Chapter 22: Change

In the village of Canadyr, Sodavar works in the fields with his father, Miloval, an honest farmer. His family had no land and lived on the land rented from the landlord Baron Mondriva's family, which was also the portrayal of the vast majority of Romanian peasants.

It was the summer heat, and sweat was running down Sodavar's slightly tender cheeks. Seeing Sodavar's tired face, my father felt a little unbearable, "Let's rest first." The two came to the edge of the ridge and sat down in the shade of the tree, and Sodavar took the jug that his father had given him, drank half of it in one gulp, and rested in the shade. Sodavar is 17 years old and the eldest of three children. Sodawar also has two younger brothers, one 13 years old and the other only 9 years old, which makes this poor family particularly difficult.

"Hey, Sodavar." Sodava, who was resting in the shade of a tree, saw his good friend Nisidel running along the ridge road. "Is there something wrong? Nissidel. Sodavar came to greet his good friend, who lived on the other side of the village, and whose father, Andreuk, had been a merchant by virtue of his knowledge. In the end, he bought a carriage to run transportation, and he was a lucky man, which made Sodawar admire him very much.

"Did Sodavar hear that?" Looking at Nisidel with a mysterious face, Sodavar knew that his good friend loved it, so he liked to inquire about this kind of news. He then shared it with Sodavar, and the villagers called Nisidel 'Eavesdropper' to describe his good friend. Nisidel even told Sodavar that his sister Minina had been scared to tears when she first came to the hypothesis. The two made fun of his sister because of this, and later their good friend was beaten half to death by his father, and within two days, they had no heart to inquire about the news everywhere.

"His Royal Highness Crown Prince Eder has built a car factory in Constanta, which needs to recruit workers, who can get 80 lei a month, and if you do a good job, you can get about 120 lei." Nisidel shared a secret she knew to Sodavar, and the news made Sodaval's restless heart skip a beat. Young people love to fantasize about going out and making a name for themselves, and Sodavar is no exception. When he is rich in the future, he will return to the village and become a lord respected by everyone, eat delicious food, marry the most beautiful girl in the village, and give birth to a few cute babies for himself. This was the best thought in Sodaval's dream. When he woke up, he was faced with the coarse tea and light meal that he had not eaten enough after hard work every day, and the strong contrast made Sodavar extremely uncomfortable.

This is my chance, and Sodavar silently cries out in his heart, "Do you know how many people need to be recruited? Sodawar asked his friend, "I heard that the factory is very large, and it needs 1,000 people." Nisidel's uncertain answer. I want to try it, Nisidel, will you go too? ”

"I heard from my father that there was a lot of good food in the city, and there were a lot of lovely girls, and they were all dressed decently." Nisidell recalled the few words his father had said to them. "If only we could live like this." The good life that two teenagers imagined for the city people.

In the evening, Sodavar told his father that the Constanta Automobile Factory was going to recruit workers, and Miloval looked at his child, and Miloval already knew about Sodavar's restless heart, after all, he knew his son as his father. It would be better for Sodavar to go out and see the world, and Miloval agreed to Sodaval to apply for a job at the factory.

Like a caged bird in flight, Sodawar told his friend the good news. Knowing that Sodavar was going to the factory to apply for a job, Nisidel shared the news of his father's consent with his friends. On the haystack, two young people imagined a better life in the future against the starry sky in the middle of the night.

The next morning, Sodavar arrives at Nissidel's house, and the two will ride in Nisid's father's carriage to Constanta. Looking at the scene of Nisidel being held in the arms of his reluctant mother, Sodavar was a little embarrassed. Nisid's father said loudly to the mother and son. "It's time to go." Only then did Nisidel get out of the way, and the two got into the carriage and Andreuk drove the carriage towards Constanta.

The next day, the two came to the Volkswagen factory in Andreuk's carriage and saw the crowd outside. For the two people who didn't go through this, they were stunned. As soon as I inquired, I learned that they had heard that the automobile factory had recruited workers, and the number of people recruited was not 1,000 as they estimated, but 3,000, and I heard that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had invested an additional 8 million lei. The two young men hurriedly ran to line up, afraid that they wouldn't be able to take their turn.

After a long time, after both of them were almost numb in their legs, it was finally their turn to see the person sitting at the table to register the person. "Name." "Sodavar," "Nisidel," "Home address." "Canadel Village." "Age," "17," and "17 years old" were registered and arranged to go into the physical examination room, take off their clothes to check whether there is any abnormality in their bodies, then arrange to observe their eyesight, and finally lift two 30-kilogram barbells. Two qualified stamps were stamped on the forms identifying them.

When they were done, a foreman told them that they had been hired to work 9 hours a day and 4 days off a month. You can eat and live in the factory, but you have to deduct the food fee, which is cheaper than outside, and you can come to get the tooling without paying for a while, and you will be issued 4 sets of tooling every year. Work clothes must be worn to work.

Soon the two young men received a set of canvas clothes. Happily ran out and told Andruck, who was waiting outside. "The boys look so energetic, they've been admitted." "Yes, Uncle Andreuk." Sodawar was the first to lean in, "Dad, we can eat and live in the factory, we don't need to look for a house outside, and we only work 9 hours a day, and we have 4 days off every month, I will come back to see you." Nisidell said ostentatiously. Do a good job boys, then I'll go back and bring good news back to the Miloval brothers. Andruck said happily to see that both of them could be admitted.

Then the two good friends went to the dormitory assigned to them, the lime painted walls, the high and low beds made of wooden shelves, and the small room could only sit on the bed, which could not stop the two from looking forward to the future.

"Sodavar, are you asleep?" Nissidel, who was lying on the lower bunk, looked at the unfamiliar surroundings.

"No, Nisidel can't sleep at the thought of tomorrow being a new life." Sodavar replied as he stared at the white ceiling.

"I didn't expect this Volkswagen plant to be treated so well." Nisidell said.

"Yes, go to work, go to work tomorrow, and I heard the foreman say that if you are late, you will be fined." "Okay, let's sleep." Slowly, the two fell asleep.

For Volkswagen to have the world-class welfare package, it is inseparable from the original Henry Ford concept, when Ford proposed this working hours and welfare package, almost everyone objected, thinking that it was too generous for workers. Nowadays, almost all of them work more than 10 hours a day in Europe and the United States, and some still work 13 or 14 hours. Workers can only receive a paltry amount of compensation if they are injured. Eder knew about this and firmly supported Ford's proposal, and from the memory of later generations, Eder knew that the current situation had to be changed, and Eder still knew the ideas of later generations. In the end, Ford, who was supported by the crown prince, got all the management to agree to the proposal.