But he didn't want to start so high. He rejected the offer, and asked to be employed as a laborer. A few days later he was digging post holes and doing other manual labor, installing braces and insulating plates on railway cable.
他開始了「做工」的生涯：每天八小時，從打地樁、扶樓梯、搬材料，做到裝置電車線上的三角架或絕緣板，這是與往日生活完全背道而馳的嶄新經驗﹘﹘在露天中工作，日曬、風吹、雨淋，白晰的膚色變黑、變粗，翩翩的外表也變得結實粗壯。