Chapter 38 Letter from Home
After breakfast, Zhou Ziwen came to the production team to gather.
The land reclamation work has been completed, and new tasks will be assigned to them today.
The result was similar to what Li Dazui had heard. Their new job was to build a threshing ground.
Building a threshing ground is not that simple. Cement is a scarce commodity in that era, and it is impossible to build a threshing ground with cement.
However, the wisdom of the people is endless. If there is no cement, we can use stones.
So stone mining became Zhou Ziwen's new job.
The threshing ground built by the production team was not small. After all, it was a large village with more than a thousand people, and a lot of grain was grown. Building such a large threshing ground involved many aspects.
However, because Zhou Ziwen was strong and worked hard, he was assigned to mine stones.
"Captain Zou, I'm not very good at this!" Zhou Ziwen was a little embarrassed.
"It's okay, you don't need to know how to do it, you just need to do your best." Captain Zou patted his shoulder to comfort him.
At the beginning, Zhou Ziwen was a little confused. As far as he knew, stone mining was not an easy job and required quite high technical skills.
However, when he arrived at the place and was assigned specific work, he finally understood why the team leader said that.
His job is indeed very simple and does not require any skills. It's just lifting stones, and all you need is strength.
"Alas, I have become a coolie."
Zhou Ziwen sighed, but did not complain.
Who told him he wasn't a stonemason?
Although many of the stone miners are not professional stonemasons, they have seen a lot of work and know a little bit about it so they can help out and serve as the second-in-command.
The key is that Zhou Ziwen thinks this job is pretty good.
After all, his job is just to carry stones. Although the distance from the quarry to the threshing ground is a bit far, the progress of stone mining is not fast!
According to what other workers said, their job is actually quite easy and they only have to lift it a few times a day.
At the quarry, Zhou Ziwen did not start working immediately because the stones had not been mined yet and could not be lifted even if he wanted to.
When he had nothing to do, Zhou Ziwen would watch them mine stones.
It's no wonder, seeing the stones being taken out from the rocks and processed into square and flat shapes, Zhou Ziwen felt the urge to take action.
However, stone-hitting also requires skills. For a layman like him, the only way to learn it quickly is to AFK.
It's just that Zhou Ziwen is unwilling to remove Bajiquan from the idle panel. And even if he wants to learn it, it won't take too long.
After the stone was mined, Zhou Ziwen's work began.
"Hey yo, hey yo!"
"Hey yo, hey yo!"
When carrying stones, the villagers shouted horns. Zhou Ziwen found it interesting and shouted along with everyone.
He didn't know if it was a psychological effect, but after shouting, he felt much more energetic.
In fact, lifting stones was quite easy for him. After all, he was so strong that no one in the village could match him.
If he didn't dislike the spotlight and there was no need, he wouldn't need two people to carry it together.
He was alone, holding a shoulder pole, and it was no problem for him to carry two pieces at a time.
A stone weighs only about 200 pounds. With his physical strength, it is not a problem for him to weigh less than 500 pounds.
Along the way, others had to rest several times, but Zhou Ziwen didn't need to.
However, carrying stones is a two-person job, and his partner is Li Dazui.
Even if he doesn't need to rest, he still needs to take care of others.
"Brother Zhou, you are so strong. You walked such a long way without even sweating." Li Dazui wiped the sweat off his shoulder with the towel and said enviously.
"I have been practicing boxing since I was a child, so it's normal for me to be a little stronger." Zhou Ziwen looked humble and created a persona for himself as someone who has been practicing boxing since he was a child.
This way he can spread the news through Li Dazui and avoid trouble in the future.
In the future, when people know that he is a boxer, they will have to think twice before trying to cause trouble for him.
Zhou Ziwen is kind to others, doesn't like trouble, and doesn't want to cause trouble.
Of course it would be better if we could reduce some trouble.
"Comrade Zhou Ziwen, I have an email for you."
After carrying a load of stones, just as Zhou Ziwen was about to carry a second load, a postman riding a 28-inch bicycle arrived at the quarry.
"Okay, here I come."
Hearing this, Zhou Ziwen's face showed joy. He didn't need to guess to know that his letter was sent from home.
Although he had only been in the countryside for a short time, Zhou Ziwen missed his family very much.
At home, he has caring parents, loving brothers and sisters, and his beautiful and lovely twin sisters.
"Are you Comrade Zhou Ziwen?" The postman confirmed his identity to Zhou Ziwen.
"Yes, I am Zhou Ziwen, and the villagers can all testify to this." Zhou Ziwen nodded.
"Here is a letter and a package for you. Please check them."
The postman handed Zhou Ziwen his things.
The letter was nothing special, although it felt a bit thick. I guess it contained a lot of things, probably some bills or something.
The package that was sent was a bit big, and I don’t know what his family sent him.
After signing and confirming, Zhou Ziwen took a leave of absence and took the letter and package back home.
Because he was still at work, he had no time to read the letter. After hurriedly putting it down, he returned to the quarry and started carrying stones with Li Dazui.
Soon, it was time to get off work at noon, and Zhou Ziwen reunited with the Chen sisters.
"Brother Ziwen, did you receive the email today?" Chen Qiaoyi asked on the way.
The two sisters were also assigned to the threshing ground this time, but their task was to do some light chores, which was not very tiring.
"Yes, did you receive it too?" Zhou Ziwen asked.
"Well, but I haven't had time to read it yet. I don't know what was sent from home." Chen Qiaoyi said.
"Me too." Zhou Ziwen nodded.
Letters from the post office usually arrive at a fixed time.
Like this time, although Zhou Ziwen's letter and the Chen sisters' letter were delivered at different times, they were still delivered on the same day.
After returning home, Zhou Ziwen sat on the bed, opened the envelope and started reading.
As expected, the envelope contained a bunch of bills, including meat coupons, grain coupons, industrial coupons, etc.
I guess Zhou's father was able to get so many tickets by using his connections to exchange them with other people.
I opened the letter and found it was written by my mother, my eldest sister, my second sister and my youngest sister.
It contained some caring words, asking him if he was doing well in the countryside, asking him to take care of his health, not to get into conflicts with others, etc.
The letter also mentioned the bills and the package that was sent.
Most of these bills were obtained by my father, and some were found by my eldest brothers and second sisters.
It is worth mentioning that the letter also said that my younger sister had been arranged a job as a salesperson in a supply and marketing cooperative, which was considered a stable job in that era.
My father put a lot of effort into my younger sister's job and he even owes a big favor to his friend for it.
Zhou Ziwen was also very happy to know that his younger sister had a job.
After all, at home, my younger sister has the best relationship with him.
(End of this chapter)
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