The weather was getting colder and colder, and Lu Zhiye estimated that it would snow soon.
He made knee pads and gloves with the fox fur he had exchanged before, and covered them with cloth on the outside so that others could not see what was inside, and Professor Zhong and others would not be conspicuous when they wore them.
The night before he left, he took out three pairs of worn-out cotton shoes, knee pads, and gloves while studying with Professor Zhong.
"Teacher, wear these when you work. Every year when we go to prune the river, the temperature reaches minus ten degrees Celsius.
Many people have cracks on their hands and faces.
You and your wife will feel better wearing these."
Zhong Wende took the thing and felt it, and he knew it was thick and warm.
He hesitated: "Did you do it to yourself?"
Lu Zhiye smiled and nodded: "Of course, it's just that my workmanship is not very good, you can ask Master's wife to mend it later."
There was pity in the eyes of Zhong Wende and Duan Qing.
During this period of time, they have learned about Lu Zhiye's life experience from other people.
While I feel that it has not been easy for him over the years, I also admire him for still maintaining a kind heart today.
"Teacher, let Xiaoqing follow me when the time comes. Your work is the most tiring and the most difficult. It's not safe for him to follow you."
"Will this cause you trouble?"
Lu Zhiye smiled confidently: "Of course not, I will talk to the captain when the time comes. Don't worry."
Zhong Wende nodded with satisfaction: "Okay."
The next day, tractors and ox carts carrying two large carts full of tools started moving towards the dam.
All the registered members, educated youth, etc., took a shortcut and crossed a mountain to reach the river directly.
People from three villages came to this river. After several team leaders discussed it, they each led their members to the designated river channel.
A few whistles sounded, and the villagers started to move with hoes, shovels, etc.
Lu Zhiye originally wanted to find an opportunity to talk to the captain about Zhong Muqing's matter, but the captain was busy as a top all morning.
He had no choice but to wait until the lunch break to discuss the matter.
It is not easy to dig up frozen ground, especially since there are rocks underneath.
It was almost impossible to dig a few shovels before you had to start digging out the big rocks.
Lu Zhiye made gloves in advance as preparation, so it was not too hard. The villagers had been doing this for so many years and had also summed up their own wisdom by wrapping their hands with rags.
This was a tough time for the people in the cowshed. Without gloves, they could only move the big rocks with their bare hands.
The square-faced man who had previously argued with Zhong Wende looked at the gloves on the hands of Zhong Wende and his wife with jealousy.
Although the above are all patches, they are better than nothing.
When we finally got to the lunch break, a few female voices came from the makeshift shed over there: "Everyone, come and drink some ginger soup, wash your hands and get ready for dinner."
Lu Zhiye paused slightly, he seemed to hear the woman's voice.
Sure enough, the last person who came out carrying a few large buckets of ginger soup was none other than Wen Sihe.
She smiled with her eyebrows curved and looked straight at Lu Zhiye.
Lu Zhiye sneered and walked straight to the position where the captain's wife was in charge of scooping ginger soup.
Wen Sihe stomped her feet in anger, not knowing what was wrong with this man.
After a while, many people went to wash their hands and drink ginger soup. A total of four people were responsible for scooping ginger soup for everyone. There were the most people queuing in front of Wen Sihe and Wu Yu.
And most of them are young guys.
Wu Yu was a lively and kind person. After scooping ginger soup for others, he reminded them: "Be careful, it's hot!"
This caused the young men to blush.
Li Guihua looked at the naive Wu Yu and felt helpless. She deliberately stood at the end of the queue and reached out to wipe a handful of ash from the bottom of the pot on her hands.
When Wu Yu scooped ginger soup for her, she reached out and smeared the ash on her palm onto Wu Yu's fair little face.
Wu Yu was horrified and puzzled: "Sister Guihua, what are you doing?"
She asked, trying to wipe off the dust with her sleeve.
Li Guihua patted her hands and said, "You better be more careful, not everyone is as harmless as they appear.
You are not like He He, who is cold to outsiders and strong. Girls should protect themselves when they go out. "
She talked a lot and Wu Yu gradually stopped what he was doing.
She was not an ignorant child. Before she went to the countryside, her mother had told her a lot, asking her to be careful of unmarried men in the village.
Li Guihua looked at her stunned expression and thought that she couldn't figure out the twists and turns.
He lowered his voice and said, "There was a female educated youth in our educated youth site. When she was leaving work, she was hugged by a bachelor in the village.
The bachelor spread the news widely in the village, and rumors were flying everywhere. In the end, she had no choice but to marry that man.
Rumors are like knives, they can cut through a person's spine inch by inch."
There was melancholy in Li Guihua's voice, which made Wu Yu feel cold in his heart. He quickly reached out and spread the soot evenly on his face.
After drinking the ginger soup, everyone sat there to rest. Lu Zhiye twisted his neck slightly and heard a crackling sound.
I am really tired from working today.
Glancing not far away, he saw the team leader sitting there knocking the dirt out of his shoes. Lu Zhiye stood up and slowly walked to his side.
Uh...it stinks, he should wait a while before coming back.
But Captain Lu would never give him this opportunity.
Now the look he gave Lu Zhiye was even more eager than that of his own son.
"Xiao Ye, are you here to see me?"
Lu Zhiye stopped walking somewhat helplessly, took a deep breath, and said quickly: "Although I can dig the river quickly, it takes too much time to bend down and pick up stones.
I want to ask the team leader to assign me someone to pick up the rocks I dig out.”
Captain Lu looked at Lu Zhiye with an expression of "Why do you want to be so beautiful?" "This, this is not good, there is no way to calculate the work points."
The most important thing is that no one is willing to do it. Everyone wants to make some money and go back.
This job is just to pick up stones for Lu Zhiye, which is not a lot of work. Who would be willing to do it?
Lu Zhiye pointed at a child not far away and said, "Does he count as a worker? Let him come and help me?"
Captain Lu looked in the direction of his finger, his eyes lit up, and he slapped his thigh excitedly: "Yes, why didn't I think of it! Let him follow you, do a good job!"
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