On this day, Tao Tao lay lazily in bed, waiting for the time to study in class as usual.

Suddenly, a young man wearing a stylish sweater, skinny jeans, and a bag cross-body walked in.

When the young man came in, he immediately took out a cigarette from his pocket, gave it to Taotao, and said, "Big brother, smoke." ”

Tao Tao doesn't smoke, he refuses the cigarette of the young man in front of him.

He said, "Thanks, I don't smoke. ”

Seeing that Tao Tao didn't smoke, he took out a can of Coke from his schoolbag, handed it to Tao Tao and said, "Master, drink a drink." ”

Although Tao Tao does not smoke, he likes to drink Coke.

Tao Tao took the Coke and said with a smile, "Thank you." ”

The young man looked around the cave and said in disappointment: "Everyone praises the good cementing team, but why are the living conditions so difficult, and the dormitory of the workers is actually a cave?"

Tao Tao didn't feel how bad the cave was, at least it was much better than the cramped camping house on the drilling team.

Tao Tao looked at the young man in front of him and found that his eyes were surprisingly large, and his mouth was always half-open, as if oxygen was never enough.

Tao Tao said: "The cave is actually quite good, not only is it not cold, but it is also comfortable to live in. ”

The young man has a very high nose, much like a foreigner's nose, very straight, very straight.

He said: "When I worked in the machinery factory, I lived in a standard dormitory, not only a two-person room, but also a bathroom, and I could take a bath, but in this cave, where do I go to the toilet and where to take a bath?"

Tao Tao looked at the young man in front of him and wanted to laugh, he said: "It's good to have such a good cave to live in, you are still so demanding, are you new?"

The young man threw his schoolbag on the kang and said, "Why is there not enough bed in the staff dormitory of the cementing team, do I want to live on the kang?"

The young man, who had complained about the poor conditions for a long time, sat on the kang and said, "My name is Li Shimin, and I was transferred from the machinery factory. ”

Hearing that the young man in front of him was just separated from him, Tao Tao instantly had a good impression of him, after all, he was also a colleague who everyone worked together.

Tao Tao said: "Your name is so domineering, I am Cui Tao, I am very happy to meet you." ”

Li Shimin spread his bed on the kang, then lay down on the kang and said, "Should I live in such a poor place in the future?"

Tao Tao couldn't understand why Li Shimin kept complaining.

Compared with Li Shimin's complaints, Taotao is already very satisfied with the living conditions in front of him, and he feels very happy, at least the toilet is in the yard, unlike the drilling team, which has to run more than 1,000 meters in order to go to the toilet.

At least there is running water in the yard, unlike the drilling team, which cuts off from time to time, so you can only dig wells in the nearby desert and eat the bitter and astringent water.

At least every afternoon after eating, you can go back to the dormitory, you can rest if you want, and go to the toilet if you want to, unlike the drilling team, after eating every day, you have to start a meeting, and it will be open for a few hours, and people can't even go to the toilet.

After Li Shimin lay on the bed for a while, he suddenly jumped up.

He said angrily: "No, I have to go to Team Yang and ask him to improve the quality of life for us, otherwise I won't be done with him." ”

After speaking, Li Shimin angrily walked out of the cave and went straight to Team Yang's office.

Taotao looked at the newcomer Li Shimin, and even shouted at the captain, but he didn't react for a long time.

On the drilling team, the captain of a team is simply the emperor of the soil, not to mention arguing with the captain, even if he talks to the captain, he has to be scolded.

After Li Shimin went out, he came back after a while.

Li Shimin, who entered the door, laughed and said, "Taotao, we can go to the well to work tomorrow." ”

Hearing that he would be able to work in the well tomorrow, Taotao was nervous and excited.

He said: "Li Shimin, didn't Team Yang say that we should first undergo a month's study and training in the squadron, why do we suddenly have to go to work in the well tomorrow?"

Li Shimin said with a smile: "I told the Yang team that our accommodation conditions are too poor, and if we don't improve it, we will strike, so the Yang team agreed to let us go to the cementing base in Ji Yuan to live." ”

Hearing that Li Shimin actually threatened the Yang team with a strike, Taotao was simply stunned.

He said: "Li Shimin, you are too good, to be honest, I really admire you." ”

Li Shimin patted his chest confidently and said, "Anyway, if you stay here, you don't have any money, it's better to work in the well, and we can still earn money." ”

If you work on the cementing well, if you don't go to the well and only stay at the base, you can only earn the most basic salary and bonus, but you can't earn the difference fee.

The cementing team stipulates that if a well is drilled, the operator can earn about 30 yuan.

And sometimes, if you can work three wells a day, you can earn more than 100 yuan.

Because they wanted to go to the well, Team Yang quickly assigned Taotao, Li Shimin, Liu Xing, and Yuan Lu.

Tao Tao and Liu Xing were assigned to the cementing engineering vehicle as cementing operators.

Yuan Lu was assigned to a water supply truck as a water supplier.

Li Shimin was assigned to be a cement foreman, which can be regarded as the hardest job on the ancient well.

The 35-year-old man who signed the apprenticeship contract with Tao Tao is the driver of the cementing engineering truck, who can drive and cement.

On a cementing truck, there are three people, one driver, and two operators.

Zhou Zhanhe is the driver, and Tao Tao and Zhang Lijun are the operators.

Since then, Taotao has been fixed to this engineering vehicle.

His daily life is to work with his master Zhou Zhanhe and his brother Zhang Lijun.

And the work I do every day is to run the cementing all over the mountains.

Whenever cementing is a big job.

Two cementing trucks are the main force of the engineering vehicle, which is responsible for driving the cementing cement into the well, sealing the oil layer, water layer and so on.

A water supply truck, four to five ash tankers, and a cementing engineering truck can complete the task of a well in about an hour.

Although the first time he worked in the well was at night, Taotao was used to working at night in the drilling team.

Therefore, in the face of the cementing at night, Taotao did not feel how terrifying it was.

However, compared to Taotao, Li Shimin, who had never worked the night shift, was stunned.

He looked at Tao Tao and said, "Tao Tao, why does the cementing team still have to work at night, don't they sleep?"

When Tao Tao was on the drilling team, he had seen the cementing team come up to cement, so he was familiar with the drilling team's routines.

Taotao told Li Shimin, "Li Shimin, you don't understand.

The cementing team is to cooperate with the drilling team, and the drilling team will definitely finish their work during the day, and wait until the evening when it is fine, and then call your cementing team to work.

Therefore, we must be prepared to work the night shift every day in the future. ”

Hearing this, Li Shimin almost fainted in fright.

He said, "Oh my God, stay up late like this, what's the matter, isn't that exhausting?"

Li Shimin told Tao Tao that when he was in the machinery factory, he worked from 9 to 5 every day, working four hours in the morning and four hours in the afternoon, going to work on time and leaving work on time.

Li Shimin, who has always been very arrogant and confident, cried when he looked at the towering derricks, roaring drilling rigs, drill pipes and various vehicles in the well site.

He said sadly: "The people around him say that the cementing team is good, the cementing team works easily and the salary is high.

However, after I came, I found that the cementing team was not good at all.

Here, the accommodation is not good, the life is not good, and you have to work at night......

If I had known that the cementing team was like this, I would not have left the machinery factory, and I would not have come to the cementing team. ”