60s Splendid Life

Chapter 319

"Xiao Jin is a good person. I still remember you cousins ​​when you have good things. You have to be more confident. Xiaomei works as a female worker in the factory and gets paid every month. Your brother must be good when he goes to the factory." Work, don’t drag Xiaojin down.” Wang Meili is very happy that her son has found a good job. The two sons either work in the fields or do coolies in the brick and tile factory in the back mountain all the year round. Although her life is a little better, both sons are married, the eldest daughter-in-law was born not long ago, and the second daughter-in-law is pregnant and will give birth in a few months. Of course she is happy to have grandchildren at home. Yes, but one more mouth means raising one more person. It will cost a lot of rice and food to raise two children, and it will not cost money to study and dress in the future.

In addition, the youngest son is still young, and he is still in primary school, so he has to pay for tuition and stationery every year.

The two daughters are getting older now, and they will be married in a few years. At that time, they will have to prepare some dowry for the two daughters.The third daughter is doing better now, and has joined the new factory as a female worker, and she is paid every month. She asks her daughter to pay half of the wages to go home, and take the remaining half by herself.The youngest daughter is still young, not old enough to work as a female worker in the factory, so she can only stay at home to help the family.

If there is anyone who doesn't love children as a mother, it's just the situation of their family. Her own mother can't help the children much, and they can only rely on the children to work hard.It’s okay to be separated in the past two years. At least the children can eat and wear warm clothes, and live in a new house. Before the separation, the children did not have a full meal.

"Don't worry, Ma'am, I will definitely not hold Xiao Jin back." Lu Songguang also knew that his job was not easy to come by, and if he couldn't do it well, he would have to let others do it.

"And you, Songtao, when the time comes, we'll see if the factory wants to recruit people, and you can go to the interview to see if you can get an interview." One son and one daughter are already working in the factory, and Wang Meili is not easy to find for the children. Work to trouble the nephew, the nephew can let go of his grudges and treat them as relatives, but they have to know what is good and what is bad, and they have broken their little love.

"It's okay, it's the same when I work in the factory in the back mountain. Although the work in the back mountain is a little harder, the money is more." Lu Songtao said very optimistically.

It's just that Lu Songtao's wife, Wang Zhaodi, felt a little uncomfortable when she saw that her uncle had such a good job and her own husband was still working as a coolie in the brick and tile factory in the back mountain.

At night, when the couple went back to the house to sleep, Wang Zhaodi complained to her husband about it.Lu Songtao immediately said to his wife, "You can just talk about this kind of thing with me, don't talk about it with my mother and elder brother, if you are not good for our current life, you can go back to your mother's house go."

"You...you know that's not what I meant." Wang Zhaodi burst into tears after being reprimanded by her husband.

Wang Meili, who was sleeping in another room, heard her son's crying from the room over there. Thinking of the look on the second daughter-in-law's face when she saw the eldest son had a job today, she probably knew what happened to the second son's room.Lu Jianguo, who was sleeping in the same room, saw that his wife was not sleeping, and asked, "What's wrong?"

"It's nothing, go to sleep." Wang Meili shook her head and didn't say anything to her husband. Knowing that her sons have grown up and have their own thoughts, the matter in the son's room should be handled by the son and his wife. It's not easy for the mother to intervene.

The next day, Lu Songguang changed into old and new clothes, and went to work in the factory with his hair neatly combed.

During the meeting in the morning, Lu Jin introduced the new warehouse supervisor to everyone. He didn't say that he was his cousin, but only said that he was a new employee, "Zhang Kai, take Lu Songguang with you during this time, Lu Songguang, you You can ask everyone if you don’t understand anything.”

Lu Songguang nodded and said "OK".Zhang Kai also said no problem, let Lu Songguang feel free to ask him if he doesn't understand anything.

"Okay, that's it for this morning's meeting. Let's get busy." Lu Jin is a leader who doesn't like to talk nonsense. Every meeting rarely lasts more than half an hour. Morning meetings like this one are the most It's just a few minutes, and the employees are dismissed to work after they finish talking.

After ordering Zhang Kai to take the man to the post, Lu Jin left Lu Bowen behind, and the two talked for a while in the office.

The months at the end of the year are the busiest time for their factory, but Lu Jin is more afraid of not being busy than being busy. Busy at least means they have business, and no business means their factory will be closed.So compared to not being busy, he would rather their factory be busy.

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In time for the twelfth month of the lunar calendar, the new factory building, the staff canteen and the dormitory at the back have all been built.

After the factory building was built, Lu Jin also contacted the Provincial City Machinery Factory and ordered a few machines from there.It happened that some salesmen in their factory were going on a business trip to the provincial capital, so he asked two salesmen to drop by to bring their machines back.

