Chapter 1038: Chen Hongjun's Efficiency, and Returning a Favor

Since Xu Chengjun said so, Li Long believed he could handle this matter well, so he didn't say much more.

"Stay for lunch later," Xu Chengjun said, seeing Li Long was about to leave.

"Not today. I haven't been to see my father and mother yet. I don't live in the team anymore, and I only come back occasionally. If I don't go to see my father and mother, they will be angry."

"That's true," Xu Chengjun said with a smile. "You are the youngest son, they love you very much. You have a car, it takes at most half an hour to drive back from the county, so come back more often when you have nothing to do."

"Okay," Li Long responded and left with a smile.

Xu Chengjun sent Li Long away. When he returned to the room, the news from the state station happened to be playing on the radio.

"According to reports from correspondents, recently, a new type of machinery has played a huge role in clearing snow in the courtyards of various units in our district..."

Xu Chengjun hurriedly went over and sat by the radio, listening to the content broadcast by the announcer. Isn't this a snowplow? The team has one too. I really didn't expect that this thing was designed and invented by Li Long!

He only knew that this was brought out by Li Long and then placed at Li Jianguo's place. As long as it snows in the team, after Li Jianguo clears the snow in their residential area, he will drive the tractor to clear the snow from the team to each residential area.

Xu Chengjun also asked, and Li Jianguo said it was a machine brought back by Li Long. Xu Chengjun wanted to give Li Jianguo work points. After all, this thing is considered public welfare, working for the team.

Li Jianguo didn't want it, saying that this matter should be considered as paving the way for the children in the team to go to school.

That's what he said, but Xu Chengjun still recorded a note for Li Jianguo in the work point book. It is their business that people are benevolent, but as the team leader, he cannot really feel that people should do it.

Just like this flood prevention in Little Haizi, actually, without Li Long's reminder, Xu Chengjun himself also understood that this year's flood is definitely different from previous years and really needs attention.

Of course, he is not afraid. The Fourth Team has two main canals and two reed lakes, plus this Little Haizi. As long as they respond properly and successfully put the flood into the Big Haizi downstream, there will be no problem.

Li Long drove the jeep to his eldest brother's house. His father and mother were helping his eldest brother Li Jianguo clean the mud on the tractor and applying grease.

Li Long got out of the car and went to help. Du Chunfang said to him:

"It's almost done, don't get your hands dirty, go into the room and warm up."

Li Long smiled and said:

"It doesn't matter, you two should be the ones to go into the room. This work, I know how to do it with my brother."

Actually, there isn't much work itself. It's just that he's afraid that the parts will get water and rust after the snow melts, so he sealed them with oil in advance. He did it once before winter last year, and now it's considered checking for leaks and filling gaps.

However, in ten minutes, the family finished their work, wiped their hands, and entered the room. Li Juan and Li Qiang were studying in the room. Seeing Li Long come in, they stood up to greet him and then continued.

Liang Yuemei was preparing lunch in the kitchen. Seeing Li Long come over, she also said with a smile:

"Old mother said this morning that Xiao Long hadn't been here for a few days. Look, isn't he here?"

Du Chunfang was rarely a bit embarrassed:

"It's winter... he has a car, so it's convenient."

She didn't even know what she was saying.

"I went to the team leader's place," Li Long said while washing his hands: "Told him that after spring, we should organize people to clear the flood-prevention canals on both sides of Little Haizi. The flood will definitely be big this year. By the way, brother,"

He looked at Li Jianguo, pulled the towel over, and wiped his hands, saying:

"After spring, you have to drive the tractor to push the flood-prevention canal again, and the opening must be pushed larger."

The flood-prevention canals on both sides of Little Haizi are connected to the upper reaches of Little Haizi. They existed originally and have been gradually expanded in the past two years. The flood from the upper reaches rushes into Little Haizi and also enters the flood-prevention canals on both sides. The water in the flood-prevention canals will flow down into the main canal and reed ditch, and flow to the Big Haizi and other reservoirs downstream.

The role of the two flood-prevention canals is that when the water in Little Haizi reaches a certain level, it will backflow into the flood-prevention canals and then flow out from the flood-prevention canals. Because the common position of the flood-prevention canals and Little Haizi is on the upper left and right sides of Little Haizi, it will not wash away the north dam line of Little Haizi, and the large fish will not be washed away because the water flow is too large.

