The snow melts and the ice melts, the earth rejuvenates, and the green shoots re-emerge on the branches.
The salt workers in Gaoyou City woke up a long time ago. They came out of their homes or dormitories and went to the canteen in groups to get food. No matter how much the price of Gaoyou rose, they could eat two coins in the canteen. This is only the treatment of salt workers.
After breakfast, they went to work.
Gaoyou was originally rich, but Gaoyou was not rich in salt workers or common people, but small leaders and officials, as well as a big family who colluded with officials and businessmen.
But today is different. Salt workers can earn money by working hard. Whoever works more will get more.
In the past, being a salt worker was a hard job, and it was only when you couldn't survive that you came to be a salt worker. You did the hardest work, and with the least money, you couldn't fill your stomach with all your hard work.
Who would have thought that in Gaoyou, there are still salt people who once starved to death.
The salt man who died of starvation was Sun Si's father.
Sun Si, as the name suggests, is the fourth child in the family.
And the only one that survived.
Brothers and sisters either died of disease or starved to death, but he is the only one who has survived until now.
And now that he works alone, he can support his family, his mother, his wife and children.
After Nan Bodhisattva came, the life of the people in Gaoyou changed for the better. He married a daughter-in-law, and the daughter-in-law gave birth to three children, two sons and a daughter. The workers said that he was lucky.
His mother and daughter-in-law were doing well. Every time he came home, he felt that such a day was like a dream.
Sometimes when he thinks of the old days, he thinks that it is a matter of his previous life.
The only regret is that his father was not able to support Nan Bodhisattva, and now his majesty is down to Gaoyou.
After being raised by his mother for many years, his body and bones have become much tougher. Now, when he has nothing to do, he still picks wild vegetables or wild fruits on the mountain with his old sisters, makes them into side dishes or jams and sends them to restaurants, and can also earn a small sum of money.
Now the family is still inseparable from people, and the daughter-in-law and the old mother take care of the children separately.
While Sun Si was working, a worker said, "Sun Si, is your eldest child six years old?"
Sun Si put down the guy in his hand and said with a smile, "Yes, he is strong."
"Then will you send your baby to the school?" The person who asked the question hesitated.
Sun Si said strangely: "Of course I will send it, I heard that if I study well, there will be a scholarship! I don't ask him to give me a first-class exam and come back, just learn a few words, and don't be blind like me in the future. "
The co-worker sighed: "My eldest baby is ten years old. In the past, she could work with me."
He is reluctant to this labor force.
It was Sun Si who persuaded him: "Think about it, now you want your son to work as a salt worker? The boss is not allowed, you didn't listen to the team leader, you must be fourteen years old before you can work, otherwise it will be considered child labor. People will also be fined.”
"Going to study, although I can't work for my family, but if I can learn better, I'll get good grades when I graduate, and I'm afraid I can't find a good job? I can't say that I can earn more in one month than half a year as a salt worker."
Workers are confused.
There are not many people in his family, and the eldest has grown up with no illness and no disaster until now, and can work and earn money.
sent to read...
At least three years.
His older son doesn't seem to be able to earn money for his family by reading a book.
Sun Si saw that he was unable to make up his mind, and said: "After all, you have studied and learned to read, but your eldest son is still blind, and now there are few daughters, you are not afraid that he will not be able to marry a wife and break up. The roots of your family?"
Only then did the co-worker widen his eyes and say, "That's still going to be sent to the school."
On the opening day of the school, Sun Si took his eldest son to report that the gate of the school was already full of people.
Because there are new textbooks this year, I heard that this session began to learn simplified characters.
The common people do not know what simplified characters are, but they only hear and learn better and understand better.
In the previous years, I still learned the previous characters, but the simplified characters and the previous characters have the same origin, and it is easy to recognize them.
Sun Si first took the eldest son to register, reported his parents' names, his home address, and his job. Then he went to find the eldest son's class, and the eldest son was divided into the first and fifth classes.
The teacher told him that there are six grades in total, the first, second, and third grades, and the fourth, fifth, and sixth grades.
Generally, you can graduate after three years of study, and you can go to study if your family wants to.
After finishing the sixth year, those who want to take the imperial examinations in the future can still go to university.
Sun Si looked at the new school and the beautiful small building. There were many things he had never seen before in the school, and the children could play on it. He thanked the teacher gratefully, and then sent his son into the classroom.
When he left, he instructed his son: "Be obedient and study hard, and you will be better than your father when you learn."
Although the eldest son was young, he knew from a young age that he was the eldest son in the family and the responsibility on his shoulders. He said to Sun Si, "I know, Dad, I will definitely study hard."
"I can teach my brother and sister when I go back."
Sun Si left in a hurry. He took a half-day leave and wanted to go back to work early.
He earns twenty taels a month because he works hard enough to do better than other salt workers.
The two taels of silver will only be used for food and clothing at home for one or two months a month, and the remaining one or two will be saved. He plans to save it for two years, so he will renovate his house and pay the housing management bureau. Added on the ground.
