The steamed bun fell, and Xiduo wanted to pick it up, but her hands were shaking, and she didn't dare to reach out, and her body was trembling.
Unexpectedly, the steward just said warmly: "Pick it up. If it's dirty, throw it into the swill bucket over there. If it's not dirty, you can continue to eat it. Don't waste it."
He said to everyone in the cafeteria: "Be aware that food is hard to come by, so don't waste it. There are many people outside who still don't have enough to eat."
"Yes." Everyone in the cafeteria agreed.
Xiduo also hurriedly picked up half of the steamed bun that fell to the ground, patted it, and breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that it was not dirty.
She quietly turned her head and saw that the person in charge was still looking at her, so she shrank in fear.
The manager smiled and said, "The cafeteria is responsible for your lunch meal, so that you can eat enough so as not to delay your afternoon work. The cafeteria cares about your eating, but you are not allowed to take it with you."
Xiduo shivered in fright, the person in charge must have discovered it.
"Steward, I don't dare to do that anymore." He put his hands into his arms.
"Don't do this next time." The female steward didn't say anything to her.
Turning around, he saw someone in the cafeteria taking out steamed buns like Xiduo, and said earnestly: "I know you are thinking about your family outside, and you want to let them have a bite. But if you don't have enough to eat, it will affect your work in the afternoon.
If you make a mistake and get fired, will you be more disappointed with your family's expectations? If you really think about your family, then work hard and get more subsidies from your family is better than anything else."
"Yes, we listen to the manager."
Xiduo sat back on the stool and looked at the steamed buns in the rice bowl. She felt a little regretful that grandma and her brother could not eat such fine food.
But when she gets her wages and goes home, she will definitely buy big white steamed buns like this for her grandma! No, she will cut the meat for grandma and her brother to eat!
If you can't afford to cut a pound of meat, you'll cut half a pound. You must let grandma and your brother eat the meat.
Xiduo secretly swore and chewed the steamed buns in her hands. She felt that she had never eaten such delicious steamed buns. It was so delicious.
At the entrance of the cafeteria, Huo Xi turned and left.
"Hey, it's worse than I was before. Although my stepmother treats me badly, I have money that my grandfather secretly left for me. If I'm hungry, I can secretly go to the town to buy delicious food." Vanilla said with some emotion.
The family also had a hard time when there was frost in autumn and snow in winter, but it was much better than people like Xiduo. She also sighed.
"Madam, let's help them."
"Madam gave them a job, isn't she helping them?"
Huo Xi didn't say anything. She sat in the yard left for her by the workshop, asked for some paper, made some plans, and handed them over in time.
In the afternoon, as the sun set, the bell in the workshop rang.
Xiduo and the others knew that it was time to leave work. They felt happy. They cleaned their hands, took off their headscarves and put them into their arms. Just as they were about to walk out, they were stopped by the steward.
"Your wages for today have been calculated. Madam said that each of your families has difficulties, and she allows you to settle the wages on the same day. If you want to receive your wages on that day, you can come and collect them, or you can collect them together at the end of the month."
Everyone was stunned for a moment, then realized what was happening and couldn't help but feel happy. They moved towards the steward, but no one dared to speak first.
"Don't you accept it?"
"Take it! Let's take it!" they all said in unison.
The steward nodded, opened the book and started to roll call. Another steward next to him came out with a box. Half of the box was filled with copper plates, which made Xiduo and the others' eyes light up.
"...Xiduo, thirty-two articles..."
When Xiduo heard this, her face was full of disbelief. She had thirty-two coins! It was more than the few people just now!
Holding back his excitement, he walked towards the person in charge.
The manager looked at her with a smile and praised a few words: "You performed well today, you did your work carefully, and few petals were damaged. Keep up the good work tomorrow."
"Yes, thank you steward!"
Xiduo's voice was trembling, and she stepped forward to take the heavy copper coin from another steward's hand, holding it in both hands. She could hardly hold it in her hands.
