Chapter 32: Chinese New Year's Eve, 1907

February 12, 19o7, Chinese New Year's Eve, Neijiang County.

In the slums south of the city, a hurried figure walked into a dilapidated hut. It was a young man in his twenties who carried a gray-blue canvas satchel on his shoulder. What is relatively rare is that he did not have braids on his head, but a small flat head that was common in later generations.

He wears a crisp blue twill uniform, the style of the clothes is a kind of work clothes of later generations, the overall design appears close and compact, with a cinched belt at the waist, a total of four pockets on the hem and chest, and two on the sleeves on both sides, which is designed to facilitate the placement of tools.

A logo is sewn on the left chest pocket on the front of the garment: a round dark blue background, an abstract rotating Milky Way in the middle, and four clockwise spiral arms gradually enlarged from the middle to the periphery. This is the logo of Xingke Company, and there are four big characters "Xingke Group" sewn on the back of the clothes on a white background. On the satchel that contains miscellaneous items and tools, there are also the same logos and words.

Now Neijiang people know that anyone in this kind of attire is an employee of Xingke Company.

As soon as this person entered the house, he said to the old lady in the house excitedly: "Mom, look, this is the company's year-end bonus and dividends this year, a total of 2o oceans." With that, he took out a silver dollar from his satchel.

"Oh, 2o yuan!?There is so much salary?" the old lady looked at the silver ocean on the table, and was very happy. "You are a good person, you pay a lot of money, and you also have food and shelter, and even clothes. Mom has lived for such an age, and she has never seen such a kind-hearted owner. ”

The young man cocked his thumb and said proudly, "Hehe, of course." Then he lowered his voice and said mysteriously: "I heard some workers say that the Arc Master of the Holy Water Temple has calculated that our Wen is always Manjushri Bodhisattva!"

This young man's name is 6 Yuan, and he was recruited by Xingke Company in August last year to learn lathe work in Xingke Machinery Qì Factory.

"Oh, Manjushri has been handed down...... Amitabha Buddha ......: "The old lady was thundered by this news.

The young man continued to offer treasures and said: "Mom, my half-year apprenticeship will be full soon, I have passed the third-level lathe assessment this month, and I will be able to get 6 yuan a month from next month." Oh, and also, our workshop director said that this year the company will start to repair the family building, and build a new family building in Baima Town. All employees of the company can purchase ......"

“...... Mom, I've already gone to line up, and when the building is repaired, we'll move to the new district. Mom, you don't know, the family building is really beautiful, every family has running water and electric lights, as well as their own kitchen and toilet, the building is five stories high, there is no such a tall building in Neijiang City......" the young man introduced colorfully.

Of course, the buildings haven't started yet, and all he sees is a model and renderings. This group of family buildings is indeed for their employees, and now they live in the company is a temporary board house, although this board house is not bad, but after all, it is not a formal building, the service life is at most four or five years, and most of the most important board houses are bungalows, which occupy too much space.

"What, Loufang?" the old lady had not yet reacted to the fact that "Manjushri has always passed on the lineage" when she was shocked by the news. "Erwa, although this building is good, but it is too expensive, can we afford it? Although your salary has risen now, our family can't afford 1oo yuan......

Our director said that these houses are welfare housing, and the housing money does not need to be paid at one time, but is paid in 2o years, which is five cents per month. My salary for next month is six yuan, and if I add the bonus, I can get at least eight yuan, and there is no problem at all in paying five cents......" the young man said nonchalantly.

Of course, Wen Deji will not provide such things as family housing for free, although this is also one of the benefits. His plan is to let the employees pay for the house in installments, and these residential buildings are all in the same style, each residence has a usable area of 9o square meters, three bedrooms, one living room, one kitchen, one bathroom and two balconies. The price of each house is 1oo yuan, 1% annual interest is low, and the mortgage payment is 2o years, which is definitely a conscience price, so it is considered a welfare. If it is external, a set will be sold for at least 3oo yuan, and the price will not be bargained.

After the young man finished speaking, he took out a memorization from home and said to his mother: "Mom, you can collect the money, I will go to West Street now, the company has some New Year's goods, I will go there to get the ......"

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Neijiang County, West Street.

Xingke's Neijiang County Comprehensive Service Center is located on this street, and the center is a newly built three-story red brick house that occupies six adjacent shops. The service center is mainly used as a showcase for the company's products, as well as for various commercial activities, and of course for retail services, as well as a recruitment point, reception, liaison station and office.

At this time, a group of people lined up outside the service center, and there was a group of idlers watching.

The queue is all Xingke employees in blue uniforms, and these all have one thing in common, they all hold the back. Every once in a while, a person came out of the store with a full backpack on his back and a happy face.

"Damn, this Xingke company is really generous, and it actually gives these poor sticks so many years. It's really a lot of money to burn......" A crowd of onlookers dressed as a rich man couldn't help but shout and curse in a low voice, with a look of envy, jealousy and hatred.

