After all, after working hard for an entire afternoon, everyone was exhausted and sore all over. They just wanted to get into bed early and have a good sleep.
Yun Qiao didn't rush to get on the kang. She poured more hot water into the foot basin and prepared to soak her feet to relieve the pain.
She had never done such heavy work before. After working for several hours in the afternoon, she was so tired that she could hardly lift her shoulders and her feet were in great pain.
Because when digging the soil with a shovel, you have to step down with your feet first, otherwise you can't dig. At first, she wore cloth shoes, and the soles were thin and uncomfortable. Even after she changed to rubber-soled Liberation shoes, it still hurt.
After soaking his feet, Yun Qiao massaged his calves, shoulders, and arms back and forth until the stretching sensation in his muscles disappeared. Only then did he finally stop, crawl into bed, and start to sleep.
Chen Fengxia, who was standing beside her, had her eyes closed and was breathing evenly. She had already fallen asleep.
Yun Qiao closed her eyes and could vaguely hear some quarrels coming from the west room next door. She did not even move her eyelids and let her spirit slowly sink into sleep.
That night, she slept soundly until dawn, only to be woken up by the noise of getting up the next day.
Get up, get dressed, brush your teeth, wash your face, and go to the cafeteria. Although it has only been five days since he arrived, Yun Qiao has already mastered this set of procedures.
Breakfast consisted of leavened flatbread with pickles, and wild vegetable and egg soup. Probably because they had done heavy work yesterday, the egg soup was finally not watery with no trace of frangipani flowers. Each person could have one or two frangipani flowers in their bowl.
Yun Qiao and Chen Fengxia sat together. Halfway through their meal, Zheng Jing came and sat next to them with a bowl in hand.
She was listless, with a fair face and a faint dark bluish tint under her eyes, and her eyelids seemed unable to open.
Yun Qiao glanced at her and asked with some confusion: "Didn't you sleep last night?"
"Don't even mention it. I only slept a few hours." Zheng Yujing yawned sleepily. "Qi Chunhui had to write a self-criticism, and she kept the lights on and wouldn't sleep. That's one thing, but she kept mumbling as she wrote, which kept us awake."
"Cuizhi and the others asked her to go out to the main room to write, but she refused, and the two of them started a quarrel that lasted until almost eleven o'clock. I didn't get any sleep either."
Chen Fengxia looked at Zheng Jing with sympathy: "So, do you still have the energy to work today?"
"I feel like it's going to be tough. I'm probably going to fall asleep," Zheng Jing said, yawning again. "If we're still digging foundations today, I won't have the energy to do it."
"What should I do? If you don't do it, the company commander will criticize you."
Zheng Yujing took a bite of the steamed bun and said sullenly, "I'll see if I can find a man to help me when the time comes. Otherwise, I definitely can't do it on my own."
"Looking for a man to help you? You're a bit of a beauty if you want one." Chen Fengxia took the responsibility and said, "Digging the foundation is such a hard job. It's tiring enough just doing it yourself. Who would be stupid enough to help others with the work? You won't find anyone!"
"I'm beautiful, and I think I'm beautiful too." Zheng Jingjing slumped on the table like a boneless person, and said listlessly: "Why don't you try it first? Anyway, I can't move anymore. At worst, the company commander will punish me."
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