Like the other farmers at the scene, Old Dong is also a "civilian worker" employed by the Shandong University archaeological team in Dinggong. Each receives a daily wage of RMB 2.50, "which really pays compared to planting crops." Old Dong concludes: "Farming here isn't worth the money, because you get only RMB 0.40 for a pound of wheat and RMB 0.35 for a pound of corn."
跟其他在考古工地上農民一樣，老董也是山東大學考古隊在丁公村所雇的「民工」，每人每天的工資兩塊五人民幣，「比種莊稼還合算」，老董說：「這兒的莊稼不值錢，大麥一斤四毛，玉米一斤三毛五。」