Chapter 1079: Labor for Food

In the afternoon, everyone took their own guys to work, and the village chief and everyone allocated the land together, and each family was ready to start construction.

If there are not enough people and there is a surplus of food, according to what the village chief said, people from outside can help them work.

Although it is said that some old and weak women and children come to the village every day to ask for things, everyone knows that their men are not far away, because they know that young and strong people will not be able to ask for things, so they let the old people and children come.

Tiankuo and Siqi wanted to see if this method was feasible, so they didn't leave immediately, but stayed here to see the situation again.

In the afternoon, those homeless people who wanted things thought about entering the village again, and when they arrived at the entrance of the village, they saw so many people, and those old people and children knelt directly on the ground.

"Please be kind to the good people, the child has not eaten for a few days, the stomach is so hungry that it is flattened, the kind people are good, you are a bodhisattva of great compassion, as long as you give us something to eat, I will give you a prayer every day, bless you to go to heaven to be a god in the future, please be a good person."

Before anyone in the village could speak, all the old and weak women and children knelt down, and the children immediately began to cry, not howling, but crying sadly, and anyone who looked at it would be moved with compassion.

The village chief said in front, "Do you want food?" ”

As soon as they heard this, the old ladies immediately nodded, "Yes, of course, the whole family is about to starve to death." ”

The village chief said, "Are you willing to earn food with your own hands?" ”

These people immediately said, "Of course it's good, well-wishers help, we are willing to do anything, as long as we are given food." ”

The village chief said directly, "Go and call all the old and young masters of your family, we have to work in the village, and they can come if they are willing to contribute, although the food will not be too much, but at least it will keep your family from starving, I can't help this, you also know what year it is, and how much surplus food does anyone have?" If you want to, come here. ”

When they came to their senses, they all stood up, turned around and ran to the other side, and after a while many people came, all of them picked up hoes and pickaxes and so on, for fear that these people would rush directly into the village to grab something, and they did not know that there were so many people outside.

When they arrived at the place, these people were so excited that they hurriedly said, "Do the good Samaritans really want to give us food?" ”

The village chief nodded, explained their purpose, and then said, "If you are willing to work, give two sweet potatoes, three potatoes, and two cornmeal buns every day, these foods and water are enough for your family to eat half full. ”

What is there that is not willing to do it, these people are not heinous people, they also farm their own land and rely on the sky to eat, now give them a chance, they can rely on their own labor to earn food, they are still more down-to-earth, if they are not forced to this point, who is willing to kowtow to others and ask for food?

After the village chief said that, many people raised their hands and expressed their willingness to work, and the village chief told the people in the village that if they were willing to hire, they could pick people at this time.

Every family understands that this time they are doing this to prevent people from being blinded, and secondly, to find a reason to give food to these people, so as long as they have a surplus of food, they are willing to pick someone to work.

After the people were selected, the construction began, and the old and weak women and children who were not picked went back to the place where they lived, that is, they built a few sheds under the big trees on the side of the mountain, and the wind and snow leaked, and it was very cold, but what could be done? They came late, and the ruined temple was already crowded.

In this cold day, the work is indeed not easy, the soil is frozen solid, it takes a lot of effort to dig up, these people are young and strong, but in the face of such a hard land still feel hard, are full of hard work.

But they haven't had a full stomach for a long time, and after working for a while, they get dizzy, and several of them can't do it.

The village chief asked everyone to take some things to them in advance, which was regarded as today's wages, and they got food, and those people were grateful, kneeling on the ground and kowtowing and thanking.

The village chief hurriedly said, "As long as you work hard, you don't have to be so polite, they all come out of the mud, and you have suffered so much, how can we bear it?" Let's eat it first and then work hard. ”

After getting the food, someone hurried back and called their own women and children over, built a pot at the entrance of the village, put the food together, and boiled it into a big pot, so that there would be a little more things, and they could eat more with water.

These people should all be from the same village, or several nearby villages, they all know each other, some people have more families, some people have fewer families, but they don't care so much, they all eat together.

It can also be seen from this that the essence of these people is simple and kind, and they are really forced into a desperate situation.

After eating, they had gained more strength, and they were able to work much faster than before, and the women took up their hoes to help them.

The man next to him said, "We can only get so much food, and even if you have a few more people, we can only pay one person's wages." ”

The woman smiled and said, "What's the matter, as long as we can have these foods, we won't starve to death, anyway, it's very cold to stay, it's better to help with the work, the body is warm, we don't want to be paid." ”

When she said this, almost everyone went to help with the work, and those who had a hoe took it with it, and those who did not have a hoe helped carry things, and the outside of the village was busy.

Everyone was indignant when they talked about the possibility that Mongolians might come to grab food this year, so they thought that they should dig this trap deeper and make the fence higher, so that they could block it for a while.

Tiankuo and Siqi saw that everything was going smoothly and there would be no problems, so they left the village with confidence and returned to the county seat with Dahei.

Since this method is feasible, it is necessary to arrange it as soon as possible, so that all villages can follow suit, only in this way can the problem of these displaced people be effectively solved, if only a few villages do this, it will still cause a lot of pressure, and only by dispersing these displaced people can the situation be barely controlled.