Chapter 193 Eat Well and Wear Warm Clothes
After everyone came out of the workshop and walked a few steps, they came to their senses and started talking.
"I really can't believe that the boss gave us such a large bonus."
"Yes, our boss is so generous. The most important thing is that there are gifts. I heard that the preserved eggs are very famous. Some stores in our town sell preserved egg and lean meat porridge. It's delicious and is made with preserved eggs."
"The boss gave each of us two preserved eggs. Two preserved eggs can make a whole dish. I heard that in restaurants, a dish made with preserved eggs costs several taels of silver. It's very expensive."
"No one else can make this, only our boss can. It costs several coins each. I heard it's made with pickled duck eggs, but no one knows how it's made."
"It's because the owner does this, collecting duck eggs from nearby villages, and many families have benefited from it. In the past, duck eggs couldn't be sold, but now many families raise ducks, so they don't have to worry about not being able to sell the eggs."
"My grandmother raised some ducks at home. She said that now that it has rained heavily and there is water in the river, we can just drive the ducks to the river. They will come back automatically in the evening. We almost don't need to feed them. It's very convenient. On a good month, we can earn a few hundred coins."
"Thanks to the boss, everyone's life is better now, and many families can have enough food to eat."
"That's right. The money from selling duck eggs can buy food to last for a long time."
"Oh, the bonuses this time are huge. My family probably can't even imagine how much it is. I'll go home and tell them."
"My boss is so nice that he even gave me a holiday. Come on, I can't wait to go home and tell my husband and children about the salary and bonus I got this month. They will definitely be excited too."
"Yes, hurry home. Oh, and by the way, do you want to go for a walk in town this afternoon? We don't have any white flour at home. I plan to buy some and make dumplings to celebrate in the evening."
"We still have some white flour at home. We saved some for the New Year, but I plan to buy some meat."
"I won't go shopping. My husband said that after I get paid, I'll invite my parents, my brother, his wife, and my nephew to dinner. We only have two days, so I bought some things in advance and prepared everything."
Some people make plans to go shopping together, while others don’t go shopping and just want to have a meal at home with their family, chat, and share their happiness and joy.
With everyone talking at once, Liuhe Village suddenly became lively, even more lively than the market in Beimai Village.
The people of Liuhe Village went straight home, and people from the surrounding villages also hurried back together.
Some places are far away, so more than ten people rent a ox cart and ride back to the village together.
Renting an ox cart only costs one or two cents per person, but in the past, people would not be willing to spend this money.
But it's not just about receiving wages, bonuses and gifts that makes them eager to go home and share this exciting news.
The people in Liuhe Village soon learned that the employees in the workshop had received their wages, and those who had family members working in the workshop were very happy.
Zheng, also known as Zheng Xiaoju, had a conversation with her mother and sister-in-law at the door of the workshop.
Wang firmly grasped Zheng's hand and said, "Sister, thank you so much! If you hadn't informed us earlier, we wouldn't have known the news so early. Now that we've received so much salary and bonus, we feel really relieved."
Wang now feels more grateful to her sister-in-law.
Both families lived in poverty. They usually only ate half full and there was not enough food to eat.
Sometimes we support each other's lives.
Now they work in workshops, and they can have enough food and warm clothes every month just by relying on their basic salary.
Wang and her mother-in-law received two taels of silver and four hundred coins at once.
Wang discussed it with her mother-in-law and decided to send her son to school.
Even if you don't take the science exam, it's good to learn some knowledge and be able to read.
They thought that being literate and knowledgeable would make them smarter in dealing with people.
Zheng smiled and said, "Sister-in-law, look at what you said. It's because of you that we are getting better and better."
Zheng's mother was also happy when she saw that her aunt and sister-in-law had a good relationship. "Okay, don't say so much for now. Let's go home and tell them the good news."
"Yes, yes, go home quickly."
Zheng lives in Liuhe Village, so she can just go home directly.
Wang and her family lived in the next village, so they had to walk a distance to get home.
There were many people from their village traveling together, and they were all talking and laughing as they walked back.
Liu Cuicui is also from Green Mountain Village. When she walked towards the village, she felt her legs and feet were fast and nimble, and her whole body was full of energy.
She just wanted to go home quickly and tell her two sons the good news.
It happened to be a day off in the afternoon, so she and her younger son went to the dock in town to pick up her older son.
Liu Cuicui’s youngest son is fourteen years old and her eldest son is eighteen years old.
In order to make a living, the two sons helped to move goods in the town. They did physical work and it was very hard.
It's better now that the weather is warmer. When it was cold, their hands and feet were cracked from the cold.
Liu Cuicui felt distressed watching this, but there was nothing she could do. She had to work like that for a living and for those few coins.
Ever since she went to work in the workshop, the eldest brother became sensible and asked his younger brother to come back first and not suffer at the dock.
The boss continued to stay at the dock to earn some money.
Now that she had money in her hands, she could buy noodles and food, and call the eldest brother back.
Liu Cuicui's youngest son was repairing the house at home.
It rained heavily a few days ago and the roof was leaking because it was not strong enough. He repaired the roof in the rain, but it was not completely fixed.
As soon as the weather cleared up, he mixed some soil and some straw and repaired the roof.
If there were tiles, you wouldn't have to worry about rain or snow.
But the tiles in the town were expensive, only two or three cents each, so they were reluctant to buy them.
You should know that a few tiles can buy a pound of coarse grains.
You have to live your life frugally.
“Fly!”
Hearing the sound, Tie Fei turned around and saw that his mother had returned. He was so excited that he almost fell off his chair.
This chair was borrowed from my neighbor.
"Mom, why did you come back at noon? Didn't you say you would have lunch at the workshop?"
In the previous month, Liu Cuicui did not come back at noon in order to do her work better.
She would go back to work after eating without taking a rest.
He takes workshop work very seriously.
So Tiefei doesn't need to prepare lunch when he is at home on weekdays. He just eats something casually to fill his stomach.
Let’s have dinner together when my mother comes back in the evening.
He kept the eggs laid by the chickens at home and cooked them for his mother.
Mother also needs nutrition when working outside.
Save some more to give to my elder brother.
He himself knew best how hard it was to transport goods in town.
There are still traces of my hands being frozen in the winter.
It will continue to freeze when winter comes.
Sometimes they are frozen and cracked.
His eldest brother's hands looked like this too.
Liu Cuicui said happily, "Tiefei, Mom got her salary and bonus, and the boss said we can have an afternoon off."
"We can have a full meal now, and we can also call your eldest brother back."
When talking about her eldest son, Liu Cuicui felt very distressed and her eyes were red.
It was all because of her frail body. Their father passed away early, and Liu Cuicui raised two sons. Because the family was poor, they had no food to eat.
Her two sons also grew up mostly in hunger.
Fortunately, they are sensible and take good care of the land at home.
Although there is only a small piece of land, crops are grown on it.
The yard at home is very small, and they grow vegetables there for daily consumption.
Of course, they can't eat vegetables as much as they want.
There is almost no wasteland in their village, so it is impossible to reclaim it.
Fortunately, she can now make money, her two sons can have enough food to eat, and she can find a wife for her eldest son.
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