Since the opening of the Silk Factory in March, there has been a legend circulating in Guangling that the Hou of Qinghe will visit the Silk Factory in May.

However, under the high expectations, Qinghe Hou did not arrive as scheduled.

If the young man who suddenly came today and these noble and beautiful women were unexpectedly, they would definitely be the Marquis of Qinghe.

All the Weaver Girls were whispering this exciting news in private while watching. The entire factory became more and more restless and lively. The eyes of secretly watching Chen Xu were getting more and more, just like countless small brushes brushing Chen Xu hard, hoping to brush his whole body naked and transparent inside and out.

The lively and bustle passed for half an hour, accompanied by a few melodious sounds of bells. At this time, it was lunch and rest time, and soon the sound of countless young women laughing and joking outside the factory were heard.

"Okay, okay, look at how you weaved it, and it completely broke the silk of others!"

Chen Xu smiled and waved his hand to let a maid who was still learning to weaving cloth get up, then turned around and said to the weaving lady of the loom, "I'm afraid this piece of silk will not work. I will buy it for money and will not let you get points deducted. You'll be dispersed. Go and have dinner soon. If you go late, it will be gone!"

"Thank you, Marquis!" The weaver girl quickly saluted with blushing, her cheeks were red and she took out her own bowls and chopsticks from the package hanging next to the loom. While walking, many people couldn't help but look back at Chen Xu, Ying Shiman and others.

Soon the factory was quiet, and the magistrate of Guangling County smiled and said, "The Marquis and his wife are tired from the journey. The official has ordered the restaurants in the city to make some meals. Please go for a meal and rest, and continue to inspect the factory in the afternoon!"

"Well, I won't go to the restaurant anymore. Just eat some lunch in the factory canteen. Let's go and taste the food taste of the staff canteen! "

Without waiting for the supervisor to finish talking to the county magistrate and magistrate, Chen Xu led his daughter and a few wives and concubines to walk outside the factory first.

The Guangling County Magistrate and the senior leaders of the factory were completely stunned.

Damn the marquis is not playing according to common sense.

How can a noble minister and a grand tutor have a meal with a group of ordinary employees?

What's more, the taste of the food in the staff cafeteria...

well!

Seeing that Chen Xu and his wife and children were about to walk out of the workshop gate, a group of accompanying officials followed him up and persuaded him with frown. However, Chen Xu didn't appreciate it at all, but instead joked with Shui Qingrou and others and went straight to the staff cafeteria.

At this time, the entire factory changed the quietness and depression at the beginning. There were young female workers walking out of groups from various workshops everywhere. Yingying and Yanyan wore uniforms in uniforms with uniforms, some of whom had nameplates hanging on their chests, including positions such as foreman, weaving and teaching.

All the female workers who were coming and going saw Chen Xu and other special guests, and couldn't help but secretly look at and guess. During the soft discussion, an exciting and exciting news began to spread in secret.

This young man may be the marquis of Qinghe who has been rumored to come for inspection for a long time.

The news became clearer and clearer. Soon the entire factory was bustling with noise. Countless female workers came from all directions, covering their mouths and chests from afar and began to watch.

This scene was already expected by Chen Xu, and the scenes I experienced along the way were even bigger than this. Just visiting Junshan Island on Dongting Lake alone, there were tens of thousands of people at the most lively time, which was even more noisy and enthusiastic than this.

But the only difference is that everyone is now young and handsome, uniformed ladies, which look much more pleasing than the unshaven middle-aged and elderly men who met on Dongting Lake.

While watching from thousands of young ladies, Chen Xu took his family to the staff canteen accompanied by a group of frowning officials. He did not allow the factory leaders to go to the food window to say hello, but asked the guards to go to the kitchen of the canteen to carry a basket of clean rice bowls and bamboo chopsticks, and distributed one to each of his family. Then he stood behind a group of female workers and moved to the canteen window to get food in sequence.

The staff canteen is not a new thing. Since Chen Xu first started to promote it in the Academy of Sciences, experimental factories and newspapers, it has gradually expanded to five major colleges. Now many units in Xianyang have begun to promote this convenient and fast catering method. The same is true for the Women's College. Therefore, Shui Qingrou Fan Caiying and others are not unfamiliar with them. They each followed Chen Xu with a large stone pottery bowl and a pair of bamboo chopsticks, and even looked a little bit expectant.

Although I have been traveling all the way to the past two months, after all, I am away from home, and my food, accommodation and living are completely incomparable to the Marquis' Mansion in Xianyang. The difference is not very big. Although I have eaten a lot of delicious food, most of the time in Chen Xu's opinion, I just need to be full of sloppy.

The staff in the cafeteria did not know the origin of the people in front of them, but they all knew that they were not ordinary people, but because they did not say hello in advance, they did not dare to ask too much, and they served Chen Xu, Shui Qingrou Ying Shiman and others according to the usual rules.

