Chapter 183 Persuasion
Wang Fang may not know that the soil in the nest is of average soil quality and is not considered fertile land at all.
And she saw seedlings and weeds growing very well because some people were cheating.
The culprit behind everything is her precious son Zhang An.
"Then after dinner tonight, I will go find someone. Tomorrow you two will help dig the foundation of Shuanglin's house, and I will take someone to hoe the grass."
Wang Fang is reluctant to spend money. , but the grass has grown so high that it can’t be done without hoeing.
As a farmer who has been farming all his life, Wang Fang cannot see such a situation.
Whoever sees the grass in the field growing taller than the crops would definitely not be able to accept it.
One is that the crops are not growing well, and the second is that when people see it, they will say that this family is so lazy for planting the land like this.
So Wang Fang doesn’t want these weeds to continue to grow like this.
If we don't hoe the grass, the grass will grow enough to bury watermelons and strawberries in it.
When the watermelons and strawberries don't see the sun, they won't say anything about whether they will bear fruit or not. They may turn into seedlings while they are still growing.
Fortunately, she saw that the watermelons and strawberries in the field were growing well.
As long as the grass is hoeed, the results should be good.
The money spent should be able to be recovered after it bears fruit in the future.
And she had already spent a lot of money before, so she knew she shouldn't save this little money.
Otherwise, all the money spent earlier will be wasted.
After dinner at Zhang An’s house in the evening, mother and son left the house one after the other.
Wang Fang went door to door looking for people to do the work, while Zhang An headed towards Zhou Yang's home.
Zhang An thought about his words and wanted to go to Zhou Yang's house to persuade him to see if he could let Zhou Yang's family build a house in another place.
Because that land will definitely be flooded when the floods come next year.
"Mom and Dad, Uncle An is here."
Zhou Yang's sister Yanhong saw Zhang An before he entered the yard.
"It seems that I came unlucky today. Your family only has dishwater left."
Entering the room, Zhang An found Sister Zhou clearing the table.
It looks like the family has just finished dinner.
"It's okay. When you wash your feet on New Year's Eve this year, wash your feet at a higher height. Then you can catch up next time."
The father and son greeted Zhang Anzai Next, Yanhong was helping to serve tea and water.
"Okay, okay, Yanhong, let's go play. You are not an outsider."
Sister-in-law Zhou is a really good tutor, and both children are very sensible.
If it were Zhang Tie, that naughty guy, he would have gone out to play long after dinner.
It doesn’t matter whether you wash the dishes or mix the coal.
Zhang An chatted with Zhou Yang for a few words and then started talking about business.
"Yangzi, do you want to reconsider the matter of building your house in a rice field? I think there may be something wrong there."
Hearing what Zhang An said, Zhou Shuanglin and Zhou Yang They were all a little surprised.
But after Zhang An said it, he still thought about what kind of problems there would be.
"Oh? Uncle, do you think that field is not suitable for building a house?"
Zhou Yang and his son thought about it for a while, but they didn't expect what the problem would be.
"Yangzi, that place is great. Not only is it big, but it is also close to the river at the entrance of the village. It is convenient for your family to open the restaurant there."
This is what Zhang An said. , exactly what Zhou Yang and the others considered.
"But have you ever thought about what if there is a flood and the water in the river comes out and floods the place directly?"
"It's not possible, uncle, there is a big river at the entrance of our village. , no matter how big the water is, it can drain such a wide river."
Zhou Yang thought about it and felt that it was unlikely to happen.
As long as he has grown up, he has never seen the water in the river swell.
Even if there is a flood, if there is a big river, it will definitely not be flooded.
But Zhou Shuanglin was a little thoughtful, as if he was thinking about something.
"What if the water rises and the river cannot be drained, and it floods?"
Zhang An looked at Zhou Yang and asked back.
"You also said it is unlikely, not definitely impossible. What if it happens once?"
Everyone thinks it is impossible, but it will happen next year. 's happened.
This kind of thing rarely happens, but it is not impossible. If it happens, it is not something that people can control.
Listening to what Zhang An said, Zhou Yang also fell into deep thought.
"Xiao Song, go and call your father over."
Zhou Shuanglin suddenly shouted to Zhou Song next to him.
Not long after, Zhou Song called his grandfather over.
"Shuanglin, Xiaosong said you called me for something."
After Mr. Zhou came over, Zhang An called his uncle.
"Dad, has there ever been a flood in our big river, when the water flooded the fields?"
