On the twelfth, Li Long drove Zhao Chengfeng into the Mountains again.
Meng Hai and the others had finished all the preparations and were just waiting for him to come guide them through building the bridge deck.
The temperature in the Mountains was already very low. In some shaded spots, frost could still be seen that had not melted.
"Boss Li, good thing you reminded me to dress warmly. Otherwise, spending half a day here might have left me with a cold." Zhao Chengfeng stood with Li Long, watching the villagers work.
They supported the formwork with wooden planks and began pouring the bridge deck. Zhao Chengfeng had changed the original plan to use precast concrete slabs.
It was the low-water season, and even the deepest water did not reach their calves. Once they built a dam upstream, the entire bridge site was exposed.
After the water receded, Li Long spotted a piece of jade in the middle of the river, but its quality was poor and it had quite a few cracks, so he did not pick it up.
There were also a few small alpine loaches in the puddles. He had Meng Hai and the others pick them up and toss them into the water on the other side of the dam.
The timber beams and posts were sourced locally, while Meng Hai and the others had hauled the wooden planks over by tractor. With the supports in place, they poured layer after layer.
This work took patience.
Meng Hai and the others had no shortage of patience. Once the key parts were completed under Zhao Chengfeng's guidance, they could do the rest themselves, and Zhao Chengfeng's job as adviser was done.
Li Long had already paid him. Zhao Chengfeng still wanted to dig up some codonopsis and