Xu Zi looked at her with disapproval.
But Lin Si was also stubborn. She insisted on going because she wanted to earn more work points. Ten work points a day would amount to a hundred work points in ten days. She could work hard for a while and then rest for a while, which was a good deal.
Xu Zi couldn't reason with her, and he was thinking of arranging some work for her in the team to earn some work points when Gouzi and the aunt who was also selected to repair the road spoke up for Lin Si.
"Captain, let Lin Si go. Let her come with me. I'll keep a close eye on her. There shouldn't be any problems. Besides, although Lin Si is thin, she's tall and strong. She can handle some work. If she wants to go, let her go. It would be a shame to miss such a good opportunity."
"Yeah, Captain, anyway, even if we're assigned, it'll just be a bunch of teams put together, so what's there to be afraid of? I'll keep an eye on her too. Lin Si is even better at working than me. If I can do it, she definitely can too. Let her go."
Aunt Jiang and Gouzi both tried to persuade Xu Zijiang, and after thinking about it, Xu Zijiang finally agreed.
"Then you should take good care of yourself. If you can't hold on, just tell me and I'll let you come back. Usually, you should stay with Aunt Jiang and the others, and go with one of them wherever you go. Don't wander off on your own."
He gave many instructions.
Although only one section of the road collapsed, the entire road is full of potholes and difficult to walk on. So this time, the whole road needs to be repaired. Half a month would be considered fast. If it is slow, it may take more than half a month to almost a month.
Most importantly, it wasn't just the production teams around them that were going; more than ten production teams were sending people, with each team sending a few. It would be a large, chaotic affair. Xu Zijiang, worried that something might happen to her, a young girl, couldn't help but nag a bit.
"I understand, thank you, Captain. I will definitely stay close to everyone and won't wander off!"
Lin Si bowed deeply to Xu Zijiang with great excitement.
Xu Zijiang agreed to let Lin Si go because he considered her difficulties. Otherwise, he would never have agreed to let a young girl work among a group of men.
"Then you all get ready, take a rest these two days, and meet at the village entrance at 6 a.m. the day after tomorrow."
"Yes, Captain, got it!"
The dog was like a conspicuous bag; it saluted Xu Zijiang and shouted loudly, as if afraid others wouldn't hear it.
Xu Zijiang now finds Gouzi noisy, but perhaps because he's about to become a father, a fatherly feeling suddenly arises in Xu Zijiang's heart, and he doesn't kick Gouzi.
He lured the dog to a secluded spot and began to investigate his relationship status once again.
"Did Zhang Yan win you over?"
Xu Zijiang. He got straight to the point, quite directly, even surprising Gouzi.
"Captain, can you be a little more tactful with your words? She's a female educated youth."
"A female educated youth is a female educated youth. What's there to be shy about? If you succeed in pursuing her, you succeed in pursuing her; if you don't succeed, you don't succeed."
Xu Zijiang believed in the indifferent way that, regardless of gender, if you like someone, just pursue them. Taking the initiative is neither a sin nor something shameful.
These days, Xu Zijiang and Yu Jiu have been busy with the pastry counter and haven't paid attention to Zhang Yan and Gouzi for a while. Gouzi has stopped wailing and complaining to Xu Zijiang, and Zhang Yan seems to have stopped making any noise either.
It wasn't until Gouzi jumped out today that Xu Zijiang remembered to ask about the two of them.
"Well, I guess I managed to catch up with him."
The dog tugged at his clothes, looking a little awkward. He lowered his head shyly, a blush creeping onto his thin face. Oh, he's finally getting it, he knows how to be shy now.
"If you catch them, you catch them; if you don't, you don't. What does 'consider it' even mean?"
Xu Zijiang was puzzled. Why was this man acting so coy?
"Right now I think she's pretty good, and it's not impossible for her to marry me if she really wants to. But recently she seems to have stopped pursuing me. She hasn't come to see me anymore, and I don't know what she means."
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He even had the nerve to say he'd won her over. Xu Zijiang thought to himself, "Zhang Yan might have already turned around and gone after someone else. He'll be crying and remaining a bachelor then."
"If you think she's nice, have you told her? You're a man, take the initiative. Don't always wait for her to come to you. Look at me and my wife, I'm the one who takes the initiative. If you don't take the initiative, you won't get a wife. Don't get your hopes up, and don't wait for Zhang Yan to find someone else. You'll regret it then."
"Probably not. Although she hasn't contacted me, she's still looking for my mother. I think she still really wants to be my mother's daughter-in-law. Besides, I'm working hard to earn work points, aren't I? I'm getting married soon, how can I not save up some money?"
Gouzi is still young, and his face flushes when the topic of getting married comes up. Oh, so he wants to get married. No wonder he's so eager to work. He usually earns a little money by being clever, but he's not one to honestly earn work points because he finds it too tiring.
"Okay, you want to make money to get married, right? In two months, I'll have you work at the department store for my wife. I'll give you 20 yuan a month, but she says it's not necessary yet, so you'll have to wait."
Xu Zi said with a smile that Gouzi was practically his younger brother, so helping him out was no big deal. Besides, hiring a temporary worker would cost more than 10 yuan a month, and there was no guarantee of finding a reliable one. Gouzi was both an acquaintance and clever, so he only had to give Gouzi a few extra yuan. It was like keeping the good stuff in the family.
"What? 20 yuan a month! That's great! I can save enough money to get married in two months! But Captain, didn't Yu Zhiqing only work at the department store for a short time? Why are you suddenly asking someone to fill in for her? What's wrong with her? Does she not want to work anymore?"
The dog was so loud and boisterous, it was completely stunned by this incredible surprise.
"No, it's good news. I'll tell you in two months."
Xu Zijiang kept Gouzi in suspense, which piqued Gouzi's curiosity. Gouzi kept asking Xu Zijiang what it was about, eager to know now, but Xu Zijiang refused to tell him.
Two days later, Xu Zijiang led his team of five to the road construction site. Several other teams had already arrived, and people who recognized Xu Zijiang greeted him; it was quite lively. Once everyone had arrived, the leader instructed everyone to begin work.
There aren't any tasks to assign right now; let's just clear this road and level it first.
Xu Zijiang, carrying a hoe, led his five teammates to dig along a path, removing the rubble and filling the gaps with soil. After that, they would probably collect stones to cover the area.
If there are still resources available, we should get some more cement and pave a cement road.
Anyway, now we just do whatever the leader tells us to do. If he tells us to pave, we pave; if he tells us to clear the surrounding weeds, we clear the surrounding weeds. The group is working hard and everyone is very enthusiastic on the first day. They are also well-behaved and nothing happens.
The road repair work was from 7 a.m. to 12 p.m., and then from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m., with only one hour for lunch break. So some people didn't go back to eat to save time, but brought some steamed buns or rice and ate them on the spot. Then they found a shady place to rest, and had to continue working at 1 p.m.
Others might not have to go back, but Xu Zijiang couldn't bear to leave. The bicycle was for Yu Jiu to ride to work, so Xu Zijiang walked here and walked back. The round trip took about an hour, and he barely had time to eat, just to go back and see Yu Jiu.
Yu Jiu felt that this wouldn't work.
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