In the blink of an eye, the fifteenth day of the first lunar month has passed, and as soon as the Lantern Festival is over, the new year is over.

The weather is still very cold. The educated youth imitate the villagers who only eat two meals a day, breakfast and lunch around ten in the morning, and dinner around five in the afternoon. They go to bed early and get up late to resist the cold winter in bed.

At the beginning, when we saw the snow as big as a mat and the white snow-capped scenery, the educated youths were all laughing and joking, having snowball fights, making snowmen, playing with ice cubes... I felt it was fresh and fun.

But as time went by, there was always a vast expanse of white in front of me. When it was inconvenient to go out, I gradually became a little tired of the aesthetics, and began to mutter: "Why does it keep snowing? When will this winter end? The postman can't go up the mountain, I don't know.

Did you send a letter from home..."

In the evening, everyone stayed by the charcoal stove and began to miss the days of warm spring and blooming flowers. They started a poetry contest with spring poems.

“I don’t know who cuts out the thin leaves, but the spring breeze in February is like scissors.”

"The beauty of April in the human world is gone, and the peach blossoms in the mountain temple are beginning to bloom."

"The grass grows and the orioles fly in the February sky!"

"The peach trees and plum blossoms in the city are worried about the wind and rain, but spring is in Xitou with shepherd's purse flowers!"

As we talked, the time of youthful spring outings seemed to appear in front of everyone's eyes, with peach blossoms, plum blossoms, and apricot blossoms blooming in tree after tree, butterflies and bees flying among the flowers, and children playing in the grass.

——I really want spring to come soon.

We’ve finished eating the biscuits, finished the snacks, finished eating the bacon, finished eating the potatoes, finished finishing the pickles, and even finished eating the small fish in the pond... If spring doesn’t come again, everyone will almost be unable to bear it.

The sun is finally out!

The educated youths all ran out of the house happily like old bears in hibernation, sweeping the snow with shovels and brooms, and cleaning up the snow and mud in front and behind the house.

"I finally saw the sun, but it's still cold."

"This is what it looks like when the snow just melts. It will get warmer after the snow melts."

"Hurry up and pack up. Report to the field department tomorrow. It's time to start work."

After being cooped up for so long, they were looking forward to going to work for the first time in their lives. The more the educated youth talked, the happier they became and they all started laughing. The exposed hands were red from the cold, and the faces that were not covered were also frozen, but for some reason they felt extremely happy.

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Xiao Aiyun held a bamboo broom with one hand and shouted at the yellow mud road leading to the field: "Let's start building the road~~"

Tao Nanfeng raised her hand and tucked her hair behind her ears. After one winter, her hair had grown a lot, and her bangs were ready to be tied up. She raised her right arm slightly and felt a sense of strength filling her whole body.

, smiling and thinking: If I don’t move any more, my arms will really get rusty.

Wei Min proudly put his big military green satchel on his back and raised his chin at everyone: "Brothers and sisters, I will go to the field department first and let you know when there is any new news."

Qiao Yadong punched Chen Zhilu together and hit him on the shoulder: "Go quickly, Chief Wei!"

Wei Min chuckled and strode away, but unfortunately he fell down on the slippery road after only a few steps. He climbed up from the snow in a panic, causing everyone to burst into laughter.

Amid this lively scene, the road construction team members all went to work three days later.

Mao Peng and Tao Nanfeng led more than thirty team members through the tunnel and continued to advance.

The weather in early spring is warm and cold at first, but after experiencing the loneliness of a winter, everyone's heart is on fire - as long as a road is built, Xiufeng Mountain will be accessible to cars, and travel will be convenient, and there will no longer be fear of heavy snow closing the mountain.

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Infinitely powerful - this laurel crown has been firmly worn on Tao Nanfeng's head. As long as the team members dig out the rocks, they will shout: "Captain Tao, come quickly!"

Tao Nanfeng has an iron drill in his left hand and a hammer in his right hand. No matter how big the stone is, it only takes three hammers to break it into more than a dozen pieces. Xiao Aiyun then directs everyone to move the gravel away.

In her eyes, every stone is covered with white lines. She only needs to find the area with the most concentrated white highlights to quickly decompose the stone without spending much effort at all.

But in the eyes of others, it is simply amazing!

Therefore, the members of the road construction team gave Tao Nanfeng a nickname: Tao Sanchui.

From the delicate Tao Meiren to the powerful Tao Sanchui, Tao Nanfeng's prestige in the road construction team soared. In this era of lack of construction machinery, in this era of advocating strength, who wouldn't want to have power like her

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With Tao Nanfeng, the road construction team made extremely fast progress. Even Mao Peng was surprised: "Last year it took us one month to complete the project. This year with Tao Sanchui, it only takes one week. The progress has been shortened to a quarter."

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Seeing the state of the road construction team, Yang Xianyong happily said to Xiangbei: "Our road construction team is now making much faster progress. The road that I originally thought would take four or five years to complete, maybe...maybe...next year."

Xiang Bei shook his head: "Maybe it will be opened to traffic this year."

"So fast?" When Chen Zhilu heard this, he jumped up and asked, "Will it be accessible by train this year?" For a moment, he couldn't control his excitement and started dancing on the road full of mud and gravel.

Xiang Bei pointed at the stone wall in front of him: "The premise is that we blow it up!"

Two kilometers from the tunnel, there is a stone wall. Along the stone wall to the right, a rugged path leads to the village on the north slope; along the stone wall to the left, there is a narrow narrow path that can only be passed by one person standing sideways.

This is the only way to Quping Town.

With a stone wall on one side and a cliff on the other, it is narrow and difficult to walk. If the wind is strong and the road is slippery, it is extremely dangerous and is called the "Road of Death" in Xiufeng Mountain.