Because it is close to the water source, there will be a lot of silt in the flood-prevention canals, and the reeds and other aquatic plants inside grow very lushly, which will also affect the flood discharge speed.

Li Long estimated that the volume of the flood this year should be particularly large, so he must clear the flood-prevention canals, preferably dig them deeper, so that the water capacity here can be larger, and then reinforce and thicken the north dam line of Little Haizi. In this way, with both measures, Little Haizi should be able to be preserved when the flood comes.

Li Jianguo understood Li Long's meaning very well, and he said:

"That's no problem. After spring, the ground temperature hasn't risen, and the work like plowing the land hasn't started yet. By then, I can drive the tractor, take the bulldozer blade, and go do this work."

"Isn't that working for nothing?" Du Chunfang muttered, a bit dissatisfied that he was spending his own money to do public work.

"Old mother, the money I earned at the beginning was the money I earned from Little Haizi. In the past few years, father also earned a lot of money from it, right? Now we just treat it as spending part of the money we earned on it, it's nothing." Li Long explained.

"That's right, I caught so many fish and sold so much money, I have to do some practical things," Li Qing Xia said very generously, "Eldest, I'll pay for the oil money!"

"You can!" Du Chunfang glared at Li Qing Xia, then smiled.

She wasn't stingy, but she felt that this matter concerned the team, at least the team should have a statement.

"Mother, Little Haizi is contracted by Xiao Long in name," Liang Yuemei came out of the kitchen and stood at the door, saying, "How to say it, Xiao Long should take care of it, so don't worry about it."

"Don't worry, don't worry, I'm too lazy to worry about it," Du Chunfang washed her hands and went directly into the inner room, leaning against the fire wall, saying, "Isn't it comfortable for me to warm myself by the fire in the room? It's just that this weather is not clear. It's already this time, and it's still snowing lightly every day..."

Indeed, although the weather forecast was sunny, in fact, snow was still falling lightly in the air.

At noon, they ate at his eldest brother's place. Liang Yuemei steamed rice and stir-fried spicy chicken, putting some pickles in it, which had a unique flavor.

Li Long found that Li Juan and Li Qiang were both studying a bit too much. It seemed that during the time he came over, except for eating and occasionally going to the toilet, both children were studying in the room, and they wouldn't go even if someone came to call them to play.

"Juan, Qiangqiang, you two have to combine work and rest. You have to play when you should play, and you must study well when you study. You can't just study without playing. It's not good if the nerves are too tense."

"Got it," Li Juan and Li Qiang responded together. Li Qiang looked at his sister, and Li Juan's eyes were still fixed on the book.

"Alright, alright, go play," Li Long started to urge the two children to get up, "You can't work so hard, don't ruin your health."

"Little uncle, it's mainly these materials sent by Aunt Gu. There are many things I don't understand and don't know. I used to think my academic performance in our school was quite good, but after comparing with these materials, I realized it was far behind..."

"Hey, you can't compare like that," Li Long hurriedly waved his hand, "These are materials brought back by your Aunt Gu from Yanjing. You take them to read, that's to let you expand your knowledge, not to let you die on these things.

You have to compare with the classmates around you after going to school. If you have spare energy, you can learn these, but it doesn't mean you have to fully understand these things... You can learn, but it's not necessary, understand?"

Li Juan nodded, half-understanding.

Li Long thought to himself, should he be so blunt?

"The teaching quality in our Northern Xinjiang is not as good as Yanjing, or rather, it's far behind," Li Long said, "So, what you learn, it might be relatively normal in Yanjing, but in our place, it's considered out of scope.

You don't have to press yourself so tight, right? In fact, whether it's taking the high school entrance exam or the college entrance exam, you are competing with classmates in the same region, not classmates in the whole country, understand?"

Li Long's meaning is to let Li Juan decompress and not put so much pressure on herself.

Li Juan understood.

She was actually a bit obsessed during this period. After all, looking at the miscellaneous content in those materials, she was really a bit discouraged! She originally thought it was quite good to learn what the school taught, and she was at the top of the grade, so she was a little proud.

As a result, these materials stunned her. There was so much extended knowledge! ===== CHAPTER 1039 =====