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    "Brother Six, where are you taking me?" Li Zhi asked, sweating profusely.  After they left the Dengxian Tower, Li Min took Li Zhi and walked south. They were both in plain clothes today. They didn't have any guards around them, and they didn't take any carriages or horses. They just kept walking on their feet.  Li Zhi was young and frail, and he soon couldn't bear it. In addition, the weather was very hot now, so in just a short time, his clothes were almost soaked with sweat.

    "Okay, we have passed Jinggongfang, and the person we are looking for is in Xinchangfang ahead!" Li Min also felt very hot, but the destination was not far away, and he also wanted Li Zhi to experience it more  I couldn¡¯t see the lives of the people at the bottom, so I insisted on not taking a bus.

    Entering Xinchangfang, he passed through a section of streets with twists and turns. During this period, Li Min kept asking passers-by, and finally found the house he was looking for.  Originally, Li Zhi was very excited when he heard that Sixth Brother was going to take him to see the world. However, the further he walked, the more uncomfortable he felt, because the surrounding buildings were getting more and more dilapidated, and it looked like it should be a slum area in Chang'an City.

    When Li Min stopped at the door of a small courtyard, Li Zhi looked at the courtyard in front of him with some doubts. He saw that the entire courtyard was surrounded by a low earth wall, with three large main rooms facing north and south.  , there is a low shed next to the main house. There are traces of smoke on the roof of the shed. It looks like it should be a cooking place.

    There is a wooden gate on the wall opposite to the main house. The two wooden doors have been weathered for a long time, and the black paint on them has almost faded. The cracks are like big open mouths, and some cracks are even  I can put my finger in.  It looks very dilapidated.

    Now the two dilapidated gates have been opened. Looking inside through the gate, you can see a very neat yard. In the open space in the middle of the yard, there are two naked children of three or four years old playing, and behind them  Not far away, an old woman was squatting there.  He was cutting grass with a kitchen knife in his hand, and then fed the chopped grass to a few old hens next to him.

    Looking at the situation in the yard, Li Zhi was even more puzzled.  He grabbed Li Min who was entering the courtyard and asked, "Brother Six, didn't you say you wanted to take me to see the world? Could it be this family?"

    "Why do you have so many problems, little brat? You just need to follow me in with your ears!" Li Zhen rolled his eyes at Li Zhi.  He pulled him into the yard with his backhand.

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

    "Yes! Please come in quickly, noble lady. 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 Min coming in, and greeted her very warmly.  Then he went into the main room and brought out two stools and asked them to sit down. However, the two children were a little afraid of strangers and hid behind their grandmother and did not dare to come out.  He just raised his head secretly and blinked his two big black eyes to look at the two of them.

    "Old madam, I am a gentleman from Datang Daily. I made an appointment with Zhang Liu yesterday and will come to interview her today!" Li Min sat down.  He smiled and said to the old woman who didn't know how to greet them.

    The newspaper was newly built, and the internal division of labor was not very clear. The work of editors and reporters were actually integrated. According to Li Min's habit, he originally planned to call the staff of the newspaper reporters reporters, but this name was criticized by Yan Bei and others.  unanimous opposition.  Because the word "ji" has the same pronunciation as "prostitute", which sounds very indecent, even the editor's idea of ??"ji" was affected, and both names were rejected. Finally, they were asked to come up with their own names, and they unanimously agreed to use the word "Mr." So now  The staff of Datang Daily all call themselves Mr. outside, and they are gradually recognized by many people.

    "I know, I know, my daughter-in-law told me yesterday that a noble man came today. When the old woman saw the noble man just now, she immediately guessed that you were the gentleman she was talking about!" The old woman smiled with wrinkles on her face and was very enthusiastic.  Said to Li Min.  Although Li Zhi came with Li Min, he was too young and people simply regarded him 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 Min was talking to the old woman, he heard footsteps outside the door, and then a young woman about thirty years old came from the door, carrying a pole on her shoulders, and the buckets at both ends were splashing with water, which was a bit laborious.  After crossing the threshold, when he saw Li Min and Li Zhi in the courtyard, his face was stunned for a moment, and then he immediately showed a warm smile and said: "Oh, these two must be the newspaper gentlemen that Manager Wang mentioned, little lady  I just happened to be out, but I'm rude, you two sit down first, I'll put down the water and come back!"

    This Mrs. Zhang Liu looks pretty, but her complexion is a bit dark. Judging from the tone of her speech, she is a refreshing woman.  As a grown man, Li Min saw a weak woman carrying two buckets of water. Naturally, he couldn't just sit there like this. He immediately stood up and helped him carry the water to the kitchen.Ms. Liu was not shy at all. She put down the pole and then thanked Li Min.

