Team leader Huang looked helplessly at the young man who was crying loudly and kindly explained, "You are not old enough to do these land reclamation work."
The young boy cried and retorted, "Who said I can't do these land reclamation work? I am the adult at home. I am the one who cultivates the fields at home."
People from the same village nearby also chimed in: "I can testify that he indeed farmed all his land. He has a sick mother and frail siblings at home. The whole family depends on him for their livelihood!"
Team leader Huang didn't know what to say.
It took a clever team leader nearby to help resolve the issue: "Since he's not old enough, we can just recruit him through special recruitment. There are special recruitment quotas allocated by the higher-ups, so why not just give him one?"
When Team Leader Huang heard this, he thought, that was right. It was reasonable to give him a special recruitment quota, so he wouldn't have to worry about it.
"Thank you, Brother Liu, for your advice. I'm very grateful. I'll treat you to a drink later!"
Team Leader Liu waved his hand and said politely, "Sure, sure!"
Just like that, the young boy Qian Xiaohe got a spot in the land reclamation project. Immediately, the boy became beaming with joy. There was hope for their family!
As long as you can join the pioneering team, not only can you solve the problem of three meals a day, but you can also get rewards. Now everyone is scrambling to join!
When Qian Xiaohe's family heard that he was specially recruited, they were all very happy.
His younger brother Qian Xiaojiang patted his chest and assured: "Don't worry, big brother, I will definitely help you open up the wasteland honestly and will definitely not let you fail to complete the task."
He had heard that the rewards for pioneering missions were calculated based on the number of completed missions. The more missions one completed, the greater the reward.
Qian Xiaohe's three-year-old sister Qian Xiaocao also promised repeatedly: "I also want to help big brother open up the wasteland, I am also very capable!"
Qian Xiaohe patted his sister's head happily and agreed immediately: "Okay, brother is waiting for Xiaocao's help!"
He doesn't expect his younger siblings to help much, but he won't discourage their enthusiasm. What good brothers and sisters they are, they all rush to do the work, much better than other people's children.
In just one day, all the pioneers were gone.
Each group is assigned a new land reclamation task area. Groups that have recruited enough people are led by their team leaders to the task area to reclaim land. Many of the pioneers' families also follow behind with their luggage, but the team leaders don't care as long as it doesn't affect their tasks.
In fact, they all know that these family members will not follow them for nothing. When the pioneering team starts to open up the land, the capable family members will come down to help.
This is entirely voluntary. The team leader neither supports nor opposes it. As long as you behave yourself and don't cause trouble, the team leader will not kick you out.
If the family of that team member dares to cause trouble, sorry, they will all be kicked out!
These refugees had endured hunger and starvation all the way to Yunyang City. Young Master Shen had finally managed to catch them up with some people. The refugees did not dare to cause trouble, for fear of losing their jobs.
You know, it’s not easy to find a job that takes care of three meals a day, not to mention that they can get food rewards, which is such a good thing!
Those who have found work are so happy!
Most of them were from common families with limited financial resources. Each family had a few acres of land to cultivate, so clearing wasteland was a familiar task for them.
Even some people who have no planting experience can learn to open up wasteland from those around them. This is not a job that requires much technical skills and anyone can basically learn it at a glance.
