Five days later, all the weavers who passed the interview came to the textile factory to report for duty. To the surprise of these women, the first thing they did was to give their names!

In this era, women have no status in the family, let alone in society, and most women have not read books, and there is no difference between having a name and not having a name, so many women do not even have an official name. When He Zhiyuan saw that almost all the names on the roster were Zhang's and Li's, he had a big headache. How to distinguish and manage this kind of name in the future? So he demanded that all the women who came to work here must have an official name.

These women who came to report for duty were not embarrassed when they heard that they had to give themselves an official name, and in their minds, having a name was the exclusive privilege of men and scholars, and it would make people laugh at a woman's family and be illiterate to give an official name.

Because of this, these women all squirmed and refused to name themselves. At this time, He Zhizhen, who was in charge of registration, said to everyone: "What's so embarrassing about this, the name is not exclusive to men and scholars." If you work here in the future, as long as you do a good job and earn no less than your man, why can't you have your own name? With a name, it means that you also have a status in the family, you can earn money, and you can be on an equal footing with the men in your family. Don't be shy, everyone has a nice name for themselves according to their seniority, and it is not a shame for both men and women who work here to have their own names, and you will get used to it later. ”

He Zhizhen is He Zhiyuan's cousin, the first batch of female workers to work in the soap workshop, it can be said that there is a year of service, and now He Zhiyuan is transferred here to deliberately train, so that she can manage this textile factory in the future. With the change of her job position and the increase of her income, she has also stood up at home, and her husband has to listen to her in big and small matters.

After He Zhizhen's enlightenment, everyone named themselves one after another.

The Lu family named herself Lu Chuanmei according to the seniority, when He Zhizhen asked her, she said her name unembarrassedly, and the person in charge of registering and filling out the form was a young account officer, and he praised: "What a beautiful name, much stronger than the previous Lu family." Tell me how you came up with such a good name. ”

Lu Shi, no, you should call him Lu Chuanmei now. Lu Chuanmei said a little shyly: "I heard my mother say that when I was born, a plum tree bloomed in the yard, and I am a descendant, so I am called Lu Chuanmei." ”

The tent man praised her again, and then said to the people, "See, so you have your name." As long as it's good to listen to and remember. ”

So these women all gave themselves a nice name, nothing more than flowers, apricots, peaches, plums, lotus, cinnamon and the like, but finally they had a name that was easy to remember.

After reporting for duty, Lu Chuanmei and a group of female workers were taken to the textile workshop, and then she was assigned a master to watch the master weave next to the loom. The same master as her is a woman named Du Yueqin, who is about the same age as her, and she is also a middle-aged mother.

The master of the two of them is Yu Deshui's daughter-in-law Hou, but she has now changed her name to Hou Fengjiao.

The three women were of the same age, so naturally they had many topics in common, and after a few words of conversation, they became familiar with each other.

Lu Chuanmei looked at the master's weaving for a while, and felt that this new loom was not much different from the loom she had used before, except for the width of the cloth and the addition of a shuttle, and after a while, she felt that she could learn it soon, and she became more and more confident in herself.

"Master, can I try it now?" Lu Chuanmei asked cautiously.

"You've knitted before?" Hou Fengjiao asked her.

"Weaving for more than 20 years." Lu Chuanmei replied.

"Then you're better than me." Hou Fengjiao said in surprise. Then got up and moved out of the way, let Lu Chuanmei sit down, and after a simple solution, Lu Chuanmei began to weave.

In less than two quarters of an hour, Lu Chuanmei was able to use this new loom proficiently, and during this time, she also understood why the He family's weaving workshop could pay such a high salary to recruit people to weave. This loom is four or five times more efficient than the original loom, and one person can do the work of four people, so the wages are naturally higher.

Hou Fengjiao stood next to him and looked at it for a while, and said loudly in surprise: "Oh, I didn't expect you to be an expert weaver." I haven't taught you much, but you're knitting so well, I think you'll be able to become an apprentice in half a day. ”

As soon as Hou Fengjiao said so loudly in the workshop, the people on the looms around him immediately gathered around to see Lu Chuanmei weaving, and everyone exclaimed: "Where is this like an apprentice weaving, it's completely an old weaver." ”

As a result, the news spread to the whole factory in less than a day.

At this time, He Zhiyuan was designing Jenny's spinning machine, and when He Zhizhen came to report the news, He Zhiyuan had just designed the drawings of Jenny's spinning machine.

As soon as He Zhizhen entered the door, he said: "Owner, there is a weaving expert in our factory, just stand in front of the master and watch it for a while, she will weave, and the cloth she is weaving now is dense and smooth." ”

Don't look at He Zhizhen as his cousin, because the gap in status and ability is too big, she doesn't dare to call He Zhiyuan a big brother, she can only call the owner.

