Chapter 70: Repairing the Reservoir
Two days passed, and there was no movement at the educated youth site: Shao Lidong's conditions were good, so he didn't want to go and earn hard money; although Wang Jiaming and the others had worse conditions, they had no problem supporting themselves and didn't want to suffer that hardship. Chu Maoshen saw that Shao Lidong and the others didn't sign up, so he knew that the work was not easy, so naturally he didn't want to go either.
There were quite a few men from poor families in the village who signed up to participate, but the number did not reach the required number. Captain Li had no choice but to divide the task among the members. According to the proportion, the educated youth point was allocated six places.
Qiao Mo and his friends took advantage of this opportunity and signed up to build the reservoir as agreed beforehand. No one else signed up, so Shao Lidong, as the person in charge of the educated youth site, had to bite the bullet and go on himself. However, there were still two spots short. Shao Lidong thought that Chu Maoshen was a newcomer and had not yet adapted to rural life, so he would not be able to do anything, so he had to mobilize Wang Jiaming and Wu Shudong.
Wang Jiaming and his friends had not thought that they would need to select so many people this year. Apart from them, Chu Maoshen was the only man. They couldn't let girls go, so they had no choice but to go and build the road.
After the personnel were determined, the brigade divided them into two teams according to their own wishes. One team went to repair the reservoir and the other team went to repair the road. Qiao Mo and his team went to the reservoir under the leadership of Captain Li.
Mingshan Reservoir is the largest reservoir in Wuning County. After it is fully repaired, it can irrigate farmland in several surrounding counties. It is a key project in Shaoxing City.
They first went to the commune to meet up with other brigades, and then were taken to Mingshan Reservoir by people from the commune.
It took half a day to get to Mingshan Reservoir from the commune. They set out from the commune at around ten o'clock in the morning, and it was already past four in the afternoon when they arrived at their destination. No one dared to stop, and they set up their tents after allocating the site.
The tents were provided by the reservoir, one for every two people. Kang Mingyuan and Han Yimo lived together. No other women from their village came, so Qiao Mo lived in a tent by herself, which made her very happy.
Kang Mingyuan was worried about Qiao Mo and insisted on setting up the tent next to her.
There was no bed in the tent, so Qiao Mo put a thick layer of straw on the ground, then put the straw mat she brought on top, and finally put the sleeping bag on top. The sleeping bag was specially prepared by her for building the reservoir.
The cotton for the sleeping bags was obtained from the black market boss named Wang Xiaoshan when she was selling chestnuts. Not only did she make it for herself, she also made some for Kang Mingyuan and Han Yimo.
"Qiao Mo, it's time to eat." Qiao Mo packed up his things, and Kang Mingyuan shouted outside: This is the canteen in Xiti. Each commune has a canteen. If you go too late, the food will be cold.
"Coming." Qiao Mo responded and walked out of the tent with the lunch box.
It was their first day, and the meal was quite plentiful: rice and sweet potato rice, and the side dishes were stir-fried pork belly with dried beans and stir-fried shredded radish. Although there wasn't much meat in it, it was still quite oily.
The cafeteria was just a larger tent, so naturally there were no tables or chairs for everyone to sit on. After they got their meals, they went to their own tents, and then each of them took out a mat and sat outside the tent to eat.
"This dish is too disgusting, it has no taste at all." Han, whose stomach had been spoiled by Qiao Mo, was full of disgust.
Although Kang Mingyuan didn't say anything, his frown said it all.
"This is a big pot dish, how can it be compared with a stir-fry?" Qiao Mo saw them stuffing rice into their mouths, so he had to go and get a bottle of fermented black beans and chili peppers for them to eat with the rice.
Qiao Mo thought that someone might come to repair the reservoir, so she used some of the soybeans that were shared by several people to make ten kilograms of fermented black beans. After the matter was settled, she fried a few bottles of fermented black beans and chili peppers.
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