After Breaking Off the Engagement, She Went To the Countryside and Was Pinched By a Rough Man and Pa

Chapter 16 Diwozi

Jiang Yifan smiled and pointed at the mounds of dirt behind him.

“This is Diwozi, and it will be your dormitory from now on.

 A den can accommodate two people. You allocate a place for yourselves and the people you want to live there.

correct.

　　One person cannot occupy a single den. Let me explain to you in advance. Our living space is limited and the conditions are like this.

Everyone, if you move faster, you can still clean up and go to the cafeteria to eat in a while.

 I will take care of the food in the cafeteria for everyone tonight, but from now on I won’t be able to take care of it, I have to cook for myself. "

Jiang Yifan dropped these words and left immediately, obviously not giving them any chance to resist or refute.

Only when everyone stood in front of these low mounds did they realize that this was the house they were going to stay in tonight - Diwozi.

 Looking at everyone's expression as if they were struck by lightning.

Xia Zhi pursed her lips. No wonder they couldn't accept it.

The so-called Diwozi is the simplest kind of house in the border area. Obviously, the group they came to should be a newly developed farm in the agricultural reclamation area.

If it were a farm where the Corps was built before, it would probably be possible to build an adobe house.

 The people here should be responsible for land reclamation, so they still live in a den.

Most people don’t know what a diwozi is. The so-called diwozi is a very simple house, and the overall style is a bit like a vegetable cellar in the north.

These days, conditions are difficult no matter where you go, and materials are scarce. If you want to build an adobe house, how many people will it take to make adobe houses?

 But Diwozi is not needed.

 Adapt measures to local conditions, save raw materials, and at most cost a little manpower.

 In fact, there are many benefits to the underground nest. It keeps you warm in winter and cool in summer.

 The materials are economical and it is very convenient to build. To put it bluntly, it means saving money.

Xia Zhi found the nearby den and walked straight in. When he saw Xia Zhi, he walked in.

Liu Zhiyan said nothing, holding her hanging arm and holding her suitcase with one hand.

  Followed him.

Liu Qianjin looked stupid and followed him, carrying his own bag.

Who would have thought that Xia Zhi turned around and turned back again, pointed to the den next door, and told Liu Qianjin.

“Liu Qianjin, please stay next to me.”

Liu Qianjin immediately scratched his head obediently and nodded.

 “Xiaoxia, I listen to you.”

He really jumped into the hole next door.

Xia Zhi then turned around and helped Liu Zhiyan carry her suitcase into the cave.

Liu Zhiyan walked in here with a look of disgust on her face while fanning her nose.

 Seeing the situation inside, I was almost stunned.

“Xia Zhi, how can anyone let us live in such a house?”

“Do you call this a house? Let’s just call it a pigsty. I think we are being raised in a pen like pigs.”

 Obviously, Liu Zhiyan, who comes from a family of small cadres, has never seen such a house.

 The Diwo is actually quite spacious, 6m long and 3m wide. The height of this Diwo is not bad, 1m8.

 Otherwise they would have to bend their waists when walking in.

The sleeping bed is an earthen platform more than 30 cm above the ground with a layer of straw spread on it.

But overall this place faces south, and the only simple door opens inward.

Several pieces of wood are nailed together and covered with pieces of sacks.

There is a thick poplar tree in the house as a beam for the entire house.

With the poplar tree as the center and scattered to both sides, there is a rafter as thick as a forearm every few dozen centimeters, just like a human rib.

On these rafters, a layer of hay will first be spread, and then a mat made of reeds will be spread on top of the hay. Of course, a layer of mat will be laid on top of the mat, both for waterproofing and to keep out the cold.

 Finally, the top is capped with soil.

 This kind of house has a small window of about 50cm reserved in the middle of the roof.

 Generally no one specializes in making window frames, that is, a piece of glass is pressed on top of the hole.

　　When the sun rises, it will shine in through the window on the roof, and there will be light in the dark cave.

This is still very different from a house in the general sense. It not only looks dark and simple, but also makes people feel depressed.

There is a stove next to the door, which is connected to a two-meter-high adobe wall. This is called the fire wall.

No one is building a fire bed here.

 In winter, dead branches or thatch are burned in the furnace. The flame conducts heat from the flue of the stove through the flue of the fire wall.

This crude method of keeping warm and protecting against wind and cold.

Xia Zhi touched the wall of fire with his hand. It was now ice cold, so they obviously needed to find a way to find fuel on their own.

Definitely not tonight.

 But obviously in order to welcome them, these intellectual young people

 A slot for placing an oil lamp was dug out in the wall next to the earthen platform.

 A glass can filled with half a bottle of kerosene, which was used to light them at night.

There are not even electric lights here.

Liu Zhiyan exclaimed, only to see a mouse emerge from the straw pile on the platform, wipe the edge of her shoes and rush out of the door.

 “Ah! Rat!”

Xia Zhi glanced at the baggage in his hands with a calm expression, and threw Liu Zhiyan's suitcase and baggage onto the floor covered with wheat straw.

 Walked outside again.

Liu Zhiyan was frightened when she saw it, and followed Xia Zhi with her arms hanging.

"Xia Zhi, where are you going? Wait for me, don't leave me behind, I don't dare to stay here alone."

God knows, just thinking about being in the same room with a mouse makes Liu Zhiyan wish she could grow two wings and fly back.

 When we first came here, everyone was just passionate about supporting border construction and fighting against the sky, the earth, and nature.

 Dedicate your youth to the construction of the motherland. Who would have thought that dedicating your youth would involve spending time with mice?

"Don't follow me. I'm going out to find something. We have to clean up the house quickly, or we won't be able to sleep until it gets dark soon."

Two lesbians came out, and the others all came out of their dens.

The main reason is that no one expected that the living conditions here would be like this. They all came from the city, and even if their families were poor, they at least had an adobe house to live in.

This house is simply unheard of and unseen.

 Many people's eyes were already red and they were about to burst into tears.

 “We want to go back!”

 “We’re not here to stay!”

 “Is this a place for people to stay?”

“How can you give us a house like this?”

Many people were filled with indignation. Xia Zhi glanced at these people.

 No one will care about them today.

 The educated youth immediately turned their backs upon seeing the poor conditions.

Even if they wanted to go back now, they couldn't go back. They would never be able to get out of these hundreds of miles by walking alone, and there would be wolves on the road.

To put it bluntly, they deliberately left them here to kill their prestige and prevent these intellectual young people from falling out.

She has seen this kind of tactics in her previous life, and at least she doesn’t want anyone to talk to them today.

 (End of this chapter)