60s: I have a store

Chapter 244 Chow Tai Fook Cigarette Distribution

Xu Xiangbei went there with the drawings.

After arriving at the site, we checked the drawings and stopped from time to time to observe the geological structure of the dam-building site. This is very important. If the geology is not good, building a dam is dangerous.

Although this is just a small dam and the water storage capacity is not very large, it is still better to pay attention to safety. Otherwise, why did Zhou Yimin ask him to come?
"Help me dig here and see." Xu Xiangbei said.

As soon as he finished speaking, the old branch secretary waved to the people who were busy nearby: "Come here and do what Engineer Xu tells you to do."

After hearing Xu Xiangbei's request, the villagers began to dig that area with hoes and other tools.

Soon, the stone was dug up.

Then he changed to a shovel and chiseled out a piece of stone.

Xu Xiangbei took the chiseled stone and studied it for a while. Finally, he concluded that it was no problem to build a dam here, as it could withstand the combined effects of the dam body and water pressure.

"Do you have explosives? Detonators would be best." Xu Xiangbei asked again.

The rock layer here is relatively shallow, and you will reach the rock layer after digging a few meters. Therefore, if you want to build a dam, you must split the rock layer. If you do it manually, the construction efficiency will be low and it will be very tiring.

If we had explosives, it would be much easier.

The old branch secretary was shocked.

Although every village now has guns and explosives, they are not numerous and have not yet reached that level of proliferation.

"We don't have detonators in our village. We need to go to the commune to look for them," said the old branch secretary.

Since we are doing this kind of project, we can actually apply for some support from the commune, whether it is funding or materials, there should be some, right?

The commune must have things like detonators.

The detonator was invented very early, and we have all heard of its inventor, the famous Nobel.

At that time, it was already known that nitroglycerin was a very powerful explosive, but because it was too sensitive, it would explode when subjected to vibration, impact or sparks. It was very dangerous and therefore had no practical value.

Nobel discovered that nitroglycerin would be very stable after being adsorbed by diatomaceous earth - but how to detonate it became a problem. After many experiments and paying the price of blood, he finally found that nitroglycerin adsorbed by diatomaceous earth could be detonated with mercuric fulminate.

Putting mercury fulminate in a small tube makes it a detonator.

In the past, detonators contained only mercury fulminate, which was not very stable. When it came into contact with copper and other materials and became damp, it was easy to produce unstable fulminate and cause accidents. Later, lead azide was also used in detonators, which was more stable.

"Try to apply for some from the commune, and your future work will be much easier." Xu Xiangbei suggested.

The rubble produced by blasting can also be used in dam construction, killing two birds with one stone.

Afterwards, Xu Xiangbei gave some instructions on the work, and when the sun was strong, he asked the old branch secretary and his men to rest in the shade. They dared not use such talents as cattle and horses!

Chow Tai Fook is having a hard time.

He had wanted to work in the city for a long time. The whole village knew how hard he tried, but luck always played tricks on him.

You know, there have been several waves of young people from the village moving to the city, but he always missed out.
In the words of his family: Eating shit is not as good as eating hot shit!

However, through his hard work, he saved a lot of money. Although he was not the richest man in Zhoujiazhuang, he was definitely in the top ten. He had to keep that money to buy a job.

In fact, his family wanted him to spend money to get married, but Zhou Dafu refused and said that he would marry a girl from the city in the future.

People who have been to the city more often and have seen the world actually look down on rural girls.

"Hey! Do you have any cigarettes left? Give me one." The person next to him came over.

Everyone knew that this guy made some money hunting in the mountains, and his cigarettes were more expensive, so many people came to Chow Tai Fook to ask for cigarettes.

Zhou Dafu usually wouldn't refuse. Strictly speaking, the game in the mountains belonged to the group, but no one said anything, so he had to express his opinion, right?

"That's all." Chow Tai Fook took out the pack of cigarettes, with five left.

Soon, all the cigarettes were snatched away by everyone, and not even the cigarette boxes were returned to Chow Tai Fook.

"Da Fu, when will we go into the mountains again?" someone asked.

The three stupid roe deer just now gave them some ideas. If they could meet a few more, it would be like picking up money! Young people always have some ideas and will not lie down and accept their fate so quickly.

"Did your father ask you to go?" Chow Tai Fook asked him back.

In the past, when people were hungry, they might let men go in and try their luck. But since Yimin came back and fed the villagers, few people took risks.

Even Zhou Dafu's parents tried to persuade him many times, but he wouldn't listen, even when they beat him. There was nothing they could do! They could only let him go, life and death were determined by fate.

"Go secretly."

"Then let's not do that. If your father comes to settle the score with me, I'll be in trouble." Chow Tai Fook waved his hands quickly.

At this time, Zhou Yimin came over and brought a few buckets of mung bean soup with sugar in it. Only Zhou Yimin could do this.

"Come on, take a break and have a bowl of mung bean soup!" Zhou Yimin shouted.

As soon as this was said, the people at the scene put down their tools and walked towards the shade. Many people were already sweating profusely. If they hadn't had a good breakfast, some of them would have definitely collapsed.

An old lady from the village brought a few village women to share mung bean soup.

"Come one by one and line up. What are you doing? Go to the back." said the aunt, and drove out a guy who was trying to cut in line.

They didn't bring so many bowls, so the person in front finished their drink quickly and passed the bowl to the next person.

do the washing up?

nonexistent.

There was no need to be so particular, let alone a little bit of saliva. Even if someone spitted, there would be many people rushing to eat it. Now, they knew best how precious a mouthful of food was.

Especially the group of people from Shuangtian Village.

Drinking the sweet mung bean soup makes you feel refreshed, just like eating chilled watermelon in June.

"It has to be Zhoujiazhuang, they actually put sugar in it."

"Yes! I think a lot of it, it's really sweet." Another person licked his lips and wanted to eat more. He had no choice but to pour a glass of water from the cup he brought with him and poured it into his stomach.

It would be nice to have mung bean soup.

Who would add sugar?

It must be said that Zhoujiazhuang's behavior is a luxury. They are once again grateful that they can come to Zhoujiazhuang to work. If possible, they are willing to continue working there.

On Zhou Yimin's side, the old branch secretary and others talked about detonators.

He checked the supermarkets in his mind and found none, so he could only ask the secretary to go to the commune to ask. If that didn't work, he would use his connections.

Knowing so many people, there must be a channel, right?
"Brother Xu, drink some more, there's still a lot!" Zhou Yimin said.

Xu Xiangbei blocked a few times with his hands: "Enough, it's really enough."

(End of this chapter)