Chapter 58

Mrs Li originally wanted to take this wine back home and bury it with Old Lu’s Now that she was on the island, there was no need to bury it

Now that she is on the island, Old Lu is there, so she doesn’t need to bury this, so she asked Xu Man to give it to Lu Yuanzheng and the others to drink

Xu Man refused to take it, not because she was afraid of bad luck, but because she thought it was at least a reminder of Mrs Li

Mrs Li told her that these soldiers actually look forward to having their family members in their unit

Who would like to live in a group all the time? Who doesn’t like to have a family life?

When a family member comes, the whole company is happy

They would also invite the people in their squad or those who were good friends of the company to have dinner at their homes

The invitations changed from one day to the next, and it was a special atmosphere

Sister-in-laws were also happy, so they would meet some other sisters-in-law, and could hear about their men from other people’s mouths

After all, it’s not easy to say a lot of things through letters

Especially in their profession, which often involves confidentiality, letters are written unilaterally by the sisters-in-law, and the men basically write back to report that they are safe and to greet the family

Letters were inconvenient, and they didn’t see each other more than a few times a year, which made it impossible for husband and wife to have a conversation

The couples with children were lucky to have children, but the couples without children were more or less the same as they were when they first met

Everyone gathered around a table to eat, more or less talk about daily life, listen to feel close to the relationship

Xu Man asked Mrs Li, “Who should I invite to dinner if I’m like you? Should I invite the whole camp?”

She was a bit worried How could she invite so many people from the whole battalion?

“How can you invite all the hundreds of people in the camp?” Mrs Li laughed and suggested, “You can invite the instructors and company commanders first They’ve worked with your battalion for a long time Then, you can invite the people from the first company, after all, that’s the old company of the road camp”

Xu Man thought it made sense, but what if she didn’t know how to cook?

And the island wasn’t like the old family building, so she couldn’t buy her own food, so what could she do?

Thinking about it, we could have barbecue and grilled fish

Especially the barbecue, it’s not a problem to invite the whole camp to dinner

However, we have to wait until we can feed ourselves on the island

In addition, barbecue and grilled fish need to solve the problem of charcoal and oven

There’s no hurry to build an oven until the base camp is ready, but we can try charcoal

Fortunately, the sometimes reliable, sometimes unreliable Magic Mirror had taught Xu Wen a simple method of making charcoal

She thought that if it worked, she would first make a grilled fish to try

Having Lu Yuanzheng invite Shi Lei and the others over for dinner was also considered a test dish

If it was successful, they could eat it on New Year’s holidays

So many people gathered together, eat a barbecue grilled fish, blowing the sea breeze and drink a small wine, how beautiful!

Shi Lei came with several company commanders and asked politely outside the tent, “Is there anyone here?

Don’t look at him usually with Lu Yuanzheng private blind poverty, there are Xu asked in even if the door guests, they are still relatively short

Lu Yuanzheng lifted the curtain on the tent, “Come on in!”

Xu Wen thought, it seems that this kind of thing Lu Yuanzheng didn’t do less, she also especially wondered that, obviously seeing each other every day, just changed the place to eat, these people even politely brought accompanying gifts

“Wow! What’s that flavor? It smells so good!”

“So cool Sister-in-law, can you give us some ice when you have time?”

“Sister-in-law even made ice congee?”

“Why are you so good at this?”

“And wine? You’re too considerate, sister-in-law!”

Xu Man was a bit embarrassed by the praise, and lowered his head without making a sound

Lu Yuanzheng stepped in front of Xu Man and disliked them, “That’s enough! You’re scaring my daughter-in-law!”

The others were not too good to refute, but Shi Lei didn’t have this concern, pulled open a stool and sat down, brought a bowl of ice and started eating, but also didn’t forget to dislike Lu Yuanzheng: “Your ugly face didn’t scare your sister-in-law, so it’s obvious that your sister-in-law has a lot of guts”

Lu Yuanzheng gave a heave, “We’re all comrades in arms, it’s not appropriate to make personal attacks, right?”

Xu Wen blinked, defending his shortcomings, “He’s not ugly, he’s very manly! I think it’s very handsome”

Shi Lei: “”

The company commanders had bowls of ice to watch the fun

Lu Yuanzheng smiled and raised his eyebrows proudly

Shi Lei sighed, “Sister-in-law, you’re good at everything but your eyes!”

