However, Lu Yuan stood up but did not assign them any tasks.
"You should settle into your new home first. Although you can't live here forever, you'll have to live here for a long time! Have something to eat first! I'll come and get you tomorrow!"
The group was stunned for a moment. They had thought they would have to work right away. Although they were not happy about it, they had to grit their teeth and endure it for a few bites of food. But they did not expect that Lu Yuan would let them settle down first.
A short man suddenly spoke up and asked, "Mr. Lu, you just said we should eat first?"
Lu Yuan nodded: "Yes! You guys eat first!"
An excited look immediately appeared on the other person's face: "Then let's eat first, and then get back to work!"
The other person shouted to the people in the kitchen who were setting up the stove, "Hurry up and set up the stove, Mr. Lu wants us to eat first!"
Lu Yuan looked at the other person in surprise: "Are you sure you're not mistaken? I said we've already prepared food for you, you don't need to cook now!"
The team leaders stared at Lu Yuan, their faces filled with disbelief.
"What? You...you provide meals? Starting now?"
"I must have misheard, right? The treatment here is too good!"
"It smells so good! By the way, Mr. Lu, is it true that you can have meat soup with every meal here?"
"..."
Everyone started asking questions all at once.
Lu Yuan shook his head helplessly: "I really can't answer your questions like this. Here's what we'll do: this is Supervisor Du. He's in charge of all your matters. You can ask him about anything later!"
After saying that, Lu Yuan pushed Du Heng, who was standing next to him, towards them.
Du Heng looked shocked: "Wait, Lu Yuan, aren't you trying to trick me? When did I agree to be the manager here?!"
But Lu Yuan didn't give him a chance to explain and turned away directly.
The next morning, Lu Yuan led a few people to Cao Shan's camp.
Several team leaders got up early to wait.
Almost every tent in the camp had electricity, and many people in the tent area were already dressed and standing outside their tents, waiting.
Cao Shan greeted them with a mixture of fatigue and joy on his face.
"Brother Lu, thank you for your warm hospitality. Our people are all ready! Tell me, what's the plan?"
Lu Yuan nodded, then led several team leaders to a sheltered spot near the entrance on either side.
"Here's my plan: There are two mountains here, and I've measured their geology with instruments. Basically, there's only a layer of limestone on the outside, and the inside is mostly soil. So I plan to have your people help me dig out an area of twenty acres from here!"
As soon as Lu Yuan finished speaking, everyone on the other side was stunned.
"So...so many? Are our people... really capable?"
Lu Yuan smiled and said, "Of course, we have all the necessary tools here!"
Seeing everyone's appearance, Cao Shan immediately thought of the meal Lu Yuan had prepared for them, and was filled with enthusiasm.
"What the hell are you hesitating for! You've eaten their food, so you have to do the work! Besides, it's all mud, what's there to be afraid of! Let's do it!"
Cao Shan's shout immediately filled everyone with enthusiasm.
"That's right! As long as we're full, this little bit of work is nothing! There are so many of us!"
Thus, the first step of the hamster operation finally began.
During this period, Lu Yuan acquired a lot of electrical tools from various camps, which greatly reduced the obstacles for the construction team in Caoshan.
Although the work was hard, they were very motivated. However, they were running out of food, which made Xiaoshan a little anxious every day as she looked at the empty ledgers.
At night, Lu Yuan was about to take off his clothes to go to sleep when Xiao Shan pulled him up.
"What's wrong? You look a bit off?" Lu Yuan asked with a smile, pinching Xiao Shan's cheek.
With a serious expression, Xiao Shan removed Lu Yuan's hand and sat down opposite him solemnly, saying, "I'm not joking this time, I'm serious!"
Lu Yuan laughed: "Haha! Okay, be serious! Tell me about your wife!"
"Wrong! Call him the head of the logistics department!"
"Yes, sir! What are your orders, logistics department head?"
"Oh dear! I'm being serious. We're running out of food supplies. If this continues, we'll be completely depleted! You might as well just fire me!"
"Haha! Dismissal? You wish! I finally managed to find a conscript, how could I possibly let you go so easily! No way!"
"Then you'd better think of a solution quickly! The rice is all gone today, and we don't know when the next batch will be ready! We also only have less than a thousand catties of wheat flour left. If this continues, we really won't be able to afford to eat anymore!"
"Aren't there other things? Let's use the other staple foods to line our stomachs first!"
"What? What other staple foods are there? The rest are mostly miscellaneous grains. We don't grow a lot of mung beans, red beans, millet, etc., so if we really ate them, it probably wouldn't last long. Oh, and there aren't many pigs left in the pigpen. They're mostly immature piglets. The cattle and sheep are also growing very large, and our pastures simply can't feed them! And..."
Lu Yuan watched quietly as Xiao Shan finished speaking, a slight smile playing on his lips.
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