Chapter 317: Going into the Mountains to Work 2

Yike continued, "As for the wages, it depends on what kind of work they do. If they are making dried fruits, the more they work, the more they get paid. If they do other work, it's half of what an adult gets. Do you understand what I mean? Just like the first people who went to the mountains, their children's wages are calculated in this way. Didn't we talk about this at the meeting? You just didn't listen carefully. When you come out, I'll practice with you so that you can remember it."

Dong Guoqing had mixed feelings. He was happy that his cousin still had wages to get, but he was worried that he would have to practice with Yi Ke, whose punches and kicks were very painful.

Yi Ke asked Dong Guoqing again, "Your uncle is in such a difficult situation, why don't you bring him to the mountains to work? At least the wages are higher in the mountains."

"They have a five-year-old child who is too young. They are afraid that my aunt will be alone at home. If something happens, no one will help. The most worrying thing is that if he leaves, my cousin's mother will come and beat my aunt."

"Your aunt is dead, so you're just standing there and letting your mother-in-law beat you?"

"No, it's mainly because every time my cousin's mother beats my aunt, she would ask her other daughters-in-law to catch her, so she can't run away."

"That woman is so abominable, and her daughters-in-law are no good either. Is your cousin not his biological son?"

"He is my biological son. He looks very much like my great uncle."

"That's because your aunt is too partial. Since life outside is so difficult, why don't you ask his whole family to come into the mountains? If you bring their children in, won't your uncle and aunt worry?"

"Is it possible? I didn't expect it. The main reason is that their household registration is in the village, and they will no longer have it after they come here."

"Why don't you ask them to write a certificate and say they are going out to beg? Look at the beggars you brought with you. They just wrote a certificate to beg, didn't they?"

"That's different. Theirs was a natural disaster, so the village cadres agreed to issue such a certificate. Our village cadres would definitely not issue such a certificate."

"Then issue a certificate to allow you to go out to work. You are so stupid that you want to suffocate a living person to death."

"Wife——" Ziyi heard Yi Ke swearing and shouted hurriedly.

Yike rolled his eyes. How come people in this era don’t know how to adapt?

"Yeah, why am I so stupid? Is it too late for me to bring them in now?" Dong Guoqing looked at Yi Ke eagerly, "When we left, Auntie cried so much that her eyes were swollen."

"You took the child away. As a mother, who wouldn't feel sad? I'm afraid the child will get seriously ill after you leave. It's not impossible for you to go back and bring the child back, but there are so many people here. They can't wait here. There are too many people. If they stay any longer, they will be more likely to be discovered. So they won't wait for you."

"Go back and bring it back, but don't come here. Bring it directly from your place into the mountains and take it to the second base. We will wait for you there. It's close to your home. If you walk faster, you should be able to catch up. If you can't catch up, you can walk at night. Let Ma Youcai accompany you, and I will drive you back later."

Yike said goodbye to his cousin and his wife. Han Youfu felt panicked when he saw that Yike and Ziyi didn't go with them.

My cousin's wife Wang Xiaohua pulled Yike aside and asked quietly, "If you don't go, what should we do?"

Yi Ke comforted her, "It's okay, Sister Guihua is still in there. I've already told her, she will make arrangements for you."

Yike asked Ziyi to call Li Haoran over, and also called his eldest cousin and his two brothers over, introduced them to each other, and told them to go to Li Haoran if they had any problems on the road. Ma Youcai also called his uncles to tell them to take care of Han Youfu and Han Youfu.

When Liu Bing, Dong Guoqing and Wang Feng saw what Ma Youcai was doing, they immediately understood what he meant and brought their relatives to join in, so that they could take care of each other.

Especially Dong Guoqing, his cousin is so young, he hopes everyone can take care of her more.

Yi Ke watched them get to know more and more people like a snowball and felt a little amused. "We haven't even entered the mountain yet, and a small circle has been formed. But there's nothing we can do about it. They are relatives after all. Even if they are not related at all, as long as they can touch each other, they are still relatives." So the group of relatives of the brothers Han Youfu and Han Youfu, led by Yi Ke, grew into a huge group.

In order to prevent such relatives from affecting the stability of the mountain farm in the future, Ziyi separated them in the name of mutual assistance.

Ziyi set up a mutual aid group, in which a strong man helped a younger or weak person, under the pretext of helping each other and ensuring that they arrived at their destination safely. Everyone received food rewards.

The newly formed family group instantly collapsed, and the beggars they looked down upon instantly became popular. The relatives brought by Ma Youcai, Wang Feng, Liu Bing and others all actively tried to win over the beggars, especially the weak ones.

So, on the way into the mountain, Li Haoran thought that those who were young and weak would slow down the journey, so those with strong physical strength automatically carried the weak ones on their backs, and the older ones carried the younger ones, and they continued on their journey without stopping.

The person on the back uses leaves as a fan to fan the person on his back. Even though the person on the back is sweating profusely, he still strides forward. If anyone wants to take turns carrying the load, they will glare at you fiercely, so much so that you dare not ask for a change again. You will secretly wonder why these people are like dogs guarding their food.

This is the truth. They are carrying people. No, not people, they are carrying food. These people are equivalent to food. Whoever competes with them for people is competing with them for food.

Now, the beggars were blessed. They had been hungry for a long time and were very weak. When they first heard that they had to walk on the mountain road for several days, they were very nervous and worried that they could not hold on. They did not expect such a good thing to happen. With the help of these brothers, they were no longer afraid.

Ziyi hadn't expected that his food reward would be so powerful. This was because he and Yike had made the same empiricist mistake in their previous lives. In the previous life, as long as you had money, you had food. But in this parallel world, in this era of food shortage, food is more valuable than money. So Ziyi uses food as a reward, which is like a blind cat catching a mouse - it hits the mark by accident.

Ziyi and Yike were unaware of the subsequent developments. They sent Dong Guoqing home, waited for Dong Guoqing to bring his cousin's family out, and then drove them to the entrance to the mountain. After they got off the car, Ziyi and Yike rushed to the provincial capital.

Ziyi called Wang Hongjun to find out about Su Lao's student, but Wang Hongjun said that he didn't know which farm the person had gone to yet.

Ziyi had no choice but to go and take a look in person, but he felt that it was useless to go. Wang Hongjun hadn't even found where the person had gone. How could Ziyi, who seldom went out, have a way?