The Benz family moved to Red Rock City from a far away place. At first they just drifted with the crowd. After living in Red Rock City for a while, they discovered that this place is simply paradise, in every sense of the word.
The Benz family consists of six people, including the male owner and two children. The male owner’s old mother is old and barely needs care. The wife is very hard to take care of the housework and has no time to support the family. The daughter is only ten years old and cannot help. Busy.
This kind of family structure is very common, and it can even be said that the lower class people are relatively lucky. At least the two eldest children are boys, and they have reached the age where they can sell their labor force.
The male owner is one of the few people who has read a book. He usually charges a small amount of money from the neighbors to teach children how to read, and his income is not bad.
Although their lives were hard, they could still get by. However, wars and natural disasters forced them to flee.
The natural disaster did not take away anyone in his family, so he was lucky, but the most direct consequence was that the male owner, Uncle Benz, lost his job. In the chaos, no one was willing to spend money on literacy.
The two boys had something to do, but it was difficult to support a large family. Even half of their house collapsed and they didn't have time to repair it. The family's small savings were dwindling rapidly.
Uncle Benz also went to work hard, but still couldn't come up with the money to hire someone to repair the house.
The price of labor did not change much, but food prices increased after the disaster. Everyone was very sad. Seeing that the family was almost unable to afford food, the Benz family chose to move while they still had some savings to support travel expenses.
Relocation is not easy either. The area affected by the disaster is far beyond their knowledge. Wherever they go, there are ruins and a large number of people who cannot take care of themselves.
Fortunately, some of the refugees were well-informed. I heard that there were places where not many people died. It took more than half a month on the road to reach Red Rock City.
As rumored, although some houses in Red Rock City have not yet been repaired, there is not much sadness on people's faces, because compared to their income, local food is very cheap.
Organized and managed by the refugees who came to Red Rock City earlier, and temporarily living in a resettlement area mainly composed of tents outside the city, the Benz family quickly adapted to life in Red Rock City.
Red Rock City has a designated official language that is difficult to understand. All refugees must learn it. There is no charge for it, and the time is mainly arranged in the evening.
During the day, there will be people organizing work for the refugees. If you speak the official language, you can also find work on your own.
The Benz family's labor force mainly helped load and unload goods at the railway. The money they received bought food for the family, and there was still a lot leftover.
In addition to the minimum wage for loading and unloading goods, there are also piece-rate bonuses. After deducting the cost of food, the three of them can still have two yuan left over a day. If you are more strict with your stomach, you can save more.
After spending a month saving dozens of yuan, Uncle Benz could barely hold a simple conversation in the local official language, so he decided to start a business.
It wasn't a sudden idea, but I heard everyone chatting while transporting goods, and I learned that local iron is very cheap, and steel is a little more expensive.
Uncle Benz's family has not always been from the bottom. Grandpa Benz, who has passed away, was a steam engineer, but his steam engine business bankrupted him and made him a poor family.
As the treasures of Grandma Benz, some important manuscripts of Grandpa Benz were not lost on the way to move, and came to Red Rock City with them.
Uncle Benz read the manuscripts and decided to sell them to people who knew the goods. Of course, to take care of Grandma Benz's emotions, he only sold copies.
He saw the steam engines shipped out at work and already found out about the buyers.
However, the results of this business trip were a bit unexpected.
The person in charge of reviewing the manuscript at Metro Research Bureau asked: "How much do you know about steam engines?"
"I helped my father before getting married and made it with my own hands. That was twenty years ago." Uncle Benz spoke smoothly here with the blessing of language knowledge, but he was not proficient enough.
"Linear motion steam engines are in their infancy, you know?"
"..." Is it to lower the price?
The reviewer did not play charades and said directly: "The value of the manuscript is limited, but since you have made a steam engine, we can provide you with a job opportunity with better pay."
It's a pity that the manuscript can't be sold, but it's also good to have new job opportunities. After all, Uncle Benz is too old to work hard for much longer.
"How much pay?"
"The daily salary is 1.2 yuan, which will be increased to 2 yuan after completing the technical course. If you have mechanical design ability, the daily salary for completing relevant courses will be 3 yuan, plus a product finalization bonus. Each new product finalization will be no less than 1,000 yuan. Each improvement shall not be less than two hundred dollars.”
Uncle Benz's heart was pounding. If he could get a design position, he could cover the family's expenses by himself!
Even if you become a skilled worker, it will still be much more expensive than moving goods at a railway station.
"I really want to do this job, but my home is in Red Rock City."
"You can transfer your household registration and settle here. If you are sure you want this job, I can issue you a letter of introduction required by the municipal government now. It will be more troublesome to have a house in Red Rock City. You have to find someone to help sell it. After moving here, I temporarily lived in the resettlement house of the Manufacturing Bureau, and there was a specially designated land next to it for building housing."
"No house, no house. But I have six people in my family."
"It's okay. You can rent an extra resettlement house for ten yuan a month. When you transfer to a formal position, it can be reduced by half. "
On the same day, Uncle Benz opened the letter of introduction, went to the New City Municipal Administration to get the household registration card, and hurried back to arrange the relocation.
The two boys were not skilled workers in Red Rock City. They could work at the railway station in the new city, and there was no difference.
Only when I actually came to go through the onboarding and check-in procedures did I realize how big the organization represented by the Manufacturing Bureau was.
Its resettlement house is actually part of the camp outside the northwest outpost of the new city. It is a five-story building grown out of trees. Each household has an area of 50 square meters, which is enough for six people to live in two households. The self-built housing area is an isolated area between the Manufacturing Bureau and the Research Bureau and other areas of the new city. The entire street several hundred meters long belongs to them.
Perhaps it was because his experiences as a boy were useful and he had not completely put down his knowledge over the years. Uncle Benz quickly passed the technical engineering course. Although the structure was slightly different, the manufacturing and repair were not much different from Grandpa Benz's steam engine.
After that, I took part in advanced courses while working, and I also met His Highness the Special Envoy, who was beautiful and generous. I heard that he was also extremely powerful in martial arts.
After working and studying for ten hours a day, I still have the energy to teach my little daughter when I get home. Unfortunately, the two boys are too wild and are not good at studying.
After a month of such comfortable days, the manufacturing bureau had a new project, which was to design a steam lathe workshop. Turning means turning the workpiece on a fixed axis and using a tool to cut the workpiece.
All skilled workers and advanced course students can participate individually or in groups, and Uncle Benz is certainly eligible.
One month later, the plan submitted by Uncle Benz had the highest score, and he received a bonus of three hundred yuan that month! It's not even a product finalization bonus, it's just a basic plan bonus in the early stages of the project.
For the first time, he knew that the knowledge he learned was so valuable.
