Qiao Yougen pressed down with his hand. "Listen everyone. This winter, it's not just Hua'an Farm Reclamation that has the job of installing electrical wires. Four kilometers away, at Sandaogou, we also need to construct a reservoir. Although that job doesn't pay as much as the Electricity Bureau's, you can still earn one yuan a day, and they provide two meals. When you do the math, it's not less than what you make carrying electrical poles.
"Most importantly, this job will last until the end of the year."
Hearing this, everyone started to calculate in their minds.
Carrying the electrical poles was certainly a bit easier than building the reservoir, but it would only be for a few days. Although constructing the reservoir would last until the end of the year, they also knew that this job was genuinely exhausting.
While they could earn more, they feared they would lose a layer of skin in the process. Having options brought its own worries.
