Chapter 40 Encounter in the Mountains
"Comrade Lin Shu, we have nothing to do this afternoon, why don't we follow you and learn some medicinal herbs?" Gu Jiudao.
Xu Ming looked at Lin Shu with bright eyes, "Cousin Lin Shu, his idea is good. By following you, we can keep you safe, dig herbs for you, and accompany you. Chat to relieve boredom. ”
Three birds with one stone.
Lin Shu's eyelids twitched, "Hey, hey, it's inappropriate for you two grown men to follow me. The most important thing is that you really have nothing to do when you go into the mountains?"
Xu Ming pointed to the top of the mountain: "The power supply station is setting up poles over here. We can't help, so we follow them around the mountain."
Lin Shu glanced at the top of the mountain. There were many trees. Even if it is blocked, I can't see if there is anyone on the top of the mountain. But sometimes the mountain wind blows over and I can hear the occasional voice.
“The scope of work of your power supply station also includes erecting electric poles on the mountain?”
Xu Ming chuckled: “The workers who set up the electric poles are mainly temporary workers. They must have Physical strength, quick work, people like us who never People who have never done heavy work since they were young can't do work like setting up electric poles."
Lin Shu nodded: "Oh, it's quite hard to do heavy work up the mountain, and in recent years, it's hard to pull down power lines. There should be a shortage of temporary workers in this township.”
Xu Ming: "Yes, power is supplied to the towns, and then to the production teams. There is indeed a shortage of some skilled workers. We can hire local villagers to actually lift the poles and set them up."
Lin Shu After thinking for a while, he asked: "What are the requirements for joining your power supply station as a temporary worker?"
Xu Ming and Gu Jiu were slightly stunned after hearing this.
Xu Ming: "You want to work as a temporary worker, but didn't you just say you didn't want to go to work? Or did you say that you don't have money to buy a job and want to be hired as a temporary worker? But, isn't the work up the mountain considered physical work? It’s suitable for you women.”
“I don’t want to go to work. My eldest and second brothers have good physical strength and are used to doing farm work all year round. They can work as temporary workers.”
"Your eldest brother and second brother?"
Lin Shu looked at him with a smile, "Yes."
Xu Ming held his chin and thought, "The requirements for temporary workers are not very high, but the salary is not How much is it? It’s only 27 yuan a month. Are your brother and the others willing?”
"Twenty-seven yuan is a lot of money. My eldest and second brothers don't want to pick anything. Besides, temporary workers are only temporary. What if their work performance improves and they become regular workers? That might not be the case?"
Xu Ming Hearing this, I couldn't help laughing and said, "You are quite optimistic." It is not that easy to become a regular employee.
In fact, when the power supply station recruits temporary workers, employees will ask relatives to sign up. Their serious relatives are all from the city, and distant relatives do not want to use these connections.
Lin Shu is considered a friend, so it’s not like he can’t help.
"Let's do it. The electric poles will be erected next month for your production team, and you will need to recruit some villagers to help. You ask your eldest and second brothers to sign up, and I will follow up."
Lin Shu just wanted to give it a try, but she didn’t expect Xu Ming to agree so readily, and said gratefully: “Then I’ll have to trouble Brother Xu.”
Xu Ming waved his hand, “It’s just a little effort. That’s all.”
It doesn't matter who you recruit when setting up electric poles, as long as you can do the work without being held back.
"No matter what, I still have to thank you. Next time I go into the mountains to get some game, how about I treat you two to a drink?" Lin Shu thought to himself that if the eldest brother and the second brother really became temporary workers, what should they do? The most basic way to thank others is to treat them to a meal.
“Game?” Xu Ming’s eyes lit up, “Cousin Lin Shu can also hunt?”
“No, I just know some simple ring trap layouts, can I catch them? I can't guarantee the prey. If I catch him, I'll go find you then."
Xu Ming pointed at Gu Jiu excitedly, "Okay, we can go to his house then. It will be more convenient for us if he lives alone. Dinner.”
