Chapter 27 Duplicate Work

"Bang."

Another steel drill was knocked down hard. Chi Heng took a few breaths and walked back to the ATV. He took out a bottle of mineral water from the car and drank it. Then he opened his notebook and wrote down a number - 17.

The 17 steel landmarks are the progress of the work he completed today, which is equivalent to about 4.25 kilometers. It takes an average of 20 minutes to arrange each steel landmark, and it has taken 6 hours from the morning to now.

He touched his sore arm, took out the pot and portable gas stove, unscrewed a bottle of mineral water, poured it into a small pot, closed the lid, and turned on the gas stove to boil the water.

He placed a piece of cardboard on the ground, and took out an inflatable air mattress to blow in. The air mattress was not big, just enough for a person to lie flat on his back. Chi Heng spread the air mattress flat on the surface of the cardboard, and lay down gently on it. He felt mostly tired.

Queen Tian, ​​it feels so comfortable to lie down like this, and she has the urge to not get up while lying down.

When the water in the small pot boiled and he started to huff and puff, Chi Heng stood up lazily, took out a titanium cup, poured a strip of instant coffee into it, and then slowly poured the boiling water into the titanium cup to brew.

Bubble.

Sitting cross-legged on the air mattress, Chi Heng turned his back to the cold wind coming from an unknown direction, holding a warm titanium cup in his hands, and slowly took a sip of the steaming coffee.

While drinking coffee, he poured some water into the small pot and continued to boil it. He took a bag of Japanese instant noodles purchased from the supermarket and poured it into the pot for cooking.

After coming to the United States for so many years, to be honest, Chi Heng is still not used to eating American main meals. Unfortunately, the Chinese food here is not very authentic. It is not so much Chinese food as improved American-style Chinese food. For those who really eat Chinese food as their staple food

It's dismissive.

So when he was in Mississippi, when he and his uncle had meals on weekdays, his uncle would take him to the Chinatown supermarket to buy seasonings from China, and then reluctantly process them. The reason for using forced processing was because he and his uncle were in the same location.

Fang has many rules. For example, if they cook over high heat, the smoke and smell emitted may attract complaints.

During the reverie, the instant noodles were cooked quickly. Chi Heng poured them into the bowl and slurped the instant noodles. Not to mention, eating instant noodles in this environment, the sparse and ordinary instant noodles also have a different flavor.

It was very exciting, and after a while he finished eating it. He licked his lips and wanted another bowl.

How to improve?

He had the idea to use ropes to connect the coordinates of the steel drills and tie red cloths every 10 meters away. This way, no matter how extreme the weather is, he can return quickly. Otherwise, just like now, even being careful will not guarantee everything.

Departed from the direction.

"Tear it apart."

At this time, the total number of steel drill coordinates has reached 88, and the path has expanded to 22 kilometers, which is the farthest he has reached so far.

There is no way, if they want to eat an authentic Chinese home-cooked meal, they often have no choice but to go to Chinatown... Of course, they have to ask the chef to cook according to Chinese habits, otherwise it will still be American-style Chinese food.

On the fourth day, which was the last day of May, Chi Heng had to rest and did not work at full strength. He only drilled 11 steel drill coordinates in the morning and stopped working. He had to stop working. "Deadline"

The weather inside changed rapidly. From the moment the naked eye noticed something was wrong, the air pressure dropped sharply, and soon a majestic heavy rain hit us.

Tearing off the packaging of a piece of chocolate, Chi Heng put it in his mouth and chewed it slowly. Although the land was vast and uninhabited, he was unwilling to pollute the place. After eating, all the garbage produced would be packed and taken away.

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After finishing all this, he opened the "Gate of Moros", stepped in, and almost fell to the ground without any strength. He then stood up and pulled the door back to close it.

He hit 4 more steel drill marks in one breath, and it was already 16:35 in the afternoon. Chi Heng was not ready to continue working. A total of 21 steel drill marks were completed today. He was almost exhausted, so he had better go back and rest early.

Refresh your energy.

"Damn it, we shouldn't rush back immediately in this kind of weather...but there's no shelter here."

Now he lives alone in the old house, and he doesn’t have to worry about whatever he wants. When he has time later, he will set up a stove and cook Chinese food for himself, and the food he cooks is Sichuan cuisine!

"I'm so tired, Ah Zhi!"

He didn't dare to drive any faster. He always felt that under such heavy rain and occasional strong winds, the ATV was about to roll over. He was so frightened that he clenched the handlebars with both hands, gritted his teeth, and had to move forward.

Chi Heng was stunned by the heavy rain. Now he realized that the coordinates of the steel drill were not enough. He had to build some rain shelters along the way. In addition, the coordinates of the steel drill needed to be improved.

The red cloth strips were very eye-catching in such an environment. Chi Heng drove carefully to avoid getting lost. Even so, he almost deviated from the direction in the middle.

But after that, Chi Heng's sense of accomplishment was 100% satisfied. He drove slowly back all the way, as if he was driving along a brand new road he had opened up. He saw the red cloth on the coordinates of the steel drill fluttering in the wind from a distance, and he couldn't see it anymore.

Worry about the risk of getting lost.

If you still set the coordinates of the drill according to the distance of 500 meters, you may have completely deviated from the direction now.

For the distance of 250 meters, he still referred to the weather last time. Unexpectedly, he still underestimated the extreme weather in the "absolute world".

On the next day, Chi Heng continued this work. Without the time lost yesterday, today he laid down the coordinates of 28 steel drills in one go, extending the path to 12 kilometers away from the "Gate of Moros".

Chi Heng hurried back in the wind and rain. This sudden heavy rain greatly affected his vision. The sky was gloomy and the wind was howling. It was almost impossible to see the road more than twenty meters away, and the traces of the previous car tracks disappeared instantly.

After jumping out of the car, Chi Heng took the time to pull out the plastic tarpaulin to cover the ATV, and then pulled out the wind rope and ground nails to hold the plastic tarpaulin to prevent it from being blown away by the strong wind.

He hurried back slowly. Fortunately, the current load of the ATV was close to the maximum load of 300Kg, which prevented it from turning over when the strong wind blew. Finally, he returned to the "Gate of Moros" before 14:00 in the afternoon.

It is also this kind of extreme weather that proves the effect of steel drill coordinates.

On the third day, he continued his efforts and laid down 30 steel drill coordinates, extending the path to 19 kilometers.

After the break, it was already 15 o'clock. Chi Heng packed up the air mattress and tableware and continued to drive piles.

After sneezing, Chi Heng struggled to take off his soaked jacket, including the underwear inside. He stripped naked, walked out of the warehouse, went to the bathroom and took a hot bath.

Then I changed my clothes comfortably and came out.

The warm and dry environment in the basement is very comfortable without air conditioning. Compared with the "absolute" environment, it is like heaven. There is a world of difference between the two.

"By the way, there seems to be an invitation tonight."

Chi Heng would write down what he was about to do on paper and stick it in front of the guardrail of the lift platform in the basement so that he could see it at any time.
Chapter completed!