Chapter 74 Captain Zhou Is Unhappy

This snow fell for three days in a row.

Xiazhi and his friends usually stayed in their dugouts to make quilts. There was no other way. They had to spend the few kilowatt-hours of electricity.

Basically, they had to sweep the snow three times a day.

Since Feng Xizhu and his friends' dugouts collapsed, everyone clearly realized that sweeping the snow was necessary.

Otherwise, everyone would end up like Feng Xizhu and his friends, which would be miserable.

Feng Xizhu and his friends' dugouts took five days to repair. Moreover, they had no place to stay at night, so they had to live in the dugouts that were leaky.

I heard that the six male educated youths in the three dugouts were all sick.

Now they had no place to stay, and no one could make room for them.

No one sympathized with them.

Life was peaceful and leisurely.

After this snow, the weather cleared up. It would last for three days at most, and then it would start to blow and snow again.

But it didn't snow that heavily, but the snow inside and outside made the road outside more difficult to walk.

Ten days later, Xiazhi and his friends had all made their quilts.

The craftsmanship is getting better and better. From the beginning, the stitches were a bit rough, but now the stitches are not only even and dense, but also look particularly beautiful.

Xia Zhi counted the quilts. There were already 100 quilts piled up in their room.

On average, there were so many quilts in each cave, which was not a small number, and all the materials had been made.

They couldn't be left here forever.

Xia Zhi saw that the snow had stopped and the weather was good, so he hurried to find Zhou Zhengan.

"Captain, we want to borrow a horse carriage from the team to send those quilts to the county."

He was embarrassed to find it, and Zhou Zhengan said to borrow a truck. Trucks need to burn oil, and this oil requires oil coupons, which are generally used by the public.

Xia Zhi knew that he must not take advantage of the public in such matters, especially for a special unit like theirs.

Zhou Zhengan hesitated for a moment, and he also thought that the educated youth had made so many quilts. If they were pulled by a horse carriage, it would probably not be able to pull them all.

But if a truck was used, it would be taking advantage of the public.

"Can you drive a horse-drawn carriage?"

"I can drive one, and it seems that Liu Haidong can drive one, too. I think two horse-drawn carriages are about the same. If we tie the quilts tightly, it should be OK."

Xia Zhi calculated that they now have more than 1,000 quilts.

If the quilts are pressed tightly, two horse-drawn carriages should be enough.

Four people can deliver all these quilts.

Zhou Zhengan thought about it.

"The canteen? How are the dishes there? Do you need to deliver the dishes now?"

He hung up the phone to the canteen.

When Zhou Zhengan put down the phone, his brows had relaxed.

"Don't bother so much. The canteen just needs to deliver the dishes. We have been holding on to the dishes we delivered last time. Anyway, we have to go to deliver the dishes together. It's just right to bring the quilts over to you and bring the materials back to you."

Xia Zhi smiled immediately when he heard it. After all, driving a horse-drawn carriage and riding a truck are two different things.

Trucks are so fast.

If you drive a horse-drawn carriage back and forth, it will take about a day.

Maybe it will be dark before they can come back.

And it's freezing cold. It's not pleasant to be outside for a whole day.

"Captain, on behalf of the educated youth, thank you!"

Zhou Zhengan looked at Xia Zhi bowing to him, and couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed, and hurriedly stepped aside.

"Okay, are you so polite? I'm just helping you, not helping you carry things over."

"If you really want to thank us, I'll tell you that it's the end of December and the Chinese New Year is coming, and our canteen has to prepare the New Year's Eve dinner.

If you really want to, come to the canteen to help make the New Year's Eve dinner."

Zhou Zhengan made the request with a smile, and this request was not excessive at all.

"Got it, Captain Zhou, don't worry, I will definitely bring my relatives to the canteen to report to the New Year's Eve dinner and help the canteen chefs."

What was not said was to let the educated youth get familiar with the canteen chefs, so that everyone could get along better.

After all, the educated youth were considered aliens in the eyes of the locals and the comrades in these special units.

This was the best time to ease the relationship between everyone.

"Okay, just say that. OK. Ask them to send the quilts over and we'll set off immediately."

Zhou Zhengan had to admit that he liked Xia Zhi's refreshing energy.

Xia Zhi hurried back to call all the male educated youth out and carried all the quilts from the dugouts to the brigade headquarters.

He also helped load them onto the truck, and laid a layer of plastic sheeting under the truck.

Because there was a truck to help, there was no need for so many people to go. Liu Zhiyan followed Xia Zhi to go shopping in the county town, open her eyes, and buy some things.

Others did not have this treatment.

When he saw Liu Zhiyan and Xia Zhi appear, Zhou Zhengan's face darkened.

"Wu Zhigang, come to the front and let them sit in the back."

Wu Zhigang reluctantly jumped off the car and said in a low voice.

"Captain, why me? Finally, there are female comrades to sit with, and Li Tiecheng can sit in the front."

Zhou Zhengan's eyes turned cold.

"Then don't sit, change someone else."

Wu Zhigang hurriedly begged for mercy, "Captain, Captain, please don't!

I'll sit, I'll sit, every time I encounter good things with female comrades, I'm not mine."

Zhou Zhengan kicked him hard.

"What are you thinking about all day long?"

"Thinking about my wife! Captain, who doesn't want a wife?"

Wu Zhigang got on the front seat obediently.

Zhou Zhengan said to Xia Zhi with a stern face.

"Get in the car!"

He got on the car without paying any attention to Xia Zhi.

Xia Zhi was puzzled. Why did Zhou Zhengan have such a sullen face in such a short time?

Didn't he offend him?

Even if he offended him, he wouldn't have to be so sullen. They were both such familiar friends. What couldn't they say?

Xia Zhi didn't understand, but Zhou Zhengan and the others had already got on the car, so they couldn't delay any more.

The two of them squeezed in the back with two comrades.

The atmosphere in the car was a bit solemn along the way. Zhou Zhengan didn't speak and had a sullen face.

How dare the others speak?

Xia Zhi and Liu Zhiyan were even more embarrassed to speak.

Almost everyone was sitting upright.

After finally making it all the way to the county town, the comrades in the car hurriedly jumped out of the car to help move the quilts to the back.

No one could stand the atmosphere in the car.

Liu Zhiyan pulled the battle back, and the two of them got out of the car. Liu Zhiyan stuck out her tongue.

"What's going on? Why do I feel like Captain Zhou doesn't like me today?"

Xia Zhi shook his head, took the quilt from his comrade, carried it on his shoulders and walked into the supply and marketing cooperative, whispering,

"I don't know, but Captain Zhou probably doesn't dislike you, but I don't like him."

Liu Zhiyan also carried a few quilts and followed her.

"How could he dislike you?

It was fine, but since you brought me here, I found that Captain Zhou has become more serious and must dislike me."