"Second brother, look at this."
The men from Wangjia Village were all shocked when they opened the lid of the dish.
Especially that box full of meat dishes.
Even for the Lunar New Year, it's impossible for a whole family to make this much meat.
It would be good if there were even half of this meat dish; it's basically just a little bit of meat with a lot of other things added.
Last year, during the Spring Festival, they splurged and went to town to buy two ounces of meat.
I put in two large heads of cabbage and radish. There are more than ten people in my family, and this is the only dish we eat during the Chinese New Year.
Those have already broken their fast.
Several people held their disposable chopsticks but didn't eat anything.
Several of the men had tears in their eyes as they looked at the delicious food.
I wasn't thinking about putting it in my mouth, but about the children at home.
The children haven't had meat for a long time.
One of the middle-aged men sat opposite them, looking at their expressions and clearly not understanding what they were doing.
"You can eat without worry. There will be another serving of this when you finish work this afternoon."
You can take some back for your children to eat later, it's so hot in the weather.
"That won't last long; wouldn't it be a waste if it broke?"
Hearing the uncle's words, Wang Laosan craned his neck and asked, "Didn't you say you'd finish work early this afternoon? Why are you having another meal?"
The uncle smiled and said, "The young princess is kind and thoughtful. Everyone who came to work at the beginning had the same mindset as you."
Therefore, the young princess made this special rule so that everyone could eat with peace of mind.
They also say that food is as essential as iron, and you'll get hungry if you skip a meal.
Doing such heavy work, I can't go without eating. If I want to send food home to my children, I'll just grab a portion when I finish work.
Another young man standing nearby smiled and said, "Yes, our little princess said this is a perk, so everyone can eat well when it's time to eat."
Otherwise, she might be unhappy if she finds out.
The men nodded in agreement and began to shovel large mouthfuls of white rice into their mouths.
This bowl of white rice plus half a pot of soup is enough for the whole family to have a hot bowl of white rice porridge.
This young princess is really generous; she's giving all the laborers like her big bowls of white rice.
I've never received this kind of treatment, no matter where I work.
Each time they ate meat, they chewed it slowly and carefully, especially a few of them who were eating braised pork ribs.
Those ribs had shrunk again and again.
In particular, each rib has large chunks of meat on it.
Those who eat braised pork have their mouths dripping with oil.
Eating meat was incredibly satisfying; I've never experienced anything like it in my life.
Wang Laosan had only eaten half a box of rice when he started burping.
"Second brother, what are you complaining about? That mung bean soup is delicious, drink more of it."
I'd never tasted that rare stuff before, and now I'm stuffed with mung bean soup.
The others couldn't help but laugh when they heard this, not knowing whether they were laughing at Wang Laosan or at themselves.
They all ate a lot of mung bean soup, thinking that they could skip lunch if they didn't have any.
Who knew the lunch would be so delicious?
And with the weather so hot, there was no way to store this stuff, so we had no choice but to grit our teeth and force it down our throats.
Wang Laosan ate the dishes in front of him with all his might, but he only managed to finish one bowl of rice.
There was a bowl of white rice left, and after thinking it over, I finally decided to keep it with me.
I was hoping against hope that if it hadn't gone bad by the time I got home that night, I could still take it out and eat it.
If it's a little spoiled, I'll eat it myself and not give it to the children at home.
After the meal, the person in charge said that they needed to rest for half an hour. Everyone was shocked. If that's the case, they had only worked for a few hours in a day!
These people were somewhat puzzled, and two of them even thought that the young princess was just deliberately making an excuse.
We just want to support these impoverished people, even though we don't know how much they can earn in a day.
But even with just this much food, plus a few coins given out after work in the afternoon, it would be quite nice.
Everyone was feeling quite pleased with themselves, and they worked even harder in the afternoon.
The factory clock struck four in the afternoon, and then the bell rang.
The sun is still high in the sky outside.
The newcomer naturally didn't understand what the jingling sound was.
But the workers who had been working there for a long time heard the sound, put down what they were doing, and rushed out immediately.
A foreman passed by and said to them, "It's time to get off work, hurry up and go."
The person in charge has to check if the power supply is off!
Upon hearing this, several people quickly put down what they were holding and rushed out with the main group.
Only when I rushed out did I realize that there were several old men and women pulling an oxcart at the gate.
The oxcart was filled to the brim with boxes of food.
Everyone was queuing up, and after receiving their things, they left.
Several men from Wangjia Village quickly joined the queue and soon it was their turn.
Each of them received a large apple, along with two boxes of white rice and two boxes of vegetables.
After receiving these items, the men opened them and took a look.
"Second brother, look at me, I have braised pork again, and what kind of egg is this inside?"
This egg is so small, it doesn't look like a chicken egg at all. Is it a bird's egg?
Wang Lao Er looked at his younger brother's excited appearance, but still didn't quite know what the egg in the braised pork was.
People going to and from work nearby heard the strange looks on the faces of several men together.
He said, "These are called quail eggs, and they're very nutritious."
They're raised on several farms over there; this dish is called braised quail eggs with pork.
"Thank you for letting me know, brother."
"There's no need to thank me. You'll be working here for a long time."
You'll discover many things you've never seen before!
After saying that, the man took his food and left.
The other two I opened found my own, which was the same as the braised pork with potatoes I had for lunch.
The other dish was braised chicken, and it was filled with chicken pieces; there were no potatoes like the ones we had at lunch.
While they waited, the people sitting next to them, who were also waiting for the oxcart, murmured among themselves.
"They gave out apples today, but I remember they gave out milk yesterday."
"Yes, yes, that milk really tastes delicious."
My kids at home finished drinking it, and they were still talking about it when I came to work today.
They asked if there would be any milk left tonight.
The man who spoke first chuckled, "Who says otherwise? My little rascal is just like that too."
But this apple is as big as an adult's fist; if we divide it among a few kids when we get home, they'll definitely be happy.
"By the way, you know, Old Li's eldest son is already so old and still not married."
He worked in the factory for over a month, earned some money, and then got married.
I heard that his wife is quite pretty!
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