This pottery tool can at least dig soil, making it much easier than using stones and wood.
But digging a trench half a meter deep, one meter wide, and thirty meters long is still too laborious. It's nowhere near as effective as a shovel. Ma Lin continued digging with a gloomy face. He often doubted whether what he was doing was entirely unnecessary.
Don't be a pushover. However, if this action could make him feel more at ease, it was worth trying.
The strongest feeling is frustration. Seeing the immense amount of work, the hot weather, the uncomfortable sun, and the poor tools, while the necessity of this work was not that great, made him feel very down.
Yet he hoped to do everything beautifully enough. He must uphold his moral standards and not just talk about them. Hence, he could only suffer more.