From time to time, Chen Xu took a group of wives and concubines to leave the silk factory and go to the restaurant where the county town stayed in the county, accompanied by the county lieutenant and several high-level cadres of the silk factory, and after settling down, he took his wife and concubine to watch and tour the ditch, and then went to a lake a few miles away to catch fish and shrimp, and also found a shady place to open pots and pans for a routine picnic, and made several pots of crispy dried fish and shrimp and crabs fried in dry and deep-fried areas.

At the end of the Shen period, the bell rang for the end of work in the silk factory, which had been busy for a day, and thousands of female workers ran out of the various workshops again with rice bowls and chopsticks and rushed to the canteen.

This vacant land is a small square where the workers of the factory area have dinner and entertainment after work on weekdays, with an area of about three or four acres, and the square is paved with cement stone bricks and is unusually smooth, at this time in the center of the square has been placed with a long dining table, which is paved with bright and dazzling red silk, and the table is full of prizes waiting to be distributed, including perfume, soap, enamel basin, enamel bowl, enamel tea jar, ceramics and glass teacups.

In addition to the perfume soap is the original production of Jingyang Daily Chemical Factory, this batch of enamel products is Chen Xu before coming to the Red Star Enamel Factory under the Academy of Sciences to rush to work, all the enamel prizes are supervised by the Ministry of Industry of Daqin, the first emperor of the Great Qin in April 36 and the words of the first prize, the second prize, and the third prize, which are specially prepared for this award.

In addition to these prizes, there are also a number of porcelain cups and glasses, which are used for lottery draws, and all factory employees, regardless of men and women and positions, can participate in a live lottery, a total of 100 copies.

In the face of such a dazzling array of exquisite prizes, the entire podium was soon surrounded by weavers with meals, and even many people couldn't wait to finish eating to wash the dishes and chopsticks, and then came to the square again anxiously waiting to look.

It was not until Shen Shizhong that Chen Xu's family, accompanied by the management of the factory and the county lieutenant, returned to the factory in a wide factory car.

At this time, the sun has not yet set, and the bright sunshine in the sunset is close to the ground, and the evening breeze gently blows in the hot air, bringing a little coolness and comfort.

When Chen Xu and others came to the square, almost all the workers had already finished dinner and looked forward to it, and even many weavers who lived in the factory had finished bathing and washing, put on a good-looking and light summer skirt and got together to sing and dance, when they saw Qinghe Hou with a group of wives and concubines bathing in the sunset, there was a warm jump and cheer in the square in an instant, and the shouts of Yingying Yanyan made a group of guards extremely secreted hormones, and one by one they stared at each other with wide eyes and raised their heads to show what they thought was the most majestic and mighty momentum.

Accompanied by a group of officials, Chen Xu and Shui Qing, Ying Shi, Meng Wan and others all walked to the back of the podium and sat down, and the manager of a factory sent the list of winners counted in the afternoon.

A factory manager with a loud voice began to read the list of winners from the first place, and the three concubines of Shui Qing, Yingshi, Yan and Mengwan presented prizes to the winners in the order of the winners.

In fact, Chen Xu originally planned to hold a silk weaving competition, but if the competition was held, it would inevitably interrupt the silk being spun, and it would cause chaos in the factory, so it was temporarily changed to distribute prizes according to a month's factory statistics.

Under this method of awards, in fact, all weavers can almost judge their chances of winning the award according to their daily performance, the top ten can get perfume, the top fifty are enough to get exquisite enamel products, many people who think they can get the prize are extremely nervous, mixed in the crowd and constantly tiptoeing around, until they heard their names shouted out by the steward on the stage in public, then they excitedly covered their mouths and ran up to receive the award with red cheeks.

"Congratulations on the grand prize, it's a perfume."

"It's a washbasin!"

"It's soap!"

Shui Qingrou, the three of them handed the prizes to be distributed to the weaver girl who received the prize next to each other.

"Thank you, three concubines, thank you, Master Hou!" The young girl excitedly accepted the three prizes, and gave Chen Xu and others a blessing salute with tears in her eyes.

The top three are the grand prize, the first fifty are the first, second and third prizes, as the steward read out the workshop number and the name of the winner, the award-winning weaver girl is full of excitement to run up to receive the award, soon half an hour passed, the top fifty awards were awarded, these winners were surrounded by companions to watch the prize, all kinds of envy, jealousy and admiration.

Not to mention perfume, almost except for Xianyang and some large counties, remote counties have only heard of their names but have never seen them, it is said that a bottle is worth thousands of dollars, even if it is flower water, a bottle is worth thousands of dollars, these beautifully made perfume boxes and crystal bottles do not say that these female workers who were born poor have not seen it, even the county magistrate of Guangling County and a group of supervisors in charge of the silk factory have never seen it.

Although the enamel products have been circulated among the people, but generally speaking, the same as porcelain, absolutely belongs to the consumer goods of the wealthy class, a porcelain at least has to be tens of hundreds of dollars, enamel products are more expensive, an enamel basin with a diameter of two feet is worth more than five hundred yuan, for poor families can earn so much money without eating or drinking for a few years, it is impossible for civilians to buy and consume, or even if they have money, they may not be able to buy, and the current market supply is seriously insufficient.

I heard that a new enamel factory has been opened in Donghai County recently, but it is said that a large number of merchants hold the voucher in the enamel factory every day, no matter how much can be snatched up, most of them are trafficked to the big county town for sale, like Guangling, no one wants to come at all, and there are too few people who can afford it.

