"Sixth brother, where are you taking me?" Li Zhi asked sweating profusely. After they got out of Dengxian Tower, Li Su took Li Zhi all the way to the south, both of them were dressed in civilian clothes today, and they didn't bring any guards with them, let alone take any carriages and horses, so they kept walking with their feet. Li Zhiren was small and frail, and soon he couldn't stand it, and the weather was also very hot now, so after just a while, the clothes on his body were almost soaked with sweat.

"Okay, we've already passed Jinggongfang, and the person we want to find is in Xinchangfang in front!" Li Su also felt very hot, but the destination was not far away, and he also wanted Li Zhi to experience more about the lives of the people at the bottom, so he insisted on not taking the car.

Entering Xinchangfang, after a period of turning streets and alleys, Li Su kept asking passers-by during the period, and finally found the person 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 more he walked, the more wrong he felt, because the surrounding houses and buildings were becoming more and more dilapidated, and it looked like it should be a slum in Chang'an City.

When Li Su stopped at the door of a small courtyard, Li Zhi looked at the courtyard in front of him with some doubts, only to see that the whole courtyard was surrounded by a low earthen wall, sitting north and facing south are three large main houses, and there is a low shed next to the main landlord, and there are traces of smoke on the top of the shed, which looks like it should be a place for cooking.

On the fence opposite the main house opened a wooden door, the two wooden doors have been weathered for a long time, the black paint on them has almost fallen off, the cracks are like open mouths, some cracks can even reach fingers in, it looks very dilapidated.

Now that the two dilapidated gates have been opened, looking through the courtyard gate, you can see a very neat courtyard, and in the middle of the courtyard in the open space. There were two bare-bottomed kids of three or four years old playing. Not far behind them, an old woman was crouching there, chopping 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 courtyard, Li Zhi was even more puzzled, and grabbed Li Su, who was entering the courtyard, and asked, "Sixth brother." Didn't you say you were going to take me to see the world, could it be this family? ”

"What's so much wrong with the little kid? All you have to do is come in with your ears! Li Zhi glanced at him, and pulled him into the courtyard with his backhand.

"May I ask the old lady, this is Zhang Liu's home?" Li Su entered the courtyard and immediately saluted the old woman who was cutting the grass and asked.

"Yes, yes! Ladies please come in quickly, my daughter-in-law has gone to carry water, and she will be back soon! The old woman didn't seem surprised when she saw Li Su coming in, and greeted her very warmly. Then he went into the main room and moved out two stools. The two of them were invited to sit down, while the two children were a little afraid of life, and hid behind their grandmother and did not dare to come out. Just sneaking out the head. Blinking at the two of them with big black eyes.

"Old lady, I am Mr. Datang Daily. I made an appointment with Zhang Liu yesterday, and I want to interview her today! After Li Su sat down, he smiled and said to the old woman who didn't know how to greet them.

Originally, according to Li Su's habit, the staff of the newspaper were going to be called reporters in a unified manner, but this name was unanimously opposed by Yan Bei and others, because 'Ji' and 'prostitute' have the same sound, which sounds very indecent, and even the editor's ' 'Arrest' was also affected, and both names were all vetoed, and finally let them name themselves, and they unanimously passed the use of the word Mr., so now the staff of Datang Daily call themselves Mr. outside, and it is slowly recognized by many people.

"I know, my daughter-in-law told me yesterday, saying that a noble person came today, and as soon as the old woman saw the noble person just now, she immediately guessed that you were the gentleman she said!" The old woman smiled with a wrinkled face, and said to Li Su very enthusiastically. Although Li Zhi came with Li Su, but his age is too young, people treat him as a scholar at all, although Li Zhi is very dissatisfied with this, but it is not good to reason with an old woman from a poor family.

