60s: I have a store

Chapter 237 Engineer

The captain took these people to register first.

Most people in Shuangtian Village are curious about Zhoujiazhuang. On their way in just now, they also noticed the differences of Zhoujiazhuang.

What surprised them was that although the villagers here also had vegetables, they were very energetic.

It doesn't seem like everyone is hungry, but they are running out of oil and water.

The people in Zhoujiazhuang did not deny this.

Despite Zhou Yimin's help, the villagers did not starve, but their food was indeed average. They had been eating sweet potatoes and potatoes for almost two months.

It is true that there is no profit, and there is nothing wrong with admitting it.

In addition, people in Shuangtian Village also noticed the difference between Zhoujiazhuang and other villages, the most obvious of which was the area covered with plastic film.

Some of them didn't even know what it was, and only after someone explained it did they have some understanding.

After registration, the team leader chatted with Village Chief Liang for a few more words, then took everyone to the village cafeteria for dinner.

We ate steamed buns made of two-grain flour.

Erhe flour is actually a mixture of two different kinds of flour or cereals.

For example, flour made from a mixture of cornmeal and soybean flour.

Therefore, two-piece noodles do not necessarily contain wheat flour.

Although it is not wheat flour, it is very good to eat two-cow flour these days. You know, in their Shuangtian Village, they have to save steamed bread.

"There is a quota for each meal. Once you finish eating, there will be no more. You can take away the leftovers." The team leader told them.

After these words were spoken, the people in Shuangtian Village not only did not become dissatisfied, but they were very happy instead.

The family asked them to work, but they actually hoped that they could bring some food back. Originally, they were still thinking about how to ask for it! Now, they can bring their own rations back openly.

Each person had five steamed buns made of two ounces of flour. Many of them only ate two, leaving three to take home. Of course, if they were too hungry to work, they would still have to eat one.

We can’t let hunger affect our work, otherwise the people in Zhoujiazhuang will be dissatisfied.

"The steamed buns made with two layers of flour are really delicious."

"Nonsense, there's a lot of cornmeal mixed in!"

"I'm going to take the remaining three home."

"Me too. I have another meal at noon and dinner, so I can save a little." The man with a missing tooth said happily.

his home
In this way, although they could not feed their family members, at least they would not starve to death. For them, this was already a very good result.

"Don't be lazy at work. If anyone causes trouble for everyone, don't blame us for not caring about our fellow countrymen."

If there are people who only eat and do not work, which affects their reputation in Zhoujiazhuang, making the people of Zhoujiazhuang dissatisfied with them or even driving them away, then don't blame them.

"Do I need you to remind me? We all want to do it longer!"

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After everyone had finished eating, the team leader led the people from Shuangtian Village to the back mountain.

In the back mountain, many villagers were already waiting here, and there were many tools placed on the side, such as stone hammers, shovels, hoes, wheelbarrows, manure bases, etc.

In addition, there are a hundred neatly stacked bags of cement.

I don't know if it will be enough. You know, cement is not cheap now. The price of cement is 114.65 yuan per ton. One ton is 2,000 kilograms. Twenty bags of cement cost about 5.8 yuan per bag. Here, 100 bags cost more than 500 yuan.

The village certainly cannot come up with so much money for the time being. These are all things Zhou Yimin has brought back. He will keep the money as a debt for now and will pay it back slowly when the village's finances recover.

Zhou Yimin was not in a hurry. He bought the 100 bags of cement for one dollar, so the cost was only one dollar. However, he couldn't give it to the village for free. At most, he would let the village owe him money first and they would have to pay it back later.

You can't just keep giving, that's not good. A little bit of rice is a thank you, a big bit of rice is a grudge, this is the conclusion of our ancestors, it must be right.

Besides, if he always acts selflessly, it may easily lead the villagers to develop bad habits and turn them into giant babies, which would be bad.

Zhou Yimin also didn't want to raise an ungrateful person. Just like the one in a certain courtyard house, the protagonist raised the three children of the widow Qin with all his heart and effort, and even ignored his own son. In the end, he was driven out of the house because of his old age, froze to death in a bridge hole, and was finally eaten by wild dogs.

Among those people, there was one who was wearing a Zhongshan suit and stood out particularly.

The captain walked over and greeted the man with great respect: "Engineer Xu, everyone is here."

This man is called Xu Xiangbei. Although he is young, he is already a civil engineer.

Engineers of this era are incredible.

