"Is there anything to eat?"

"Yes, white flour buns."

No one can resist the temptation when hearing that there are white flour buns to eat.

It's just a little bit of work, and you can get some white flour buns to eat. It's great to be a river worker.

When Li Mingqing went to the capital, he heard about the river workers on the train.

Over time, too much silt has accumulated in the ditch, and it needs to be desilted every year.

It’s just that the vegetation coverage here is high, so there is not so much soil erosion.

There isn't that much silt on the riverbank either.

But to prevent problems before they happen, the riverbank, which has not been desilted for many years, should be cleared to avoid floods like the neighboring county.

Working on the river is not easy.

Some people are so tired that they cough up blood, while others become paralyzed from exhaustion.

Only the workers on the river can eat white flour buns.

In the restaurant, almost no one drank the big bucket of boiled water. People ate less steamed buns after their stomachs were full.

Ordinary people don’t want vegetables either. A small plate of pickled radish can be eaten with more than a dozen steamed buns.

Seeing that many people had signed up, the village chief explained the pros and cons in detail.

After listening to it, many people are still willing to go.

For no other reason, I have to go just for the white flour buns.

Anyway, I'm just sitting around doing nothing at home during this season, and working on the river can save food for the family.

In fact, it is the distance from the village entrance to the upper and lower parts of the village.

Although there is no water in winter, there is water in the silt in the river bank.

Have to suffer from the cold.

With so many people, it would take only two days to clear the silt from the ditches and riverbanks.

Li Mingqing saw Old Man Li joining in the fun and hurried over.

"Dad, you should just stay home at your age. If you have nothing to do, I'll send Niuniu to you and let you take care of her."

The village chief smiled and said, "Old Li, stay home and look after your granddaughter."

"Well, I'm just sitting around doing nothing."

"You can't do this job. The ditch in front is so wide and there's no telling how much mud it has accumulated. It's not the small river in front of the village."

“Thinking back to when we went to Shilidi to dig a reservoir, I could carry ten or so of that size at once.”

"We've grown old in the blink of an eye."

Old Man Zhang said, "When we were young, we were all quite capable. Now we really have to be more careful when doing hard work."

Old Man Zheng smiled and said, "Yesterday I was carrying a bundle of firewood and almost twisted my waist."

"You have to accept your age."

Li Mingqing didn't expect that one sentence would make everyone reminisce about the past.

"Uncle, you're still very strong."

"Oh, no, I'm tired after just a little work. It's nothing like before."

Everyone got married and had children quite early, and they are only in their forties or fifties now.

Doing heavy work does make you look older.

Li Goudan and Wang Dazhu also came to sign up and fill their stomachs.

The village chief didn't expect him to do this job.

There was really not much food at home, and when the grain was distributed in the autumn, he was the one who got the least.

He signed up and left in shame.

So that everyone won’t scold him for what happened last time.

The old women gathered together had already started to curse, not only him but also Wang Dazhu.