Another week had passed, and Leo had come to terms with the fact that his wife was working in the factory.

The most fundamental reason is that life is visibly getting better.

His annual income of 3,500 pesetas is said to be the highest among the common people, and he is very enviable on this street, but the average is less than 10 a day.

This money had to be used by a family of two (he himself was in the barracks), and he often had to go out to help his parents on both sides.

It's okay to eat well, but once in a while Monica wants to eat some vegetables or meat, she has to think about it.

And Monica can earn more than three pesetas a day by working, and the factory still takes care of food at noon, and the family is much more prosperous under the increase and decrease.

The day before yesterday, my wife brought a bowl of delicious carrot stew to the barracks, which had never been done before.

In addition to the reality factor, there is also an important reason that his imaginary contempt did not come.

He had thought that letting his wife go out to work would cause neighbors and comrades-in-arms to point fingers behind him, saying things like "this man is useless" and "disgrace the Catalans".

But no, after experiencing the embarrassment of the early days, the men teased each other and laughed at themselves, but they still chose the option that was most beneficial to them.

Everyone did this, and he gradually felt that it was not a big deal.

One problem that Leo found in his conversations with the people around him was that many of them were not locals like him, some from the countryside came to the city to find work, and some from other places moved here with the army.

Many people are married and have children, but their parents are not around, and their wives go out to work and their children are left to take care of them.

His roommate was one of them, and he was talking about it again.

"I'm leaving the child at the neighbor's house now, it's okay for a short time, but others may be reluctant for a long time, and I'm wondering if it's better to let my wife come back." Speaking of this, the roommate was sad.

"Otherwise, you can put the child at my mother's house and take it, bring one with you, bring two with you, and the two families are close." Leo suggested.

The roommate's eyes lit up, "Good idea, this way, I will give you some food money every week, and I will definitely not let you suffer." ”

"Just give me some." Leo didn't care too much and replied with a smile.

……

A few days later, Leo's parents already had 6 children at home, and Monica's parents also had 5 children at home, all of whom were comrades who lived nearby who heard about it and asked him to help take care of it.

Commoner is short-sighted, but not stupid, and Leo sees a business opportunity and discusses it with his wife while he takes advantage of the fortnightly family leave (which has become more frequent and less frequent since arriving in Barcelona).

"Why don't you quit your job in the textile factory, take care of other people's children, and hire a few older female workers who are not wanted by the factory." Leo said seriously, he had been thinking about this decision for several days, and relying on the arithmetic he learned with his literate comrades when he was bored, he felt that this business was profitable.

Without waiting for his puzzled wife to ask questions, he explained: "I have calculated, we now take children every week, and charge others 8 pesetas, except for the food we can earn about 1 peseta (later called block), this price is too low."

Even if it is raised to 12 yuan, there should be a market, and the price of female workers is almost more than 3 yuan per day, and they are very cost-effective to exchange less than 4 days of wages for solving children's rations and their own jobs.

A person's profit in a week is 5 yuan, and if it can form a scale, the price of food will definitely be reduced, probably close to 6 yuan.

If you add our parents, hire 2 old female workers, rent a big yard, and be able to manage 30 children, you can earn 180 yuan a week, minus the salary of 40 yuan and the rent of about 30 yuan, you can earn an average of 22 yuan a week per person.

You must know that our parents factory does not want! ”

On the other side, Monica was already confused, for her who didn't know a single word, as long as she was stained with a little arithmetic, there was no way at all, she only understood that their family could earn 22 yuan a week.

At first, when she heard that her husband wanted to give up this hard-won job by herself, she refused, and even wondered if Leo had relapsed and began to oppose her work again.

But when she heard her husband's words and list everyone's income, she replied earnestly with her usual trust: "I will listen to you, and I will quit my job when I go back." ”

Seeing Monica's agreement, Leo couldn't help but relax, he wasn't too sure about this, if his wife was adamantly opposed, then he had to give up.

He smiled: "Don't be in a hurry to quit your job, I'll contact first to see who needs our service, rent a house, pack things for a few days, you don't have to participate in this matter, I'll just run." ”

……

After Leo stuffed 5 yuan to the squad leader, he managed to get a week's vacation, of course, the kind of vacation without pay.

After asking the people around him what their opinions he had on this "custodian", he was relieved a lot, and most people were still interested, and a few people who had enjoyed 8 yuan a week heard that he was going to increase the price to 12 yuan, and they had a slight complaint.

This is a new business, since ancient times, there has been no hostess with children, so there is no formalities to be done.

Leo took out his savings and rented a large yard, hung up a sign, and a few days later, the "Monica Trusteeship" opened.

At first, I planned to recruit 30 children, but there were too many applicants, and in the end, 34 were recruited.

Gradually, the trusteeship became famous, because with Alfonso's financial injection and proposals, many projects were carried out at the same time, absorbing a large number of workers, too many women in the work positions, and many families had no children to take care of.

"I'm sorry, if I look back and expand, or if there is a vacancy, I will definitely contact you as soon as possible." In the interval between raising the child, Monica rejected another acquaintance, which was her biggest headache recently, and the acquaintance asked to add the child to the nursery.

She has limited her age to 7 to 12 years old, and the number of people who come is still endless. This age is considered to be the last childhood, and even older people may enter the factory work.

Although the older children are more sensible, they have limited manpower after all, and the management of the current 40 children has reached the limit, and they are busy from morning to night just cooking every day.

She considered hiring a few more aunts in the near future and renting a nearby yard for an expansion.

Monica's career is in full swing, and these years children can't just throw it away from school like later generations, and the cost of going to school is not something that poor families can afford.

Then there are a lot of hosts in need, this is a huge market, and there are already quite a few people in the city who are ready to imitate Monica.