The selection was over, but everyone seemed to understand something. Even those who were left, who were relatively strong and whose clothes were neatly dressed, remained silent and did not get angry.
Pu Er knew some of them. He knew that although these people also lived in the refugee camp, the situation at home was indeed better. They brought enough things with them when they escaped. Generally speaking, these people had larger families. , especially the strong labor force.
There are also a few people who were selected to work in the Datang military camp before. Even so, at least one person from the remaining family members was selected.
"Okay, there are only so many people selected at the moment. If the scale is expanded in the future, the rest of you will report directly to the military camp." The Tang soldier standing on the carriage said with a smile.
After the Silla man finished translating, the Tang soldier continued: "Okay, today is the first day of recruiting workers. I mainly want to tell you some things to pay attention to. There is basically no work to do, so now you go home and get your tools. , I will first give you everyone’s wages today. Now you all receive your work badges first, and then go back to get the tools.”
Only then did Pu Er realize that the sacks placed on the carriage where the soldier was standing should contain grain.
After the Silla man finished translating, Pu Er queued up to receive a wooden work badge with a number and held it firmly in his hand. Then he turned around and ran towards his home. He had something to eat, he had something to eat. The wife will have milk after eating, and the child will not starve to death.
Pu Er ran back home and told his weak wife the good news. This made his wife, who didn't even have the strength to reply, light up with joy. Pu Er ran to the carriage with a big wooden bowl at home, a pound of grain, and Not much, but enough to keep his family alive.
Pu Er came back very quickly. When he arrived, the soldiers on the carriage had already opened a bag of grain. They had a special tool, a weighing tool similar to a bamboo tube. A flat tube was a big Tang Dynasty. Someone weighed the kilograms of grain.
When he ran over, someone had already taken away the food. Pu Er handed over his work badge. The soldier smiled and gave him a tube of food. The bulging bags were piled up so high...it was corn. .
Watching a tube of grain being poured into his big wooden bowl, Pu Er walked home as if he was holding a rare treasure. He was afraid of spilling any grain.
By the time Pu Er returned to his shack, his wife had reluctantly raised the fire, and the only pottery basin had been placed on the stone shelf above the fire with water.
"Dad, how much do you want to make?" Pu Er's wife swallowed her saliva and asked, looking at the large bowl of food in Pu Er's hand.
"Everything has been done. Today, all three of you mothers have eaten. Datang is in charge of the food, and you are still nursing the child. You can't live without food. From now on, I will have a pound of food every day." Pu Er gritted his teeth, and then made up his mind. .
"But... what if Datang doesn't hire people anymore?" His wife was a little worried.
"You eat everything in the past two days. When you feel better and have more strength, you can save a little bit every day." Pu Er thought for a while.
"good!"
"I won't tell you anymore. I have to gather to work quickly."
"good!"
After explaining, Pu Er hurried to the place where they had just gathered, and soon everyone rushed back, including the old men, half-grown children, and a few women.
"Everyone line up and go back to the military camp now." The Tang soldier standing on the carriage said loudly.
Soon, the carriage started to move, and Pu Er and the others walked in an orderly queue towards Datang's military camp. Following the carriage, everyone worked hard to maintain an orderly formation, fearing that lack of order would lead to their dismissal.
It was only then that Pu Er suddenly discovered that there were plumes of smoke rising from the huge refugee camp. Maybe... they were just like his own family, waiting for food to be cooked.
If there was no food, they would not dare to light a fire during the day, because there was not much firewood in the village, and they would not be able to survive without firewood at night. At this time, even those who have food do not cook at this time. Almost everyone in the refugee camp has one meal. Those who work in the Datang military camp have a meal manager there.
Those who had no work to do but had food would choose to eat their first meal in the evening, because the charcoal burned for cooking had to be taken into the shack for heating, and the burned charcoal ash had to be buried under the soil and covered with weeds. Can keep you warm all night.
It was at this time that Pu Er realized that there were many people like his family who were waiting for rice to be cooked.
Pu Er thought again about the situation when the Tang Dynasty soldier was selecting candidates, and the arrogant Silla man. He suddenly became silent. Why was he not from the Tang Dynasty?
Soon, Pu Er couldn't think about it anymore. Even though he was hungry, he suddenly felt an unprecedented hope. If you have food, you can live; if you can live, there is hope!
Datang's military camp arrived quickly, and when they arrived, they discovered that porridge had already been cooked in Datang's military camp as breakfast for them.
Pu Er waited in line, enduring his growling hunger, and finally it was his turn. Datang provided him with a large wooden bowl and a pair of chopsticks.
Holding the wooden bowl, Pu Er quickly got a bowl of porridge. Looking at the big bowl of porridge provided by Datang, he wanted to cry.
Because the thick porridge made his hands tremble a little, and not only was there a bowl of porridge, but everyone also had a large piece of pickled cabbage cut into strips with chopsticks and put into their bowls. These were pickles.
Pu Er found a place to squat down, mixed the pickles into the bowl with chopsticks, and then started eating "snoring" and "slurping".
Soon, he licked the entire wooden bowl clean. He didn't feel ashamed at all, because everyone was almost doing the same thing, and this bowl of pickles mixed with white porridge was the best that Pu Er had ever eaten in his life. Delicious stuff.
After eating, he followed the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty to wash the dishes and chopsticks in the sink nearby. Although the water was very cold, Pu Er washed them very seriously because the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty said they should wash them clean.
After eating, they were all taken to a playground. There were groups of fifty people, and everyone sat huddled together on a pile of hay.
There was a Tang soldier standing in front of them. Pu Er didn't know what they were going to do, but he still sat calmly.
Until the soldier came over and said with a smile: "Today I mainly tell you some working rules and teach you some things. Now I will teach you a very important thing first, which is to knit straw sandals."
Knitting straw sandals? Pu Er was stunned for a moment, can grass be used to make shoes?
"Because the shoes of many of you are too shabby, today I will teach you how to knit straw sandals, which can protect your feet when you have no shoes to wear, and also play a certain role in keeping warm when you are working!" The soldier said from his He reached out and took out a pair of already knitted straw sandals and said.
Looking at the pair of straw sandals, Pu Er's eyes lit up.
