"Originally, we wanted to change this kind of life, but there was no way. Everyone was slacking off at work in order to save some energy. I can understand that they worked hard and did not work hard. I was not afraid of everyone's laughter, so I did the same.

But now you can change this kind of life by your own strength. Why are you unwilling? Is it because we are really lazy? Or have we become a habit of being lazy?

Comrade Jiang Xiaobai said that after the road construction is completed, we still need people to make canned food. As long as everyone is willing to endure hardships, we can change this kind of life. I don't understand why everyone is unwilling to change, but I am willing.

I won’t say much else. If you feel that my supervision is too strict today, I’m sorry. I will keep all the favors I owe you in my heart. In the future, even if you ask me to pay for it with my life, I will have nothing to say. But now that I am here, I will

I can't turn a blind eye, I'm sorry."

Li Laosan said, bowing deeply towards the crowd, and then continued.

"Those who want to work can stay and work hard. Those who don't want to change and want to live a poor life can leave. I won't stop them." After Li Laosan said this, he rolled up his sleeves, picked up the hammer, and hit the stone hard.

The hammer and stone collided together, a series of sparks erupted, and then a large piece of stone fell off.

The loud noise woke up everyone who was still immersed in Li Laosan's words.

"I'll do it." Zhang Baofeng also picked up the hammer and rushed forward.

"I stayed."

"I'll stay too."

"I..." Each villager shouted or started working without saying a word.

Active and passive are two different concepts, which is why we have moved from eating from the same big pot to the household responsibility system.

When everyone changed from dawdling to living a life, the speed of quarrying increased not even a little bit.

When you are tired, take a rest for a while. If the sweat gets into your eyes and affects your vision, wipe them away. Soon, cartloads of stones of different sizes were mined.

It wasn't until Wang Xiaojun brought mung bean soup and Li Laosan organized that everyone stopped to rest for a while.

During lunch, looking at the food on the table, everyone felt that today was a good day. The large pieces of braised pork made people appetite.

Because they had to work in the afternoon, everyone didn't drink much. One person stopped drinking after having a small glass.

"Be sure to tie it tightly and pay attention to safety." Jiang Xiaobai warned several villagers who were tying ropes to their waists and preparing to go down the cliff to place logs.

"Don't worry, Xiaobai, it turns out that this job is not without work." Several villagers said with smiles. The richness of the lunch meal made everyone more hopeful that they would get today's wages.

Several people carried the wood and slowly descended the cliff. Although the cliff was not that kind of cliff, it looked quite scary.

As everyone slowly descended the cliff, their hearts began to rise little by little, and their breathing became rapid, as if they were afraid that the loudest breathing would cause them to fall off the cliff.

After a few people placed the first piece of wood and came up from the edge of the cliff, everyone let out bursts of cheers.

Jiang Xiaobai also cheered loudly, saying that there would be extra food in the evening and that he would have to get drunk before resting.

One piece, two pieces, three pieces... one piece of wood was carefully placed on the edge of the cliff by the villagers, and then they continued to send stones down.

By the time it got dark, more than half of the roadbed had been exposed.

"Stop it, surround these two sides, and let's go back to eat." Jiang Xiaobai dragged his tired body and shouted in a hoarse voice.

"knock off."

"knock off."

"It's time to finish the work." Everyone shouted loudly. Everyone was exhausted after the day, but although they were physically exhausted, they were all very excited.

They didn't know how long it had been since they had worked so sweatily.

"When you walk, take the big roads, don't take the small roads.

There are many people on the road, which relieves your worries.

When staying in a hotel, you should stay in a big hotel, not a small one.

There are a lot of thieves in the shop, so I worry about stealing from you.

You sleep in the middle..." Jin Province is not far from northern Shaanxi. People also live on the high loess slopes, and they can also chant a section of folk songs.

But usually, most of them are not in the mood to sing, but today I don’t know why? Everyone is obviously exhausted after a long day, but everyone is in good spirits.

He was in a good mood and wanted to roar. Li Laosan heard someone singing and started to speak.

"You have to hold my hand,

I want to kiss your mouth,

Holding hands, mouth to mouth,

The famous Xintianyou song "Let the two of us walk together in the mountains" aroused everyone's laughter.

"Li Laosan, I'm afraid you want to grab the hand of village head Widow Liu."

"Zhang Baofeng, that's what I want, right?" Li Laosan also let go today.

Everyone burst into laughter again, and Jiang Xiaobai also learned a few words about Xintianyou.

As the sun sets, people who have worked hard all day take advantage of the sunset and walk towards the village.

Secretary Huang Zhongfu stood at the entrance of the village, watching from a distance with a smile on his face. Jianhua Village had not seen such a scene for an unknown amount of time.

Remember when he was young...

We are old, and the future belongs to young people. Secretary Huang Zhongfu turned around and went home with a smile on his face.

"Li Siyan, take the money and pay wages." After Jiang Xiaobai returned to the small yard, the first thing he did was to ask Li Siyan to pay everyone today's wages.

"Here we come," Li Siyan responded, came out with the account book, sat down on the chair, and took out a pile of dimes.

Listening to Jiang Xiaobai's words, even though he was already mentally prepared for the crowd, there were still bursts of noise.

"I really gave you fifty cents as a salary. I thought that was just what you said."

"Yes, there are so many people, how much will it cost?"

"I don't really have any hope of starting a salary, so I think it's pretty good to be able to take care of the food?"

"Everyone lines up, and whoever's name is called comes forward to collect their wages."

Jiang Xiaobai shouted loudly, and the noisy crowd suddenly became quiet.

"Zhang Baofeng, Wumao." Li Siyan's voice was not loud, but to everyone's ears it was very clear and sweet.

Zhang Baofeng pressed his fingerprint on the paper, held the fifty cents in his hand tightly, and after a while he said: "Thank you."

"Thank you for what? You deserve this." Jiang Xiaobai said with a smile.

"Next, Fatty Shi."

"Li Xiaoliu..."

"King..." As each person pressed his fingerprints, he also received fifty cents of wages in his hand.

Li Laosan looked at the fifty cents in his hand and almost cried. Five cents a day really gave him hope in life.
Chapter completed!