When in doubt, ask the old man, Mr. Zhou is now six years old As a teenager, you should have seen most of the things you should see.
Although Zhou Shuanglin is in his forties, he has never seen the river become as flooded as Zhang An said
"There are still many years of floods, but it will be early when the fields are flooded."
Hearing his eldest son ask, Mr. Zhou began to fall into memories.
As juniors, Zhang An and the others listened quietly to Mr. Zhou's story about the past.
"You were only a few years old at that time, and you were not sensible yet."
The old man shook the cigarette rod and shook out the cigarette pot inside.
“That time there was a flood, and it rained heavily for many days. The water in the river was like a water dragon that eats people. Even at our house, you can hear the water rolling in the river. The sound of roaring."
"It filled up our big river, and the water in the river turned over, flooding the field dam like a big reservoir."
"Wait until the rain stops. Now, the river has calmed down, and the field dam is full of water. It took several days for the flooded water to disappear."
Zhou Yang was also a little shocked when his grandfather said this.
I originally thought that the river was so wide and its channel was so deep that the water would definitely not be able to turn it over.
I didn’t expect that such a big flood had happened before.
Zhang An thought to himself, how big is this? A river as big as the Yellow River can even flood the lower reaches.
Not to mention the river at the entrance of the village.
"By the way, why are you asking about this?"
The old man is a little strange, how come he wants to ask these things.
Then Zhou Shuanglin told the old man what Zhang An had just come to say.
The old man was silent for a long time before he spoke.
"Shuanglin, Xiao An is very reasonable. What if the river overturns in the future? This is not a matter of gambling."
What if you are unlucky and the river overturns? , even if it is not as deep as half a person.
Just flooding your home is a terrible thing.
After the last family discussion, the old man decided to change the place to build a house for Zhou Yang.
The place we found again, on the ridge of the grain field, is now the vegetable plot of Uncle Zhou Yang’s house.
Of course it’s not for nothing, brothers are still settling accounts, let alone brothers who have already separated their families.
This matter must be discussed by the old man, and it must be exchanged for land.
If it’s just a family member, it’s almost enough to change fields and land.
Looking for outsiders to change, sometimes you have to be manipulated. Either the land area you give is required to be larger, or you are asked to pay money.
Since I have decided to change the place, I have to ask my husband to come over and take another look.
If you hire someone during the day, you must come to your door in the evening and say something. People from other provinces will make a trip tomorrow for free.
After Zhang An finished talking, he sat for a while and then went back,
"Shuanglin, Xiaoyang, Zhang An came to tell you this. He treats you as relatives. Regardless of whether there will be a big scandal later, you should not have any thoughts about me."
Before leaving, the old man said, I said a few words to my children and grandchildren.
“No one can say for sure about this kind of thing, but in the final analysis, they are just good friends with our family. If it were another family, others wouldn’t be willing.”
He said At this age, I have seen many things.
If there is no flood in the future, he is afraid that his children and grandchildren will feel resentful towards Zhang An.
"Dad, don't worry. Even if it's not Anzi today, if someone else reminds us, we have to thank others. No matter what the outcome is, they are all looking for the good of our family. How can they do this to us? Others have ideas.”
After the old man left, Zhou Yang and his son went door-to-door to inform everyone that they would not break ground tomorrow.
As for when, we have to change the place with Uncle Zhou Yang’s house first, and then check with the husband to find out the future.
"Dad, there is no need to help Zhou Yang's family tomorrow."
Zhang An returned home and told his father.
"What, you have something to do tomorrow?"
Zhang Jianguo thought that his family had more important things to do tomorrow, so there was no need to go there.
“That’s not true, it’s because Zhou Yang’s family wanted to find a new place to build, and it’s not in the rice field anymore.”
Then Zhang An told his father what happened at Zhou Yang’s house just now. Mom listens.
Wang Fang felt a little worried when she heard that it was Zhang An who suggested it.
I feel that my son is taking too much care. What if others have complaints in the future?
Zhang An smiled and said it was okay, we will know next year anyway.
I can't tell them directly that there will be a big flood next summer, and building a house there will definitely be flooded.
If you say this, others will think you are crazy.
And Zhou Yang’s family is better off in this life because of his reminder.
That’s why I’m thinking about building a new house now, which is a good thing.
Don’t expect that in the end something happened because he built his house by the river, and Zhang An himself couldn’t get over the hurdle in his heart.
So Zhang An thought from the beginning and tried his best to persuade Zhou Yang's family to change their mind.