When Li Su was talking to the old woman, he heard footsteps outside the door, and then a young woman about thirty years old walked from outside the door, carrying a flat shoulder on her shoulder, and the buckets at both ends splashed with water, and she crossed the threshold with some difficulty, but when she saw Li Su and Li Zhi in the courtyard, her face was stunned for a moment, and then she immediately showed a warm smile and said: "Ouch, these two must be the newspaper Mr. Wang said by the steward, the little woman just went out, but it is rude, you two sit first, I will put down the water and come!" ”

This Zhang Liu looks neat, but his complexion is a little dark, and judging from the tone of his voice, he is a cool woman. As a big man, Li Su saw that a weak woman on the other side was carrying two buckets of water, so he naturally couldn't sit like this, so he immediately stood up and helped the other party bring the water to the kitchen.

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

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

Li Su always felt a little dissatisfied with the articles in the newspaper, so this time he was going to go out in person, 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, so he arranged this interview. In addition, he is not like the people in the newspaper, who only focuses on the upper-class figures, but decides to choose a representative small person, and finally finds the Zhang Liu in front of him under the arrangement of Wang Zihao.

"Then how can it be done, you are all literate and hyphenated gentlemen, if you can put down your identity and come to my house, that is the noble person of my family, you must not slack off!" Zhang Liu said, turned around and went into the kitchen to boil water. Although she didn't know the true identities of Li Su and Li Zhi, she obviously respected them very much.

Zhang Liu 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 bookkeeper in charge of money and a few literate stewards discuss the things in the newspaper almost every day, and when she is interested, she will read a paragraph to the workers.

Zhang Liu was boiling water in the kitchen, and Li Su couldn't just sit like that, so he chatted with Zhang Liu's mother-in-law, wanting to know more about Zhang Liu's from the side, but as soon as she mentioned her daughter-in-law, the old woman's tears immediately fell.

Speaking of Zhang Liu's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, it is indeed a pair of hard-working women, the old woman in front of her lost her husband at an early age, worked hard to pull her son to grow up, and married Zhang Liu's daughter-in-law, originally the son worked outside, although the family life was a little hard, but it was also counted, but I didn't expect her son to be 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 of whom had to rely on Zhang Liu's laundry and cooking outside to earn money to support.

When it came to the days when her son had just died, the old woman was in tears, and the two ignorant children were frightened by the appearance of their grandmother, and they shrank back one by one and did not dare to move, and their eyes were full of tears. The two children had dirt on their faces, and because the weather was so hot, they both had only one belly pocket, the older boy looked to be about four years old, and the younger girl was probably less than three years old, smaller than the son.

Li Su saw that the two children were pitiful, and reached out to take out a few snacks from Li Zhi's body, he was young and always had snacks on him. Then he smiled and handed it to the two children, but the boy was a little sensible, and looked at his grandmother who didn't dare to take it, and the little girl was greedy for it, and when she saw a few snacks with exquisite styles, she immediately took them unceremoniously and stuffed them into her mouth.

When the old woman saw her granddaughter's rude behavior, she just wanted to open her mouth to scold, but was stopped by Li Su with a smile: "The old lady doesn't have to be polite, I also have a younger sister, who is about the same age as your granddaughter, and seeing her makes me think of my little sister, sending a few snacks is just a convenient move, and it doesn't matter at all!" ”

Li Su said, and motioned for the boy to come and take the snack in his hand. Hearing Li Su's sincerity, the old woman hesitated for a moment before saying to her grandson who was full of greed: "Since it was given by a nobleman, you can take it!" ”

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

At this time, Zhang Liu's water also boiled, moved out a small table that usually eats and put it in front of Li Su and Li Zhi, put two coarse porcelain bowls, and poured a bowl of water for the two.

After inviting Zhang Liu to sit down, Li Su motioned for Li Zhi to open the book he brought, and the pen was ready, it really looked like that. I saw Li Su open his mouth and ask Zhang Liu: "Sister-in-law Zhang, our interview this time mainly revolves around your work in the factory, now I want to ask, what do you do in the factory, and what do you do in the factory?" ”

"Look at what Mr. asked, I am a woman, what else can I do in the textile factory? Our factory used to spin and weave at the same time, but now we are separated, and I have been assigned to the weaving factory, and now in addition to weaving, I am in charge of ten female workers. Zhang Liu said very generously, although he is only in charge of ten people, but he is also a manager, and he usually deals with a few stewards above, so he is much more courageous than ordinary women.