After exercising and cleaning, Gu Xiaoxia lay next to Li Long and asked softly:
"Are you done with the work? Do you need to go there again tomorrow?"
"It still takes a long time to go. "Li Long hugged her and said, "I missed the cement thing yesterday, but it can be used now, but both families have children. If you are naughty, you can kill the well. I'm afraid the table will break down soon. I plan to buy a bag of cement tomorrow and apply it to strengthen it. I'll be back before noon."
"Well, that should be it. "Gu Xiaoxia is also from a rural area, so she naturally knows that if there is a well-pressure machine at home, and there are several children, the well-pressure operation may not be peaceful all year round.
When children come back from school or play, when they are thirsty, they will not think about going into the house to get a drink. They will go directly to the well, plug the nozzle of the well with one hand, press it with the other, and wait. After the water came out, he released the pressure handle, and a small slit was exposed with his hand that blocked the mouth, and he moved his mouth to drink slowly.
Sometimes when a pipe is filled with water, several people can take turns drinking it. I feel that the water tastes much better than the tea at home.
For children, it is a very magical operation to press out water from a well, so they can't help but do it even if they are not thirsty. If the well-killing platform in rural areas is not made of concrete, it is inevitable that it will break frequently.
“After my two colleagues left our house that day, and for several days afterwards, they complimented our house on how good it is here and there. Sister Tao even told me today that she wanted to bring her children to our house on the weekend. Look at Xiaolu at home and talk about her children. My son had never seen a deer before, but he only knew about deer from books. There is no zoo in our county. Later, he heard from Sister Tao that we had a deer at home. The child was so surprised that he wanted to come over on the weekend to have a look. She also said I need to buy something to feed the deer.”
"Come, it just so happens that you and your colleagues can get close to each other." Li Long said obediently, "Our family is usually quite deserted, so it would be good to have children over to increase our popularity. Shouldn't we do the same? Make an effort and ask for it sooner You have a child?”
“You can’t have it just because you want it.” Gu Xiaoxia clearly felt the changes in Li Long’s body and said a little shyly, “Besides, how can I take care of the child? Huh?”
"If you have a child, don't worry about taking care of it." Li Long had actually thought about it, but now was not the time to say it. Naturally, the mother can come and take care of her children, but Gu Xiaoxia may not be able to accept the way her mother takes care of her children.
Of course, the most important thing is whether you can have a child. As for how to have a child, there are many ways to solve it.
So, you have to work hard now.
Li Long turned around and walked towards Gu Xiaoxia.
Two people work together to give birth to a new life.
After breakfast the next day, Gu Xiaoxia went to work. After Li Long fed the roe deer and teased the hedgehog, which was no longer afraid of people, he drove the tractor to buy cement and headed to the animal husbandry team.
Zhang Xinhua, a reporter from the Autonomous Region Daily, and Zheng Mingyue, an intern reporter, originally planned to go to Yili. After listening to the county's broadcast yesterday, they decided to modify their itinerary and clarify the matter.
As a senior reporter for the autonomous region newspaper and a third-year college student, when Zhang Xinhua came to live in Ma County, he was accompanied by people from the county publicity department. Although he knew that the other party was not here for the interview, he took the initiative to introduce the situation in the county, including some typical examples, hoping to leave an impression.
After all, if it can be published in a major newspaper, that would be a big achievement.
As a result, I was originally going to send him away today, but Zhang Xinhua suddenly said that he wanted to stay. Ma Xiaoyan, the publicity officer accompanying him, was so happy that he wanted to be interviewed. Is this going to be an interview?
When Zhang Xinhua and Zheng Mingyue were having breakfast in the guest house, Ma Xiaoyan went to report to the leader. Zheng Mingyue held porridge at the table and whispered:
"Teacher Zhang, do you think it is possible that this manuscript was written because of our past experience?" Come on, the county made it up on purpose? Isn’t it a coincidence?”
