Otherworldly Days

Chapter 223 Holidays

The autumn wind is bleak, and it is getting cold day by day.

The last batch of goods in the garment workshop has been shipped out, and it will be closed here, and it will only reopen next year.On the last day of the holiday, Cao Xiangnan also came over, summoned the employees in the workshop and had a talk, summed up the situation of this year, and talked about next year's events.

"...The garment factory will start work as soon as possible next year. If we decide when to start work, Li Mei and Wu Yue will notify everyone in advance." He will not know until he returns to Nanyang next year that the work will start here. How, Cao Xiangnan has not yet made a decision on the start of construction next year.

The clothing factory sells winter clothes very well this year. There is a letter from Nanyang that the few pieces of clothes sent earlier have been sold out. The last batch of clothes will be sent here to replenish the goods over there.There was not enough raw material in the workshop, and he was afraid of the bad weather later, so these shipments would not go out. It was almost the time, so he simply stopped working in the workshop.

"There is also an annual gift for everyone here, everyone has a copy, Li Mei and Wu Yue, take it and distribute it to everyone." Cao Xiangnan signaled Li Mei and Wu Yue to come forward and distribute the things to everyone.

Li Mei and Wu Yue stepped forward and distributed the items to everyone one by one.

"Here are two catties of bacon and a small jar of wine. The bacon is delicious when steamed on top of rice or fried. Everyone takes it home to try the taste." The bacon is made by him, and the wine is also made by himself. It is produced, but they are all good things. Cao Xiangnan briefly told everyone about the practice of bacon.

"thank you boss."

"thank you boss."

Everyone is very happy to get the things. They work here and get paid every month. Not to mention, the boss gave them moon cakes last time during the Mid-Autumn Festival. How could such a good thing have been imagined before.

"The salary will not be settled until the beginning of the next month, and I will give it to Li Mei at that time, and let Li Mei take it for everyone." Since it is customary to calculate the salary at the beginning of the next month, Cao Xiangnan does not want to Months are counted specially.

However, considering some special circumstances, he added, "If someone is waiting for the money, go to Li Mei and tell me to report to me. You can come to me to settle the wages first, or they will be distributed to everyone at that time. "

"Li Mei, if anyone is waiting for wages, you can write it down when the time comes."

"it is good."

"Also, everyone has gone back for vacation, and this place needs to be cleaned up, so I would like to trouble everyone to clean up here before leaving."

"What we want, we should do well." Everyone is very willing to clean up the garment workshop before going back. Apart from being at home, the garment workshop is like their second home.

"Li Mei, Wu Yue, you two arrange for everyone to clean up here." After telling everyone about the matter here, Cao Xiangnan gave Li Mei and Wu Yue a few words, and mentioned that when the village It may be arranged for people to come here for the winter, so this place must be cleaned and lived in.

"Okay, let's arrange it now." Li Mei responded quickly.

They also heard from the family that they would arrange for the orphans and children in the village to spend the winter in the newly built academy and the garment workshop this year, and now Lizheng and the village chief have brought people to make arrangements in the village.

This is a good thing for their Cao family village. In the past, when it snowed every winter, the village didn't know how many houses would be crushed, and people would freeze to death and starve to death.But this year is better, their Caojia Village has become different from before, and the stewards of the village have already started to arrange where these people go.

The buddies in the garment workshop are all proud to work in the garment workshop, and feel lucky to have such a boss.

They all know that Caojia Village has changed from the previous poverty because Caojia Shiro came out of their village. As long as anyone in the village is willing to work, the family will earn more money.These buddies have jobs to do, and a school has been built in the village, just waiting for their children to have books to read next year.Before the cold winter came, Li Zheng and the village chiefs were already making arrangements for the lonely elderly and young children in the village.

Naturally, Cao Xiangnan didn't know that the employees under him gave him such high praise in their hearts. To him, he just did what he could.He pays others to work, and he sells the things he produces, and he also makes money, but it is for mutual benefit.

After handing over the affairs of the clothing workshop to Li Mei and Wu Yue, the two stewards, he hurried away.

"Chen Wan, Ah Ru, you two clean this workshop."

"Cao Yan... you clean over there."

Li Mei and Wu Yue assigned all the workers to clean the garment workshop, and arranged for everyone to clean the inside and outside of the garment workshop.

"Hey, I don't know when the work will start next year." One brother still has some worries in his heart. He is afraid that if he loses this job, he will lose his monthly salary in the future.He has made up his mind that he will send his two boys to study in March next year, and leave Moer to take care of him for a year before sending them because they are still young.

"Don't worry, didn't the boss just say that Wu Yue would start work at the latest? If it's early, we will rush back to work here next spring." Someone responded with a smile.

These buddies are not worried about having to work every day, they only worry about losing the job.

Li Mei came over and heard a few people muttering, and smiled and said a few words to appease everyone, and said, "The boss will find a way to start the garment workshop this morning. After next year's spring plowing, we just need to be ready to come back." Get ready."

Based on his understanding of their boss, he knew that their boss would definitely make arrangements for the garment factory to start working as soon as possible, so he wasn't worried at all.He had a hunch that the garment workshop would definitely not open until May.

