Chapter 168
Xia Qingtang asked: "Comrade, what do you mean by this cannot be compared? Are you saying that this place is particularly chaotic?"
The middle-aged man smiled, looked at Xia Qingtang's white jade-like face, and said, "Yes, that's what I mean. Little girl, think about it, houses are being built everywhere, businesses are being done everywhere, people from all over the country can come here to make a living, who knows what these people used to do at home? Moreover, people who were here last month may leave next month. How can a place like this be as peaceful as your home? You look young, if you can find a job at home, you should try to stay at home. Home is safe, and there are people around you who have known each other since childhood. If someone goes to the door in the middle of the night, the whole family area will know it the next day. But this place, it looks easy to make money, but the risks are also very high. Like you two little girls, one is more beautiful than the other, you should be more careful. As for some things, I am a gay and it is difficult to say, but I can be your uncle, so it's okay to remind you. These pretty girls, it's more dangerous to survive here. If you are still as silly as you were at home, If we go back here, I’m afraid we won’t be able to find the bones.”
In fact, even if he didn't say these words, Xia Qingtang and the others knew that this place couldn't be as safe as home.
After all, there are strangers everywhere, and no one knows whether this person has done anything bad in his hometown. Moreover, people who are here today may leave tomorrow.
In a place like this, all kinds of things are bound to happen. Because everyone is not familiar with each other, even if someone is harmed, the landlord may think that the person has run away to his hometown overnight and will not care at all.
Therefore, what the middle-aged man said was absolutely correct. If he were still stupid, he would probably not be able to find the bones.
If you really want to make a living here safely, it would be best if a few relatives and friends come together. If the whole family comes, it would be even better, so that if anything happens to anyone, there will be someone to take care of them. But it is indeed the most unsafe for a single girl like Xie Xiaoshuang to come here.
Xie Xiaoshuang's expression became solemn. She was as cautious as she was excited before going to bed.
Xia Qingtang didn't say anything for the time being, nor did he comfort her immediately, because after all, there are some things that you have to think clearly about yourself, and no matter how much others say, it is meaningless.
The three of them followed the middle-aged man to his residence. Before they entered the row of houses, they heard a voice shouting, "Where's my money? My money is gone!"
Xie Xiaoshuang's face immediately changed: "Qingtang, our money..."
Xia Qingtang said: "Don't worry, I put all the money under my pillow before going to bed, and stuffed it in my stomach when I went out."
Xie Xiaoshuang breathed a sigh of relief: "You should be more cautious. I always can't react in time..."
"It's not your fault. You really haven't experienced it."
"You are still the same. You have never even been to the countryside, but you are much more cautious..."
"I have been to other cities with Xie Jinxuan and have taken trains many times. You don't know that the first time we took a train to visit his grandparents, we encountered a thief at the train station. At that time, fortunately Xie Jinxuan had experience and good skills and quick reactions, otherwise, the money would have been gone." Xia Qingtang whispered.
Xie Xiaoshuang's expression looked better. She whispered, "It seems that I am really too inexperienced."
"Yeah, it will be fine once we see more of them in the future..."
As he was talking, he saw lights on in all the occupied rooms. A young man with a crew cut ran out from a room on the second floor. He was dark and thin, wearing a half-worn white vest, and looked panicked: "My money is gone! Who of you stole my money? I only have so little money! If you stole my money, you're going to kill me! Give me back! Give me back my money!"
Someone in another room opened the door and peeked out. The middle-aged man sighed and said, "It seems that there really is a thief among the people staying here tonight. You young people are quite alert and didn't let them succeed."
Xie Jinxuan said, "Comrade, what should we do now? Should we go find the police?"
"It may not be helpful to call the police. The money will definitely not be recovered." The middle-aged man said: "This is not the first time this has happened, and it won't be the last. When you go out, you can only be more careful..."
The young man whose money was stolen on the second floor was already screaming at the top of his lungs. At first his voice was full of surprise and anger, but as he kept shouting, gradually, because no one around him responded, and people from several rooms next door were standing in the corridor with their doors open and looking at him with sympathetic eyes, his voice gradually became wrong and began to be filled with despair.
Nowadays, everyone can understand his despair. Money is too important to everyone.
