People in the Siheyuan: I am a Buddhist who is in a mess

Qin Dalu was also a down-to-earth man. He felt the gratitude and respect that the people of Hulukou Brigade had for him, and he immediately asked his apprentices to start unloading the tractor.

At noon, Ning Dawei specially cooked a special meal and stewed an old hen.

Lin Yi scooped a bowl of chicken soup, picked up five or six pieces of chicken, and then took a portion of vegetables and a few cornmeal buns to Youxi in the courtyard.

I knocked on the door and it opened.

Lin Yi prepared the food and told You Xi that it was time to eat.

Watching Youxi eating his meal politely.

Lin Yi asked: "Your brother came to see you last night, why didn't you go back?"

Youxi didn't answer until he finished eating a cornmeal bun.

Then he said, "When there is a result of the family affairs, he will come and tell me naturally."

"Squeak."

There was a sound of brakes coming from outside the yard.

Lin Yi stood up and looked outside. He saw a familiar military green jeep parked outside the courtyard gate.

You Hai got out of the car.

This guy must have memorized the way here last night.

Seeing this guy getting out of the driver's seat, he must have driven here by himself.

He took out a backpack from the back seat and put it inside the house.

"Little sister, I brought you some food."

"The old man said that if you don't want to go back, you can just stay here for a few days."

After saying this, You Hai sat down at the table. Looking at the small amount of food on the table, which seemed to be just enough for You Xi to eat, he glared at Lin Yi and said, "Where is my food?"

"I didn't know you were coming, so go to the canteen to eat. If you go there now, you can still have three taels of steamed buns and half a bowl of vegetable soup. If you don't know the way, ask the villagers here."

Lin Yi was not polite to this outgoing guy.

"Forget it, I won't eat. I see there's a construction site over there. Are they going to build a reservoir here?"

To come to Lin Yi's courtyard, one has to pass by the small reservoir dam and naturally be able to see the situation over there.

"Ah."

Lin Yi thought for a moment and asked, "Can you get some other machinery? A bulldozer or something like that."

Before dinner, Qin Dalu had already driven the tractor and done a lot of work. Lin Yi was watching from the side and felt that the construction site was still lacking a bulldozer.

"A bulldozer? I'll ask the engineers for you. They must have one, but the paperwork is too complicated."

You Hai did not refuse. For some reason, he liked Lin Yi very much. If it was someone else who dared to confront him like that, he would have punched him a long time ago.

Hearing You Hai's agreement, Lin Yi was also happy. He left the space to the two brothers and sisters and left the yard by himself.

Passing by the reservoir dam construction site, Lin Yi discovered that the number of people working there was at least twice as many as in the morning.

Ning Dawei was also directing the operation from the side.

"Why are there so many people?"

Lin Yi asked.

"During lunch time, I asked people to go to several nearby brigades and shout on the loudspeakers that they would be given five kilograms of sweet potatoes for a day's work."

Ning Dawei replied.

"There's no need to rush the construction schedule. With so many people, even if there's a good harvest of sweet potatoes this year, it won't be enough for you to build like this, right?"

Lin Yi advised.

Nowadays, each brigade still has the habit of retaining grain in a collective manner, for fear of encountering a time when the harvest is poor and there is not enough food.

If we hire people from other brigades and give food to them, the people in our own brigades will not have enough to eat.

After all, the food distributed to people in your own team is different from that distributed to people in other teams.

Lin Yi understood the difference here.

The so-called small collective and small treasury actually mean something like this.

"I'm just worried that the tractor won't last long here."

"In just this short time before dinner, the tractor has done more work than a person does in a whole day. I have to seize the time while the tractor is here and not let it rest."

Ning Dawei explained it to Lin Yi.

Lin Yi was silent.

"Okay, you can handle this. I'll try to keep the tractor around for a few more days."

"At worst, leave the tractor behind. I'll talk to Master Qin about whether we can train a few tractor drivers for your team. This is a good thing. If you use special tools to work in the fields, it can replace at least dozens of cows."

Lin Yi gave Ning Dawei a reassurance.

Lin Yi felt that it shouldn't be a problem to lead a few large groups of apprentices. At worst, he could just take out some meat from his portable farm.

As long as the people at Hulukou can think well of Lin Yi, it will be fine.

Last night, the first snow of this year fell in Sijiu City.

This is also the first snow that Lin Yi has encountered since coming to this era.

The snow was not heavy, only two fingers thick.

On the road, the snow mixed with dust and turned into gray mud.

Because there was little snow, the top layer of loose soil turned into mud, but the soil underneath was still dry.

Whether people are walking on it or cars are passing by, it is extremely slippery.

Early in the morning, he told Liu Mei not to be reluctant to use the coal and to heat up the heater in the house.

Lin Yi went to work.

As soon as I walked out of the courtyard gate, I saw Yan Fugui in the front yard, walking into the house covered in mud.

Apparently, he slipped outside while going to work.

"Chief Lin, be careful when you go out. The ground outside is very slippery."

Yan Fugui reminded by setting an example himself.

I don’t know when it started, but most people in the courtyard began to call Lin Yi “Section Chief Lin”.

In other words, He Yuzhu was still calling "Brother Lin Yi" and "Brother Lin Yi".

Even He Yuzhu's wife, Yu Li, has changed her way of speaking. When there are many people around, she calls Section Chief Lin, and when there are few people around, she calls the child "uncle".

"Thank you for your reminder, Mr. Yan. You should also go into the house and change your clothes. It would be a waste if you catch a cold."

When others kindly reminded him, Lin Yi responded politely.

"Lin Yi, wait for me."

He Yuzhu shouted from behind.

Lin Yi stopped and looked at He Yuzhu who was rushing over.

"Give me a ride to work."

After saying that, without waiting for Lin Yi to decide whether he was happy or not, he hung his lunch box on the handlebar of Lin Yi's bicycle.

Lin Yi took off the net bag of the lunch box, returned it to He Yuzhu, and said, "Go ride Uncle Yi's bike by yourself today. I have something to do."

After Yi Zhonghai went out on the mission, his bicycle was left behind. Yi Zhonghai originally told Liu Mei that he would leave the bicycle to He Yushui.

I don’t know what method Yu Li used, but now only He Yuzhu and his wife are riding the bicycle.

Yu Li's belly has started to show, so she can't ride.

So, usually it’s He Yuzhu who rides.

"Yu Li's sister Yu Haitang is here, so the bicycle is given to Yu Haitang to ride."

Lin Yi thought to himself, you are really awesome, letting your own sister's bicycle be ridden by your own sister-in-law.

However, this was He Yuzhu's family affair after all, and he was too lazy to care about it.

"Then take your time to go to work. I really have something to do."