My uncle mainly used to do interior decoration. In recent years, fewer people are buying houses in the county town, and some who have bought houses are also spending less on renovations. This year, he has no work, so he recently went to Hainan with a group of workers to find jobs. The work involves exterior walls / interior stonework, floor tiles, wall tiles, etc.

I asked about the待遇: food and accommodation are provided, eight people per room (bunk beds). Wake up at 6 a.m., start work at 7 a.m. and work until 6 p.m., which counts as one day (with a lunch break). The pay is 520 yuan per day. Overtime from 6 to 8 p.m. adds three days (total 6 hours), which counts as one day of work.

If he works 27 days in a month and does overtime, the net salary is 27×520 + (27/3)×520 = 18,720 yuan. Very tiring.

When I was a child, I heard adults say "find a way to work," and only when I grew up did I understand these words: you have to keep working to have a way out; if there's no work, there's no way out.