Chapter 144: Visit from the Educated Youth Institute
“Good place.”
“Good stone.”
Zhou Ziwen looked happy.
These stones fit the bill perfectly and were used to create stone jars.
After all, these stones were left behind after being washed away by the river over many years.
If it were not strong, it would have been washed away by the river long ago.
"Go back first and start work in the afternoon." Zhou Ziwen took a look at the nearby stones, and after finding two stones of suitable size, he was ready to go back.
There is no rush to build the stone jar. Anyway, the mushroom house is already busy, and he will have plenty of time next.
Because these stones vary in size, as long as he selects the right size, he even saves the mining step and can process them directly.
Seeing that it was getting late, Zhou Ziwen took one last look at this place and prepared to go back.
This place is indeed sparsely populated. After walking such a long way, he met no one except in the village. When he left the village, he met no one.
And his home is just in the direction of Niutoushan. Going back from here is the closest to his home. Under normal circumstances, no one will see him at all.
Although it’s fine if you see it, you still avoid it as much as possible in order to avoid others gossiping.
Just like when some people eat meat at home, they usually cook it with the door closed, for fear that the smell will spread out and others will gossip about it.
This was also the reason why Zhou Ziwen had to move out, even far away from the village and the Educated Youth Institution.
But later the production team insisted that they stay with the Educated Youth Institute, so Zhou Ziwen could only stay away as much as possible.
Fortunately, this is not bad now. As long as you pay attention when cooking meat, the Educated Youth Institute will not find what they eat at all.
As for the chicken stew last time, it was because it took too long to stew, and the wind was blowing towards the Educated Youth Institute, so it drifted too far and was smelled by the people in the Educated Youth Institute.
He walked quickly, and when he returned home, it was almost time to eat.
The Chen sisters have returned from work and are busy in the kitchen.
Zhou Ziwen came to the yard next door, and Chen Qiaoyi jumped up to greet him, "Brother Ziwen, where did you go just now? I see that the doors to your yard are locked."
"Aren't we preparing to build a stone jar? I'm looking for rocks." Zhou Ziwen explained.
"Did you find it?" Chen Qiaoyi asked curiously.
"Of course, I will start building it in the afternoon, and then I will give it to your yard as well." Zhou Ziwen nodded.
"Hehe, Brother Ziwen is so good." Chen Qiaoyi raised his head in praise.
“Well, with the stone vat, you can go to the river to pick up the water for watering vegetables in the future, and you don’t have to walk such a long way.” Zhou Ziwen said.
The water they draw now is from the well water in the village. Because it is a bit far from the village, it requires a long walk.
Fortunately, Zhou Ziwen and the Chen sisters teamed up, and Zhou Chaoyang and Shen Zhaodi teamed up, otherwise girls like them would have had a difficult time just carrying water.
After all, for girls, water consumption is much greater than that of men. For example, taking a bath or something, three or five buckets are simply not enough.
"Yeah, great." Chen Qiaoyi nodded happily.
The water they use to water vegetables sometimes uses well water directly. This is also specially instructed by Zhou Ziwen. After all, for two girls, the work of fetching water is still quite tiring for them. of.
"Okay, let's go help my sister cook first. What will we eat today?" Zhou Ziwen asked.
“There is no meat today, only cabbage and baby cabbage.” Chen Qiaoyi replied.
During this period, they can also eat the baby cabbage they grew themselves. If the dishes are not too monotonous, they can initially become self-sufficient.
"Oh." After hearing this, Zhou Ziwen was instantly disappointed.
"But my sister said, let's eat dumplings tonight. Didn't you plant some leeks? I'll use the leeks to make dumplings tonight." Seeing Zhou Ziwen's disappointed look, Chen Qiaoyi pursed her lips and smiled. Her brother Ziwen is so lustful!
“Chives!” Zhou Ziwen pondered for a moment. Although he knew this thing was a good thing, he didn’t need it at all!
With his physical strength, how could he need this?
Without the need to replenish his body, Zhou Ziwen has no interest in leeks.
Although leeks taste delicious, they are so difficult to chew that sometimes they can’t be chewed at all.
“Hey, the dumpling filling seems to be chopped into pieces!” Zhou Ziwen suddenly remembered this and his eyes suddenly lit up.
If this is the case, he still likes to eat dumplings.
Not as delicious as dumplings, so fun...
Well, I can’t go into details about this.
After lunch, Zhou Ziwen was too lazy to rest, so he took a set of masonry tools and a large pot of water and set off for the quarry dam at the foot of Niutou Mountain.
But this time, he set off on a bicycle. The original half-hour journey took only a quarter of an hour.
After arriving at the place, Zhou Ziwen took a hand hammer and chisel and started processing non-stop.
He plans to figure out the rough shape of the stone jar today, and then hollow out the inside, so that he can move the stone jar back and slowly carve it in his yard.
But he definitely can’t move back today. After all, he came here on a bicycle. He definitely can’t put the stone jar on the bicycle and take it back!
Even if he can pull it, the bicycle cannot withstand it!
This afternoon, Zhou Ziwen has been building his stone jar.
Because he has the third-level stonemason skill, it is not difficult to build a stone jar.
Coupled with his physical fitness, big rocks are like tofu under his hammer, allowing him to carve them.
By the time work was about to end, Zhou Ziwen had initially completed the construction.
Next, it only needs to be polished carefully, and the stone jar is completed.
Seeing that it was getting late, Zhou Ziwen packed up his things and hurried home on his bicycle.
Anyway, no one has touched the stone jar here. Just wait until tomorrow to find a time to take it back.
Back in their yard, it was time to finish work. After a while, the Chen sisters came back with Shen Zhaodi and Zhou Chaoyang.
But what was surprising was that the Educated Youth Academy, which usually had little contact with them, suddenly came to visit.
And there were not just one or two, but several.
These people are not just visiting Zhou Ziwen's family, the Chen family sisters, Shen Zhaodi, and even people from Zhou Chaoyang's family came to visit.
“What kind of thing is this?” Zhou Ziwen was a little confused.
Speaking of which, his relationship with the people in the Educated Youth Institute was not a good one. At most, they only nodded or said a few nutritious nonsense when they met.
"Brother Chen, why did you think of me playing here today?" Zhou Ziwen couldn't figure it out, so he simply asked.
A few male educated youths came to him, including Chen Yang, Song Chengbing, and Wang Tao.
The relationship between these few people and Zhou Ziwen is relatively good.
Chen Yang is the captain of the male educated youth, and Zhou Ziwen gives him more face. Moreover, Chen Yang has exchanged fish with him several times. Zhou Ziwen has always been friendly to his parents.
Song Chengbing couldn't stand Tang Guoqiang because of the chicken stew some time ago, and even had a fight with him.
Speaking of which, Song Chengbing also gave him a fair word. From that day on, Zhou Ziwen had a good impression of him.
As for Wang Tao, when they were assigned to the production team, they were still members of the same team.
But later he joined the masonry group and had less contact.
(End of this chapter)