The meal is very simple, a spoonful of corn rice, a spoonful of vegetables, a spoonful of winter melon, and an unknown spoonful of paste.

The canteen has a factory size, more than ten windows, and more than one hundred wooden tables and long wooden benches. It looks no different from the canteens in later generations. Except for Chen Xu and others, the other weaver girls brought their own pottery bowls and chopsticks, lined up at the window to make meals in order, and then sat together in groups of three to three while eating and chatting. However, most of them were excited and nervous today, and they all absent-mindedly watched Chen Xu and others secretly.

"Eat it and try how the food in the staff cafeteria tastes!"

Chen Xu sat down at a dining table with a smile. Shui Qingrou, Ying Shiman, Meng Wan, Yu Ji and Chen Xi all sat down with their own rice bowls.

Looking at the light food in the rice bowl, Chen Xu took a bite and his skin jumped slightly, but his face did not change much. Instead, he chewed slowly and watched the situation around him.

"Husband, this food is so bad!" Meng Wan covered her mouth and put down her chopsticks with an ugly expression.

"Yes, husband, this meal is really hard to swallow!" Ying Shiman just tasted it slightly and frowned and stopped moving her chopsticks.

Although it is a little hungry, the food in this cafeteria can look like that, with no color, fragrance and taste, and is bland and tasteless and difficult to eat.

Shui Qingrou sat next to Chen Xu with a calm expression and ate slowly bit by bit, and savored the vegetables, winter melons and rice carefully without any dissatisfaction.

Xiao Chen Xi seemed hungry, but after eating two bites, she felt it was very difficult to eat. She wanted to put down her chopsticks, but Chen Xu spoke gently and majesticly: "Don't waste food, you will have the energy to walk after eating in the afternoon!"

"Yes, Dad!" Chen Xi had to continue digging rice, but after only three or five bites, he couldn't help it. Tears dripped into the rice bowl, and he whispered, "Dad, it's really bad. Xi'er doesn't want to eat it anymore!"

Meng Wan and Ying Shiman couldn't bear it anymore, one helped Chen Xi wipe her tears and the other helped her put the chopsticks.

"Husband, Xi'er is still young, don't force her, we will eat with you!" Meng Wan and Ying Shiman both picked up the bowls and chopsticks again.

"You will be the best person if you suffer hardships. Xi'er, you are already six years old. When your aunt Xing'er was seven years old, she was not as tall as you did. She could even blow down a gust of wind. At that time, only half a can of beans were left in our family. Your grandmother didn't allow her to eat it. She said she wanted to stay for emergency use. I was so hungry that I couldn't stand it anymore, so I climbed onto the apricot tree to dig the bird's nest, and fell down and fell and fell and fell and fell for three days..."

Chen Xu began to recall the bitter and sweet memories of the past that was unbearable to look back on. A group of wives and concubines were fascinated by the ears. The four concubines and a group of maids stood beside each other and picked up their bowls and started eating. Gradually, they felt that the food in the cafeteria was not that difficult to swallow.

"Although time passes quickly, it's only eight years. Eight years ago, 90% of the people in the Qin Dynasty were not to mention having enough food, it's already God's kindness to avoid starving to death during famine..."

Chen Xu looked at his eldest daughter who was still thrusting and unwilling to eat, and sighed slightly and touched her head and said, "There are no more miserable people in the world than ordinary people. When we live in high houses and buildings, we have ever thought of those people who are busy farming in the scorching sun and heavy rain. The food is indeed bland and difficult to swallow, but it is many times better than Dad's life eight years ago. At least these weaving girls can live quietly and have no worries about food and clothing. They don't have to eat the same meal as Dad used to, and the whole family can't find a decent item or a clothes that can cover their bodies..."

"Dad is poor and hard, so he is well aware of the sufferings of the people. Therefore, Dad has been working hard, hoping to help the poor people in the world so that they will no longer suffer as much as Dad used to. This time, he took you out for a trip, not only to let you see the magnificent mountains and rivers of our Great Qin, but also to let you broaden your horizons and see the sufferings of the people. The Great Qin is too big, not everywhere is as prosperous as Xianyang. The Great Qin has a large population, not everyone is as rich as the people in Xianyang..."

"At noon, when we hoe the wheat, sweat drips into the soil. Who knows that every grain of food on the plate is hard to come by. Although we have a noble status, we still rely on the support of ordinary people. Every clothing and food is hard to come by. We should cherish it. I hope you can remember this poem about compassion for farmers. Daddy hopes that you can remember it in your heart and never forget it. Eat it. After eating, my father will take you to the river to catch shrimps in the afternoon and make you your favorite spicy small river shrimp..."

"Well, Xi'er understands, but don't lie to me!" Chen Xi nodded vigorously, wiped away tears, grabbed the chopsticks and ate them in big mouthfuls.

"Husband, we were wrong!" Ying Shiman and Meng Wan were so embarrassed that she dared not look up.
Chapter completed!