"I'm exhausted, let me rest. Let me rest."
"I can't do it anymore"
After warming up around the fire for a while, I felt that the frozen soil in the ground had almost melted. Everyone picked up their shovels and their pickaxes became busy.
At the beginning, everyone was quite excited. This was a new job for them, but after all, they were just a group of young men and young ladies who had nothing to do with the beauty of sex. It didn't work anymore. After venting their enthusiasm, they sat on the ridge of the field one by one and screamed. Several girls even shed tears together.
"What's wrong? Are you too tired?"
Chen Jiahe, who felt something was wrong, walked up to the five people and expressed concern.
The little girls didn't speak, but silently stretched out their hands. Several pairs of blood blisters appeared on the five pairs of small hands that were originally as slender and delicate as gelatin. Especially Hao Dongmei and Tao Junshu, who come from the most affluent families and have the most blood blisters on their hands. The skin has been torn in several places, exposing deep red subcutaneous tissue.
"It's so serious. Why don't you go back and take a rest? You won't be able to do much work anyway."
Chen Jiahe sighed. He knew these people were squeamish, but he didn't expect them to be so squeamish. They have become like this in just one morning. If they continue to do this, their hands will not be useless.
Thinking of the information his father had read to him, Chen Jiahe felt relieved again. After all, she was the daughter of a high-ranking official's family, but she was still the only one left. She must hold it in her hand and hold it in her mouth.
"No, you can help us this time, but you can't help us next time. Even if you help us next time, there will be another time. Sooner or later, these things will fall on us."
Hao Dongmei shook her head and refused. Several other girls also gave up the idea upon hearing this. Only Tao Junshu was a little entangled, but seeing that the others were not insisting, they could only shake their heads.
"Then be careful. If you can't hold on any longer, call me."
"Look, I'd say they were lazy. A dozen people did this in one afternoon. It's not as much as the three people in our village did."
Just as everyone was flexing their arms and huffing and puffing while working, an annoying voice suddenly came from behind.
Everyone turned to look and saw that it was the accountant of Beixiaoying Village who spoke, and several villagers from the village came with him.
"Who is being lazy? Stop talking nonsense."
As the saying goes, enemies are extremely jealous when they meet, so when Han Zhiyong heard what Accountant Li said, they immediately stood up.
"I'm talking nonsense. Just take a look at what you're doing. More than a dozen people dug all morning, and they didn't even dig out a hole to bury anyone. The speed at which you work would have made the landlord's skin split open in the past." .
Everyone, take a look, these are the educated youths sent to us from the city. They are not here to support our construction. I think they are here to hold us back. Hahaha"
Accountant Li pointed at the Chen family and the big hole they dug with a cigarette in his mouth.
"you."
The educated youth actually knew that they didn't have much work to do, but when they heard Accountant Li ridiculing them like this, they couldn't help but feel angry and clenched their fists.
"What? I think you want to hit me. Try hitting me."
Seeing Han Zhiyong's tightly clenched fists, Accountant Li took the initiative to hand his head to Han Zhiyong. Han Zhiyong was already in the rebellious stage. When Accountant Li was so irritated, his eyes immediately turned red. He raised his fist and prepared to punch Accountant Li.
Seeing Han Zhi use his hands, Accountant Li's eyes flashed with pride.
"Stop, Zhiyong, calm down."
Chen Jiahe, who felt something was wrong, quickly stepped forward and stopped Han Zhiyong.
"Let go of me, Jiahe. I have to teach this old boy a lesson today."
Han Zhi shouted at the top of his lungs
"Who do you want to teach a lesson? Just touch my dad and try."
Accountant Li's eldest son held a wooden stick in front of Accountant Li and stared at Han Zhiyong with a pair of copper-bell eyes.
"Calm down, he is deliberately provoking you to take action. If you do, he will immediately ask someone to take you to the Corps. You will definitely be punished by then, and he is taking revenge on you."
Chen Jiahe hugged Han Zhiyong and whispered in his ear to analyze the current situation.
"But"
"Nothing to worry about, just listen to me and I'll take care of it."
"Accountant Li, could you please tell me what your age is this year?"
After comforting Han Zhiyong, Chen Jiahe came to Accountant Li and asked with a smile.
"Why are you asking this? What is Gui Geng?"
Seeing Chen Jiahe's smiling face, Li Deshui was a little confused for a while about what kind of medicine Chen Jiahe was selling in Gourd.
