Chapter 91 Commune
After leaving the steel mill, things were fine at first. The road conditions were not bad and everyone in the car was in the mood to sing, even though they were almost freezing to death in the cold weather.
Once we were out of the city, everyone suffered when the truck was driving on the dirt road in the country. One reason was that the road was so bumpy that it almost made us vomit, and the other reason was that it was cold.
The truck was driving on the road to the countryside. The people on the truck sat close to the truck, holding the machines and supplies on the truck with their hands.
"I can't take it anymore. It hurts so much." The cook sitting opposite Li Shengli covered his mouth with his hands and looked in pain.
"Here, take one and put it in your mouth." Li Shengli saw that the man was suffering from motion sickness, so he took out a small paper bag from his pocket, opened it and motioned the cook who was suffering from motion sickness to take one and put it in his mouth.
"What is this?" The cook, who was swaying in the car, couldn't see clearly for a moment.
"It's ginger slices." Liu Hongliang, who was sitting nearby, saw clearly what it was.
"Does this thing work?" The cook's uncomfortable face was full of disbelief.
"You're feeling uncomfortable now anyway, so it won't hurt to try putting one in your mouth." Li Shengli handed the paper bag in his hand to the cook and nodded.
The cook, who felt uncomfortable, looked at Li Shengli, made up his mind, grabbed a piece of food and put it in his mouth. After he finished holding it, he let out a long breath.
"How do you feel?" Li Shengli asked during the bumpy ride.
"Much better, thank you, Master Li." The car-sick cook looked grateful.
"You're welcome." Li Shengli smiled. He prepared this because he was afraid that he would get motion sickness, but he didn't have any motion sickness medicine.
"Does anyone else need anything?" Li Shengli saw that all the things had been taken out, and it would be inappropriate to stuff them back into his pockets now. Who knows if there is anyone in the car who is still feeling uncomfortable and hard, and he would be afraid that they would vomit in the car.
The cold wind was blowing, and after vomiting in the car, it became cold and smelly.
"Master Li, give me one." Sure enough, three people immediately asked for one after Li Shengli said that, but it seemed that the situation was not very serious.
"Shengli, thanks to you for bringing these things." Seeing that Li Shengli was already prepared, Liu Hongliang looked at Li Shengli with admiration.
"It's better to be prepared. I don't know if the car in front is okay." It was just a small matter and Li Shengli didn't take it seriously.
"Who knows? Let's remind them when we go back." Liu Hongliang thought for a while and said. He didn't see the car in front stop, so it shouldn't be serious.
As the truck drove and approached its destination, it began to shake more violently. Li Shengli had no choice but to hold on to the car and squat slightly.
As the truck passed the Red Star Commune sign made of three pieces of wood, Li Shengli knew that they were about to reach their destination.
"We're here, we're here." Sure enough, after a while, someone with sharp ears seemed to hear some noise and shouted to the people in the car.
"Yes, we've arrived. I saw people." The man with good eyesight sitting in the front held the carriage and leaned his head out to take a look and said.
After a while, accompanied by the pleasant sound of gongs and drums, we arrived at the courtyard of the Red Star Commune.
Standing in front of the group of villagers was an old man with wrinkles on his face and wearing a thick cotton-padded jacket. Behind him was an old man dressed similarly but not as burly.
In the car in front, He Fumin, Xu Weimin and Jiang Xinjian got out amid the cheers of the villagers and met the team leader and secretary of the Red Star Commune who came to greet everyone.
"Chief He, we're sorry to trouble you again this year." Captain Zhao said gratefully while holding He Fumin's hand.
"Hey, Lao Zhao, why are you still being polite to me? This is not the first time we have dealt with each other." He Fumin said, holding Captain Zhao's hand.
He Fumin knew Captain Zhao and Secretary Feng. The team that came to the countryside to help the steel mill was also led by He Fumin. "Come on, let's welcome the workers from the steel mill to come and help us." Captain Zhao shouted to the villagers behind him.
"Welcome, fellow workers." The villagers behind him shouted in unison, beating gongs and drums in their hands.
"Old Zhao, look at you guys, why are you being so polite?" He Fumin pretended to be unhappy.
After the welcoming noises died down, Xu Weimin brought some villagers over to greet Li Shengli, Liu Hongliang and other canteen staff.
"Everyone, hurry up and move your things down. These farmers will help you move them." Xu Weimin said, pointing to several villagers who followed him.
Liu Hongliang asked some people to get off first because the car was full and it was difficult to move things.
While this side was busy moving kitchen items, the other car was even busier. People from the Red Star Commune agricultural machinery group were assisting the workers in the machine repair workshop in loading and unloading machine tools.
It was even more lively around Xu Damao, with a group of children surrounding him. After all, it was a rare opportunity for children to watch a movie.
"Go away, get out of the way, don't break anything." Xu Damao was unloading the projection equipment. When he saw a group of children surrounding him, he hurriedly drove them away for fear that something might be broken.
A few children made faces at Xu Damao and then dispersed. They knew Xu Damao as he had come to show movies before.
After all the workers from the steel rolling mill had come down, He Fumin clapped his hands and signaled everyone to listen to his introduction.
"This is Captain Zhao of the Red Star Commune, and this is Secretary Feng. You can come to them if you have any questions." He Fumin pointed at Captain Zhao and Secretary Feng and introduced them to Li Shengli and the others.
Everyone nodded seriously. It seemed that if they needed to change anything, they would ask these two to introduce it.
"Captain Zhao, let's start now." He Fumin asked after introducing Captain Zhao and Secretary Feng to everyone.
Captain Zhao nodded and called on the villagers to go up and make the connection.
"Director Xu." At this time, a person came up to Li Shengli and the others.
"Old Wu, you're just in time." Xu Weimin smiled when he saw the newcomer. "Liu Hongliang, Li Shengli, you two take the cooks and follow Old Wu. I'll leave the kitchen to you."
After saying that, Xu Weimin went to find He Fumin. Chen Song, who was holding a camera, started taking pictures of this happy scene as soon as he got off the car.
Over there, Jiang Xinjian, the workshop director of the machine repair workshop, led the machine repair team towards the agricultural machinery of the Red Star Commune. They had to hurry up to check and try to find and solve the problems in advance.
"Hello, what's your name?" Liu Hongliang asked Old Wu in front of him first.
"Just call me Old Wu. Leaders, what do you think we should do?" Old Wu asked with a smile.
"You should come. We are not familiar with this place." Liu Hongliang declined.
"Come on."
"You come."
"Look, let's set up the stove first." Seeing that the two of them wanted to continue the greetings, Li Shengli said from the side.
"Yes, we have to set up the stove first." Old Wu said after the two looked at each other and smiled.
(End of this chapter)