Chapter 220 Rolling Down the Hillside
Sheng Xiping and a few others were also eating in the cafeteria.
Old Zhang and the others all had very loud voices, so even though Sheng Xiping and the others were sitting in the corner, they could hear them clearly.
"Damn, why are all these people so foul-mouthed? Let's just do our work, what's it to them?"
Wang Jianshe, Gao Haining, and others were furious when they heard this.
"No, I have to argue with them."
Wang Jianshe lost his temper and slammed his fist on the table, ready to get up and argue with those people.
"Jianshe, sit down." Unexpectedly, Sheng Xiping reached out and grabbed Wang Jianshe.
"Don't be like them. We just need to finish this season's work steadily and earn the money."
Let others say what they want, just ignore them.
Sheng Xiping had a very stable mindset. He came to the mountain to work to earn money, not to get angry with anyone.
As long as this season goes smoothly and nothing goes wrong, that's fine.
"Whatever those people say, just ignore it like a fart, let it go and be done with it, don't care."
Sheng Xiping's words amused the young men, and they were too lazy to argue with those people anymore.
I'm exhausted after a long day of work, I just want to go home and get some sleep.
For two days in a row, Lao Zhang and safety officer Han Ziwen watched Li Dazhuang work.
By the third day, Old Zhang couldn't wait any longer. There were still quite a few trees left to be cleared by the Second Work Team, and he couldn't keep delaying things here.
So at breakfast, Old Zhang gave Li Dazhuang another good scolding, telling him to be bolder, to go all out, and not to be timid and afraid to work.
"Just do the work I've taught you these past two days, and don't listen to the nonsense from those educated youth."
They've only been working for a few days, they don't know anything, yet they're giving orders blindly.
"Work hard, go for it! There are only a few trees left. Once you've taken them all down, your task is complete. Then you can do whatever you want."
Old Zhang patted Li Dazhuang on the shoulder to encourage him.
"Yes, Master." Li Dazhuang nodded and finished his meal with great confidence before going to work.
Old Zhang returned to the Second Work Team to continue logging. The safety officer also felt that nothing had happened in the past two days, and Li Dazhuang's operation was quite standard, so there shouldn't be any problems. Therefore, he stayed at the dispatch camp.
There were only about ten white pines growing on that steep slope. Li Dazhuang had already cut down seven or eight of them a couple of days ago, leaving only a few trees standing there all alone.
If all goes well today, we can finish felling all these trees in one day. Next, we'll prune the branches, collect the timber, and put them away. That will basically complete this year's work.
Li Dazhuang led Wang Jianshe and Zhang Zhijun to the shady, steep slope, started the chainsaw, and got to work.
Wang Jianshe noticed that Lao Zhang and the safety officer were not there, which puzzled him, so he quickly asked them.
"Brother Li, where are your master and safety officer Brother Han? Why didn't they come?"
"Oh, my master has work to do, he can't just stay here all day. Little Han probably has some work to do too, right?"
"Oh, it's alright. I've gotten into the swing of things these past few days. There are only a few trees left, let's just cut them down quickly."
Li Dazhuang slung the chainsaw over his shoulder and started walking up the slope.
Upon hearing this, Wang Jianshe exclaimed, "This is outrageous!"
Old Zhang isn't here, and the safety officer isn't on site either. Even if others can trust Li Dazhuang, he doesn't.
"Zhijun, hurry, go tell Xiping to send someone over."
Wang Jianshe muttered something under his breath, then took the things from Zhang Zhijun's hands.
Although Zhang Zhijun was two years younger, he was not stupid and was quite clever. As soon as he heard this, he immediately turned around and ran down the mountain to find Sheng Xiping.
Over here, Li Dazhuang carried a chainsaw up the steep slope and carefully examined the big tree in front of him.
This tree is truly remarkable; its roots are nearly a meter in diameter, and it stands twenty or thirty meters tall.
There are few branches, and no tumors or large knots or anything like that. It's really straight and good wood.
Such logs are usually felled down the mountainside, that is, in the direction of going uphill, leaning against the hillside, so as not to damage the wood.
Because the slope of this hillside is too steep, if the timber were to fall down the hillside, the trunks would break due to the steep angle, causing unnecessary damage.
Li Dazhuang found the right angle to feed the chainsaw, then pulled the chainsaw's rope to start it.
With a puff of blue smoke, the chainsaw roared deafeningly. Don't let its small size fool you; this chainsaw was surprisingly loud.
"Brother Li, why don't we wait a bit? Even if Master Zhang doesn't come, the safety officer can come instead."
"What if something happens to the two of us working here?"
When Wang Jianshe saw Li Dazhuang carrying a chainsaw close to the tree roots, he rushed forward to stop him.
"It's alright, they don't need to watch over this little bit of work, I can do it just fine."
Previously, Xiping was worried and insisted on calling them over, but I could have done it myself.
"No matter what, I'm a trained saw operator. How could I be so bad at my job?"
Li Dazhuang has been doing quite well at work these past two days, and with Lao Zhang encouraging him in the morning, he feels like he can do it again.
As Li Dazhuang spoke, he found the right angle to begin sawing.
Wang Jianshe was just a chainsaw assistant, not a lumberjack. The chainsaw operator said there were no problems, so what could he do? He could only carefully follow beside him and keep an eye on things.
The chainsaw chain spun rapidly, sawing down the slope of the tree and making a kerf that was at least 70 or 80 centimeters deep.
Sawdust flew out along the saw cut, landing on the ground and on Li Dazhuang and Wang Jianshe.
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