Since the opening of the silk factory in March, there has been a legend circulating in Guangling that the Marquis of Qinghe would come to inspect the silk factory in May.

However, in the midst of great expectations, Qinghe Hou did not arrive as scheduled.

And if the young man and these noble and beautiful women who came suddenly today are not unexpected, they must be the Marquis of Qinghe.

All the weavers whispered this exciting news in the onlookers, and the whole factory became more and more restless and lively, and there were more and more eyes secretly watching Chen Xu, just like countless small brushes brushing around on Chen Xu's body, eager to brush his whole body naked inside and out.

Most of the hour passed in a flash, accompanied by a few melodious bells, and when it was time for lunch and rest, there were soon countless young women laughing and laughing outside the factory.

"Okay, okay, look at the sparse weaving you have, and completely weave other people's silk!"

Chen Xu smiled and waved his hand to let a maid who was still slowly learning to weave get up, and then turned to the weaver of the loom and said, "I'm afraid this silk won't be done, I will spend money to buy it, and I won't let you be deducted points, you are all gone, go to eat quickly, it's too late!" ”

"Thank you, Master Hou!" The weaver girl hurriedly saluted, blushing cheeks and a group of sisters took out their own dishes and chopsticks from the package hanging next to the loom and left together, while walking, many people couldn't help but look back at Chen Xu and Ying Shiyan and others.

Soon the factory was quiet, and the Guangling County Commander said with a smile: "Lord Hou and his wife have come to the journey for a long time, and the lower officials have ordered the restaurant in the city to make some meals, please go to the restaurant to rest and continue to inspect the factory in the afternoon!" ”

"Well, I won't go to the restaurant, just eat some lunch in the factory canteen, let's go, and taste the taste of the food in the staff canteen by the way!"

Chen Xu didn't wait for the supervisor and the county lieutenant to finish speaking, and took his daughter and a few wives and concubines to take the lead outside the factory.

The county magistrate of Guangling County and the senior leaders of the factory were completely dumbfounded.

The special Hou Ye doesn't play cards according to common sense.

How can he eat with a group of ordinary workers.

Not to mention the taste of the food in the staff canteen......

Alas!

Seeing that Chen Xu and his wife and children were about to walk out of the door of the workshop, a group of accompanying officials hurriedly followed up and persuaded one by one with sad faces, but Chen Xu didn't appreciate it at all, but laughed with Shui Qingrou and others and went straight to the staff canteen.

At lunchtime, the whole factory area changed from the quiet and depressive at the beginning, and there were young female workers coming out of groups from various workshops, Yingying Yanyan wore a uniform blue short skirt uniform, some with nameplates on their chests, and there were positions such as foreman, weaver and teacher.

All the female workers who came and went saw Chen Xu and a group of other special guests, and they couldn't help but secretly look at and guess in surprise, and soon an exciting and exciting news began to spread secretly in the soft discussion.

This young man may be the Marquis of Qinghe, who has been rumored to come to inspect for a long time.

The news became clearer and clearer, and soon the whole factory area was lively and noisy, and countless female workers came from all directions, covering their mouths and chests from afar, and began to watch.

This scene has been expected by Chen Xu, and along the way, there have been many scenes bigger than this, just in Dongting Lake to visit Junshan Island, there are tens of thousands of people at the most lively time, and it is even more noisy and enthusiastic than this.

But the only difference is that all of them are young and handsome little ladies in uniform, which are much more pleasing to the eye than the scruffy middle-aged and elderly men I met on Dongting Lake.

In the midst of thousands of little ladies, Chen Xu took his family to walk into the staff canteen accompanied by a group of sad-faced officials, and then did not allow the factory leaders to go to the window to greet the meal, but asked the guards to go to the back kitchen of the canteen to bring a basket of cleaned rice bowls and bamboo chopsticks, and each of them was distributed with his family, and then stood behind a team of female workers and lined up to move to the canteen window in order to eat.

The staff canteen is not a new thing, since Chen Xu first began to implement it in the Academy of Sciences, experimental factories and newspaper halls, it has slowly expanded to five colleges, and now many units in Xianyang have begun to promote this convenient and fast way of catering, and the same is true for women's colleges, so the water is gentle Fan Caiying and others are no strangers, each holding a stoneware bowl and a pair of bamboo chopsticks to line up next to Chen Xu, and even have a little expectation.

Although I have traveled all the way in the past two months, after all, when I go out, the food and accommodation are completely different from the Hou Mansion in Xianyang, the difference is not ordinary, although I have eaten a lot of delicious food, but more often in Chen Xu's opinion, it is just so-so and full stomach.

The workers in the canteen didn't know the origin of the group of people in front of them, but looking at the costumes and momentum, they also knew that they were not ordinary people, but because there was no factory leader to greet them in advance, they didn't dare to ask more, and they cooked meals for Chen Xu and Shui Qingrou Ying Shiyan and others according to the rules of weekdays.

