Chapter 194 Carrying Goods
As Liu Cuicui thought about this, her eyes became hot and red.
Tie Fei got down from the ladder in a hurry, excited. "Mom, are you telling the truth?"
"It's true. There are more than ten people in our village working in the workshop. They all took their wages and bonuses home. Otherwise, why would mother come back at this time? The boss is even giving her a holiday. It's really great."
"Come on, close the door, and go inside to talk."
Tie Fei didn't care about anything else and excitedly hurriedly closed the street door and bolted it.
Thinking about my mother getting paid, isn’t that six hundred coins a month?
With six hundred coins a month, their whole family could have enough to eat.
If you calculate carefully and save up a little, you can find enough money to marry a wife for your eldest brother.
The girl that my eldest brother had seen before didn’t mind that their family was poor, but she asked for a lot of dowry, which they couldn’t afford, so the girl’s family was not happy.
Most other families looked down on them because they were poor.
Tiefei also felt sorry for and worried about his elder brother.
He was still young, so he wanted to help his elder brother marry his wife first.
After entering the house, Liu Cuicui carefully took the cloth bag out of her arms.
He said, "Look, a total of one ounce of silver and two hundred coins were distributed."
"What?"
Tie Fei's eyes widened.
"Mother, this is silver, one or two ounces of silver?"
Tiefei took it carefully, put it to his mouth and took a bite to confirm that it was silver.
Liu Cuicui said, "It's true. The boss is so kind, he wouldn't lie to us."
Tie Fei was stunned for a moment and said, "Mom, didn't you say six hundred coins? If you hit so much, double it."
Liu Cuicui smiled and explained excitedly, "Our boss told us there would be a bonus before. I thought it would be just a little bit, but I didn't expect it to be six hundred coins. I couldn't believe it all along the way. It would be so much."
They used to rely on growing crops, and even if they sold all the crops, they would not have this much silver.
It's only been a month and that's it.
Tie Fei was so excited that he rubbed his hands and asked, "Mom, does your workshop only accept women? Do you accept men? I can also do the cooking work."
Liu Cuicui shook her head and said, "The workshop is run by women, but the boss just built a second workshop, so they're probably looking for people to work there. I don't know if they'll be hiring men or women this time, but I'll keep an eye out for any news. If they really need men, you should line up before dawn, no, in the wee hours of the morning."
Tie Fei nodded seriously and said, "Yes, as long as I can work in the workshop, not sleeping for one night is nothing."
When they saw the silver, they felt extremely at ease.
Tie Fei said, "Mom, now that we have money, can we bring big brother back? We can stop him from carrying the goods. It's too hard, and the manager is skimping on his wages. Actually, the salary from above is 20 wen a day, but the manager won't pay that much. He only pays 16 or 17 wen a day, and sometimes only 15 wen."
Even so, there were still many people rushing to move the goods.
Mainly those people who can't find work can only go there to work and earn money.
Then there are other places in the town that employ people, such as waiters in some small shops, who only earn fifteen or sixteen cents a day, but they need connections to get that job.
There are few people needed in the town now, and people can't find work, so they can only do manual labor.
Liu Cuicui said, "Yes, I was thinking of calling your brother back this afternoon."
"Mom, let's go now."
"Okay, let's go now. Don't go hungry. Let's eat some dry food to fill our stomachs. Then we can have something good to eat as a family tonight."
Here people eat dumplings during Chinese New Year and other festivals.
So Liu Cuicui also wanted to make dumplings.
Buy some flour and meat and make dumplings.
In the past, their family was reluctant to make dumplings during the Chinese New Year.
Just a few as a token of my appreciation.
The words "eat something good" were rarely heard by their family.
This is what we say during the Chinese New Year.
Now I can talk about it and think about what to eat.
In the past, eating was just a task for them, a task to fill their stomachs. Now they can just think about eating something delicious and look forward to meals.
The mother and son hurriedly ate some dry food, hid the silver and copper coins in a secret place, locked the door and went to the town.
When they arrived in town, Tiefei took his mother to the place where they were moving things.
Many people were wearing tattered clothes and carrying several bags of things on their backs.
A steward behind them was holding a whip and urging, "Hurry up, hurry up, why are you dawdling?"
"I'm telling you guys, don't slack off on your job. There are so many people vying for this job."
"Those who don't do a good job are simply not used. Hurry up and move two or three bags at a time. What's the big deal if you move one bag? Why add another bag for me? Are you wasting your time?"
There was a strong man who looked like he had just arrived. He was carrying a heavy bag on his shoulders, but the manager asked him to add another bag of heavy objects.
After adding another bag of things, he took a few steps and lost his balance and fell to the ground.
Things also fell to the ground.
The manager whipped him directly.
"You useless thing, what are you doing? You dropped something, can you compensate me?"
"Oh, stop it, stop it."
The man's clothes were torn and his eyes were red from the beating.
The people around seemed numb as they watched this scene.
They also came from the very beginning.
If they didn't have enough food at home, who would be willing to come here and do this kind of work in order to avoid starving to death?
Tie Yue couldn't bear to watch it any longer, so he put his things down, walked over, and said, "If you hit him again, I'll beat him to death."
"It's his business if he was beaten to death. It's not your turn to speak, Tie Yue. Don't think I dare not do anything to you."
Tie Yue didn't look at the person in charge and carefully helped the man up.
The man looked at Tie Yue gratefully and said, "Thank you, thank you."
Tie Yue said: "Get up first."
If you keep fighting like this, the person will die.
Tieyue was tall and strong, so the person in charge was a little afraid of him.
Besides, Tie Yue is strong and hardworking, and can do the work of two people, so the person in charge doesn't want to fire him.
Because he can deduct more money from the process and put it into his own pocket.
When Liu Cuicui saw this scene, tears started to fall from her eyes.
"I never thought moving things would be like this, and the person in charge even beat people up."
Tiefei knew that this was all normal.
He used to work here with his eldest brother, and it was because his eldest brother protected him that he was fine.
That's why he was anxious to call his eldest brother back.
Liu Cuicui and Tie Fei didn't delay any longer and ran over directly, "Tie Yue."
“Big Brother!”
Tie Yue was carrying three bags on his shoulders and walking quickly. When he saw his mother and brother coming, he was stunned.
"Mom, Tiefei, why are you here?"
Liu Cuicui held her son's hand, tears of heartache streaming down her face. "Let's go home. Let's not do these jobs anymore. I'm capable. I've made money. I can feed you. Don't work anymore."
"Yes, big brother, let's go home. Mother's workshop has paid us our wages."
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