"Didn't the boss say it? All of us will go to the academy this winter to study and read, and then there will be a gentleman who will teach us. Those who work in the workshop will be assessed, and only those who pass can continue to work here. We are here Instead of worrying about when the boss will start work, it is better to think about how to work harder and learn more words."

As soon as Li Mei said this, everyone began to worry.

"Oh, what should I do, I don't know a single word, what should I do?"

"I don't know how to read either. I didn't learn to read until I was very old. Is there still time for this, this?"

"Why is it too late? When the time comes, let's all learn together. Didn't the boss say that if you learn three big characters a day, you can learn a lot in a month? We will learn more this winter, and we will know more characters by then."

Li Mei and Wu Yue were even more worried. The boss told them that in addition to learning big characters, the two of them also needed to learn arithmetic. How to do this job well!

The children in the family can learn arithmetic well, so it shouldn't be difficult for them, right?

The road in the village was repaired, and some of the extra men were arranged to help build houses in the academy.Coming out of the garment workshop, Cao Xiangnan went to the academy, looked at the progress of the house, and learned about the situation here from Master Feng.

After half a month of bacon, in addition to being sent to Yipinzhai, two batches of goods were shipped to Nanyang, and the rest of the finished ones were reserved for food at home and given away, and the rest were shipped to the town for sale. .

After negotiating with shopkeeper Liu, a stall was set up at the entrance of Yipinzhai to sell bacon.

The gentlemen who have eaten these delicious meats in Yipinzhai will also let the servants in charge of the family buy some from here to take away.The stall here only sells two hundred catties of bacon every day, and it is stipulated that each person can only buy ten catties at a time. The two hundred catties of meat will be sold out soon every day. Wait for the next day.

The stalls set up in the morning were sold out in a short while.

"Yeah, little brother Cao is here, come in and sit down."

The carriage stopped at the back door of Luo's Medical Center. Cao Xiangnan got out of the car and knocked on the door. Luo Rongheng came over and opened the door for him. He wanted to pull him in when he saw anyone. He said hurriedly, "Send a few catties of meat and two jars to elder brother Come drink."

Everything is still in the carriage, so move the things down before going in!

With something good, Cao Xiangnan didn't forget about old doctor Luo's place, besides, last time Luo Rongheng went to his house and sent him some precious medicinal materials, he also sent a gift here come over.

"Come as soon as you come, how can you be so polite to the elder brother, what kind of wine are you bringing?" That's what he said. As soon as he heard that there was wine, Luo Rongheng's people had already come out. Seeing Cao Xiangnan lift the curtain of the carriage, he He has already reached out to move the wine jar down.

After moving everything into the yard, Cao Xiangnan followed Luo Rong into it.

Luo Rongheng leaned over to sniff the opened wine jar, and said three times in a row, "Okay, okay, okay."

"The concentration of this wine is higher than that of the previous one. Brother, when you drink it, you should drink two glasses lightly. Don't be greedy." Even if you know that Luo Rongheng's alcohol capacity is good, I'm afraid he won't be able to resist this wine Jintou was drunk.

The last time Luo Rongheng came back for the Mid-Autumn Festival, he was reluctant to see his father and mother. He has been married to his wife for so many years, and he has not had time to accompany him many times. His son is so old, and he is not close to his father.Hearing his mother say a few words, he thought maybe, so he stayed.

In fact, it just happened that the weather was cold and there was nothing to harvest, so he thought about going out after the new year and the beginning of spring next year.Otherwise, if I go out now, I don’t know if I can come back during the Chinese New Year. In previous years, he seldom stayed at home, and now seeing his father and mother are gradually getting older. The wife didn’t say anything, and she didn’t want to look at him. When he left, he felt very sorry.

"Don't worry, don't you know my drinking capacity, brother?" Luo Rongheng waved his hand and said.

Later, Luo Rongheng wanted to ask him to stay for a drink, but Cao Xiangnan didn't dare to drink with Luo Rongheng. After drinking it, he would walk out sideways after a while, so he quickly and politely refused, only saying that we would meet for a drink some other day, and he had something to do to hurry back .

"Go slowly, big brother won't see you off." Luo Rongheng said reluctantly as he sent people out.

After waving to the person who sent him out, Cao Xiangnan drove away in the carriage.

After sending the person away, he looked back and saw several jars of wine in the room. He touched this jar and that jar, and after finding a small spoon, he came over to try the taste of the wine.Unexpectedly, his father came in and bumped into him. Luo Rongheng's hands froze, and his eyes immediately became vigilant.

"Is this kid from Xiangnan bringing wine over again?" Old doctor Luo came in with small steps, and said quickly, "This kid is too, come as soon as you come, there is no need to talk to the old man So polite."

"...Yes, yes." Luo Rongheng stopped moving the hand holding the spoon.

"Oh, I'm about to make some medicinal herbs. This wine smells good. It's just for me to make wine. Quick, son, move it to Dad's place."

In the end, who and where did these jars of wine go, we have to ask the father and son of the Luo family.