The worst time travel, surviving seven years of famine

The protesting workers of Guanjiayao Factory and the yamen runners were in a stalemate until the evening, until the director of Guanjiayao Factory invited the county magistrate to come, and the riot was finally resolved.

The riot in the factory also alarmed the neighbors around, who came to watch the excitement and surrounded Guanjiayao Factory. Some people even stopped their own business to watch the excitement. The market originally set up for the festival was deserted and not as lively as Guanjiayao Factory.

The matter was not resolved until dark, and after it was resolved, the yamen runners dispersed the crowd. But the darkness did not extinguish the people's desire to eat melons, and the whole Guanyao Town was talking about this matter. Normally, not many families would be willing to light oil lamps after dark, but because of this incident, every household lit up oil lamps, and those who saw the excitement spontaneously told those who didn't see the excitement at home.

Except for Zhang Pozi's family, who was usually teased by the town for not wanting to thread a needle at night, but her family is also gossiping about this matter now.

"Daughter-in-law, tell me about the housekeeping kiln factory during the day." Zhang Pozi had just finished her meal and asked anxiously without washing the dishes.

Zhang Pozi's daughter-in-law looked at the dark living room and said dissatisfiedly: "Mom, please light a lamp. It's so dark that I can't see where you are."

Zhang Pozi was reluctant to light a lamp, so she said directly: "Why light a lamp? Lamp oil is free. You speak with your mouth, not your eyes. What's wrong? You can't speak because you can't see with your mouth!"

Zhang Pozi's daughter-in-law was helpless with her mother-in-law, but there was nothing she could do, so she had to tell in the dark.

"The incident in the afternoon was caused by the manager Wang of the Guanjia Kiln Factory. He tricked a group of young men to come to the Guanjia Kiln Factory as apprentices. He said they were apprentices, but he actually recruited them to work. They have to be paid every day to work. They have to learn skills, so how can they be paid?"

"There is such a thing. Manager Wang is really a piece of shit." After hearing this, Mrs. Zhang felt that Manager Wang was cheating people. After thinking about it, she said, "If you recruit apprentices to work without paying, you can save a lot of money every day."

Mrs. Zhang's wife replied excitedly, "That's right. Not to mention every day, it's all silver every month."

"Yes, God, all the silver went into Manager Wang's pocket?" Mrs. Zhang thought that she could not save a few copper coins even if she counted rice every day. At this time, she felt that Manager Wang was vicious, but she also envied that Manager Wang could sit and collect money every day. After a second thought, he asked again, "How did the group of people find out about this?"

Mrs. Zhang's wife smiled and said, "Hey, isn't that the nephew of the wife of Wang Guanshi? I heard that he had a conflict with others while working, and he accidentally revealed everything, calling them stupid as pigs, and they deserved to work for others for nothing all their lives."

"Oh, if all this is revealed, then Wang Guanshi will be in danger." Mrs. Zhang said gloatingly, and she also felt that Wang Guanshi was not a good person and deserved to have a bad end.

"That's right, his nephew was beaten half to death on the spot. When the county magistrate tried the case, mother, you didn't see it! His nephew was carried up and beaten so hard that his mother couldn't recognize him." Mrs. Zhang's wife said, and she thought of the scene at that time, and she took a breath of cold air, thinking it was too bloody.

After hearing this, Mrs. Zhang felt that he deserved it and continued to ask: "It was also the steward Wang and his family who deserved to be beaten! What happened later?"

"In the end, the county magistrate took Steward Wang to the county town and put him in jail. Tsk, tsk, this is really a case of evildoers getting evil retribution." After Mrs. Zhang's wife finished speaking, she also felt that she had let out a gust of anger.

And such conversations appeared in every household in Guanyao Town tonight.

"Boxi, are you going home or what are you going to do next?"

"I'll rest here for one night and go back early tomorrow morning. You should go back early too."

The person who said this was a worker with Gu Boxi. They were all deceived by Steward Wang. Some worked for several years like Gu Boxi, and some worked for several months.

After everyone made a fuss, the county magistrate had already finished the trial, and the result was that Steward Wang was in jail. However, the crowd beat the nephew of Manager Wang very badly. However, the county magistrate said that although it was excusable, considering that the latter half of his life was basically disabled, the monthly salary that Manager Wang should have returned was offset by this.

One person said angrily: "That bastard cheated so many of us out of our monthly salary and didn't return a penny. Are we just going to let it go?"

"What can we do? The person has already been imprisoned. The county magistrate made the judgment. Are you going to ask the county magistrate again?"

"You are talking about reason?" another person said calmly.

"You only worked for half a year, and then it's gone. I worked here for a year or two, and I didn't make a penny. My parents would be furious if they knew about it. They told me to learn the craft well! "

When one person mentioned his parents, everyone immediately turned from indignation to sadness. Yes! Among these deceived people, which one was not sent here by their parents with great expectations to learn skills? As the saying goes, "If you can't bear the hardship, you can't be an apprentice." If it weren't for the hardship at home, who would be willing to come out to be an apprentice? Who knows that they didn't learn the skills, but suffered all the hardships.

In the coldest days of winter and the hottest days of summer, they carried water and soil day after day, and made clay plates. They got up earlier than chickens and went to bed later than dogs. They bowed and kneaded when they saw the manager, and always respected the people above, but in the end they got nothing.

This is the youngest among them. A young man said: "Let's go to the old man of this kiln factory and let him make the decision for us. We can't get the money back, but maybe he can keep us as real apprentices."

As soon as this was said, several people in the crowd immediately agreed and prepared to go to the old man together.

At this time, Gu Boxi said: "Didn't you hear what Wang Guanshi shouted before he was taken away? He shouted, "Master Guan, save me, I did what you said." After Wang Guanshi shouted twice, someone covered his mouth, fearing that he would continue to shout. I think Master Guan must have participated in this. Is it useful for you to find him? "

Everyone thought that the situation at that time was indeed like this, but everyone was always angry. Seeing that Wang Guanshi was brought to justice, they were very excited, so they did not calm down to think about the doorway. After thinking carefully, everyone felt that the last hope in their hearts was shattered. It was obviously summer in May, but it was unusually cold at this time.

"What should we do? Can we go home like this?"

"I didn't expect that Master Guan was the one who harmed us behind the scenes. There is actually no good person in this kiln factory."

"Why don't we go to the government to sue!"

"What government? Don't you know that Master Guan's daughter married the county master? They are a family, and you still sue him."

"Master Guan is not that kind of person, right? "

"If Master Guan wasn't this kind of person, he would have come to us long ago if something like this happened. How could we still be left here unattended?"

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Everyone was talking, and the more they talked, the less likely it was that anything would change. Who told them that they were rural people with no power, no influence, and no money? Now they could only bear it themselves.

It was late at night, the dew was getting heavier, there was no moon or stars tonight, and although everyone had no intention of sleeping, they had no choice but to make the final decision and go back to their homes.