Carrying a Jurassic on me
Chapter 1078 - 560: Don’t Go Too Far in Anything

Chapter 1078: Chapter 560: Don’t Go Too Far in Anything

"What’s wrong with the food I provide? Doesn’t anyone dare say it’s bad?" Yan Fei was completely baffled when Ma Yongming came over to discuss the food issue with him.

"It’s not that it’s bad, it’s too good!" Ma Yongming couldn’t help but laugh and cry. "I haven’t been around that much, but I’ve traveled within a radius of several hundred miles, not only in our city but also in the nearby cities. Yet, I’ve never seen workers being served large bone soup and big chunks of beef every day for hard labor. Is this meal for the workers or is it meant to entertain an important guest?"

"Treating them well so they work harder..." Yan Fei realized something was wrong, but still stubbornly responded.

Ma Yongming chuckled, and along with Lin Baoguo beside him, both watched him until his thick-skinned face could barely hold up; he eventually took the initiative to say, "This is just the beginning. Later on, I won’t keep giving such lavish meals every day..."

"Not even at the start!" Lin Baoguo finally got a chance to give him a piece of his mind, showing no mercy. "If you feed them like this now and then suddenly the food quality drops, what would people say? Even if you wanted to change it up, you’d have to find an appropriate way; you can’t just decide whatever comes to mind."

Yan Fei was extremely frustrated, admitting that he truly deserved this scolding.

When the work had just started, there was a lot to handle, and the first villages that came were Shanglin Village and Yan Village. One was his native village, and the other was his mother’s native place, with relatives like uncles; he definitely intended to treat them especially well.

Therefore, from the beginning, he was very generous with the food as the cattle farm lacked nothing but had plenty of beef. And as for making large bone soup, bones were cheap, and coal wasn’t expensive, so what did it matter?

Honestly, to him, beef wasn’t even a big deal, as there were even more cows at the base in Dinosaur World!

Now that official work had begun, and more people were coming, sticking to the original meal plan was naturally becoming inappropriate. Villages with close relationships knew this was Yan Fei’s kind gesture and would naturally not cut corners or slack off. However, it was a different story with other villages.

People in the countryside are simple, but it depends on the situation. Even in better-off rural areas, people only manage to buy some meat at the market every now and then to improve their lives; for those with average conditions, it’s for when students come home; and there are definitely those in poor conditions who might not taste meat for a month or two.

What do country people normally do if they can’t eat meat? They just buy fatty cuts, render the fat at home, and use it for cooking to add a bit of richness.

Furthermore, it’s not unusual to see people selling pure fat at the market from time to time, especially near the New Year, when you can see it daily: white fat that looks like soap, thick like tofu, which produces a lot of oil when rendered and generates less residue, making it especially popular.

This is a common scenario, and some even write articles analyzing why rural people like pork lard, discussing the pros and cons of pork lard, its dietary effects, and so on...

That’s all nonsense. The real reason is simply one: poverty.

If they could eat meat every day, no one would prefer the slight taste of pork lard. If it truly were meat daily, they’d worry about dieting issues, not whether to cook every dish with pork lard!

In such a context, Boss Yan grandly offering daily large bone soup and beef, what does that mean?

Some people would rather work without pay just for these meals—before the official work started, there were folks from nearby villages who worked without asking for money, not just to secure a spot at the construction site early, but largely because of the good meals here.

Now that work has officially begun, it’s unavoidable that some might think, the work is minimal and once it’s done and they’ve been paid, if they want to eat like this at home, they’d be paying with their own money.

Would their own family be willing to eat like this every day?

When the woods are big, all kinds of birds are found; in many villages, you’ll find all sorts of people. There certainly are families willing to indulge like this—but these are very rare. Generally speaking, they are considered not planning for the future, just spending money everywhere without worrying about tomorrow’s hunger.

That’s why Boss Yan initially thought of making money by raising cattle, because even as Yan Sanfen, he lived like this. Right after his grandfather passed away, he spent days indulging in lavish meals and quickly squandered the money his parents left, then had to move on and look for ways to make money, didn’t he?

So, in this matter, Yan Fei’s scolding was well-deserved; he only thought about providing good food and drink so they would work well, not considering the other side—there’s only so much work and the wages are fixed, but working an extra day means one more day of good meals.

There were definitely those who slacked off because of this, but of course, there were also those who felt guilty and would voluntarily take on more work—after all, even for no pay, getting meals covered isn’t bad, right?

Such are the labor conditions these days; labor isn’t valued much.

When this generation grows old and the younger generation who mostly are only children and haven’t done much physical work rise, the wages for physical jobs will exceed those of the dapperly dressed white-collars in big cities. Yet, employers will still worry about not finding good workers. Those entrepreneurs who started businesses during this time will look back immensely fondly on this era—it truly was a golden age for business development!