If an ordinary worker wants to save some money, the whole family must grit their teeth and live frugally. Even if they live a very hard life, it is still difficult for many families to save money.
The young man whose money was stolen might have taken out most of his parents’ life savings, and it was all stolen from him. How could he not be desperate?
He kept shouting until he finally saw the middle-aged man standing downstairs. He was like a drowning man grabbing a piece of driftwood, and he immediately shouted, "Comrade! You are from this guesthouse, please help me find the money! My money is gone! I put the money I brought under my pillow when I went to sleep, but just now, I heard a sound and someone slipped out of my room. I reached under the pillow and the money was gone! That was the money my parents saved for half their lives! Comrade, the thief must still be here! Please, comrade, please help me find the money! Please!"
He looked at the middle-aged man anxiously, as if he wanted to jump down from the second floor.
The middle-aged man said, "Wait a minute, I'll get someone to call the police. Anyone staying here, don't move. When the police come, they'll definitely go door to door looking for you!"
"Thank you, comrade! Thank you, comrade!" the young man burst into tears.
The others were standing at the door and whispering. Two sleepy-eyed staff members ran out from the other end. One of them was the chef they had met at noon. It seemed that they were woken up by the noise.
So, another staff member went to find the police, and the chef and the middle-aged man stayed here together to watch those people.
Xia Qingtang pulled Xie Xiaoshuang back and whispered, "I can't sleep for the time being. I'll go sit in your room for a while until the police leave."
"Okay." Xie Xiaoshuang looked pale, with a look of doubt in her eyes.
"Don't worry, our money is here." Xia Qingtang whispered.
"Well, thank you, but I'm not worried about that. I'm worried about what the uncle said just now... Can an inexperienced person like me really stay in a place like this?" Xie Xiaoshuang looked confused.
Xia Qingtang said, "Why can't you stay here? Everyone else can stay, but you can't? If it really doesn't work out, we can find a factory for you to work in. Living in a factory is definitely much safer than living outside. At least, the factory needs to be managed. As long as you can get a job here, you can stay. When this place develops slowly and you are familiar with the environment, you can continue to consider whether to do something else."
"Yes, you are right. Anyway, for me, leaving home is the most important thing. I can do any job here. Even if I am asked to help on a construction site, I can do it."
"Forget it then. Regardless of whether they want you for the job or not, just looking at your appearance, it's not safe to work there. It's better to go into the factory and live in the dormitory." Xia Qingtang said, "However, the factory dormitories here are different from ours. Everyone comes from different places, and I can't understand what many people say. Everyone's personalities are also very different. I guess it's inevitable that money will be stolen, and there will be quarrels and fights..."
"As long as I can stay, I will be careful. This is the path I must take, and there is always a first time for everything." Xie Xiaoshuang held Xia Qingtang's hand and took a deep breath.
Xie Jinxuan opened the door and sat at the door to accompany them. After a while, two policemen, a man and a woman, were finally called over. The young man knelt down with a plop: "Comrade police, please help me find the thief. I have no money! I have no money!"
"How much do you want in total? What do you look like?" asked the female police officer.
The young man cried and said, "I brought eighty-three dollars, five ten-dollar bills, four five-dollar bills, five one-dollar bills, four fifty-cent bills, twenty twenty-cent bills, and the rest are ten cents."
He remembered the face value and amount of the money so clearly. It was obvious that he must have counted it countless times before going out, so he knew it by heart.
The female police officer said, "How come you didn't sew it on your body when you took so much money with you?"
"I sewed it before I went out, but there was hot water here last night for a shower. I hadn't showered for a long time, so I took a shower and changed my clothes. I also washed the dirty clothes, but I was too tired to sew it on my body. I thought it would be fine to put it under the pillow, but I didn't expect that someone would find their way into my room without me knowing it... Police comrades, please, please help me! Please!"
This old-fashioned door lock can indeed be pried open with a hairpin. If it were a skilled worker with professional tools, he would probably have been able to get into the room without making any sound.
It's okay for some people who are more alert when sleeping, but if they sleep deeply, it is really difficult to notice someone unlocking the door and entering.
"Don't shout yet, let's check door to door first." The male police officer said, "Everyone stay in your room, we will go in one by one to look for them."
