"I understand you, but isn't it too difficult for you and your two children to study in these ruins?"
Gu Zhaocheng pointed to the "skylight" on the roof of Chen's house and said.
This has always been a trendy architectural style. Since the "skylight" was opened, the lighting in the house has gone up to more than one level.
If it were Gu Zhaocheng, he would be willing to go out and find a place to study by himself without disturbing other people.
Xingjie also had ready-made conditions. He had his own house. Although it was a little dilapidated and could not provide shelter from wind and rain, it was still a private space.
"Brother, everything is fine here..." Xingjie said with a red face in embarrassment, his explanation a little pale.
There was draft everywhere, and there was ice and snow in the house. It couldn't be described as a good word.
"Don't be so embarrassed. I won't tell my parents. I just came here to see if I can help you or something."
Gu Zhaocheng comforted Xingjie and said.
What Xingjie is most worried about is that Gu Changshan and Na Cunhua cannot know about this matter, otherwise they will feel unhappy that Xingjie is a heretic and does not take care of the Gu family.
Since Gu Zhaocheng has caused trouble like Gu Zhaoxi to Xingjie.
In order not to delay Xingjie's performance, we must also create better learning conditions for Xingjie.
To make up for it, Xingjie brings one more influence to the efficiency.
Xingjie took Fengqin out of his own free will. Fengqin was not a family member, so Gu Zhaocheng didn't need to be responsible. But with Gu Zhaoxi, Gu Zhaocheng should still do something to help.
"I don't need any help."
This is Xingjie's habitual answer recently. Ever since his father died and his mother ran away, he has started not to like causing trouble to himself or others.
"Why is there nothing to help? Even if your house is not renovated, the raised roof, broken doors and windows, and the air leakage from all sides should be fixed."
Gu Zhaocheng came here because he was thinking about Xingjie and wanted to take his two children to study here.
I just helped to clean up the Chen family's house.
Xingjie is the only one left in the Chen family. He is about to go to college and is short of money. Of course, it is not worth renovating the home.
But even without spending any money, the condition of the Chen family's house can be improved.
In fact, this kind of house with brick and wood structure is quite simple to repair.
Originally, if someone's house in the forest farm broke down or leaked, I basically had to repair it myself. At most, I would get help from people I had good connections with.
It's just that Xingjie's survival ability is not good at the moment and he has no life skills, so there is absolutely nothing he can do with this old house.
"Isn't this too much trouble?"
"It's no trouble. It will be handled soon. Just wait here and I'll go home and get some tools."
After looking at the current resources of the Chen family, there were only some scattered tiles that were usually used for repairs. Gu Zhaocheng planned to go back to the house and bring some things over.
The roof needs to be repaired, the missing purlins must be repaired, and the tiles must be fastened.
There are some insufficient materials, so we can just dismantle it in the Chen family kitchen room.
This kitchen is dead anyway, so there's no chance it can be used again.
After the roof of the kitchen room was vacant, the roof of the back room was patched up.
The rest was around the house. Whether it was the door or the door leading to the inner room, they were all too close to the stove where the fire started. They were all badly burned and were no longer usable.
In these places, Xingjie can use his own shabby quilts and simply modify them by hanging a curtain.
The windows are also broken a lot. If you don’t have glass and are too lazy to buy it, you can use transparent plastic film.
Just seal up the leaky windows and it will be enough for a while.
Twenty years ago, many rural areas used this method.
If one layer is not thick enough, you can also use double layers, which will provide warmth and wind protection.
As for the Chen family's wires that were burned out, the power was cut off, and there was no electricity.
Gu Zhaocheng didn't care. The three of them had enough time to study during the day.
In addition to reading at night with a small light bulb of several tens of watts, it is still a bit too harmful to the eyes.
He also tidied up the Chen family's house very well, which seemed to be a bit of a show of care for the outstanding family.
Xingjie was also a very sensitive person. In order to prevent Xingjie from thinking too much, Gu Zhaocheng simply did not do anything that could easily lead to misunderstanding.
After spending two days piecemeal, I tidied up the Chen family's house.
The Chen family has enough for the time being and supports Xingjie in taking Feng Qin Zhaoxi to study.
If there is any damage, it can be repaired at any time.
Xingjie may only stay at the forest farm for half a year, or a year and a half at most, and he won't be able to fix the situation a few times.
