Era: Winning since educated youth went to the countryside

Zhou Ziwen's expression also became solemn. He did not expect that the impact of this rainstorm would be so great.

Fortunately, his house is located on a relatively high ground and backed by a mountain, so there is no need to worry about rainwater backflow.

But other families in the village are not so lucky, especially those houses living in low-lying areas. If the dam really collapses, it will be very dangerous.

Chen Shiying on the side also had a look of fear on her face. She grabbed Zhou Ziwen's arm tightly, and her fingers turned white.

Fortunately, everyone's attention was attracted by Wu Dagang's news at this time and they had no time to pay attention to them.

Otherwise, you will inevitably be teased.

Zhou Ziwen's expression also became serious. He immediately asked, "Uncle Wu, what exactly do we need to do? How many people do we need?"

"The commune has organized an engineering team, which will provide technical support and some necessary materials. What we need to do is to provide manpower and carry out the repair work according to the guidance of the engineering team."

Wu Dagang opened his mouth to answer.

"Time is very tight, we need to act immediately." Wu Dagang continued, "The commune requires us to provide at least 300 laborers."

"I've calculated that there are six teams in Dabazi Village. On average, each team only needs about fifty people."

Hearing this, several team leaders present frowned.

Although there are more than a thousand people in Dabazi Village, there are only four or five hundred people who can be considered as laborers. If so many people are to be mobilized at once, the work in the fields will be delayed.

At this time, the team leader stood up and said, "As the team leader of the Dabazi production team, I would like to express my opinion here."

"We, the Dabazi production team, resolutely carried out the tasks assigned by the county and commune leaders."

The team leader went on to say: "Although this will bring us some difficulties, the Tongxin Dam is related to the survival of our Dabazi Village, so we must go all out."

Wu Dagang also nodded and agreed: "Captain is right, let's solve the current difficulties first, and other things can be adjusted later."

After hearing this, several team leaders expressed their understanding. Although they were still a little worried about the farm work, they all knew that building the dam was urgent.

"Secretary Wu, Captain, do we need to transfer some manpower from the Mushroom Group?" Zhou Ziwen asked.

They have always had some surplus manpower in the mushroom group.

After all, Wu Dagang and his team want to train more technical talents.

Wu Dagang looked at Zhou Ziwen, thought for a moment and said:

"Ziwen, the situation of the mushroom group is somewhat special. You can transfer some personnel according to the actual situation, but you must ensure the normal operation of the mushroom cultivation base."

Zhou Ziwen nodded, "Uncle Wu, I understand. I'll discuss with Shiying and see how many people we can mobilize."

"Okay, people from other groups can also recruit more people according to the situation, especially the stonemason group. I hope everyone can participate."

The captain spoke.

The stonemason group is different from other groups, and their skills are very important in the dam construction project.

Repairing the dam requires a lot of stones, and the more talented stonemasons there are, the better.

"No problem." Master Chen from the stonemason team nodded.

The team leaders of other groups were also calculating in their minds how many people they could mobilize.

After the meeting, Zhou Ziwen and Chen Shiying immediately returned to the mushroom cultivation base to make personnel arrangements.

They need to allocate as many people as possible to participate in the dam repair work while ensuring the normal operation of the base.

"Shiying, how many people do you think we can mobilize?" Zhou Ziwen asked.

Chen Shiying thought for a while and said, "Our base is running relatively stably now. Apart from the necessary maintenance personnel, I think it should be no problem to transfer half of the staff over there." The entire Mushroom Group has about a hundred people, and transferring half of them would be about fifty.

Zhou Ziwen nodded. "Okay, then we'll select fifty people. Let's assign tasks and ensure that the people left behind can handle the daily affairs of the base."

They quickly formulated a personnel deployment plan and verbally notified the selected personnel to gather at the village entrance early the next morning to prepare to go to Tongxin Dam.

At the same time, news of the Tongxin Dam collapse spread in the village.

For their own safety, everyone is very supportive of this collective labor.

The next morning, before dawn, a lot of people gathered at the entrance of the village.

The villagers who were selected all brought tools with them.

The stonemason team has all arrived, and Master Chen is emphasizing some precautions to everyone.

Zhou Ziwen and Chen Shiying also arrived at the village entrance early. They wanted to ensure that the fifty members of the Mushroom Group were aware of their tasks and safety issues.

Zhou Ziwen said to everyone: "Our job is to assist the engineering team in repairing the dam. Everyone must obey the instructions and pay attention to safety."

"Team leader, don't worry, we will pay attention."

The team members said one after another.

In fact, it is very beneficial to participate in collective labor.

At least I can get full work points every day.

In addition, according to regulations, those who go to collective labor can also have enough food.

When participating in collective labor, the production team will be responsible for everyone's food.

Generally speaking, the food prepared by the production team at this time was all fine grain, and it was enough to keep the people full. Such good conditions were not always available.

Especially for those families with many people who usually don’t have enough to eat, collective labor is very attractive to them.

Although collective labor is hard, for those who work there all year round, this little hardship is nothing.

As long as they can have enough food to eat, they will definitely work hard without complaint.

People of this era are really simple.

Although there are sometimes some trivial matters and conflicts between neighbors, when real problems arise, there are still many people willing to stand up.

Of course, not everyone is willing to participate in this collective labor.

For example, some of the people who were transferred out of the Youth League Institute were not so happy.

Some of the educated youth in the Youth Institute originally lived in cities, but after coming to the countryside, their lives underwent tremendous changes.

Faced with the hard rural life and labor, some of them feel uncomfortable and even resist.

When they heard that they were going to participate in the repair work of Tongxin Dam, their first reaction was to complain and be dissatisfied.

Of course, in the face of the villagers' expectations and enthusiasm, their opinions seem insignificant.

After gathering at the village entrance, the team, led by the captain, headed towards Tongxin Dam.

Looking at everyone's high-spirited eyes, Zhou Ziwen felt a little emotional.

After watching them leave, Zhou Ziwen, Li Lei and Chen Guowei went to the pig farm together.

These piglets had just been delivered, and Zhou Ziwen was still very concerned about their growth. (End of this chapter)