1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 82 Life Problems
In the eyes of the Executive Committee, it seems obvious now that Changjiang is more important or Yazhou is more important.But this result made Malico and Qiu Yuan feel unacceptable. They chose to take the initiative to come to Yazhou, in order to make some achievements here, so as to accumulate some capital for the future in the crossing group.If the Executive Committee only regards Yazhou as a dispensable existence from beginning to end, what is the point of their coming here?

He Xi observed the words and expressions and knew that the emotions of these two people were not right, so he persuaded: "Don't misunderstand me, Yazhou may not be important in the long-term planning of the executive committee, but for now, this place is Key areas of concern to the Executive Committee.”

Mariko was reminded by He Xiyi, and quickly recovered from his frustration: "That's right, Yazhou has a population of 2, and it is the nearest sales market and human resource provider to the base camp. The only window to keep in touch with Daming."

"This is also the closest place that can pose a military threat to the base camp." At some point, Mu Xiabai and Feng Annan also came out and joined the discussion.

"Although the garrison in Yazhou is not strong, it is a potential threat after all. Our working group must not only undertake the responsibilities of commerce, trade and diplomacy, but also play the role of a military outpost." He said slowly: "Although you are not soldiers, you must also shoulder the task of guarding your homeland, but we are using steel guns, and you are using your own professional knowledge. In a foreign land, I hope you can unite and not Care about personal gains and losses at the moment!"

Obviously, the emotional reactions of Malico and Qiu Yuan just now were seen by Mu Xiabai, and as a Jagged soldier, he would definitely not turn a blind eye to the emotional loosening of the members of the working group.

Qiu Yuan felt a little embarrassed, and hurriedly said: "Old Mu is right, although we have different divisions of labor, we still have to cooperate well here, if we can't achieve results here, then how can the executive committee make it more important in the future? Give us the task? By the way, what about Zhang Guang and Zhao Xiaoruo?"

"Zhang Guang is helping Zhao Xiaoruo with luggage, so let's not go to trouble." Feng Annan said with a smirk.

Everyone understood, Zhang Guang called a few colleagues together the night before departure, explained his thoughts, and each of them stuffed a cigarette as a gift.Although the group of people are all bachelors, they are natural competitors in terms of personal emotional issues, but after all, they are short-handed, and they naturally have to take care of the places where they can be convenient to others.

Zhang Guang moved seven or eight wooden boxes with luggage into Zhao Xiaoruo's room and put them away, then poured a pot of well water in and helped Zhao Xiaoruo to wipe the furniture in the room.Zhao Xiaoruo felt a little sorry when he saw him busy, and wanted to go to the kitchen to boil some boiling water to make tea.When she got to the kitchen, she saw that this earthen stove was for burning wood, and she couldn't operate it at all, so she had to call old man Yang to light a fire and boil water.

After Zhang Guang cleaned the house, he turned around and didn't see Zhao Xiaoruo, but finally Qiu Yuan, who was standing in the patio, showed him the way.Zhang Guang went to the kitchen and saw that this girl was stupidly standing in front of the stove, waiting for the water to boil, her face was black and white with the smoke of the fireworks, and she didn't know it.

"It's not easy to make, right?" Zhang Guang said, crouching down in front of the stove, holding a pair of tongs and reaching into the stove to fiddle with the incompletely burned firewood.

Zhao Xiaoruo smiled and reached out to wipe the sweat from his forehead: "I have never seen a firewood stove before, and this is the first time I use it today."

"It's not very convenient for the firewood stove to catch fire. Tomorrow I'll go out and buy some coal and make some briquettes, so it's convenient to burn some water or something." Zhang Guang said as he kept breaking the fine firewood and stuffing it into the stove.

"You can still make briquettes? I think you seem to be quite skilled. Have you practiced before?" Zhao Xiaoruo asked curiously.

"My hometown is in the countryside. When I was a child, I used to burn wood and briquettes. These tasks were often done when I was a child... A few days ago, the metallurgical workshop made a batch of briquettes stoves and briquettes molds. I specially made a report to the Executive Committee. I got a set, and I can take it out of the box tomorrow and use it." Zhang Guang said with a familiar expression: "I don't think it's inconvenient, I'm used to it. But you have been living in the city since you were a child, and suddenly you are in this kind of environment. It must be very uncomfortable, right?"

Zhao Xiaoruo bit her lip and hesitated before saying: "I just don't want others to see me as a pampered young lady, so I came to participate in the time-travel. I want to prove that Zhao Xiaoruo doesn't care who I leave, no matter what kind of environment I'm in. Live well!"

Zhang Guang stared at Zhao Xiaoruo stunned for a while before answering: "I have never treated you as a eldest lady. I am good to you, it's not that you don't think you can do anything..."

"I know." Zhao Xiaoruo stroked the hair that fell in front of him, and didn't let Zhang Guang continue on this topic: "I don't seem to have asked you before, why did you choose to participate in the time-travel?"