They happened to start the inspection from Xie Xiaoshuang's side. Seeing that Xie Xiaoshuang lived alone in a room, the female police officer asked, "Why are you living here alone?"
"No, my cousin and his wife are in the next room. They came here with me."
The female police officer checked Xie Xiaoshuang's body and asked, "What were you doing when that person's money was stolen?"
"I'm with my brother and sister-in-law and the staff of the guest house. We're in the front."
"What are you doing out front at this late hour?"
Xie Xiaoshuang looked a little scared, but still mustered up the courage to say: "There was a figure touching my room, and my cousin was awake, so he yelled and scared the man away. The three of us couldn't sleep, so we got up and went to find the staff, hoping that the staff would patrol more often."
"Did you see that figure?"
"No, I was startled awake by my cousin's voice. I sat up and turned on the light. I didn't dare to go out to see. They came and called me, so I opened the door."
"Did your cousin and his wife see that man?"
"Probably not. My cousin is very skilled. He would definitely catch that person if he saw him."
After searching her body, the female police officer continued to check Xie Xiaoshuang's luggage with the male police officer, and searched all the places in the room where things could be hidden.
The male police officer said, "Little comrade, why did you only bring a few dimes with you?"
"No, I was afraid that I would not be alert when I slept, so I left all the money with my sister-in-law before going to bed." Xie Xiaoshuang explained.
"Okay, there's no problem here, go next door!" The two policemen went next door.
The female police officer found a lot of money on Xia Qingtang's body, some of which was sewn into his pants, some into his underwear, and some was wrapped around his belly.
The female police officer looked at the money and frowned, "Why did you bring so much money? Is this all your money?"
"Yes, my wife and I came here this time to find a channel to help people buy some clothes to sell in the department store, so we brought some extra money." Xia Qingtang said: "We took out all the money from the bank. You can count it. The amount is definitely different from what the comrade just said."
The female police officer checked the money and found that there was indeed nothing wrong with the face value of the money. She also saw a small cloth bag containing the money Xie Xiaoshuang mentioned, and said, "There is nothing wrong with the money, but you are going on a long journey with so much money, so you should also pay attention to your own safety."
"Comrade, don't worry, we have been very vigilant. So when someone approached, my wife heard it and yelled, scaring the person away." Xia Qingtang said.
The male police officer stared at Xie Jinxuan for a while and said, "Comrade, since you noticed someone touching you, why didn't you check what he looked like?"
Xie Jinxuan said: "I went out with my lover and cousin. My primary responsibility was not to catch the thief, but to protect them. It was late at night. What if I went out to catch someone and they happened to have accomplices who came looking for my lover and sister while I was away? What should I do?"
The male policeman thought about it and realized that this was indeed the case. He said, "You are right. It is better for you to be more vigilant and less likely to be stolen."
After the inspection, the police went out, and Xia Qingtang walked to the next room and said to Xie Xiaoshuang: "We should be fine here, you close the doors and windows and go back to sleep. It just so happens that the police comrades will stay here for a long time, and the next period of time will definitely be very safe, you should go to sleep quickly."
"Okay, then you guys should go to bed as well."
"Well, let's go to sleep too. After breakfast tomorrow morning, we will go find a factory for you." Xia Qingtang said, and went back to his room.
After that, she put the money away and went back to sleep.
But she did not sleep particularly well. After some time, she heard the young man's shrill cries outside again, and Xia Qingtang woke up suddenly.
"My money! How could I not find it? It must have been stolen by someone living here! I really need that money! Without that money, I will die..." The young man cried loudly.
Xia Qingtang whispered, "It seems that he really can't find the money. That man is so pitiful. Look at his vest, it's full of patches. His family must not be rich."
"I was thinking before that after getting the money, maybe someone was waiting outside to receive it and moved it away long ago. It's also possible that they hid the money somewhere else before the police searched the house." Xie Jinxuan said: "If it were me, I would probably search under all the windows here. Throwing money under the window is actually safer because it's hidden under the lamp. And even if there are people living in the same room, it only takes a moment to open the window and throw money down, and it won't be discovered at all."
"Then...do you want to go out and tell the police?" Xia Qingtang said.
She felt quite sympathetic towards the young man, and she also didn't want to see the thief actually get so much money.
