"Isn't it about repairing an irrigation canal?"
Jiang Tiecheng was also apprehensive upon seeing this situation.
To be precise, even he could tell that this didn't look like a canal repair.
"Hello everyone! We're starting our winter mission again this year."
Many of our comrades will probably find this place familiar. Yes, this year we're not building irrigation canals; this year we're building houses.
A comrade in work clothes stood directly on top of the truck with a megaphone.
"This is our team leader who comes to work on-site every winter."
His surname is Zhao, and his given name is Zhao Jie. He's a good person, but he has a short temper and a quick temper. If someone doesn't obey him, he'll start hitting them.
"But as long as you do your job well, Zhao Jie will generally not make things difficult for you."
Wu Xiangqian lowered his voice to introduce the situation to Jiang Tiecheng.
"Comrades, you are right. This is where the military camp will be built. This place has been approved as the First Agricultural Reclamation Area."
"From now on, we, the military and civilians, must work together to build this place into an oasis, and grow the most grain and the best fruits for our motherland."
"Does everyone have confidence?"
He shouted in a fit of anger.
"have!"
It's hard not to be influenced by that kind of momentum, but soon someone joked...
"Captain Zhao, are you going to reduce our food rations this time because of the house repairs?"
Everyone who comes here is after the meager monthly food allowance.
Seeing that building houses would definitely be easier than repairing irrigation ditches, many people were worried.
"That can't be the case. We're going to build an agricultural reclamation area here, so we're going to build quite a few houses. We'll have to finish building them by the end of this winter."
However, there is one thing we need to do this time: we have a heavy task ahead of us, as we need to build camps for 50,000 people.
The project must be completed before the Spring Festival, so time is tight and the task is heavy.
Not only will the grain allowance not be reduced, but everyone will receive 36 jin of grain per month, and it won't be cornmeal, it will be wheat flour.
"Comrades, as long as we can finish the project on schedule, I guarantee that we will not treat you unfairly."
Many people immediately cheered, after all, 36 jin of white flour a month is more than the amount earned by cadres in the city.
You should know that city officials don't even have time to prepare fine grains for a whole month.
I heard everyone yelling.
Captain Zhao Jie laughed.
"Alright, I won't waste any more words. You've all done this before, so you naturally know the process. Don't bother asking your team leader from last year."
"All new comrades, report to me this year, and I will assign you to teams."
He waved his hand, knowing that many of the educated youth who had gone to the countryside this year would definitely come to work.
After all, a village basically needs 200 strong laborers to participate in this kind of work.
However, the village inevitably has a mix of the elderly, the weak, women and children, and in addition, the disasters of the past two years have left everyone hungry.
Many people are too physically weak to do this kind of physical work.
In the past, it was easy for a village to find 200 strong laborers, but that's definitely not possible now. So, this batch of young masters and ladies who have gone to the countryside will definitely be targeted by various villages.
Zhao Jie jumped off the roof of the car, and the others had already dispersed.
The educated youth who had been reported by various villages were left crammed together in one group.
Zhao Jie looked around, then picked up the roster and began registering people one by one.
Since we didn't know how many people would come, we registered them on-site using a roster.
Zhao Jie counted the number of people. Basically, there weren't many educated youths from each village. He heard that there were at least one or two hundred educated youths from each brigade this time.
I heard that a total of 20,000 educated youth came.
But right now, all these educated youth together only number about five hundred.
It's obvious that these young masters and ladies wouldn't want to work. Anyone who signs up to work is probably good at enduring hardship at home.
But this is for the best.
To avoid wasting food and wasting time on dawdling.
Zhao Jie didn't waste any words and directly arranged for them to leave.
There were a lot of male educated youth and a lot of female educated youth.
The female educated youth were assigned to shovel sand, while the male educated youth were assigned to carry stones.
Jiang Tiecheng followed the other male educated youths to the team leader who had assigned them.
Zhao Jie is the captain, and under him are 20 squad leaders.
Jiang Tiecheng was assigned to work with a middle-aged man, whose team leader's surname was Ren.
Everyone calls him Ren Laoqi.
Ren Laoqi looked the educated youth up and down, his face full of disdain.
"Alright, enough with the nonsense. Our team's main responsibility is to carry and lift stones."
I don't care what method you use. If you have a cart, use it to push the cart. If you don't have a cart, use a basket to carry it.
Otherwise, you'll have to carry it yourself. Each person's daily task is 500 jin (250 catties) of stones. If you don't finish, don't blame me for deducting your rations.
"Captain Ren, where are we going to find a cart and baskets?"
"We don't have enough tools here, so we have to rush to get them every day."
These items are all unclaimed; first come, first served.
For example, you arrived late today, and everything was gone.
You guys figure it out yourselves.
There are ropes over there, one for each person. Anyway, I'm inspecting 500 jin (250 catties) of stones, so don't even think about slacking off.
Ren Laoqi threw down those words and turned to leave, leaving the group of male educated youth standing there looking at each other in bewilderment.
Jiang Tiecheng had never done this kind of work before, and he never did it again. He also knew that it would take a day to move that 500-pound stone.
Only then did they realize why many people in the village couldn't come.
How could the elderly, women, and children, who are physically weak, possibly carry a 500-pound stone?
Jiang Tiecheng gritted his teeth and walked directly toward the steel wire with the rope hanging from it without saying a word.
I took down a rope, but I was wondering how I could carry the stones with a rope?
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