Era: Craftsmen in the Siheyuan

Chapter 265 In full swing
After three days of "battle", I was still exhausted after the excitement.

Everyone had something to gain. Even Xiao Lier, with his short legs, used a small basket made by Xu Deyong to catch a tired and half-dead sparrow.

But she was so proud for a long time that she went to bed half an hour late at night because of the excitement.

Early the next morning, Xu Deyong opened his eyes, and his ears were extremely quiet. Except for the sound of Xu Huizhen's breathing, there used to be some birdsong outside the window, but now it was completely silent.

He sighed in his heart and got up gently. Xu Huizhen was still asleep, with a relaxed and calm look on her face.

After that, he looked at the two children again. None of them were sleeping honestly, and the quilts were all pushed aside.

He covered them gently, and the two little guys squirmed their mouths and continued to sleep.

Xu Deyong smiled and walked outside the house.

The morning in April is still a little cool, and you can feel the wind blowing through the hair on your arms.

Exercising every morning has been integrated into Xu Deyong's biological clock. Even when the weather is bad, he will wake up and do simple exercises as usual.

"Hufufu..."

The two stone locks were lifted and squatted deeply by Xu Deyong without haste or slowness. His breathing was even and long.

After half an hour of exercise, Xu Deyong's whole body felt a little warm, but he didn't sweat much.

After briefly washing up, he opened the blind box with a thought.

"Snapped."

A big salted fish fell into the blind box space.

Good guy, this salted fish weighs twenty kilograms, and Xu Deyong grinned with joy.

This salted fish is not cheap to buy. It is more expensive than pork per pound.

Put it away, put it away, Xu Deyong is like a squirrel storing food, looking at the various foods in the blind box space, giving him a sense of security.

Breakfast is porridge and flatbread, with pickles, and an egg for each of the two children.

With eggs, breakfast is already quite "luxury".

Nowadays, eggs are supplied by ticket. One household only has one pound of supply per month, or almost ten.

Of course, if you have money, you can also buy it from other channels, such as the "black market", and the price will naturally be much more expensive.

Xiao Li'er can already eat by herself without needing to worry about it. Her little face keeps twitching as she chews. It's as white and tender as a freshly peeled egg.

It's so cute that you can't help but want to kiss it twice.

Ping'er still needs to be fed, but eating it by himself will make a mess, and the little guy doesn't like eating more nutritious egg yolks. He finally fed a third of it, but stopped eating the rest and even spit it out when it was fed into his mouth. .

An angry Xu Huizhen nodded her little head and said: "If you don't eat egg yolks, no sister will grow taller in the future. Look at your sister eating them all."

Xiao Li'er suddenly looked proud when he heard this.

Ping'er grinned and said, "Well..."

As he spoke, his little head tilted and he rubbed Xu Deyong's arm.

Xu Huizhen quickly wiped her mouth with a handkerchief and said, "It's so dirty. Don't rub it on dad's clothes."

Xiao Li'er said: "Sister, it's not hygienic."

Xu Deyong smiled and said: "Well, my sister is still young. You are the sister and you have to set an example."

"Oh." Xiao Li'er nodded in understanding.

After the family finished eating, Xu Huizhen cleaned up and went to the canteen in front to have a look. When she came back, she saw Xu Deyong and two little guys washing clothes.

It was said to be washing clothes, but in fact it was two little guys making trouble and playing in the water.

When Xu Huizhen saw this, she pushed Ye San away and said angrily: "Go, go, go and play, you won't be able to finish washing in one day."

Little Li'er ran away to play with other toys in the yard.

Ping'er stood up slowly, staggering on his short legs and chased after him, saying vaguely: "Follow on..."

Xu Deyong shrugged and hurriedly followed, so that if the little one fell down, he could lift him up.

Time passed with the children laughing, crying and fussing.

In the afternoon, the director of the neighborhood committee came to the tavern and informed everyone that they would go to the Ming Tombs Reservoir to do voluntary labor on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday next week. They would meet at the neighborhood committee at five o'clock and a truck would take them there.

Because the tavern cannot close, and it is a physical job, so this time two men went to the tavern, Cai Quanwu and Ma Liansheng, as well as Xu Deyong, a non-staff member, who can be regarded as representing Xu Huizhen.

On this day, a tractor named "Songhuajiang No. 3" was born. This was my country's first self-produced tractor. At the same time, the Monument to the People's Heroes was also officially built on this day.

In the heated atmosphere of society, time soon came to next Tuesday night.

Because Xu Deyong was going to the reservoir to work voluntarily early tomorrow morning and would be there for three days in a row, they had already made an agreement with their grandma to let her stay for a few days to take care of their two children.

So in the evening, Xu Deyong took his grandma over, and the family was eating neatly.

Xu Nan's somewhat gray hair was combed meticulously, with a black hairband, and she responded to Xiao Li'er with a smile on her face, while Ping'er, who was talking to the side and was confused, made trouble with "Ahhh" from time to time.

After the meal, Xu Nan held Ping'er in her arms and asked, "Deyong, have you prepared all the things you need to prepare tomorrow?"

