At noon, the female workers would eat the food they brought. Everyone had half an hour to have a rest time. Lin Haoming found that most people ate black bread, at most they added a few slices of dishes, and occasionally some brought white bread. Once they were taken out, they would attract everyone's envy.
The black bread is very hard, and if you bite it directly, your cheeks will hurt after not having a few bites. So the female workers will prepare a box and soak it in hot water provided by the factory. Some even make it completely into bread batter, and then sprinkle a little vegetable leaves or beans in it.
Lin Haoming ate with the supervisors at noon. Most of these people followed Zhou Lixiong early in the morning, and there was also Zhou Lixiong's cousin, but this person was also an honest person, responsible for counting the finished products and shipping. Zhou Lixiong had been using him for more than ten years, so he was relieved.
The supervisors eat white bread, jam and barbecue slices. The meat is expensive everywhere. Even the cheapest chicken requires thirty copper coins per kilogram. This is definitely a burden for ordinary families. If it is pork, it will require fifty or sixty copper coins, while beef and mutton both cost seventy or eighty copper coins. Therefore, whether you can eat meat has become the difference between the bottom class and the so-called middle class.
In fact, female workers working in factories are all at the bottom. Although there are differences between the bottoms, most of them are relatively better, but there is a clear gap between those top-notch people who can earn a gold coin income a month.
Lin Haoming has been working in the factory for more than half a month. When he went home that day, the butler Chen Jiazhong immediately came over and said, "Haoming, you can have dinner later today!"
"Mr. Butler, is there anything at home?"
"The eldest lady is back. She comes with Mayor He. The guest room must be for the mayor to live in. You can come to my room to stay in the evening." Chen Jiazhong ordered.
"Okay, Mr. Butler!" Lin Haoming agreed directly without any concealment.
There was obviously a mutual cooperative relationship between Zhou Lixiong and Mayor He. When Zhou Lixiong married his daughter to the other party's son, he also invested in the other party, so that Mayor He, who was also the deputy mayor at the time, could become the mayor.
The mayor was the most basic local ruling official of the Great Zhou Empire. The entire Great Zhou Kingdom was divided into seven provinces, just like Guangming City is the capital of Guangming Province. Each province has several cities. The mayor is generally the highest official. Similarly, each city also has jurisdiction over the surrounding towns.
The mayor is not necessarily a noble, and the mayor's acceptance of his fate was elected by all adult men over 16 years old in the town. Of course, if he wants to be elected, he naturally needs financial support and publicity. Mayor He is the support of Zhou Lixiong to be able to do this today. The mayor needs to be re-elected every five years, and now the five-year period is almost here.
Although Lin Haoming was not qualified to go to the dinner table again, he also met Zhou Siyu's sister Zhou Siyan. Compared to her sister who was eight years younger, this sister obviously did not undergo systematic aristocratic training. After all, Zhou Lixiong was not a rich man now.
Compared to her sister, Zhou Siyan is not as beautiful as her sister, but she is also a beauty. She is also a golden age for a woman at the age of twenty-four. As the mayor's wife, she naturally has her own arrogance.
This woman seemed to look down on her, so Lin Haoming naturally didn't like this woman very much.
"Haoming, you're hungry. This is the barbecue I asked the kitchen to leave for you, it's still hot!" In the room of the butler Chen Jiazhong at night, Lin Haoming looked at the things delivered by the butler who was nearly fifty years old.
"Mr. Butler, have you eaten?" Lin Haoming asked back.
"Of course, this is specially reserved for you. Today I specially bought two lamb legs." Chen Jiazhong said.
"Thank you!" Lin Haoming said politely, and then he started to eat as if he was very hungry.
"What a polite child. Haoming, do you plan to continue working with the master in the future?" Chen Jiazhong asked.
"Mr. Butler, the job seems to be pretty good now!" Lin Haoming said.
"But you will leave here sooner or later. You have been staying in the guest room for a month." Chen Jiazhong said.
Lin Haoming didn't know whether this was his or Zhou Lixiong's meaning.
"This is what the master means, and the master has not raised it, but this is what you have to face. If you propose it yourself, it will make the master feel that you are more self-aware and may give you a formal job. Men always have their own things to do, and the master still likes you more, and you are very polite." Chen Jiazhong said.
"But I don't have a salary yet. After I get it..."
"You can tell your wife that it has been almost a month, and Mr. Li has not yet left. If your wife hopes that you can, she will take care of your aunt Zhang Hui and two cousins. They are still young, one is eleven years old and the other is only nine years old." Chen Jiazhong said.
"Is this what my aunt mean?" Lin Haoming asked.
"Yes, you should be able to feel that the lady is still very caring for you, otherwise you would not be able to get a job and live here forever." Chen Jiazhong said.
"I understand. I promised this. And they were my relatives. I should take care of my sister even if I am a man." Lin Haoming agreed.
"Very good!" Chen Jiazhong smiled with satisfaction when he heard this.
Lin Haoming knew that they had agreed on this early in the morning, and now they just told themselves through this person that if they disagree, they would not break up. It would be better if they agree now.
The mayor's family lived here for two days before leaving. After a few more days, it was finally the end of the month. Zhou Siyu also went home. The whole family sat together for dinner. Before Lin Haoming came back, he had just received his first salary. There were 60 silver coins in total. Although the sixty silver coins were not a lot, they were already three times that of those female workers, and they had white bread at noon.
"Haoming, have you really decided?" Li Fengzhu asked Lin Haoming, obviously having some doubts about his agreement to go to Zhang Hui. After all, life is good here, and although it is not too bad to get there, it is definitely not as good as here.
"Yes, aunt, uncle is probably gone, leaving two sisters behind. I feel that I have the responsibility to let my sister live a good life. I am already sixteen. Imperial law is considered an adult, and I can join the army or even get married." Lin Haoming said.
"Haha, if you really take good care of your sister, I promise you that you will definitely choose a beautiful girl to marry you!" Li Fengzhu felt that Lin Haoming was sincere and liked this nephew more and more.
Zhou Lixiong also nodded, thinking that this kid was very pleasing to the eye. Compared to Li Qiang, I don’t know how many times it would be stronger. Even in the month when he came, the productivity of the female workers increased by about 5%. Although this five percent, each person can produce half an extra piece a day, fifteen pieces a month, and nearly eighty female workers can produce about a thousand more pieces a month.
Chapter completed!