Chapter 358: Scumbag Cat
The whole year begins with spring. After the Lantern Festival, everyone begins to return to normal life.
Even the laziest lazy man in the village now has no excuse to celebrate the New Year. It is time to go to the mountains and underground.
The next day, several excavator masters came over early on motorcycles.
"It's early for the masters. They've worked hard today."
Zhang An carried several packs of cigarettes and gave one pack to each of them.
When looking for someone to work, usually in addition to the given salary, the host will also provide some tobacco and alcohol.
In this way, when others work for you, they will be more dedicated.
Although Zhang An doesn't have to worry about these masters failing, they are all Li Hongbin's people, and Zhang An won't be so picky.
“Boss Xiao Zhang, I won’t take my cigarette today because I have to dig the foundation for them, and they are the only two here to dig the pond for your house.”
One of the masters did not accept the cigarette from Zhang An, but said embarrassedly.
Because he felt that it was not good to accept people's cigarettes since he did not work for Zhang An today.
Before, the village did not say when digging the foundation would start. They all thought they would wait until Zhang An's side of the pond was dug before starting work on the other side.
Unexpectedly, the old village chief in the village was too active in doing things.
Yesterday, on the 15th, I was not idle at all. I had already gone to contact the sand, cement, bricks and bricks.
It is estimated that the building materials will be delivered tomorrow, so today we need to dig out the foundation of a yard first.
To dig a foundation, less than three excavators were needed, so Li Hongbin only called one excavator over, and the remaining two continued to dig fish ponds for Zhang An.
"Hey, what did I think? Even if you don't work, just smoke a cigarette. Take it."
Although the other party didn't work for me today, at least one It's just a pack of cigarettes, so Zhang An naturally won't save it.
“Boss Xiao Zhang is very generous. Then I’ll finish digging over there and then come over to work for you.”
Zhang An ignored the master and stuffed it into their hands directly. The master couldn't return it, so he praised it.
Honestly speaking, they are quite willing to work for Zhang An's family.
Because Zhang An’s family is generous and they don’t criticize when working. The most important thing is that their food is delicious, even better than those who spend a lot of money.
"Sure, then I'll wait. Go quickly, don't keep them waiting."
Zhang An saw that his second uncle and the others were already at the bridge. Waiting over there.
They all carried lime there in the morning, and by now they had probably marked out the place where they would dig the foundation, and were just waiting for the excavator to come and dig.
Although the bricks have not arrived, part of the sand has been transported, and some stones are piled next to it.
These stones are used to lay the foundation. For a small building with one or two floors, using only stones to lay the foundation is more than enough and very strong.
While the masters were working, there were many civet cats squatting around them.
Since the giant mountain mouse was dug out that day, many mouse holes have been dug in the ground, and many mountain mice have escaped.
Of course, these mountain rats are not that big. They are relatively normal rats, so many cats squat here.
Zhang An was quite curious at first, why so many cats came here to guard the place? Are they so well-informed?
As a result, when Zhang An saw the cats and cats at home guarding the front, he knew why.
Because Mimi, a scumbag cat, brought all the female cats in the village here, causing other male cats to follow.
Now Mimi is quite big and looks a bit fierce, making people look like a small grass leopard in the mountains.
Just because of his handsome appearance, it is not without reason that the female cats in the village were fascinated by him.
In addition, this guy showed mercy every night in the village, and these female cats obeyed him.
With these civet cats squatting here, every time a mouse comes out, it will be killed before it even takes two steps.
At first, the two masters looked at so many cats catching mice, and were a little worried that their digging buckets would accidentally injure them.
But in the end, I found that these cats seemed to be very smart, and they never went near the digging bucket.
Because they were all lying on the ground, waiting for the mountain rats to jump out, and then they pounced on them unexpectedly.
The whole process is a hit with precision, and no mountain mouse can escape.
This made the two masters sigh, this cat's suppression of mice is really engraved in their blood.
Zhang An looked at so many rats under the ground and wondered why they didn't usually come out.
Otherwise, according to Hui Qiu’s character, so many mountain rats would not be caught in front of him to claim credit.
But after thinking about it, I can understand that there are two plague gods guarding the ground.
