Chapter 143 Stonemason Upgrade

For the next two days, Zhou Ziwen stayed in the mushroom house watching.

After all, the Mushroom House has just opened, and as the team leader he must keep an eye on it. If necessary, he will do it himself and provide personal guidance.

After two days of busy work, the Mushroom House was back on track and Zhou Ziwen had some free time.

Because of sufficient preliminary preparations, the fungus has begun to be cultivated after two days, and will germinate in a few days. By then, the mushroom group will have some free time.

When it was almost time to get off work in the afternoon, Zhou Ziwen took a look at the idle panel.

Bajiquan Level 6 (365/600)

[Mushroom Planting Level 4 (78/400)]

Fishing Level 3 (33/300)

[Stonemason LV2 (198/200)]

【Cooking Level 4 (22/400)】

【Raising Level 0 (19/50)】

【Bamboo Weaving LV1(33/100)】

【Medical Skills Level 0 (27/500)】

[Vegetable Planting Level 1 (51/100)]

【Five Animal Play LV1(17/100)】

After a few days, the stonemason's skills were almost on the verge of upgrading. After the skills were upgraded, he planned to take the time to start making stone jars.

Anyway, the Mushroom House has settled down, and he only needs to go around every day and give some guidance to the members of the Mushroom Group.

However, to make stone jars, we definitely cannot go to the quarry.

After all, there are many people and eyes over there, and it would have a bad impact if you blatantly use working hours to do your own work.

This kind of thing is easy to do but not pleasant to listen to.

It’s okay if no one saw it, but it would be difficult to explain if someone did.

Fortunately, there is not only one quarry in Dabazi Village, there is another quarry at the foot of Niutou Mountain.

However, the place is quite far away, so generally no one would choose to mine stones there.

This way, Zhou Ziwen would get a bargain.

He was not afraid of distance, and even wished to be farther away. After all, the farther he was, the lower the chance of being discovered.

Of course, it doesn’t matter even if someone sees him. After all, he is the team leader. Don’t think that the team leader is not a cadre.

There are many cases like his in the village!

Two hours later, Zhou Ziwen's stonemasonry skills successfully reached level three.

After the upgrade, Zhou Ziwen had a lot more stonemasonry skills in his mind.

With these skills, he was confident enough to create the stone jar.

Although it may not be very beautiful, it is enough to create a relatively ordinary stone jar with no special features.

Anyway, his requirements are not high. He doesn't ask for it to look good, just that it is sufficient.

…

The next morning, Zhou Ziwen brought the Chen sisters to the production team.

"Aunt Li, good morning!"

"Aunt Wang, I heard your family is getting married soon. Congratulations!"

"Uncle Niu, have you gone fishing these days? Let's go together some other day!"

…

Along the way, Zhou Ziwen greeted the villagers skillfully.

After being in the countryside for so long, he knows almost all the villagers. Even if he can't remember their names, he is familiar with their faces.

After all, the production team held meetings every day, so it was impossible not to know each other.

"Zhou Zhiqing, I heard you wanted Jerusalem artichokes. I've dug some up at home. I'll send you some later to try."

"Zhou Zhiqing, would you like some sugarcane? I have some in my fields."

"Zhou Ziwen, when are you going to invite us to your wedding? It's been so long."

…

I have to say that since he became the leader of the mushroom group, the villagers have become more enthusiastic towards him. That feeling is not like family, but better than family!

The villagers were so enthusiastic that Zhou Ziwen didn't want to refuse them. He kept a smile on his face and responded from time to time, never ignoring anyone.

However, he refused all the gifts from his fellow villagers.

If necessary, he would exchange with the villagers, but he would not accept things that were given to him directly.

Favors are hard to repay, and if you accept something, you will owe it to that person.

Although sometimes it is a matter of mutual reciprocity, he did not want to take advantage of the villagers.

After all, he is not short of money, and he can't bear to ask the villagers to give him things!

However, he still agreed to the kindness of his fellow villagers.

This proves that the villagers did not treat him as an outsider, but truly regarded him as a part of Dabazi Village.

After chatting with the villagers for a while, the village morning meeting began.

After talking about the same old things, the captain told them the good news.

"I have good news for everyone. Our village's street office has announced that higher authorities have decided to provide electricity to Dabazi Village. We can now use electric lights instead of kerosene lamps."

"We've also applied for a radio and a telephone. From now on, every morning, when the village radio comes on, everyone will wake up and listen to music..."

"Oh, there's finally electricity! I can turn on the light and read books from now on!" Zhou Ziwen touched his chin, feeling very happy.

With electricity, he can consider buying a radio, but he doesn't know when the village will have electricity.

Just as I thought of this, other villagers asked, "Captain, when will the village provide us with electricity?"

"Don't worry, it will be installed in one or two months, within this year," the captain promised.

If he can't get it settled, he will go to the county every day and won't leave. He doesn't believe that he can't get things done.

"Wow, we're going to have electricity here soon. When I went to my relatives' homes in the county before, I was so jealous of their electric lights."

"Yes, my child, you don't have to light a kerosene lamp to do your homework anymore."

"Hey, I want to listen to the radio. There's even singing on it!"

As soon as the news of the power lines came out, the villagers started talking about it. Everyone expressed their support for the electrification and looked forward to having electricity in the future.

After the morning meeting, the villagers left in twos and threes. Before leaving, they were still discussing that they would install a few lights in their homes when electricity was available.

Zhou Ziwen and the Chen sisters were also discussing it, especially Chen Shiying, who was a homebody and liked to stay at home and read books when she had nothing to do.

If there were an electric light, reading at night wouldn't hurt my eyes so much.

Arriving at the mushroom house, Zhou Ziwen began to arrange his daily work.

After spending a few days together, Zhou Ziwen also discovered that the several members assigned to him by the village were relatively obedient.

This also made Zhou Ziwen's work go very smoothly.

After all, his mushroom-growing skill has reached level four. He knows exactly how to cultivate mushrooms and how to solve problems that arise during the cultivation process.

After arranging the work, Zhou Ziwen had some free time.

He asked the Chen sisters and Zhou Chaoyang to keep an eye on the place, and then he left the mushroom house.

With the Chen sisters around, female members in the group are not a problem. With Zhou Chaoyang around, male members are not a problem either.

Zhou Ziwen felt relieved to leave the matter to them.

Seeing that it was still early, Zhou Ziwen decided to go to the quarry on Niutou Mountain to see if the stones there could be made into stone jars.

Although the material requirements for stone jars are not high, they must be strong!

If it breaks down shortly after it is made, wouldn’t that ruin his reputation?

Zhou Ziwen did what he said. He left the mushroom house and went straight to the foot of Niutou Mountain without even going home.

The place he knew was actually next to the river, but a little far away.

After walking for half an hour, Zhou Ziwen finally arrived at his destination.

"It's really far!" Zhou Ziwen sighed.

His walking speed is considered fast. Even he needs half an hour, so it would take others about an hour, right?

It’s no wonder that although the villagers knew about this place, no one had ever thought of taking these stones.

This place is actually a dry river dam, but there are many large stones on the dam. It can be clearly seen that the surface of these stones has been washed smooth by the river water.

Seeing the material of these stones, Zhou Ziwen nodded with satisfaction.

When he learned that these stones were indeed at the edge of the river dam, he had a hunch that these stones must meet his requirements.

Now I see that it is indeed correct.

(End of this chapter)