"Ha ha ha ha"
Seeing Accountant Li's face as if he didn't even understand what Gui Geng was, the Chen family and the educated youth behind them burst out laughing with their stomachs in their arms. Accountant Li opposite saw the educated youths laughing so hard that his old face darkened.
"Gui Geng just asked you how old you are this year."
Chen Jiahe asked, holding back a smile.
"If you ask about your age, just ask your age, whether it's sour or not. We rural people are not as particular as you city people. I'm forty-eight this year. What's wrong?"
Accountant Li said with a cold snort.
"Forty-eight is not too young. He is already old enough to be a grandfather. It stands to reason that he should be sensible."
"Boy, whoever you say is ignorant, are you looking for trouble?"
"You want to fight, don't you? Come on, I'll stay with you till the end."
When Accountant Li saw that Chen Jiahe was talking about his father, he picked up the stick and was about to hit Chen Jiahe with a stick. Upon seeing this, Zhao Le'an, who was behind the Chen family, stepped in front of the other party, holding a shovel in his hand and staring at Accountant Li's son unwilling to be outdone.
"Am I wrong? How can a forty-eight- to-fifty-year-old man be sensible if he can't even speak?"
"Why can't I speak? Oh, I understand. You think what I just said to you is unpleasant. Why, you can't even listen to these unpleasant words. I don't want to hear you leave."
"Of course we can listen to the unpleasant words and accept the advice with an open mind, but the tone of your words is not appropriate.
It’s true that we don’t do much work, that’s a fact, it’s obvious. You're right, but don't forget that we were all students in the city before this. I have never done any of this work. If I hadn't dug the trunks with Captain Ma for a few days, we wouldn't have been able to dig. Even the earth doesn’t know.
If you directly say that we are working too slowly and give us some pointers, I will definitely not say anything. Maybe I will admire you in my heart. After all, wrong is wrong and slow is slow. But you didn’t even investigate and just criticized us. I can't stand being lazy and then questioning us in a weird way.
What you just said is, to a larger extent, questioning the national policy. The educated youth go to the mountains and countryside. This is the policy set by Mao xx. If you question our arrival, you are questioning the decision made by Mao xx. To put it mildly, it is trying to drive a wedge between us educated young people and the villagers. "
"I didn't, I didn't"
Accountant Li heard that Chen Jiahe had brought this matter to Mao xx. Suddenly he broke out in a cold sweat, turned around and defended loudly to the people and villagers around him.
Seeing Accountant Li's panicked look, the educated youths suddenly felt refreshed.
"I'm afraid you don't dare. Look at our hands. Do you think lazy people can polish their hands like this? We also know that we don't do well and don't work fast, but we really try our best."
Chen Jiahe grabbed Tao Junshu and spread her hand in front of the villagers.
"I know everyone is unhappy because we came at the wrong time and took up everyone's food for the winter. Everyone, please rest assured that as much food as we have eaten this year, we will definitely grow it for you next year. I, the Liu family and Xiang everyone I promise."
"Then what if you can't plant it?"
Accountant Li asked, grabbing the loophole in Chen Jiahe's words.
"If we can't grow it, how much will it take for the Liu family and me to make up for it?"
Liu Jiahe patted his chest and promised
“You don’t have to make up for it alone, Jiahe, if you need to make up for it, let’s make it up together.”
Seeing Accountant Li's villainous face, the educated youths shouted with the same hatred. .
"Sure, you said this yourself. Don't blame me for deducting work points when the time comes."
Accountant Li said sadly.
"Don't worry, you will never complain. Don't pretend to be righteous now. Are you here today just because our people beat your little son? Don't you feel happy? You want to come over and see how bad we are. You're so gloomy. You actually asked us to dig ditches in such a cold weather. You can't imagine it."
Now that the other party had achieved this step, Chen Jiahe immediately broke up and explained Accountant Li's plan in front of the villagers.
"What nonsense are you talking about? I asked you to come out to work. That's because you are idle all day long. I want to find something for you to do. What does it have to do with my son?"
"Haha, justice is in the heart, you can say whatever you want, but I warn you, if your son dares to harass us female educated youths again, we will still beat him, and we will beat him every time we see him. Don't think that we have left our hometown. It's easy to bully.
Okay, everyone, it's time for us to get to work. If you want to see it, then go ahead and see it. If you don't want to see it, go ahead. Then go home and take a nap, it's quite cold outside. Don’t freeze”
Chen Jiahe sneered and led the educated youths to continue working. Perhaps because they had just lost Accountant Li's face, the educated youths were working with extra vigor at the moment.
