The screen borrowed from the battalion warehouse was set up beside a river.
This is the best area for river sand around the independent campsite in the wetland.
Jiao Dinghui led a team to sift river sand.
Wang Fengzhi led the second team to dig a hole.
Zhang Hongcheng asked them to dig two large pits around the island where they were stationed, which were at an angle facing the interior of the wetland in the east.
Everyone thought he was really going to dig a bunker.
Only Chu Miaohong felt that things might not be that simple.
Because Class 3 was making a small water tanker according to the drawings.
A few days later, Zhang Hongcheng ordered people to take away the tiles and beams of an independent and vacant barracks.
It's been a busy week.
Everyone couldn't help but cheer loudly when they saw what they had worked on.
The water pump cart was set up on a stream with a large drop. The water pump cart brought water into the air and dropped it into a wooden trough set up in the air.
The water flows along the wooden trough and falls into a large wooden barrel covered with several layers of old cloth. Then the "filtered" water flows into another wooden trough from the gap at the bottom of the barrel, and flows to the kitchen, toilet and two newly repaired "underground shelters" with brick walls and tile roofs.
What bunker?
Those are two big pools!
The only one who guessed what Zhang Hongcheng was going to do was Chu Miaohong.
Her face felt a little hot.
Because she remembered that she had just talked with Xia Juan and others a few days ago about the big wooden tub used for bathing at home.
Zhang Hongcheng thought very carefully.
These two places can be used as large pools at ordinary times. When necessary, the water can be drained and the cement blocks on the wall can be removed to create ready-made shooting holes.
He even found an excuse.
It is usually disguised as a large pond to hide from the public.
After a day's work, you can take a bath, which is both hygienic and can relieve fatigue.
The hygiene situation, which is the most prone to problems in summer, has suddenly improved a lot.
Time flies, and it is already August.
The focus of the educated youth platoon's work was to inspect the fields and repair warehouses.
By the end of the month, the rice can be harvested, and many wild animals, especially birds, have begun to frequently "visit" their rice fields.
There are so many birds in the wetlands!
The educated youths were furious and attacked everywhere, but they were unable to handle the whole situation.
Scarecrows and wooden men all came into battle.
Because everyone comes from all over the world, the styles of the scarecrows are also different.
It’s true that this method is much better than driving them away manually. At least the timid birds no longer dare to approach the rice fields.
But what the wetlands lack the least is bold and foolhardy birds.
Even though the educated youth ate bird meat every meal, they still couldn't stop the birds from coming in droves.
Everyone now understood why guarding rice and wheat fields was more tiring than farming.
"Several people have been bitten by snakes in the past few days. Luckily, they all brought medicine," Chu Miaohong reported to Zhang Hongcheng. "Birds foraging in the fields are attracting many snakes. Everyone must be careful."
Zhang Hongcheng stared at Chu Miaohong for a long time, and finally managed to utter a word.
"Do you have any bird repellent medicine that can be mixed into fireworks?"
Chu Miaohong thought for a moment and said, "Maybe I can give it a try."
A fire started at the edge of the field, and thick smoke covered the sky above the rice field.
The startled birds soon staggered and fell down.
This made Zhang Hongcheng, who was holding the torch, extremely happy. However, the wind direction suddenly changed the next second, and thick smoke covered Zhang Hongcheng's face.
Looking at Zhang Hongcheng falling to the ground, Chu Miaohong, who was not hurt at all, sat down by the field and smiled slightly.
"Hey, what are you doing lying there? There's a snake coming!"
Chu Miaohong picked up a clod of earth and threw it over.
"My medicine is ineffective on humans."
Zhang Hongcheng immediately looked up.
"You should have told me earlier. I was lying in bed for so long."
Zhang Hongcheng seemed to have returned to the way he was when he was interacting with Chu Miaohong before, and started talking nonsense again.
"Hey, you're such a useless comrade! You gave me such a good opportunity, but you didn't use it!"
Chu Miaohong pursed her lips and glared at him, then threw seven or eight clods of earth at him in anger and shame.
"I told you not to talk nonsense, I told you not to be a hooligan!"
Zhang Hongcheng ran back laughing all the way with mud all over his body.
I have to say that the heroine Chu Miaohong is indeed very useful. Her medical skills combined with the operating room space that can enhance the efficacy of medicine have brought a lot of benefits to the agricultural production of the wetland educated youth site.
The awkward atmosphere between the two of them was gradually dissipating.
After more than half a month in August, Zhang Hongcheng's complexion became increasingly unsightly.
Because from mid-June to late August, for more than sixty days, even with the changeable climate of the wetland, there was not a drop of rain.
Outside the wetland, there is only a shallow layer of water left in the ditches of Qikou Village and Heilingzi Village.
According to the news from the battalion headquarters, the entire 4th Division had been mobilized to go to the river to fetch water to irrigate the fields as early as mid-August.
Crops in many places are not doing well, and the warning of reduced production has been sounded throughout Heilongjiang Province.
The continued high temperature and lack of rain turned some shallow puddles in the wetlands into muddy black soil.
The water flow in the stream could no longer move the drum cart.
Fortunately, there is no shortage of water resources in the wetlands, so the distance that the educated youth have to travel to fetch water for irrigation is negligible.
Taking advantage of the time before the rice matures, Zhang Hongcheng led everyone to frantically reinforce houses, pig pens, barns, bridges and dams around the island.
The oldest man in Heilingzi Village said that this abnormal climate often foreshadows a major flood after autumn.
On August 28, the Wetland Independent Platoon was the first in the entire regiment to start harvesting.
Because it is excellent rice seed provided by the Seed Station, the golden color makes people feel particularly happy, and the heavy rice ears make everyone happy.
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