Wu Xinyue and Li Youyou both saw the happy smiles on the faces of every female worker. The two young ladies looked around at their surroundings.
Each workshop has hundreds of sewing machines, and the noise from each machine is unbearable for them just to walk by!
And their hands and feet are constantly on the go. Even more alarming is that many of them have dry, peeling lips. Wu Xinyue had noticed this problem before.
When she met with several female workers, she asked them this question. To her surprise, the female workers were quite blunt: "If I drink water, I have to go to the toilet. The time I spend going back and forth like that allows me to sew a few more pieces!"
This reason left Wu Xinyue speechless. Their lips were peeling, indicating extreme dehydration, yet they didn't care, which showed how impoverished their lives were.
Despite their extreme scarcity of resources and dire economic circumstances, how did they manage to smile so happily in such an environment?
Back in the office, Li Youyou immediately asked her question: "Sister Tong, how could they still laugh so happily in that kind of environment?"
Yao Tongjia was well aware of the questions these two pampered young ladies had. She thought for a moment and said, "Imagine you're on a desert vacation and you're completely dry!"
"After two days and two nights without water, when you were extremely thirsty, you suddenly saw a murky puddle ahead. Would you feel happy or disgusted by the dirty water? Would you drink it?"
The two young ladies hesitated for a long time. After all, they had never encountered such a situation before and really didn't know what to choose. The two young ladies communicated for a while.
Wu Xinyue replied, "I still feel happy, and I will drink. People are starving to death, so why would they care about whether it's dirty or not? The issue of dirtiness is only considered when there is no threat to life."
Yao Tongjia nodded: "That's how they are. For the past few decades, their generation has been suffering from birth to the present."
"They were born during a time of war and had no food. Many of them went hungry. When they grew up, they had no schooling and had to go to the countryside to earn their own food."
"Now they are finally able to rely on their own hands to have a job that can feed themselves and prevent their children and families from experiencing the hunger they went through!"
"Do you think they care about the environment? Do you think they care about their own health? They just want to do everything they can so that their descendants won't have to suffer anymore!"
"It can be said that their generation suffered the hardships of three generations. They are all great. No matter what, women have it harder than men!"
Li Youyou's tears fell: "They are all people worthy of our respect, but Sister Tong, please have someone boil some water and put it there for them to drink. It's been a long time since they've had any water and haven't been able to get up and move around."
"Their bodies won't be able to take it sooner or later!"
Yao Tongjia nodded: "Xinyue, Youyou's idea is good. Boil water for them and leave it there so they can drink it themselves. If they still don't drink it, there's no need to force them."
She did it for their own good, so she shouldn't end up being blamed. She's done what she could, and she's not a god, so she shouldn't interfere!
After expressing her feelings, Yao Tongjia brought up the issue of people queuing outside: "It's not a good thing for them to queue like this. If there are too many people, a stampede could happen!"
“Here’s what we’ll do: we’ll open a small gate outside our factory, where we’ll greet people, ask them how many pieces of clothing they want, give them a quantity, and then they’ll pay a deposit and agree on a time to pick it up.”
"We can also publish our factory's phone number so that they can call to place an order first. They can pay when they pick up the goods. If someone places an order but doesn't come to pick it up, we'll blacklist them!"
“We will no longer accept their next order and let them place their own orders elsewhere. This will require us to hire a few more people for the sales department.”
"And how is Huang Yao's husband doing these days?" Sister Yao Tong has been really busy lately and hasn't been able to visit him.
Wu Xinyue went there often. She really wanted him to admit that he could also make underwear. She really wanted to start an underwear store, because that was the real market!
"He's very fast and can supply things. Sometimes Huang Yao goes over to help too. Oh, I forgot to tell you, Huang Yao's mother-in-law has poor eyesight."
"But just like her son, she can cut without looking at the fabric. Sometimes she comes over to help, and I always ask Huang Yao to calculate her mother-in-law's wages!"
"Is her mother-in-law that capable too? She can cut clothes even though she has poor eyesight?"
Li Youyou also chimed in: "Let's go take a look together. I'm really curious. Sister Tong, the people here are so amazing. They're unlike anyone I've met in Hong Kong!"
"How should I put it?" Li Youyou suddenly couldn't find the words to say.
Yao Tongjia tried to express her understanding: "The people here are very honest. They will do their jobs to the best of their ability and will not cut corners at all!"
Li Youyou thought for a moment and said, "It should be like this: in Hong Kong, there is no shortage of material things, but people have started to slack off. Here, there is a shortage of material things, but people are very diligent!"
"Why is that so strange?"
Yao Tongjia thought about it and felt that the most reasonable explanation was: "It's because I've suffered so much, I always feel that if I do more work, I'll suffer less!"
Therefore, many people would rather work harder than risk being fired for being lazy, which makes them seem very honest!
The three people went to the tailoring room and saw Ah Yong cutting the fabric with lightning speed, while the old man next to him touched the outline of the fabric and also started cutting with the same speed and speed without any hesitation!
Yao Tongjia truly admired the mother and son, but given the development of their factory, they would definitely need to recruit more people, and such skilled individuals would be hard to find.
Yao Tongjia went over and asked, "Ayong, your hand must hurt a lot, right?"
When A Yong heard Yao Tongjia's question, he stopped. He put down the scissors and twisted his wrist. He was indeed very tired from such high intensity, but he was happy that he was finally no longer a useless person!
Yao Tongjia said her idea: "Here's what we'll do, you help me bring out a student, and I'll give you 50 yuan. Bring out as many as you can!"
A Yong looked at Yao Tongjia with some surprise. Yao Tongjia nodded: "I'm not lying. Look at you, your hands are deformed from cutting every day. Even your mother has to come and help."
"It's clear you're pushing yourself too hard. You can do it for a month, or two months, but if you do it for a year, your hands will probably be ruined."
"Once you train an apprentice, you can then instruct them to do the work, making things easier for you!"
A Yong thought for a moment and nodded: "Okay, send some nimble people over first. If I still can't get it after a few lessons, we can replace them!"
"That's fine," Yao Tongjia quickly agreed!
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