During the day, there is the scumbag cat Mimi, and at night there is the all-night war god Hui Qiu. They have lost so many brothers and sisters, how can they dare to come out and act like monsters.
A pot of tea was prepared for the two masters, and Zhang An was not idle at home.
Go to the nest with the sprayer on your back and continue sprinkling water on the kiwi seedlings.
Although these seedlings were planted only a few days ago, Zhang An comes over every day to spray the space spring water.
And it still comes every morning and evening, so it grows very quickly and is almost a foot tall.
It is estimated that it will take less than a week to start transplanting the seedlings, otherwise they will start to fight if they continue to grow.
After cleaning up the kiwi seedlings, Zhang An still watered the strawberries next to him.
Although they were already relatively strong, after Zhang An watered them several times, they seemed to have grown taller.
These strawberries were only planted last year, and this year they are still in their second-year fruiting stage.
Now that it has grown taller, I believe the strawberries produced this year will be even better than last year.
On the 20th day of the first lunar month, Zhang An’s fish pond has entered into the finishing work.
Originally, if the three excavators were started at the same time, it would not take so long.
But the construction site next to it had already started, and Li Hongbin transferred one, so the excavation progress was much slower.
Actually, the fish pond was dug yesterday, and today two masters came to repair the edges of the pond.
The new pond was dug deeper than the old pond, and the excavated soil was piled into a field on the river bank.
The field is not very big, only three-thirds in size, but it is too low-lying, much shorter than the river bank.
Basically every year when there is a flood, there will be a bright area flooded.
So the previous owner of this field never planted rice here, and it has been abandoned for many years.
After all, it gets flooded every year when floods occur, and the water inside can’t find a place to drain away.
After all, there is no water pump in the village. Even if there was one, people would not be able to bear the cost of gas. Gas is very expensive now.
So every time the flood season comes, this field is a place where children from the village come to swim.
But now it has been transferred to the name of Zhang An's family, and it just so happens that there is no place to put the mud dug out of the pond this time.
So Zhang An spent some money to ask the villagers to help him fill the dug-out mud directly into the depression.
Originally, he thought that with so much mud dug in such a big place, the depression would be filled up. But I didn't expect that the depth of the depression was really not that deep. It was nearly four acres of pond, and all the dug mud was filled in there.
In the end, we could only fill it one foot higher than the river bank. This is because the mud inside is still relatively loose, and it may have to sink after a few days when it becomes compacted.
But it is good to be able to fill it to such a height. After all, there is no need to transport mud everywhere, and the place will not be flooded with water in the future.
After the two excavator masters finished repairing the pond, Zhang An went upstream to open the water outlet.
The clear and translucent river water flows continuously into the empty hall, but the pond is too big, and it may take several days to fill it up.
Since the newly dug pond has no water and water will still seep into it, the excavator master did not dig out the two ponds.
The main reason was that the two masters saw that there were many big fish in Zhang An's pond, so they didn't dare to take action.
After all, once dug, the water and fish inside will flow into the new pond.
When the water in the old pond is not enough to seep in for a while, it will dry up, and the fish in it will be blind.
Although Zhang An really wants to say that there is nothing wrong with the little fish. , you can dig it directly to save yourself the trouble.
But before he said anything, his old father Zhang Jianguo made an agreement with the two masters not to dig.
After all, this pond fish is the treasure of the family. If he sells it to Fatty Lu, it will cost him tens of thousands of dollars, and he would not bear to lose one.
Three days later, after continuously releasing water from the canal day and night, the new pond was finally filled.
But it is not possible to dig out the two fish ponds now, because although the new pond is full, it is still seeping water.
We still have to wait for a few more days of soaking until the bottom of the pond is no longer seepage, and then we can dig the two ponds into one.
However, Zhang An's attention was not on the fish pond, because the kiwi seedlings in the nest had reached the time when they had to be transplanted.
"Mom, after dinner, go to the village and invite some people. Eight to ten will be enough. I want to move the saplings in the melon field there tomorrow."
When the family was having dinner in the evening, Zhang An told his mother about hiring someone.
Wang Fang has always been responsible for hiring people at home. After all, Zhang An, a young man, cannot go from house to house.
