Chapter 111 Giving out money was like a shot of reassurance, making everyone feel instantly at ease...
After running out of the Dai family, Dai Ying did not leave in a hurry, but waited downstairs in the family building, waiting for Dai's mother or two sisters-in-law to come and find her.
It was like this when she was young. Whenever she ran out of the house in anger, her father, mother and two brothers would come out to find her and coax her back.
However, Dai Ying made a mistake this time.
She waited for a long time downstairs in the family building, but Dai's mother and two sisters-in-law did not come out. Not long after, gray-black smoke even came out of the kitchen at home. It was the smoke emitted by the uneven burning of honeycomb coal during cooking.
The winter wind was very cold, but Dai Ying felt that her heart was not as cold as hers.
Mom knew she was angry, but instead of trying to comfort her, she went to cook.
Dai Ying stared at her mother's kitchen for a long time. Soon, neighbors began to leave. She instinctively pulled the scarf wrapped around her neck over her head, covering half her face. Even so, someone still recognized her.
One of the elderly women stared at Dai Ying for a long time before suddenly realizing something: "Oh, it's Dai Ying, isn't it?"
"Dai Ying, you're back? Why don't you come inside? What are you standing here for? Aren't you cold? Oh, by the way, a few days ago a group of young men came to our family compound with banners and loud speakers and caused a scene.
"You—Hey, Dai Ying, why did you leave? Is what that young man said true? Did you really report your husband's brother-in-law and sister-in-law?"
Dai Ying subconsciously walked faster.
She ran out of the Dai family compound and walked for a long time until there was no one around, then she stopped running.
The anger of being expelled by the two sisters-in-law has dissipated, and now only loss and panic remain.
It was obvious that her two sisters-in-law didn't want her to return to her parents' home. Dai's mother might be willing to take her in, but she was old and could no longer control her daughter-in-law, who was still in her prime.
So it was impossible for her to live in the Dai family.
But going back to the Dong family?
Dai Ying shook her head.
She doesn't want to go back like this.
She had just said such harsh words in the morning, and she went back in disgrace in the afternoon. How could she have any face in the old Dong family in the future? Dai Ying had lived a good life since she was a child. When she was at her mother's house, her parents loved her, and her two brothers also took care of this little sister.
After they got married, Dong Hongfu was very obedient to her. Because she was the eldest son's wife and had a job, her father-in-law, Dong, also respected her.
After she gave birth to Dong Kangtai, her position in the Dong family was completely solidified. Even Wang Sumei, her stepmother-in-law, did not dare to mess with her. It was only in the past two years, after she was laid off and lost her source of income, that everyone dared to treat her like this.
Dai Ying thought of this, gritted her teeth and thought fiercely, she would not go back, she could not go back in such a humiliating way.
Suddenly, snowflakes began to fall from the sky, marking the first snowfall of 1990. The children happily ran outside, jumping and making noises as they watched the snowflakes falling from the sky.
Dai Ying looked at the falling snow, hunched over, found a small restaurant, and ordered a bowl of noodle soup. She ate slowly for half an hour, until the lard floating on the noodle soup was almost solidified. Only then did Dai Ying have to put down her chopsticks and leave the restaurant.
She went to the mall again and stayed there until the evening. After coming out of the mall, she found a hotel, but walked out of the hotel after asking about the room rate.
She only took fifty dollars with her before she left. The most ordinary room in the hotel cost fifteen dollars a night, and the money she had was enough for her to stay for three days at most, not including food.
The rent for three days is enough for the family of three to live on for a month if they are frugal.
Dai Ying returned home dejected.
No one asked her where she'd been, and no one mocked her. Dai Ying breathed a sigh of relief, yet also felt lost. She felt as if she had become invisible. It didn't matter whether she was in this family or not.
Xu Heye didn't know that Dai Ying was so sentimental, or rather, all of Dai Ying's experiences were within her expectations, so she didn't pay attention.
After agreeing with her parents to go back before the New Year, Xu Heye put all her energy into the factory.
Now, the number of retailers who come to the factory to order fake collars has increased to more than 30, and there are also 6 people like my eldest sister who are engaged in second-hand wholesale, and the goods shipped every day are in the tens of thousands.
In addition to the old church, the production line at Jiangcheng Garment Factory was also running at full capacity, and some even started working overtime at night.
In order to motivate people, on the 19th, the day of the Little New Year in the north, Xu Heye went to the bank to withdraw money and prepared to pay all the workers their wages.
The workers at the old church worked long hours, did a lot of work, and were paid more, ranging from two hundred and sixty to two hundred and seventy, to four hundred. At the garment factory, the workday was shorter, only six or seven days, but since everyone was experienced, they were also paid around a hundred yuan.
When calculated, it is almost the same as their previous salary level, or even slightly more.
"Generally, garment factories pay the previous month's salary at the beginning of each month, and this is also the case here. But considering that the Chinese New Year is coming soon, we're going to pay everyone a wave first. This way, everyone will have some money and will have a more comfortable New Year."
Just in case, Xu Heye explained the rules first, but this did not affect everyone's excitement at all.
Xu Heye soon noticed a change in the spirit of the garment factory employees. Before, when asked to work overtime, they were somewhat reluctant and would always shirk their responsibilities. Now, they would actively ask whether they wanted to work overtime or not.
Xu Heye used to think that these people were lazy and used to eating from the same pot in the state-owned factory, but now she understood.
The reason why these factory workers are unwilling to work overtime is that they have not truly recognized her and their heavy-duty processing plant.
They came simply because they had no other choice. Secretly, they didn't believe her small factory could survive and make money. They were afraid they would work themselves to death, toil overtime, and ultimately not get paid.
Xu Heye's money was like a shot of reassurance, instantly reassuring everyone that the factory could make money and that their wages wouldn't be deducted.
The more you work, the more you earn; the less you work, the less you earn. Every fake collar they make becomes wages and goes into their pockets. With this change in mentality, the employees' attitudes towards work naturally changed.
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