Chapter 153 Deserves a heavy reward (6000 words) 26138
Looking at the increasingly dense snowflakes in the sky, Cao Shujie was speechless. He just muttered a few words casually, and this time he meant it.
Cao Jianguo and Cao Shuchao also looked up at the sky.
The expression on Cao Jianguo's face was not relaxed. He took the initiative and said, "You two will watch here for now. I will go home and bring the folding bed over. I will watch here tonight."
"Uncle Jianguo, I can just watch here." Cao Shuchao heard what Cao Jianguo said, and he followed up.
But Cao Jianguo didn't agree. He said, "Shuchao, you have to go back. Your mother still needs someone to take care of her at night. If it snows heavily, my wife won't be able to do it alone at home."
What he said was a fact, and Cao Shuchao knew it in his heart.
Cao Shujie interrupted the two of them and said, "Dad, Brother Chao, don't stay here. I'll just come up and take a look at it in the evening. You don't have to rely on this person."
"Don't turn off your cell phones. If there is any problem, I will call you. It won't be too late to come back then."
Hearing what Cao Shujie said, Cao Jianguo said nothing else. Cao Shuchao hesitated for a while and then nodded in agreement.
All the fruits in the orchard are gone. In this terrible weather, we can't let another cattle thief come in. It won't be easy either.
It was snowing really hard. When they came down from the orchard on the mountain, the snow on the ground could cover the heels of their shoes, and they could hear a "crunching" sound when they stepped on it.
At the foot of the mountain, Cao Jianguo looked at his son and told him to pay attention to safety when going up the mountain at night.
"Dad, don't worry. When I go up, I will take Daha and Erha up together." Cao Shujie said with a smile.
After raising dogs for more than half a year, I can finally use them.
Hearing what his son said, Cao Jianguo also laughed.
However, he still hopes that the snow will be lighter.
When he returned home, he saw his wife and children wearing down jackets, thick hats, and cotton gloves playing in the yard as soon as they entered the door.
There are several snowballs placed in front of Mengmeng, looking like she is preparing for a snowball fight.
Seeing her father come in, Mengmeng shouted to him loudly: "Dad, make a snowman."
"Quick, quick."
She looked quite anxious.
"Okay, Dad will be here soon." Cao Shujie put down his things and went to play in the snow with his daughter.
Cheng Xiaolin asked him: "How is it? Is everything okay on the mountain?"
Cao Shujie smiled and said: "Honey, don't worry, the mountains are very nice."
"Are the cows and strawberry seedlings okay?" Although Cheng Xiaolin didn't follow him, she was still thinking about him.
"It's okay. We even checked it before we came down. Everything is fine." Cao Shujie didn't hide anything from his wife. He said, "I have to go up there tonight to see how it goes."
"Do you still need me to accompany you up?" Cheng Xiaolin asked.
Cao Shujie looked at Mengmeng who was carefree and having a great time. He smiled and said, "What are you doing up here? Just take care of Mengmeng at home."
Seeing Daha and Erha running back and forth in the snow, Cao Shujie said, "I will take Daha and Erha up there at night and leave the two German shepherds to look after the house."
"You can just hold them all," Cheng Xiaolin said.
"No need, Daha and Erha are enough."
Until Cao Shujie and the others finished dinner and prepared to go to bed, Cao Shujie stood at the window and looked outside. The snow in the sky had not stopped yet and continued to fall. Look at the speed and density of the falling snowflakes, and they were getting bigger and bigger.
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Cheng Xiaolin was very worried, but her husband kept insisting that it was okay, so she didn't ask any more questions to avoid causing trouble to Cao Shujie.
Cao Shujie set the alarm clock, got up at about one o'clock in the middle of the night, put on thick clothes, a thick hat, velvet leather gloves, velvet shoes, took a strong flashlight, and went out holding Daha and Erha.
Before leaving, he said to the two German Shepherds in the kennel: "Big Hei, Little Hei, take care of your home."