As for soap, it is also a legendary item, almost everyone has heard of this magical item that exudes the fragrance of flowers all over the body after bathing, but there are as few people who have actually seen it as perfume, and it is only circulated among the wealthy class of ministers.

I was excited to get the prize, and I was crying when I got it, and I was jealous and jealous and I was eager to get the soap soon.

However, apparently the soap will not be distributed next to each other, because there are too many people, and the supervisor of the factory will hand over the distributed soap to the stewards of each workshop to take it down and register and distribute it next to another.

Therefore, when the soap began to be distributed, the whole square instantly became more lively and noisy, more than ten workshops of the weaver Niang each east and west group in front of their own workshop stewards lined up, someone is responsible for distribution, someone is responsible for registering and ticking on the attendance sheet, lively and busy for half an hour before the soap was completely distributed, as for the sick or family leave did not come, then will go to the logistics department to collect, anyway, Chen Xu's request is a piece of soap per person, no one is missing.

After the distribution of soap is the lottery link, there are more than 1,000 small notes in ten clay pots, most of them are blank, some of them have porcelain cups or glass words written on them, all the weavers and workers are in line according to the workshop and the department to draw one, where the prize is distributed on the spot, there is no need to register.

This kind of unique collective lottery activity has never been seen by the county magistrate and the factory everyone, even Shui Qingrou and Ying Shiyan and others, so whenever someone wins a prize, the whole square is full of jubilation in an instant.

Although the value of porcelain cups and glasses is not high, they are worth thirty or fifty dollars each.

At present, the wages of these weavers are six dollars a day, and each silk can be rewarded with two more dollars, and the average salary of about two hundred and fifty yuan a month is about three thousand yuan, which is almost three thousand yuan a year, which is already very rich for ordinary families, enough to ensure that a family of five or six people has enough food and clothing to live a peaceful and happy life, and this job does not need to get up early to be greedy for the hard work of the dark wind and sun, so the weaver girl of the silk factory is now the object of envy and envy of all young women in the entire Guangling and even nearby counties.

If you can marry a silk factory weaver who has not yet married, it is definitely a step into a wealthy family, and from then on, you will be happy with the spicy life of your white-collar wife, so it will provoke countless men who have not yet married to stay near the factory like estrus animals all day long, crying wolf all day long to release courtship information.

However, today I heard that the Marquis of Qinghe was coming, and these cattle had been driven away by the soldiers arranged by the county lieutenant, so Chen Xu did not see them.

Therefore, although the income of the silk factory workers is high, but also a money and hard work to earn back, glass and porcelain cups this kind of luxury they are absolutely reluctant to buy on weekdays, in addition to the money earned to give to their parents and husband to support the family, the family is ready to build a house, and even want to buy cars and horses, these are very expensive expenses, inconsequential enjoyment can only be saved.

Saving money is making money, which is the favorite saying of many Chinese in later generations.

Chen Xu is powerless to change this habit and unable to complain, but he deeply understands this habit of farming civilization that has been handed down for thousands of years, that is, he hopes to create a happy life in the future with his own hands, instead of eating and waiting to sit and eat empty.

It is precisely this fine tradition of hard work and hard work that has enabled the Chinese nation to continue for thousands of years and form a unique and lasting civilization on the entire earth.

Therefore, slamming the door is also a kind of culture.

And the only one who carries forward the culture of slamming the door to the extreme, only the Chinese civilization, which has no other semicolon, is known as the dead slamming race, and only likes to earn money and save money.

The lively lottery is over, the sunset has also set, the carriages that transport workers to and from work on weekdays are all ready, but all the weavers are reluctant to leave, several stewards of the factory have urged many times, most of them are still around the square, and there are many bold girls around Chen Xumeng, Wanyu Ji and others to listen, listen to them tell about Xianyang.

"Okay, okay, let's go home first, and when Ben Hou comes to Guangling next time, I will definitely tell you a few good stories!" Chen Xu looked at a group of factory leaders standing next to him with a helpless face, and saw that it was indeed not early, so he also stood up and urged everyone to go home from work.

"Master Hou, I heard that you are the best at cooking food, can you teach the kitchen staff in our canteen to cook a few delicious foods? At noon, I heard that the little master was unpalatable and cried! Before leaving, a weaver couldn't help but ask.

"Hey, nonsense, Hou Ye is the left minister, and he is the master, his status is extremely noble, how can he do the work of a cook, get in the car and leave, otherwise I will fire you tomorrow......" A steward scolded loudly.

"Don't scare people, who said that Ben Hou can't be a cook, Ben Hou's favorite thing is to cook, everyone in the world knows about it, how can it be nonsense!"

Chen Xu waved his hand to interrupt the steward's words, and then said to this weaver girl with a pleasant face, "Your proposal is very good, the kitchen staff in the canteen is indeed very poor in cooking, and the food is very difficult to eat, but after all, it is a canteen meal, and it may not be delicious to let Ben Hou make it, since you have this requirement, Ben Hou naturally has to find a way to meet it, so let's go home first, tomorrow lunch Ben Hou will personally go to the canteen to guide, and strive to make a delicious meal for everyone!" ”

"yes~ Thank you, Master Hou!"

Instantly hundreds of weavers on the square cheered and jumped up, after thanking Chen Xu, they got on the car according to the route of the carriage, twenty minutes later, the factory gradually quieted down, the security guards released more than ten big dogs and began to patrol the factory, and the stewards everywhere also began to inspect and close the factory warehouse and other facilities to start a curfew.