Ji Xia smiled and said, "I went to the county for something, and I happened to pass by here on my way back, so I came back to see how the road was being repaired."
Ji Changgeng was very proud, and raised his chin towards the road. "Xia, look, how is our road being repaired?"
Ji Xia was also very happy. "If you want to get rich, you must first build roads. The road that Master Mu Chun and my uncle have built is good and solid. Shouldn't we start paving the road later?"
The foundation needs to be solid.
Luo Heng and his companions came over and pointed at a large wooden block not far away. It was about as thick as two people and the fence around them. No one knew where it came from. It was made of jujube wood, very strong and heavy.
"Xia Xia, look, we have all the tools ready. The strong laborers in the village will compact the road surface. We can start after lunch."
The work of compacting the road surface is very hard. First, it is leveled with wooden blocks and then rolled with stone rollers. It requires the strongest laborers to do this job.
In the past, no one would have been willing to do this hard work. Even if it only paid twelve work points a day, few people would have been interested. It was really too hurtful.
But now, the secretary said that special meals would be provided for those who did the hard labor, with meat for every meal while they worked, and twelve work points.
That's why we specially brought out pig's trotters for lunch today. Cuihua and the others who served the food also followed the secretary's instructions and gave more meat to the strong laborers to nourish their bodies.
No one resisted anymore, and the young men all rushed to eat it. Who would be afraid of not getting their strength back if they had meat to eat?
Ji Xia walked over and pushed the wood. "This is a good thing, but there's no need to go through so much trouble. I brought equipment with me this time. We can just use machines to compact the road surface and tamp the roadbed."
"Equipment? There's even this kind of machine?" Yang Jinhai's eyes widened. "Can we really use machines to build roads?"
"Of course." Ji Xia turned to Ji Changgeng and said, "Uncle Changgeng, the machines are on the road over there. Please arrange for someone to drive them over."
Ji Changgeng and Yang Muchun were so excited that they were incoherent. They just kept saying "yes" and that was all they could say.
Luo Heng and the other four could all drive tractors and excavators, so they were the ones who drove them this time. They finished their meal in a hurry, without even having time to wash their lunch boxes. They put the food on the big stove and ran to drive the machines.
The others didn't know what was going on and were all rushing to ask. Someone who had just overheard Ji Xia and the others' conversation passed on the news, "Xia Xia brought some road repair equipment. They said they don't need anyone to tamp the roadbed, so they've gone to drive the equipment."
"Ah, really, there is such a good thing?"
"Yes, with Xia Xia here, all good things will happen to us."
Yang Muchun just felt that when people live long enough, they can really see everything. When Luo Heng and others drove the equipment over, he saw the big roller in front of the machine, which was still vibrating. He was really surprised and excited.
Ji Changgeng thought more, "Xia Xia, are all these machines going to the village? After the road is repaired, where should we go back to?"
It’s not that Ji Changgeng was greedy and wanted to keep these machines in Team 7. Besides, even if he had this intention, there was nothing wrong with it, and he was not doing it for himself.
He was just asking, after all, the machines that Ji Xia had used to dig water conservancy projects were left to Team Seven.
If possible, he would have to plan it out.
Ji Xia said, "I fought for these machines from the county. After Team 7 uses them, if the county doesn't need them anymore, they'll stay with Team 7. We can form a road construction team here, and other production teams can rent machines from us when they need to build roads in the future. It'll also generate some income for the villagers."
Ji Changgeng was so excited that his face turned red. Yang Muchun, who was standing next to him, also said "good" after hearing it. Ji Xia is really the lucky charm of Team 7. What a good kid!
"Xia Xia, the folks in Team 7 will never forget how good you have been to them. Anyone who dares to bully you will have to walk over the dead bodies of me and your Master Muchun." Ji Changgeng promised.
Ji Xia smiled and said, "Don't say such things. You and Master Mu Chun can live as long as you can. The development of Team Seven still depends on you."
Cuihua, Hehua, and several other aunts were waiting nearby. Ji Xia hurriedly asked, "Aunt, what's going on?"
"Xia Xia, you're here just in time for dinner. Your aunt Hehua and I asked you to have a bite too?" Cuihua said attentively.
"OK!"
Ji Xia followed him over. The two of them washed a large bowl, boiled it in water, and scooped out a large bowl of meat and two hot steamed buns made of two-grain flour.
"They are all clean. Eat them quickly or they will get cold soon." He Hua handed her the chopsticks.
Ji Xia saw the big bowl of meat and was at a loss whether to laugh or cry. How could she eat so much meat?
Ji Rongbin just happened to come over with a lunch box. When he saw Ji Xia, his eyes lit up, "Sister, you're back?"
Ji Xia waved at him, and he hurried over and wanted to give the meat in the bowl to Ji Xia, but Ji Xia refused.
"Sister, I haven't eaten it before." Ji Rongbin was a little embarrassed. He was breaking the gravel and helping to transport it. If he was not too young, he would have wanted to tamp the roadbed.
Ji Xia swallowed the two-grain steamed bun and said, "I know, I can't eat so much meat."
She transferred most of the meat in her bowl to Ji Rongbin's, leaving only two pieces of lean meat and some radish. She also poured him a lot of soup, "I haven't had time to eat yet."
When she looked up, she saw Ji Rongbin looking at her with red eyes. Ji Xia's heart softened and she touched his head. "Eat quickly, you will grow up well if you eat!"
"Hmm!" He lowered his head and started eating, but he couldn't help but tears rolling down and dripping into the bowl. He accidentally ate it and felt that the tears were sweet.
Just know how to be grateful and you won’t lose your nature.
The steamed bun was too big, so Ji Xia broke off half of it and ate it, but then she couldn't finish it anymore, so she gave the rest to Ji Rongbin.
Ji Changgeng came over and asked Ji Xia if he could stay here for a while longer. He asked the accountant of the production team to come over and settle the accounts with Ji Xia. Ji Xia nodded. Carpenter Yang and Ji Ronghua also came over and were very happy to see Ji Xia.
They also heard from the villagers that Ji Xia had returned, so they hurried over.
Chen Suhua and several other educated youth also gathered around and chatted with Ji Xia. When they talked about the progress of the school construction, they were all very excited. Firstly, the school would be put into use after the new year; secondly, the teacher selection this time would be open.
Seeing Ji Xia surrounded by so many people, and everyone talking to her with admiration in their eyes, Ji Wen felt very uncomfortable after seeing it from afar.
She was just glancing over here sinisterly when a woman from Team Five came running over and yelled, "Ji Wen, Ji Wen, hurry up! It's bad! Your mother is going to die!"
Her shout startled everyone. Ji Changgeng quickly asked, "Yinzhi, what are you talking about? What's going on with Ji Wen's mother?"
Yinzhi was the wife of the captain of the fifth team. She slapped her thigh and said, "Oh, how could I say such nonsense? Doesn't your team have a tractor? Hurry up and use the tractor to send the person to the county hospital."
When she said this, many people turned their eyes to Ji Xia.
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