Xu Deyong smiled and said: "We are ready, tools, bedding and everything are ready." "Yes." Xu Nanshi nodded and said: "The key point is to prepare three days of rations. You are voluntary labor and don't care about food."

Xu Huizhen said: "Grandma, don't worry, I've prepared everything to eat. They're all big pancakes to fight hunger. I've also prepared two lunch boxes of meat and vegetables."

Xiao Li'er, who was playing on the side, blinked and said, "Where is Dad going? I'm going too."

Xu Nanshi said: "Your father is going to work and contribute to the construction of the country."

"I can work too." Xiao Li'er looked like he was very capable and made everyone laugh.

Xu Nanshi smiled and said: "Okay, our manager is very capable, but we have to wait until you grow up."

"Ah!" Ping'er also raised his little head.

"Oh oh oh, and our Ping'er is also very capable." Xu Nanshi said quickly.

Ping'er was delighted when he heard it.

In the evening, the couple chatted for a while and then fell asleep together.

Xu Deyong woke up before dawn the next day. He got up gently. Unexpectedly, Xu Huizhen also got up. She must have been thinking about Xu Deyong going out and slept lightly.

"You just sleep. I'll have something to eat and go there on my own." Xu Deyong said softly.

Xu Huizhen said while getting dressed: "You still have a lot of things to bring. You can take me there on a tricycle. I'll ride back when you turn around."

Xu Deyong couldn't resist her, so he had to follow her.

Xu Nanshi also got up outside, watched Xu Deyong finish his meal, helped pack his things, and watched the couple leave on a three-wheeler with instructions.

In addition to a backpack made of a big cloth bag in the car, which contained an old thin quilt and food, there were also shovels, wattle baskets and poles for digging and carrying soil.

That is to say, in today's new society, compared to the old times, this was to do corvee labor, and it was common for people to be separated for life and death!
When we arrived at the gathering point of the neighborhood committee, people from the neighborhood had already come over first, and everyone gathered together in whispers.

When they saw Xu Deyong and others coming over, they greeted each other and basically knew each other.

"Get mediocre, get mediocre."

At this time, Cai Quanwu and Ma Liansheng also came with their things, and several people gathered together.

Xu Huizhen said a few words of "pay attention to safety" and then rode away with a little reluctance. After all, they had been separated for three days since their marriage.

After a while, Liu Dezhu also came, followed by two staff from the grain store.

Soon hundreds of people gathered, mostly men and very few women.

This time, everyone was led by a clerk from the street as the team leader, and Fan Jinyou was also there and became the deputy team leader.

When the two assigned trucks arrived, everyone got on the truck with their things. It was so packed that even the front of the truck was filled with things.

After finally squeezing into the car, the truck started and set off. The road started off pretty well, but after halfway the road conditions took a turn for the worse, and the truck was shaky and quite sour.

Finally, after driving for more than two hours, we finally arrived at the Ming Tombs Reservoir base.

Good guy, the scene is quite spectacular, with red flags waving, dense crowds of people working enthusiastically on the huge construction site, and encouraging trumpets and singing can be heard from time to time.

It can be said that everyone is racing against time and everyone is very motivated.

At this time, productivity was relatively low and production materials were relatively scarce, but after all, it was close to Forty-Nine City, and some machinery could still be seen.

However, the main force still relied on tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians, who piled up the reservoir dam one by one, cart by cart, basket by basket, and shovel by shovel.

The person in charge of the arrangement came over and quickly arranged a place for them to live. It was a simple shack with a few reed mats and thatch made of wheat straw as a roof. Curtains and the like.

Everyone put down their belongings, picked up their tools, and started working in the assigned areas.

Fan Jinyou held a shovel and said in a dignified manner: "Everyone, please work hard, don't lose the face of the men at the front door."

No one paid much attention to him, and started working in groups of several people.

Some people dig the soil, some people carry the soil...

Doing this kind of work is very straightforward, it relies on strength, and you can see clearly whether it can work or not. Soon, Xu Deyong and Cai Quanwu showed themselves as a team, mainly because they are so capable.

At first, Fan Jin wanted to compete, but he soon became too tired and gave up the idea.

When we returned to the shack for lunch at noon, some people who usually worked less had blisters on their hands, such as Fan Jinyou!

When eating, those with better conditions, like Xu Deyong, can eat flatbreads, while those with poorer conditions can only eat steamed buns.

You almost never rest after meals, mainly because others don’t rest, so you can’t rest!
So drink some water and continue working.

It wasn't until dark that everyone dragged their tired bodies back to the shack from work. Most people ate something hastily and fell asleep.

It’s so tiring, even Cai Quanwu is no exception!

But Xu Deyong still had time to express his feelings outside.

Because the reservoir construction site is brightly lit, looking from a distance, it looks like a city that never sleeps, like daylight.

Floods have been a problem that has troubled people for thousands of years. Only in such a new country can such a generation of selfless dedication have such mobilization power and create one miracle after another...

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(End of this chapter)