Naruto: Start as Uchiha Obito

"Sanmao?"

"Bamao?"

"What the hell?!"

Chen Xiang was a little slow to react when he heard such a small number. He Cui saw his disgusted expression and thought he thought the price was too low, so she said sullenly:

"Young man, don't be ungrateful. Go ask around. The price of the Candy Super Sweet Garment Factory next door is five cents lower than our Cuizhu Factory, and the food is also bad. It's a mess. It's almost the same as pig food. If you don't like it, forget it. Go back to where you came from. I won't force you."

"No...no, that's not what I meant." Chen Xiang swallowed, waved his hands quickly, and said with a smile.

He Cui smiled and relaxed a little. With her arms folded across her chest, she looked at him arrogantly and said, "So you agree to work in my factory?"

"Uh, no problem... But I have a small request, I hope Sister Cui can help me."

"What request? Tell me." He Cui asked in confusion.

"Ahem, can my salary be paid daily?" Chen Xiang tried hard to force a smile, appearing quite flattering. As far as he could remember, he seemed to have almost forgotten the feeling of being so humble. With his identity and status in his previous life, he wondered how many people would rush to curry favor with him.

After hearing his words, He Cui's expression suddenly became a little ugly.

"Hiruzen??? Are you kidding me?"

Are you kidding me? How could she possibly agree to such an unreasonable request? If all the female workers in the factory did this, they could get paid on the same day. Then if she didn't want to work anymore, she could just walk away. Who would work in the factory? Who would make the clothes?

She doesn't want to employ workers who work for three days and rest for two days. Once this precedent is set, her factory will have no chance of continuing to operate.

Moreover, she needed sufficient funds to cope with unexpected needs. The factory received orders of all sizes from all corners of the world. When customers urged her to deliver the goods, they pushed her to ship them out as soon as possible. But when the factory finally got the goods and delivered them to the customers, when it was time to settle the bill, the other party was evasive and kept delaying.

Ten days or half a month was considered a short time. Often, He Cui had to wait until the end of the year to collect the payment. Therefore, according to convention, wages were usually paid monthly, and new employees had to withhold one month's salary before being paid on the 15th of the following month.

Chen Xiang is not a fool. He can see that He Cui is very dissatisfied with his unreasonable demands. But Chen Xiang also has his own difficulties. If he really has to wait until next month to get his salary, it will be too late.

"Hey……"

Chen Xiang shook his head and sighed, rubbing his hands, and had to go home, thinking about finding a construction site to hang out for a few days. There should be a lot of daily pay jobs on the construction site. But he had just taken a few steps when He Cui called him from behind.

"Wait a minute, young man. Don't leave so quickly. I want to ask you something."

"What's the matter?" Chen Xiang turned around and asked suspiciously.

He Cui frowned and said, "Did your family run into trouble and you're in urgent need of money?"

"Yes, my wife and children are waiting for dinner at home."

"What? You're married? You have children?" He Cui said disappointedly.

Chen Xiang thought to himself: "What's so strange about this?"

Nowadays, both men and women get married very early. Before the age of 20, most of them have children. If a girl is over 20 and still has no husband, she will be called an old maid.

He Cui rubbed her swollen forehead, with a little regret between her eyebrows; she had a daughter who was almost 20 years old and was worried about not being able to find a partner. She happened to meet Chen Xiang, and he made a good first impression on her. She thought, if this kid is down-to-earth and hardworking, she might consider it.

But now it seems that there is no hope.

"Forget it. I see that it's not easy for a grown man like you to come out and find a job, and you still care about your family so much. If that bastard in my family could be half as good as you, I would wake up laughing in my dreams at night."

He Cui spoke sourly, with a look of envy and jealousy on her face.

Then, she took out two yuan from her pocket and stuffed it into Chen Xiang's hand without saying anything: "Take this money first. It's an advance from me. Don't let me down."

Chen Xiang looked at the banknotes in his hand and felt very strange. Why did they look so much like counterfeit money? He had never seen banknotes from thirty years ago.

"Thank you, Sister Cui," he said.

Just like that, Chen Xiang officially started working in this garment factory. Before he got off work, he found an unused pedal-operated sewing machine to try out the feel of it.

The black machine head, chrome-plated wheels, cast iron foot pedals, and brown solid wood tabletop, everything is full of a rustic feel.

"Flying Man sewing machine." Chen Xiang slowly read out the name, still remembering that the "three turns and one ring" of the year included the existence of sewing machines! But with people's income at that time, not many families could afford sewing machines, so they were particularly rare.

"Thread the thread first, then fix the needle and thread, put the fabric on, align the needle, and step on the pedal with your right foot to drive the needle..."

He Cui stood by and gave instructions step by step, which made Chen Xiang flustered for a moment, fearing that he would make the slightest mistake.

However, a group of female workers in the factory stopped their work and gathered around to watch Chen Xiang's clumsy operations, while covering their mouths and laughing.

The sun really rises in the west; it is the first time for them to see a man working in a garment factory. It seems a bit cheap. Maybe he is poor and incompetent, and has to do this just to make a living?

He Yue, the most beautiful girl in Cuizhu Garment Factory, was He Cui's biological daughter. At this moment, she was blinking her big watery eyes, and kept stealing glances at Chen Xiang like a guilty thief.

This was probably the first time in her life that she had seen a young man of her age; she felt curious and confused. She was a brave girl, and if her mother hadn't been here, she would have gone up to ask Chen Xiang about some family matters to satisfy her curiosity.

Chen Xiang had no time to pay attention to the female workers who were watching the fun and laughing at him. He didn't even raise his head, staring at the needle, watching the cloth being sewn bit by bit. At the same time, he had to pay attention to the stitches, not letting the needle go off track or miss a target!

Chen Xiang is still Chen Xiang after all. After all, he used to work as a screwdriver in an electronics factory. Once he becomes proficient in manual work, he can actually learn very quickly. After scrapping several sets of fabrics, he slowly became proficient.

The speed of making clothes gradually increased.

Time flies and it is nine o'clock in the evening. According to the factory's work schedule, they should have been off work by now, but none of the female workers in the factory left. They all stood there, looking at Chen Xiang in astonishment. Is that guy still human? !

It was only less than two hours, but his skills had already reached the level of an ordinary female worker. The box on his right was filled with finished garments.

It is September now, autumn, and the main product of Cuizhu Garment Factory is naturally autumn clothes, which cost 30 cents each.

Just as all the female workers were amazed, He Cui called a halt: "Hey... young man, it's getting late, it's time to get off work, why don't you stop first and come back tomorrow morning."

After saying that, He Cui waved her hand and urged the workers to go off work quickly.

Chen Xiang, who was in the middle of his work, was a little reluctant. He shouted excitedly, "Give me a little more time, I can make another fifty pieces!"

"Crawl for me!" He Cui said impatiently.

"You should stop if I tell you to. The factory has a lot of orders these days, and there are plenty of things for you to do. Go home and have a rest first. By the way, go to the supply and marketing cooperative. It should be open now. Buy some food and take it back to reward your wife and children."

He Yue, who was not far away, heard He Cui's words. She unexpectedly felt a sense of regret: "This person is actually married?"

"Ah... why am I not so lucky? When will God give me a hardworking, tall and strong man like him?"