Ice Age: I can control plant growth

Chapter 131: Grain Debt Repayment

But if her boss tells her that those who finish the work ahead of schedule will receive a generous bonus, she will instantly become enthusiastic and will finish the work as soon as possible even if she has to skip meals.

And this is not involution. Involution means that people who work can get higher wages, but because of institutional problems, they cannot get them in the end.

For example, a person can earn 5,000 yuan in salary, but the company divides the 5,000 yuan into two parts, setting 4,000 yuan as basic salary and the remaining 1,000 yuan as performance bonus, which is then distributed according to ranking.

As a result, among the workers, there will definitely be some people who will not get much performance rewards due to their low rankings. This leads to everyone starting to work desperately and compete internally madly in order to rank higher and get higher performance rewards.

But Li Mu's method is not like that, for two reasons: on the one hand, their salary is already relatively high, at least two coppers an hour; on the other hand, the bonus is 100 coppers or more, which is higher than their salary!

Just when Li Mu thought that everything at the botanical garden had been dealt with and was about to go back to the cafeteria for lunch, something unexpected happened and dispelled his thoughts.

There were a dozen people following a fat wild boar. Among them were Fu Zikui and Ma Yuan, whom Li Mu knew. One of them looked impatient, while the other looked dejected, as if something unexpected had happened.

Seeing this, Li Mu walked up to him and asked calmly, "What happened? Why are you all so panicked?"

Fu Zikui looked over and found that the person who spoke was the city lord. He immediately stopped, saluted, and said in a loud voice: "We encountered an accident when we were escorting the food. A group of mutant wolves led by a fourth-level wolf king suddenly appeared and attacked us. Because the team was not strong enough to deal with them, I let the team members use the clover to escape first. Although no one was injured, the food was left on the road."

Then he continued with a serious expression, "I have failed to do my job well, please punish me, Lord City Lord."

After listening to the whole story, Li Mu did not blame him, and comforted him, "You did the right thing. As long as the people are still here, the food is lost. I asked you to bring the food back to feed people. If the people are gone, what's the point of the food?"

He remembered that a great man once said a classic theory: If the land is preserved but the people are lost, both the people and the land will be lost; if the people are preserved but the land is lost, both the people and the land will be preserved.

When facing a powerful enemy, it is certainly a commendable spirit to have the courage to fight, but if the enemy is so powerful that it is invincible, a temporary retreat is not shameful, but a wise strategy.

After all, being brave does not mean facing the battle head-on. If you cannot distinguish the situation, you are just being reckless.

Everyone looked at each other. After they messed up the mission, they had actually prepared themselves to be punished. But when they heard the city lord's reply, which did not contain any hint of punishment, they all smiled with relief: no punishment was definitely the best outcome.

"I see you are in a hurry to go to the city. Do you want to seize the time to report the situation to your captain?"

Li Mu asked again.

"Yes, because wolves only eat meat and not grains like rice, so the food should still be there. I am just going to ask the captain for help to transport the food back together."

Fu Zikui bowed and told him his solution.

Li Mu touched his chin. He was fine now, and he hadn't done anything for a while. He felt itchy. Now that this happened, he could use this group of mutant wolves to stretch his muscles. So he said calmly,
"In that case, don't go looking for your captain. I'll go with you."

Hearing that Li Mu was going there in person, Fu Zikui immediately burst into smiles. Others might not know the city lord's strength, but he knew it very well.

With Li Mu around, not to mention that the leading wolf king is only a fourth-level mutant beast, even if it is a fifth-level, it is not enough to fight.

After thinking for a while, Li Mu instructed again, "Don't bring so many people this time. Fu Zikui and Ma Yuan, just come with me."

After hearing this, the two men immediately saluted and replied, "As you command!" Then Li Mu winked at them and said, "Don't just stand there, lead the way."

At this time, Ma Yuan asked in a low voice, somewhat restrained, "Should we take this wild boar with us?"

Li Mu understood what he meant immediately. If he didn't take the wild boar with him, he would have to work hard to pull food.

"Take it with you, otherwise it would be a waste of feeding so much food every day."

He looked at the wild boar and waved his hands. Several vines immediately woven into a frame on the wild boar's back that could accommodate seven or eight people.

During this process, the wild boar showed no intention of resisting and appeared to be very honest.

Seeing its performance, Li Mu was amazed: Is it completely tamed?
He turned around and couldn't help but ask Fu Zikui beside him, "Has it been so well behaved these days?"

Fu Zikui immediately replied with a smile, "Yes, as long as the wild boar is well fed, there has never been any problem when pulling food."

Li Mu nodded without asking any more questions. He exerted a little force with his legs and jumped onto the wild boar's back. Fu Zikui and the other man followed closely behind him.

"Let's go to where the food was left."

Li Mu patted the wild boar's back gently and gave an order.

He was not worried that the wild boar under him would not understand. The IQ of a fourth-level mutant beast was not much different from that of a seven or eight-year-old child. It was just that mutant beasts could not be exposed to as much information as humans.

And the fact was just as Li Mu expected. After hearing the order, the wild boar immediately moved its four hooves as big as footballs and ran towards the east. The speed was not slow, about the same as an electric car running at 40 to 50 miles per hour.

……

After more than half an hour of bumpy ride, the three finally arrived at the place where they had dropped the food before, but the scene before them was beyond their expectations.

"Oh my god! These wolves are so mean!"

Li Mu looked at the many grain bags that had been bitten on the wooden carriage and the rice spilled on the ground nearby, and he was so angry that his teeth were itching.

From this scene, it is obvious that the wolves are venting their anger because they failed to catch any prey.

Fu Zikui was also dumbfounded. He only thought that the wolves would not eat the food, but he did not expect that these wolves had such intelligence that they would vent their anger on the food they dropped.

Suddenly, his face was filled with shame. "I didn't expect this to happen. If I had known this, I would have led my brothers to fight this pack of wolves to the end."

When Li Mu heard this, he couldn't help but glared at him, "With your strength, what's the point of fighting? Isn't that just sending them food reserves?"

Before Fu Zikui could continue speaking, Li Mu said coldly, "Since they have wasted my food, I will use their meat to pay them back!"

(End of this chapter)