"Oh." Dahei barked and nodded his head, as if to tell Cao Shujie, "Don't worry, as long as our brothers are at home, there will be no problem."
On the second floor, Cheng Xiaolin also woke up. When her husband got up just now, she still closed her eyes and pretended to be asleep.
Seeing her husband open the door, lead the two dogs out, and then lock the door outside, Cheng Xiaolin was still worried about him, thinking to herself: "Heavy snow is not as good as rain. Walking on flat ground is easy to slip, let alone going."
On the mountain.”
She also wanted to follow him up, but she turned around and looked at Mengmeng who was sleeping soundly inside, thinking that she would wake up in the middle of the night and couldn't find her parents, and she wouldn't know how anxious she would cry when the time came, so he gave up the idea.
While she was praying silently in her heart to bring good luck to her husband, Cheng Xiaolin suddenly heard a "ding" sound from her mobile phone. She felt puzzled and touched the phone to take a look, but the message displayed was from her husband.
A text message.
She clicked it and said, "Honey, go to bed quickly. Don't worry, I'm fine. I'll call you if I need help."
When she saw this text message, Cheng Xiaolin felt like she was gritting her teeth. It turned out that her husband knew that she was pretending to sleep just now.
On the slope road going up at the foot of the mountain, Cao Shujie stood at the intersection, looking at the snow that had reached his feet, and then looking back at the snow pit where he had just walked. He was also a little worried. The snow was really not that good.
Small.
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But Daha and Erha are different. They are more active and excited in the snow. It feels like a tiger returning to the mountains or a dragon returning to the sea. Cao Shujie feels that this ice and snow is the environment for Daha and Erha to survive.
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It was also at this time that Cao Shujie suddenly remembered that Daha and Erha also had a scientific name, which should be called Siberian Husky, and their original living environment was exactly like this.
Thinking of this, a smirk appeared on Cao Shujie's lips. He looked at the two huskies in front of him and thought that 'dog sledding' should be their job.
"It happened to be snowing. How about getting a sled to play with during the day?" Cao Shujie had a new idea in his mind, and he couldn't wait to realize it.
The next moment, Cao Shujie shouted loudly: "Daha, Erha, let's go and go up the mountain to have a look."
When the two dogs heard Cao Shujie's shout, they howled immediately and ran with their four legs crossed in the snow. The snow did not affect their speed up the mountain at all.
Cao Shujie was a little slippery when he stepped on the ground, but because he was holding two dogs, the dog ropes were pulling him back, which solved the problem of difficulty for him to go up the mountain.
At this time, Cao Shujie became more and more convinced that huskies were indeed adaptable to such bad weather. One person and two dogs came to the orchard on the mountain. Cao Shujie entered the orchard and turned on the lights at the entrance of the orchard. Coupled with the snow, in the dark night, the snow
The ground was also white, and under the light, the eyes were brightly lit.
"Oh!" Daha saw the white snow in front of him. He rolled over and rolled in the snow happily. He was so unhappy.
Erha also howled, and his movements were no slower than those of Daha.
Cao Shujie did not rush them. After they had played enough in the snow, he led them towards the cowshed one foot deep and one foot shallow.
On the way there, Cao Shujie also looked at the old fruit trees and the newly planted fruit saplings this year.
The white snow pressed on the fruit branches, dressing the tree up like a cedar, causing the branches to fall heavily, as if aware that it would be fruitful in the coming year.
Cao Shujie was still thinking about why he forgot to bring the camera again. It would be great if he could take a picture of this scene and show it to his wife and children.
After coming back to his senses, he saw that there were no problems with the fruit trees. Cao Shujie continued to move forward and took a look at the strawberry seedlings halfway.
The film covering the strawberry seedlings was already covered with snow, but Cao Shujie saw that they were not a big problem.
Opening the small door on the wire fence, Secretary Cao led two dogs into the cattle area and saw only a few cows walking in the snow. Even though the heavy snow fell on them, it did not affect their walking at all.
