Do you think you don’t need to exercise since the holiday is coming? Do you think you don’t need to get up early to exercise when you go shopping soon?
Naive~~
That's what Zhao Xin thought, but the facts hit him hard.
As soon as it dawned in the morning, he was picked up by Liu Sheng.
"What are you doing? Aren't you going after breakfast? Let me sleep a little longer." An innocent person muttered.
"Mr. Zhao, Uncle Zhao ("big" here should be pronounced as "嘚"), get up, please, run five laps first." Liu Sheng gloated and started to lift the quilt.
So Zhao Xin, who was educated by the cruel reality, had to get up, wash up, put on his clothes and go out for a run.
Since the "Seven Samurai" already know the plan to go north to build a new camp and reclaim land after spring, Katsu Kaishu and the others have automatically participated in the morning running exercise every morning.
Perhaps feeling the improvement in physical fitness, in "Seven Samurai", except for Wan Zao who sighed every day and looked semi-reluctant, everyone else followed the pace of the Lord Zhao.
But this morning, as soon as a group of people ran a lap, they saw two more people coming out of the west gate and joining the lap team.
The two men followed Wan Zao at a leisurely pace. However, one of them looked a little weak. After running around for a while, he was already covered in sweat.
However, these two people were very persistent, and one of them had very good physical strength, swinging his arms powerfully and walking briskly.
"Lu Shoushan?" Wang Yuanfang, who was supervising the situation of the team, ran in place for a few steps. When the two finally came closer, he said in surprise: "Lu Shoushan? Pan Xiucheng? How come you two are out too?"
"I can't stop being idle, Mr. Wang. We brothers are used to being busy. We get up before dawn every day. Now that we are free, we feel uncomfortable all over." Lu Shoushan stopped and hurriedly explained to Wang Yuanfang.
"Don't call me Mr. Wang. Call me captain." Wang Yuanfang felt uncomfortable being called "Master". "Don't stop, keep running. Don't talk until you finish five laps."
"Yes, yes. Team, team, captain." The two of them thought this title was strange.
"Shoushan, do you think these gentlemen have no use for their energy? If they don't enjoy themselves well, they will torture themselves when they wake up in the morning." Seeing Wang Yuanfang running away, Pan Xiucheng hurried a few steps and said to Lu Shoushan beside him.
asked in a low voice.
"Master, this is just a physical exercise. When you need us in the future, you won't dare to mess up what you told us. So we have to practice."
"Okay. I listen to you."
"Xiucheng, you have just recovered, and I asked you to rest for a few more days. Listen to me, you will rest after finishing this lap."
As the sky gradually grew brighter, the camp began to become noisy. People got up to fetch water and wash themselves, while the women began to prepare breakfast. Smoke curled up over the entire camp, and the aroma of white rice began to fill the air. Children in the camp
They all got up, and the sensible ones fetched water and washed themselves.
This is how a day in a refugee camp begins.
The wound on eight-year-old Xu Funan's arm has not healed yet. Although scabs have just begun to form, he still cannot exert force to avoid tearing the wound.
Six-year-old Xu Shounan wisely carried a plastic basin to the kitchen to fetch water. This was what Xu Shounan noticed when A Miao took him around the camp yesterday.
This poor child was sent to Ninguta when he was more than one year old, and his brother was less than four years old at the time. At first, his mother took them, and every day when his mother went to work, his brother took care of his younger brother.
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After their mother died of illness the next year, Lu Shoushan took care of them. Lu Shoushan and Zeng Xiucheng were busy from morning to night every day, and they had no time to spare. The two brothers just learned to fetch water and cook by themselves.
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When they grew older, they would clean the flag soldiers' boots, clean their saddles, and feed the horses fodder.
The island country refugees in the camp all had poor backgrounds, and they had helped their families with work since they were young. So when everyone saw Xu Shounan coming to fetch water by himself and struggling to carry the basin back, many people were used to it.
I don't think it's anything.
Xu Shounan was walking diligently and carefully carrying half a basin of water, when suddenly his hands flicked and the basin had been taken away.
He looked up and saw that it was A Miao.
"The master said, let me take care of you. Why didn't you wait for me and went alone?" A Miao said to Xu Shounan while walking with water.
Xu Shounan didn't know what A Miao was talking about, so he sheepishly giggled a few times and walked behind A Miao.
Only then did he notice a fat tabby cat with smooth hair and a fat body following A Miao's feet.
"What a fat civet~" Xu Shounan shouted.