“It doesn’t look like it.” Zhang Xinhua said while eating the rolls and pickles, “I listened to the manuscript carefully. Young, the person who wrote the article should be young I'm not old enough. Although I've edited it, I can tell it doesn't look like it was written by an experienced hand. If the propaganda department deliberately made up such a story because of us, it wouldn't be so tender. It would only take half a day at most to figure it out. , if it’s fake, do you think I can’t tell?”
As a third-year college student, Zhang Xinhua has experienced a lot. Although it took a lot of time to go to the countryside in a special era, it actually allowed her to hone her strong will. , and keen senses.
So true and false news can be seen at a glance.
After dinner, the county dispatched a 212 bus to take them to the animal husbandry team. On the way, the publicity officer Ma Xiaoyan introduced to Zhang Xinhua and the others:
"This article was written by one of our intern announcers in the animal husbandry team. I called the animal husbandry team to ask her. It is true. , roughly what the manuscript says That way. As for the parties involved, the two families are here, but Li Long, who is repairing the house, is not here. After the house yard is repaired and the well is dug, the people will not come."
"Do you know that Li Long. "Long's unit?" Zhang Xinhua asked.
Ma Xiaoyan shook her head and said:
“I can’t learn much on the phone, so I thought I would know it by asking the two families there.”
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Zhang Xinhua nodded and stopped talking.
That's right. If Ma Xiaoyan could name Li Long's unit or village team, then there might be something wrong with it.
212 drove smoothly and arrived at the animal husbandry team in an hour. Yelaya had been waiting on the roadside for a long time.
She was very excited. The county called and said, this is a big reporter from the autonomous region! Just a few words of advice are enough for you to learn it by yourself. Yelaya also didn't expect that her article could disturb such a big reporter, and she was really surprised and happy.
"You are Yelaya, hello, hello." Zhang Xinhua smiled and shook hands with Yelaya. The girl looked a little frightened, not like she was pretending.
I didn't expect that she could write such a manuscript, which is very realistic.
"Hello, Teacher Zhang, Hello, Teacher Zheng! Hello, Mr. Ma!" Yelaya shook hands and said hello one by one, "The Harimu family is just ahead, I will lead the way."
This Zhang Although the reporter looks to be in his thirties, his eyes are very sharp and he feels like he can see everything at a glance. Yelaya suddenly became a little nervous.
Zheng Mingyue wanted to say that I am not a teacher, I am only two or three years older than you, but it was too late to say it.
"Get in the car and go there?" Ma Xiaoyan said, "It's faster this way."
"If the road is not far, let's take a walk. I just want to ask Yelaya some basic information." Zhang Xinhua said, "Xiaoye, is it not rude for me to call you like this? I know that's not how you call your name. But when we were in the newspaper office, we were used to talking to The national comrades are joking and call each other like this. There is a man named Yersen, and we all call him Lao Ye..."
"It's okay," Yelaya said hurriedly, "It's okay. , Teacher Zhang, just ask if you have any questions.”
"Okay, I would like to ask when Li Long came to repair the house."
"The day before yesterday, it took two days to repair the house and courtyard wall of the Harimu family. , the ground was tidied, and the wells of two families were killed yesterday. The water is really sweet. Many people in our team are envious. This morning, many people went to these two houses to get water to drink. It is much better than river water."
"Then how much did he bring. If you come here, how can you have lunch?”
"I brought six people." Yelaya thought for a moment and said, "Li Long bought a sheep from our team at noon the day before yesterday, and we all ate it together. Yushanjiang's wife made pilaf at noon yesterday. I heard her He said that the meat was brought here by Li Long last time."
"Last time?" Zhang Xinhua discovered something.
“Yes, after Harimu and Yushanjiang’s families moved here in April this year, Li Long came three times. The first time he brought rice and noodles and school supplies to the children. The second time I brought mutton to the two families, this is the third time.”
“So that’s it.” Zhang Xinhua is now sure that this is a news point worth digging for himself.
The two of them went to Yili to collect news because May this year is the second national unity education month in the autonomous region. Collecting such news has the above meaning, and it is also for the sake of national unity. The autonomous region is an area where multiple ethnic groups live together. In order to achieve stable development in this place, ethnic unity must be vigorously promoted and promoted.
