Seeing Zhou Weiguo in the duty room, Li Yu had so speculations.
So he said, "Is it about the livestock farm? What's wrong with the farm?"
Uncle started speaking: "Recently, there's been a lot of snow, it's been too heavy. The roof we originally built over the farm collapsed under the snow, crushing two calves to death."
Nearby, Zhou Weiguo spoke: "I've temporarily sealed it off with a large plank for now, but I don't think the roof will hold for much longer. Once the roof collapses, the animals underneath will be done for. In weather this cold, it's easy for them to freeze to death."
"I see..." Li Yu took off his coat, sat down on a chair, and poured a cup of warm water into a kettle, saying as he did so.
"Do you have any suggestions?" Li Yu took a sip of water and then asked.
Uncle, Second Uncle, and Zhou Weiguo exchanged a glance and then Second Uncle spoke up: "Just as you were coming in, we were discussing the greenhouse we built before. It's quite sturdy; after several days of snow, the greenhouse is still fine.
Plus, when we built the greenhouse, part of the plan was to use a steel frawork. So we thought we might as well use the greenhouse thod: on the original base, build a steel frawork on top and cover it with sunlight panels."
Li Yu paused slightly, thought for a mont, and said: "Did you discuss this idea with Ding Jiu?"
Zhou Weiguo quickly nodded and said, "We did, he thinks it's a workable plan. In this cold, snowy weather, plastic film is useless, but pouring concrete to cast a top is ti-consuming and laborious, not to ntion difficult with so much snow."
Li Yu nodded and said: "Alright, if you have a good solution and you think it's feasible, then go ahead."
Upon hearing this, Zhou Weiguo felt a mont of inner delight.
He used to be a livestock owner, before Doomsday, he had leased several mountains for farming. He was always eager to learn, and when the animals had minor ailnts, he taught himself how to treat them.
Unfortunately, one year, he saw decent profits and decided to expand by taking out loans.
Unexpectedly, that year the at prices plumted, resulting in huge losses, compounded by other factors outside his control, which made it impossible to sell or distribute his animals.
Ultimately, he ended up bankrupt.
Out of necessity, he had to follow Ding Jiu and work on engineering projects.
Later, after joining Big Camphor Tree Base with Ding Jiu, Li Yu recognized his talent in livestock farming and entrusted him with managing the farm.
Since then, Zhou Weiguo has not betrayed Li Yu's trust, he's quite skilled and kept the animals in excellent condition.
He hasn't had any issues needing Li Yu's intervention until now.
......
Uncle looked at Li Yu and said: "If we're going to use this thod, we were also considering whether to transfer the animals elsewhere, then dismantle the roof, and finally install PC sunlight panels on top."
Li Yu thought for a mont and said: "Let's not."
"With such heavy snowfall, installing sunlight panels is already not easy. If we don't dismantle the roof, we can still stand on it to install.
Moreover, relocating so many animals isn't easy either.
Besides, if the roof is dismantled, when the weather turns hot, the insulation effect under the PC sunlight panel is excellent, but these animals are not plants, they'll easily suffer heatstroke.
Hence, my suggestion is to leave the roof as is and directly overlay it with a layer of steel frawork, with an arc degree to prevent collapse under snow again."
Li Yu spoke his thoughts in one breath.
He then added: "Of course, it's just my opinion; you can talk to Ding Jiu and my dad later, they're more knowledgeable in these matters."
Second Uncle nodded and said: "Indeed, we're not specialists in this field, let's leave it to the professionals to provide solutions."
So Li Yu used the intercom and asked Ding Jiu to co over.
....
Five minutes later.
Braving the snowstorm, Ding Jiu arrived at the duty room.
Seeing Zhou Weiguo there, he recalled Zhou approaching him yesterday evening.
Uncle briefly explained the situation to Ding Jiu.
He also conveyed Li Yu's earlier opinions to Ding Jiu.
Ding Jiu didn't respond imdiately, pondering for a while before replying.
"Director Li's suggestion just now is workable. The installation, however, might be complicated. Now, this setup is different from the greenhouse; the greenhouse uses a steel frawork entirely, but for the farm, the foundation is reinforced concrete. We still need a way to link the steel frawork...."
Li Yu listened attentively, watching Ding Jiu's eloquence.
Once Ding Jiu finished, Li Yu asked: "So, is this doable?"
"No problem. It's doable." Ding Jiu answered.
Li Yu slightly nodded and said to them: "If it's doable, go ahead with the plan you just outlined."
Then he said to Zhou Weiguo: "Weiguo, you assist Ding Jiu and quickly resolve the farm's issues."
Zhou Weiguo nodded and said: "Alright, I'll go prepare now, clear the snow around the farm."
Li Yu acknowledged, watching Zhou Weiguo head to the door, put on his heavy coat, and leave the duty room.
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