By the time Li Jianguo brought Han Benzhong and the other family over from the Corps, only Li Anguo and Li Junshan were still cutting reeds.
There were two families because Zheng Pine Forest's family had gone back to their hometown, while Zhang Laoshi had come along. Han Benzhong had originally suggested inviting more people, but Li Jianguo refused. Everyone in the production team could do the work now. He had only invited Han Benzhong and the others because he had promised them earlier. Otherwise, their own team had more than enough people to make those thirty thousand reed bundles.
"Xingbang and Junfeng went to do Reed Drawing and Reed Bundles Pressing," Li Anguo explained, setting down his sickle when he saw his oldest brother. "Those two piles are the reeds they cut. They each carried a bundle back, too. These two piles are what Junshan and I cut. Big Brother, do they look all right?"
"They're fine." Li Jianguo smiled. "The bundles aren't small. About right. They'll do. By the way, have you had lunch?"
"Yes, Xiao Long brought it over," Li Anguo said with a smile. "Steamed buns and vegetables. They were still hot when they got here. He changed our water, too, and it still hasn't cooled down. It was great."
"Keep cutting, then. I'll take Xingbang and Junfeng's reeds back first, then come back for yours."
"Sure, sure." Li Anguo had no objections, of course.
He liked physical labor, not technical work that required thinking. That was why he had stayed to cut reeds. Li Junshan had only stayed because Chen Xingbang and Li Junfeng had volunteered over lunch to go back and do Reed Bundles Pressing, leaving him unable to speak up. Really, he could do either job.
He was still calculating. From morning until