"And such masters?" He Zhiyuan asked in surprise, and then asked, "Does this woman know how to spin?" ”

"I heard that I have a spinning and weaving city, and I used to weave cloth at home for 20 years, and I am a famous weaving expert in the village." He Zhizhen replied.

"That's really a clever master, let her do a good job, I'll go over and see it in a few days, maybe she'll be of great use." He Zhiyuan nodded and said to his face.

"Then is her apprenticeship still counted as half a month?" He Zhizhen asked.

He Zhiyuan said without hesitation: "How can such a talent be counted like this, her apprenticeship period is counted as one day." Tell all the female workers that if the master feels qualified, they can end their apprenticeship early. ”

At noon that day, when He Zhizhen conveyed the good news to all the weavers in the factory, everyone was happy again. I am more motivated to learn. Du Yueqin, who is a master with Lu Chuanmei, secretly decided that she must study hard and not let Lu Chuanmei fall too behind.

At lunchtime, Hou Fengjiao chatted with her two apprentices. When Hou Fengjiao learned that Lu Chuanmei still wanted to earn money for two years before going back, she immediately said: "I won't tell you, in fact, I am also a disaster victim, and later the government resettled us here." When we came here last year, it was a small village of five or six hundred people, and in less than a year, six or seven workshops were built here, with a population of forty or fifty thousand, and towns were built. It's developing so fast here, let me go back to my hometown, and I said I won't go back again. ”

"But in the final analysis, we are all farmers, and we are always unsteady when we don't have land." Lu Chuanmei said that although they were tenants when they were in Chaoyi, they still farmed the land after all.

Du Yueqin said: "Sister Lu, you haven't seen through my mother-in-law, my family used to have five acres of land, and when we left, my mother-in-law insisted on selling the land cheaply." ”

"Sold? You're not going back? Lu Chuanmei asked in surprise.

Du Yueqin replied: "My mother-in-law said that people move living trees and move dead, since they can't stay in one place, then change places." He also said that he would not dare to do porcelain work without a gold and steel diamond, and since the official master here dared to let the victims come, he must have a way to settle them. When I got here and saw everything here, I admired my mother-in-law's vision more and more. So I listened to my mother-in-law, and since I came here, I won't leave, and I'll make a home here in the future. ”

"What village is your home from? I heard that there is an old lady in Caijiabao who is very assertive, and she insisted on holding on to the grass shed in the Chinese New Year's Eve, and as a result, she saved the whole village, is she your mother-in-law? Lu Chuanmei asked.

"That's my mother-in-law." Du Yueqin replied.

Lu Chuanmei said gratefully: "Oh, the more you talk about it, the closer it gets, my family is from Shadili Village, not far from your village, my sister-in-law will marry your village, fortunately, my sister-in-law went back to her mother's house overnight and told us about your mother-in-law's insistence on living in the grass shed, let us sleep in the grass shed during the New Year, saved our whole family, and I have to thank your mother-in-law for it." ”

Lu Chuanmei then said: "When I come back, I will discuss with him, and I will settle here in the future, and I will not move back." Just with your mother-in-law's vision, I admire it in my heart. ”

"Sister Lu, I think you should stay, you have now become a celebrity in the whole factory, maybe the owner will take a fancy to it, and give you a team leader as a leader, and your salary in the future will be more than your husband's, which is much better than going home to farm." Du Yueqin persuaded.

Hou Fengjiao also persuaded: "That is, a clever weaver like you will definitely be reused by the owner, maybe I, who will be a master, will have to rely on your blessing in the future." ”

When Lu Chuanmei heard this, she hurriedly said: "Master can't say that, you are a master, an old man here, and if the owner wants to promote you, he will promote you first." ”

"It's not the same here. As long as you have the ability, you will be promoted soon. Hou Fengjiao shook her head and said, then asked, "You haven't seen the owner yet, have you?" ”

Both shook their heads at the same time.

Hou Fengjiao said proudly: "Let me tell you, our owner is only sixteen years old this year, and his father let him be in charge last year. Are you saying it's awesome? With a boss like this, will he talk about seniority? ”

The two women were amazed when they heard this, and said almost at the same time: "So young, to open such a big workshop? ”

"It's not just this workshop, most of the industries in Hejia Town belong to his family. Even the school hall in the town was built with their funds, and the children in the town don't need money to go to school. Such a good place, the whole Ming can't find a second one. Hou Fengjiao said proudly: "My two children go to school in the school, except for the money for books, I don't want a copper plate for other money." ”

"And such a good thing?" The more they listened, the more surprised they became.

Hou Fengjiao continued: "There are many good things, do you see the rows of small courtyards in the town? If you work here, you can buy it for a hundred taels of silver. When we have enough money next year, we are going to buy a small yard, and we will have a home here in the future. ”

The more the three women talked, the closer they became, and it didn't take long for the three of them to become friends who didn't talk about anything.

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