Chapter 638 Only a Fool Would Go Back
It is now gradually entering summer, and the temperature is gradually rising throughout the entire Zhou, not to mention the plains near the tropical rainforest.
As the lunch break bell rang, Kong Daqian let out a long breath.
"Go, Hardcore!"
After greeting his silly son, Kong Daqian wiped the sweat off his face with the linen towel hanging around his neck and walked towards the shed set up beside the field.
After working for a while, they have basically adapted to the work and rest schedule here.
At this moment, he picked up the big teapot on the table in the arbour like a familiar figure, poured himself a bowl of herbal tea, and drank it all in one gulp.
Kong Tiegan, who came back behind, split his legs, and without even pouring the cold tea, he simply collapsed on the ground with his arms and legs spread out, looking like he was about to give up.
"Oh my god, I'm so exhausted. There's too much land here. I can't finish it all. After I finish plowing the land in the morning, I have to go to the edge to open up new land in the afternoon. The land is so big that I can't see the end. How long will it take to finish this work?"
Hearing this, Kong Daqian, who had just poured a bowl of cold tea for his silly son, kicked him in anger.
"I'm old, but I haven't complained about being tired yet. How old are you? How much work have you done? You're complaining about being tired? You're a farmer, you have to do this job for the rest of your life! If you don't want to do it, get out of here and go back to Huangsha City!"
Kong Tiegan, who was suddenly kicked by his father, rolled over and got up from the ground.
"I'm just saying it casually. I'm not going back! Life here is much better than in Huangsha City. Only a fool would go back!"
Seeing his son's rogue appearance, Kong Daqian suddenly felt furious. He chased after him and started beating him. Kong Tiegan kept hiding his head and dodged left and right, not daring to fight back at all.
During this time, other farmers who came back to rest happily poured themselves a bowl of cold tea and watched Old Man Kong teach his son a lesson. It was very lively.
While he was having fun, he also agreed with what Kong Tiegan said.
Indeed, there is a lot of work to do in the Great Zhou, and they are really tired after working all day long. But compared to the wasteland outside Huangsha City where they don't know what they are busy with, the fields here are fertile, the crops are growing well, and life is obviously more promising.
As for life, from their personal experience, it is obviously much more comfortable than in Huangsha City.
Just as they were thinking this, Zhao Geng, the minister, drove over in an ox cart.
Upon seeing this, Kong Daqian immediately stopped teaching his son a lesson. The other farmers also stood up straight and started shouting.
"Hello, Minister Zhao."
Hearing the words "Hello, Minister Zhao", Zhao Geng smiled, turned around, picked up a basket of fruit from the ox cart and handed it over.
"The mangoes just got harvested from field No. 2 will quench everyone's thirst."
"Thank you, Minister Zhao!"
Kong Daqian hurried forward to take it, and joined everyone in expressing his gratitude.
In response, Zhao Geng just smiled and waved his hand, then drove the ox cart towards the next shed.
Looking at Zhao Geng's departing back, Kong Daqian and others all felt a sense of emotion on their faces.
During this period of time, they lived in the Great Zhou. If you ask them how they felt, in addition to having a good life, hope, two meals a day, and never going hungry, the biggest feeling was that there was basically no bureaucracy here.
You have to know that over there, those officials are all arrogant. It is not uncommon for them to beat you up if they don't like you.
But in the Great Zhou, this situation does not exist at all.
Take their Minister Zhao Geng for example. After a period of understanding, they roughly understood that Zhao Geng, as the Minister of Agriculture, was also a high-ranking official in the Great Zhou Dynasty.
But their minister was completely without any airs. He just stood there like an ordinary farmer like them.
And every day when work starts, I always take the lead in doing the work, and at the end of the day, I do just as much work as they do.
At the same time, they would be given some fruits every now and then to quench their thirst.
If this were the case with the former officials.
Send them fruit to quench their thirst? Not asking them to give some fruit as a gift is good enough. In the past, this was something that I couldn't even think of! "Come on, everyone, give one each and share it."
Kong Daqian looks like a team leader, and in fact, he is indeed a team leader now.
The thirty people in this shed are all from his group.
This was not the first time that Zhao Geng had brought them fruit. They naturally knew how delicious the fruit was, and they couldn't wait to take one, peel it and start eating it.
When he took a bite, the juice splashed everywhere, and it was incredibly sweet, as if all the fatigue accumulated in the morning was swept away at this moment, making Kong Daqian sigh with emotion.
“Life is good now.”
"you do not say."
Hearing this, the team members under his command responded one after another.
"Didn't we stop in Black Moon City for two days? I saw clearly at that time that a mango like this one cost at least five cents in the market of Black Moon City."
When the price was announced, everyone gasped.
"My goodness, all day long, food only costs five cents."
In the cafeteria of the Great Zhou, a meal cost three cents, which was a very sumptuous meal with vegetables and meat. If you were a little frugal, it would only cost two cents. If you were even poorer, there was a relief meal for one cent. Five cents was enough for a normal meal, which was enough for a day's food expenses.
“Why is it so expensive?”
“You don’t understand this.”
As he spoke, Kong Daqian spoke in a calm and composed voice.
"To deliver the mangoes to Black Moon Village, do you need to pay for the carriage? Do you need to pay for the people? Do you need to pay for the time? Once you add up all these costs, it won't be cheap at all. Only because we are the place of origin, we don't have those costs, so the price is not that expensive."
While speaking, Kong Daqian had already eaten up the mango in his hand. Then he couldn't help but licking the juice on his hand, with a look of unsatisfied satisfaction. He had never eaten anything so delicious before. It was just like the fairy fruit in the legend.
"Okay, let's take a good rest after eating the mangoes. We will start to cultivate the land in the fourth area in the afternoon."
Hearing this, all the farmers responded.
The lunch break lasts for two hours. Since they don't need to eat lunch and can just eat some fruit and drink some herbal tea to get by, they have plenty of time to take a nap.
As the weather is getting hotter, it is cooler in the early morning, so these days they basically get up and start working before dawn.
At this moment, everyone was already tired and sleepy. After a while, bursts of snoring could be heard from the shed...
If nothing unexpected happens, there should be more chapters after 10:30 (End of this chapter)
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