Go back to the past to plant trees

The autumn afforestation was in full swing. Meng Yue, Qin Xuemei, and Shen Mengyin were digging up seedlings in the nursery, while Feng Cheng and a group of boys were planting trees in the afforestation area.

They were all skilled workers; they cleared a tree in just a few strokes, and their speed was incredibly fast.

There were no groups; everyone did their own thing, and each person knew exactly how much to plant. The results were tallied after work each day.

"Jin Quan has planted about 300 trees today!"

"Not that many, just 275."

"The second strongest is 280 trees."

"Huang Qiang has 250 trees."

“There are 290 Da Kui trees.”

"The team leader has 285 trees."

"Feng Cheng, 250 trees,"

"Ji Xiurong, 210 trees."

“Sui Zhichao, 230 trees.”

"A total of 1795 trees were planted today, 200 more than yesterday."

"At this rate, the saplings will be planted in four days."

Feng Cheng said, "This speed is fine. Everyone, don't speed it up anymore. Just keep at this pace and plant the trees properly. Don't plant the saplings crookedly, too deep, or too shallow just to speed up the process. We need to ensure that the saplings survive after planting them. We can't sacrifice the life or death of the saplings for the sake of efficiency."

"Xiurong, did you just check the weather station? Will the temperature change much in the next few days?" Feng Cheng asked Ji Xiurong, who was standing beside him.

Ji Xiurong shook her head. "There haven't been any major changes. Just like the prediction from a few days ago, the temperature will tend to level off in the coming period. It won't suddenly rise or fall."

Since Feng Cheng arranged special work for Ji Xiurong, her mental state has gradually recovered. These past two days, she has been involved in the tree planting work, and her condition has almost fully recovered. Although she is not as lively as before, at least she is not as depressed as she was when Yan Xiangli left.

Zhao Tianshan originally wanted her to stay at the nursery, since she was a girl and had just experienced a setback in her relationship, but Feng Cheng insisted that she participate in the work of planting trees.

The quickest way to forget something is to devote yourself entirely to something else, leaving yourself no free time and no time to overthink. Many things are only important during that specific period; once that period has passed and you look back, most people will have let go of the past.

"As long as nothing changes, it doesn't matter if the temperature drops or it snows after the trees are planted."

Over the next few days, Feng Cheng led everyone in a hard-fought battle in the afforestation area. After six days, they finally managed to plant all 10,000 saplings.

After the trees were planted, Feng Cheng and his team watered the saplings. They would water them again in a few days to ensure they had enough moisture. Although the temperature had dropped and the evaporation rate was low, the cold wind was still blowing, and the moisture in the trunks would be quickly taken away. Without sufficient water, the saplings would have a hard time surviving.

"Alright, the autumn afforestation is now finished. All that's left is the work in the vegetable garden, but that will only take a day or two and won't take up much time. So everyone can relax now. All the work for this year is done."

"Oh yeah."

"it is good."

"Captain, let's go to the county town! I want to go to the public bathhouse. The water here on the dam isn't clean enough to wash my body properly; I can rub mud off right now."

"Ugh, Sui Zhichao, you're disgusting."

Shen Mengyin gave a disgusted look when she heard this.

Sui Zhichao retorted, "What's so disgusting about that? I scrub very carefully every time I take a shower, but I just can't get it clean. What can I do?"

"Besides, last time we went to the bathhouse, you guys soaked in the baths for even longer than us. I can tell you guys really want to go to the bathhouse too."

Meng Yue said, "Captain, let's go downstairs. I also want to go down and buy some things. We're almost out of some daily necessities."

"Alright, since everyone wants to go down, let's go down then."

"I think everyone should wait a while before going down!"

Just then, Feng Cheng suddenly raised a different opinion.

Just as Zhao Tianshan was about to ask, Feng Cheng said again, "There's still some time before it snows. We can wait until it snows before going down. The temperature is getting lower and lower, and the wind is strong. Going down to the dam is also very hard. If everyone goes down now, it probably won't snow before winter!"

Sui Zhichao said, "Of course, next time we'll just go once. It's so cold, who wants to be out in the wind?"

Saihanba is located at a high altitude and is very windy. It can be said that the cold wind is blowing all the time, so people don't want to go out unless necessary, let alone travel far.

Feng Cheng continued, "Then it would be best to wait until before winter to go down. At that time, we can drive the carriage back to the bureau and have the bureau send up the winter supplies. We can then take the supply wagon back directly. The supply wagon is much more comfortable than the carriage, at least you won't be exposed to the wind."

"Also, we'll definitely need to buy a lot of things on this trip down to the dam. Everyone needs daily necessities, rice, flour, cooking oil for the camp, medicine, and things for the New Year. Even if the horse-drawn carriage can carry all that stuff, it will take a long time. Last time when we went down, it seemed like it took us almost a whole day to come back by horse-drawn carriage!"

Taking a horse-drawn carriage down the dam is fine; it's a short walk and doesn't require much effort. But going up the dam requires a lot of effort. With several people and a lot of luggage, the carriage can't go fast at all. It takes half a day to go down, and a whole day to get home.

As soon as Feng Cheng said that, everyone immediately understood. In such cold weather and with such strong winds, how could they travel all day?

The thought of this immediately sent shivers down everyone's spines.

Sui Zhichao suddenly realized that it didn't matter if he didn't take a bath; he could just scrub himself.

Ji Xiurong said, "I suddenly don't want to go down anymore!"

Feng Cheng laughed and said, "It will rain eventually. If it doesn't rain this time, it will have to wait until next spring, which is almost half a year. Do you have enough daily necessities?"

Meng Yue said, "Section Chief, I think you're right. Let's go down before it snows, drive the carriage down, and then take the supply wagon back up."

Meng Yue definitely had to go down there. She had written a lot of letters recently and was planning to take them down and send them to her boyfriend. How could she not go down?

"Yes, I'll listen to the section chief."

"Brother Feng, we'll listen to you."

Feng Cheng smiled and said, "There's still almost a month before it really snows. During this time, everyone should think about what they need to buy. Try to think it through carefully. We'll be staying in Bashang for more than half a year. If some daily necessities suddenly run out, there's nowhere to buy them. So try to think it through carefully and prepare as much as possible, just in case. If you don't have enough money, you can come to me and I'll lend you some. Don't be shy."