Every time the educated youth go up or down the mountain, they will be frightened when passing through this section of the mountain road, for fear that their feet will slip and fall off the cliff. That would be really tragic and their lives would be in danger.

Previously, my younger sister went to Luohan Peak to get spring water, but fell off this road on the way back. Fortunately, her companions were following her at that time, and they found out in time to call for help, and called the members of the road construction team to sling down the rope and rescue her, otherwise...

Seeing this road to death, Tao Nanfeng's eyes were deep and he fell into deep thought.

There is a cliff on the left and a stone wall on the right. How to widen this section of the road? We need space from the cliff and drive wooden piles to build a plank road. The bearing capacity is not enough to pass cars. We need space from the stone wall. The amount of work required to dig this stone wall is huge.

If you want to build a road, you can only take a detour.

This is how building a mountain road is, with mountains connected to mountains, slopes connected to slopes, and twists and turns. What was originally a short straight line was forcibly stretched into a winding mountain road of more than ten miles.

If you get through it directly, it is rough, simple and direct, and it can indeed shorten the distance and save time.

But...explosion? Is it really possible?

Mao Peng asked: "If you want to blow up a mountain, you have to buy explosives, detonators, and detonating wires. Not only do you have to apply for it at the public security department, but it also costs a lot of money."

Xiangbei carefully observed the stone wall in front of him and pondered for a long time: "Gunpowder license, I will find a way."

Yang Gong hesitated for a moment: "If you get the permit, the Infrastructure Department will make an application report and let the farm approve the purchase. I just don't know if the money is high, and whether Director Jiao and Director Luo will approve it."

The road construction team works vigorously and resolutely, and does what they say they will do.

Although Xiangbei was demobilized, he was well-known in the Sharp Sword Company and had rich resources among his comrades. He found his comrades in the Public Security Department, obtained a gunpowder license, invited experts to inspect, and wrote the quantity of materials on the purchase application:

Four barrels of black powder, with a net weight of about 3926kg, one piece of gunpowder, and one turn of detonating wire, totaling 316 yuan.

As soon as this report was sent, it was refuted by Luo Xuan.

"Three hundred and sixteen? What a joke! The monthly subsidy for the educated youth is sixteen yuan, and the monthly salary of the road construction team members is twenty-one yuan. It's not enough to feed you guys, and the farm can't afford it. Where can I have spare money to buy something?"

What explosives!"

Luo Xuan was born before liberation. As a poor boy, he was starved when he was a child, so he developed the habit of searching. The monthly payment of wages to farm workers was the most painful day for Luo Xuan. However, any money he handled, even if it was only one

If any money is given out, it will cause him pain.

Jiao Liang smoothed things over on the side: "Comrades, the farm is in a difficult situation now, and we can only work together to overcome it. Go down the mountain and see how many people don't even have enough to eat. If you don't have explosives, just dig slowly. Don't be hasty.

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Jiao Liang has his own Xiao Jiujiu. The current Xiufengshan Farm is inconvenient to communicate with the outside world, so he can maintain absolute authority in this land. If there is a road, there may be electricity, postal routes, and telephone... Then

If something happens, I don’t know how these educated youths will rebel.

Another point is, the reason why his tigress woman refuses to come to the farm is because she dislikes the hard work of climbing mountains. If she comes over from time to time after the train is open, how can he continue to hook up with Liu Lili? The good days of hugging each other are over.

Not good, not good.

Therefore, for Jiao Liang, it is better not to be open to traffic than to be open to traffic.

Although Xiang Bei is the deputy director, the financial manager is Jiao Liang, and the executor is Luo Xuan, the office director. These two people did not agree to the application and could not allocate a penny.

He quietly withdrew his application and turned to leave.

On the way back, seeing that Xiang Bei was silent, Qiao Yadong and Chen Zhilu exchanged glances and said loudly: "Director Xiang, let's figure out a solution together about the money."

The others all said together: "Yes, yes, there is no money, let's raise it together."

Xiang Bei glanced at everyone and waved his hand.

Life is not easy for everyone nowadays. Those who are married have to take care of their wives and children, while those who are not married have parents and siblings to support. Singles also have to save money to marry a wife. The salary of 21 yuan a month is only enough to maintain basic living.

It is even more difficult for educated youths. They are all teenagers who are growing up. They spend more than half of the 16-yuan subsidy just on food. They also have to buy clothes, send letters, and daily necessities. Where can there be extra money?

Thinking of this, Xiang Bei said in a deep voice: "You don't have to worry about the money, I will take care of it."

Hearing Xiangbei say that he was thinking of a way, Yang Xianyong grabbed his arm and said nervously: "Xiangbei, do you want to use that money? That is your demobilization allowance. It is reserved for building a house and marrying a wife. You can't

Move."

Xiang Bei tugged at the scar on his face, as if he thought of something unpleasant, his eyes darkened: "That's it." After saying that, he hurried away.

A group of men from the road construction team who loved to hear gossip were left behind. They pulled Yang Xianyong and asked: "Chief Yang, what's going on? Tell us."

Everyone is also curious. Xiangbei joined the army at the age of seventeen. He was demobilized at the age of twenty-three and assigned to a farm. Now he is twenty-six years old. He has already become a father at this age in the countryside. How come he is still single? He is the only son in the family.

, aren’t your parents anxious to get married?

Xiao Aiyun pricked up his ears and dragged Tao Nanfeng closer.

Yang Xianyong had a good temper. When he heard everyone asking, he sighed: "After returning to the farm from Xiangbei, my parents arranged to see the two girls. The first one thought he had scars on his face and thought he was scary; the second one felt that the farm was
To be continued...