The money used by the seven villages to build the reservoir was all borrowed from Mengyue. Even if Mengyue bears 20% of the final loss, the remaining 80% is still a considerable sum.
But a few months ago, the seven villages were extremely poor. They only had a little money in recent months, and all the money added up was not enough to pay two days' wages, let alone support the construction of a large reservoir.
Although Mengyue and they had analyzed that as long as the center was built and then formed a scale, the seven villages would have a lot of income from collecting stall fees in the future, and they would not have to worry about having no money.
But they didn't believe it too much, or they had never seen a big fair that could pay off the debt of building a reservoir just by collecting stall fees.
But deep down in their hearts, they felt that Mengyue would not lie to them. Another very important point was that each of them wanted to change their fate of relying on fate for their livelihood.
Once the reservoir is really built, it will be just as Mengyue said, and their seven villages will no longer have to worry about droughts or floods.
If there is a drought, the gates can be opened to release water so that the fields can be irrigated. If there is a flood disaster, the river can also act as a diversion channel to prevent all the water from accumulating in one place and flooding the fields, and even the village cannot escape the fate of being flooded.
After agreeing to share the canteen, the seven village chiefs left immediately.
They have to go, because each of them is responsible for coordinating the affairs of the entire village, which is not an easy task.
Especially Village Chief Wang, who is in charge of the money, dare not take it lightly. For this reason, he puts all his attention on accounting work.
But he knew that he couldn't abandon the other interests of the village, so he gave it to his eldest son.
Anyway, if nothing unexpected happens, his eldest son will take over his job. Asking him to take charge now is just to gain experience in advance and accumulate more prestige in the village so that it will be smoother when he takes over in the future.
Of course, Village Chief Wang didn't just ignore everything. As long as it was a big deal, he would take the responsibility and his eldest son would lead people to carry it out.
After dinner, the villagers rested for an hour. Without the village chief ringing the gong to remind them, everyone consciously took their tools and went to work.
Because they know what the purpose of building a reservoir will be.
You should know that after the decision to build the reservoir was finalized, the seven village heads each gathered the people in the village and talked about the importance of building the reservoir and what changes it would bring to everyone's lives.
Of course, this is not the most important thing. After all, several generations ago, people were able to live without building reservoirs, and they did not think it was necessary to build reservoirs.
When the village chief proposed that anyone who participated in the construction of the reservoir would receive ten yuan in wages every day, it caused an uproar among the villagers.
When the village chief first said that, many villagers couldn't believe it. That was ten cents a day!
What a concept. Today's autumn harvest has passed, there is nothing to do in the fields, and spring plowing will have to wait until next spring.
It can be said that from now until the spring plowing next year, there is nothing to do, and the meals we eat every day are all consumed.
In order to ensure that the food stored at home can last until the autumn harvest next year, many families will save on food.
As long as there is work to do in the fields that requires physical effort, they will eat two meals a day.
Nowadays, we only eat one meal a day, and it has to be eaten with wild vegetables. The more we can save, the better.
Many people are also looking forward to the arrival of spring, because spring is the season when all things come back to life, and many wild vegetables will grow in the fields and at the foot of the mountains.
At this time, every household would pick wild vegetables and barely get enough to eat. Unlike the winter when it is very cold, people have to eat less to save food and just endure the cold.
In fact, in order to make more money, the strong laborers in the village would often go to the town or county to find odd jobs. Ten copper coins a day would make them grateful.
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