Originally, there were not many ethnic minorities in Beiting Prefecture, and the news clues were relatively common. Zhang Xinhua wanted to find something more novel.
Isn’t there one that can be explored right now?
When we arrived at the yard of Harimu's house, we saw people lining up with buckets. The old lady was sitting on the wood at the door, smiling and twirling yarn.
The well-pressure platform is a little unstable, but the water output is very large. After a few hard presses, a bucket of water is full. The yard has been repaired, and the side closer to the house is higher, so the overflowing water flows to the south. Zhang Xinhua thought, it would be great if vegetables could be grown there.
Seeing Yelaya coming with a few Han people, the people in the yard were a little at a loss. Someone asked Yelaya, and Yelaya said that they were cadres from the autonomous region. They wanted to ask Harim Mom some things.
Hearing that the cadres of the autonomous region were in trouble, the water collectors left one after another.
Halimu's mother stood up, said a few words to Yelaya, then turned and entered the house.
"Auntie said she would pour you milk tea, let's go into the house."
Zhang Xinhua shook his head and said: "Let me take a look at the yard first. Xiao Zheng, take a picture of this yard. It's a pity that there are no photos of them working..."
"I have them," Yelaya said, "I took them the day before yesterday and yesterday, but they haven't been developed yet."
"Really? That's great." Zhang Xinhua was a little surprised, "How did you remember to take photos?" This was a customary professional question.
"I thought I could wash it out when I have time, and it can be used as information at the end of the year." Yelaya explained, "We have to submit a summary at the end of the year, and I think this can be used."
Well, the simplest answer reflects the truest situation. This just shows that this matter was not done deliberately. It was a complete coincidence that Zhang Xinhua and the others heard this press release.
When Ma Xiaoyan saw and heard, she praised Yelaya's answer in her heart. This time it was stable!
There is a high probability that this news will be published in the autonomous region daily newspaper!
Zheng Mingyue took pictures of the newly plastered roof, courtyard wall, and shoveled the flat ground. Then she took a distant view and compared the front yard with the Harimu house. After all, the front and back yards are the real situation in this team. They are all in shabby condition, and only the yard of Harimu's house is the most obvious.
"Is the water you usually drink river water?" Zhang Xinhua took out his notebook and wrote down, "Where is it?"
"It's four to five hundred meters away from here." Ye La Ya thought for a while and said, "Teacher Zhang, please wait." She trotted to the house opposite, quickly brought a spoonful of water over with a horse spoon, and then showed it to Zhang Xinhua.
The water is slightly turbid, and there are many creatures in the water, especially many black mosquito larvae twisting rapidly in the water, which looks quite disgusting.
“Do you usually drink this water?” Zhang Xinhua didn’t say anything. This is what the Laoba water she drank when she went to the countryside looked like. But Zheng Xinyue couldn't bear it. She took a photo with her camera and couldn't help but said:
"Is this drinkable? They are all bugs!"
"If you can drink it, boil the water and the bugs will die." Yelaya smiled, "Of course, there is a well in Harimu's house now , Yushanjiang also has a well at home, and many people should It's time to come over and get water. This water is really good. I tasted it yesterday and it was really sweet." But Zhang Xinhua saw that the well platform was already crumbling. If it was not dealt with, it might not survive today. It's broken.
Fortunately, this is not a big deal. It is supported by bricks and can still be used.
Just as she was thinking about this, the sound of a tractor came from outside.
Yelaya was startled when she heard this, turned around and ran outside the yard. She ran out to take a look, and then happily said to Zhang Xinhua:
"Teacher Zhang, that Li Long is here!"
Li Long is here?
Are you coming here for me?
Zhang Xinhua couldn't help but become suspicious again.
What a coincidence, right? Has the county notified you?
She looked at Ma Xiaoyan, who also looked confused. She didn't even know which unit Li Long belonged to.
Li Long looked at the 212 parked in front of Harimu's house, and then looked at Yelaya's expressions and movements, and he made a guess.
Is it such a coincidence? Or does this matter have a greater impact?