Xie Jinxuan said: "I'll go out and take a look first. We are from other places and we are young, so others may not be willing to listen to us. But if there is a chance, I will find a chance to talk about it."
As he said that, he turned on the light, sat up, put on his clothes and went out.
Xia Qingtang didn't continue sleeping either. She put on her coat and stood at the door looking over there.
The two policemen must have checked the entire house and all the people, but they didn't find the money that the young man mentioned. He grabbed the policemen's clothes tightly and cried like a tearful man.
"Police comrade, you really have to help me. If I don't have that money, I won't even have enough to take the bus back home. I'll starve to death here. Police comrade, the thief must still be here. Please, please..."
"But we really didn't find the money you mentioned. Think about it again, did you really leave it here? Is it possible that the money disappeared when you were outside during the day?" said the male policeman.
The young man was suddenly startled: "Comrade policeman, what do you mean by this? You don't believe me? You think I'm lying? When I came back, the money was still on me. Before I took a shower, the money was also there. Before I went to bed, the money was under my pillow. I stuffed it in with my own hands. I didn't lie, I really didn't lie..."
Xie Jinxuan walked over and said, "Comrade police, there was indeed a person walking outside tonight. I think there is indeed a thief here."
The middle-aged man also said: "This place has been robbed more than once or twice, and the money has never been recovered. I'm telling you the truth, I can only take the consequences of this..."
"Yes, we also searched everyone in the house, but there was no money. Maybe they have already transferred the money away," said the female police officer.
Xie Jinxuan said, "Comrade police, have you looked behind this row of houses? If someone was quick enough to throw the money out of the window before you searched the house, you would never find it in the room."
"Ah? Look behind the house?" The male police officer said, "Are we investigating the case or are you investigating the case? Don't I know how to do things better than you do?"
Xia Qingtang stood at the door and looked over there, he could only sigh in his heart, it seemed that Xie Jinxuan was right, these people would not listen to the advice of strangers.
Xie Jinxuan stopped talking, but the young man seemed to have found a way to ask for help. He immediately hugged the male policeman's pants and shouted, "Comrade police, let's go look for him together. Let's go to the back of the house. Please, let's go look for him together."
The male police officer said impatiently, "You just listen to what others say? I've already said that there is no problem with our search. Besides, it's dark, can you see anything in the back?"
The middle-aged man whispered: "We have flashlights here..."
The male police officer was still unwilling to go over, and the female police officer did not say anything. From the looks of them, they seemed to be preparing to evacuate.
The young man suddenly shouted, "Okay, if you don't want to look for it, you stand on the side of the thief, I will go to look for it myself! I'll go to the back to look for it!"
With that, he jumped up and ran toward the back of the house.
The middle-aged man said, "Let me get a flashlight. How else can I see?"
Although he was used to such scenes, he also wanted to help look for it again.
The male police officer said, "If you want to find it, go find it yourself. We should leave now."
"Wait, police officer, please wait a little longer. What if we really find it later?" Xie Jinxuan said, "Since we are here, it doesn't matter if we wait a little longer."
The male policeman was about to get angry again, but was pulled back by the female policeman. He stopped talking and the two of them stood there in silence.
The middle-aged man brought a flashlight, and Xie Jinxuan followed him to the back of the house.
Xia Qingtang yawned at the door. Just when he was bored, he heard the young man shouting over there: "Found it, found it! This is my money! This is my money!"
The male policeman was startled and ran over there: "What? Was it really thrown out of the window? Which window?"
The money was found under the third window on the right, but no one lives on the first floor, so the most likely scenario is that someone on the second floor threw it down.
This was eighty-three yuan wrapped in an old handkerchief, tied tightly, with the money inside intact. The amount and the bills were exactly as she had told the young man. The policewoman counted them twice and said, "This must be the money you lost."
"It's my money, it's really my money! Wuu ...
The male policeman brought over the resident of the third room on the second floor. He was a short man in his thirties, thin and small, with a very ordinary appearance. He was the kind that you would hardly be able to find if thrown into a crowd.
He immediately claimed that he was innocent and said that if the people in the neighboring rooms had thrown the object hard, it could have been thrown over here, so it couldn't be proved that he was the one who threw it.