The remaining cows were all staying in the northern cowshed, either standing or lying down. There were also a few cows huddled together to keep each other warm, and some were eating grass on the ground. It was like a picture of a cow's life.
Seeing Cao Shujie coming in with two dogs, the cows didn't panic and just stayed where they were.
Cao Shujie found it quite interesting after seeing it.
Looking up at the cowshed built by a combination of H-shaped steel and color steel plates, it is true that some snow was blown into the cowshed from the side by the wind, but it did not have any impact on the cows resting inside.
"Go back and ask Grandpa Zhenggang to block the sides as well." Cao Shujie was thinking about this, but he immediately rejected the idea.
After reaching the top, Cao Shujie was not in a hurry to go down. After coming out of the cowshed, he led the two huskies to go around other places in the orchard.
In this snowy night, he patrolled his territory without any hindrance.
The only thing that worried Cao Shujie was the path he and the two dogs had just walked. The snow pit behind them was soon covered by the snow that continued to fall.
This snow is really quite heavy.
After patrolling around the orchard, Cao Shujie felt that his body was completely frozen and his feet were cold. He felt a little numb when he stepped on his feet. However, he saw that Daha and Erha, the two dog brothers, were fine at all.
It was very fun to play.
Cao Shujie felt a little displeased no matter how he looked at them. The two dogs seemed to sense the danger. They turned their heads and looked at Cao Shujie suspiciously, but Cao Shujie no longer looked at them at this time and continued to walk forward.
So much so that both dogs began to wonder if their senses were too sharp and they were hallucinating?
Cao Shujie opened the door, led the two dogs in, and then turned on the air conditioner.
While the air conditioner was humming, the two dogs were very restless in the room. They kept looking at the door, as if yearning for the snow-capped mountains outside.
"You bitch, I don't even know what it means to be nice to you. If you want to stay cold, just go out." Cao Shujie muttered.
As soon as he finished speaking, the two dogs ran out across the door and played in the snow, looking very happy.
"I'm going to get a sled later. I have to let you pull it. Let me see how much energy you have?" Cao Shujie thought dirtyly.
The air conditioner in the small room had just started to heat up. Cao Shujie wanted to pour a glass of water. He just picked up the thermos bottle and put his hand on the mouth of the thermos bottle to try. There was no heat at all.
"We really should light a stove, otherwise we won't even be able to drink hot water in this damn weather." Cao Shujie was thinking about this in his mind.
Not only that, when the kiwis and strawberries mature next year, someone will be working the night shift here to keep an eye on this place and prevent anyone from stealing things like Cao Jianqiu and Cao Shubao, their uncles and nephews.
Until then, there must be some pots and pans that can be used to cook at night, right?
It seems very necessary to have a stove.
Cao Shujie was thinking about this matter in his mind. He had already thought of waiting a few more hours and calling the stove seller in town after dawn to ask them to deliver one.
At this moment, Daha, who was playing in the snow outside the door, suddenly howled "oh woo" and ran towards the south.
Erha also ran that way, howling and protesting as he ran.
Before Cao Shujie could react, he heard someone shouting from outside: "Daha, it's me."
"Brother Chao, why is he here?" Cao Shujie had just had a question in his mind, and suddenly remembered something, and then shouted loudly in the room: "Daha, Erha, come back."
Despite such a long distance, the two dogs still heard his shout, turned around and ran back.
Cao Shujie also came out of the small room, looked at the two dogs running to him, and then looked southward to see Cao Shuchao coming through the snow, and asked him: "Brother Chao, we have already agreed, you are still here in the middle of the night
What are you doing here?"
Cao Shuchao didn't expect that Cao Shujie had already come over. His idea was very simple. He was afraid that Cao Shujie wouldn't be able to get up at night, so he wouldn't be relieved if he didn't come over to take a look in person.
When he returned home last night and told his wife Ma Wenqian about this, Ma Wenqian told him that he must come over and take a look at it.