Seeing the strange looks in the villagers' eyes, Accountant Li knew that he had lost his wife and soldiers this time. Not only did he not become awe-inspiring, but he actually made the villagers watch the excitement.
"Okay, the Liu family and I will remember you."
After giving Chen Jiahe a vicious look, Accountant Li walked home with his eldest son, hands behind his back.
Oh oh oh
Seeing Accountant Li walk away angrily, the educated youths raised their tools and screamed as if they had won a battle. They didn't settle down until they saw the old village chief arriving.
"What are you calling for? Get to work quickly."
"Old village chief, why are you here?"
Chen Jiahe put down his shovel and came to the old village chief.
"Come and take a look, how do you think? Can you keep doing it?"
"If you can't go on, you have to do it. It's a matter of time. The country didn't send us here just to make a living."
Chen Jiahe told the truth.
"Hahaha, you can see it clearly. Work slowly and don't rush. This job can't be done in a day or two. You don't have to worry about Lao Li. As long as I'm here, he won't cause any trouble. .”
The old village chief took the cigarette pot and nodded at the Chen family. Although he comforted him, he could certainly see Accountant Li's intention to avenge his personal revenge, but what Accountant Li said did make sense, so he brought the Chen family and them to here.
"With your sea-fixing needle here, I feel relieved. How do your feet feel?"
Chen Jiahe nodded and asked about the old village chief's injured foot.
"It's almost good. You can't tell. Your medical skills are also good. Why don't you wait until spring and I will build a hut for you to become a barefoot doctor in the village."
The old village chief moved his injured ankle in front of Chen Jiahe.
"Forget it, I'm at my level."
Taking advantage of the excitement at noon, everyone finally got through it after persevering all afternoon. One by one, after pushing their exhausted bodies back to the hut, they lay down on the kang without even eating.
Chen Jiahe didn't fare much better. He originally planned to go to the girl's place to have a look and show off, but as soon as his head touched the pillow, he stared in confusion. When he opened his eyes again, it was already the next day.
Although the educated youths had not yet recovered from the knocking on the door, they still dragged their sore bodies to the ditch and waved their pickaxes like robots.
Time flies, and the New Year has passed in the blink of an eye, and time has arrived in March before you know it.
The inertia of history is strong. On March 2nd, the conflict between the rabbit and the bear broke out.
As soon as the news came out on March 4th, the whole country was outraged.
After several conflicts, everyone felt the pressure of the coming storm. Especially in Beixiaoying Village, which is only more than 100 kilometers away from the front line, this sense of oppression is particularly strong. The educated youths who were building canals were immediately called upon to dig tunnels. This time they were not the only ones working, the entire Beixiaoying villagers were mobilized.
For a time, the entire Beixiaoying Village and its villagers all turned into mice, shuttling through the narrow underground passages.
To be honest, this job is a piece of cake for Chen Jiahe. Although his ability to store external items is not as strong as Liu Guangqi's, he can still store thirty cubic meters of things at a time. This ability is simply useful for digging tunnels. Just like cheating, as long as Chen Jiahe wanted to, he could dig all the tunnels in Beixiaoying Village in one day.
But the reality is that no matter when and where, Chen Jiahe is always surrounded by people, making him unable to use his abilities and can only honestly pick up a pickaxe and become a field mouse with everyone. .
While the Chen Jiahe was busy digging tunnels, Liu Guangqi also came to this piece of ice and snow.
"We welcome leaders to inspect."
As soon as Liu Guangqi arrived at the gate of the military camp, he received a warm welcome from the army leaders.
"Um."
Liu Guangqi, who had long been accustomed to such speaking situations, nodded numbly.
"Mr. Zhang, please help me call Liu Guangli, the leader of your C regiment."
"What do you have to do with him, leader?"
"He is my cousin. I haven't seen him for a long time. I just came here to meet him this time."
"Ok, no problem"
After some routine greetings, Liu Guangqi called Liu Guangli, who was then the commander of the C Regiment of the A Army's B Division. Eight years passed in the blink of an eye. The Liu Guangli who had been crying and begging Liu Guangqi to join the army had already Grow up and become an adult.
In eight years, Liu Guangli also went from a soldier to a regiment leader. During the peace years, Liu Guangli's promotion speed was unimaginable, but he did it under Liu Guangqi's arrangement. Who asked Liu Guangli to have military exploits, academic qualifications, connections, and background, and it happened to coincide with the expansion of the army. Even if he didn't want to be promoted, it would be difficult.
