He held the whip in his hand, looked around the crowd and said, "Gather."
"Swish, swish, swish."
The noisy crowd formed a line in an instant.
There are ten people in each team, a total of fifteen teams.
I didn't know which team I belonged to, so I just stood at the back with a bunch of new disciples.
Li Chunhai said with a cold face: "Each captain reported the number of people present and whether anyone was absent."
"Report to the Chief of Staff, the first team was supposed to have ten people, but it actually turned out to be ten."
"Report to the chief of staff, the second team should have ten people, but actually nine people, Chen Haonan will take one day of sick leave."
"Report to the chief of staff, the third team should have ten people, but there are actually eight people. Shan Ji, Baopi, are on injured leave for three days."
"Report to the head clerk..."
One after another, fifteen teams completed their reports.
The remaining thirteen of us new disciples gathered together, you looked at me, I looked at you, big eyes and small eyes, but no one dared to answer.
Li Chunhai strode around, holding a thick roll call roll in his left hand and said: "There are fourteen new disciples, and we will work with the eighth team for the time being."
"Now, let me assign today's tasks."
"Ding Dachang, your team is responsible for removing weeds from the medicinal fields in the third area."
A young man named Ding Dachang bowed and nodded, waved his hand, and led his team to set off quickly.
"Huo Lin, we need to fetch water and chop firewood from the outer canteen. The firewood must be enough for three days."
"Zhao Sili, cleaning the inner toilet and transporting garbage."
"Han Dong, an abandoned pavilion has collapsed on the Sixth Peak. Please lead people to clean it up."
"Luo Xuan..."
Following Li Chunhai's methodical "broadcast", I began the "leisurely life" of a handyman disciple: carrying dung and water.
Yes, the new disciple follows the eighth team.
The eighth team's mission today is to fertilize the fields.
Because of our joining, the original team of ten people "out of control" grew to twenty-three people.
Zhou Laigui is on leave due to injury, otherwise there would be twenty-four people.
Fortunately, I was lucky, and Luo Xiu was in the same team as me. When I encountered something I didn’t understand, I could ask him secretly, so as not to make unreasonable mistakes and cause unnecessary trouble.
Captain Shi Hong is a man in his thirties with a square face. He is not tall, about 1.7 meters tall.
He is unsmiling and has a hot temper.
After a few words of explanation, I received a pole, a dung ladle, and two large dung buckets.
"Fourteen of you, for the sake of being new here, each of you will get two acres of land."
"Old disciple, double."
"What are you looking at? You're working."
Shi Hong scolded him sternly, and everyone immediately turned into birds and beasts and ran away.
"Boss, boss, you follow me and I will teach you." The bearded man came to my side and winked: "Hey, go to the cesspit, this ladle has to scoop out excrement like this."
"When you pick this thing up for the first time, be sure not to fill it too full, as it will be difficult to walk on the mountain trails."
"By the way, remember to scoop out only the fecal water and don't scoop out the sediment below."
"That thing is calm, not as brisk as excrement water."
I smiled and understood.
The bearded man lowered his voice and said, "Don't worry if you really can't do it. I'll find some time to help you when I'm done."
I was surprised and said, "Isn't this breaking the rules?"
The bearded man smiled and said: "Help each other, within the rules."
"What, boss, can you give me a pack of instant noodles in your backpack to taste?"
"Greedy."
"If that doesn't work, why don't you eat the noodles and leave the soup for me to take a few bites?"