She also said that Cao Shuchao didn't need to worry about her since she was at home.
"Shujie, I just got up to go to the bathroom. Who knew I couldn't fall asleep? I had nothing to do at home, so I came over to take a look." Cao Shuchao said this.
Cao Shujie didn't believe what he said, so there were some things that he didn't need to clarify.
Seeing that Cao Shuchao's head and clothes were covered with snow, he quickly said: "Brother Chao, please pat the snow first and go inside to warm up for a while."
"Let me take a look in the orchard first," Cao Shuchao said.
But Cao Shujie said to him: "I just finished reading it and it was fine. It will be the same if I watch it again. Come in and warm up for a while. Let's go for a walk later."
Cao Shuchao said nothing else this time and followed Cao Shujie into the small room. The air conditioner and heating were fully operational.
Entering the room from the outside, the two of them instantly felt their bodies become warm and a little itchy, which was particularly uncomfortable.
Cao Shuchao looked through the window of the small room at the falling snowflakes outside. He was worried: "I don't know when the snow will end."
Cao Shujie didn't know either. Besides, he couldn't resist the power of nature.
"Brother Chao, don't think about anything. Wait until the snow stops." This is what Cao Shujie said.
Cao Shuchao nodded. The two of them had nothing to do in the room. Only then did Cao Shujie remember that he had a stereo here. He turned on the stereo again and turned down the volume. The two of them listened to music and chatted at the same time.
While they were talking, the barking of Daha and Erha came again from outside.
Before Cao Shujie left, he heard someone shouting from outside: "Daha, Erha, what do you two douchebags call you? I've fed you for half a year in vain, and you don't recognize me so quickly?"
"Hey, Uncle Jianguo is here." Cao Shuchao stood up and walked out.
Cao Shujie didn't expect that his father would also come over.
Both his father and Brother Chao were worried.
Cao Jianguo walked to the foot of the mountain and looked at the lights on the mountain. He guessed that his son was coming. If Cao Shuchao came, he would be reluctant to turn on the lights.
But what he didn't expect was that he would also see Cao Shuchao here.
"You two came so early? Have you seen everything in the orchard? How is it?" Cao Jianguo asked them both.
Cao Shujie said: "Dad, I've seen it all. The fruit trees are fine, the strawberry seedlings are fine, and the cowshed is stronger. Don't worry."
"Who knew the snow would stop falling?" Cao Jianguo looked at the heavy snow that kept falling, feeling a little worried.
The three of them entered the house together, and Cao Shujie discovered that in addition to the snow on his father's head and upper body, there was a lot of snow on his trousers and half of his body, and there was also dark mud on the sides of his shoes.
"Dad, did you fall?" Cao Shujie was very nervous and hurriedly walked to his father's side to see if there were any other injuries.
Cao Jianguo knew that he couldn't hide it from his son, so he didn't deny it. He said, "I didn't step on it properly when I came up just now and slipped to the place where the rose tree was planted next to it. It's okay."
"Oh, dad, I told you not to come up, but you have to refuse to listen." Cao Shujie muttered.
Cao Shuchao advised from the side: "Shujie, Uncle Jianguo is also worried about this."
"Brother Chao, I don't mean anything else. I'm just worried that if my dad makes a mistake, he will still feel uncomfortable." Cao Shujie felt a little scared.
He was also a little lucky that his father's fall was not serious, otherwise it would have been another trouble.
Cao Jianguo waved his hand and said impatiently: "Okay, I understand."
But the little old man is quite stubborn. He knows it's the same thing, so he might do it again next time.
Cao Shujie also knew his father's temper, so he thought he could only communicate slowly. In the end, his father still didn't trust him.
Cao Shuchao also said: "It would be great if there was a deck of playing cards. The three of us would fight the landlord."
"Brother Chao, your suggestion is good, but Uncle Hua and Uncle Bao are not open right now. I will go buy a few decks of playing cards during the day for backup." Cao Shujie expressed his stance on the spot.
