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After all, even if the bedding gets wet, it can still be used after drying.

If a person freezes, then they will lose everything!

We sat in the back of the pickup truck and endured the cold wind for another hour and a half before finally arriving at Fanrong Forest Farm.

After getting off the bus, many people could barely stand.

The six women, sitting inside the car, seemed to be in pretty good spirits.

But seeing that all the men's faces were purple from the cold, I felt very embarrassed.

So after the women got off the bus, they helped the men settle in.

The dormitory provided by the forest farm is for four people per room.

In the dormitory where Xiao Shan lived, besides He Yuzhu, the other two people were Xiong Rongjun and Zheng Xiding.

Xiao Shan knows both of them, and both were promoted to cadres just last year.

Although the houses provided by the forest farm were dilapidated, at least they were not drafty.

Once inside, the stove and kang (heated brick bed), essential for survival, were all readily available.

"Brother Zhu, light the stove first, then dry our bedding." After shaking off the snowflakes from his clothes, Xiao Shan began to assign tasks. "Little Bear, go outside and fetch some water; I'll make you a pot of hot tea later!"

"Xiao Zheng, come with me outside and see how the others are settled!"

Xiao Shan was, after all, in charge of these labor cadres, so he naturally had to take responsibility at this moment.

Go and see if anyone is missing anything, and share what you can.

If we can't distribute it evenly, we'll have to ask Wang Chunsheng and the others.

Chapter 510, Xiao Shan's Responsibility! (Please Subscribe!)

Since everyone had just arrived at the forest farm and had been exposed to the cold wind for so long on the way,

The Wang brothers were very easy to talk to, and told them to rest in the house for a day to get used to the temperature in the forest, and then start working tomorrow.

Xiao Shan and Zheng Xiding split up to check on the others.

Fortunately, this is a forest farm, where timber is the least of our worries.

By now, quite a few people had successfully lit their stoves, finally bringing a touch of warmth to the cold room.

"Everyone, put your bedding on the kang to dry first, otherwise you won't have any dry bedding to sleep on tonight!" Xiao Shan reminded everyone one by one. "I'll be staying in the first room. If you encounter any problems while working, come to me immediately. I'll do my best to help you solve them!"

"Everyone, please have something to eat now. Director Wang and the others will come over to bring us food rations for dinner. Everyone has a stove and some fruit in their room. There is no canteen in the forest farm, so we will have to take care of our own meals from now on."

"If you're all living in the same house, you'd better divide up the work beforehand. Otherwise, you might end up causing trouble for me later, and I won't be lenient with you then!"

Xiaoshan is well aware that where there are many people, there will be friction.

Moreover, the people who came out with him this time were all cadres from the factory.

Those who could become cadres at Hongxing Steel Rolling Mill were all from well-off families.

Now that we've arrived at such a harsh place as the Prosperous Forest Farm, where four people have to squeeze onto one kang (heated brick bed) to sleep, there's bound to be a lot of friction.

Therefore, to avoid unnecessary trouble, Xiaoshan made the unpleasant point out in advance.

If he finds out that there's discord among the people he brought, he'll definitely mark it against their work performance evaluation.

As for the six female colleagues who accompanied him, Xiao Shan did not go into their dormitory, but simply repeated what he had said outside.

After receiving a firm agreement from the woman inside, Xiao Shan returned to his own room.

By this time, the stove in their house was burning very brightly.

As soon as Xiao Shan entered the room, he felt a warm breeze and quickly took off his military overcoat.

"Deputy Factory Director, the water has boiled." Xiong Rongjun greeted him with a smile, taking the clothes and other cold-weather gear from Xiao Shan's hands.

“We’ve been traveling all this way. Let’s have some hot tea to warm ourselves up and then take a nap.” Xiao Shan took out a box of tea from his luggage.

This is a good tea that Xiaoshan got from Li Huaide.

Xiao Shan brought over the four large porcelain mugs and brewed four large cups of hot tea.

The four of them sat cross-legged on the kang (a heated brick bed), drinking hot tea with their eyes half-closed.

The tea, once swallowed, immediately created a warm current in the stomach, which then flowed to the limbs.

