My Courtyard Refuge

Team building

“Uncle Zuo, you can’t say that, it’s our luck to meet you.” Yang Lina said with a smile.

“Uncle still wants to thank you.”

Xu Dong asked again: “Uncle Zuo, how much grain is there in your village now?”

“Okay!”

The uncle nodded:

“This year’s drought is too severe, and all the crops in the field are dead. Fortunately, every household has kept hundreds of catties of rations for the wheat and corn cobs harvested last year.

Coupled with the fact that we can still buy some food every month, no matter what, we can still survive this year, and it will be hard to say next year. ”

“Is the purchase of grain restricted in rural areas now?”

“Purchase restrictions are the same as in urban areas, but flour and rice are hard to come by, and most of the supplies are potatoes and sweet potatoes.

Now that meat is expensive, everyone is willing to use sweet potatoes to feed chickens. Not to mention saving time and effort, it is much more profitable than farming. ”

Xu Dong felt that the reality was somewhat magical. When did the catastrophe year actually become a new hope for farmers to make a fortune.

Yang Lina took the call and asked, “Uncle Zuo, do you still have chickens at home?”

“There are more than a dozen chickens, all of which are half-grown chickens.”

“Can you sell us two more roosters?” Yang Lina asked.

Without a rooster, a hen cannot hatch chicks, and chicken is also a good source of meat, especially the big rooster is the most nourishing.

“No problem, I want to change a few more cans of milk powder!” The uncle agreed without hesitation.

“That’s great.” Yang Lina said happily, “Uncle Zuo, why don’t you send me six chickens tomorrow, and I’ll exchange three cans of milk powder for you, what do you think?”

“Okay, uncle agreed.”

Ten minutes later, the car finally arrived home.

“Uncle Zuo, it’s cold outside, come in and sit down.” Xu Dong dragged the uncle into the yard.

“Wow woof woof…”

“Mark, stop barking.” Xu Dong comforted the dog.

The uncle seemed a bit restrained, chatted with Xu Ma for a while, after getting the milk powder, he hurriedly dropped the two pullets, turned around and left.

Before leaving, the two parties agreed to come back tomorrow morning.

Xu’s mother untied the rope tied to the chicken’s feet, put the two chickens into a big cardboard box, and then put some leftovers in it.

“Old man, don’t go to the store tomorrow, help me build a chicken coop in the yard, try to make it as big as possible, there are six chickens behind!”

Dad Xu was a little reluctant, “Can’t I just buy a chicken coop online?”

“Isn’t there too little time? The express delivery will take several days. The weather is so hot that the chickens cannot be kept together, and they are prone to plague.” Mama Xu explained.

Father Xu had no choice but to nod and agree. Fortunately, there was no shortage of wood at home, so it could be done in about one morning.

The next morning, Dad Xu got up at 5:30, brushed his teeth, washed his face, picked up tools and started to do carpentry.

At half past ten, the uncle finally came again, and Yang Lina warmly entertained him.

“Nana, all six chickens are in the bag. I’m afraid the chickens will be suffocated on the way, so I have to open the bag every ten minutes to get some air.”

Yang Lina poured a cup of tea for the uncle, then looked into the bag and asked, “How many males are there?”

“Four males and two females.”

After the uncle finished drinking the tea, Mother Xu handed him the three cans of milk powder that he had prepared in advance.

“Big sister, thank you, I had someone look at the milk powder yesterday, it is really good milk powder, your family is kind. “The uncle took the milk powder and said gratefully.

Mama Xu waved her hand, “Milk powder is for babies, so you can’t cheat. Our family never engages in such unscrupulous things.”

===Section 45===

The uncle planned to leave without chatting a few words. Yang Lina personally sent him to the gate, and finally brought him two bottles of mineral water.

…

As the time to get off work approached, Xu Dong was packing up his belongings. Tomorrow was the weekend, and he could relax for another two days.

The weather has been getting hotter and hotter recently, and the highest temperature has almost exceeded 50 degrees. Hundreds of people in Yanjing die every day because of the high temperature.

He doesn’t want to go out at all, and he doesn’t feel as comfortable as staying at home with the air conditioner blowing on wherever he goes.

It’s just that the plans didn’t change quickly.

Before leaving get off work, Section Chief Li called everyone in the Security Section together for a small meeting.

“Section Chief, is another big leader coming to inspect?” Xiang Xin asked with a bitter face.

Every time I come to the big boss, the whole company has to carry out a big cleaning. Not to mention tiring, I can’t fish when I go to work, which is the most annoying.

Section Chief Li glared at Xiang Xin, and then said, “It’s been a long time since our team building activity, and tomorrow happens to be the weekend, do you want to hang out together?”

“Section Chief, it’s so hot now, why not?” A male colleague persuaded in a low voice.

His words were unanimously approved by everyone present, and no one wanted to make a fuss on a hot day.

“Cough…” Section Chief Li coughed to calm everyone down. In fact, he already had a way to get the best of both worlds:

“Don’t worry, this time we’re going to the beach in Jinmen, so we can take this opportunity to escape the heat.”

“Wow, that’s great. I’ve wanted to go swimming in the beach for a long time.” Xiang Xin said happily.

Xu Dong shook his head secretly, he really didn’t want to go, he might as well stay at home and spend time with the children, but since it’s a team building activity, it’s not good for him to be absent alone.

“Section Chief, how long will you go this time?” Someone asked again, and it seemed that everyone was very enthusiastic.

“The whole itinerary is two days and one night. We will leave tomorrow morning and come back in the afternoon the day after tomorrow. I have already booked the hotel, and none of you are allowed to be absent!” Section Chief Li replied with a smile.

“Idiots are absent!” Someone booed.

Gao Yuemei raised her hand and asked, “Section Chief, can I bring my family?”

“No, there are too many tourists at the bathing place, so it’s hard to book a room. I managed to get three big rooms and brought my family with me. Where will they live then?”

“It seems to be the same.”

“Okay, at eight o’clock tomorrow morning, everyone, bring your luggage and gather at the north gate of the company.” Section Chief Li explained.

“Section Chief, are we going by car?”

“Whatever you want, you can drive if you want, and you can take the car of your colleagues if you don’t want to. I think Xiao Xu’s car is very big. If any of you don’t want to drive, you can get in his car.”

When Section Chief Li said this, he paused for a moment, looked at Xu Dong and asked, “Xiao Xu, how many people can your car take at most?”

“Nine people can sit.” Xu Dong said helplessly, originally he wanted to be lazy.

The three female colleagues immediately clamored to take the big car, and several older male colleagues also thought the same thing. After all, Jinmen is still a little far away, and it is too tiring to drive by yourself.

“By the way, there is one more thing I forgot to mention. There are no three meals provided at the bathing place. We need to cook for ourselves.

I will handle the rice. Everyone try to bring as many ingredients as possible. Lao Gao is a good cook, so let her be the chef when the time comes. “Section Chief Li added.

“Okay, everyone must bring more delicious food.” Gao Yuemei readily accepted.

“I don’t know if I can get meat?”

“There should be seafood for sale on the beach, and it’s not bad to buy and eat now!”

“Why don’t you have a barbecue?”