A middle-aged man wearing a long shirt and looking like a literati next to him said with a smile: "I heard that the New Year's goods of this Xingke company are 1o catties of rice, 1o catties of noodles, 1o catties of pork, 5 catties of vegetable oil, 2 catties of sugar, and 2 liters of wine, which every worker has, even the apprentices who have just entered the factory." Boss Qian, how much did you give to your men?"

"I'm a bird! Lao Tzu paid them wages! Xingke Company's practice is a violation of the rules! In the future, they will have to suffer!" said the rich man with an indignant face.

As soon as this guy's voice fell, someone immediately came out to fight.

"Bah, you shitty money jar, you have to suck a few times in your mouth when you have a fart-eye, and you're embarrassed to say that other people's stars!"

", you ...... the hell" The rich man looked at him angrily, and immediately became dumbfounded, and swallowed half of the three characters that came out of his mouth.

The one who was uneven was a tall black fat man, with a strong figure, a face full of meat, braids coiled around his neck, and a short dress in winter, under the open placket, was Da's chest muscles and black chest hair. Nearly 1.9 meters tall to that station, like a door god, extremely deterrent.

"What's the matter, Qian Jar, do you want to practice with your Zhang Ye?" the black fat man smiled, looking very hideous. He also demonstratively snapped his fingers.

The face of the rich man changed, and he couldn't help but take a few steps back, and casually felt that he couldn't show too much weakness, and quickly shouted again: "Butcher Zhang, who fought and killed you, we are Sven people, but we are not afraid of you......!

"Phew!" Butcher Zhang spat at him, turned around and shouted: "Guys, go, send meat to Xingke......" I saw seven or eight ox carts following him, all loaded with washed and cut pork, and the guys drove the carts into the gate of the service center in turn under his command.

"Damn, Butcher Zhang has made a fortune this year, at least 3o big fat pigs just now. ”

"Cut, not to mention 3o heads. Delivered 4 times the day before yesterday and once this morning......"

"Butcher Zhang has met a nobleman, since there is Xingke Company, this turtle son's business is very hot......"

The onlookers were talking again, and there was no lack of sour tones.

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6 Yuan, who came to receive the New Year's goods, also lined up here, and chatted with the workers around him while waiting.

"6 Erwa, your machine factory has not yet produced products?" A worker said with a proud face: "I saw the year-end announcement, our pen factory is the company's largest contributor unit, hehe, your machine is too weak......"

6 Yuan was unconvinced and retorted: "Phew, our director said that you are a light industry, our machine factory is a heavy industry, and the construction time is much longer than yours, but we are the most important." And in the first half of this year, we are going to come out with a product, which is a hot ball machine, a state-of-the-art machine! You have never even heard of it! Moreover, we are going to make diesel engines, gasoline engines, and cars, so what's so great about you making some ballpoint pens?"

"Cars, hot ball machines, ballpoint pens, and so on are all weak, and our aircraft factory is this! This year, our first airship is going to the sky, and it is an airship that can fly to the sky, understand? You probably have dreamed of it......" Another worker sneered a few times, with the expression that you are all turtles.

The surrounding workers were stunned and lost their voices for a while. When this guy was proud, an unknown voice interjected. "Hehe, if our power plant doesn't ignite, you will have to stop cooking......

, you electric tigers are the best! As soon as these words came out, everyone knelt down.

Everyone talked and laughed, and after a while, it was 6 years away. "Next, it's ...... to exchange tickets," the girl behind the counter called.

6 Yuan hurriedly walked up, took out the New Year's ticket from his pocket, and handed it over. The girl at the counter looked at it, picked up a seal and stamped it with the word "cancellation", and then handed it to the side, and the other girl put away the New Year's ticket and counted a few pieces of paper for him.

"You count, and if you're right, go to the right and get something......" said the girl.

6 Yuan picked up the piece of paper and looked at it, and the words "ten catties of rice", "ten catties of flour", "ten catties of pork" and so on were printed on it. "No problem, thank you......" 6 nodded to the girl, and then walked to the counter on the right.

"Master, I'll get rice and flour ......" 6 Yuan handed the two tickets to the staff at the counter, and after they collected the tickets, they took two cloth bags from the side. "A bag of rice, a bag of flour, are all ten catties of ......"

"Yo, 6 Second Brother, ...... the meat" 6 As soon as I arrived at the second counter, I heard someone greet me.

"Third Sister Dusk, it turns out that you are in the service center...... " The girl who collected the ticket recognized it from 6 distances, it was the daughter of one of his neighbors, named Twilight, who entered Xingke Company a month later than him.

"No, I was assigned to study accounting, and I was still in my apprenticeship. There are not enough people in the service center these days, so we are here to help, and by the way, we intern. We are under the management of Manager Li Siya Li......" Twilight explained with a blushing face.

6 Yuan heard that this Twilight family used to be a cloth factory, and it was more or less a middle class, and the Twilight girl followed her father since she was a child, and she also learned to write and count, and she also played a good abacus. But a few years ago, his family's business encountered the impact of imported foreign cloth, the cloth factory went bankrupt, and the family property lost a fine money. In the end, the two had to move into the slum and rely on a small business to make a living.

"Oh, studying accounting, that's good. Manager Li Siya seems to be in charge of Huaxia Bank, so you are going to the bank in the future......"