The four of them immediately felt warm all over, a stark contrast to the biting cold they had experienced on the way.

"I say, Deputy Factory Director, if the weather is like this every day, how are we supposed to work?" He Yuzhu asked, sipping his tea.

"Otherwise, why do you think it's so harsh here?" Xiao Shan retorted.

He Yuzhu choked: "That seems to make sense! But in this awful weather, my nose would freeze off if I went out, and I still have to go logging!"

Zheng Xiding looked regretful after hearing He Yuzhu's words.

If he had known it would be this harsh, he wouldn't have come.

I thought winters in Beijing were already quite cold, but compared to this place, it's nothing.

He really didn't know that when the temperature drops to a certain level, you can't even blow your nose!

The feeling of having ice crystals in your nostrils is really unbearable!

After we finished drinking the hot tea, the bedding was almost dry.

They spread the bedding on the kang bed, and the four of them lay down side by side on the kang and fell asleep!

Xiao Shan naturally closed his eyes while cultivating.

Not long after, Xiao Shan heard a commotion outside.

After listening carefully, Xiao Shan realized that it was cadres from other metallurgical factories who had arrived, and Wang Chunsheng was outside assigning them accommodations!

Three groups of people are coming to the Prosperous Forest Farm this time.

The first batch consisted of some cadres from Hongxing Steel Rolling Mill in Xiaoshan.

The second batch consisted of cadres from a metallurgical factory in Northeast China.

Neither of these groups of cadres worked here for very long.

Hongxing Steel Rolling Mill takes half a month, while another metallurgical plant takes a month.

The third group consisted of cadres from a textile factory in Liuyang City, Hunan Province, who were to stay there for three years!

Now, the two batches of cadres from the metallurgical system have arrived, and only the cadres from the textile factory are waiting.

After the second group of cadres were settled in, it was almost time for dinner.

Wang Chunsheng and his brothers, along with several forestry workers, carried food bags and began distributing rations for the next week to everyone.

Each person's weekly ration consisted of a bag of cornmeal, three bundles of cabbage, three eggs, and a small bag of wheat flour.

Such food rations were extremely poor for these cadres who had been sent down to the countryside.

But that's how everyone at the forest farm eats; they can't expect special treatment when they come to work there.

When it was Xiao Shan's turn to get their rations, Xiao Shan pulled Wang Chunsheng into the room.

He then took out the tickets and money that Li Huaide had given him before he left and quietly slipped them into Wang Chunsheng's hand: "Director Wang, this is a small token of our appreciation!"

"Look, there are more women in our group. When assigning tasks, could you please give us some easier ones?"

As I said before, since Xiao Shan brought the cadres from Hongxing Steel Rolling Mill here, he naturally has to take responsibility for them.

Wang Chunsheng calmly accepted the money and tickets, then coughed lightly: "Your steel mill has sent six female comrades this time, you really need to think about this carefully! I'll discuss it with the forestry farm cadres when I get back, and try my best not to make things too difficult for you!"

Even if you become the top leader in this forest farm, the perks are minimal.

So when the forest farm wasn't busy, Wang Chunsheng and his brother would occasionally take their hunting rifles up the mountain to hunt.

Then they would load the game they hunted onto a pickup truck used for transporting timber and sell it on the black market in a nearby town.

The money earned was used to supplement his living expenses.

The money and tickets Xiao Shan gave him were now equivalent to several hunting trips for the brothers, so Wang Chunsheng naturally had no reason to refuse Xiao Shan's small request.

Anyway, it was just a matter of giving Xiao Shan and the others preferential treatment when assigning tasks; there was nothing disciplinaryly violated.

Chapter 511, Building Connections! (Please Subscribe!)

Seeing that Wang Chunsheng readily agreed, Xiao Shan smiled and said, "Thank you so much, Director Wang."

"Hey, Deputy Director Xiao, this is the first time I've met such a polite leader." Wang Chunsheng shook his gloves and put them back on. "The food at our forest farm is indeed not good, but we don't have any extra rations. When we have some free time, I'll take you up the mountain to hunt some wild game and have a treat!"

"That's wonderful!" Xiao Shan quickly agreed with a smile.