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

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

    Li Min always felt a little dissatisfied with the articles in the newspaper, so this time he planned to go out in person and take Li Zhi to interview him personally, and then write a report according to his own ideas to set an example for the people in the newspaper.  That¡¯s why I arranged this interview.  In addition, he was not like the people in the newspaper who only focused on high-level people for interviews. Instead, he decided to choose a representative little person. Finally, under the arrangement of Wang Zihao, he found the Zhang Liu family in front of him.

    "How can that be done? You are all literate gentlemen. If you can put down your status and come to my house, you are the nobles of my family. You must not neglect it!" Mrs. Zhang Liu said, turned around and went into the kitchen to boil water.  Although she didn't know the true identities of Li Min and Li Zhi, it was obvious that she respected them very much.

    Zhang Liu is actually illiterate and has no spare money to buy a newspaper, but this does not prevent her from knowing what a newspaper is, because in the factory where she works, the accounting clerk and a few literate stewards are in charge almost every day.  They were all discussing things in the newspaper. When she got interested, she would read a paragraph to the workers. She had heard about the new land replacement policy issued by the court last time. Unfortunately, her family's land had been sold long ago, and she had no money at home.  The man knew it was a good opportunity, but he could only watch it.

    Mrs. Zhang Liu was boiling water in the kitchen, and Li Min couldn't just sit there, so she started chatting with Mrs. Zhang Liu's mother-in-law, wanting to know more about Mrs. Zhang Liu from the side. But as soon as she mentioned her daughter-in-law, the old woman  The 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 early and worked hard to raise her son. She also married Zhang Liu's daughter-in-law. Originally, her son worked outside and the family  Although life is a bit hard, it is still manageable. However, she did not expect that her son would also be short-lived. He died of illness not long after the second child was born, leaving behind his mother and two young children, all of whom had to rely on Zhang.  Mrs. Liu earns money by doing laundry and cooking for others.

    When talking about the days when her son died, the old woman burst into tears. The two ignorant children were frightened by their grandmother's appearance. They shrank one by one and did not dare to move, and their eye circles were filled with tears.  The two children's faces were covered with mud. Because the weather was too hot, they only wore a bellyband. The older boy looked about four years old, and the younger girl was probably less than three years old, older than Si Zi.  Small.

    Seeing how pitiful the two children were, Li Min reached out and took out a few snacks from Li Zhi. He was young and always carried snacks with him.  Then he handed it to the two children with a smile. However, the boy was more sensible and looked at his grandmother and did not dare to take it. The little girl was young and had a greedy mouth. When she saw a few snacks in exquisite styles, she immediately took them over and stuffed them into her mouth without politeness.  inside.

    Seeing her granddaughter's rude behavior, the old woman was about to scold her, but Li Min stopped her with a smile: "Old madam, you don't have to be polite. I also have a sister who is about the same age as your granddaughter. When I see her, let me know."  Thinking of my little sister, sending a few snacks is just a casual gesture and doesn¡¯t mean anything!¡±

    Li Min said, and motioned to the boy to get the snacks in his hand.  Hearing Li Min's sincerity, the old woman hesitated for a moment and then said to her grandson who was full of greed: "Since it is given by a nobleman, you can take it!"

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

    At this time, Zhang Liu's water was also boiling. He moved out a small table where he usually ate and placed it in front of Li Min and Li Zhi. He placed two coarse porcelain bowls and poured bowls of water for them. As for the tea,  Don't think about it. Although tea has become popular very quickly in the past two years, it is not something that orphans and widowers like Zhang Liu can afford.

    After asking Mr. Zhang and Liu to sit down, Li Min motioned to Li Zhi to open the notebook he had brought and prepare the black pen. It looked like that.  I saw Li Min asking Zhang Liu: "Sister-in-law Zhang, our interview this time is mainly about your work in the factory. Now I would like to ask, what is your factory mainly about? What are you working on?"  What kind of work do you do in the factory?"

    "Looking at what the gentleman asked, what else can I do in a textile factory as a woman? Our factory used to do both spinning and weaving, but now they are separated, and I was assigned to the weaving factory. Now, in addition to weaving,  , and also supervises ten female workers." Mrs. Zhang Liu said very generously. Although she only supervises ten people, she is still a manager after all.The first few stewards have more dealings with each other, so they are much more courageous than ordinary women.  (To be continued)

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