Chapter 61: The Arrival of the Veterans

"Xiao Kun, don't go, it's all manual work, you're not suitable for a college student, and I asked you to go in the morning because I wanted you to protect the head fish!" After eating, Zhao Kun was stopped by the village chief when he walked to the water's edge.

"Grandpa the village chief, I can do it!" Zhao Kun said embarrassedly.

"What can you not do, tell you not to go, don't go, there are still many things on those construction sites, I can't answer when you go up to Uncle Lu and ask me, you just have to cooperate with them, there are so many young people in the village who have more strength than you!" The village chief pretended to be angry, but this fishing, especially when pulling nets, is really a physical job!

"Yes, Xiao Kun, don't go, now those villas are already laying the foundation, once the foundation is laid, what frameworks can be made quickly, and the frames can be built in a month or two, what are you going to do with the roofs of these villas?

"I'm going to use all the glazed tile roofs, which are both beautiful and affordable, and can also add some features!" Zhao Kun said with a smile.

"Well, the top of the glazed tile looks good, but it's cheap, it's not cheap, and that Xiao Kun, hurry up and get me some more tea, I haven't forgotten it since I drank it!" Lu Jiaqi reached out to ask for tea after speaking.

"Wait a minute, I'll answer the phone first!" After Zhao Kun finished speaking, he took out his mobile phone and looked at it, it turned out to be a call from Colonel Xu.

"Hello Brother Xu, how do you have the time to remember to call me?" Zhao Kun said teasingly.

"Xiao Kun, are you at home"?

"Yes, I'm at the door of my house now, what's wrong?" Zhao Kun was very puzzled.

"Oh, it's not a big deal, those retired soldiers arrived this afternoon, I was going to send them over, but there is something temporary and I can't leave, can you go and pick them up, they have already got on the bus from Changjiu City, and it is estimated that it will be there in two hours at most"!

"No problem, how many people are there in total, Brother Xu?" Zhao Kun was very happy after hearing this, after these people arrived, they could gradually start planting vegetables!

"A total of 50,000 people were sent by military vehicles from the troops, and the next batch may not arrive until after the New Year, a total of 600,000 people, divided into four batches, and the latest batch will arrive on the 16th of the first lunar month, is it in a hurry?" Xu Zongyuan asked on the telephone.

Zhao Kun calculated the time, the sixteenth day of the first lunar month was almost the time when the first batch of vegetables were ripe, and the time when they arrived was exactly the time when the vegetables were ripe, just right in terms of time!

"I may have to wait until your first batch of vegetables is ripe before I go, brother, there are cooks among this batch of 50,000 people, so you just need to arrange the place, you don't have to worry too much about the rest, they are all laymen at work, you have to take care of it more and teach more!" Xu Zongyuan kept admonishing on the other side of the phone.

"Brother Xu, look at what you said, who are we with whom? Don't worry, I'll arrange it!" The two of them chatted a few more words on the phone and then hung up, Zhao Kun took a small bag of tea for Lu Jiaqi, and then rowed his own boat to the dam; on the way, he chatted with the fishermen and left, Zhao Kun first went to the town to buy a batch of rice, almost bought out the rice in this store, took advantage of the fact that people were not paying attention to all the space, and bought a large amount of oil, salt, sauce and vinegar, and then sent it to the station, and then returned to the dam to wait.

About an hour later, those military vehicles drove to the dam, this convoy is very large, you can't see the end at a glance, the front car has already arrived at the dam, the back car is still outside the town, there are usually no military vehicles here at all, so it attracts a lot of people to watch.

"Hello chief, I am Zheng Haiqing, a retired officer who led the team this time, and I was ordered to report to you, please instruct!" Zheng Haiqing came to Zhao Kun and saluted.

"You're welcome, a total of 50,000 people have come this time, right? There is a road here that can lead directly to the station, but the road conditions are not very good, your car should drive slowly, and I will row in!" Zhao Kun showed them the way and quickly returned to the boat.

When Zhao Kun's boat docked, the first car just arrived at the station, and after all the people came down, Zhao Kun pointed out the road conditions for them to turn around, and then took Zheng Haiqing to familiarize himself with the terrain.

"Chief, the air here is so good, we used to be soldiers in the city, and the more developed the province, the worse the air"!

"Well, don't say anything else in the mountains, this air is very good, this is the dormitory building, there is the dining room and kitchen, this station has just started to be built, and many things are not perfect, so you have to suffer, but it will be fine after a while!" Zhao Kun said as he walked, pointing to these houses.

"It's okay chief, we are soldiers, and enduring hardships is our true nature; I would like to thank you for letting our comrades-in-arms stay together after retiring!" Zheng Haiqing's words were very sincere.

"Needless to say, I used to dream of one day being able to enter the army to receive training, but then I didn't realize this wish, it's a bit of a pity, there are vegetables, rice, and pork that I just bought back in the canteen, and the oil, salt, sauce and vinegar are all just bought back, and I will hand it over to you in the future, my home is in the east, and I need to row from the waterway to come here, which is not very convenient!" Zhao Kun looked at the time, it was already more than five o'clock in the afternoon, and patted Zheng Haiqing's shoulder to prepare to go home for dinner.

"Don't worry, chief, everything is up to me, you go home first, I'll arrange for the cooking class to cook!" Zheng Haiqing and the others all came with the quilts of the troops, so they could save a lot of trouble.