Wang Chunsheng thought Xiao Shan was a very sensible person who could understand the difficulties faced by them, the forestry workers, so he quickly became close to Xiao Shan.

As they left the room where Xiao Shan and the others were staying, Wang Chunsheng looked at Xiao Shan and instructed him, "By the way, Deputy Factory Director Xiao, when you go to work tomorrow, you can fill your water bottles with a little wine to warm yourself up!"

"Don't worry about water. When we work in the forest, we burn fires to keep warm. We can just collect some snow and let it melt, then we'll have hot water to drink!"

Wang Chunsheng looked around and found that everyone was busy counting their rations and no one was paying attention to them. So he lowered his voice and said to Xiao Shan, "Deputy Factory Director Xiao, you will go to the forest farm to cut down trees tomorrow! Cutting down trees is relatively easy work. Our forest farm has diesel hand saws, and you can also build a fire to keep warm while you are cutting down trees."

"If people from other factories cause you trouble, just say that this job was assigned to you from above. If they have any complaints, feel free to come to me."

Xiao Shan nodded, indicating that he understood.

After seeing Wang Chunsheng off, Xiao Shan returned to his dormitory.

Upon seeing Xiao Shan enter, He Yuzhu immediately approached him: "Xiao Shan, what were you talking about with that Factory Director Wang? I saw you give him money!"

Actually, the other two people in the room also saw Xiao Shan give Wang Chunsheng money and tickets.

However, their relationship with Xiaoshan wasn't as close as He Yuzhu's, so they didn't dare to come up and ask directly.

“I want him to assign some easy jobs to the people at our Red Star Steel Rolling Mill! You don’t want to be assigned to move timber, do you?” Xiao Shan glanced at He Yuzhu speechlessly.

Luckily, there were no outsiders in the house, otherwise it might have caused some trouble!

He Yuzhu's eyes lit up, and he slapped Xiao Shan hard on the back: "Xiao Shan, you're really smart!"

It was only because it was Xiaoshan; otherwise, anyone else who had been hit by He Yuzhu would probably have been unable to withstand it.

"You're so rough!" Xiao Shan glanced at He Yuzhu speechlessly. "Remember, this is something we should keep to ourselves. Don't go around blabbing about it!"

He Yuzhu and the other two nodded to indicate that they understood.

Xiao Shan then looked at Xiong Rongjun and Zheng Xiding and said, "Little Xiong, Little Zheng, you two go to everyone's rooms and tell them to put some baijiu in their kettles tomorrow."

"If you don't have any, take the money and bribe Director Wang. He has some sorghum liquor. You can drink some to warm yourself up before work tomorrow!"

He Yuzhu quickly leaned closer: "Xiaoshan, what should I do?"

Xiao Shan rolled his eyes at He Yuzhu: "You cook! What are you going to cook?"

Feeling somewhat aggrieved by Xiao Shan's harsh words, He Yuzhu shrank back and silently went to organize the ingredients.

Although the food rations allocated to everyone were meager, they weren't fools.

Everyone brought a lot of food with them, in case the forest farm ran out of supplies.

He Yuzhu knew exactly what food Xiao Shan had brought, so he immediately started rummaging through Xiao Shan's luggage.

While rummaging through the bags, she muttered to herself, "Xiaoshan's bag is really nice, it's even waterproof. When I have the chance to go to Hong Kong, I'll definitely buy one..."

Xiao Shan then took the money and left.

Wang Chunsheng just told them that if they wanted to eat meat, they could buy it from him.

Putting everything else aside, wild rabbit meat is readily available.

So Xiao Shan decided to go and see Wang Chunsheng.

After leaving the house, Xiao Shan found that it was completely dark.

Fortunately, there were lights outside the place where we stayed at the forest farm.

Wang Chunsheng and his group lived not far away, so they didn't have to worry about being in the dark.

Besides, with Xiao Shan's abilities, whether it's dark or not won't affect his ability to see.

When Xiao Shan arrived at Wang Chunsheng's place, he found that quite a few people had already come to get wine, having been reminded by Zheng Xiding and Xiong Rongjun.

The water bottles that everyone had were basically flat steel water bottles issued by Hongxing Steel Rolling Mill.