The meal is simple, a spoonful of corn, a spoonful of greens, a spoonful of winter melon, and a spoonful of unknown paste.

The canteen is the size of a factory, more than ten windows, and more than 100 wooden tables and long wooden benches, which look no different from the canteens of later generations, except for Chen Xu and others, the other weavers are all carrying pottery bowls and chopsticks, lining up in order to eat at the window, and then sitting together with the food and chatting while eating, but most of them are excited today, and they are all absent-mindedly eating food and secretly watching Chen Xu and others.

"Let's eat, taste what the food in the staff canteen tastes like!"

Chen Xu smiled and sat down at a dining table, Shui Qingrou, Ying Shiyan, Meng Wan, Yu Ji and Chen Xi all sat down with their own rice bowls.

Looking at the light food in the rice bowl, Chen Xu took a bite, his face jumped slightly, but his face did not change much, but he chewed slowly and watched the situation around while eating.

"Husband, this meal is so unpalatable!" Meng Wan only took one bite and then covered her mouth and put down her chopsticks with an ugly face.

"Yes, husband, this meal is really hard to swallow!" Ying Shiyan only tasted it slightly, then frowned and stopped moving her chopsticks.

Although I am a little hungry, the food in this cafeteria can look like that, the color and flavor are non-existent, and it is dull and tasteless and difficult to eat.

Shui sat beside Chen Xu with a soft face and ate slowly one bite at a time, and tasted the green vegetables, winter melon and rice carefully without any dissatisfaction.

Xiao Chen Xi seemed to be hungry, but after eating two bites, he felt very unpalatable, and wanted to put down his chopsticks, but Chen Xu said softly and majestically: "Don't waste food, you will have the strength to walk in the afternoon when you are full!" ”

"Yes, Daddy!" Chen Xi had no choice but to continue to planing rice, but after only eating three or five bites, he finally couldn't help it, tears were dripping in the rice bowl, and he whispered, "Daddy, it's really unpalatable, Xi'er doesn't want to eat it!" ”

Meng Wan and Ying Shiyan couldn't stand it anymore, one helped Chen Xi wipe her tears, and the other helped her put the chopsticks away.

"Husband, Xi'er is still young, don't force her, we'll eat with you!" Meng Wan and Ying Shiyan both picked up the dishes and chopsticks again.

"Xi'er, you are six years old, when your aunt Xing'er was seven years old, she was not as tall as you, and her face was yellow and thin, and a gust of wind could blow it down, at that time there was only half a scoop of beans left in our family, and your grandmother didn't let you eat it, saying that she was going to stay for emergency use, I was so hungry that I couldn't stand it, so I climbed to the apricot tree to dig out the bird's nest, and fell down and fell into a coma for three days......"

Chen Xu began to reminisce bitterly and sweetly about the unbearable past, a group of wives and concubines were fascinated by it, and the four concubines and a group of maids stood next to them and began to eat, and slowly felt that the food in this canteen was not so difficult to swallow.

"Although time flies quickly, it is only eight years, eight years ago, ninety percent of the people in the entire Great Qin did not say that they had enough to eat, and it was already a ......blessing of God to not be able to starve to death in the famine season."

Chen Xu looked at his eldest daughter who was still sobbing and reluctant to eat, sighed slightly and touched her head and said: "The people who suffer in the world are nothing more than ordinary people, when we live in high-rise buildings, have we ever thought of those people who are busy farming under the scorching sun and heavy rain, this meal is indeed light and difficult to swallow, but I don't know how many times better than my father's life eight years ago, at least now these weavers can live quietly and worry-free, and they don't have to eat the last meal without the next meal like their father used to, The whole family couldn't find a decent object, a piece of clothing that could cover the body......"

"Daddy because he has been poor and suffered, so he knows the suffering of the people, so Daddy has been working hard, hoping to help the poor people in the world, so that they will no longer suffer as Daddy used to, this time I take you out to travel, not only to let you see the magnificent mountains and rivers of our Daqin, but also to let you broaden your horizons to see the people's suffering, Daqin is too big, not everywhere is as prosperous as Xianyang, Daqin has a large population, not everyone is as rich as the people of Xianyang......"

"On the afternoon of hoeing day, sweat drops fall into the soil, who knows that the Chinese food on the plate is hard work. Although we have a noble status, but we still rely on ordinary people to support, a food and clothing are not easy to come by, should be cherished, this poem of compassion for agriculture Daddy hopes that you can remember in your heart and never forget, eat, eat enough in the afternoon Daddy will take you to the river to catch shrimp, and make you your favorite spicy river shrimp ......"

"Well, Xi'er knows, but daddy don't lie to me!" Chen Xi nodded vigorously, wiped away his tears, grabbed his chopsticks, and ate it in a big gulp.

"Husband, we were wrong!" Ying Shiyan's cheeks were shy and she didn't dare to look up.

"It's not that you're wrong, it's that I'm not good enough, and it's too wild in this era, let's eat it, except for the taste, it's actually quite clean!"