This was indeed true. The two policemen questioned people in several nearby houses, but in the end they still could not be sure that the little man had stolen the items, so they had to give up.
But Xia Qingtang stood there and watched the man's every move, and felt that it was most likely him who did it, because he looked like the professional thief introduced in previous TV dramas.
But there was no real evidence and they couldn't get anything out of him after questioning for a long time. Besides, the money had been recovered, so the police returned the money to the young man, then focused on beating the middle-aged man in the guesthouse and left.
Xie Jinxuan had already returned to the room by this time and continued to sleep with Xia Qingtang. Although neither of them fell asleep, lying down was much more comfortable.
The next morning, all the residents in this area got up late. When Xie Jinxuan opened the door, she saw the young man from last night squatting at the door wearing a thick coat. When she saw him come out, she immediately knelt down.
Xie Jinxuan and Xia Qingtang in the room were both startled. He quickly helped the young man up and said, "Hurry up, don't be like this."
"I'm here to thank you, comrade. Last night... I was almost done for. It was you who spoke up for me and gave me advice. I was able to get the money back because of your help. I'm really very grateful to you, comrade. My name is Le Xinnian, and I'm from XX City."
"We came from there too." Xie Jinxuan said with a smile, "It seems like it's fate. Did you also arrive here by train yesterday morning?"
"Yes, I arrived by the train yesterday morning."
"It seems we are on the same train. This is fate. We just happen to live together." Xie Jinxuan said, "It's good that your money is back. From now on, no matter where you live, you must sew the money on your body."
"I will, I definitely will. I came here because I have one more thing to ask you. What is your name, comrade?" Le Xinnian said cautiously, as if he was afraid that Xie Jinxuan would refuse.
"My name is Xie Jinxuan."
"So it's Brother Xie. From now on, you will be my lifelong benefactor. Can you give me an address? I want to write to you later, okay? Brother Xie, I'm not a bad person. My parents are workers in the leather shoe factory in the provincial capital, and our family lives in the family quarters of the leather shoe factory. I have an older sister and a younger brother. My younger brother is still in high school. My older sister went to the countryside and married someone there, so she stayed and didn't go back to the city. After I returned to the city, I couldn't find a job. My parents said they were afraid that my younger brother would not be able to get into college after graduating from high school, and he would also need a job. So, I thought about giving the only job to my younger brother, and I came here alone to try my luck. Who knew that my money was stolen on the first day. If I hadn't met Brother Xie, I wouldn't know what to do." Le Xinnian said, taking out a certificate from his pocket and showing it to Xie Jinxuan, "This is the certificate issued to me by the street when I came out. Brother Xie, take a look, I really didn't lie..."
Xie Jinxuan glanced at the paper briefly and said with a smile: "I live in the compound of the Provincial Party Committee. If you want to write to me, just send it directly to the compound of the Provincial Party Committee. This is how my name is written..."
Xie Jinxuan took out a pen from her pocket, then took a piece of paper on the table, wrote her name and the address of the provincial party committee compound, and handed it to Le Xinnian.
Le Xinnian seemed very happy. He bowed deeply to Xie Jinxuan and said, "Brother Xie, I will definitely repay you for your kindness! Thank you, Brother Xie. I am so lucky to have met a noble person!"
"It's not a favor, and I didn't help you in any way. You don't have to keep worrying about it. Besides, we are from the same hometown, so there is no need to be polite."
Le Xinnian said, "Just because we are from the same hometown, I have to remember this. When I go back for the New Year, I will definitely go to wish Brother Xie a happy new year. By the way, Brother Xie, are you also here to find a job?"
Xie Jinxuan said: "I don't think so. I came here with my relatives. I am currently studying at university."
"Ah, so Brother Xie is a college student. No wonder he is so smart that he thought of looking under the window. I was so anxious yesterday that I couldn't think of anything."
"Fortunately, all the money was recovered, not a cent was lost, and that's the most important thing." Xie Jinxuan said, "What are you going to do next?"
Le Xinnian said: "I am leaving here today. I don't dare to live in this place anymore. Also, I went to the factory yesterday to ask, they have already recruited casual workers before, but now they don't need anyone. But I found a place to build a house. There is a shortage of labor over there. I am strong and I have learned some carpentry in the countryside, so I should be able to make a living. There is also a place to live there, and they provide three meals a day. I will go there to save money."