At first, Zhang An just wanted to let his mother experience the feeling of being a boss.
But after Wang Fang worked for a few times, she became more and more skilled, and she also cultivated a group of employees who worked hard and were always available.
After all, the salary given by Zhang An's family is not low. The salary of fifteen yuan a day is not worse than those working outside.
So some people, no matter how busy their families are, as long as it is not a big deal, they will put it aside and earn money first.
"That's it, I'll go out and visit after dinner later."
Now Wang Fang has no objection to spending money to hire people. She is not as obsessed with hiring people as she used to be. You have to spend money.
Now she also understands that although it costs money to hire someone, the family will definitely earn back the money in the end.
So after eating, Wang Fang took Dahu out and went from house to house looking for people.
As for Zhang An, he also accompanied Su Ying out for a walk and some exercise.
Su Ying must have been pregnant for more than forty days now, because a few days ago, Zhang An could clearly feel the joyful pulse.
Although Zhang Yixing was very sure before that Su Ying must have a happy pulse.
But when Zhang An didn't find it out or check it out by himself, he still remained skeptical.
After all, it was about a life, and it was still connected to him by blood, so he felt a little unreal.
A few days ago, he diagnosed Su Ying's pulse with the idea of giving it a chance.
Unexpectedly, he actually diagnosed her. He felt relieved when he felt the clearly visible slippery pulse.
"Zhang An, do you prefer sons or daughters?"
Su Ying is also a woman after all, and at this time, she is as unavoidable as other women.
Especially in an era where patriarchy is rampant, Su Ying also began to consider this issue.
"Both sons and daughters like it. They are all our children anyway. How can any parent not like his own child?"
Zhang An is a person who has spanned two centuries and has many descendants. Concepts have a profound impact on him.
“But mom definitely likes her grandson more. If she gives birth to a daughter, she will definitely be disappointed.”
Although Wang Fang didn't show it, Su Ying could still feel it.
But Su Ying can also understand. After all, the family is a single generation, with only one man in the family.
In the past, she had never considered this issue. She always felt that having any child was fine.
But now, she unconsciously hopes that she can have a son.
Because every time Wu Qiuping looked forward to their return, she was deeply touched.
Before, before she got married to Zhang An, she didn’t think much about it.
But now, only my parents are left alone at home.
At this time, she was thinking that it would be great if she had an older brother or younger brother, so that she could live with her parents.
"Oh, why are you thinking so much? It would be great to have a daughter. She is as beautiful as you. What a nice little cotton-padded jacket."
Of course, Zhang An did not say a word, as long as As long as it's not leaky.
In fact, Zhang An really doesn't care whether he has a son or a daughter. He definitely doesn't want just one child anyway.
At least two to three, so that the child will not be alone in the future.
Because Zhang An was an only child, he had longed for countless times in his heart, how great it would be if he had brothers and sisters.
The family situation in this life is not bad. For no special reason, he definitely wants to have more children.
"Okay, don't think so much. You can have any kind of child. We don't just have one child."
Anyway, Zhang An feels that if he has two or three children in the future, his children will be better. If you have both, that's the best. If you don't, there's nothing you can do about it. He doesn't force it.
“Tch, if you just ask for a few, you won’t be afraid of others coming to your house to demolish the house.”
Although it is not as strict as in previous years, the policy has not changed much.
“What are you afraid of? It’s not like our family can’t afford to pay the fine. At worst, our family will go to the mountains and come out in a few years.”
Others are afraid of this, but Zhang Encore didn't take it to heart at all.
"Okay, there is some wind now, let's go back, the temperature outside is cooling down."
Although the temperature is normal during the day, it is neither cold nor hot.
But the night is completely different from the day, the temperature drops sharply, and the spring is cold.
The evening breeze blew, and even Zhang An felt a little freezing.
I saw that some book friends were disgusted that this book had the same routine as other books and wanted to raise monkeys. Don't worry, everyone, in this book, monkeys will only pass by, because I also hate monkeys, especially today, when I went into the mountains to find kiwis, these dogs were hit with pine cones, beaten and beaten, and scolded. I can't even scold him anymore, I'm so angry.
(End of this chapter)