow suit, right? But I feel like it's impossible to make money at all. Within half a month, either the new factory owner will find it boring and leave, or he will find that it doesn't work and change again."
Go back..."
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"Our output yesterday reached seven times the original! We are only one step away from our final goal!" At the Nak weaving factory, Andre shared yesterday's 'achievement' with the workers excitedly, "And today is
It’s the third day that we have resumed production! I believe that as long as we work together as one and work together towards the ultimate goal, we will definitely succeed and keep the Nak Weaving Factory running smoothly!”
"good!!!"
"We can definitely do it!"
"Brothers, try harder!!"
The workers were overjoyed and burst into cheers.
It seems that the increase in output makes them happier than the increase in wages.
Because the former determines whether they can enjoy such good treatment for a long time, and the latter, no matter how high it is raised, will only be short-lived if the factory cannot achieve profitability.
"We have seen the new suggestions everyone put forward yesterday! Some of them are very practical and feasible and we will make adjustments as soon as possible! Okay! No more nonsense! Let's start construction! We will strive to make further progress today! We will achieve our goals as soon as possible!
"Andre raised his arms and shouted, leading the excited workers into production.
On the other side, in the workers' canteen, Verak, who didn't wake up until eight o'clock today because he didn't get much rest these days, was having breakfast with Keating and Winston.
"Why haven't Benedick and the others come back yet?" Verak said, holding a bowl of porridge.
"Yesterday, there was a big fuss. The members of the counterfeit gang were beaten to death on the spot by the angry people. However, the money recovered was still far from enough to compensate the losses of all the victims, so it is still being spent now, even if the government comes to coordinate
There was a stalemate for a while." Keating always had the latest information on the other side and peeled the egg shells slowly.
"Then we should come forward, right?" Verak asked.
Keating took a small bite of the egg: "Well, Benedict, Nord and the others are trying to appease the people. After the government people are dealt with and the situation is under control, we will start compensation work."
"We must be careful about this matter. If the government knows that there is an Equality Society in Kip City, then a lot of our efforts will be in vain." Winston, who has been immersed in studying factory affairs recently, rarely visits outside the factory.
Express opinions on matters.
"This matter cannot be hidden. We can't sew up all the mouths of so many people who have been deceived." Keating didn't take it seriously. "What we are really worried about is that the government will find out that equality will take root in Kip City long ago."
There are traces of development, and then there is a risk that factories and schools will be exposed during the search. But if we don’t provide them with ideas in this regard, won’t the problem be solved easily?”
"So... you want to wait until Boyin and others make this matter a big deal, and then we can pretend to be people who just came from Lezein to deal with the aftermath. This way, even if the government finds out, they won't conduct a blanket search.
"Verak understood Keating's thinking.
Keating nodded, peeled off the last piece of the egg's shell, and ate the remaining half of the egg in one bite: "When this matter becomes known to everyone, Boyin will publicly remind the public through various channels.
, we can start working simultaneously here. But not only do we have to pretend to be from Lezein, but we also have to make the government mistakenly think that we are specifically doing this, and we will leave after handling it.
Only in this way can we avoid their vigilance."
"I understand." Verak no longer worried about this matter.
"So that's it..." Winston didn't think so deeply.
"Then what are your specific plans today? After dinner, I will take you to visit the factory first. You must not have seen how enthusiastic our workers are when you came last night." Verak had thought about inviting Keating over a long time ago.
Look at the results of his efforts with Winston, Andre and others.
Keating took a sip of water: "I came here for the purpose of visiting. I plan to stay here today until Nord, Catherine, and Benedick come back. Murphy is watching over at the school and he probably won't be able to get out.
Whatever happened, I have been responsible for the aftermath recently."
"Okay." Verak finished his meal quickly and couldn't wait to take Keating to visit the factory with Winston.
"You have already been to the canteen and the office building. Let's start with the dormitories. Originally, this factory only had dilapidated and dirty employee dormitories. After the reform, we first repaired and expanded them, so that everyone can
A dormitory that originally housed ten workers could only accommodate four people at most. On the basis of the workers' dormitories, dormitories for workers' families were also divided for the workers' families to live in. The environment inside was not bad.
There are desks and..." Verak explained in detail while taking Keating to inspect the construction situation, "This is a workers' shop. The daily necessities sold inside are the same as those sold in the market outside, but the prices are much lower.
At first, some workers wanted to buy in large quantities at low prices, and then sell them outside at high prices to earn the difference. Fortunately, we introduced purchase restrictions in time to avoid this kind of chaos..."
The group of people walked from the dormitory area to the workers' store, then from the workers' store to the entertainment center, and from the entertainment center to the workers' night school.
"There was also a problem at the entertainment center when it first opened. At that time, everyone rushed in and broke many things inside. It was only after relevant regulations were formulated that this situation was effectively curbed. Generally speaking,
It means that we are constantly making progress and improving our system...Okay, teacher, this is
There is a night school for workers. Every night we teach the workers some knowledge here. There are quite a lot of people here. But after production resumed, because of the incident with the counterfeit gang, we didn’t have time to continue the class. It is estimated that it will resume today.
." Verak, Keating, and Winston came to a classroom.
The classroom is very empty, with dozens of tables and doubled benches.
Keating walked to the blackboard and looked at the words 'worker', 'unity', 'class' and other words that had not been erased on it: "Well done, I mean you didn't teach them about equality from the beginning.
of."
"In fact, the theory of equality has spread all over the world, and everyone can basically tell a few sentences in it. However, considering that these things are still relatively sensitive and can easily be associated with workers before speaking out, we decided to hold off for now.
Wait until they are taught how to read and then teach them," Verak said.
They are already at the forefront of reforming these new systems at the Nak Weaving Factory. If they introduce concepts such as equality theory, they will easily be targeted by the government.
Anyway, their task is to test whether Winston's theory can be promoted on a large scale, not to introduce the theory of equality. If they want to do this, they can do it later.
"Teacher, let's go and have a look at the factory." Verak deliberately left the factory at the end as the finale of the show, "I will show you the difference between the workers in our weaving factory."
"Let's go." What Keating is most concerned about and wants to see with his own eyes is actually this.
What kind of momentum and energy did a group of old, weak, sick and disabled people who were not favored by other factory owners be able to increase the output of Nak Weaving Factory to levels they could not even imagine?