Chapter 158: Fighting against the sky, the joy is endless
As Ning Xiyue approached, she heard Uncle Dajian say anxiously, "There was only one problem with the male educated youth, but there are many problems with you female educated youth."
"What's wrong? This is." Ning Xiyue hurriedly walked in and asked about the situation: "Uncle Dajian, is there any problem with this house?"
"The two horizontal beams on the roof of your Women's Youth House are seriously infested with termites, and the three vertical beams here are also infested with termites. It's not just one section that has them, but every beam in the entire structure has worm holes. You have to replace them before it snows heavily, otherwise once it snows heavily, the house won't be able to bear the weight and the roof will collapse easily."
Uncle Dajian pointed out the problematic parts to Ning Xiyue while answering. He was worried about the educated youth in the Youth House.
Ning Xiyue looked at the place where Uncle Dajian was pointing. It was not far from the main beam in the middle, just separated by one beam. If she waited any longer, the main beam would be infested with termites, and the whole house would collapse, and it would be close to being covered by the ground.
"Then what are you waiting for, Uncle Dajian, help us change it, the sooner the better, it would be best if it's done today. I'm afraid it will snow heavily tonight, and this can't wait."
Judging from the way it’s snowing today, I’m afraid it won’t stop. Once the snow piles up at night, the house will soon collapse.
"Xiyue is right, Uncle Dajian, please find someone to help us speed up the work. Just tell me what you need." Chen Yetu had faced that house collapse incident before, and she didn't want to experience it again. How comfortable it is to be in a soft bed, and no one wants to squat in the snow in the middle of winter.
Wang Mengmeng, Liu Yao and Wu Guifang became anxious when they heard this and asked Uncle Dajian about his condition. They were all glad that they had listened to Chen Yetu and asked someone to come back for repairs, as they would have been in trouble if they hadn't discovered the problem.
Uncle Dajian spoke frankly: "Manpower is not a problem. There is not much work in the fields. If we can find people, we can finish it before dark. But I don't have so much suitable wood here. You have to think of a way. Without wood, no matter how many people there are, they can't do it."
Wu Guifang was extremely anxious when she heard this: "What should I do? Can I ask the captain for wood?"
Uncle Dajian shook his head and reminded: "The wood must be dry. Wet wood will not work. It will easily deform."
Chen Yechu stopped and said, "I have a way to fix the wood. Uncle Dajian, please go find someone to start working on it now. We will make sure that the wood is in place in time."
"Okay, I'll go right away."
After hearing what Uncle Dajian said, he turned around and left without any further delay. The roof would be slippery if it snowed heavily.
Seeing Uncle Dajian leave, Wu Guifang asked worriedly, "Ye Chu, is it really okay? Do you need our help?"
"No problem, you guys go ahead and do your work."
"Okay, then I'll go prepare something and boil some water so that everyone can come and drink hot tea later." Wu Guifang ran to the kitchen.
"I'll go help." Liu Yao ran out.
Seeing this, Wang Mengmeng immediately raised her hand and walked into the house: "I'll go raise money."
Ning Xiyue walked over and pulled Chen Yechu and asked, "Yechu, what do you think?"
Chen Yechu shook Ning Xiyue's hand and said, "Don't worry, Master Chen has some. He has kept some good wood for furniture. We can only go to him and buy the wood first. We can then find a way to save some for him later. But we need you to borrow the ox cart so we can bring it back."
Ning Xiyue relaxed after hearing the result. Carpenter Chen made furniture, and who knows how much good wood he had hidden. Others might not be able to get it, but as Chen Yechu was his last disciple, there would be no problem. He would definitely succeed if he went there.
It was no problem for her to ask the captain to borrow an ox cart. With Aunt Yang Liu around, she didn't have to worry about not being able to borrow one. The most important thing was that Aunt Yang Liu was in charge of the old ox today.
"It's all right on my end. You take the men first and let them do the hard labor. I'll go borrow a car from the captain and report to him. We'll hurry up and act separately."
"Yeah, okay, I'll go right away."
After they came up with a plan, Chen Yetu went towards the male educated youth, and Ning Xiyue went to the team to find Aunt Yang Liu.
Maybe God was helping them. The snow seemed to have slowed down a little, and Aunt Yang Liu was still in the team, sitting under the big tree where she had just returned the car. Ning Xiyue saw her when she walked over.
She ran over quickly and briefly explained the situation to Aunt Yang Liu. Aunt Yang Liu pushed her into the car anxiously and untied the rope tied to the tree:
"Then go quickly. I'll talk to your uncle. Don't worry about the expenses. The team can pay for it. If you have any problems later, remember to come to me and your uncle Dawei in time."
"Okay, Auntie, I'll remember that. I'll leave first."
Ning Xiyue got on the cart, took the rope handed to her by Aunt Yang Liu, and drove the cart towards Carpenter Zhang's house.
It gave her a sense of racing against time, to see whether the snow would arrive first or they would finish first.
Fighting against the sky is endless joy.
Winning the fight means lying in a warm bed and spending the winter there.
If you lose the argument, you will shiver in the snow and ice in a place without a big kang.
Ning Xiyue didn't want to move away in such cold weather.
So, she turned her attention to Dahuang's feet, took out the anti-slip cloth from the space, cut four pieces, took out an elastic rope, sewed a few stitches with a needle, made four simple foot covers, stopped the ox cart, and put it on Dahuang's four feet.
"Da Huang, don't move, it will be fine soon."
After putting on the last foot cover, Ning Xiyue wiped the sweat from her head.
Fortunately, she has some strength and learned Tai Chi, otherwise she wouldn't be able to do it.
With the anti-slip foot covers put on the four hooves of the ox, the ox no longer slips when walking as before.
Only then did Ning Xiyue dare to drive the cows faster.
When Niu arrived at Carpenter Zhang's house, Chen Yetu was already waiting for her at the door. When he saw her coming, he waved.
Ning Xiyue parked the cow and asked Chen Yechu about the wood that she was most concerned about: "How is it? Is it settled? Can we take it away now?"
Chen Yechu smiled and nodded, "Well, it's OK. My master personally picked out the wood suitable for making beams for us. You wait here in the oxcart, and I'll ask the men to move it out."
"That's good." Ning Xiyue felt relieved after hearing the good news. This meant that she was one step closer to success. "Then bring some more straw and lay it on the car. It will also help cover the wood and keep it from getting wet by the snow."
"I know. I'll go right away. Wait for us."
Chen Yetu ran into the yard in a hurry.
As soon as the wood was in place, Ning Xiyue drove the ox cart towards the Youth League compound.
Uncle Dajian has already picked up the tiles near the termite-infested beams and completed the preparations. He has already replaced all the wood he has and is just waiting for new wood to arrive to replace the remaining broken wood one by one.
Everything is ready except the east wind.
Now all we can do is wait for Uncle Dajian and his team to start working.
The people in the Youth House looked solemnly at the busy uncles and said in unison: "Uncle, thank you for your help."
Uncle Dajian stopped the plane in his hand, looked at them, and answered seriously on behalf of the others: "Okay."
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