297. Wulan and Axiu
If a child had a sudden idea and tried to mix into the cashmere workshop by dressing up as a man and wearing a woman, it was not a big deal.
I am afraid that someone will follow me. Some older boys who are handsome and handsome, if they wear women's clothing, they may not be able to detect it every time. Once such a thing happens, the reputation of those unmarried ladies in the cashmere workshop will definitely be hindered.
So the manager did not let the Nan family go directly, but took him to meet Luo Erniang.
Luo Erniang felt quite funny when she heard about this. She also asked someone to go to the kitchen to get some food for him. This cold day, this was a lot of shock and frightening thing. Don’t make trouble.
On the other hand, she asked someone to go to Luo Yong and told him about this. After all, an over-tolerance of this matter is not desirable. What should be investigated must be investigated. As for how to deal with it in the end, she still has to ask Luo Yong for his opinion.
Luo Yong was at the bacon workshop at this time. It was not far from the cashmere workshop, and they were all in this newly built workshop area.
Luo Yong also knew this boy from the Nan family. The two women who gave the cakes earlier often told him that this boy often brought the mixed breads from their place home. Luo Yong had heard about the situation in the Nan family, so he told them to turn a blind eye and coax five pairs to help him carry tofu. Luo Yong also thought that this child was very smart and could endure hardships, not bad, but today, he could not spare him easily.
Although the boy from the Nan family is still young, he is quite good at looking at people's face. At this time, when Luo came in with a stern face, he didn't look as smiling as usual, he knew something was wrong in his heart. He stood there honestly waiting for his last sentence, and did not dare to say anything more.
"What are you doing here in such a dress?" Luo Yong asked him.
"I, I want to work in the cashmere workshop." The boy stuttered.
"You just think that you are coming here to work, have you ever thought about the hundreds of unmarried women in this workshop?" Luo Yong scolded.
"..." The boy blushed and stopped talking.
"I'm still young, so I punished you for working in the cake delivery office for three months. Are you not convinced?"
"……Clothes."
After the manager of the cashmere workshop took the child out, Luo Yong slowed down his expression on his face. He was not really angry again, but he was just looking angry and scaring the boy.
"At later, I will ask someone to write a document and post it. If this happens again, I will be punished more severely."
"This kid is also smart, but he is too brave." Luo Erniang smiled.
"He Aye doesn't stay at home all day long, and Ah Mom is a soft man again. Her husband and wife have passed away, so no one in the family cares about him, and he is a little used to it." Luo Yong explained.
I heard that the Nan family was also a big family in Changle County. The Nan family boy, the grandmother, was also from a good family. Both of them were beautiful and had a son.
A few years ago, their family was ruined. Aye, who relied on his good dough, found a woman from Dunhuang with a wealthy family and relied on the other party to support him. His mother looked for some work to do, because she was beautiful and had no support at home, so she was inevitably flirted with people. Now she is increasingly reluctant to go out and would rather eat savory food at home than go to the bakery area in the county to eat mixed noodles.
"Children should be in charge. This time, he will be able to think more before doing things next time." Erniang said.
"Don't talk about him, what's going on with those outside the pass now?" Luo Yong asked her.
"Except for a young man who was still young and cried yesterday and said he wanted to go back, the rest were all pretty good." Er Niang smiled.
"Why do you want to go back?" Luo Yongqi said.
"I saw that our workshop was strictly managed, and I was afraid that I would be held by this cashmere workshop to pick up cashmere for the rest of my life, and I would never be able to go home in the future and would not be able to see my mother." Speaking of this, Er mother felt very funny again.
"Then do you want to let her go back?" Luo Yong asked with a smile.
"I asked her if she wanted to go back, but she was a little hesitant again. I told her that she would even want to go back and tell me that she would go back no matter when she wanted to go back."
Luo Erniang is not unable to recruit people here, so there is no reason to force her to stay. It’s just that this girl is not doing well in their tribe. She just uses this method to hold back her people first and keep them here. Not to mention anything else, she can at least learn a craft in a few years.
"Most of those who come from outside the gates are not well-speaking Chinese, so you can pay attention to it. Don't let them be bullied by the little ladies in the city?"
If Luo Yong wants to get someone from outside the pass, he must first spread a good reputation. Don’t tell me that the girl from the herdsman’s family is bullied in the city, which is not conducive to the great unity of the nation.
"You have peace of mind. There are also women from outside the store in Liangzhou City. I know how to arrange it." Erniang said.
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"Wulan, what do you think we will eat tonight?"
In a large house in this cashmere workshop, many young women sat side by side on the long short kangs to sort cashmere.
In a corner far from the door, there was a tall and thin girl with dark skin. At this time, she was sorting the cashmere in her hand and chatting with another girl beside her with a smile.
"You'd better call me Alan." This medium-sized girl here doesn't look like she wants to chat with her very much.
"Okay, I call you Alan, you call me Aya, why do I always forget?" This tall and thin girl was obviously a little careless, and she was still having fun alone there at this time.
"Jia, be serious, don't always think about the meals in the cafeteria." Ulan frowned and advised.
"I did so much today, it should be enough." Jiya didn't take it seriously.
