As Ning Xiyue approached, she heard Uncle Dajian say anxiously, "There's only one problem with the male educated youth, but you female educated youth have so many problems."
"What's wrong? This is..." Ning Xiyue hurriedly walked in and asked, "Uncle Dajian, is there something wrong with this house?"
"The two horizontal beams on the roof of your Women's Youth League are seriously infested with termites. There are also some termites on the three vertical beams here. It's not just one section that's infested; every beam in the entire structure has holes. We need to replace them before the snow gets heavy. Otherwise, if 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 areas 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 pointed. Wow, it was not far from the main beam in the middle, just one beam away. If she waited a little longer, the main beam would also be infested with termites, and the whole house would collapse, and it would be close to being buried in the ground.
"Then what are we waiting for, Uncle Dajian, help us change it, the sooner the better, preferably 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 the house collapse incident head-on, and she didn't want to experience it again. The soft and cozy quilt was so comfortable, and no one wanted 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 listened to Chen Yechu and asked someone to come back for inspection, otherwise it would have been disastrous if they hadn't discovered it.
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 enough 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 and start working on it now. We will ensure 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. If the snow fell heavily, the roof would be slippery.
Seeing Uncle Dajian leave, Wu Guifang asked worriedly, "Ye Chu, is everything okay? Do you need our help?"
"No problem, you guys go ahead and get busy."
"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 saved some good wood for furniture. We can only go to him and buy the wood first. We can find a way to save some wood for him later. But we need you to borrow the ox cart so we can go and get it back."
Hearing this result, Ning Xiyue relaxed. Carpenter Chen made furniture, and who knows how much good wood he had hidden. Others might not be able to get it, but as his closed disciple, Chen Yechu would have no problem getting it. He would definitely succeed if he went there.
It was no big deal 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 fine 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 split up and act accordingly."
"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 brigade 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 cover 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 be leaving first."
Ning Xiyue got on the cart and took the ox rope handed to her by Aunt Yang Liu, and drove the ox cart towards Carpenter Zhang's house.
It gave her the pleasure of racing against time, to see whether the heavy snow would arrive first or they would finish first.
Fighting against the sky is endless joy.
Winning the fight means spending the winter in a warm bed.
If you lose the fight, you will shiver in the snow and ice in a place without a kang.
Ning Xiyue didn't want to move and make do in such a 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.
"Dang Huang, don't move, it will be fine soon."
After putting on the last pair of foot covers, 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 yellow cattle, the big yellow cattle no longer slip when walking as before.
Only then did Ning Xiyue dare to drive the cows faster.
When Niu arrived at Carpenter Zhang's house, Chen Yechu was already waiting for her at the door. He waved to her when he saw her coming.
Ning Xiyue parked the ox and turned to Chen Yechu to ask about the wood 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 done. My master personally picked out the wood suitable for the beams. You wait here in the oxcart, and I'll have the men carry it out."
"That's good." Ning Xiyue felt relieved after hearing the good news. This meant they were one step closer to success. "Then bring some more straw and cover the car. It will also help cover the wood and keep it from getting wet in 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 arrived, 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 the new wood to arrive so that he can replace the remaining broken wood one by one.
Everything is ready, only the east wind is missing.
Now all we can do is wait for Uncle Dajian and his team to start working.
The entire Youth House looked solemnly at the busy uncles and said in unison, "Uncle, thank you for your help."
Uncle Dajian stopped his plane, looked at them, and answered seriously on behalf of the others: "Okay."
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