Reborn in the red years, I am farming in space

Chapter 387 Prepare to Recruit Workers
This year's drought is severe.

It's just that for a while, members of the entire Red Star Commune, and even the production teams in Rongwei County, are actively exterminating the locusts.

Due to the violent locust plague, although it did not last long, the damage caused by the locusts to the crops in the field was very serious and rapid.

Moreover, the damage caused by locusts to crops is very intuitive and shocking.

Drought is different.

The damage caused by drought to the crops in the production team is a very slow process.

Therefore,
The members of the commune who are busy exterminating the locusts, for the time being, have not taken into account the matter of diverting water to fight the drought.

Luo Xuan always likes to be one step ahead of others when doing things, and is good at planning ahead and planning ahead.

This time, the Zhengxing Brigade mobilized a lot of manpower and material resources, and went all out to build the new canal.

When the construction was just started, this move was ridiculed by the members of other brigades: "The Yongxing Reservoir has not been repaired yet, why build the canal?
And now the food on hand of the big guys is so tight, this person who revitalizes the brigade.But the precious food was wasted on meaningless projects.”

"That's right! When the reservoir is completed in the second half of the year, the commune will naturally organize manpower to repair the diversion canals to each brigade.

At that time, the big guys just need to repair the small ditches in our brigade.

If the resources of the commune are not used, why should they waste the money and food of their own brigade to do these unreasonable things?

Is it really the money to burn, or the food to eat? "

Generally speaking,
Every winter during this period, the communes and counties would gather members of the production teams on a large scale to go out as volunteers.

Then these free laborers will carry out some of the most basic agricultural infrastructure construction.

Except for the Zhengxing Brigade, the other production brigades all hold a kind of thinking of waiting, relying, and needing.

They feel: Anyway, they have to be volunteers.

Why don't we just wait until winter and let the commune come forward to build the canal?

If you rely on your own production team and organize manpower and material resources to build canals, the cost will be much higher.

And the results of construction must be shared with others.

All the members of the production brigade felt that it was too uneconomical in their hearts, thinking that they had lost too much.
Wait until later, when the drought becomes more and more serious.

The members of the brigade who passed through the new diversion canal of the Zhengxing brigade began to come to their senses.

Only then did they realize the importance of this agricultural bloodline.

only,
Later, because the outbreak of the locust plague was so sudden and ferocious, the members of the brigade temporarily ignored the aqueduct.
Luo Xuan took Tuo Haili, who was masked in a scarf, along the irrigation canal that had already taken shape, all the way towards the Yongxing Reservoir.

The two rushed to the construction site within a mile or so of walking out.

This canal was originally built from the auxiliary weir of Yongxing Reservoir to connect with the main canal over there.

Now that I have gone out for more than one mile, I can walk to the construction site.

That means that the canal is about to be completed.

on the construction site.

The black and strong men were busy there with their shirts off.

Among them are those who excavate the land and are responsible for earthworks.

There are hammers and chisels, and it is difficult to dig gravel and shale there.

There are also those who do heavy physical work, they are carrying stones and stones, and they are responsible for strengthening the edge of the aqueduct.

"Why so many people?"

Seeing the scene in front of him, Luo Xuan was not only a little surprised, "The members of the brigade, didn't they all go back to the production team and are busy fighting off the locusts? Where did these people come from?"

Now on the construction site, the person responsible for monitoring the progress of the project is the women's team leader of the Zhengxing Brigade.

They organized a group of "Iron Maiden Commandos" a while ago, and they also came to the construction site to support the construction of this project.

But now,
The locust plague in the production team was severe, so the Iron Maidens also went back to their production team to busily eliminate the locusts.

Only the captain of the women's brigade is left here.Supervise the work of hired craftsmen on the construction site.

Hearing Luo Xuan's question,
The head of the women's brigade pointed to the black craftsmen on the construction site and explained, "According to the original plan, the main force of our group to build the canals is the members of our brigade.

This is equivalent to cash for work.

It's also good for the members of our brigade to get some rations.

However, there are some relatively heavy physical work and some relatively technical work, so some craftsmen are hired from outside. "

The head of the women's brigade said, "Luo Xuan, you also know that now our commune members and everyone have to be busy fighting off the locusts.

But according to the order of the captain Peng Zhikun, the construction of this canal must not be stopped!
So now on the construction site, there are many more craftsmen from outside, helping us with our work. "

Luo Xuan asked her: "It is right to speed up the construction of the canal. But in this way, can the originally planned grain share be used?"

"enough!"

The head of the women's brigade answered very positively, "90% of the craftsmen on the construction site now only eat one lunch.

There is no need to give them extra rations, and there is no need to give them salt or Douban money.

In this way, we can save a lot of food and cash. "

Luo Xuan listened to the explanation of the head of the women's brigade, and couldn't help frowning for a moment, full of contradictions in his heart.

These strong men on the construction site are willing to do this kind of heavy physical work just because they are only greedy for the lunch at noon?

This shows that the food situation outside may have become unbelievably severe.
Good volume!

No wages, no rewards.

Just a full meal, these strong men are willing to scramble to help the revitalization brigade build a new aqueduct? !
Luo Xuan couldn't help feeling secretly in his heart: It's really too curly.
Because according to the past,

The plan proposed by myself, team leader Peng Zhikun and others: Every member of the brigade will come to work on the construction site and have lunch at noon every day.

Because the newly built canals are conducive to increasing production and income for their own production teams.

Therefore, the members of the Zhengxing Brigade came to work on the construction site with some compulsion.

It's not up to them to bargain.

But if it is a craftsman from outside, they are not under the control of Zhengxing brigade.If you don't take advantage of it, who will come to help?