After the staff canteen was built, a chef and two other employees were invited to cook. The chef was also from their Lujia Village. Lu Jin had tasted the dishes made by the other party himself, so he nodded and asked them to stay.The two miscellaneous employees are a little younger, they are apprentices with the chef, and of course they also have to do some odd jobs.

With a cafeteria in the factory, the problem of employees eating at noon can be solved.

Their factory provides a free lunch to the employees at noon. After everyone is full, they will take a break and then go to work. An hour is enough for the workers to lie on their stomachs and squint their eyes for a while in the factory.

Today, the canteen steamed coarse-grain steamed buns. Their coarse-grain steamed buns are not all made of coarse grains, but coarse grains mixed with fine grains. The taste is a bit coarse, but the taste is very fragrant.There is also stewed pork with potatoes. Although there is not much meat, there can be one or two pieces of pork in each person's bowl. There is also seaweed soup boiled with eggs. A little seaweed and egg flowers can be seen in a bowl of soup, which is better than what they eat at home. It's even better.

The fixed meal for each person is two steamed buns, a bowl of vegetables, and a bowl of soup. You have to spend your own money to buy extra, and the staff price is not expensive. Women usually eat the factory’s meal to fill their stomachs, while some men It is to add one or two steamed buns.

On the first day when the factory cafeteria opened, everyone went out to eat, and the female workers discussed outside, "I didn't expect the lunch in our factory to be so good, just because of our lunch, I am willing to serve in our factory. work till old."

"No, I can't even eat such a good meal when I go home." Another female worker immediately responded.

Most of the factory workers are female workers, some are married, but some are not.There has always been some patriarchy in rural areas. Men have a higher status at home and enjoy more food than women. Women have a lower status at home and eat less, so these female workers work hard all day outside. When I get home, I often don’t have enough to eat. For example, when I ate in the factory today, everyone’s food was distributed. There were soup, vegetables and steamed buns. They ate with a full stomach. The female employees who haven't eaten a full meal for a long time are willing to work in their factory for a lifetime for such a meal.

At this time, another female worker asked: "I don't know if the factory can provide us with dinner. We have to spend money to eat in the factory. I don't know if it will work."

"Yes, we can ask the factory manager if it's okay, let's buy it with money." Otherwise, when they return home, their monthly wages will still be given to their family members, and they still can't eat enough, so it's better to spend money Eating in the factory, and going back when they are full, it also saves them from working in the factory every day, and they are the last ones to come home every day, eating leftovers every day and still not being full.

On the first day the cafeteria opened, Lu Jin also ate in the cafeteria of their factory, but today he was surrounded by a group of employees when he came out after eating. He was silent for a while when he heard the appeal of the employees, and said: "This should be no problem. I will discuss it with the master later and ask him if he would like to cook an extra meal. But today may not work. I bought so much food today. Let's wait until tomorrow morning. If I will tell everyone in advance when we have dinner."

"Thank you, factory manager." The female employees were as happy as their factory manager agreed to have dinner when they got the reply from their factory manager.

"What do you guys think of today's food? Can you eat enough?" Lu Jin was also concerned about whether the employees had enough food.

"Yes, we are all full." A group of female employees said one after another.

"It's good if you can eat enough." Lu Jin was also concerned about whether the recent work intensity of the employees would be too high, and asked the employees if they could continue. After hearing the employees said yes, he smiled and asked everyone to go first After a break, I will continue to work in the afternoon.

After lunch, Lu Jin took a large bowl of cat food to the storeroom. Several cats ran out when they heard his voice, and circled around his heels.

"Meow meow~"

"You're hungry, let's eat."

Lu Jin put the cat food on the ground, and several cats gathered around to eat it.

These cats were all brought from their homes. There were exactly four cats in a litter, two black, one yellow and one white. Four brothers and sisters came to help them guard the warehouse.As long as he is in the factory, he will come to feed the cats. If he is not there, someone else will feed the cats. In short, the cats will not be hungry.

"Xiao Jin, come and feed the cat. Sit down, let's talk."

Lu Songguang, who was in charge of the warehouse, saw his cousin coming to feed the cats, so he pulled a chair for the cousin to sit on. The two of them sat together and watched the cats eat while talking.

After the lunch break, all the diners in the dining hall were gone, and the chefs behind were also busy. Lu Jin came out from the warehouse behind and went around to discuss with the master about making dinner.

As soon as the chef heard that the factory manager wanted to cook an extra meal, he responded immediately: "Okay, I thought you were looking for something with me, isn't it just cooking an extra meal, it's okay, it's okay, no problem. How many people will eat at that time, you tell me in advance, I will prepare here."

"Okay, how many people will eat every day in the future, I will send the number to you one day in advance." After hearing the chef say that there is no problem, Lu Jin said a few more words to the chef, and left from the dining hall up.