Later, he told Lin Shu Gu Jiu's address, a small courtyard in the old street. It was the same house that Lin Shu went to last time. She changed her makeup last time, so the two of them probably didn't recognize her.
After resting enough, Lin Shu found a lot of calamus growing beside the stream where he washed his hands.
"Cousin Lin Shu, what kind of grass is this?" Xu Ming stood on the stone by the stream and looked at the clumps of grass, feeling a little familiar.
Lin Shu looked up at them and found that Gu Jiu was already helping him pull out the calamus, "You have heard that the phoenix cannot live unless it is a phoenix tree, and the calamus cannot grow unless it is pure water. Wherever the calamus grows, the water quality All very clear.”
Xu Ming looked at the clear stream and suddenly said: "Is this calamus?"
"It's calamus. There is also a kind of nine-section calamus, but we don't have nine-section calamus here."
< br>Gu Jiu Pulling out a clump, "Let's just leave the rhizome of this calamus."
"Yes, the rhizome can be used as medicine, how did Comrade Gu know?"
"I have eaten boiled eggs from calamus at home before. "Gu Jiu said.
There were quite a lot of calamus in this stream, and the three men quickly filled the basket by making jokes while digging the roots.
Brothers Xu Ming and Gu Jiu exposed each other's shortcomings while chatting, allowing Lin Shu to learn a lot about things in their circle from their jokes.
The three of them made an appointment to have dinner together next time. Lin Shu said goodbye to the two of them and started to walk out. Xu Ming and Gu Jiu also wanted to climb to the top of the mountain to meet the workers setting up the electric poles.
Out of sight of the two of them, Lin Shu walked out and sold all the medicinal materials in the basket to the system.
Stone calamus cost 0.5 yuan per catty, 42 catties, sold for 21 yuan.
The other medicinal materials collected in the morning were sold for 12 yuan. The most expensive was Wulingshen, which was pure wild quality and high quality and cost 460 yuan per pound. The dozen eggs weighing 400 grams in the morning were sold for 368 yuan.
Lin Shu asked for 40 yuan in cash, and kept the rest in the balance. Looking at the number in the balance, it was 854 yuan. He had saved so much money in less than a month. If he had saved so much money in the city every month instead of working in the city, I receive a fixed salary, but I don’t know how to save until the end of the Year of the Monkey.
Lin Shu smiled and squinted her eyes, looking at the sun hanging on the mountainside. It was still a little early, so she paid attention to the surrounding plants. She actually found a few Polygonatum and a few wild yams, which were sold I replaced the system with another 13 yuan.
I bought twenty kilograms of rice and flour each and forty eggs from the system. Thinking of Zhuangzhuang at home, I bought him a pair of cloth shoes. Then I took out the bicycle from the system and rode home. .
Today is already the 20th, and there are only a few days left until next month. By then, the electric pole will be in their brigade, and they will ask the eldest and second brothers in the family to sign up. Gradually, the conditions at home have improved, and she bought A bicycle also speaks volumes, and even if the villagers are jealous, they will not act excessively.
After all, two people in their family work at the power supply station, and they are also temporary workers.
With the current situation at home, I don’t dare to take out my bicycle and ride it openly. When I get to the woods near the village entrance, I have to put the bicycle into the system first.
Twilight is approaching, and all the villagers in the village are returning home from work. It is a lively time, with smoke curling from the kitchens, people carrying water, and people having fun.
Lin Shu returned home. The house was very noisy, with several children playing and playing, and several grown men sitting under the eaves smoking cigarettes. There was movement in the kitchen. It must be that the women in the family were cooking dinner in the kitchen.
“Dad, brother, I’m back.”
"Sister-in-law, you're back!"
"Sister-in-law!"
Before the men in the family could react, several children spotted Lin Shu and rushed towards her. Lin Shu was so frightened that he hurriedly caught her. them.
(End of this chapter)