Era: Winning since educated youth went to the countryside

Chapter 38 A Letter From Home
After breakfast, Zhou Ziwen came to the production team to assemble.

The land reclamation work has been completed, and there will be new tasks assigned to them today.

The result was similar to the news Li Dazui got. Their new job was to build a grain drying farm.

The grain drying field is not that simple. In this era, cement is a scarce material, and it is impossible to build a grain drying field with cement.

However, the wisdom of the people is infinite. If there is no cement, we can still use stones.

So mining stones became Zhou Ziwen's new job.

The grain drying field built by the production team is not small. After all, it is a large village with more than 1000 people and a lot of grain is grown. Building such a large grain drying field involves all aspects.

It's just that Zhou Ziwen was assigned to mine stones because of his strength and hard work.

"Captain Zou, I'm not very good at this stuff!" Zhou Ziwen was a little embarrassed.

"It's okay. You don't need to know how. You just need to do your best." Captain Zou patted his shoulder to comfort him.

At first, Zhou Ziwen was a little confused. As far as he knew, mining stones was not a simple job, and the technical requirements were quite high.

But when he arrived at the place and was assigned specific tasks, he finally understood why the team leader said so.

His job is indeed very simple and does not require any skills. He just needs to have enough strength to lift rocks.

"Oh, I have become a hard worker."

Zhou Ziwen sighed, but didn't complain.

Who said he wasn't a mason?

Although many stone quarryers are not professional masons, others have seen a lot of work and can help with a little knowledge, acting as second-in-command.

The key is that Zhou Ziwen thinks this job is pretty good.

After all, his job is just to carry stones. Although the distance from the quarry to the grain drying field is a bit far, the progress of mining the stones is not fast!

According to what other workers said, their job is actually quite easy, and they can only carry it several times a day.

At the quarry, Zhou Ziwen did not work immediately because the stone had not been mined yet and he could not lift it even if he wanted to.

When he had nothing to do, Zhou Ziwen watched them mining stones.

Not to mention, Zhou Ziwen had the urge to do something when he saw the stones taken out from the mountain rocks one by one and processed into square and flat shapes.

However, breaking rocks also requires skills. For a layman like him, if he wanted to learn it quickly, he would have to hang up.

It's just that Zhou Ziwen is unwilling to remove Bajiquan from the idle panel.And even if you want to learn, it won't take more than a while.

After the stone was opened, Zhou Ziwen's work began.

"Hey yo, hey yo!"

"Hey yo, hey yo!"

While carrying the stone, the villagers shouted horns. Zhou Ziwen found it interesting and shouted along with them.

I don't know if it was a psychological effect, but after shouting out, he felt much more energetic.

In fact, it was quite easy for him to lift the stone. After all, no one in the village could match his strength.

If he didn't like the limelight, and there was no need, he wouldn't need two people to carry him.

He is alone, holding a pole, and picking two pieces at a time is not a problem.

A stone only weighs about [-] kilograms. With his physical strength, it is not a problem to weigh less than [-] kilograms.

Along the way, others had to rest several times, but Zhou Ziwen didn't need to.

But lifting the stone is a job for two people, and his partner is Li Dazui.

Even if he doesn't need to rest, he still needs to take care of others.

"Brother Zhou, you are so strong. You have walked such a long way without even sweating." Li Dazui wiped the sweat with the towel on his shoulder and said enviously.

"I have been practicing boxing since I was a child, so it is normal for me to be stronger." Zhou Ziwen looked modest and created a persona for himself who has been practicing boxing since he was a child.

In this way, he can spread the word through Li Dazui and save himself from trouble in the future.In the future, when people know that he practices boxing, they will have to think carefully before they want to cause trouble for him.

Zhou Ziwen is kind to people, doesn't like trouble, and doesn't want to cause trouble.

Of course it would be better if it can reduce some trouble.

"Comrade Zhou Ziwen, I have your email."

After carrying the stone once, just as Zhou Ziwen was about to carry it a second time, a postman riding a [-]-meter pole came to the quarry.

"Okay, here we come."

Hearing this, Zhou Ziwen's face lit up, and he knew without guessing that his letter was from home.

Although he had just arrived in the country not long ago, Zhou Ziwen missed his family very much.

There are parents who care about him, brothers and sisters who love and protect him, and his beautiful and lovely twin sisters.

"Are you Comrade Zhou Ziwen?" The postman confirmed his identity to Zhou Ziwen.

"Yes, I am Zhou Ziwen, as all the folks can testify." Zhou Ziwen nodded.

"Here is a letter from you and a package. Please check it."

The postman handed Zhou Ziwen's things to him.

The letter was nothing. Although it felt a little thick, it probably contained a lot of things, including some bills and so on.

Even though the package that was sent was a bit big, he didn't know what his family had sent him.

After signing and confirming, Zhou Ziwen took a leave of absence and returned the letter and package to his home.

Because he was still working, he didn't have time to read the letter. After hurriedly putting it down, he returned to the quarry and lifted the stones with Li Dazui.

Soon, it was time to finish work at noon, and Zhou Ziwen and the Chen sisters met.

"Brother Ziwen, did you receive the email today?" Chen Qiaoyi asked on the way.

The two sisters were also assigned to the grain drying farm this time, but their task was to do some light groceries, which was not very tiring.

"Yes, have you received it too?" Zhou Ziwen asked.

"Yeah, but I haven't had time to look at it yet, so I don't know what is in the mail from home." Chen Qiaoyi said.

"Me too." Zhou Ziwen nodded.

Letters from the post office generally have a fixed time for delivery.

Like this time, although Zhou Ziwen's letter and the Chen sisters' letter were delivered at different times, they were still delivered on the same day.

After returning home, Zhou Ziwen sat on the bed, opened the envelope and read it.

As expected, the envelope was stuffed with a bunch of bills, including meat stamps, food stamps, industrial stamps, etc.

To be able to get so many tickets, Zhou's father probably found someone else to exchange them through his connections.

Opening the letter, there were letters written by my mother, the eldest sister, the second sister, and the younger sister.

There are some caring words in it, asking him how he is doing in the country, asking him to take care of his health, not to have conflicts with others, etc.

The letter also included the receipt and the incoming package.

Most of these bills were obtained by my father, but there were also cases where the eldest brother, the second brother, and the eldest and second sister came for them.

It is worth mentioning that the letter also said that the younger sister's job has been arranged and she is working as a salesperson in a supply and marketing cooperative. In this era, it is considered an iron rice bowl.

For my little sister’s job, my father contributed a lot, and he also owes a favor to his friends for this.

Zhou Ziwen was also very happy to know that his little sister had a job.

After all, at home, my younger sister has the best relationship with him.

(End of this chapter)