Chapter 638 Only fools go back
At this time, the season has gradually entered summer, and the temperature has gradually increased throughout the week, not to mention the plain areas close to the tropical rainforest.
As the lunch break bell rang, Kong Daqian let out a long breath.
“Let’s go, Iron Man!”
After greeting his silly son, Kong Daqian wiped his sweat with the linen sweat towel hanging around his neck and walked towards the field where Pergola on the side.
After working for a period of time, they have basically adapted to the work and rest here.
At this moment, I was familiar with the situation, picked up the big teapot on the pergola table, poured myself a bowl of herbal tea, and drank it all in one gulp.
Kong Tiezhi, who came back from behind, split his legs and didn't even bother to pour the herbal tea. He just slumped on the ground with his arms and legs spread out, almost looking like he was going to be broken.
“It’s terrible, I’m so exhausted. There’s so much land here that I can’t plow it all. After plowing the land in the morning, I have to go to the edge to reclaim new land in the afternoon. The land is so big that I can’t even see it. How long will it take for this work to end?”
Hearing this, Kong Daqian, who had just poured a bowl of herbal tea for his stupid son, immediately kicked him in annoyance. .
"At my age, I'm not tired yet. How old are you, how much work have you done? Are you complaining about me and are you tired? You are a farmer, and you have to do this work for the rest of your life! If you don't want to do it, get out of here. Go back to Huangsha City!”
Suddenly he got kicked by his father, and the lazy donkey rolled up from the ground.
"I'm just saying casually, I won't go back! The life here is much better than that in Huangsha City, only a fool would go back!"
Looking at his son's rogue appearance Seeing this, Kong Daqian suddenly felt out of breath, and when he chased after him, he hit him one after another, while Kong Tiezhi kept ducking his head and dodging left and right, not daring to fight back at all.
During this period, other farmers who came back to rest happily poured themselves a bowl of herbal tea and watched Old Man Kong teach his son, which was very lively.
While I was having fun in my heart, I also agreed with what Kong Tiezhan said.
It is true that there is a lot of work here in Da Zhou, and they are really tired after working late that day, but compared to the barren fields outside Huangsha City, they don’t know what they are busy with. The fields here are fertile, the crops are growing well, and life is obviously more promising.
In terms of life, judging from their personal feelings, they are obviously much more comfortable than those in Huangsha City.
While they were thinking this, Zhao Geng, a minister, drove over in an ox cart.
Seeing this, Kong Daqian quickly stopped teaching his son. The other farmers also stood up straight and then started shouting.
"Hello, Minister Zhao."
Hearing the words 'Hello, Minister Zhao,' Zhao Geng smiled, turned around, picked up a basket of fruit from the ox cart and handed it over.
"The mangoes just harvested from the No. 2 field area will quench everyone's thirst."
"Thank you, Minister Zhao!"
Kong Daqian hurried forward to pick them up. Pass, and join everyone in saying thank you.
In response, Zhao Geng just smiled and waved, then drove the bullock cart towards the next shed.
Looking at Zhao Geng’s leaving figure, Kong Daqian and others had a burst of emotion on their faces.
After this period of time, they have been living in Dazhou. How do they feel?
In addition to living a good life, having hope, providing enough meals twice a day, and never starving them, the biggest feeling is that there is basically no bureaucracy here.
You know, over there, all those officials have their nostrils turned upward. It’s not uncommon for them to punch and kick you if they don’t like you.
But on Dazhou's side, this situation does not exist at all. Take their minister Zhao Geng as an example. After a period of understanding, they can roughly understand that Zhao Geng, as the minister of agriculture, is also a high-ranking official in the Zhou Dynasty.
But their minister had no airs at all. Standing there, he was no different from ordinary farmers like them.
And every day when I start work, I take the lead in doing the work. At the end of the day, I do a lot more work than them.
At the same time, I will give them some fruits to quench their thirst every now and then.
If this were replaced by those who were officials before.
Give them fruit to quench their thirst? It would be nice not to let them pay tribute to some fruits. In the past, this was something that was really unthinkable!
"Come on, come on, let's share one point each."
Kong Daqian looked like a team leader. In fact, he was indeed a team leader now.
The number 30 people in this pavilion are all from his group.
This was not the first time that Zhao Geng came to deliver fruit to them. They naturally knew how delicious the fruit was, so they all eagerly took one, peeled it and ate it.
After one sip, the juice splashed everywhere, and it was incredibly sweet. It was as if the fatigue accumulated throughout the morning was swept away at this moment, which made Kong Daqian couldn't help but sigh.
“Life is good now.”
“That’s right.”
Hearing this, the team members under his command all responded.
"Didn't we rest for two days in Black Moon City before? At that time, I could clearly see that in the market of Black Moon City, a mango like this costs at least five cents each."
As soon as the price was announced, everyone gasped.
“Good guy, at the end of the day, it only costs five cents to eat.”
In Dazhou’s canteen, a meal costs only three cents, and it is a very rich meal with vegetables and meat. Yes, if you save a little, you can save two cents. No matter how poor you are, you can still get a relief meal for one cent. If you eat normally, five cents can be used as a day's food expenses.
“Why is it so expensive?”
"You don't understand this."
As he spoke, the old god Kong Daqian was heard speaking.
"Sending mangoes to Heiyue Village. Do we need money for carriages and horses along the way? Do we need money for people? Do we need money for time? Once these money are added up, it will not be cheap at all. That is why we are here. There are no such costs in the production area, so the price is not so expensive.”
While talking, Kong Daqian had already eaten the mango in his hand, and then couldn’t help but slurp it. Juice, with a look on his face that he was still unsatisfied. He had never tasted such delicious food before, it was just like the fairy fruit in the legend.
“Okay, let’s take a good rest after eating the mangoes and recharge our spirits. We will start to reclaim the land in the fourth area in the afternoon.”
Upon hearing this, all the farmers responded in agreement.
The lunch break lasted two hours. They didn't need to eat lunch, but just ate some fruit and drank some herbal tea to cope with it. They had enough time to take a nap.
Because the weather is getting hotter and hotter, it is cooler in the early morning, so these days they basically get up and work before dawn.
At this moment, everyone was already tired and sleepy. Within a while, there were bursts of snoring coming from the pergola...
As expected, There should be additional updates after 10:30
(End of this chapter)