King Duofu glanced at the little kid next to him and meowed fiercely.
Humble human beings, tremble before me...
"It's so fun." Xu Shounan reached out and wanted to touch Duofu's head. The tabby cat ducked away and raised its paw.
"Thank you, no arrests!" A Miao shouted from the front without looking back.
Okay, let this human being go for now. Although Zhao Xin has no time to pay attention to it recently, A Miao's embrace still fascinates Duofu.
A Miao came to the brothers' tent and first helped Xu Funan wet a towel so that he could wipe his face. Then he picked up the towel and wet it, then twisted it twice and wiped Xu Shounan's face clean.
A Miao, on the other hand, didn't care about these false gifts. She poured the remaining water outside the tent, came back and put the basin down, pointed in the direction of the kitchen, and made a gesture of eating.
Seeing that both brothers understood, A Miao hurriedly turned around and left the tent, running all the way to Zhao Xin's car, with Duofu following closely behind.
Arriving in Zhao Xin's car, A Miao followed what Zhao Xin had taught her before, first filled the electric kettle and then pressed the switch and waited for the water to boil.
Then he took out Duofu's food rations from a cabinet, took two spoons and poured them into the cat bowl. Zhao Xin recently told A Miao that Duofu was too fat and couldn't feed him too much.
Duofu, who had been waiting for a long time, looked at the half-missed rations in front of him and screamed pitifully at A Miao several times.
"No, no. Master asked you to eat less." A Miao shook her head firmly and ignored the other party's plea.
At this time, the kettle had boiled and made a beeping sound. A Miao quickly stood up, took Zhao Xin's thermos water cup, found tea leaves from the cabinet, put them away, and then brewed tea.
After finishing all this, Duofu had finished eating, licking his tongue unsatisfied, and continued to scream at A Miao.
A Miao gritted her teeth and said hesitantly: "I'll give you another spoonful, just one spoonful."
Then she took another spoonful and put it into the cat bowl. She squatted on the ground, purring the tabby cat's head, and watched Dofu finish eating with a smile, then stood up with the cat bowl and got some water for Dofu to drink.
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After a while, A Miao estimated that the time was almost up, so she hurriedly took the thermos water bottle without closing the lid, got out of the car, and came to the west gate of the campground.
Zhao Xin had already completed his fourth lap. When he saw A Miao coming from the camp, he slowed down and waved to her to say hello.
Duofu ran to the camp gate, squatted down, grabbed the wood in the middle of the camp gate, climbed a few times, and successfully reached the top. He looked down at Zhao Xin who was walking away, and the long line of people behind him.
follower.
Damn humans, don’t let me have enough to eat...
A few minutes later, Zhao Xin stopped at the camp gate, sweating profusely, walking back and forth to slow down his blood circulation. A Miao was waiting next to him with a glass of water.
A few minutes later, Wang Yuanfang, Liu Sheng and the others also completed their sixth lap and stopped at the camp gate to walk back and forth.
"Luo..." Ding Guofeng opened his mouth to start teasing, but Wang Yuanfang choked back the rest of his words.
"A Miao, let them drink the water first." Zhao Xin looked at Ding Guofeng, this living treasure, angrily and amusedly. Since the first day he came here, this guy has been making fun of himself every day. Fortunately, A Miao didn't understand.
His bonus must be deducted.
After everyone returned to camp and had breakfast, Zhao Xin called Sheng Haizhou and told him that he, Liu Sheng and the other six were going out in the morning and would not be back until evening.
Sheng Haizhou hesitated whether to suggest that he should go too, but in the end he held back his words. He felt that his lord was a god among gods and would not allow him to participate, so it was better not to take the initiative.
After explaining the victory over Haizhou, Zhao Xin said to Lu Shoushan who was fighting with the third bowl of rice: "Shoushan, I have to go out in the morning. If you have nothing to do, just follow Jiuzang and the others to cut wood. I'll watch too.
Come out, you are a restless guy."
Lu Shoushan smiled honestly, stood up, bowed, and said, "Just follow the master's orders."
Zhao Xin told Li Ji and Jiuzang about Lu Shoushan again, so he could pick up the ax and set off with Jiuzang later.
After explaining this, Zhao Xin went back to the car, took some clothes, and left with Liu Sheng and others who had changed their clothes.
After Lu Shoushan finished his fifth bowl of rice, he saw Sheng Haizhou coming to him with a long ax. He quickly handed the bowl to the woman who was washing the dishes and wiped the corners of his mouth with his sleeve.
