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Chapter 287 No matter where he is a hero
Two days later, the exact location of the canal was confirmed in Xiangcheng, and the people who had been waiting for several days heard the good news from the officials beating gongs and drums, and immediately flocked excitedly to the gate of the city to check the notice .

The notice said that digging the canal required a lot of manpower, and the government was responsible for selecting those who had the labor force, and each selected person could receive daily rations.

There are two kinds of rations, which can be freely chosen by the people.

The first type is that the government provides white flour steamed buns and white rice porridge, and each person has a white steamed bun plus a bowl of white porridge every day.

The second type is that the government provides steamed buns with bran and radish porridge. Each person has three steamed buns with radish and a bowl of porridge with radish every day.

According to physical strength, all candidates are divided into four categories, the first category is young and strong men, the second category is elderly men, the third category is young women, the fourth category is elderly women and children under 13 years old.

The four types have different divisions of labor, and the rations they receive are also different in size. For example, the steamed buns received by young and strong men are the size of an adult's fist, while the steamed buns received by elderly women and children are only the size of a child's fist.

The notice also stated what tasks these four types of people would be responsible for after being selected. Now that it has been explained in advance, the people can decide whether to sign up or not. If they sign up, they are not allowed to make trouble when doing things in the future.

None of the people who saw the notice were dissatisfied.

"I thought I was the only one in our family who could come out to earn rations. I didn't expect my wife and 11-year-old son to also have the opportunity to be elected! Although my son received the least rations, it was enough for him to feed himself! "

"That's right, don't feel that you are suffering children. Which of the children in our poor families did not go to work in the fields? If you are tired, you will be tired, but as long as you can earn rations to fill your stomach and survive this winter, no matter how tired you are. Looking forward to it is better than lying on the kang with starved eyes and waiting for death, right?"

"Which ration do you choose then? I'll choose the second one. White flour steamed buns are delicious, but is that something we can afford now? One white flour steamed bun is not enough for me to eat, so it's better , not only can I eat enough for myself, but I can also take it home and give it to the children!"

"I'll definitely choose the second one. But, if the job lasts for ten days, I'll get nine days' worth of steamed buns made of chaff, and on the last day, I'll go home with white buns to comfort the children."

"I see that this job will take more than ten days. Didn't you hear the officials say that the canal needs to be dug two feet wide and one foot deep. This is not a job that can be done in a few days. It will definitely make us finish it." It's spring!"

"If this is the case, that would be great, we don't have to worry about starving our wives and children to death!"

"The best thing is, when the canals are dug, next year we won't have a drought here, and we won't have no harvest like this year, and we won't worry about not being able to survive the winter anymore!"

The more the people talk, the happier they are. They are the most contented, as if they have seen the fruitful scene of next autumn, and the emotional ones even have tears in their eyes.

Naturally, their gratitude to Yan Jiulan was like the water of the Xiang River, surging and surging.

After many people signed up at the government and were selected, they called their friends and came to the gate of Yan Mansion, bowed sincerely to Yan Mansion, and then took a deep look at Yan Mansion with the best wishes, remembering This place, turn around and leave.

Zhen Baoshu ran around in the yard and heard the movement outside Yan's mansion.

She turned sideways to look at the high wall, smiling all over her face, "No matter where Brother Yan is, he is the hero of the people."

(End of this chapter)