After more than four hours of hard work, half of the height of the retaining wall has been poured. It is already 2:30 in the afternoon, and everyone has not eaten yet.
The materials in the field are constantly decreasing, and it seems that additional materials are needed.
Zeng Yiming glanced at Lao Zhang and his workers distressedly.
"You guys go back and rest for a few hours, then come back at 8pm and continue working."
The weather today is very good and it won't rain. He wants to take advantage of everyone's rest time to make a clay sealing layer at the bottom of the wall before removing the formwork. The total 30cm thick clay layer will be removed before removing the formwork. It is convenient for people to go down along the steel pipe frame.
If this process is done after the steel pipe frame is dismantled, it will be more troublesome.
"You leave two more handymen, come back and rest for a while after eating, and start at 3:00 to do the clay sealing behind the wall."
After he finished speaking, he walked up to Lao He and Lao Wang and said, "Go back and rest. Remember to remove the formwork at 5 p.m. and try to finish pouring all the concrete tonight."
Several people nodded happily and left together.
Considering that it's getting dark earlier every day, I don't know if they can finish the work before 7pm.
He simply walked to the public phone booth and called Scar: "Hurry up and add some materials. We also need to find an electrician to come over and connect the lights and wires. I asked them to work overtime tonight to pour out the final concrete. ."
When Scar heard that it was about to be completed, he was inexplicably surprised and happily agreed.
At around three o'clock, the workers came over and asked where the clay was. Xiao Ming took them to an open space not far away and told them that the soil could be taken at will, and they could just use a bucket truck to pull it over and dump it behind the retaining wall.
Xiao Ming is letting workers dig the soil here, while Dao Ba and electricians are busy setting up wires over there in preparation for overtime work at night.
After taking the appropriate amount of soil, Xiao Ming personally led the workers through the steel pipe to the back of the retaining wall. Because the sun was not shining, the temperature here was about 2 degrees lower than above.
Xiao Ming instructed them to smooth the clay first and then just hit it with a rammer.
Assuming that the temporary light line was fast, Scar paid the electrician 50 yuan and asked him to leave first and ask him to come and remove it tomorrow morning.
Before the rammed soil for the base was completed, Lao Wang and Lao He came, and also called several brothers to help.
Zeng Yiming saw it and didn't say anything, but he felt quite emotional in his heart. People in this era are still very simple.
There is strength in numbers. After a few people worked for half an hour, they finally completed the ramming work.
Lao He reminded: "Mr. Zeng, it's almost time. We should remove the molds."
Xiao Ming glanced at him in surprise, waved his hand, and said modestly: "It's okay to finish this construction site first. I'm also a worker! Take the time to work, and remember, be bold and careful!"
Removing the formwork and steel pipe frame is actually very fast. The only difficulty is that you need to pass the thread from behind the wall to the wall.
Xiaopang, wearing a safety helmet, twisted over and whispered to Xiao Ming: "We have an appointment to meet at 6:30, it's almost time."
Xiao Ming wanted to complain, how could he forget this matter? This is also a big matter and cannot be neglected.
"Don't forget to install the plastic pipe after you finish dismantling it, and don't forget to cover the end behind the wall with geotextile!"
After he finished speaking, he walked up to Lao Zhang, patted the latter on the shoulder, and said earnestly: "When you see that their plastic pipes have been installed, quickly organize people to fill the rubble here behind the wall. , if it doesn’t work, just use the chute.”
There was something Xiao Ming didn't say. He was planning to use a pump to pump water directly from the river to compact the back of the wall and the gravel on the road after all the walls were completed.
Gravel and gravel are permeable materials that can be tamped with water. Water can flow out of the drain pipe along the gaps between the water heads.
Of all the building materials at this stage, some and only these two backfill materials are permeable and can be tamped with water.
Soil or dust can only be compacted using a tamping machine or road roller.
Lao Zhang smiled bitterly and said with longing eyes: "Don't worry, brothers are not afraid of hardship or tiredness. They are all looking forward to finishing the work one day earlier and getting paid earlier."
Zeng Yiming thought for a moment and realized that it was not easy to meet such sincere people. He decided to praise Haikou: "As long as you do a good job, your wages will never be less, and we will not delay you for a day. As long as we Once we get it, we will pay you the bill as soon as possible.”
Lao Zhang was noncommittal, turned around in silence and continued to do his thing.
Zeng Yiming was afraid that he would not believe it, so he deliberately revealed his true identity: "I am studying in Class 1, Class 1, Grade 3 of No. 1 Middle School. You don't have to be afraid that I will take the money and run away. Am I the kind of person who doesn't want a future for a little money? Don’t worry, I will continue to cooperate with you if I have projects in the future.”
Zeng Yiming smiled after saying that, regardless of whether they believed it or not, he took Fatty and Chengzi and left the construction site, eating something outside.
After the meal, Chengzi hesitated and said, "I won't go with them. Do I have to go back and continue writing materials?"
The fat man readily agreed to Xiao Ming's request: "You go back first. After I take Xiao Ming to the place later, I will go back to find you."
On the way, the fat man said to Xiao Ming: "Anyway, it's boring for me to listen to you talking about things. I still like to eat snacks and hang out in Internet cafes and play games. It's so delicious!"
Xiao Ming glanced at the fat man. He couldn't force this kind of thing. As long as the fat man was happy.
However, he was still a little disappointed. Will the three of them still go their separate ways in this life? Also, only those who work in construction know how hard it is.
Xiao Ming still took out the few dollars he had and bought a few kilograms of oranges on the roadside.
It was his first time to be a guest at someone's home. No matter what, he was embarrassed to go empty-handed, so he still had to correct his attitude.
Soon, we arrived at the agreed place.
The fat man went to call the door first. The old man opened the door. After introducing Zeng Yiming to the old man, he found an excuse and ran away.
After Xiao Ming politely handed the oranges to the uncle, he said politely: "I have no preparations. I will bring some oranges for you and your family."
The old man was stunned for a moment, looked at Xiao Ming up and down, smiled and said politely: "It's good to be here, don't bring anything else."
Although he said this, he happily took the orange, welcomed Xiao Ming in, took him to a pavilion in the yard to sit down, and quickly made Xiao Ming a cup of tea.
Xiao Ming quickly stood up and took the tea, brought it to his nose and smelled it, and praised sincerely: "The tea is fragrant and golden in color. Could it be that this is handmade tribute tea from Mengding Mountain?"
The old man smiled, didn't say yes or no, and left alone.
Xiao Ming then put the tea on the stone tea table in front of him and looked at the small courtyard. The whole courtyard was decorated in a scattered and unique way. You can see flower beds, bonsais, vines and green bamboos, and a hexagonal pavilion dotted among them. It was so elegant.
From this point of view, this old man is not an ordinary person.
