All the women soldiers became excited as soon as they heard about the distribution of clothes.
In this era, cloth was very expensive. Because the raw materials of fabrics come from the land. If the land is planted with mulberry and hemp, you cannot grow food. Therefore, clothes are as precious as food.
Every piece of cloth must be put to its best use. Three years of new life, three years of old life, and another three years of mending. After the parents finish dressing, they dress their children. The eldest brother is replaced by the second child, and the second child is given to the third child.
In the end, it really didn’t make sense. Crispy. I can't bear to throw it away. Use glue and paste them layer by layer to form a one centimeter thick cloth board. Use scissors to cut out the soles of the cloth shoes.
Even if I find a piece of rag on the road, I will pick it up immediately and make a patch. If I can't make a patch, I can stick it together to make a shoe sole.
During their interview, they saw that everyone in the factory was wearing jackets and work clothes of the same color and style. It looks energetic and neat. Indescribably beautiful.
Unexpectedly, the factory would issue two complete sets of clothes from inside to outside every year. What an unexpected surprise. You can wear your own clothes for your children.
Soon the female stewards from different workshops came to take roll call. The female steward of the wool cleaning workshop is an old palace maid in her forties. Her name is Banniu, and I heard she is from the Queen's Palace.
The maids in the palace usually have festive names, such as Laifu, Fugui, etc. In addition, the most common names are various girls. What about "big girls" and "three girls"?
Li Ping followed Ba Niu in charge and came to the outside of the bath. After waiting for half an hour, it was their turn to go in and take a bath.
The people here are all female soldiers brought by Huang Siya from Yang Mansion. They directed the female workers to take a bath in the hot water pool first, and then lie down on the wooden beds. The five big and three thick female soldiers held burlap cloths in their hands and began to scrub hard.
These big girls and young wives were rubbed so hard that they called them daddy and mommy. They all had a bath there and grimaced in pain. There were all kinds of shouts and the scene was almost impossible to listen to.
After scrubbing and showering, I lathered up the soap and rinsed it off, and all of my skin suddenly regained its original color.
All of them are seventeen or eighteen years old, and they all say that there is no ugly girl in her twenties. After being cleansed, her whole temperament has changed.
Li Ping looked at herself in the big mirror, and her skin was no longer so dark. Both shy and happy.
The little girl next to her who had not left the pavilion was even more rosy. Her face looked like a red apple, which made people want to take a bite.
He wiped the water off his body and came out of another passage. There are iron stoves burning along the way, which is very warm. We arrived at a hall inside, where clothes were distributed.
The female soldiers held rope rulers to measure their sizes. Then shouted the number backwards.
The female soldiers at the back found a suitable set of clothes and shoes from the carton, brought them over and gave them to them.
When they came out wearing work jackets and rubber shoes, they felt as if they were completely different people. There is a feeling of being completely transformed.
"Come here, come here. The factory has regulations that require you to cut your hair short. Long hair can easily get into the machine and tear your scalp off. You must all cut your hair into ear-length hair." Some female soldiers shouted loudly.
These female soldiers all have short hair. Many of Yang Fan's rules were brought by later generations.
The women all cried and refused to cut their hair. However, their resistance was ineffective and they were restrained by female soldiers and had their hair cut.
Each of these women burst into tears, as if they had been insulted.
"What are you crying about? It's just your hair. It looks so fresh and refreshing after a haircut. This time your hair will never compete with you for soup." Huang Siya came over at some unknown time.
There is a folk saying that hair absorbs the nutrients from the soup that people drink.
These women didn't cry for long before they burst into laughter. Because Huang Daya took them to the canteen to get food.
Because it was their first time away from home, the factory would not be too happy considering their emotions.
After all, these people usually never leave the front door or take a second step. Now that I have suddenly arrived in a special environment, I will definitely feel a lot of hesitation, loss, loneliness, helplessness, fear and other emotions.
So today there is a special extra meal in the cafeteria, including snow-white steamed buns and brightly red braised pork tubes. Drink egg soup as you like.
The eyes that were crying just now were red, but now their eyes were shining brightly, and they were swallowing hard looking at such a good meal.
Life in Jingying has been very difficult these years. Military pay arrears are severe. It was also washed away by civil servants. The whole family is trying to provide relatively good food to the male who can make money. The women in the family always drink some porridge and eat some wild vegetable dumplings.
White flour steamed buns are within the reach of ordinary people. Even though Xinghe Supermarket provided food books for military households in the capital, they only dared to buy cornmeal and the like because it was cheap after all.
Although white noodles are much cheaper than those on the market, they don't dare to buy them because of the arrears of military pay.
Li Ping happily wiped her tears. She has grown so big, and this is the first time she has seen braised pork.
She followed the team to the table, picked up the stainless steel dinner plate, and then walked to the cook to prepare the meal. Then, under the guidance of the steward, he took the kuaizi, sat down on the table and chair and started eating.
"Listen up, if you don't have enough to eat, you can buy more food, but you are not allowed to waste it or take it away. Our factory does not cost money to eat, which is a welfare for everyone. But if it is wasted, you will be charged according to the price of the meal."
Originally, Li Ping was reluctant to eat and planned to pack some food to take back to her mother-in-law and two children. When I heard this, I knew this was not allowed. I ate it with some regret.
Coming out of the restaurant, many people were anxious to get to work. They all asked Ba Niu, the manager, when they could start work.
"Go to work, you think it's a good idea, you won't even be able to go to work in the first month."
"Ah, why."
"Yeah, why don't you go to work?"
Ba Niu sneered and said: "Come to work, do you know how to do each process? Our factory uses steam engines as power, and textile machinery is driven by steam engines. If you work with the machine, if you are not careful, It will cause an accident. Go to work! Don't think about it. This afternoon, first learn the rules and regulations of the factory."
"Starting from tomorrow, we will first learn the procedures and processes of each workshop and the product quality standards. Then we will start studying under the guidance of technical staff in a few days. We can only start work next month after passing the assessment at the end of the month."
Suddenly, the women sighed with regret. It seems that in the first month, I won't get anything except basic salary.
They also know that now they know nothing and really don’t know how to work. But when I think about it, my piece rate wages will not be paid until next month, which makes me feel very sad.