Because the kang cannot be heated, it will be too cold to sleep in this room at night.
But it’s no problem to light the brazier during the day and refill the firewood at any time so that you can study without freezing your hands.
If the temperature is not enough, you can consider lighting more fire pots.
Chen Xingjie’s father, Chen Shangyou, is also a very diligent man.
The accident only occurred after it snowed and entered winter.
Whatever the Chen family lacks, they will not lack firewood.
As long as the people in the family are not lazy, every household in the Northeast has enough firewood for at least one or two years.
Therefore, the Chen family's firewood reserves are quite abundant.
Even if Xingjie still has to stay in the forest farm for two years, the firewood will be enough for Xingjie to burn as he pleases.
The time after that is very close to the New Year, and every household, including the forest farm, is preparing for the New Year.
The forest farm is very poor. It may be that there is no balance at all and no funds in the account. I want to give the employees welfare during the New Year.
Qin Yan kept asking Gu Zhaocheng and other temporary workers to process wood in the field.
After selling some, it would be a good idea for the employees.
It has also been a tradition of units like the forestry farm for many years to distribute benefits during festivals and festivals.
If it were to be canceled suddenly, employees would not let Qin Yan go easily.
There was no way Gu Changshan would take the blame for Qin Yan in this kind of thing.
If everyone is given something worth tens of dollars, they can throw it away.
Qin Yan still understands the importance of things. When the cost is not high and the benefits are not many, Qin Yan will not offend any employees.
Moreover, a person like Qin Yan, who is politically mature and flexible, will inevitably have to move around in relationships as the Spring Festival approaches.
This aspect is actually a big spender.
In the past, when hunting was allowed, the forest farm had no shortage of things to give away.
But in this day and age, you can’t just give away mushrooms, fungus, and walnuts.
Although the items are all good, they can all be regarded as treasures.
But in the forestry system, these things are really too common.
If you don't cherish something enough, you won't be sincere when you move about it.
No forest farm is short of these things, and no one can use them to fool people.
After waiting for part of the timber to be sold, the forest farm had some money and distributed some pork, rice, and peanut oil to the employees.
The forest farm also had the Spring Festival holiday and entered the state of celebrating the new year.
Gu Zhaocheng's hard work was not in vain. He also received a share of employee benefits during the New Year.
Although this benefit may not be solely due to Gu Zhaocheng's efforts.
Some people have Gu Changshan's face, so Qin Yan always points to Gu Changshan for his efforts in production, giving Gu Changshan face, and also giving a share to Gu Zhaocheng.
But no matter what, Gu Zhaocheng has been taking classes for more than a month, so he deserves it.
It was not a shame to take it, as they were given out at the venue, and Gu Zhaocheng took the things home.
The old Gu family was still quite poor. Even when the poor people set off firecrackers during the New Year, Gu Changshan was reluctant to buy longer ones.
I still need these tens of dollars worth of stuff.
In the past few years, although Lao Gu's family was poor, they had never experienced such difficulties.
Except for spending some money on Feng Qin and Xingjie in the past few months.
When people live in the Gu family, the Gu family doesn't just give them food.
In terms of food, clothing, housing and transportation, we try our best to take care of everything.
In addition, the prices of things are getting higher and higher nowadays, and the prices are about the same every year.
Ordinary vegetable prices, rice prices, and meat prices fluctuate by 10%, which is a very scary thing for the Gu family.
Furthermore, the harvesting volume of the forest farm this year is really not much, and Gu Changshan's salary is not as good as in previous years.
Even if Gu Zhaocheng's salary was supplemented, it would not be enough.
The income has decreased, prices have increased, and the population has increased, which has brought the economy of Lao Gu's family to its most impoverished period.
The family is not without food, but the income cannot make ends meet and the family has to live on the bottom line. For ordinary people, life has become unbearable.
"Zhaoxi, we won't go to other people's homes to celebrate the New Year today. Big brother will take you to the small shop to buy some firecrackers. Let's go set off firecrackers."
The forest farm celebrates the New Year. For the Gu family, this year is still a bit monotonous.
I have only lived here for so many years, so there are definitely no large-scale events.
Just eat something good, take a rest, and then visit each other.
Those with relatives walked around, while those without relatives just stayed in the forest farm, drinking, playing cards and bragging.
This kind of Spring Festival is actually more traditional and can be considered quite festive.