Although Zhoujiazhuang is building a small reservoir, it cannot be built randomly, and it needs certain technical support. Otherwise, it will be like the later Ah San, who had the dam collapsed not long after it was built.

In later generations, Asan made many jokes.

For example, a certain bridge collapsed three times, which is outrageous.

Every country has shoddy construction, there is nothing to laugh at, our country also has it. However, a bridge can collapse three times, it is unprecedented.

Generally speaking, if a building collapses once, people will not dare to cut corners again. However, in India, that is not the case. Three times is nothing.

According to Zhoujiazhuang's strength, it is not qualified to hire engineers.

You know, the monthly salary of an engineer, even the lowest-level engineer, is more than 100 yuan. How can Zhoujiazhuang afford it?

Xu Xiangbei was found by Zhou Yimin through Zhang Jianshe's relationship. He provided technical support for the sake of the research institute's reputation.

In fact, two days ago, Xu Xiangbei had already arrived in Zhoujiazhuang and conducted various exploration work on the valley behind the mountain of Zhoujiazhuang to find the most suitable location for building a dam.

During these two days, Zhoujiazhuang treated him very courteously and he lived quite well.

"Okay! Let's start the work when the deadline comes! Let's clear all the weeds here today. Here, we will dig a water diversion channel. I have marked the locations, so just dig according to the marked locations." Xu Xiangbei said.

Building a reservoir cannot be completed in a short period of time. It needs to be done step by step and cannot be rushed.

After hearing what Xu Xiangbei said, the team leader immediately called on everyone to get to work: "Let's get started! Women will be responsible for clearing the weeds here, and men will use hoes to dig a water channel."

As soon as the captain finished speaking, everyone started to clear the weeds.

And for safety reasons, many people carry hunting rifles just in case, for fear of encountering any large animals in the back mountain.

Village Chief Liang saw that his villagers were still standing there in a daze, so he quickly shouted, "Didn't you hear what the team leader said? Why are you standing there in a daze? Start working."

Liang Zan and the others only reacted at this time and started to work.

Since there are a lot of people, the speed is relatively fast, and those who can come here are all good at their work, and there are no people who slack off.

It can be said that Liang Liu worked very hard, and it seemed as if he had endless energy. He swung the hoe as if it had no weight at all.

It was the first time that the people in Zhoujiazhuang saw such a powerful person. They couldn't help but sigh at his awesomeness. In order not to be outdone, they also began to dig diligently.

The team leader led the villagers to dig the water channel.

No wonder great people say, "There is strength in numbers!" Isn't this true?
When Village Chief Liang saw that nothing had happened, he prepared to return to the village first. After all, there were still some people left in the village who were not very peaceful, and he would feel uneasy if he didn't keep an eye on them.

"Captain, I'll go back first." said Village Chief Liang.

The captain did not try to persuade him to stay. He smiled and said, "Okay, Village Chief Liang, take care. Don't worry! We will treat these villagers as our own people and will not mistreat anyone."

Village Chief Liang smiled.

Abuse? Impossible.

As long as you have food to eat, it is not considered abuse. On the contrary, in the village, even lying in bed and doing nothing is abuse, you abuse yourself, you are forced to do it, there is nothing you can do.

"The captain is joking."

Before leaving, Village Chief Liang came to Liang Zan and said, "Liang Zan, remember what I told you."

"Uncle, don't worry about me doing the job." Liang Zan said, patting his chest.

Village chief Liang is quite confident in his nephew's ability to get things done, otherwise he would not have entrusted such an important matter to him.

After giving his instructions, Village Chief Liang turned around and left.

Time flies, and soon it is noon.

The villagers of Shuangtian Village are quite looking forward to the lunch. In the morning, they can eat steamed buns made of two-grain flour. Maybe it will be better at noon, right?

Although it is a steamed bun made of only two grams of flour, it is a rare delicacy for the villagers of Shuangtian Village.

The captain said: "Comrades, everyone has worked hard today, let's go eat!"

Then he brought the group to the dining hall, where the food had been prepared early.

After everyone entered, the captain said, "Comrades, let's eat!"

In order to ensure that the people who were building the reservoir had better food, they specifically asked Zhou Yimin for help and bought some fatty meat to refine into oil, and the oil residue was used for cooking.

If there was meat for every meal, the village certainly couldn't afford it, but by eating this way, the workers could have some food in their stomachs, so the village could accept it.

Liang Zan and others were shocked by the food in front of them.

