Next comes clearing branches and chopping wood, both of which require hard work and cannot be done in a shortcut.
After chopping firewood for five or six days in a row, Zhang Hongcheng and his friends had gained some experience in chopping firewood.
In addition to handing over some firewood to the company warehouse, they also secretly placed a lot behind the fourth squad dormitory.
Bao Zhihui and Jia Yumei never went to collect firewood from beginning to end. They made a small sled and carried the chopped firewood back and forth like little squirrels moving house.
Zhang Hongcheng was only wearing a long-sleeved shirt and was steaming hot.
Swinging an axe, he split a piece of wood.
The two chainsaws were taken away by Platoon Leader Wang Guoqing, along with five kilograms of diesel.
But he left behind four axes and three pounds of sweet potato cake.
Zeng Jianjun took a sip of the sweet potato soup while complaining constantly.
"How come I didn't know that sweet potato cakes are more expensive than diesel?"
Zhang Hongcheng suddenly stopped his axe because two people emerged from the nearby snow forest.
Chu Miaohong and Fang Chunmiao both carried a backpack filled with broken branches and dead wood they had found.
"Comrade Hongcheng~~!"
Fang Chunmiao greeted Zhang Hongcheng generously.
Chu Miaohong seemed a little embarrassed.
This is the forest of the Fifth Company Farm. As people from Chunyang Village, we are not supposed to cross the border to pick up branches.
It was embarrassing to be seen, but Fang Chunmiao still greeted people...
The main reason was that the team leader of Chunyang Village allocated areas for collecting wood to the villagers and educated youth, and no one was allowed to enter the remaining forests.
When Chu Miaohong and Fang Chunmiao were picking up wood, they were always targeted by Duan Xinman, Zheng Xianghong, Fu Guofu and Jin Xu, which made Wu Jianlei lose his temper several times.
After a few days, the firewood the three people had accumulated was not enough for their use in the winter.
Chu Miaohong, who had lived a new life, knew very well how important it was for the educated youth like her to collect enough firewood before the heavy snow blocked the door.
That's why she had the courage to cross the river on ice with Fang Chunmiao to pick up the goods on the territory of the Fifth Company.
After a while, when the mountain is completely covered with snow, we will no longer be able to collect firewood.
In response to Fang Chunmiao's proactive greeting, Zhang Hongcheng smiled and waved.
Fang Chunmiao had been to the Fifth Company several times, and Hao Aiguo also knew her.
Knowing that she was a friend Zhang Hongcheng met here, he didn't say anything.
Moreover, this female comrade and several new educated youth in the class came from the same batch.
As for Chu Miaohong, there is no need to mention that we went to Dongshan Village together last time.
Hao Aiguo naturally knew the hardships of the educated youth in Chunyang Village across the river.
So he turned a blind eye to this trivial matter of crossing the line to pick up firewood.
Fang Chunmiao secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
I feel a little relieved.
"Luckily we met Zhang Hongcheng and his classmates. If we had met someone else, they might have scolded us!"
Chu Miaohong nodded.
She was looking at Zhang Hongcheng and always felt that this person was a little strange.
After her rebirth, she was very sensitive to other people's gazes, but she found that Comrade Zhang didn't seem to want to see her for some reason.
Chu Miaohong is not the punching bag she was in her previous life.
Her mind raced, and she suddenly came up with an idea.
"Chilblain cream for wood?"
Hao Aiguo looked at the small bamboo tube handed to him by Chu Miaohong with some surprise.
The whole class has been suffering from frostbite and unable to sleep these days, and this thing is exactly what they urgently need.
Moreover, although Chu Miaohong's background was not good, he had seen her medical skills.
Hao Aiguo looked at Zeng Jianjun and Zhang Hongcheng behind him.
The other people in the class always follow the crowd, only Lao Zeng and Xiao Zhang are the ones he relies on.
Lao Zeng is smart and Xiao Zhang is meticulous.
"Then change it!"
Lao Zeng felt the chilblains on his hands starting to itch again, and immediately agreed.
Zhang Hongcheng pointed to a pile of chopped wood at his feet and spoke to Fang Chunmiao with a smile.
"Give us a few more barrels. The wood is easy to carry. You can carry as much as you can."
In fact, the wood they handed over to the company headquarters and the wood they had for themselves to survive the winter were enough. They were actually resting and exercising by chopping wood these days.
Chu Miaohong and Fang Chunmiao looked at each other, and surprise filled their hearts.
The wood at Zhang Hongcheng and the others' feet was split from a big tree. Although it was a little damp, it was much more resistant to burning than ordinary branches.
Chu Miaohong handed the small bamboo tubes on herself and Fang Chunmiao to Hao Aiguo.
Her operating room space enhances the effectiveness of the medicine, and she is confident in the chilblain cream she makes.
"I'll probably have another batch of frostbite medicine the day after tomorrow. I'll come back then, okay?"
Hao Aiguo waved his hand.
"It's no problem to give me frostbite cream the day after tomorrow. You can also come and carry it tomorrow. What are a few pieces of wood worth?"
The wood blocks split from the big trees are very heavy.
Zhang Hongcheng and Song Chunrong made a simple sled, piled up dozens of pieces of wood, and had the two of them drag it across the river.
Dragging these woods, Chu Miaohong felt warm in her heart.
This was the first time since her rebirth that she felt she had hope in life.
She tilted her head and said to Fang Chunmiao.
"Let's make a fire with the branches we picked up. If we roast the wood, it will definitely keep us warm in the winter."
Fang Chunmiao looked around.
"Shh, keep your voice down, don't attract those guys here."
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