Chapter 350 Ximen Village asks for a visit
Su Tai smiled and said thoughtfully: "The last batch of cattle and sheep will be delivered after this autumn harvest, and construction can start when the Daxun River freezes over."
They have repaired the ports on both sides of the river and fastened the wooden piles and iron cables early. When the river freezes, they can first fasten the iron cables connecting the two banks. When the snow melts in spring, they can drive the reinforced stone piles in the middle of the river and start laying. The skin is broken.
As for the reinforced stone piles, they were naturally processed by Su Tai Xunhuo Shikong Brick Kiln Factory. The stone piles made of special raw materials for bridge piers are absolutely stable and strong.
The two workers frowned at the beginning, but finally became enlightened and had vague expectations for this project.
In the evening, Shen Yi came back from Daxun River, and the three of them sat together and discussed carefully about repairing the bridge. In the next few days, You Kang and Tian Ziyan seemed to live by the Daxun River. Except when they went back to the village for meals, The rest of the time, I sit there writing and drawing, not knowing what I am writing.
Shen Yi was very busy, and Su Tai, a womanly woman, couldn't stay with them all the time, so she could only let Shen Yuezhang and Shen Congrong accompany them, and occasionally give them a hand.
The two siblings also benefited a lot from being with two knowledgeable people.
Su Tai paid attention to them for two days. When she saw that the children were happy and that You Kang and Tian Ziyan were at ease, she stopped caring about them and just made fresh snacks and sent them to the river every day.
The busy days continue until the end of the autumn harvest.
After harvesting the crops in the fields, the villagers in Shenjiazhuang did not dare to delay at all. They immediately plowed the ground and burned the wheat straw and weeds to fertilize the fields.
After fertilizing the fields, everyone ignored them and left the fields there. It happened that Ke Dasong led hundreds of people to drive Wuyangyang's tens of thousands of cattle and sheep into the village, and the villagers all went out to work.
Su Chunlin also brought villagers from Dongmen Village and Zhongmen Village to work and calculate wages.
At first glance, the people in Ximen Village are all from the same township. As a result, people don't take them with them if they have any good things. Among the three villages, Dongmen Village is extremely rich, and Zhongmen Village follows Dongmen Village to drink soup. The lives of the villagers are relatively different. The top is not as good as the bottom. Only their Ximen Village has nothing. They used to follow the trend and grow Ringo, and they have only made profits in the past two years. However, there are more people growing Ringo in Moshi Town, and they have no outlet, so they can only sell it to the next one at a low price. Rural traders.
The people who grow Ringo in Dongmen Village and Zhongmen Village can sell the fruit to the Su family, and the price given by the Su family is fair.
There is a gap in the mind when comparing. The villagers of Ximen Village have long had their opinions. This time they heard that the Su family took two villages to make money and left their Ximen Village aside. The villagers couldn't sit still anymore and went to the village chief Gao Zhi's house to make trouble. .
"Village Chief, we can't continue to be at odds with Dongmen Village, otherwise it will be a problem for the girls and boys in the village to get married!"
"Yes! My son finally got married some time ago. When people heard that he was from Qingsha Township, they immediately started to inquire, asking whether our family grew fruit, how much money we earned, how big our house was, and how much land we had. How much, I don’t know how to answer.”
"Don't talk about Dongmen Village, let's talk about Zhongmen Village. Who still lives in those dilapidated thatched houses! The worst ones have newly built adobe houses. What about our village? Half of the ten houses are dilapidated. How can we live in these days? What’s the point?”
The villagers were very sad and had strong opinions, which made Gao Zhi even more stressed.
When he thought that the cause of the incident was the grab for water, and that the Xiong family and the Mo family regretted their marriage and got married, the incident made Dongmen Village and Shen Yi completely offended, the more he thought about it, the more he regretted it. Now Xiong Kai is dead. His mother and son were missing. Mo Laotian lost one son in the Mo family, and the remaining son broke up with them because the old couple couldn't figure it out.
That woman Mo Chunxiang was also useless, and the villagers thought it was bad luck to even cause trouble for them.
Why! If he hadn't favored the Xiong family and the Mo family, would the situation have been different?
Thinking of this, Gao Zhi became several years older, struggled to stand up, and said feebly: "I'll take some things to Dongmen Village and see if I can find something for everyone to do."
This was the only solution he could think of. When Gao Zhi came to Dongmen Village, he found that there were only some old and weak children left in the village, and the young men and women had gone out to work. As the village chief, Su Changxi couldn't go with him, so he stayed in the village to take charge.
Seeing Gao Zhi coming to the door with a bunch of things, he had some vague guesses.
"Village Chief Gao is a rare visitor! What? Do you want to see me for anything?"
Facing Su Changxi's eccentric temper, Gao Zhi lost all his temper, and could only sigh sadly, "Village Chief Su, I really have no choice but to come and beg you. See if you can pull our Ximen Village away." A handful.”
Su Changxi didn't expect that Gao Zhi had never bowed to him during the drought years, but now that everyone's life was better, he would come to surrender.
"You can't be possessed by evil spirits!"
Gao Zhi raised his eyelids depressedly, glanced at him, and continued to sigh.
In this case, Su Changxi had no choice, "Hey! Why are you worrying so much at your age? If you don't become the village chief, you won't have to worry about anything!"
"That's easy to say!" Gao Zhi became more and more depressed.
Seeing him like this, Su Changxi frowned, "Well, let me help you ask if anyone still needs work on the Daxun River. If they need it, I will get back to you, but I have to say it first. You choose, those who will cause trouble, don’t choose those who can’t deal with the Chunlin family and the Shen Yi family, so as not to embarrass everyone in the past and affect other people’s money making.”
"Okay, okay! Then I'll be waiting for news from you!" Gao Zhi looked at Su Changxi pitifully and turned back three times as he walked away.
Su Changxi was so shocked that goosebumps fell all over the floor.
When Huang saw the person leaving, she came out with a long face and said, "Are you really planning to help?"
Su Changxi touched his nose with a smile, "For the sake of eldest brother, I have to help! As the mayor of the township, the eldest brother is in charge of several villages, but Ximen Village is extremely poor. His face is not good-looking, and he still has it. Some people say that he is avenging his personal revenge, which makes me angry. Now that Gao Zhi has bowed his head and surrendered, we can't be so ruthless.
If this thing comes to pass, Ximen Village will owe us a great debt of gratitude. ”
After hearing his analysis, Mrs. Huang's face softened a little, "Go if you want to, go early and come back early. Also, don't force Shen Yi. If people really don't want to, don't say more!"
"I understand, I understand!" Su Changxi quickly drove the donkey cart away.
It was already dark by the time he arrived at Shenjiazhuang, and Shen Yi came back just in time.
The two had a drink, and Su Changxi also revealed the reason for his visit, "Shen Yi! I want to ask you if you still need anyone here?"
Shen Yi nodded without thinking, "We really need a lot of people this year, and we will need them all the way until spring next year. Does uncle have anyone to do the work?"
"Yes, yes." Su Changxi nodded with a smile, and finally sighed and told him about Ximen Village Gao Zhi coming to see him.
"I just came here for him. If it doesn't work, forget it. I will find an excuse to send him away later."