In the next few days, Master Mo and several carpentry apprentices worked overtime to make small stools and chairs for the Xiuying Factory.
Ma Dali would go out to compare prices for fabric during the day, and would help make the stools at night.
Chen Xingling arranged some basic measures for the factory, such as adding some electric lights and buying kettles, etc., and also helped prepare some daily necessities and utensils for his fourth brother and his wife.
Several of her brothers had already learned how to ride a motorcycle, and she had also learned most of it.
With someone helping to pick her up and drop her off, Zhu Siya finally happily agreed and went into the city to help manage the factory.
The various generous small subsidies from the embroidery factory were spread one after another, and soon the various "small teams" in the embroidery team knew about it, instantly causing a huge stir in their peaceful circle!
Soon, they came to the east of the city in groups of three or four to visit the Xiuzhen Factory.
The factory has been opened in advance. Chen Xingling and Zhu Siya are sitting in front of the gate. Every time an embroiderer comes, they will take them on a tour inside and outside, and actively promote the various generous small subsidies offered by the embroidery factory.
The embroiderers looked at the bright factory floor, the brand new wooden stools and chairs, and the various brand new tools, and were all tempted one after another.
After the visit, some people took the initiative to leave their names and addresses, and asked with a smile when they could start work.
Chen Xingling quickly replied: "You can come to work next Monday. The fabrics have been bought. We just need to make samples and start working right away. In addition, we have two masters here during the day to teach and share their experience. Anyone who is interested can come and exchange experiences."
Under the guidance of Ma Sanyue, she visited three experienced old embroiderers one after another.
Two of them were already in their fifties and came to help one after another. The reason was simple - it was because the factory had a formal working environment and a guaranteed minimum salary of 30 yuan a month.
Thirty yuan is a fixed salary, which means that even if they don't have to work, they can earn thirty yuan just by teaching the younger generations. If they do more embroidery in their spare time, they can also get paid by the piece like other people.
No matter how you calculate it, they are sure to make money, and they will definitely make a lot of money!
Only another old embroiderer said that she could not come to help for the time being because her daughter-in-law was going to give birth to her third child next month and she had to stay at home to take care of her daughter-in-law during the confinement period.
However, she said she would be free at the end of this month or the beginning of next month, and asked if she could wait a while.
Chen Xingling readily agreed, saying that the door of the embroidery factory would always be open to her and she was always welcome to come. As long as she came, everything promised before would come true.
When the embroiderers heard this, they were overjoyed!
Someone rushed to explain: "Not all masters are willing to teach us... Some old embroiderers hide their skills, for fear that we will take their jobs!"
"Yeah, yeah! Sometimes they won't even let us watch!"
"Are you really willing to teach? You won't just teach the most common ones, right? We can teach the common ones, too!"
Chen Xingling was happy to answer them: "They receive our monthly salary as masters, so they must teach you everything they know. That is, no matter what you ask, as long as they know the embroidery skills, they must answer you and teach you."
When she and Sanyue went to hire a master, they asked about the master's temper in advance. If he was the kind of master who didn't like to socialize with others, they would rule him out in advance.
Because the master needs to work in the factory during the day and needs to answer questions and demonstrate to everyone, so he tries to find someone who is approachable and easy to get along with.
One embroiderer exclaimed, "Wow! There is also a master's salary! How much is it per month? What does it take to be considered a master?"
Chen Xingling replied: "If you can master all the skills of our Chongqing embroidery, you can become our master. The master's fixed salary is 30 yuan a month, and the festival subsidy is twice that of the employees. They go to work every day to guide the younger generations, and continue to embroider when they are free. The salary is the same as yours."
"That's great! I can get a salary every month!"
“The subsidy is double!”
An embroiderer asked curiously: "If you have no work, will they not get paid?"
"No." Chen Xingling explained: "Our factory will be in continuous production for several days. Except for the holidays, there is work to do at other times."
One light embroidery worker happily exclaimed: "Wow! We can have a holiday during the Spring Festival! I like this. I hate having to work all day long from Spring Festival to Spring Festival!"
Zhu Siya nodded repeatedly: "Yes, we have holidays during traditional festivals and holidays. We will give out rice and oil subsidies on major festivals, and we will have a day or half a day off on minor festivals."
