Capital Datang

"Sixth brother, where are you taking me?" Li Zhi asked profusely.After they left Dengxian Tower, Li Yin took Li Zhi and walked southward. Both of them were in plain clothes today, and they didn't bring any guards by their side, and they didn't take any carriages. They just kept walking like this.Li Zhiren was small and frail, and soon he couldn't bear it, and the weather was so hot now, so in just a short while, his clothes were almost drenched with sweat.

"Okay, we've already passed Jinggongfang, and the person we're looking for is in Xinchangfang!" Li Yin also felt the heat, but the destination was not far away, and he also wanted Li Zhi to experience it more. Let's take a look at the lives of the people at the bottom, so I insist on not taking a car.

Entering Xinchangfang, through a section of streets and alleys with seven turns and eight turns, Li Yin kept asking passers-by, and finally found the house he was looking for.Originally, Li Zhi was very excited when he heard that the sixth brother was going to take him to see the world, but the further he walked, the more he felt that something was wrong, because the surrounding buildings were getting more and more dilapidated, and it seemed that it should be a slum in Chang'an City.

When Li Yin stopped at the gate of a small yard, Li Zhi looked at the yard in front of him with some doubts, and saw that the whole yard was surrounded by a low earth wall, and there were three large main houses facing south. , there is a low shed on the east side of the main house. There are traces of smoke on the roof of the shed. It seems that it should be a place for cooking.

There is a wooden gate on the fence opposite to the main house. The two wooden doors have been weathered for a long time, and the black paint on them has almost fallen off. The cracks are like big open mouths. You can stick your fingers in it, and it looks very dilapidated.Capital Datang 132

Now the two dilapidated gates have been opened, and looking inside through the gate, you can see a very tidy yard, in the open space in the middle of the yard.There are two bare-bottomed children of three or four years old playing.Not far behind them, an old woman was squatting there, cutting grass with a kitchen knife in her hand.Then feed a few old hens next to it with chopped grass.

Looking at the situation in the yard, Li Zhi was even more puzzled. He stopped Li Yin who was entering the yard and asked, "Sixth brother, didn't you say you want to take me to see the world? Could it be this family?" Bar?"

"Why do you have so many questions, kid? You just have to follow me in with your ears!" Li Yin gave Li Zhi a blank look, and pulled him back into the yard.

"Excuse me, old lady, is this Zhang Liu's home?" Li Yin entered the yard, and immediately asked the old lady who was cutting grass.

"Yes! Please come in quickly, my lord. My daughter-in-law has gone to fetch water and will be back soon!" The old woman didn't seem surprised when she saw Li Yin coming in, and greeted her very warmly.Then he went into the main room and moved out two stools.The two of them were asked to sit down, but the two children were a little shy and hid behind their grandmother and dared not come out.Just hooked his head secretly.Blinking two pairs of big black eyes, he looked at the two of them.

"Old lady, I'm Mr. Datang Daily. I made an appointment with Mrs. Zhang and Liu yesterday, and I'm going to interview her today!" After sitting down, Li Yin smiled and said to the old lady who didn't know how to greet them.

The newspaper office was newly built, and the internal division of labor was not very clear. In fact, the work of the editor and the reporter were combined. Originally, according to Li Yin's habit, he planned to call the staff of the newspaper office a reporter, but this name was rejected by Yan Bei and others. People unanimously objected, because "ji" and "prostitute" sound very indecent, and even the editor's "ji" was affected. This word, so now the staff of Datang Daily all call themselves Mr. outside, and it has gradually been recognized by many people.

"I know, I know, yesterday my daughter-in-law told me that a nobleman came today. When the old lady saw the nobleman just now, she immediately guessed that you are the husband she said!" The old woman smiled wrinkledly and was very enthusiastic. Said to Li Yin.Although Li Zhi came with Li Yin, he was too young, and he was regarded as a book boy. Although Li Zhi was very dissatisfied with this, it was not easy to argue with an old woman from a poor family. .

While Li Yin was talking to the old woman, he heard footsteps outside the door, and then a young woman about 30 years old walked in from the door, carrying a pole on her shoulders, the buckets at both ends were splashing, and she strode with some difficulty. Passed the threshold, but when he saw Li Yin and Li Zhi in the yard, he was taken aback for a moment, and then immediately showed a warm smile and said, "Oh, these two must be the Mr. It’s rude to go out, you two sit down first, I’ll come after putting down the water!”

This Zhang Liu's appearance is also neat, but her complexion is a bit dark, judging from the tone of her speech, she is a neat woman.As a big man, Li Yin saw a weak woman carrying two buckets of water. Naturally, he couldn't sit like this. He immediately stood up and helped the other party carry the water to the kitchen. Only then did I thank Li Yin.