The three of them looked at the falling white snow outside the window and chatted, not feeling that time passed slowly.
Unknowingly, it was already 6 o'clock. After working hard for half the night, Cao Shujie felt hungry and uncomfortable. Just as he was thinking about going down the mountain to go home and pick up something, his cell phone rang.
It was his wife Cheng Xiaolin who called. After Cao Shujie answered the phone, he heard some worry and panic in his wife's voice: "Shujie, are you okay?"
"I'm fine, don't worry." Cao Shujie said loudly.
"Well, you didn't even call me to tell me, is everything okay in the orchard?" she asked.
Cao Shujie knew what his wife was worried about, and said to her seriously: "There are no problems with the strawberry seedlings, fruit tree seedlings, and cows."
"As long as it's okay, I'll cook now and you can come back for dinner later." Cheng Xiaolin said to him.
Cao Shujie looked at his father and Cao Shuchao, and said to his wife: "Honey, our father and brother Chao are also coming over tonight. You can cook more food later, and I will go down and get it later."
"I'll call you when it's ready. It would be great if you all come down and eat, so as not to get cold when you put it on." Cheng Xiaolin said.
When Cao Shujie thought about it, he agreed.
After hanging up the phone, he told his father Cao Jianguo and his neighbor Cao Shuchao that they would go have breakfast together later. Cao Jianguo did not refuse. When he saw that Cao Shuchao wanted to refuse, he said: "Chao, it's just a meal. Why don't you come?"
Do you want to go home and eat at this time?"
"Okay, I'm causing trouble for my siblings today." Cao Shuchao said.
"Brother Chao, don't think like that." Cao Shujie is now more and more satisfied with him.
Don't talk about anything else. Even with the bad weather tonight, Cao Shuchao still wants to come and take a look at it in the middle of the night, which is enough to prove his own sense of responsibility and the importance he attaches to this job.
For this kind of person, Cao Shujie thinks he deserves an award!
The snow continued until almost 10 o'clock that morning.
After the snow stopped, Cao Shujie, his father Cao Jianguo, and Cao Shuchao took tools and started removing the snow. They first cleared the way up the mountain to prevent it from re-forming into ice due to the low temperature after the snow melted, making it difficult to go up the mountain.
When they were busy removing snow, time passed very quickly. By the time they finished cleaning the 400-meter-long slope road and then cleared a path for the parking platform on the mountain, more than three hours had passed. Cao Shujie and the three of them
My hands were numb from the cold.
I went to the hut and turned on the air conditioner. It took me a long time to feel warm again.
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Anyi City is one of the 16 prefecture-level cities in Dongshan Province, and it is a prefecture-level city with a relatively high overall economic ranking.
Cao Shujie's uncle, Cao Jianlin, settled here after a lot of hard work.
His two sons, Cao Shubin and Cao Shuxin, are also struggling in this city.
Cao Shubin works for a foreign company and is the supply chain manager of that company. He holds an important position and his income is naturally not low.
His younger brother Cao Shuxin did not want to work for others, so he always worked by himself.
At first I drove for others, then I bought a truck and started running my own sports car.
When he reached middle age, while working in transportation, by chance, he discovered that the waste collection industry was very profitable. He immediately decided not to engage in transportation and directly changed his career to open a "High-tech Renewable New Energy" Co., Ltd.
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He has a high-profile name, but to put it bluntly, he still collects scraps.
But it does not simply collect waste paper, scrap iron, and scrap items, but specializes in collecting industrial waste and engineering waste.
Relying on the large volume of these projects and huge profits, it started quickly.
He has been prospering in the past two years.
But this industry also has great risks, especially when accepting some engineering orders. It is impossible for others to wait for him to cut and classify all the waste items and then weigh them. At this time, it is necessary to evaluate the overall waste products.
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Cao Shuxin has just come into contact with this aspect. He has no relevant experience before, so he is not sure when bidding, and is often easily led by the other party.