Sheng Haizhou smiled and handed the ax to Lu Shoushan, then pointed to Pingtai who was waiting aside and motioned for Lu Shoushan to follow him.
Lu Shoushan looked at the ax in his hand, and he found that the material of the ax handle was very strange, neither gold nor wood, and the black and orange patterns were very beautiful.
He knocked the ax handle with his knuckles, and it felt very hard. He guessed that the inside was probably made of iron. He looked at the ax body again. The fine sand-like paint surface felt very delicate, and there was a piece of paint on it that looked like a knife.
It was scraped off, revealing the bright metallic luster underneath.
It’s actually made of steel?!
Lu Shoushan used his rough thumb to test the sharpness of the ax blade, and he couldn't help but secretly wonder, who is the man he surrendered to? Even an ax for cutting trees is so fancy. Just such an ax,
If it were sold in the Jiangsu area, it would be worth at least one or two taels of silver.
While he was thinking wildly, someone patted his arm. Lu Shoushan looked and saw that it was Pingtai. He smiled and bowed slightly, and then followed Pingtai's footsteps.
At the east gate of the camp, there were already seven or eight refugees squatting together with tools waiting, while Jiuzang stood silently aside holding his beloved sword.
Pingtai walked closer and said: "Let's go."
Everyone then walked out of the camp gate and walked toward the dense forest to the east.
Most of the trees on Bear Island are fir and spruce, as well as some birch and catalpa. Because no one has cut them down all year round, most of these trees grow very tall, with the lowest ones reaching more than ten meters high.
Lu Shoushan followed Pingtai and the others to a sunny slope near a hill. He saw wooden piles on the ground and knew that this was a lumber camp.
Everyone in the group was obviously very skilled in the division of labor and cooperation in logging. Without Pingtai saying anything, they separated and started working in pairs.
Pingtai patted Lu Shoushan and motioned for him to come with him.
The weather has been getting colder recently, and firewood consumption is very high, so Pingtai and the others are mainly cutting down some white birches to use as firewood.
After Pingtai selected a white birch that was as thick as his waist, he cut it a few times on one side and then gestured to Lu Shoushan. After looking at it for a while, Lu Shoushan roughly understood what Pingtai meant.
, so he picked up the ax in his hand and started to work.
The two cooperated with each other, and Lu Shoushan soon became more and more proficient. After he finished cutting the gap, Pingtai switched to a hand saw, cut a gap on the other side of the gap, and drove in the prepared wooden wedge. As the
The two men shouted loud reminders, and the big tree gradually fell on the hillside.
When we were busy until noon, several refugee women came to the camp and brought us lunch, two large pots of rice dumplings, a small pot of pickles and a few jugs of water.
Lu Shoushan, who was sweating all over, ate very sweet rice. He rarely ate white rice like this when he was in Dongtai. Only during the busy days of rice harvesting could he eat new rice; usually he only had brown rice to satisfy his hunger.
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When they were in Ningguta, they slaves generally ate sorghum rice. Lu Shoushan and Pan Xiucheng had to save their own rations to feed the two children of the Xu family. As for the wealthy bannermen, they ate sorghum rice.
Precious tare rice.
Among the refugees who were logging, no one was a supervisor. Everyone was working hard. Mainly to ensure the heating of the camp and to prepare wooden piles for building the outer wall of the camp.
The farmers' ideas are very simple. Although the adults are very kind to the men, women, and children in the camp, they can't just eat free food all day long. Besides, this little work is nothing. I used to do much more than this every day in the village.
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Without the beatings and scoldings of the flag soldiers and the withholding of food, Lu Shoushan felt that he had endless strength.
Just like that, when it was getting dark, Lu Shoushan had cut down almost twenty birch trees. Today's work was considered completed.
When everyone dragged their tired bodies back to the camp, and as soon as they reached the camp gate, they heard bursts of joyful cheers from the camp.
Heita and Jiuzang looked at each other and couldn't help but quicken their pace, and everyone hurriedly followed. When they reached the supply point, they found that men, women, and children were gathered here. Everyone was happy and excited.
Pingtai pulled away the refugees in front of him and walked inside. He couldn't help but be stunned. Jiuzang beside him, Lu Shoushan and other woodcutters following behind him were also stunned.
On a large piece of tarpaulin, a lot of frozen beef and mutton were neatly stacked. Although the temperature was cold, the smell of meat still made the refugees present swallow their saliva.