"Then you have to be careful in everything. It's best to save your money in a bank and pay attention to it in your daily life." Xie Jinxuan said.
"I will. I will find a way to get all of this done today. Brother Xie, thank you. I'm leaving first." Le Xinnian bowed deeply again.
"You're welcome. I wish you all the best." Xie Jinxuan couldn't help but smile as she watched him walk away.
Xia Qingtang said: "This man is actually a good person. Fortunately, his money was recovered. Otherwise, it would not be worth it for me to be with him. Okay, I'll go call Xiaoshuang, go wash up quickly."
While Xia Qingtang was washing up at the sink, she could still hear the guests' discussions.
"There are thieves in this place. I think we can't live here anymore. Why don't we move to another place today?"
"Yes, let's move to another guesthouse. Didn't we see a guesthouse when we went to the garment factory yesterday? Let's stay there."
Xia Qingtang listened and asked with a smile: "Comrade, did you go to the garment factory yesterday? I heard that the garment factory is recruiting people. Are the requirements strict?"
The couple in discussion were obviously a couple under 30 years old. The wife looked at Xia Qingtang's slightly childish face and whispered, "Yes, I'm hiring, but can you make clothes?"
"I don't know how to do it yet. Can I learn? Do you need workers in other positions?"
"Then you have to go to the factory and ask. However, it's okay if you can't sew. It seems that they are also recruiting apprentices. However, they don't get paid for the first half of the year. They only get living expenses and live in the dormitory."
"So you're not hiring for other jobs?"
The husband thought for a moment and said, "Yes, I remember now. The garment factory is not hiring for other jobs. It only needs skilled seamstresses. That's why we came back. We wanted to live and work in a factory together, so we're going to look for other places today."
"Is that so? I understand. Thank you, comrade." After Xia Qingtang asked, he waited until he had washed up and went to ask Xie Xiaoshuang for her opinion.
Xie Xiaoshuang said: "If it really takes only half a year to become a master, I am willing to learn. Sewing is a craft. Now they provide me with food and accommodation and teach me the skills, so of course I am willing to learn."
"Then let's go and take a look after breakfast." Xia Qingtang said.
Xie Xiaoshuang was very happy: "Okay, I'll buy breakfast."
A ready-made breakfast was provided for them. They each ordered a large bowl of mixed bean porridge, pickles and steamed cakes. After eating, they left.
Everyone knew the location of the new garment factory, but there was no bus there, so they had to walk there. It took them almost an hour to reach the garment factory.
There was a huge piece of white paper hanging at the factory gate, with the recruitment information written on it. Sure enough, they only wanted skilled seamstresses and apprentices, and the remuneration was clearly written on it.
Xie Xiaoshuang was very excited and immediately went to ask the security guard about the situation.
The guard pointed and told them to go to an office near the gate, saying that it was the recruitment department that specifically received people like them.
When they arrived at the recruitment department, there were already people inside, about seven or eight of them, both men and women, all coming to ask questions. The three of them stood there and listened for a while, and they heard a lot of information.
It is hard to find skilled seamstresses, so here they only give apprentices half a year. But if they fail to learn within half a year, they will be kicked out. All apprentices who enter the factory must sign such a contract to avoid regretting it later.
Apprentices work the same twelve-hour shifts as regular workers, but they do not have fixed days off on Sundays. Instead, they take turns to rest, resting on Monday this week and Tuesday next week, ensuring that the entire factory's production line operates all year round.
The working hours are very long and hard, but once you become a regular employee, you can get paid twice as much as working in the garment factories in the provincial capital. The staff from the recruitment office also showed us what the accommodation area looks like. The dormitories are newly built, with eight people in a room. Every four dormitories share a washroom and toilet, and the male and female dormitories are in different buildings, so they are safer.
The factory also provides apprentices with three meals a day and gives them meal tickets. They also have the opportunity to eat meat twice a month, and the staple food is guaranteed to be enough depending on the number of meal tickets they have.
It seems that if I can really survive the apprenticeship and continue working for a few more years, I will definitely be able to save some money.
After Xie Xiaoshuang and the others had finished asking questions, she went over to ask a few more questions. The staff also explained everything clearly, so she stood up and walked over to Xia Qingtang and the others.
