Therefore, the commune, to prevent this year's drought and water shortage in that village, had the village chief Lin lead the villagers to dig a canal to that side, to bring water to that village.
They dug half, the neighboring village dug half.
But digging a canal is hard work, the work points given are not more than those for farming, but it's more tiring than farming, so the villagers were all reluctant and started to protest.
"Village Chief, we've just finished farming and haven't had a break yet, so why do we have to dig a canal now? If the other village lacks water, let them dig it themselves."
"Exactly, Village Chief, that task should be theirs, having them come over and dig is already very generous of us."
Village Chief Lin listened to their complaints, sighed with some helplessness, and to tell the truth, he didn't want to have his own villagers suffer and toil over this canal either, but there was an order from above, and they had to obey.
