"Uncle Xiangyang, please help me call a few people. I need to repair the cellar in the yard."
They were about to leave, and Qilu Province was more than a thousand miles away from Yunnan Province, so Zhang Shuguang had to first ensure that his family had sufficient food reserves.
Fortunately, there was a cellar at home, but it was abandoned in the past few years because there was no surplus food at home. It can be used after a simple cleanup.
"Then who else do we need? Jianguang and I, along with Xiang Qian and Xiang Peng, will be enough."
Whenever Zhang Shuguang has something to do, everyone in the village will rush over to help.
However, the project is too small to be worth mobilizing a large number of people. Just two close people can fix it.
"Okay, I'll go home and prepare some wine and food. Uncle Xiangyang, we don't have any tools at home, so don't forget to bring them with you when you go over."
If our own people go to repair it, they won’t ask for wages, so we’d better treat them with good wine and food.
Although it is definitely better than paying wages, the relationship will definitely become closer as time goes by, so some money must be spent.
"Okay, the team has all the tools ready."
Just a moment after Zhang Shuguang arrived home, Zhang Xiangyang and his son, as well as Zhang Xiangqian and his brother, arrived with shovels, pickaxes, baskets and ropes.
"Xiao Guang, how do you think we can practice this method?"
Zhang Xiangpeng first went down to the cellar to take a look, then came out to ask Zhang Shuguang for his opinion.
"I need to expand the cellar. I'm going to Yunnan Province to store more food for my grandparents.
The steps down to the cellar must be repaired to make it easier for the elderly to get in and out. I don’t have any other requirements.”
Zhang Shuguang expressed his thoughts.
"Okay, that's easy. I just checked the cellar and the soil underneath isn't frozen. We can dig it out quickly."
Qilu Province is located in the north, but not too far north. The frozen soil layer is not thick and cannot freeze into the cellar at all.
"Xiao Li, please go to my house and ask your aunt and your aunt to borrow a cart from the material warehouse."
Zhang Xiangqian said to Zhang Shengli.
Since we are expanding the cellar, we will inevitably have to dig out a lot of soil. It is not a good idea to pile it up in the yard, so we might as well just push it out with a wheelbarrow.
The plan had been finalized, so the few people didn't waste any more time and went straight down to the cellar.
Zhang Xiangqian and Zhang Xiangpeng were responsible for expanding the cellar with pickaxes, Zhang Xiangyang used a shovel to fill the soil, and Zhang Shuguang and Zhang Jianguang were responsible for transporting the soil out with baskets.
Soon, Gao Fei and Sun Ximei, each with their eldest sons, Zhang Xiguang and Zhang Liangguang, came over pushing two small carts and began to push the soil out of the yard.
Several people divided the work among themselves and dug the cellar in an orderly manner, and the progress was not slow.
"My two uncles, Uncle Xiang Peng, take a break, have a drink of water and a cigarette before we continue."
After all, people are not machines. They cannot work all the time. They need to take a break in the middle.
"You are my nephew. It is a blessing for us to be able to help you with some work."
The cigarettes were Zhonghua cigarettes, and they couldn’t name the tea, but they knew it smelled good.
After taking a break from smoking a cigarette, they continued to work.
"Oh no! We dug up a big one. I guess we can't expand southwards anymore. Maybe we can expand eastwards and westwards!"
Zhang Shuguang's home is close to the mountains, so it is normal to dig out big rocks in the yard.
According to Zhang Xiangqian's experience, the big stone he dug was very large, and it would be difficult to transport it out even if he dug it out.
"The east side is the south-facing room, and the west side is the kitchen. We can't hollow it out underneath, otherwise it will be unsafe in case of a heavy rain."
Zhang Xiangyang came to the big bluestone and knocked around it with a pickaxe.
"Uncle, you two, please make way. Let me take a look."
Zhang Shuguang took the pickaxe and cleared away the loose soil and gravel around the big rock, revealing a large bluestone inside with a diameter of more than one meter.
"No, I really can't get out."
Zhang Xiangpeng took a rough measurement at the entrance of the cellar.
"If you can't get out, break it open."
Zhang Shuguang secretly exerted force and hit the crack in the middle of the bluestone with an iron pickaxe. Sparks immediately flew from the contact point between the iron pickaxe and the bluestone.
"Xiao Guang, brute force won't work. Is your jaw injured?"
Zhang Xiangyang quickly took the pickaxe and went to check Zhang Shu's hands.
"Uncle, I'm fine."
"Click, click, whoosh~~"
The bluestone embedded in the cellar wall was broken into pieces, and several small stones fell to the ground.
"What kind of strength do you have? It's too scary, isn't it?"
The people present were all farmers, and the thing they had the most was strength, but they had never seen anyone as strong as Zhang Shuguang.
Whether digging a road or digging a river, it is common to dig up large rocks. In the past, they had to be slowly broken open with a hammer and chisel.
How could there be someone like Zhang Shuguang? He could do it with just a pickaxe.
"Uncle, it's not as exaggerated as you think. There is a crack in the middle of this big bluestone. I just used some clever strength."
Zhang Shuguang pointed to the texture in the middle of the bluestone.
"Xiao Guang is really strong. There is no big rock without a crack in the middle, but I have never seen one cracked like this before."
Several people did not agree with Zhang Shuguang's explanation, but they did not dwell on it any longer.
After praising Zhang Shuguang a few words, he started working again.
By noon, the cellar had been expanded to a large enough size. In the afternoon, all we had to do was smooth the walls, clear out all the loose soil, and then dig out the steps.
"Grandpa and aunt, uncle and aunt, eat first. We can do the remaining work in the afternoon."
For lunch, Liu Guixiang and Su Hong made stewed meat and noodles.
The white noodles, topped with fragrant broth and a spoonful of large meat chunks, made the whole group feel extremely satisfied.
After they had eaten and drunk their fill, they decided to continue working.
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