She will work any job for chicken feed -- a small amount of money.

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So, you have to feed the slave all year round to work only a small part of the time, that's not very profitable.

你不得不整年的喂养奴隶,而他们只有少量时间在工作,这是很不划算的

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And where they feed them, you know and like sometimes the parent might get home late from work.

在那儿，他们会给孩子食物。有时孩子的父母会很晚才下班回家。

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There are more people who can work to increase the production, but beyond that point there are more people to feed than the production can produce, and that leads to a desire for expansion of the land available for cultivation.

越来越多的人从事工作,生产力得以提高,但是一旦突破临界值,花费就要超过所得了,它导致了对土地扩张的需求

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