Although the steamed buns are still made of two-grain flour, the dishes are cooked with oil residue, and the amount of oil residue is quite large. This kind of good food is usually only available during the Chinese New Year.

After all, even getting enough to eat is a problem, so how can you get meat?
The villagers of Shuangtian Village were very grateful that they came to Zhoujiazhuang to work instead of other people going to the commune to repair the canal. Everyone immediately felt that the morning's work was quite worthwhile.

At the beginning, many people in the village thought that the food in the commune would definitely be better than that in Zhoujiazhuang.

Therefore, many people were vying for the 40 places in the commune. They felt that the commune had more food than Zhoujiazhuang and they could eat more.

Among these people, only a few, such as Liang Zan, took the initiative to ask to come to Zhoujiazhuang.

Others, because they failed in the draw, could only come to Zhoujiazhuang.

However, they did not expect that the food in Zhoujiazhuang was so good. Even in the commune, it should not be possible to eat like this, right? Everyone believed that there were steamed buns made of two-grain flour, but it should be difficult to eat oil residue.

Although the commune was "rich", its expenses were also high and it was impossible for everyone to eat so well.

One of them couldn't help but sigh: "If I could always have this kind of food, I would work until I die!"

"Yes, I can do it too!" Many people echoed.

Liang Liu said at this time: "What are you still chatting about? Isn't it better to eat?"

After saying that, he started to eat. After all, he had worked for the whole morning and was very hungry, so he began to eat ravenously.

When the rest of the people saw that Liang Liu had already started eating, they couldn’t help themselves, fearing that if they ate too slowly, the food would be finished by others.

Liang Zan had been looking for Zhou Yimin, but he didn't see Zhou Yimin all morning.

It seems that Zhou Yimin doesn't come back to Zhoujiazhuang often.

Forget it, let’s eat first!
Being very hungry, he couldn't help but join the "battle".

Compared with the villagers in Shuangtian Village, the villagers in Zhoujiazhuang are more "gentlemanly". They have been eating steamed buns made of two grams of flour these days, but rarely eat stir-fried dishes with oil residue, and meat is still much more "precious".

At this time, a villager from Shuangtian Village had a steamed bun stuck in his throat because he ate too fast. When Liang Zan saw this, he hurriedly poured water out of the kettle.

I can only say that luckily the owner of the card had a small bun, so it could go down easily by drinking some water, otherwise it would have been troublesome.

Liang Zan said at this time: "It's really worth it to eat. Don't worry, there is so much food here anyway."

Although the two meals at noon and in the evening are also fixed, they are more than the five steamed buns in the morning.

Liang Zan didn't know that Zhou Yimin had never eaten in the village canteen, but always ate at home.

In addition, Xu Xiangbei also went to Zhou Yimin's house.

As a technician who provided technical support, the village still gave him preferential treatment. The old secretary was afraid of neglecting him, so he asked Zhou Yimin to let Xu Gong go to Zhou Yimin's house for dinner.

Everyone in the village knows that Zhou Yimin's family has the best food.

Secondly, it is the school where the children go to school.

The last option is the village canteen. Therefore, if Zhou Yimin's family cannot accommodate them, the old secretary plans to let Xu Gong go to school and eat with the group of children.

However, how could Zhou Yimin refuse such a small matter?

Besides, Xu Gong was hired by him through Uncle Zhang's connections, so it was reasonable for him to entertain him.

"Brother Xu, how is it?" Zhou Yimin asked.

"Not bad! The progress is good. At this rate, we hope to complete the entire project before the end of the year. Of course, the premise is that there is no reduction in manpower." Xu Xiangbei said.

He came to Zhoujiazhuang, on the one hand, to give face to Zhang Jianshe and the research institute; on the other hand, he admired Zhou Yimin.

Zhou Yimin was only a few years younger than him, but he had already invented many products. He admired him for this. Therefore, when he learned that it was Zhou Yimin who asked him to come, he agreed without hesitation.

When he arrived here, Zhou Yimin treated him with courtesy and called him Brother Xu, which made him more determined to do a good job.

"Don't worry, Brother Xu, the manpower will only increase, not decrease."

They ate and chatted.

Today's meal is still rich. In addition to rice, there is also goose stewed in an iron pot.

Xu Xiangbei even forgot when was the last time he ate goose.

Although his salary is high, his food is just average, about the same as that of ordinary people.

"Brother Xu, eat more."

"OK OK."

He had to go back to the city in the afternoon. He had already given instructions at the construction site, so there shouldn't be any major problems.

(End of this chapter)