"Not necessarily, Manager Li is still in charge of the trading company, and I may also go over there...... 6Second brother, go get the meat, there is someone waiting behind......" Twilight saw a few more workers coming behind, so he hurriedly reminded 6 Yuan.

6 I don't dare to talk about it far away, and many people are waiting for it. Sister Twilight glanced at her colleagues at the counter, and whispered to 6 Yuan, "Second Brother 6, go and choose meat ......"

"Brother, what kind of meat do you want, fat or thin?" asked the butcher who divided the meat with a smile. Just now, the twilight girl gave her a look and knew that this was an acquaintance, so he took care of it and let him choose for himself. If you encounter something you don't know, it's all good or bad according to the regulations, but you don't have to choose.

"Uh, fatten, let's make some buckle meat for the New Year. 6 Yuan thought about it and said. At that time, the lower class people lacked oil and water, and most of them liked fatty meat, which was completely different from the lean meat of later generations.

"I want to get ......" The butcher picked up a sharp knife and pulled a knife flower, and chose one of the several pork fans hanging on it, and then quickly cut off a piece of rib and cut a piece of pork belly, both of which were mostly fat, and the fat was at least three fingers thick. Hung on the scale and weighed, just eight catties. Then he cut a piece of lean meat from the front leg and made up enough ten catties to hand it to 6 Yuan.

"I'm sorry, brother, the company stipulates that this meat should be a good and bad match, and the lean meat should also be taken for you......" Shunshui can do it, but don't dare to go too far, if it is reported, you can eat it, and the rules of Xingke Company are very big.

"It's okay, thank you, brother......" got a personal favor, and 6 Yuan was also content.

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"Wow, that's the car ......"

"The car is so beautiful......"

6 Yuan, who received the New Year's goods, walked home, and just walked to the mouth of the alley, he saw several cars parked outside, 2 cars, and 2 trucks. A group of little kids are happily watching.

"Round blue background, white revolving galaxy, this is the company's car......" Seeing the familiar abstract rotating galaxy logo on the door, 6 Yuan immediately recognized it. He couldn't help but wonder a little, what is the company's car doing here? That kind of car is the car of the company's high-level personnel, how can it come to such a place?

When he walked towards the house, the eyes of the neighbors around him were very strange, and there seemed to be a kind of envy, jealousy and hatred in them. When he walked to the door, he immediately understood why the neighbors looked at them so strangely, and why there were company cars parked outside.

There were several vigilant men standing near his house, and their uniforms were from the militia. They all know that this militia is actually the former factory protection team. At the door of the house, there are several people wearing blue-gray uniforms, which are different from those of 6 Yuan, which are a kind of suit-style uniforms, which are worn by personnel in management and technical positions.

"Oh, 6 years away is back......" those people also saw him.

"What are you ......" 6 Yuan was stunned, and he asked nervously.

"Hahaha, 6 far away, Mr. Wen has come to your house to pay New Year's greetings, come in. Two people came over and helped him take off his back.

"Ah, Mr. Wen...... Mr. Wen came to my house to pay New Year's greetings...... "6 Yuan was stupid for a moment, and he didn't expect that this kind of thing would happen.

He didn't know how he got into the house, but as soon as he entered, he saw several people in the house, one of whom was a familiar figure talking to his mother.

"Old man, I wish you a happy new year, I have a New Year's greeting on behalf of the company's headquarters......" Wen Desi said with a smile: "Oh, 6 years away is back......"

Mr. Wen ...... Wen is always good!" 6 Yuan hurriedly stepped forward and bowed.

"6 Yuan, now I am giving you New Year's greetings, don't give me New Year's greetings, hahaha......" Mr. Wen kindly pulled up 6 Yuan and said: "The young man is very good, I heard what your director said, you learned quickly and did well." This is a red envelope for you New Year's greetings, and there are New Year's goods......"

After speaking, Wen Desi took out a red envelope and stuffed it into 6 Yuan's hands, and the other staff also brought in some New Year's goods.

6 Yuan has been in a daze since he entered the door, and he didn't react until Mr. Wen said goodbye.

"Mr. Wen ......" 6 looked at Wen Desi's back from afar, and felt that his nose was sour and his eyes were foggy.

In fact, the red envelope is not big, only ten silver dollars. Things are also very ordinary, some bacon, sausages, candy snacks, and a plate duck, a salted fish. But 6 is far from what fills the heart.

In the car, Gu Xiaolu said to Wen Desi: "Mr. Wen, there are still 6 families to pay New Year's greetings, and the next one is ......."

Wen Desi rubbed his forehead and said with a wry smile: "This actor is really not capable of ordinary people......

Gu Xiaolu said with a smile: "Mr. Wen, even the previous emperor, he also has to play with pro-farming or something, this form has to go......"

"I know......" Wendeji sighed sullenly. Although everyone knows that this is a form, they still have to go, because the people need this form, and if they don't go through this form, they don't know what it will be said. If you don't want to be an actor, don't go into politics, it's like this in ancient and modern times, both at home and abroad, no one can do anything.

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