Chapter 62: Chopping Wood

The others looked at each other.

"This is a voluntary matter. Since they are unwilling to sweep the snow from their own dens, we can just clear the roads we should sweep and the snow from our own dens.

I can't force others to do this. If you have any opinions, you can make your own decision.

After all, this is not an official act, but my personal advice to you. "

Xia Zhi said to everyone very sincerely, after all, this matter is my own consent, and she knows the consequences, but others do not. Many people really think that she is meddling in other people's business.

Although she knows this experience most of the time, it is obviously not that easy to get recognition from others.

I am not prepared to gain recognition from others.

People are like this. If you don't suffer a loss or be fooled, you won't know the consequences. You will always feel that others are dictating.

Liu Haidong, Zhao Hong and the others shook their heads,

"No, Xia Zhi, we listen to you. Anyway, there is nothing to do. We are just resting in the den in the ground. We need books or newspapers here.

It's better to go out and do some work, move around and keep yourself warm.

Can Comrade Xia Zhi make a request to you? "

Liu Haidong came up with his face wrapped around his face.

"Eldest nephew, what do you want to do?"

Liu Zhiyan looked at Liu Haidong with a cold face and was a little angry when she saw that he was not a good person. After all, she was his aunt.

"Auntie, don't be like this. I'm not a bad person. I just keep smelling the aroma of food coming from your and Xia Zhi's nest.

You also know who can cook when we are at home?

With my two knives, it is not easy to cook the rice well, but it is too difficult to make it delicious.

In the few months since I lived here, I almost vomited from the food I cooked, so we discussed whether we could have a fire.

You see how pitiful we two grown men are. We have lost weight due to hunger in the past few months, and we are about to rest and cannot go to the canteen on the construction site to eat.

You have to come back and cook for yourself. We are willing to send the food there and we can join forces, okay? "

Liu Zhiyan waved her hands hurriedly when she heard this.

"You can pull me down. Who's going to be your partner?

It’s not like you don’t know that Captain Zhou eats with all of us every day. You come here and you have the nerve to take advantage of Captain Zhou’s meal? "

Liu Haidong retracted his head silently, forgetting about Captain Zhou.

Forgetting that Captain Zhou had three meals a day, he went to Diwozi on time to report.

Alas, what a bad luck.

"It's definitely not possible to cook on weekdays. You can only handle the cooking matters by yourself. This is not a matter of one or two days. If you really want to cook with us, I'm afraid we won't be happy.

After all, who wants to come back from work, already tired, and have to cook for everyone?

Are you willing to put it on you? "

Xia Zhi's words with a smile immediately made Wang Zhiguo, who lived with Liu Haidong and him, shake his head.

"I'm sure you won't be happy about that."

"Yes, I'm comparing myself to my own, why would a lesbian cook for you?

Even when Liu Qianjin came to our place to eat, he would help us collect firewood and water. He would protect us when we went out and do some physical work for us within his ability. "

"But we can do it too."

Liu Haidong thought he could struggle. Although Captain Zhou was strict, Captain Zhou couldn't stop others from cooking together.

"You guys really don't need to think about cooking. Although you can do it, Liu Jinjin has already done all the work for both of us. If you come, you will take credit for Liu Jinjin.

In fact, cooking for two people is not that difficult. If you encounter any problems when cooking and you don’t understand, you can come to us and ask us, and we can also guide you.

And if there are only two people, it will be easy for you to coordinate this relationship.

If you cook delicious food for yourself, even if you marry a daughter-in-law in the future, you can also use your good cooking skills to convince her daughter-in-law. "

When Liu Haidong heard this, he couldn't help but laugh.

"Hey, now that we're here, why do we still want to have a wife?

There are more women than men here, so where can we get a wife? "

Everyone couldn't help laughing, and the matter was finally over.

Dozens of people started clearing the snow in full swing.

The young comrades who came to inform them saw that everyone was working and felt that the captain was really worried. I don’t know why the educated youth this time were particularly easy to take care of.

Compared with the educated youths of previous years, they have a lot less things to do, and they are very sensible. You see, it has only been snowing for a long time, and people came out to clear the snow themselves.

Zhou Zhengan naturally didn't take this kind of trivial matter to heart. Everyone spent the first snow like this. After the snow stopped, the north wind started blowing, and the weather here turned into a real severe cold.

At its highest, the temperature here can drop to minus 40 degrees.

Generally speaking, the temperature in the underground nest is pretty good. After all, the height of the underground nest is not high enough, and there is a fire wall inside, making it airtight. Overall, the thermal insulation ability is pretty good.

The educated youth also huddled in their dens in the ground, no one wanted to go out.

But the saddest thing is that I have to go out to collect firewood every ten days and a half. If I don't collect firewood, the temperature in this place will be unbearable.

Who can afford to burn charcoal these days? Everyone uses local materials.

On this day, Xia Zhi and Liu Zhiyan wore thick clothes, scarves and hats, and went out to chop wood with gloves and axes.

The splint on Liu Zhiyan's arm has been removed. After the medical staff's examination, she has recovered well.

Basically, her arm has recovered as before.

It's just that it's not three months since the normal injury.

But she has no problem doing basic housework. This time, she went out with Xia Zhi to chop firewood, but of course she was not the one chopping firewood.

She was responsible for carrying a load of firewood. Even if she brought back a bundle of firewood, it could reduce the burden for everyone.

At this moment, they got along well with Liu Haidong and Zhao Hong. Every time they chopped firewood, more than a dozen people went together.

In this way, there is strength in numbers.

The men were responsible for chopping firewood, and the women were responsible for carrying firewood down.

Basically, it's not tiring for men and women to work together.

And it can also ensure safety. If they go out, they don't have to worry about encountering wild animals.

They had to go out quickly. The weather was gloomy. It was not long before it would snow again.

They went to chop firewood in advance to avoid not being able to go out for a few days after the snow.

When they walked out of the cave, they saw other people.

Everyone chatted and laughed, and walked directly to the reed marsh. The reed marsh was good in winter, the ground was frozen hard, even the mud would be frozen hard.

In winter, this was obviously the best place to chop firewood. In addition to the reeds, there were more Haloxylon ammodendron near the reed marsh.

Given the moisture of the soil here, Haloxylon ammodendron grew very luxuriantly here.