The construction of the reservoir mobilized people from seven villages. Anyone who participated in the construction of the reservoir would receive ten cents a day in wages and a meal.
It was just the first day, and there were constant problems, big and small, and Li Mengyue was very busy.
Just after solving the problem of inaccurate division of labor and low efficiency, the village chief's wife came to her again to talk about the problem of eating.
Even though she had people make preparations beforehand, problems would still arise during the actual implementation.
She thought that providing food for thousands or even tens of thousands of people would not be enough if only ten women in the village cooked for them, so she discussed with the seven village heads and decided to build a large public canteen in Xinghua Village.
Cooking is also done by dividing the work among the women, and the same is true for the villagers when they eat.
It’s just that the public canteen will take two days to be completed and put into use, so before that, we have to make some concessions.
But it is not easy for women to prepare meals for thousands of people at once.
Looking at her mother, Grandma Li, Beibei's mother, Goudan's mother and other aunts and sisters-in-law, they were all tired and sweating, and more than half of them still had not eaten.
"Li Nian, notify the seven village heads to hold a meeting."
"OK."
After the seven village heads all agreed to build the reservoir, they all thought that there would be a lot of trouble, and they couldn't let Li Mengyue, a girl, come running to them.
Since they were not in the same place and had to discuss things, they asked two smart young men to follow them, and they chose Li Nian and Wang Erniu.
In this way, as long as Li Mengyue has any problems, they can notify her and come over quickly.
In less than a quarter of an hour, the seven village chiefs gathered in the public canteen.
Some people are still building public canteens here, but although there are not many tables, chairs, benches, etc., there are still some.
After the seven village heads sat down, Li Mengyue didn't say anything more and went straight to the point about the problems that arose during the meal.
"Village leaders, you can see it's already been an hour since dinner time, and many people still haven't eaten. But everyone does manual labor, and skipping meals is not only bad for your health, but it also means you won't have the energy to work."
"Yue girl, we understand what you said and we want to find a way to solve it, but we really can't think of any good way."
"Yes, Miss Li, I wonder what you want to do?"
"It's simple. Until the public canteen is built and officially put into operation, we won't provide meals. We'll give each person an extra two cents for food and let them eat at home."
"Hmm."
"I think so."
All seven village heads agreed with Li Mengyue's suggestion, but Village Head Wang hesitated to speak.
"Village Chief Wang, if you have anything to say, feel free to speak up."
Village Chief Wang said with a distressed look on his face, "Miss Li, it's not that I don't want to give you money, but at the end of the day, a lot of money will go out. If you add two cents for food, wouldn't that be another expense?"
After Village Chief Wang said this, the other village chiefs nodded in agreement.
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