Fortunately, Zhou Yang’s family was able to listen, and the result was good.
The next morning, when Zhang An passed by the lobby, he suddenly noticed that the fish tank was different from usual.
There were dense black spots floating inside. Zhang An went over to take a look and found that the fish roe had hatched.
A few days ago, the red carp in the fish tank began to produce fish roe.
Unexpectedly, some small fish have hatched today.
These carp fry are like the mud in the ditch being stirred up.
Although it is small, it is a large and densely packed tank.
It has just hatched in the past two days, and it is still unclear whether there are any mutated red carps.
You can only keep it for a while to see if it is there. If it is there, it is best. If it is not, just dump it in the fish pond.
As time enters April, the cherry trees on the mountain begin to bear cherries within a few days of their flowers fading.
As time passes day by day, the cherries are slowly getting bigger.
Now, the green cherries on the tree have begun to turn from green to yellow.
Zhang An estimates that these cherries will be ripe in a few days, or at most less than a week.
Just after breakfast, Mr. Huang came to look for him.
"Anzi, my plum tree has been bearing fruit in the past few days. How do I do the fruit thinning you told me about before."
This year's yellow plum tree Second Master, pays special attention to these two acres of plum trees.
After receiving Zhang An’s advice, Huang Erye not only went to fertilize the land, hoe the grass and loosen the land.
He also asked Zhang An about pruning and leaf pruning, and carefully repaired the plum tree that had not been pruned for more than ten years.
Every day, if he has something to do, the old man would go over and take a look at the condition of the plum tree.
Anyway, in the past few months, most of Huang Erye's thoughts have been on the plum tree.
Later the plum tree blossomed, and Mr. Huang went to Zhang An’s house to borrow a box of honey bee seeds.
In the past two days, the plum trees have begun to bear fruit.
What made him happy was that there were more flowers on the plum tree this year than in previous years.
So now after the fruit is born, the number of green fruits on the tree is much more than before.
But then he remembered what Zhang An told him before, that having more fruits on the tree is not necessarily a good thing.
Because the fertility of this land is not very high to begin with, so we have to add fertilizer to the land ourselves.
If there are so many green fruits hanging at once, most of the plums may not grow well, so the fruits need to be thinned.
So these days, as soon as the plum tree hung plums, he came to see Zhang An.
Zhang An originally didn’t know much about these things, but the knowledge was all learned.
I finally enriched myself by buying so many books in the city.
It is a pity that I bought this book too late and missed the time when plums bloom. Otherwise, I could have taught Mr. Huang how to thin flowers.
“Hey, it started to hang so soon. I thought it would have to wait until after May.”
It seems that the plum tree in Huang Erye’s house is an early-maturing variety.
It’s only mid-to-late April, and the flowers have already begun to fade and bear fruit.
"Then let's do it today. This job is simple. Second Master, you call Huang Ming later. I will take you to do it again, and you will know."
After all, Huang Ming is Young people are more flexible in their thinking.
So when you come into contact with these new things, you can learn them faster.
And in the future, Zhang An estimates that a lot of Huang Erye's plum forest may be passed on to Huang Ming.
So just bring Huang Ming along and complete the teaching task at once.
"Mom, you guys won't be weeding today. I'm going to help Mr. Er's house look at their plum trees."
Before Zhang An and Mr. Huang left, they gave their house The old mother said.
Zhang An also has work at home today, weeding the watermelons and strawberries in the nest.
However, Wang Fang invited many people, so Zhang An went to help Mr. Huang’s house to thin the fruit first.
While he was talking, the people Wang Fang invited to weed had already come over.
After Zhang An finished speaking, he followed Mr. Huang to their home.
"Xiao An, your family is calling for help today?"
Seeing so many people in the yard, Mr. Huang came over with hoes to report.
Everyone has long known about Zhang An's family hiring people to work.
"Yes, Mr. Second, in the melon fields planted this year, the grass has grown taller than the melon vines. We have to hoe the grass."
"Then You go home and do your work first, and then go and help Second Master after you finish your work."
If Second Master Huang had known that something happened to Zhang An's family today, he wouldn't have come to see Zhang An at this time. .
After all, the family spent money to find someone to make a living, and it was a bit unreasonable for me to call Zhang An to come over and help.
"It's okay, Mr. Er. There are a lot of people at home, so I'm a big loser. Besides, your plum tree, these two days are the best time to thin the fruit, so we can't delay it."
While Zhang An was talking, he pulled Mr. Huang and continued to walk towards their home.
(End of this chapter)