Crossing the Western Tianshan Mountains

Before using a shield machine, it is first necessary to manually excavate a site and height sufficient for the machine to work. Since large excavation machinery cannot be used, only a preliminary excavation can be carried out manually with a steel chisel.

So the workers' working situation became like this, "a group of primitive people were holding hunting rifles and constantly hammering at the mountain."

The way they work does look a bit like primitive people, even the way they do their work is similar.

It was also dangerous. After all, everyone was holding a deadly steel drill. Wu Yongjie didn't dare leave the site and kept reminding people, "Be careful, keep your distance, and don't hit anyone's heels!"

After a while, he continued, "You can gather the strength of seven or eight people here to lift it up. Yes, yes, yes, get closer and work together..."

In fact, everyone just works, and the foreman is there. Wu Yongjie really doesn't need to worry about how to work. However, Wu Yongjie was born a foreman, and later studied architecture and other fields in college, and took self-taught university entrance exams. From theory to practice, there are very few foremen under him who can compare with him.

The key is that when we first start working, we really don’t want anything to go wrong.

We worked overtime that day because Wu Yongjie was there, shouting slogans, doing some things himself, and watching the workers work. The atmosphere was very good and everyone was a little selfless. Later, the dinner bell rang in the kitchen, and everyone put down their tools and ran to the kitchen to eat.

However, that evening, many of the workers who had participated in the initial excavation task developed symptoms of discomfort, mainly soreness in the arms and legs, a feeling of ischemia, stiffness in movement, and shortness of breath.

Fang Ya led the medical team and stayed up all night observing the workers' condition. In the end, Fang Ya concluded that it was "excessive exercise and low blood oxygen."

To put it bluntly, a large amount of oxygen is needed when exercising, but the oxygen content on the mountain is not up to standard, so after strenuous exercise, various tissues of the body will suffer from hypoxia, resulting in symptoms such as soreness and fatigue.

Because of the limited oxygen cylinders, they had to take turns breathing one by one. This also meant that these people might not be able to go to the "battlefield" tomorrow. Wu Yongjie regretted that he had mobilized too much in the afternoon and made these "soldiers" work with all their might, which resulted in the current consequences.

Ling Fengxi, of course, also knew about this. Late at night, wrapped in a thick blanket, he sat outside the tent, listening to the situation, and asked from time to time, "What's going on? Do we need to go down the mountain?"

Fang Ya said, "No, I'm short of oxygen and need to rest."

After a while, Ling Fengxi asked again, "Where is Wu Lao Hu?"

"In another tent."

Ling Fengxi didn't go looking for Wu Yongjie, but just stood there. "What does this mean? Workers can't do such heavy work? Will the project be stopped because of this?"

No one answered from the tent. After a while, Fang Ya settled the patient and came out. She stared at Ling Fengxi's face and said with a half-smile, "Are you particularly worried? Will the project be stopped because of this?"

Ling Fengxi's thoughts were exposed. He turned his head and looked away, saying, "I was wondering if you have any good ideas to get everyone to do some hard work. Before the start of work, the workers who were building houses in the camp next door, as well as Lu Haoyang's workers, were all fine. Why did this happen today?"

Fang Ya didn't answer but asked, "What do you think?"

Ling Fengxi then looked her in the eye and said, "The excavator couldn't dig it up, so we had to do it manually. It does seem very physically demanding, but this work has to be done. We can't avoid it."

Fang Ya took his hand and said, "It's too cold for you to stand outside. Let's go and have a bowl of milk tea."

The milk tea she made last night was still warm. Fang Ya heated it up again before pouring a bowl for Ling Fengxi. "You're a big boss. You pay people to do the work, and you're afraid they won't do it?"

"You don't understand. When it comes to human life, everything has to give way."

"But I can guarantee that the project will proceed, unless Wu Lao Hu doesn't want to do it because of personal grudges or because he's afraid of the hard work."

As soon as Fang Ya finished speaking, she heard Wu Yongjie's voice roaring outside, "Fang Ya, am I really that bad in your eyes? Am I, Wu Lao Hu, someone who uses personal grudges to hide in work, afraid of hardship and unwilling to work? Who was the one who collapsed today and worked hard with the workers?"

Wu Yongjie walked in, saying, "You people in the system are so annoying. You all think you're superior, but you can't actually solve anything."

As Wu Yongjie spoke, he sat down and took a deep breath. He picked up Ling Fengxi's milk tea bowl and drank it in one gulp. Still feeling uncomfortable, he stroked his chest and said, "You look down on me, but I look down on you too. Listen to what you are saying. I, Wu Lao Hu, will finish the job I take, even if it means death."

Ling Fengxi was in a surprisingly good mood today and refilled his milk tea bowl. "Old Wu, you don't look right. Are you also lacking oxygen?"

"You're the one lacking oxygen!"

Wu Yongjie wanted to drink another bowl of milk tea, but Fang Ya stopped him, "If you keep drinking like this, you'll really run out of oxygen."

Wu Yongjie finally put down his milk tea bowl. "I know my body is strong enough that I won't suffer from oxygen deprivation. As for whether I can do that job, I can tell you, I definitely can. Fang Ya, didn't you say that oxygen deprivation comes from excessive exercise? Then we'll split into shifts. If two shifts don't work, we'll do three. If three shifts don't work, we'll do four."

Ling Fengxi said, "What do you mean?"

Wu Yongjie said, "It's very simple. We rotate the work. We still divide it into five shifts. Each shift works for two hours, and the five shifts work a total of ten hours. In other words, these workers work for two hours a day, and the rest of the time they rest or do other less strenuous work."

Ling Fengxi wanted to ask more questions, but Wu Yongjie waved his hand and said, "Don't ask anymore. Anyway, I've taken over the project and I'll handle it. You'll know when the time comes. I'm tired, I'm going to rest."

As he spoke, he stood up, as if he was going to leave as soon as possible, but after taking two steps, his vision went dark and he fell backwards. Fortunately, Ling Fengxi supported him in time and prevented him from falling directly to the ground.

Fang Ya quickly gave Wu Yongjie oxygen.

……

I originally thought that I would have to take a day off the next day and re-arrange various aspects of work, but I didn’t expect that Wu Yongjie would get up early in the morning to arrange for the workers to start working.

Ling Fengxi was a little worried about him and handed the bowl to him, "I made this especially for you. Last night..."

"I slept very well last night. I haven't slept so soundly in a long time. Thank you for the food. Also, the project will continue. You just need to supervise it. Don't worry about other things."