"If you can't do more and better than others, they will not choose you when they choose people to learn spinning later." Ulan said in a somewhat stiff tone.
"No, the manager of our house likes me very much. She was laughing at me just now. She would let me learn spinning." Jiya said optimistically.
Ulan was helpless: "Then she was kind to others and laughed at everyone she saw. At that time, she would not let everyone in this room learn spinning, and there were always people who couldn't choose it. You like the food here, so you should do your job well. Do you know how many people outside want to come here to work?"
"Didn't we come earlier than them..." Jiya said weakly.
"If you don't do well, they will naturally not want you when the time comes. If you change to a better person, you will come in." Ulan said viciously.
If it weren't for her taking in her a while ago and giving her half of the bedding, Ulan wouldn't have said so much to her.
Jiya is a good-lived girl with many brothers on her. She is the only daughter in the family. Her parents and brothers love her very much.
Ulan has lived a hard life since she was a child, and she actually doesn't like these girls with good fortune.
They met them several times at the market when they were young. During the time when their families lived around the market, they sometimes played together.
A while ago, Wulan climbed over the Great Wall alone and walked along the post road to Changle County. She had no relatives and no money on her. Before the cashmere workshop started construction, Jiya took her in. Wulan did not bring a bedding, and Jiya even gave her a blanket of her.
Ulan was grateful, so when she saw that Jiya was a little confused these days, she kept telling her many replies, hoping that she could be selected as a threading worker and finally learn to knit sweaters.
Although Jiya is a good fate and her parents and brothers love her very much, what about after marriage? Can she still be so lucky after marriage? Instead of placing her hopes on her illusory fate, it is better to work hard to make money and learn a skill.
Seeing that Ulan was a little angry, Jiya stopped talking. Ulan has been like this since she was a child, always with a stern face and doing everything seriously.
After lowering his head and picking up some cashmere, Jiya looked up at the room where she was, and her mood couldn't help but feel a little fluttering again.
This room is so big, the short kangs in the room are like the ridges of the Han people, one by one. The little ladies put their shoes on the steps and people sit on the ridge to work.
There are corridors between the ridges, and from time to time, managers walk through these corridors to check their work. Some women who collect and distribute materials are also coming and going on this corridor.
The roof of this room is a bit high, it is spacious everywhere, and the light is quite good. These rows of short kangs are burned warmly...
There are better houses like this, and there are several in use. There are also several rooms for female workers who spin and weave clothes in the future.
Jiya also wanted to learn spinning and weaving clothes, but her favorite thing was the canteen in this workshop. The canteen was very large and prepared many food for them three meals a day. There were many varieties for each meal. The girls working here took their own small card and could choose what they like from the meals. Jiya is now looking forward to eating every day, and in just a few days, her cheeks were bulging.
"What are you thinking about there again? Work quickly." Ulan was urging her there again.
"Oh," Jiya responded, and indeed lowered her head and sorted out cashmere. She wanted to stay in this cashmere workshop. If she didn't want to be replaced, she had to work hard.
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"A Xiu, that boy Nan Wenchuan is causing trouble again, do you know?"
On the afternoon of that day, Lu Sanlang and others came back from patrol. When they passed by the water well in the county, they saw a girl of fifteen or sixteen walking on the street carrying a load of water, so they came over to talk to her.
"I just heard someone." The woman named A Xiu said.
"Give me the burden, I will take it for you, just as I want to go back," Lu Sanlang said, and then he wanted to pick up the burden on her shoulders.
"I have nothing to do, I will take it myself." A Xiu refused.
"I'll do it, I'll do it." Lu Sanlang took the load of water without saying a word.
"Why doesn't your aunt care about him? Such a big child will run around the city all day long." Lu Sanlang said as he walked.
"I don't know." Although A Xiu and Na Nan Wenchuan were cousins, they were not close on weekdays. The relationship was better when they were young. Later, A Xiuye's mother told her to not be attached to the other side. As time went by, the relationship gradually faded.
"Oh, I heard that the cashmere workshop is pretty good, and the food and accommodation are good. Why don't you go?" Lu Sanlang asked casually.
"I can't go, I can't live without people at home." A Xiu replied.
"You mom, don't go out to sell wine," said Lu Sanlang.
"..." A Xiu stopped talking.
A Xiuye's mother used to do some casual work with others, and sometimes she also worked as a porter. These younger brothers and sisters in the family have been taken care of by A Xiu since she was a child.
Recently, Ye Niang sold the wine together and earned more than before, and her family was more abundant. This time, her mother said that it was not great to have seventy cents. She sold the wine twice more and earned it back. She asked A Xiu to stay at home and not think about the ones that were there.
Not long after, when he arrived at A Xiu's house, Lu Sanlang put down his burden, A Xiu took it, lowered his head and entered his yard.
Lu Sanlang stood at her doorstep, but finally said nothing more and turned around and left.
Their two families live close to each other. Lu Sanlang has been a lively since he was a child. He ran around Changle County all day long. A Xiu is a quiet person. Her mother works outside all day long. A Xiu has been doing housework at home since she was very young.
After so many years, A Xiu has grown up so old. A cashmere workshop has been opened in the city. Other women are happy to work in the cashmere workshop, but A Xiu still does housework at home.
Chapter completed!