Xu Wen knew it was a joke, as was the previous sentence, the previous sentence was to coax Lu Yuanzheng

Although he knew it was a joke, he was afraid that Lu Yuanzheng would mind, so he took the opportunity to show his feelings

This time there was no need, so he smiled and didn’t say anything

After simple pleasantries, they all sat down and started chatting while eating

As Mrs Li said, they would talk more in non-public places, as long as there was no secrecy involved, they would talk about anything

Xu Wen sat at a corner of the table, unwrapped some fish for Dongsheng, and quietly listened to them chat

In everyone’s mouth, she heard some of the things that she had never seen in Lu Yuanzheng, both at work and in life

For example, everyone teased that when Lu Yuanzheng first joined the army, he was completely different from what he is now

At that time, all day long like a nobleman, is to eat the first hot under the spoon, a mouthful of steamed bread to chew for three minutes of the kind of reserved kind

Everyone thought that Lu Yuanzheng shouldn’t have come to be a soldier and laughed at him privately

I never imagined that Lu Yuanzheng would be so powerful on the battlefield, and that he would have the courage to fight

Later, he learned to eat a full meal in five minutes, not to bathe for three days, and to sleep while lying in the mud

Xu Man also in their playfulness, vaguely glimpsed traces of their daily life

In fact, it can be summarized in four words: joy in misery

However, Xu Man also realized that when he was here, they were actually still a bit formal in their speech

Noisy as they were, they were all particularly measured

Dongsheng wasn’t interested in adult conversation, and ran out to play after eating his fill

One fish, six bottles of beer, divided between ten or so people, which was just a taste

Everyone did not sit for long before leaving, and there was a roll call before lights out

Before leaving, Shi Lei also lamented, “Sister-in-law! It’s thanks to you that we have you on the island! Otherwise it would be a monk island You don’t know, those married soldiers are now busy writing letters to tell their families about you, so that they can come together”

Lu Yuanzheng patted Shi Lei: “You fool your sister-in-law at home first!”

Shi Lei: “”

That wasn’t really easy

Xu Man said seriously, “Let’s build the island early At that time, you don’t need to beg, your sisters-in-law will be willing to come by themselves”

Shi Lei nodded, “Sister-in-law is right”

After a short mapping, the work of building the island began

Most of the officers and soldiers began to clean up the debris and build foundations in preparation for building wooden houses

A small portion of the officers and soldiers were responsible for clearing the various dangerous plants and animals hidden in the island’s rainforest

The families were not required to work

But during the special period, everyone tried to help out as much as they could

There was nothing on the island anyway, so it was boring to be idle

Sister-in-law Li and a few other sisters-in-law contracted to do everyone’s laundry

In the whole island, except for the five or six children under the age of five, there were only two people who didn’t work

One was Wang Ying, the ostensible reason was that she had to bring up the children, but in fact she wouldn’t do it without them

The other was Xu Man

Xu Man had wanted to follow Lu Yuanzheng to work, but just in time, the supply ship came to deliver something, and there was a letter from her and something she wanted, so she didn’t go

The letter was from the Xu family

Previously, Xu Wen wrote back to report her safety, and also took photos at the university and sent them back to the Xu family

The Xu family knows that Lu Yuanzheng is fine, especially happy, also wrote back to say the family’s good news, once the spring will be able to build a house

When Lu Yuanzheng heard that the Xu family was going to build a house, he took out the prize money that he had just received for meritorious service and asked Xu Man to send it back to him

Before Xu Man came to Haicheng, he sold his record player and had more than a thousand dollars in his hand

Lu Yuanzheng’s allowance for half a year plus his bonus also amounted to six hundred dollars

Thinking about it, Xu Man sent a thousand dollars home

The rest of the hundreds of most in the sea city are spent, the rest of a small part, this time and take out to ask for help from the land to buy some things next time to send together

In fact, the supplies sent to the island usually do not need them to spend money, but this time Xu Man is to be used privately, not good to take advantage of the public

Xu Wen also included an IOU in the letter, repeatedly stating that the money was borrowed from Xu Man, and also told Xu Man that everything was fine at home, so she shouldn’t think about it

The family is a little bit of opinion on Xu Man’s leave of absence from school to go to the island, but Xu Man has already done the opinion is useless, told her on the island can not be wasted studies, but also let Xu Man remember to bring the road expedition home for the New Year

