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This time Luo Erniang not only brought back a lot of money and silk, she also brought more than a dozen employees trained by her family's cashmere workshop in Liangzhou City.

These people are now living in the best guest house in Changle County, and they also eat in those restaurants and restaurants in the city. They have been there.

Recently, there are few Hu merchants in Changle County, and most of the businesses in these restaurants are relatively light. At this time, there are such a group of customers who come to visit every now and then, and these shops are naturally very welcome.

Moreover, these women brought by Luo Erniang, they are not only well-dressed, but also very kind-hearted, they never act like some customers, they always trick and drink with the shop guys, they treat people very politely.

I heard that Luo Erniang will settle the settlement at the inn where they are currently staying, and each of them will also give them a meal allowance of ten yuan per day. If you can't eat enough, you have to pay for it yourself.

Most of these older ladies and younger ladies are more willing to eat and use. It is said that after the cashmere workshop opens, they will be busy all day long. Even if they want to go out for a tooth festival, they may not have the time.

Someone asked about their wages, and one of the young ladies replied, "It's not much different from those of the servants." If you ask more questions, you won't say any more.

But even so, there was still an uproar in this county.A woman can earn [-] Wen a month, which is something that has never happened before in everyone's impression, except for those brothel women who do not make a living.

"If my aunt can be like them one day, I can feel at ease even if I die."

"That's really outstanding."

"I hate that I was born a few years earlier, and now this slap is rough and thick, I'm afraid I can't do the delicate work."

"That's not necessarily the case. You see, among them, there are also people who are about the same age as us."

"Hey, I don't want to knit sweaters anymore. It would be good if I can learn how to spin wool. I sit in that clean workshop all day long. There are hot kangs and hot water. I also take care of three meals a day. If hands and feet It's neat, and I can earn more than 50 yuan a month."

"Who did you hear that from?"

"It's those ladies who came from Liangzhou."

"really?"

"..."

Luo Erniang and the others set up a recruiting booth at the gate of the county government office, one hour in the morning and one hour in the afternoon every day, and they were not very picky about the people who went to sign up.

Generally, as long as a young woman who looks younger and more agile passes by, they are willing to accept them. If they are older, they have to ask about the situation at home. If it is not convenient for them to live in the workshop, they may not want it. .

Luo Erniang has been running a cashmere workshop in Liangzhou City for so long, and she has been unable to truly prevent the theft of cashmere.

Relatively speaking, it is a relatively simple and effective method to let all the workers live in the dormitory and not come in and out frequently.Although this will increase operating costs to a certain extent, it can also bring other management convenience.

This time, for Luo Erniang's cashmere workshop, Luo Yong did not spend less time. The two siblings sat together and often talked for a long time.

Before the workshop opens, there is also a lot of preparatory work to be done, such as workshops, workshops, canteens, and a large number of spinning wheels, etc., and a large amount of money is spent every day.

On the day when the snow fell at the beginning of this year, the cashmere workshop finally started working.

The female workers walked towards the cashmere workshop in small groups, carrying their own quilts and bundles on their backs.

Because the cashmere workshop requires workers to live in the workshop, most of the recruits this time are young unmarried women, only a few are older.

The location of the cashmere workshop is also in the city, but the area in the northwest of the city was relatively desolate in the past, few people came here, and it was a little distance from the city gate and the main streets in the city.

Nowadays, many workshops have been built here, and many places have not been completed. You can often see some workers pushing carts of dirt on the road.

In this cold weather, they have to work on the construction site for a whole day against the wind and snow, and they can only get three pennies. If they can be selected by this cashmere workshop and learn how to knit sweaters, they will have seventy pennies a month. Hold on, regardless of the clothes of the four seasons, and bonuses, speaking of it, they actually earn more than these hard-working young men, but in the end they don't know who will be selected, and many people are holding back at this time. With all the energy, I made up my mind, no matter how hard and tired I have to grit my teeth and endure.

Most of the little girls heard these words at home these two days. They came here with the determination to endure hardships and stand hard work. They never expected to stay at the cashmere workshop, step into the gate, and greet them first Yes, it was a rush of warmth.

It turned out that in order to impress these new ladies and make this cashmere workshop have a prosperous start, Luo Erniang asked people to remove the cashmere workshop early in the morning. All the kangs were set on fire, making the entire factory compound feel warm no matter where they went.

In this cashmere workshop, apart from some workers who pick cashmere, spin wool and knit sweaters, there are also some kitchen workers and cleaners, all of whom are neat and tidy women.