"That's good."
"We are an embroidery factory, not a small-scale purchasing company. It's different in big places. Wait! Aren't you all going to pay us monthly? Like other factories pay us?"
Chen Xingling quickly shook his head: "No, no, we can all hand over the goods and pay at the same time, whether it's a master chef or an ordinary employee."
The embroiderers finally felt relieved and gave their names one after another, agreeing to come to work next week.
"I still have some unfinished work to do. I'll come over when I'm done. You don't need to bring anything, right?"
Chen Xingling replied: "Just bring a cup. There are several thermos bottles with hot water available at any time. You don't need to bring anything else."
After consulting and visiting, the embroiderers left one after another.
After a few days of coming and going, the Xiuqi Factory finally opened!
The firecrackers popped for more than an hour, and everyone pushed open the door happily.
"Welcome the God of Wealth!"
"Money is coming!"
“Money comes from all directions!”
"Absorb the wealth from all over the world!"
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Chen Xingling brought out several large bags of candy and asked her brothers and sisters-in-law to give them to the neighbors who came to watch the fun and to the children passing by. The rest was distributed to the two masters and a dozen embroiderers who came to work that day.
That afternoon, a few young embroiderers came. They were all good sisters of San Yue Si Fang. They said they wanted to learn skills and make money. When they heard that there was a master here to pass on his experience, they came here together immediately.
Ma Sanyue and Sifang had to attend classes during the day and could only do embroidery after school or at night, so they only took the simplest handkerchiefs back home.
Ma Dali solemnly warned: "Don't stay up late at night, the lights must be bright. Also, you must finish all your homework before you can do these."
"I know." Ma Sanyue and Sifang answered obediently and turned to look for Chen Xingling.
Chen Xingling stuffed a handful of candy into each of them, and gave a few to Ma Sanyue.
"These are for Sister Lin's daughter Xiaojing."
Ma Dali said that since the manager went to school, the widowed sister-in-law rarely went to see him, because the manager went out early and came back late every day, and had to finish his homework at night, so he had no time to take care of her.
Ma Li would send her rice and food every few days and occasionally give her some money.
The widow's daughter, Xiaojing, is already over one year old. She would go to Ma Li's house from time to time to look for Sanyue and Sifang because she liked her two older sisters very much.
Ma Sanyue nodded, took it, and turned around and curled her lips.
"My younger sister and I haven't been there much recently to avoid seeing some dirty things."
Chen Xingling raised his eyebrows suspiciously and asked, "What?"
Ma Sanyue came forward and lowered her voice, "Sister, that sister Lin is not faithful to her husband and likes to flirt with other men all day long. Recently, there are always some lazy guys moving around her door. My eldest brother told us not to go there or talk nonsense. Xiaojing would occasionally come to us, and we would give her food and play with her. Recently, my brother stopped sending rice and vegetables, and Xiaojing came to get them. She is much stronger now and can already carry a small basket of things."
"Oh." Chen Xingling didn't know what to comment and could only nod perfunctorily.
This is someone else's private matter, she shouldn't comment on it.
Lin was just a married woman in her early teens. Her husband was gone. Even though she had people to rely on, she still had to think more about her own life.
She was also doing this for herself and her daughter, and it was her freedom and right to pursue her own life. After all, she was still so young, and it would be too cruel for her to be a widow for most of her life because of a dead person.
This is a good thing. Ma Dali doesn't have to worry about the other party continuing to harass his brother, and he can breathe a sigh of relief.
Unexpectedly, Ma Dali was still unhappy.
"You have no idea how miserable I've been lately! I don't even dare to go home... Really!"
Chen Xingling couldn't figure out what was going on, so he asked, "Why? Are you being targeted too?"
"Go away!" Ma Dali scolded with a smile: "Can't you just hope that I get better? I dare not go out in the village recently, for fear that my relatives and uncles will see me and blame me again!"
Chen Xingling quickly figured out what was going on and asked, "They asked you to drive away Widow Lin, didn't they?"
"Alas..." Ma Dali was a little embarrassed and whispered, "A widow is always surrounded by gossip. She is the kind of person who loves to stir up trouble. She flirts with several men in the village all day long. The uncles and aunts in the clan were very angry and scolded my brother for bringing such a woman into the village."
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