readsfreenovel Chapter 130 Female Workers Reporting to Work at the Yarn Factory
Chapter 130 Female Workers Reporting to Work at the Yarn Factory
After seeing Mrs. Wang off, the old man lowered his eyes and drank tea.
"Xiaowu, I regret it."
The servant who was pouring tea was puzzled: "The clan leader is unwilling to lend money?"
The old man sighed and shook his head.
People in the world are so foolish, how can one expect a servant to figure out what he is regretting?
"In the future, we should teach our clan schools like the one in the women's village, and let girls go there as well." The old man said, "We should also teach the pinyin books developed by the women's village as enlightenment books."
"Ah?" Xiao Wu was completely confused.
……
If the End of Autumn does not come before, it is time to harvest the grain and feed the old cow.
Li Yin squatted in the field depressed. The millet in this experimental field had not sprouted. Didn't that mean there would be no harvest this year?
But what's the reason?
"Master, with Comrade He Qizhen here, the recruitment of workers for the Nuzhuang factory is going very smoothly." Li Xiaochun opened the notebook and reported the recent events in the factory one by one: "Of course, there are still many families who firmly disagree with the young lady going out to work."
"Conflicts within the family are the most difficult to deal with, and it is not easy for outsiders to intervene."
Even when Li Yin was there, mediating family conflicts was a mess.
"Don't force it." Li Yin said. A head-on confrontation is always the worst option. The best way is for the young lady to follow her heart and make her own choice.
Now that there are precious examples like this, there will be fewer young ladies who are afraid of divorce.
"Of course, if a young lady asks for help, we must find a way to help."
At this point, Li Yin remembered another thing: "Xiaochun, are there any young ladies submitting articles to Linglong Magazine?"
"Yes, but not many." Li Xiaochun frowned. Women have been cautious for too long. Many literate ladies would rather wait and see.
Li Yin knew where the problem lay, and she also knew that the situation had to be improved gradually and could not be solved by just shouting a slogan or two.
"Ask me to write a few more articles, and ask the ladies in the village to write as well. We'll publish one issue first."
"Okay." Li Xiaochun nodded and wrote down in the notebook: "Master, some workers in the factory who live far away from home are ready to return home."
“Workers who live close to home are still working.”
"Many people are from surrounding villages. What they mean is that they can take time out every day to harvest the grain. The rest of the time can still go to work, but the time will be shorter."
"No, this is too tiring." Li Yin shook her head. Harvesting grain is not an easy job. There are no big machines like in later generations.
The millet has to be harvested quickly, and everyone wants to sleep in the fields. How can they have time to work?
"Xiaochun, the steel plant is now basically completed. We can hold an old-for-new event at Liuweizhai in two days." Li Yin pondered.
At present, the Tang Dynasty has enough weapons. It is better to replace armor than to replace weapons for the army. After all, cold weapons will eventually be replaced by hot weapons. Lu Zhen’s research on explosives has also achieved considerable results. It is not difficult to make, but the difficulty lies in transportation and storage.
Cold weapons will gradually withdraw from the stage of history, and the broadsword will be less practical than the bayonet in the future.
"We only charge two cents for the labor of replacing the knives and farm tools for the people." Li Yin thought that the scrap iron collected could be reused and the cost of recasting was not high, so why should we earn money from the people's basic needs?
I don’t know if the army can deal with all the discarded knives. She can help collect some of them and recast them.
This experimental field was considered useless. Li Yin stood up. She suspected that the acidity and alkalinity here had been destroyed, but unfortunately she couldn't do a pH test with test paper.
"Master, someone from the government office said they want to open a mine in Hebei Road, but they are unsure about the exact location..."
Xiaochun followed Li Yin and stood up, writing down the details of the exchange in a notebook.
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Wool factory.
Today is the day when the young ladies officially report for duty. There are many beautiful girls and the hustle and bustle of carriages and horses.
"Young lady, do you really need to come here to work?" A little girl of fifteen or sixteen years old trotted after the woman who was walking in front of her.
"I'm here now, so I won't retreat." The young lady was wearing a short suit that she had stolen from somewhere, and she was walking very fast.
“But, but if the Madam asks…” the girl stumbled and followed: “I’m scared…”
"If you sign up with me, my mother won't be able to find you and question you."
"!"
The little girl's eyes were full of fear. She shook her head and was pulled into the team by her wife.
As soon as they lined up, two women came up behind them. Both of them were dirty and had messy hair.
"When I make enough money, I will divorce you." The taller woman looked calm.
"Sister, if you divorce, what will happen to the children?" The shorter girl frowned. She also wanted to divorce, but she couldn't bear to leave the children.
The tall lady was silent for a while, and after a while she said, "I...want to take my girl with me. The boy is doing well, and if he doesn't go with me, what should I do without that girl?"
"When I came here to work, what I feared most was that my daughter would be bullied at home."
The short woman felt sad when she heard this, for she knew her sister had no choice.
The two were in silence when a large truck drove up in the distance and a young woman jumped out from the back seat.
The young lady was wearing brand new clothes, a flowery hairband, and had two pigtails like the girls in the factory.
Not only she came, but also men and children.
The man rode on the big bar, the child sat on the crossbar, and the woman sat diagonally behind him.
"Wife, you can't apply for accommodation!" The man stopped the bike and asked his wife to get off the car, and reminded her worriedly.
"I know, I know. You've said it eight hundred times." The girl blushed and glared at the man. Isn't it embarrassing? There are so many sisters here.
"If you stay here, I'll come work here too!"
“……”The young lady was speechless.
"Mom, I want to come too!" Seeing this, the baby also started to make a noise.
The woman was somewhat helpless, but she repeatedly assured that she would not apply for accommodation.
"When you get off work, my baby and I will come to pick you up." The man gave some instructions and left reluctantly. He also worked nearby and took half an hour off to see his wife off.
The two of them got off work at about the same time, so they could go home together after work.
After seeing off the man and the baby, the young lady joined the queue.
Soon, a few more young ladies came and stood at the end of the line, chattering.
"My mother keeps telling me to get married, but I've only met the man a few times."
"That's right. My elder sister married a stranger and suffered injustice all day long."
"If we work, we won't have to get married. We can earn money and buy whatever we want."
"Yes, we..."
At the door, He Qizhen sat in front of a big red table, constantly recording the names of the visitors.
"what's your name?"
The woman was stunned.
He Qizhen understood it immediately and said with a smile, "You can pick one yourself."
The woman turned her head and glanced at the ground, then said, "Little grass."
"Young lady, why don't you change someone? There are already two or three people named Xiaocao." He Qizhen took out a thick list and said, "Just pick one. These are all written by the owner of the manor."
The woman was illiterate and just randomly turned the page and pointed at it.
"Ning'an." He Qizhen knew pinyin, so she read it out: "Do you have a last name?"
The woman shook her head: "No."
Her mother never gave her a name, so she didn't know if she could take her father's surname.
"Then let's take the owner's surname, Li." He Qizhen wrote the three words Li Ning'an on a wooden sign and handed it to the woman, mainly because she was afraid that she had forgotten.
She continued, "From now on, you will be called Li Ning'an."