"This is a call from somewhere, I know someone is waiting for me to appear..." Zhang Guang saw Zhao Xiaoruo staring at him, and he couldn't make it up: "Okay, okay, I'll be honest. Like me It is very difficult for a person from the countryside to find a wife in the city, but I came out to see the world for a few years, and I was not reconciled to ask me to go back to find a big girl from the countryside as a wife. I took the opportunity to participate as soon as I gritted my teeth.”

"It's as if you don't have to find a rural girl to be your daughter-in-law when you come to the Ming Dynasty." Zhao Xiaoruo beat him mercilessly.

Zhang Guang said proudly: "That's different. People used to choose me, but now I choose people. No matter how bad it is in the future, I can marry a wealthy lady who is knowledgeable and reasonable..."

As Zhang Guang was talking, he realized that he had lost his words, and quickly said: "...Of course, those are just immature thoughts before, and I will never have such thoughts again now."

"Do you know that for yourself!" Zhao Xiaoruo threw the firewood in his hand into the stove, got up and left, leaving Zhang Guang with a worried face.

The dinner that day was Chef Zhang Guang. Although the taste was not comparable to that of Chef Fan at the base camp, the combination of three meats, three vegetables and one soup was enough to impress the other members. After all, not everyone can set up a table with a firewood stove. meals.And this kind of performance seems to have recovered the impact of the previous blunders. Zhao Xiaoruo also took the initiative to ask him how to cook one of the dishes, which finally let Zhang Guang's heart that has been hanging on it finally let go.

But showering after dinner has become a new problem.The previous owner probably did not expect so many people to stay at the same time, so there were only two wooden tubs for bathing in the entire house, and hot water had to be heated, which made it extremely inconvenient to take a bath.Of course, in order to take care of the lady, Zhao Xiaoruo must be the first to allocate the tub and hot water, but all the rooms in this yard are not very soundproof. All gathered in one room, playing movies on the laptop while fighting the landlord to pass the time.

After Zhao Xiaoruo finished taking a bath, a group of people had to go into her room again and carry the tub together with the bath water, which was quite embarrassing.Zhao Xiaoruo's face was flushed, and she didn't know if it was the effect of the hot water bath, or she felt shy because a group of big men helped him carry the bath water.

"The food, clothing, housing and transportation were considered before departure, but why did no one think of taking a bath?" Malico questioned righteously.

At the meeting that night, bathing became the first major topic to be brought up for discussion.At the base camp, there were separate public bathrooms for men and women, and there was a small charcoal boiler for hot water in the bathroom. Everyone seemed to ignore the details of this life.But after I came to live in Yazhou, I found out that if the problem of bathing is not solved, I am afraid that it will continue to plague the working group for a long time in the future.

Of course, the root cause of this problem is that there is someone of the opposite sex like Zhao Xiaoruo. If she didn't live here, then everyone could have a collective open-air bathroom in the patio. After work every day, they would happily pick soap together. It's a lot of fun.But now it is impossible to let Zhao Xiaoruo go back to the house and then come over with another man. Not to mention how much psychological damage it will do to Zhao Xiaoruo, it is the massive criticism of the Women's Association afterwards. None of these single men here would dare to pat their chests and say I can bear it - although everyone knows that the women's association's propaganda slogan "Women can hold up half the sky" is only for propaganda, but no one really wants to try the power of "half the sky" falling down How big is it.

"I still have to build a dedicated bathroom." Qiu Yuan said while pressing his still sore shoulders: "I have to carry more than ten buckets of bath water in and out every day, which is too tiring. I sweated just after washing, which is not good. Whitewashed."

"Let's use a coal-fired boiler, there is enough space in the kitchen to set up a small boiler, and then it is not difficult to convert the firewood room next to the kitchen into a bathroom, do waterproof treatment on the ground, and then dig a drainage to communicate with the sewer on the street outside. When making dinner, throw a few pieces of briquettes to warm the water slowly, and it will be ready to use when it gets dark." Zhang Guang suggested actively.

"Will there be technical difficulties? Is it safe to use?" Malico didn't know much about this kind of thing, and immediately asked.

"The technology is very mature. This kind of boiler is used in the public bathroom of the base camp, but it has a larger capacity and only burns charcoal. As for safety, there is no problem. At that time, the exhaust duct of the boiler will be connected to the chimney of the kitchen. That's it. This kind of coal-fired boiler is atmospheric pressure, and the water temperature is not too high, so the pipe sealing is enough as long as it does not leak water, and it is not difficult to implement. I will mention this when I contact the base camp tomorrow, if that If you can pay attention, let the metallurgical workshop work overtime, maybe we can use it next week." Zhang Guang explained the details patiently.

"You've been thinking about this when you were waiting for the bath just now, right?" He Xi suddenly said.

"That is, I was..." Zhang Guang almost lost his words for a while, and then coughed dryly: "I didn't do this out of selfishness, but also to make life more convenient for everyone."

(End of this chapter)