He said that the family misses Xu Man

Xu Man hurriedly wrote a reply and asked the people on the ship to bring it back

Xu Man wrote a list last time, most of the things have been bought, there is a part of about does not belong to the present or even if there has been but still rare so not very good to find

Luckily, Xu Man prevented this from happening and wrote a set of next-level components as well

For example, if you want to do solar energy, of course the most economical is to directly buy solar panels or something back to assemble

But this was especially hard to buy

So Xu Man also wrote the alternate option is to be able to form the secondary materials of the solar panels, so that it is easy to buy

That is, after getting them back, Xu Man had to assemble them himself, and the energy conversion rate would probably be a bit lower as well

In addition to the solar components, Xu asked for the components of a small wind turbine

At that time, he thought that if he couldn’t get the solar generator to work, he would use wind power to generate electricity

Wind turbines are relatively simple compared to solar power

The principle is that the wind wheel rotates with the wind to drive the generator to rotate to generate electricity

Small generators are also very simple to make, and most of the components can be bought

Xu Wen had done his homework before with the help of the magic mirror, and was just waiting for the parts to arrive to get his hands dirty

Of course Lu Yuanzheng asked about the usefulness of these lists, and wondered, “Then I’ll just apply for two generators directly!”

Generator is not something rare, there are diesel and gasoline even tractors can be brought up

“Not the same! Gasoline and diesel are so expensive, how can they be wasted?” Xu Wen shook his head

The oil crisis from a few years ago hadn’t completely eased by now, and the price of oil remained high

“Besides, I got these because I want to make all of our lives more comfortable But at the moment, my ability is only enough to change our family, exactly to try to see if I can change our family Only if it’s possible can I gradually spread it around the island We can’t use generators all the time, can we? We can’t have electricity on the island for a while, can we rely on two generators to power thousands of people?

Even if we can use them for military purposes now, what if people come to the island in a while? Who can afford to use diesel and gasoline generators at their own expense?”

Lu Yuanzheng pondered over it, it did make sense, and when he typed in the application he made a point of stating that these things were important and must be found

And he still applied for two large diesel generators, Xu Man’s experiments might not be successful, but the generators could temporarily solve the island’s electricity problem

Compared to the generators, Xu Man’s solar power and wind power were a bit of a joke

However, Xu Man knows the importance of wind power and solar power technology on the island, and is still excited to get his hands dirty

Which great man didn’t have a white novice period?

Dongsheng followed Xu, giving her a hand, like a walking “100,000 Reasons Why”!

“Ma Ma, what is this?”

“Ma-Ma, what does this do?”

“Why can it turn the sun into electricity?”

“Ma-ma, can this airplane turn electricity if it keeps turning?”

Xu Man simply practiced teaching on the spot, explaining to Dongsheng the significance of each step while doing so, and what these parts would be used for after they were successfully assembled

Most of it Dongsheng actually still couldn’t understand

However, the little boy seemed to be more interested in the handwork and listened attentively

There were some jobs that just the two of them still couldn’t finish

Like setting up the pylons

The solar and wind turbines could share the same tower

At noon, when Lu Yuanzheng came back from work to eat, he called out to two people to help Xu Man pick a suitable location for the tower and press it

Because it was for experimental use, and because there were no high shelters in the neighborhood, the tower wasn’t too high

“Sister-in-law, what fresh stuff are you getting here?” The boy who was helping was a little curious when he saw this small airplane-like thing with three blades lying on the top of the pole

“I want to try to see if I can generate electricity by solar and wind power”

“Wow! You can get electricity from the sun and wind? That would be awesome Sister-in-law, you’re worthy of being a college student”

Xu Wen smiled and didn’t say anything

She had been hearing this a lot lately

Xu Man felt that they were a bit too mythological about college students, and that college students didn’t know everything, but this title could help her save a lot of trouble

No matter what Xu Man tossed around that they hadn’t seen before, in everyone’s eyes it was because she was a college student so it wouldn’t be surprising

As for Lu Yuanzheng himself, he knew why she would, and it was even less strange

At noon both generators were up and running, and the cafeteria was pressed with two floor fans that blew especially cool

But there were only fans in the cafeteria, and the diesel generators were currently only enough for everyone’s lighting

For the time being, it is not possible to provide electric fans for so many people

Electric fans are still considered a luxury item, and can’t supply so many at once

The Quartermaster Department is willing to provide them, but there are too many supplies that need to be transported to the island, so they have to come in little by little