Therefore,
For these craftsmen invited from outside, the Zhengxing brigade not only had to provide them with a lunch.

And every day, he was given 1 catty of miscellaneous grains mixed with corn and rice.

In order to let others take it back to support their families.

It's just that a lot of manpower is needed to build a new canal, and the food stocks of the Zhengxing Brigade are extremely limited.

Therefore, in the process of building the canal, the Zhengxing Brigade will strictly control the number of craftsmen invited from outside.

According to Luo Xuan's idea: Instead of hiring more people outside, it is better to use as many members of the brigade as possible.

This is equivalent to using food to subsidize the members of the production team in disguise.

To help them get through this difficult time smoothly.

In this period, it is very easy to hire people, and the rewards are extremely low.

But the problem is: it is a bit difficult to take out so much food and use it as wages for others
"Isn't it a bit inappropriate to do this?"

Luo Xuan pondered for a while, and then asked the head of the women's brigade, "After all, they also need to support their families. If you don't distribute food to them, what will their families eat?"

The head of the Women's Brigade smiled wryly, "I heard Peng Zhikun, the head of the brigade, say that existence is reasonable.

At that time, I thought that since Comrade Peng Zhikun became the team leader, the level of education would be different?

How can you speak at such a high level!As a result, when he called and asked, he said it was you who said it. Hahaha! "

Women's Captain,
Pointing to those hard-working men, he said, "You must know that they all volunteered to work on the construction site, and they didn't even want to be paid.

If you don't believe me, why don't you try to drive them away? "

Luo Xuan stepped forward,

Pulling over one of the men who were busy digging, he said, "Just now, I heard you talking to the comrade next to you."

The man quickly waved his hand, "Little comrade, please don't get me wrong, I'm not chatting with him! I'm asking him, do you want to add another shovel to the next basket of soil?"

This man is in charge of digging.

And the companion who was talking to him just now was responsible for picking up the soil and dumping it far away.

When Luo Xuan came to the construction site earlier, he had already attracted the attention of nearly 200 people on the construction site.

Then they saw the head of the women's brigade who was in charge of supervising everyone's work on the construction site.

This old lady who was always tough, when she saw Luo Xuan approaching, she dropped the steel drill in her hand and trotted to talk to Luo Xuan.

These guys on the construction site,
One look at the posture and you can tell: the young man who came here probably has some background!
And just now, when Luo Xuan asked the man digging the soil, he was really scared!
He also thought that Luo Xuan felt that he had stopped what he was doing to chat with his companions.

The man was afraid of Luo Xuan, so he dismissed himself, which made him lose the job.

Therefore,
The man hurriedly opened his mouth and explained to Luo Xuan.

Seeing that the man misunderstood, Luo Xuan took out a box of "Red Plum" cigarettes from his pocket, took out one, and handed it to the man.

"Don't be nervous. I don't think your accent sounds like a local, so I'm curious. I just want to ask."

Luo Xuan said: "I also feel that your accent is a bit like that from the north?"

That man took the cigarette that Luo Xuan handed him, put it under his nose and sniffed greedily.

He exclaimed in his mouth: "As expected of a good cigarette! It smells so good. I'm from Yue'an's side, and I'm here to find some work for you. I'm begging for a round belly."

I sniffed greedily, the unique smell of cigarettes.

Then, the man respectfully returned the cigarette to Luo Xuan, "Thank you, leader, I don't smoke, so don't waste your good cigarette."

don't smoke?
People who can smell the aroma of flue-cured tobacco don't smoke?
Moreover, he received the cigarette and smelled the smoke, and this series of actions were done in one go, like flowing water.

At first glance, he looks like an old smoker!
It's just that maybe he was too short on money, so he quit smoking
See through, don’t say through.

Especially when you are in an advantageous position, for those who live in extreme embarrassment.

More attention needs to be paid: to save a little face for others.

Just because others are already poor, only the little bit of self-esteem left
And those who are really good at it, not only do they have more things, they even have several faces!
In order to protect their own interests, it is worthwhile for one of them to be slapped in the face.

What does it matter if you get slapped in the face when you meet someone who is stronger than them?

In front of another group of people whose strength is not as good as yours, they just put another face on it.

What a big deal!
Luo Xuan didn't expose the other party's difficult life situation.

Instead, he praised, "It's good not to smoke, save money! For living, if you can save the cigarette money and buy meat for your family, that would be great."

The man smiled.

He muttered in a low voice, "I don't have any family anymore."

Luo Xuan sighed slightly, and didn't dare to answer the man's topic, let alone ask him why.

You don't need to ask the reason, you can guess it with a good guess.

If you ask others "why" yourself, it would be tantamount to pouring salt on other people's wounds.

not authentic.

Squatting next to the man, Luo Xuan asked: "For a person like you, how much do you know?"

The man was taken aback, "This little comrade, who is this?"

"I'm ready to recruit."

Luo Xuan said calmly: "I am going to recruit people who don't have much to worry about and can move to other places to take root at any time to help me work."

There was a hint of joy on the man's face.

He hurriedly asked, "Then this little comrade, can I ask how much food you can give me if you work for a day?"

"1.5 pounds."

Luo Xuan said: "If it is a husband and wife worker who has no worries, then the daily food is 3 catties. Every day, each person will be given another 3 cents for family money."

3 cents a day,
After a month, the wages are 9 yuan. In addition to their own rations, the couple can still earn 18 yuan a month?

The workers in the city absolutely look down on this salary.

But for countless rural commune members who have all the strength but are struggling to find work.

This is really a big pie that fell from the sky!
And, it's still the stuffed meat.
(End of this chapter)