The wages are not bad, even those who do the laundry are paid [-] Wen per month, and those who are in charge of cooking are naturally higher. They also take care of three meals a day and provide accommodation, but they are not required to live. In the workshop, every day after work, I want to go back and go back. Although it is not as clean and decent as the spinner and weaver, there are still many women in the city who want to do this job.

The floor and walls of the cashmere workshop are all plastered with cement. Everywhere is clean, spacious and bright, neat and tidy.

Every ten of these working ladies have a dormitory. The dormitory is a room with a kang on three sides. There are no bedding on the kang, but straw mats. Each straw mat corresponds to a bunk, and each bunk is against the wall. There is also a wooden box for them to store their clothes and personal belongings. There is a stove in each room, and a pottery pot is placed on it, and hot water is burned in the pottery pot...

Those women who cook and clean are very envious of these little ladies.

"It's not here to work, it's clearly here to enjoy the blessing."

"That's right, I eat ready-made three meals a day, and there are people who help burn the kang and sweep the yard."

"It's a pity that I don't have a single girl in my family."

"Haha, the one in my family is still a little younger. When she gets older, I'll ask her to come here too."

"You said that the business of cashmere sweaters and trousers is really easy to make money, and they can afford such a ostentation?"

"Naturally, it's easy to make money. I heard that Erniang Naluo bought more than half of the property in Liangzhou City."

"It should be easy to make money right now, who knows what will happen in the future."

"I hope it will continue to make money. With this cashmere workshop in Changle County, our girls here will have a good future."

"I'm not saying that if a boy is born in the future, some people may be unhappy."

"Hahaha!"

This is not entirely a joke. I heard that in the cashmere workshop in Liangzhou City, there are hundreds of young ladies who have learned how to knit sweaters. There are not too many of them here in Changle County. Once they are selected Well, it's at least [-] Wen per month. If you can go further, like those female stewards, tsk tsk...

Nowadays, many people are thinking about this matter. If there is a girl in the family, they still think about it a little bit. If there is no girl, then there is no need to think about it.

Recently, Luo Erniang and the others are still recruiting people for their workshop, and from time to time, people from surrounding towns, even Jinchang, Dunhuang and other places come to them with their daughters.

Luo Erniang's cashmere workshop is quite large. Although many people have been recruited at the moment, there are still many vacant beds in the workshop. Thanks to Luo's relationship, their cashmere procurement work has also progressed recently. The acquisition was quite smooth, so it was relatively straightforward when accepting people.

On this day, several farmers brought their daughters to the cashmere workshop, saying that they wanted to work here.

A female steward of the workshop went out to say hello, and saw that the girls who came back were generally pretty good, and was about to tell them to stay, when she looked around, there was a little girl inside, who seemed a little too young.

"I wonder how old this little lady is?" the steward asked the adult standing beside her.

Unexpectedly, the adult said: "She is not from our village, she just met us on the road, so she came here together."

"Where's her family?" The steward asked.

"I don't know." None of the people present knew.

"Whose family are you a child from? Where do you live?" The steward then asked the child.

"Wang's family in Stone Village." The child replied in a low voice.

As soon as the steward heard what she said, he felt that something was wrong, but a farmer present was so shocked that he jumped up at this moment: "The girl from the Wang family in Stone Village is only six years old this year. I know her. The steward , this person is not the daughter of the Wang family in Stone Village."

The farmer was so frightened that he almost pointed at the child's nose and shouted loudly: Where did you come from as a fairy!She pretended to be the daughter of the royal family!

The female manager of the cashmere workshop is already a certain age, and she has seen some things in the market. At this time, she was holding the child's arm with one hand, and with the other...

"Haha! It turned out to be a man with a handle!"

"oops!"

The child screamed and flung his arms to run away, but the steward had done physical work before and had a lot of strength in his body, how could he get away easily.

The movement here quickly attracted the attention of several workers who were transporting soil on the road. Someone took a closer look here, and Dang even revealed the identity of this boy disguised as a woman.

"Isn't this the boy from the Nan family?"

"Why are you dressed like this?"

"What are you doing here? Do you want to enter a cashmere workshop?"

"Hahahaha! I'm afraid this dress belongs to his mother! It's too long!"

"Why haven't you coaxed five couples to carry tofu for you recently?"

"I'm afraid the five couples won't go, hahahahaha!"

"Don't say it, it's quite similar."

"If I didn't know him, I'd think he was a little girl."