"Sir, please sit down, I'll pour water for you two!" Zhang Liushi and Li Yin walked out of the kitchen together, and they were also a little surprised when they saw Li Zhi.Yesterday, she received a notice from the supervisor that two newspaper men wanted to interview workers, and the factory arranged for her to be interviewed, but she didn't expect that one of the men was still a child.

"Sister-in-law Zhang, you're welcome, we just want to interview you with a few questions, so don't bother!"

Li Yin always felt a little dissatisfied with the articles in the newspaper, so this time he planned to go out in person, take Li Zhi to interview him in person, and then write a report according to his own ideas to set an example for the people in the newspaper office. That's why this interview was arranged.In addition, he is not like the people in the newspaper office, who only focus on the top people for interviews, but decides to choose a representative small person, and finally, under the arrangement of Wang Zihao, he finds Zhang Liu in front of him.

"How can I do that? You are all gentlemen who can read and write. If you can let go of your identities and come to my house, then you are the nobles of my family. You must not neglect!" Zhang Liushi said, turned around and went into the kitchen to boil water.Although she didn't know the true identities of Li Yin and Li Zhi, she obviously respected them very much.

Zhang Liushi is actually illiterate, and she has no spare money to buy newspapers, but it does not prevent her from knowing what newspapers are, because in the factory where she works, the accountant who manages the money and a few literate managers almost every day. They are all discussing things in the newspaper, and when they get excited, they will read a paragraph to the workers. Last time she heard about the new policy of land replacement issued by the imperial court. Unfortunately, the land in her family has been sold long ago, and there is no one in her family. The man, knowing that this is a good opportunity, can only watch helplessly.

Mrs. Zhang Liu was boiling water in the kitchen, and Li Min couldn't just sit there, so he chatted with Mrs. Zhang Liu's mother-in-law, wanting to know more about Mrs. Zhang Liu from the side, but when he mentioned his daughter-in-law, the old woman Tears fell immediately.

Speaking of Zhang Liu's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, they are indeed a pair of hard-working women. The old woman in front of her lost her husband in her early years and worked hard to bring her son up. She also married Zhang Liu's daughter-in-law. Originally, her son was working outside, and the family Although life is a bit bitter, it is passable, but she never thought that her son was also a short-lived person, and died of illness not long after the second child was born, leaving the old mother and two young children, all relying on Zhang Mrs. Liu went out to wash and cook for others to earn money.

When mentioning the days when her son had just passed away, the old woman burst into tears, and the two naive children were frightened by the grandmother's appearance, and each of them shrank back and did not dare to move, and their eye circles were also full of tears.The faces of these two children are covered with mud, and because the weather is too hot, they only wear a bellyband. The older boy looks to be about four years old, and the younger girl is probably less than three years old, even older than Sizi. Small.

Seeing that the two children were pitiful, Li Yin reached out and took out some snacks from Li Zhi's body. He was young and always carried snacks with him.Then he handed it to the two children with a smile, but the boy was more sensible. After seeing the grandmother, he didn’t dare to pick it up. The little girl was young and greedy. inside.Capital Datang 132

Seeing her granddaughter's rude behavior, the old woman was about to scold her, but Li Yin stopped her with a smile: "You are welcome, old lady, I also have a younger sister who is about the same age as your granddaughter, let me see her Thinking of my little sister, sending a few pieces of snacks is just a matter of convenience, nothing to do at all!"

As Li Yin said, he motioned for the boy to get the snacks in his hands.Hearing Li Yin's sincerity, the old lady hesitated for a while, and then said to the greedy grandson: "Since it was given by the nobleman, you can take it!"

Seeing that the grandmother agreed, the little boy happily stretched out his dirty little hand, snatched the snack from Li Yin's hand, and hid aside with his sister to eat.

At this moment, Zhang Liu's water was also boiled. He moved out a small table for eating and put it in front of Li Yin and Li Zhi. Don't think about it, although the popularity of tea has been very fast in the past two years, it is not something orphans and widows like Zhang Liu can afford to drink.

After asking Mrs. Zhang and Liu to sit down, Li Min signaled to Li Zhi to open the notebook he had brought, and the pen and black were also ready. It really looked like that.I saw Li Yin asked Zhang Liushi: "Sister-in-law Zhang, our interview this time mainly revolves around your work in the factory. Now I would like to ask, what is the main business of your factory? What kind of work do you do in the factory?"

"Look what you asked, I'm a woman, what else can I do in a textile factory? Our factory used to do both spinning and weaving, but now it's separated. I was assigned to the weaving factory. Now, besides weaving , and manage ten female workers." Zhang Liushi said very generously, although she only supervises ten people, she is still a manager after all, and usually has more dealings with the managers above her, so she is more courageous than ordinary women. Much bigger.