Although the county has publicity and documents for each party, he did not participate in the study of the supply and marketing cooperative, and the team does not organize people to study specifically in this regard, so for May this year, he will be the second in the autonomous region Li Long didn’t know much about the National Unity Education Month.
Now that he is here, he will naturally not go back. Parking the tractor on the roadside in front of 212, Li Long turned off the engine and got off the car. He came down to the yard with a bag of cement, nodded to Zhang Xinhua and others, and then asked Yelaya with a smile:
"Xiaoye, today Why is it so lively?”
Zhang Xinhua understood immediately when he saw Li Long holding cement. I'm afraid I'm overthinking it. This young man should be here to reinforce the well platform.
She took the initiative and asked:
"Are you Li Long? Are you here to reinforce the well platform?"
"Yes." Li Long nodded, "I neglected this point when I was digging the well yesterday. In fact, the well itself was a temporary move. I had already thought about repairing the house. When I was repairing it the day before yesterday, I saw that the water used here was still river water. It’s not clean, and it’s far away. The old lady is not in good health, so it’s hard to carry water from such a distance. I just thought it would be easier to dig a well, but it was okay, and the water came out the first time.”
"Have you never drilled and killed a well before?" Zhang Xinhua felt a little amazing.
"No, my brother has done it before. He used to work in the county well drilling company. He was the one who dug the well in my yard. I looked at the drilling and thought it should be easier." Li Long smiled. , "It's just that things were done in a bit of a hurry and the Jingtaizi matter was not done well. When I went back yesterday, I was thinking, this It’s definitely easy to break, so I bought a bag of cement today and made it into concrete. It should last for a long time.” Zhang Xinhua nodded, “When did you and Harimu meet?”
Li Long looked at her and asked:
"Excuse me, who are you..."
"This is Reporter Zhang from the Autonomous Region Daily." Ma Xiaoyan said from the side, "Reporter Zhang heard about your matter and came here to check on the situation."< br>
She emphasized that Zhang Xinhua came from the autonomous region, which meant that she hoped Li Long would pay more attention to it.
"Yes, I listened to the manuscript written by Xiaoye in the county yesterday. I thought what you did was quite interesting, so I wanted to know more about it."
"Can you wait? "Wait a minute?" Li Long pointed at the well and said, "This is more important. I'll get some sand. How about we talk while we do it?"
Before Zhang Xinhua said anything, Ma Xiaoyan was unwilling. She said with a straight face:
"Comrade Li Long, how can you say that? How can the well repair station be more important than the interview? You need to correct your attitude. , Reporter Zhang is from the autonomous region, time is precious, your well platform can be repaired anytime..."
"Are you..." Li Long looked at Ma Xiaoyan and asked.
"I am the director of the county propaganda department." Ma Xiaoyan said a little arrogantly.
"Officer, I think you are wrong. If it hadn't been for me to dig a well and repair a house, I don't think Reporter Zhang would have come here, so the well repair platform is actually important. . Besides, I’m just going to get some sand, so I won’t waste much time. We can talk while doing it.”
Li Long's words immediately silenced Director Ma.
Zhang Xinhua thought this Li Long was quite interesting. She smiled and said:
"Okay, you go, we are waiting for you, and we just want to ask the old man some other things."
Li Long is very satisfied. This reporter’s attitude is right.
An interview is an interview and cannot affect business matters. Isn't it just in the newspaper again? It's not like it hasn't been in the newspaper before, so what's the point? This well is the most important thing to him.
The sand needs to be collected by the river. Li Long already knew the location when he fetched water the day before yesterday. He drove the tractor to shovel a pile of sand and returned to Halimu's yard. He found that the old lady had taken out the small kang table and placed it outside with milk tea on it. Seeing Li Long coming back, the old lady smiled and waved to him to drink milk tea.
Li Long went over and drank a bowl, then started to mix cement and sand, stirred until almost the same, and then added water.
The bricks on the well platform were a little loose, so Li Long simply took them off piece by piece, then cut the bottom flat with the tile knife he brought, and then started to build it layer by layer.
At this time, Zhang Xinhua also began to interview him.
"How did you know Harimu?" (End of this chapter)