Only now did Li Chen realize that he had been misunderstood.

But he still had a question, "Captain, do you live in caves because it's cheaper than building a house?"

The captain did not answer, but instead asked, "What do you think of the weather now?"

"Cold." Li Chen and others responded.

"If it gets any colder and you sleep in a thatched hut, will you be able to sleep?"

"As long as the bedding is thick enough, you can fall asleep."

“How many families do you think have access to thick enough bedding?”

Li Chen understood a little, "You mean, living in a cave, even in cold weather, we don't need to use thick bedding?"

"Yes, our area is cold in the winter and hot in the summer, but cave dwellings are warm in the winter and cool in the summer, so except for a very small number of people, everyone else lives in cave dwellings."

His doubts were resolved, and Li Chen returned to the previous topic. "I heard you say earlier that the accommodations arranged by other brigades for the migrant workers also had nothing inside. Could it be that their accommodations are the same as ours, converted from abandoned cave dwellings?"

"That's right."

"Don't all the brigades have money?"

Hearing this, the team leader immediately revealed a bitter expression, "Our land here is barren, the harvest is low, and there are no other ways to make money. Where can we get money?"

"Your brigade doesn't raise pigs?"

"Yes, but only eight."

"Why do you only have so few?"

"You can only raise so few pigs. If you raise more than two, you won't even be able to find pig grass unless you feed them with grain. In that case, nine times out of ten you'll lose money."

Good job.

In addition to the scarcity of water resources, Li Chen and his companions had a new understanding of this place.

At this time, they had begun to doubt whether Li Xu and Liu Gang were right in choosing this place to go to the countryside.

After a moment of silence, Liu Yunxiao thought about the water issue and asked, "Captain, based on what you said, the farmers shouldn't have much money, right?"

"Um."

"If that's the case, why do people who have water cellars at home set the price of water so high? How can anyone buy it at that price?"

"People don't need someone to buy water every day, just every few days. The water people get from the team is very small. If there is a death or a wedding in the family, even if they are reluctant, they will spend money to buy some water from them."