Chapter 43: Dividing Rooms
Forging one's own tools is also a skill that stonemasons need to master.
Tools like chisels are the most susceptible to wear and tear and require stonemasons to sharpen them frequently.
While pulling the bellows, Zhou Ziwen listened to Master Chen explain the polishing techniques.
Although he cannot master it in a short time, with the help of the auto-switch panel, he will master these skills sooner or later.
The auto-attack panel did not come out of nothing. It was just a deduction and summary of the knowledge he had seen and heard, and then it was subtly engraved into Zhou Ziwen's body for him to absorb and digest.
Not long after, Master Chen finished sharpening his tools. Zhou Ziwen helped him pack up and they went to work in the quarry together.
For the time being, Zhou Ziwen is following Master Chen, doing odd jobs for him and learning techniques from him.
Although they were not in the official relationship of master and apprentice, in fact, Master Chen was the master who taught him the stonemasonry skills.
Zhou Ziwen has a keen eye and respects Master Chen very much. He is always willing to do any hard work.
Master Chen was also very satisfied with him and did not hold back when teaching him techniques.
Although stonemasonry skills were not valuable in the production team, they became valuable after the reform and opening up.
Not to mention becoming a millionaire, but at least I can support a family.
However, for Zhou Ziwen, there are many ways to make money. The reason he learned stonemasonry skills was just to live a better life in the production team.
The next day, Zhou Ziwen studied seriously under Master Chen.
After a day, my skill proficiency increased a lot.
[Stonemason LV0 (37/50)]
According to the current progress, you will be able to get started in two days.
By then, he will also be able to do some delicate work.
After work, Zhou Ziwen did not go fishing because there were new educated youth arriving today and there would be a party at the educated youth institute.
With the intention of watching the fun, Zhou Ziwen and the Chen sisters calculated the time, carried a small bag of food, and arrived at the Youth League Home on time.
This small bag of food is their food allowance. Although Chen Yang said there is no rush, it is just talk. If you really believe his words, you don’t know how many cold stares you will suffer.
"Hey, Brother Zhou is here. The educated youth haven't arrived yet. I guess it's almost time."
When they saw Zhou Ziwen and the other two, the male educated youth team leader Chen Yang was the first to greet them.
"I wonder how many people are coming back this time!" Zhou Ziwen asked curiously.
As the captain of the male educated youth team, Chen Yang has a relatively well-informed source of information. Generally, he is the first to know any news.
"Who knows, but it shouldn't exceed your group!" Liu Lingling said with a smile.
To be honest, the arrival of new educated youth is also beneficial to them.
In order to provide accommodation for the newly arrived educated youth, the production team renovated two rooms.
In this way, their Youth League Home will have four rooms. When the time comes, they can combine the personnel and assign a few old Youth League members to stay there, so that they will have more space.
I have to say that these educated youth are good at calculating. Even before the new educated youth arrive, they have already started calculating for houses.
Of course, it is understandable to have this idea. After all, they now have ten people living in one room, which is already overcrowded.
To put it bluntly, the newly built houses are also for the educated youths’ home. It is impossible for them to have spacious living quarters for the new educated youths. Let the old educated youths suffer!
These old educated youth have made up their minds and are just waiting for the new educated youth to arrive and then determine the allocation of houses based on their number.
If there are fewer people, divide them into more groups; if there are more people, divide them into fewer groups, and focus on maintaining a balanced distribution.
Not long after, a new batch of educated youth finally arrived, as everyone had been waiting for.
Wu Dagang personally brought the educated youth to the door. The number of this group of educated youth was not large, but not small either. There were eight in total, half of them were men and half were women.
Wu Dagang is actually quite satisfied with this number.
He originally thought that there would be more than ten people like Zhou Ziwen and his group!
But in the end, fewer people were allocated than expected, and this sense of gap is enough to make people feel good.
He still remembers until now how envious the leaders of other villages looked at him when he was at the Youth League Office just now.
"Haha, since you're all here, I'll just say a few words."
Wu Dagang tapped the pipe in his hand and spoke.
In fact, not much was said. It was just a warning to the newly arrived educated youth not to cause trouble, and also to ask the old educated youth to guide the new educated youth.
While Wu Dagang was speaking, Zhou Ziwen observed the newly arrived educated youth.
Among the male educated youth, there was one who was worth noting. Judging from his dress and temperament, he was very similar to those children from the big courtyards that Zhou Ziwen had met.
The man was wearing a white shirt, army green pants, and a watch. While Wu Dagang was speaking, he was looking around, as if he was very curious about the countryside.
In response to Zhou Ziwen's gaze, the man smiled and nodded at him.
"This guy is quite something!" Zhou Ziwen raised his eyebrows.
You can tell from his eyes that this person is not the kind of person who follows the rules.
And you can tell at a glance that he is not short of money. I just don’t know why he would come to the countryside when his conditions are so good.
Apart from him, the other male educated youth were nothing special. They looked ordinary and wore ordinary clothes.
As for the female educated youth, Zhou Ziwen did not look at them closely, but he did notice that one of them had short hair and looked like a tomboy, and she was quite good-looking.
But compared with the Chen sisters, she is far inferior.
On this side, Wu Dagang finished speaking in just a few words, asking them to put their things away and then go to the branch to advance food.
After Wu Dagang left with the ox cart, everyone helped move the educated youth's belongings back into the house.
Because the room was newly built, there was no athlete's foot and no clutter, so the educated youth had no complaints.
After all, there are four people living in one house. Although the living environment is a little worse, it is acceptable. Before coming, they were prepared to endure hardships.
But then, the actions of the old educated youth made them feel something was wrong.
"Haha, there are only four people in your room, and we have ten. It's just right to even it out. We can have three people stay in each room."
"Well, Wang Tao, Li Weimin, didn't you say you didn't want to live with us? Now's your chance, why don't you move out?"
"Humph, let's move!"
Among the new and old, the people in the Youth League Institute have now been divided into three batches.
The earliest educated youth who lived here did not have a very harmonious relationship with Zhou Ziwen and his group, and the older educated youth saw an opportunity to squeeze them out.
The educated youth who were being squeezed out were not willing to be outdone. They turned around and started moving their own luggage. Soon they moved their things to the new educated youth's side.
Seeing their actions, the new educated youth looked at each other, not understanding what was going on.
"Captain Chen Yang, what are you doing?"
The disciple from the compound that Zhou Ziwen had just noticed asked with a frown.
"Hey, it's like this. We have limited rooms in the Youth Hostel. We used to only have two rooms, one for male and one for female educated youth. But as you can see, there are so many of us, so we have ten people living in one room."
"Then the production team saw how crowded we were, and with the arrival of new educated youth like you, they knew they couldn't accommodate us any more, so they built two more rooms for us. Since there aren't many people living in your room, we discussed it and decided to send a few of us over."
Chen Yang explained with a smile, but in his words, he regarded the Youth League Home as a whole, and the two newly built rooms also belonged to the entire Youth League Home.
(End of this chapter)
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