The child grows fast, and the little one cannot stay in the same room with him and his wife all the time.
When it's new, let them move in.
Since the eldest son came back from school, he told his younger brothers and sisters about his school in the school. They don't call it the school, but the school.
"My teacher said that if I study well, I won't be charged for textbooks in the future." Da'er said happily, "The teacher praised me for my good memory yesterday! I was elected as the monitor this afternoon, and all my classmates chose me!"
The younger brother and sister looked at his brother with admiration, but felt that his whole person had changed after he went to school.
The eldest also said to Sun Si: "Father, when I graduate, I will earn money to support my family, you and my mother, my grandmother, my brothers and sisters!"
Sun Si laughed at him: "Your father, I'm not old yet! I don't need you to support it! Your younger siblings will also go to school in the future. Maybe they can be more promising than you, and you don't need you to support them!"
"When your father, I and your mother can't work anymore, you can raise them again."
The child frowned: "Hey! When will you stop working!"
Sun Si didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "You little bastard, who is this dumb mouth following?"
His daughter-in-law was busy on the stove and shouted, "As you like."
His mother also joined in the fun: "Your father and you are like this!"
Sun Sizheng can't beat it, so he went out to chop firewood by himself. Although he sells more firewood now and it's cheaper, but after living in poverty for a long time, he always feels that he can save a little bit. Only when the autumn is over will they spend money to buy firewood. carbon.
The charcoal is burning in the house, which is warm, but the windows must be opened. The team leader will tell them every year that those who do not open the windows will be smoked to death.
The firewood is burned while cooking.
"It's dinner!" The daughter-in-law brought the dishes to the main hall, and the family sat around the wooden table.
The little doll reached out to grab the steamed buns and said happily, "Mother! Why are there steamed buns today!"
This is white noodles! Life is better now, but white noodles are still expensive, and ordinary people are reluctant to buy them.
The daughter-in-law smiled and said, "your father paid your wages yesterday."
Every time you get paid, you can have a good meal the next day. This is the unwritten rule of the Sun family.
When the daughter-in-law brought out another pot of vegetables, the family's saliva was about to flow down.
"Fat!" The girl's eyes couldn't move.
Fatty and greasy pork is very rare, and the fat meat on the meat stall is the fastest to be robbed.
Chicken, duck and fish are all lean, but people still prefer fatty pork.
The daughter-in-law said proudly: "I went to the market to wait before dawn this morning, otherwise I wouldn't be able to buy such good fat meat."
Her craftsmanship is average, but the whole family eats it very sweetly.
Sun Si took a bite of the steamed bun and watched his own cubs rush to eat the fat, with a smile in his eyes.
His grandson didn't make his baby hungry, and he didn't make his wife and mother not hungry.
Although it is not a big achievement, he is already satisfied.
"By the way, there is a nursery on the street." The daughter-in-law told Sun Si before going to bed.
Sun Si also knows what a nursery is. Now many families have both men and women working together to earn money. No one takes their children, so there is a nursery.
When parents send their children to work, there are women watching, taking care of meals, and sometimes small snacks.
Parents take their children home after they leave work.
This kind of nursery is very strict, the door is closed during the day, and security guards are hired - this is also a new occupation, and the wages are not low!
Those who are strong and fit are willing to go.
The businessmen are very thoughtful, not to mention human traffickers, even a flying insect can hardly fly in.
But it's not cheap. One child will cost one dollar a month, and two will cost two dollars.
Sun Si turned over and looked at his daughter-in-law: "Do you want to go to work?"
The daughter-in-law nodded: "Sanya doesn't have to breastfeed anymore, isn't there a knitting factory over there to recruit people? It's close to home, I can come back every day, and I heard that if I can meet the standard, I will have a tael of silver, and I will do more after meeting the standard. There are commissions, and one can get forty cents!"
Her eyes were bright: "The other one is 20 wen, this is forty wen."
Sun Si said strangely, "Why forty wen?"
Daughter-in-law: "What else can I do, I can't recruit anyone."
Sun Si suddenly realized that all men are willing to work hard and earn more if they have the strength. Few men are willing to work in the knitting factory. Careful.
I heard that there was a rough man who went to work in a knitting factory before, but as a result, he tore up two twigs of thread.
Since then, men who admit to being unlucky have stopped trying, lest they lose money.
"Let's go then." Sun Si agreed very much, "Let's make money together, maybe we will get the money for building a house this year!"
The daughter-in-law was also very happy: "Yes, save more. In the future, the two boys want to marry a wife, and the girls want a dowry. Wherever they need money!"
It used to be hard to spend money.
It's not hard to spend money now, because you can earn it.
As a result, the next day, the daughter-in-law went to the knitting factory for an interview, and the fourth mother Sun followed.
And then—the daughter-in-law didn't show her face, she was stupid.
The old lady faced.