For example, the boats that Lu Yuanzheng and the others applied for were also approved, but it just took time to build the boats, when they were ready Every island in the archipelago will be distributed

In the afternoon Xu Man hands made a simple ceiling fan, the blades are cut from iron, the small motor is also homemade outside the cover of a suitable size of the shell

Also according to the method taught by the magic mirror, made a simple desalination device connected to the solar energy

At night, Xu Man got two big buckets full of fresh water, and the fan in the tent also turned up by the electricity generated by the wind

Dongsheng stood under the fan and cheered, “There’s a fan! There’s a fan! I won’t be afraid of the heat at night”

Xu Wen pulled Dongsheng away, “Stay away from the fan, in case I don’t make it sturdy and it falls, it will hit you”

Dongsheng thought for a moment and said to Lu Yuanzheng, who had just returned, “Then dad, you go and try!”

Lu Yuanzheng didn’t understand for a moment and asked him, “Try what?”

“Try to see if the fan will fall and hit you! You’re so powerful you’re not afraid of being smashed!”

Lu Yuanzheng:””

Cold laugh: “You’re really my own son”

Lu Yuanzheng looked up at the fan, although he knew that it was unlikely that Xu Man would fail, but he really had to see with his own eyes that she had built electricity by relying on solar energy and wind, and he couldn’t help but be amazed that she could even make a fan!

“Ask, you’re too good too! You even know how to do this Before, I was really afraid that you wouldn’t be able to stand it if you followed me to the island and suffered Now it seems that I thought too much! I thought you went to the island to benefit me! I never dreamed I’d have an electric fan on this island!

When I go back to the meeting in a few days, I’ll envy them to death when I tell them!”

Lu Yuanzheng looked proud of himself and sighed, “I feel like it won’t be long before you turn this island into the kind of tourist mecca you’re talking about!”

Xu Man giggled, “What else would it be? Isn’t learning something to change your life?”

Lu Yuanzheng nodded, “Uh-huh! If you keep this up, it won’t just be your life that will change, you’ll have to change ours as well! What else do you want to do tomorrow? Is there anything I can do for you?”

Xu Man shook his head, “Let’s talk about it tomorrow, it’s late, let’s wash up first! I’m tired”

This day was a rather unique experience for Xu Wen Lu Yuanzheng and Dongsheng

With the fan blowing on the ice, the air was cool, making people weary

Originally, Lu Yuanzheng wanted to wait for Dongsheng to fall asleep before doing anything

As a result, after Dongsheng fell asleep and shouted twice in a hurry, Xu Wen didn’t even reply to her

When she stood up and looked, Xu Man was also asleep

Xu Wen was busy from five o’clock in the morning to bed at night, and did not rest during the lunch break, busy drumming up her pile of strange things, plus the tent is too cool, not waiting for Dongsheng to fall asleep, she first went to see the Lord of the Week

Lu Yuanzheng cried and laughed, helplessly sighed, stretched out his arm and wrapped it around Xu Man’s waist and also followed the sleep

Xu Man was awakened by a loud noise

Xu Man rubbed his eyes, sat up and saw that Dongsheng and Lu Yuanzheng weren’t there, somewhat puzzled

Usually in the morning, they run exercises and shout slogans, Xu Man can hear, just one more fan to sleep so dead?

Besides, the fan has long stopped spinning, it should be insufficient power

The noise outside is getting louder and louder

Xu Man frowned, hurriedly washed up, pushed open the door

Seeing that Sister Li didn’t know what she had taken from the cafeteria and hurriedly ran outside, she asked curiously, “Sister-in-law, what’s going on?”

Sister-in-law Li only looked back at Xu Qi, her footsteps not stopping, returning to her, “You’re awake? Hurry up and go see Camp Lu! They all got stung by jellyfish today, and it’s quite serious! I’ll be back to get alum and lye”

Xu asked, “”

His face changed and he followed Sister Li to the beach

Jellyfish are sea jellies and are poisonous

When you get stung, your skin will sting, burn and itch, and you’ll get a localized rash or something

There will also be different symptoms of poisoning, such as stomach pain, nausea, vomiting, dizziness and fatigue

Severe anaphylactic shock can occur, and even cause death if not rescued in time

If so many officers and soldiers on the island were stung by jellyfish, I’m afraid the health company would not have enough medicine

There’s no way to send them to the hospital now

I wonder how Road Expedition is doing?

Xu Man was anxious