Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 170, Dong Xiaoshan
Tianjin Port has become an extremely lively construction site, and tens of thousands of disaster victims recruited are busy at this time.

There are those who specialize in carrying stones and soil, in groups of two, carrying sand, gravel and soil weighing dozens of kilograms; there are also people who are weakly waving picks, saws, shovels, etc. in their hands. The victims are too hungry and have no strength. It's not as good as full-time employees with three meals a day, and occasionally can eat meat, so there are not too many requirements on labor intensity.

If it is a regular employee, one person may have to carry hundreds of catties, and it is impossible to grind foreign labor like this.

Dong Xiaoshan is also a member of the huge construction team. He is [-] years old this year. In later generations, he would still be a child in an ivory tower. .

But Dong Xiaoshan is different. At the age of [-], he is already the head of the family and the father of two children. During this famine, he also brought his family of four to Tianjin to escape.

All the food I brought these days has been eaten up. Although there are still some copper coins left in my pocket, the food is too expensive, and those profiteers have raised the price again.

Faced with such an expensive price, he was really reluctant to spend the money he had saved so hard to buy food, so he was lucky.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was sympathetic to the victims, and specially recruited a large number of them to work. Although the wages were only ten renminbi a day, the ten renminbi could be exchanged for ten catties of fish.

However, Dong Xiaoshan has been a diligent person since he was a child. He firmly remembered the sentence when he was recruiting, as long as he performed well and worked hard, he could become a regular worker.

The remuneration of the official workers has already been spread. There are more or less people around you who are working for His Royal Highness and Mr. Liu, and many of them are relying on their relatives and friends to support them.

Therefore, everyone’s treatment of regular workers is very clear. You can eat three meals a day, and now you can eat seafood as you like. In addition, the monthly salary is also very high. You can earn enough for a month of ordinary work. The salary is about two taels of silver. If you master some skills and can do some technical work, the salary will be even higher.

It is said that all the carpenters in the shipyard have gone to heaven. Not only are their wages high, but they also have good housing points. This is unheard of, but everything is happening right before our eyes.

Therefore, even though he was very hungry and felt very empty, Dong Xiaoshan still worked very hard. Two others carried dozens of catties, and he carried dozens of catties by himself. keep doing it.

He wants to be a regular worker and to provide a stable life for his family. More importantly, he also wants to learn technology, become a skilled worker, and live in a good house.

Whenever he feels tired and feels that he can't keep going, he will look at the family area of ​​the shipyard near Tianjin Port, where the rows of houses are neatly arranged, with white walls and blue tiles, very beautiful , Each community is surrounded by walls, and the children inside are studying in the private schools in the community, and the sound of reading is constantly coming.

There are dried fish drying at the door of every household in the community. It is said that Mr. Liu rewarded this skilled worker. Whoever has more dried fish in the sun will have more face, because this means that the owner of this family has good skills and a high level. , is appreciated.

"This is the life of a man!"

Dong Xiaoshan's eyes revealed an expression of envy, and at the same time he secretly clenched his fists, vowing to give his family a life like this.

In the past, he didn't expect to live such a life. His family was also a poor family. They didn't even have land in the family, and they all lived by farming for the landlord.

But now, he sees hope, because His Royal Highness Prince Tianjin's several industries, whether it is a shipyard, a cement factory, or a maritime academy, as long as he is willing to learn and work hard, there will be a lot of opportunities.

Thinking of this, a powerful force emerged from Dong Xiaoshan's body, supporting his tired body and supporting him to continue working hard.

"Xiaoshan, why are you working so hard?"

"Everyone is doing it slowly. It's also ten pennies a day. If you work so hard, you won't get an extra penny."

Dong Dahe from the same village as Dong Xiaoshan saw Dong Xiaoshan working hard, and persuaded him very puzzled.

Like most people, Dong Dahai doesn't work very hard, of course, it may be because everyone is like this, or it may be because he is hungry and doesn't have much energy.

"Didn't the manager above say that as long as you work hard, you can transfer to a regular job. I want to transfer to a regular job, and I want to eat three meals a day. Naturally, I have to work hard."

Dong Xiaoshan said with a smile.

"Don't be stupid, transfer to a regular job?"

Upon hearing this, Dong Dahe quickly shook his head and said, "This is all a lie. They tricked us into doing more for them."

"Probably not. After all, it is also the property of His Royal Highness. How can it be a lie? Anyway, it is all hard work. After a sleep, the strength will come back."

Dong Xiaoshan didn't think too much, and continued to work hard. Whenever he was tired, he would look at the family area of ​​the shipyard, and think about his starving child, and he immediately felt energetic again.

Not far from Dong Xiaoshan, a man in management uniform held a charcoal pen and paper in his hand, and kept recording something. When he saw Dong Xiaoshan who was working hard, he nodded and wrote it down on the paper. .

"Clang~clang~"

Soon, the exhaustion of the day finally passed, and as the bell rang for the end of work, bursts of cheers rang out here in the entire Tianjin port, and then many people who had worked hard all day began to line up with the stewards of their groups to get their own The revenge of a tiring day.

"But it exhausts me to death. If I knew it, I wouldn't pick sand and gravel."

Dong Dahe rubbed his shoulders and licked his tongue at the same time. When he thought that he would be able to get his own fish meat and eat meat soon, he couldn't help swallowing.

"It's quite tiring."

Dong Xiaoshan was almost exhausted and paralyzed. He didn't have enough to eat and worked hard for a whole day. His stomach was already beating, and he was so hungry that he couldn't die.

Hungry and tired, but Dong Xiaoshan didn't care, as long as he didn't die, he looked at the family area of ​​the shipyard again. Here, as the employees in the shipyard got off work, it became lively again. Laughter, bursts of fragrance.

　I like to write about the changes of small people. I wonder if you like to read it?
　　
　
(End of this chapter)