Hold it tightly, stuff it into your arms, and hold it firmly on your chest with one hand, for fear of flying away.
I just wanted to go back to my house right away and show grandma that she had earned thirty-two cents today! It was more than grandma earned in a day. My eyes were so swollen that I wanted to cry.
Grandma Zhi has been working in the fields with her grandson for a long time today. She was absent-minded and thinking about her granddaughter.
It was the first time that her granddaughter left her and was alone outside. I didn’t know if she had made a mistake, if she would be beaten by the supervisor, if she would have a meal at noon, and if she would be hungry while working.
Although I believe Mrs. Shizi, I still feel uneasy.
When it was time to get off work, I took my grandson and waited early at the entrance of the alley. Together with other worried neighbors, I looked at the intersection.
Until the carriage bell rang, "They're back, they're back!"
Everyone ran over so that the carriage could not get in and stopped at the entrance of the alley. Everyone on the carriage couldn't help but jump out of the car when they saw their family members...
"Grandma! Xiye!" Xiduo also jumped down.
"Have you been paid? Will you be paid today?"
"There are so many!"
Grandma Zhi listened to the cries of people nearby and looked at her granddaughter excitedly, "Grandma, I've earned my wages, I've earned my wages!" Xiduo said excitedly.
"Sister, how much salary do you earn?"
Xiduo came close to the two of them and whispered something in their ears. Grandma Zhi was stunned for a moment, then became excited, "Really? Are there really so many?"
Seeing her granddaughter tugging at the clothes on her chest and taking out a coin to show her, her hands started to tremble with excitement, "Let's go home. Grandma has cooked dinner for you. Let's go home and eat!"
The two grandsons strode home.
"...The steamed buns at noon are delicious. I originally wanted to bring them back to you secretly, but the boss wouldn't let me..."
"No need to bring it, no need to bring it, there is food at home, just feed yourself."
"I'm so full! There's enough rice, there are two dishes, there's meat, and there's a lot of oil..."
"Sister, is there really a lot of oil?"
"Really, I won't lie to you."
"Okay..." Grandma Zhi held her granddaughter's hand tightly.
In Cuihuang Courtyard, Huo Xi looked through the account book and saw the wages paid to workers by the workshop today.
"Madam, if you calculate this way, most people can get more than one tael of wages a month." Vanilla was playing with the beads next to her.
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It’s a lot. I don’t know when I can get my money back.”
It cost two thousand taels to buy that courtyard. Although the same house was much cheaper than in the capital, Qiu Shuang and the others only saw the madam's money flowing out.
"A craftsman only has a few dollars, but the masters in the workshop are still more expensive. The master of the sauce room that my wife found was paid thirty taels a month. Tsk..." Vanilla felt that her teeth were sore.
Mother Ma laughed at her: "Why don't you tell me how much your Yanzhi's father earns per month? And Yanzhi's father has given you all the money he has saved for so many years. You have seen rich people, and you still feel sorry for these few."
Copper plate?”
"One code equals one code." Vanilla touched her nose.
I wonder if Father Yanzhi’s monthly salary is really too much, “Madam, why don’t Zhufeng’s salary be paid so much? It’s fine if you don’t pay. Anyway, we have food and shelter every month, and the government also helps us support us.”
Rouge doesn’t cost much.”
Huo Xi looked at her with a smile: "You are so rich that you don't regard money as money. You can even make the decision for your family Zhufeng."
"Of course I can be his master." Vanilla looked proud.
Huo Xi smiled and said: "Zhufeng is worth the price. I'm worried that if the payment is too small, he will run away. Where will I find a guard with such skills?"
"With Yanzhi and me here, he doesn't dare to run away."
Huo Xi smiled and said, "Don't think about saving money for your wife and me. We have to take a long-term view. What kind of business should we not invest in the early stage? When the thing is finished, we will get the money back soon."
Thinking of everyone mentioning Rouge, she wondered what happened to Xiao Yu'er. Thinking of her son, Huo Xi's heart ached.