It's just that this year, the old Gu family is not welcome in the forest farm.
The previous guests were all over the place, and no one liked them even when they went out.
On the first day of the Lunar New Year, Gu Zhaocheng went out with his little brother. After encountering a few cold faces, he was not ready to wish these people any happy New Year.
Immediately prepare to cancel this event.
Looking at the cold faces of these people, caring about this face is of no use.
These people have been suspended without pay and have little say in the forest farm.
Just working as tools to support Gu Changshan's rise to power, these laid-off people have little weight.
Since these people had a bad attitude towards the Gu family, Gu Zhaocheng didn't bother to deal with them.
"Okay, brother, let's set off firecrackers!" Gu Zhaoxi said overjoyed that he got an advantage.
Few boys can resist such a thing as setting off cannons.
Not to mention that a naughty and restless child like Gu Zhaoxi couldn't resist temptation.
When there is snow, setting off firecrackers is also quite interesting.
When you go to the river, you can also cut through the ice, and there is water, so it will be more fun.
Fried snow buns and fried fish ponds are both very fun things.
That is to say, there are no large livestock such as cows and horses in the forest farm.
Otherwise, fried cow dung is also a childhood that many children have not missed.
Here at the forest farm, there were still some New Year greeting activities on the first day of the new year.
After the first year of junior high school, it can be said that most of the social activities are gone.
There are no locals here at the forest farm. Workers are recruited from outside.
There are no relatives or friends nearby, and without the link of visiting relatives and friends, I feel completely at ease.
It is definitely a fun time to play, and both adults and children can feel completely relaxed.
The adults drank and played cards, while the children skied.
Although this kind of Spring Festival is simple, it is still very happy.
Most people will be satisfied if they can eat, drink and play.
Most people who can safely stay in the mountains have little ambition.
In fact, he belongs to a group of people who are very able to live in peace with poverty.
As long as these people can survive, they don't have high requirements in other aspects.
The few who were dissatisfied all went to work outside the country after the layoff list came out.
People who live nearby, such as those who went to Bianhe, returned to the forest farm during the Chinese New Year. They will go out again after the Lantern Festival.
People who went out to work went away directly, and some never came back to celebrate the New Year at all.
I've only been out for two months, and I still can't make much money. My job is just stable and I'm just starting out.
When I can't afford to go far, I just take a cheap train, which easily costs several hundred yuan for a train ticket.
After the Spring Festival, Gu Zhaocheng returned to the mountains to work as a ranger.
The small-scale timber sales at Sandaogou Forest Farm have come to an end.
The Northeast warms up late, and only some evergreen trees are green.
The entire forest is basically still bare.
Before the snow melted, Gu Zhaocheng was not busy for the time being.
So after entering the mountains, I trained and raised the two dogs.
When Gu Zhaocheng bought it, the dog was almost one month old.
When I first bought it, I fed it milk powder for a while.
Now two months have passed, and a three-month-old native dog is actually considered a half-grown dog.
It’s basically the best time for training. The average IQ of native dogs may not be as good as some breeds of dogs.
But there are only a few dog breeds that are smarter than native dogs.
To be honest, native dogs are smarter than most dogs.
Not to mention his personality, his down-to-earth, loyal and settled nature is better than at least 90% of dogs.
In terms of smell, because the dogs here have hunting dog genes, they are even more excellent.
Taking advantage of this time, Gu Zhaocheng, in addition to training the dog's obedience, also began to train the dog to find medicinal materials.
There was nothing going on in the woods. Gu Zhaocheng had time to go home and take a look when he had nothing to do.
Then when I was waiting to go back again, I found that there was another child at home.
"Brother, this is Liu Ziqiang, and he will live in our house from now on."
Gu Zhaoxi hugged a child next to him who was similar to himself and introduced Gu Zhaocheng.
"Brother." The child next to him showed a smile and shouted sweetly after Gu Zhaoxi.
"It's not like I don't know him. I don't need your help to introduce him to the 945 child. You used to bully others, but you can't bully them anymore."
Gu Zhaocheng first looked back at Zhaoxi and joked with Gu Zhaoxi to prevent the other child from getting too nervous.
Although it was a joke, saying that Gu Zhaocheng bullied others was a bit excessive, but it was also true that Gu Zhaoxi had always been opposed to this child before.
There are two work teams in one forest farm, which are inherently competitive, and the children will inevitably be affected.