Heatstroke is not a big problem among educated youth.
Now is the hottest time. For people who have not done this kind of farm work often, it is normal for them to be unable to adapt for a while.
Zhou Ziwen estimates that this situation will continue to happen, especially among the educated youth in the Educated Youth Institute and the elderly and infirm villagers in the village.
Zhou Ziwen knew that during the following autumn harvest, some measures must be taken to prevent the occurrence of heatstroke.
As the health worker in the village, he is committed to this task.
In the fields, Zhou Ziwen found Wu Dagang and Zhou Weiguo who were organizing everyone to work.
"Uncle Wu, Captain Zhou, I think the weather is getting hotter and hotter. An educated youth just suffered from heat stroke. We have to think of a way." Zhou Ziwen found Wu Dagang and Zhou Weiguo and seriously proposed own opinion.
Wu Dagang nodded in agreement: "Well, I have heard about what happened just now. You are right. We must pay attention to this matter. We cannot take it lightly."
"Yes. "Uncle Wu, I'm going to get some herbal tea and heat-relieving medicine for everyone to use at any time to prevent heatstroke,"
Zhou Ziwen said.
"Okay, then I'll leave this matter to you. You and Zhu Jianguo can do it together! Stop doing the work in the fields."
Wu Dagang said.
"It's okay. I'll just teach Zhu Jianguo how to make it. Herbal tea and anti-summer medicine are not troublesome. Uncle Wu just arranges for a few aunts to come over and help."
Zhou Ziwen said. Wave your hands.
He is a big labor force, one person is worth five or six.
If he didn't like to show off, he could do the work of ten people by himself.
“That’s okay, go ahead and do it first!”
Wu Dagang also knew that Zhou Ziwen was a very capable worker.
If he could help with the autumn harvest, everyone would be more relaxed.
Zhou Ziwen said goodbye to Wu Dagang and Zhou Weiguo and took action immediately.
He first found Zhu Jianguo and told him his thoughts and plans.
"Jianguo, we need to prepare a large amount of herbal tea and anti-summer medicine. You come with me and we will split up." Zhou Ziwen said to Zhu Jianguo.
Zhu Jianguo nodded and agreed: "Okay, Ziwen, I will listen to you."
After a while, several older aunts came to the clinic.
"Zhou Zhiqing, we are here to help. We will do what you say."
An aunt said.
"Okay, thank you, Aunt Chen."
Zhou Ziwen nodded with a smile.
The two then divided the work and cooperated. Zhu Jianguo was responsible for handling the heat-relieving medicinal materials and preparing the raw materials for herbal tea, while Zhou Ziwen was responsible for formulating the distribution and arranging for the aunts who came to help to boil the medicine.
Under Zhou Ziwen’s arrangement, several aunts and uncles in the village also became busy.
They set up a large pot under the big tree at the entrance of the village and began to brew herbal tea.
When the tea and heat-relieving medicine were ready, he and everyone moved the tea and heat-relieving medicine to where the villagers were working.
"Attention everyone, this is the herbal tea we have prepared. Everyone can come and drink it to relieve the heat." Zhou Ziwen announced loudly, while explaining to everyone the effects of herbal tea and how to drink it.
The villagers stepped forward one after another and took bowls of herbal tea. After drinking it, they all felt a little cool and expressed their gratitude to Zhou Ziwen.
"Ziwen, this herbal tea is really good. I feel much better after drinking it." A villager said with a smile.
"Yes, thanks to you, we can work better." A villager also echoed. With herbal tea and heat-relieving medicine, the problem of heat stroke is solved.
Everyone comes over to drink a bowl of herbal tea when they are hot and thirsty, which not only quenches their thirst but also relieves the heat.
At this time, Zhou Ziwen returned to the place where he was working and worked with the members of the mushroom team.
Midway, a joke happened.
When an educated youth saw Li Lanhua suffering from heatstroke, Wu Dagang specially gave her a day off.
Suddenly someone started thinking about it.
An educated youth named Zhang Zhiqiang was from the same group of educated youth who went to the countryside as Li Lanhua.
Seeing Li Lanhua go back to rest, he started to play tricks and pretend to faint.
But this guy’s acting skills were not good. Before Zhou Ziwen could pass by, the villagers discovered that he was just faking it.
Everyone looked at him with contempt.
Some aunties even pointed at him and kept talking.
As a result, this boy was so thin-skinned that he could no longer pretend to be faint. Instead, he was scolded by the team leader.
In the next few days, although the weather was still hot, due to the effective preventive measures taken, the villagers and educated youths were able to better adapt to the work of autumn harvest, and no more heatstroke occurred.
Early that morning, Zhou Ziwen was woken up by the village radio as usual.
With his physique, he did not feel tired even after working for so many days in a row.
But the educated youths in the Zhiqingyuan are different, especially those who have just gone to the countryside not long ago.
These young educated youths, who live in cities on weekdays, rarely have the opportunity to be exposed to such high-intensity farm work. The autumn harvest is both a novel experience and a severe test for them.
After several days of high-intensity labor, the physical condition of the educated youth began to show varying degrees of reactions. Some educated youths began to have sore hands and feet due to lack of physical labor in the past, and some even had blisters on their hands.
When many of them returned to the Educated Youth Home at night, they were so tired that they almost didn’t want to say anything and just wanted to fall asleep.
After several days of intense farm work, the educated youths indeed felt unprecedentedly tired and challenged.
Many of them began to complain, and some even backed down.
As exhaustion and discomfort accumulated, some young people in the Educated Youth Home began to gather together, and the complaints gradually evolved into dissatisfaction and resistance to the status quo.
“We are not here to do coolies. How can we bear this kind of work!” an educated youth said angrily.
“Yes, we demand improved working conditions, and we also want to rest!” Another educated youth echoed.
Someone took the lead, and the emotions of the educated youths became excited. They began to gather and prepare to express their demands to the production team.
Some of them even offered to go on strike to express their dissatisfaction.
The news quickly reached the ears of captains Zhou Weiguo and Wu Dagang. The two looked at each other and saw the seriousness in each other's eyes.
"This is not possible. The autumn harvest is a major event and cannot be delayed just because of the impulse of these young people." Zhou Weiguo said in a deep voice.
Wu Dagang nodded in agreement: "We must take measures to calm this storm."
"I think these guys just need to be dealt with. At such an important time as the autumn harvest, they dare to jump out and cause trouble. This kind of behavior must be severely punished."
Zhou Weiguo slapped the table and said with a dark face.
He knew that if there were too many educated youths going to the countryside, problems would easily arise.
No, now the problem is coming! (End of this chapter)