50s: Starting with a storage ring

Chapter 48 Voluntary Labor
The south side of this road is relatively easy to clean as it is cleaned daily by a certain unit. The north side is by the river and has no owner. It has not been taken care of for many years and is overgrown with weeds and tangled vines.

Fortunately, the whole city cleaned up domestic garbage in the past few months and cleared out most of the domestic garbage.

Otherwise, it would be impossible for 20 students to finish such a long distance in one day.

The captain arranged everyone to line up in a row and advance from the west to the east. They only advanced 500 meters along the 5-meter-long river in half an hour. There were too many weeds by the water, and it was difficult to clear them with their brooms.

Sun Zhiwei couldn't bear to watch it any longer. He walked up to the captain and suggested, "Captain, the tools are not suitable. Let's go borrow some."

The captain was also anxious, but it was no use urging him because everyone had already tried their best.

"The school doesn't have any other tools. These aquatic plants are so tangled that we can only pinch them by hand."

"Captain, you may not know that our compound is right across the street. We can go to the logistics department of the compound to borrow tools." Sun Zhiwei said to the captain with a smile.

"Really? That's great. I'll go with you."

"Okay, we need to call a few more people. There are a few people from our compound in the team. It will be easier to talk to them if we call them together, and we can also bring back more tools."

"Okay, you go and call people. I don't know them very well." Sun Zhiwei agreed and started calling people.

"Everyone from the security compound come here, we're going back to borrow tools."

After a while, four people came over, and the six of them immediately crossed the road and went diagonally across to the gate of the security compound.

Seeing a large group of people approaching, the guard at the gate looked at them vigilantly. When the people got closer, the guard recognized several children from the compound.

Sun Zhiwei took the lead and walked over and said, "Uncle, we are cleaning across the street and don't have enough tools. Come back and borrow some tools. This is our team leader."

The captain was the only stranger in the team, so Sun Zhiwei had to say something, otherwise it would be embarrassing if the captain was stopped.

"Okay, you can go in." The group of people were let in. Sun Zhiwei had taken the lead in talking to them just now, which was actually a disguised form of guarantee. Since they were all from the hospital, the rules were not that strict.

After the auditorium is built and internal films are shown, there will be more strangers coming with movie tickets and little girls to watch the movies. Anyone who is familiar with the place can bring people in.

Sun Zhiwei and his group went straight to the logistics office after entering the gate. Borrowing things required approval, and they could not get anything if they went directly to the warehouse.

Two of the people had family members working in the logistics office, so Sun Zhiwei sent them there to find someone to approve the note.

After a while, the two men came out with the approval slip, and they rushed to the warehouse to choose tools. There were a lot of tools there, so it was not difficult to find something to deal with aquatic plants.

You know what, there are so many different things in the logistics warehouse, but there are some suitable things, such as big scissors, rakes, and carts. They borrowed a bunch of them, loaded them on the carts and came out.

After showing the approval slip at the gate, the guard let them pass and allowed them to return to the cleaning site across the street.

When the other students saw that they had borrowed the right tools, they cheered, rushed over, divided the tools up, and started working enthusiastically again.

Some were responsible for cutting the aquatic plants, some were responsible for gathering the weeds into piles with rakes, some were packing them into bags, some were pushing the bagged garbage to the side of the car with a cart and then throwing it into the truck bed, and others were cleaning up at the end, clearing the weeds and debris.

After this, the efficiency was increased several times, and it took only one hour to advance 1 meters.

The captain calculated the progress and felt that it would be no problem to complete the task before dark, so he breathed a sigh of relief.

Just when he was feeling happy, about ten soldiers came over from the opposite courtyard, carrying a bucket of cold water and several enamel cups. The captain quickly pulled Sun Zhiwei to greet them.

Sun Zhiwei spotted Platoon Leader Luo at a glance and quickly stepped forward to speak: "Uncle, what are you doing?"

"When the leader heard that you were volunteering to clean up here, he asked the canteen to make some salt and sugar water for you. The soldiers from our guard squad who were resting came over to help."

"Come, everyone, have some water, and let's stretch our legs."

After hearing this, the classmates all rushed over to drink water, and thanked loudly while drinking.

Platoon Leader Luo waved his hand, and a dozen soldiers rolled up their sleeves, took over the students' tools and started cleaning.

The strength of these warriors is not comparable to that of a group of junior high school students. They advanced forward with a click and a click, and their speed was so fast that the group of young men were stunned.

While drinking water, Sun Zhiwei walked to the captain and said softly:

"Captain, we should report this to our superiors when we return. It would be best if we could write a thank you letter to Dayuanling Island, thanking the logistics department for their support and the guard platoon for coming to help."

The captain was stunned for a moment, and it took him a while to come to his senses. "You're right, I should write a thank-you letter. Thank you for reminding me."

"It's our duty. We'll go up and do it too." Sun Zhiwei drank the last sip of water, put down the cup, and rushed to the first row to join the ranks of the soldiers.

The other students followed suit, quickly finishing their water and joining in the cleaning. With the help of the soldiers, the cleaning progress was accelerated again.

An hour later, the 500-meter river bank had been completely cleared, and the originally messy grass on the ground looked neat and beautiful, as if it had been shaved flat.

After the last load of aquatic plants was transported away by the cart, everyone looked at the brand new river bank with satisfied smiles.

The last step was to clean up the battlefield. The tools were divided up and each student took a broom they had brought with them, while the other borrowed tools were placed on a cart.

The soldiers would be responsible for taking the borrowed tools back and handing them over to the logistics department, and trucks would transport the garbage directly out of the city, so the students had no choice but to walk back to school.

After Platoon Leader Luo and the team leader thanked each other, the soldiers and students lined up, saluted each other, and then set off in two directions.

The team leader unfolded the team's flag and handed it to Sun Zhiwei. Sun Zhiwei happily took it, ran to the front of the team and began to lead the way.

This flag is usually held by the flag bearer. If there is no flag bearer, it is held by the team leader.

At this time, everyone is still a team member and the captain has not been appointed. It depends on the arrangements from above. Generally, the superiors will designate the most capable or most active team member as the captain.

If there is no designated one, the team members will need to recommend one another.

Now that the captain has handed the flag to Sun Zhiwei, it is a recognition of him. Under normal circumstances, he will become the squad leader in the future.

He is now walking in front to lead the way, and the team leader is running back and forth to watch the team and prevent them from falling behind.

It was just after 4 p.m. and the sun was still very bright. Everyone had worked so hard just now and was now feeling a little lethargic.

(End of this chapter)