Chu Tian took the company bus back to the regiment, pulled the carriage out from Li Gang, and without wandering around, went to the supply and marketing cooperative to take away 18 bottles of white wine, then turned around and went back to the brigade.
The next morning, lots were drawn to decide who would dig the canal. Chu Tian and Chu Jie had previously suggested that whoever had the lowest work points would go. However, after discussion with Captain Sun and several other team leaders, they felt that this was not very reasonable, because some families had small populations, so their work points would naturally be much less than those of large families.
Voluntary registration?
Sorry, after he notified everyone, one person signed up after a day, and then no one signed up anymore.
So Captain Sun finally decided to draw lots for the remaining 49 places and rely on personal luck.
"Tsk tsk, what are you doing here so early?"
Chu Tian and his companions left home not too late. He thought that there would be few people going at this time. After all, Captain Sun said the time was nine o'clock in the morning. If you go early, you have to wait until the other team members arrive before you can draw lots. As a result, he didn't expect that there were still twenty minutes before nine o'clock, and the entrance of the brigade office was already full of people who came to draw lots.
Chu Jie smiled and continued, "They probably thought that if they arrived too early, they wouldn't be able to get a chance..."
Chu Min lowered his head and couldn't help laughing. "Luck doesn't distinguish between early and late. Even if he was the first one to draw, it's still his turn to draw..."
Uncle Chu's eldest son, Chu Wei, nodded and said, "The result is destined and cannot be changed..."
Chu Tian chuckled, "It can still be changed..."
Just when Chu Wei wanted to ask how to change it if he was drawn, he saw Chu Jun coming and several people greeted him.
"Brother Jun..."
"Brother Jun..."
"Big Brother"
"Big Brother"
Chu Jun walked up to Chu Tian and said, "You guys came early."
Chu Min raised his eyebrows, "Brother, you are late."
Chu Jun smiled and said, "I got up early and went to the fields to pull corn stalks, so I came back a little late..."
Chu Tian was surprised, "Brother, those captains have already divided them among us, why are you in such a hurry to bring them back?"
Chu Jun scratched his head. "Isn't this nothing? I just want to finish it quickly so that everything is fine."
After a pause, he continued, "Besides, if I am chosen, and I don't bring all the firewood back as soon as possible, how will our mother and Daya do it?"
When everyone wanted to say something else, Captain Sun came out of the brigade headquarters with Accountant Xu who was carrying a basket and several team leaders from the brigade.
"Everyone, be quiet, be quiet, line up and draw lots one by one!"
It didn't take long to draw lots, so even though the Chu brothers were standing at the back, it would soon be their turn.
Chu Tian looked at the only paper ball left in the basket, reached out to take it out and walked back to the Chu brothers.
When Captain Sun saw that everyone had picked up a piece of paper, he shouted, "Everyone can open the paper balls now. If the paper balls are blank, they didn't win. If there are words on them, they won."
As soon as Captain Sun finished speaking, he heard people praying to Buddha nearby. He turned his head to look at his brothers and saw that Chu Min and Chu Jie had the same indifferent look as himself, while his eldest brother Chu Jun and cousin Chu Wei looked nervous...
Chu Tian withdrew his gaze, lowered his head and quickly unfolded the small piece of paper. Seeing that there was nothing on it, he smiled.
Looking sideways at Chu Min, Chu Jie and Chu Jun, all of whom had relaxed smiles on their faces, they realized that the three of them had not been drawn either. Finally, everyone looked at Chu Wei and saw that he had a frown on his face.
Chu Jie frowned, "Brother Wei, did you win?"
(I suddenly realized that calling myself Wei Ge doesn’t sound very nice…)
Chu Wei nodded, "Hmm..."
Chu Jie opened his mouth and wanted to say something, and Chu Wei smiled again and said.
"It's okay. My dad told me last night that it's okay to win the lottery. When we came here, we brought a pair of rain boots that almost reach the knees. When the time comes, we will ask everyone to wear thicker clothes and put a couple of extra insoles in the rain boots, so they won't be cold..."
Chu Tian nodded when he heard this. "If I had rain boots, that would be much better. At least my legs and feet wouldn't get cold..."
Chu Jun also said, "Actually, they don't necessarily go there to dig sewers. There are also people who transport silt back and forth. When the time comes, Xiaowei, you can talk to the supervisor and see if you can do the transportation work..."
"Yeah, I know!"
In fact, whether or not he won the lottery, Chu Wei had a mixed feeling about the pros and cons. If he won, his father said that the work points he earned would belong to the public, but the fifty cents would all go to their family. The downside was that he wouldn't be able to see his wife and children for more than a month...
If you don’t win, although you won’t earn any pocket money, the advantage is that you can spend time with your children and wife.
In short, you can't have your cake and eat it too!
Captain Sun looked at the team members, some of whom were gloating while others were looking miserable, and then he spoke.
"Did everyone see the results?"
"The selected team members can go back and pack their bags now. After lunch, the company will send the selected team members to the regiment headquarters for assembly."
"Okay, everyone disperse!"
Old Mrs. Chu was pickling radish leaves in the yard. When she saw Chu Tian coming back, she hurriedly stood up to greet him.
"My dear grandson, how's it going? You didn't win, did you?"
Chu Tian smiled and shook his head, "No."
Old Mrs. Chu exhaled, "Okay, okay, it's good that I didn't win..."
Chu Tian thought for a moment and said, "Brother Jie, my eldest brother, and my second brother didn't win the lottery either, but..."
Mrs. Chu was stunned for a moment, then reacted and asked, "Did your second uncle's family win the lottery?"
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