"What do you think? Do you want to be an apprentice here? Or should we continue to look at other factories? After all, it's quite difficult not to get paid for half a year." Xia Qingtang whispered.
The three of them walked out and stood in the open space over there. Xie Xiaoshuang lowered his head and thought for a while.
"I...I want to stay here as an apprentice." Xie Xiaoshuang said after a long time.
Her eyes were firm and her tone was resolute, and it seemed that she had made a final decision.
Xia Qingtang said: "This is the first factory we have visited. There is no need to make a decision so quickly. I think we should visit all the other factories first."
Xie Xiaoshuang smiled and said, "Okay, let's go take a look first. Anyway, that person said that there is still a shortage of apprentices. Even if we come tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, there will be a place."
So, they spent a day visiting all the new factories here, but unfortunately, the other factories had already recruited workers after the Chinese New Year, and most of them were recruiting on a large scale in nearby cities. After that, when there were scattered vacancies, the positions were taken by those who arrived earlier.
"It seems that the only place to go is the garment factory." Xie Xiaoshuang said: "I think the garment factory is good, there are many female workers, I think it is safer."
"Being an apprentice for half a year is tiring and unprofitable. Have you really thought it through?" Xia Qingtang held her hand.
Xie Xiaoshuang laughed, "I've thought it through. Half a year is indeed not a short time, but I have some savings, so I should be able to get by without a salary for half a year. Besides, I don't have much to buy on a daily basis. I eat and live in the factory, so I basically don't spend any money. Besides, I don't have any skills. Now I have this opportunity to learn sewing for free, which I really want. I heard from my relatives that in the past, if you learned sewing from a master, you had to pay the master."
"That's the apprenticeship fee." Xia Qingtang hugged her, "Then you really have to stay here."
"Yes, I'm going to stay here. I'm very happy, Qingtang, you should be happy for me too."
Xia Qingtang and Xie Jinxuan accompanied Xie Xiaoshuang, who had made the decision, to the garment factory and found the recruitment office. They acted quickly and completed the entry procedures for her. They then urged her to come and start work.
"The dormitories can be allocated now. I'll let Xiao Li take you to see the dormitories."
Xie Xiaoshuang said: "My luggage is still in the guesthouse."
"It's okay. You can stay at the guesthouse tonight. You will start work at 8 a.m. tomorrow. Go to the dormitory at 7 a.m. to put your things away, and then come here to find Xiao Li. Xiao Li will take you to the workshop to assign a master."
"Okay, I'll go check out the dorms now."
Xia Qingtang said: "Can we go and take a look together?"
"Is this your brother and sister-in-law? Do you two want to work together?" the clerk asked again.
"We would like to look at other jobs," said Xia Qingtang.
"Then let's go and see the dormitory." The clerk waved his hand.
A young girl named Xiao Li came out and took them to see the dormitory. Of course, Xie Jinxuan was not allowed to enter the dormitory for female comrades, so he stood outside and waited.
Xia Qingtang confirmed the dormitory here with his own eyes and found that the room was quite spacious with large windows. Xie Xiaoshuang chose an upper bunk and was also assigned a small cabinet.
"The cabinet is for you to store your things. When you go out to work, you must lock up your valuables here. Don't buy a cheap lock. If something is stolen, the factory will not be responsible." Xiao Li said, "You four dormitories use the washroom and toilet on the right. There is a bathroom on the east side of the dormitory building. Three shower tickets are issued every week. You can use them as you wish. Okay, that's about it. Oh, and you have to prepare your own bedding."
"Okay, we got it. Thank you, Director Li." Xie Xiaoshuang thanked her, noted down her dormitory location and bed number, and followed her out.
"What's it like inside?" Xie Jinxuan asked.
Xia Qingtang said, "It's quite spacious and not full. There are five of us including Xiaoshuang."
"The place behind will definitely be full. We have no problem recruiting workers here." Xiao Li said, "Hurry up and buy your bedding. You have to go to work tomorrow morning. It will be too late to turn back."
This person is quite kind-hearted, and Xie Xiaoshuang quickly thanked him.
Xia Qingtang whispered, "Xiao Shuang, don't you want to keep those things you have in the compound?"
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