Chapter 254 Find someone
After loading the eggs into the car, Xia Zhi gave instructions to the driver and then to Gu Zhaolin.
"Xiao Gu, I won't follow you to the county to deliver eggs. Anyway, you delivered them last time. You just deliver the eggs over, count them, and sign them.
Then the tractor came back to pick me up, and I wanted to pull some slate back here. "
I stuffed a pack of cigarettes into the driver's hand. Although it was not a big front door, the driver was still happy.
Of course, this kind of thing is well understood. How can anyone not use public goods for personal matters?
Gu Zhaolin's eyes lit up when he heard about the quarry.
"Okay, you wait here, I'll be back soon."
Watching the tractor leave, Xia Zhi said to Sister Xia,
"Sister, take me up to the quarry and take a look. I'll see how the slate is. I'll wait for them on top."
"Okay, Xiaoxia, I'll send you up, but I'll have work in a while. Then I'll tell the director of their market-trapping factory to make sure everything is done properly for you. Spend less money to do big things."
He whispered to Xia Zhi that this was also to settle a favor with Xia Zhi.
The two of them walked up the mountain talking and laughing, from here to the quarry on the mountain in the distance.
Unexpectedly, the path we walked was not that close. It took us more than half an hour to reach the bottom of the mountain.
The quarry is at the foot of the mountain. Their stones are transported down from the mountain, processed at the foot of the mountain, and then taken away from here.
The quarry is very simple. There are actually no walls around it, just a row of broken houses built at the foot of the mountain.
It seems that the house should be a dormitory for workers.
Various stones and stones are placed on the large flat land at the foot of the mountain.
Xia Zhi looked at the shirtless workers working hard in the quarry but did not see Gu Zixi.
Sister Xia took her to find the director of the quarry. The director of the quarry was a man in his 40s, also named Xia.
I heard that Xia Zhi was here to get the slate, and I immediately bloomed. After all, this was a private job.
Privately, this money will definitely not go into the factory's account. Although it can be said to be cheaper, it is basically kept in one's own pocket.
That is to say, the favor is lost and there is still income.
After Sister Xia finished explaining, she went directly back to the chicken farm, letting Xia Zhi have time to go find her later.
Xia Zhi looked at the dozen bluestone slabs, not to mention that the slates here were very well made.
Theoretically, she doesn't need to pave the road herself, but she will live on the chicken farm for many years, so she plans to clean up the road to the dormitory next to the chicken farm.
Of course, what's more important is that she wants to find this excuse, otherwise why would she come to the quarry?
Factory Director Xia was very busy, so after giving the explanation, he let Xia Zhi wander around here by himself.
Xia Zhi didn't see Gu Zixi grabbing a worker next to him and asking.
"Comrade, I would like to ask if Gu Zixi is in the quarry?"
The young man must be only eighteen or nineteen years old. When he saw Xia Zhi, he was a little shy and didn't know where to put his hands.
He said slightly shyly.
"Brother Gu is sick. He has been lying in the dormitory for several days."
"What's wrong?"
"Can you take me to see him?"
"Okay, our dormitory is right in front and it's easy to find, but do you know Brother Gu? Who are you?"
The boy looked at Xia Zhi with curiosity. After all, Xia Zhi was so beautiful. The clothes he wore made him look different from the people in his village. He looked like a cadre.
None of the cadres in their village can dress so neatly.
Xia Zhi's clothes didn't even have any patches, which was certainly eye-catching, especially since they had four pockets.
These days, only cadres wear clothes with four pockets. This is almost a fact recognized by everyone.
"Gu Zixi is my brother."
The young man was stunned for a moment and shook his head.
I really didn't know what was going on in Gu Zixi's family, but I didn't expect that he actually had a sister who was a cadre.
Why didn’t the younger sister who was a cadre say anything?
If the production team leader knew that he had a sister who was a cadre, he would definitely not dare to send him to the quarry.
After arriving at the door of the dormitory, the young man pointed at the door.
"He lives in this dormitory, go ahead!"
Xia Zhi hurriedly took out a hard-boiled egg from her satchel and stuffed it into the young man's hand.
"Comrade, thank you, this is a little thought, please take it."
The young man was shocked. No one is willing to eat eggs these days, and they all save money to sell them.
There are eggs from large-scale chicken farms, but they are supplied by the state and have nothing to do with the people in their village.
I wanted to refuse, but I was a little reluctant. After all, this was an egg. An egg costs 5 cents these days.
Xia Zhi didn't allow him to refuse. He turned around and knocked on the door. The young man thought for a while and ran quickly with the eggs in his arms. He owed someone a favor.
No one responded. Xia Zhi knocked on the door again, but it was still quiet.
Xia Zhi listened carefully, and there was no way that little comrade was talking nonsense to him.
She pushed the door with her hand. Unexpectedly, the door was not locked. She opened the door with a squeak as soon as she pushed it.
The houses are relatively simple, but the houses here are all built with stones.
Compared with thatched houses and mud houses, this kind of house is stronger and rarely leaks from rain or water.
The house is also relatively spacious.
As soon as you enter, you can see that there is a row of large shops in the house.
It's a bit spectacular at first glance, and it can sleep more than ten or twenty people at once.
There were unmade beddings thrown on the bed, and the room exuded an unpleasant smell, including the smell of feet, sweat, and various other smells mixed together.
In the midst of this mess, she spotted a spot against the foot of the bed.
A quilt roll was placed there. To be honest, a person was sleeping there with a quilt rolled up.
If it weren't for Xia Zhi's good eyesight, it would be really difficult to find anyone among this pile of dirty quilts.
Xia Zhi walked over and looked carefully, and it turned out to be Gu Zixi. Gu Zixi had his back to him and faced the wall.
He slept there with a tight quilt wrapped around him.
Xia Zhi walked up to him and called softly.
"Gu Zixi, Gu Zixi!"
To the young man just now, she easily told me that I was his sister, probably because I am often tactful and do not even blink when I lie.
But now she couldn't call Gu Zixi "big brother".
But she called Gu Zixi twice but there was no response. Xia Zhi was stunned for a moment, nothing would happen!
Hearing that he was sick, he hurriedly walked over and gave Gu Zixi a push.
"Gu Zixi, Gu Zixi!"
As a result, he pushed with his hand and realized that Gu Zixi's body was hot.
Following his movements, Gu Zixi fell down directly.
The moment his back touched the bed, Gu Zixi let out a painful groan.
Like a conditioned reflex, Gu Zixi quickly turned over and lay on the pillow. At the same time, he opened his eyes and saw Xia Zhi standing in front of him.