Chapter 584: Building the Pier
A few days later, it was September, the golden autumn season when school started.
Every year, whether it is March or September, it is the time when school children feel that the sky is falling.
No matter where it is, now or many years later, it is so similar.
When he woke up in the morning, Zhang An once again saw the children in the village passing by the door and heading to school in groups. After two months of summer vacation, the road in the morning finally became lively again.
But now, Zhang An didn't see any happy expressions on their faces, which was completely different from during the summer vacation.
On the contrary, it is like an eggplant beaten by frost, soft and droopy.
"Go to class, Li Yao."
It happened that Zhang An saw his godson, Li Yao, the lawless bully next door.
“Yes, godfather.”
Little Li Yao not only spoke feebly, but also yawned all the way.
Think about it during the summer vacation, even if the adults at home wake them up every morning, they can still sleep until at least eight or nine o'clock.
Now that school starts, I have to get out of bed at seven o'clock. I have been used to sleeping in for the past two months, and now I feel like I haven't woken up.
Of course, compared to children in other villages, they are undoubtedly happy because the school is in the village and they can sleep until seven o'clock in the morning.
But in other villages, if you get up at seven o'clock, it will definitely be too late to rush to school.
Even in villages farther away, the children have to get up at six o'clock and rush to school.
When Zhang An was in elementary school, there were many classmates like this. It took more than an hour to get to school every day, and it took more than an hour to get home after school.
"Okay, I'm going to school. You have to take good care of your eldest son at home. I don't know who I learned this from recently. I always like to run out and play by myself."
After Su Ying finished breakfast, she also fed little Siqi. Then when she saw that it was almost time, she handed this to Zhang An and prepared to go to school.
“I understand, go ahead and don’t be late.”
Zhang An nodded and obeyed. When Su Ying was on vacation before, she had always taken care of this man at home.
Because now Wang Fang and Zhang Jianguo have experienced the novelty of raising grandchildren, and they have become accustomed to being busy for half their lives, they can find something to keep themselves busy every day and not let themselves be idle.
Now that Su Ying has started school and little Siqi is full of energy again, the heavy responsibility of looking after the children falls on him.
After all, everyone in the family seems to have something to do, except Zhang An who has nothing to do all day long.
“Come, say goodbye to mom.”
Watching his wife go out, Zhang An came to his son and taught her a few words.
Little Siqi hasn't spoken yet, but she can already understand the meaning of many words.
When my father said this, although he couldn't speak, he waved his little hand towards Su Ying.
"Qi Qi listened to her father obediently at home, and her mother came back after school."
Su Ying was very happy to see her son like this, and walked back and kissed him on the face. Just walked out of the yard and went to school.
"Son, wait here obediently while dad goes to fetch water and water the trees."
After Su Ying left, Zhang An was going to water the honeysuckle that had just been planted.
Although it is September now, it only belongs to early autumn, and it is still a day when autumn tigers are rampant.
Wang Bo wrote in the preface to Tengwang Pavilion that the ninth month of Shiwei, the preface belongs to Sanqiu, refers to the ninth month of the lunar calendar, which is still more than a month away from now.
Since the honeysuckle was planted in the yard, Zhang An has watered it with space spring water every morning and evening.
Of course, it did not disappoint Zhang An. Although it was planted less than a month ago, it has already taken root and survived due to the magical effect of the space spring water.
It’s just that the vines on the whole tree are very long, and their vitality has only been restored to the middle of the honeysuckle’s waist. The branches and leaves on the crown of the tree are still a little wilted and have not recovered.
September and October will be the next flowering period of honeysuckle. Zhang An naturally wants to let it bloom on the wall. In addition, the sun in early autumn is still very strong, so he watering twice a day in the morning and evening. Didn't stop.
But after a while, the entire honeysuckle tree will recover from top to bottom, and then you don’t have to worry about it anymore. It will absorb the water it needs from the soil on its own.
When Zhang An fetched a bucket of water from home, he just wanted to ask, where is my son?
Because Xiao Siqi, who was playing with Xiao Hu in the yard just now, is no longer in the yard.
At this moment, Zhang An remembered what his wife had said before going out, and then he remembered that his son’s feet had been very wild recently and he had learned to run out on his own.
At this moment, he didn't care about watering the honeysuckle. He put down the bucket and ran outside quickly to find his son.
After all, their house is too close to the river, and little Siqi is at an age that doesn’t understand anything. He can’t be allowed to run out and run around alone.
While walking on the road, Zhang An first went to the bridge to take a look, but did not find his son. Then he turned back and found that the little guy had taken Xiaohu to the grain drying field.
At this moment, one person and one dog were on the deer viewing platform in the deer park, holding on to the fence and looking in at the deer released by Wu Qingzong from the deer park.
Maybe he discovered little Siqi. At this moment, Wu Qingzong was smiling filially in the dam of Luyuan and teasing the little guy on the deer platform to talk.
When Zhang An walked over, he found that his son was babbling with the old man Wu Qingzong and didn't know what he was talking about.
Wu Qingzong, who was already in his sixties, also babbling in response to him.
"Old Zong let the deer go so early."
Zhang An walked over and grabbed the naughty little Siqi in his hand while saying hello to Wu Qingzong.
“Today we have to free up the deer enclosure for cleaning, so let it out early.”
Wu Qingzong said to Zhang An with a smile. They raised deer in the deer park with the wages provided by the village. , it’s not just as simple as feeding water.
Always maintain hygiene in the deer enclosure. A little cleaning every day is nothing. Basically, it needs to be thoroughly cleaned twice a week, so as to ensure the hygiene of the entire deer park.
After chatting with Wu Qingzong for a while, Zhang An grabbed his escaped son and went home.
“Why, we all like deer.”
Just now his son was squatting on the deer viewing platform, looking at the smiling deer inside, Zhang An knew that the little guy was following Like other children, they like sika deer very much.
Although Xiao Siqi couldn't speak, the expression on his face already gave the answer.
"That deer is obedient. In a few days, my father will go to the village chief and bring our deer back." Since his son likes it, Zhang An thinks it's time to take them back. I'm back. After all, the village has borrowed it for a long time. I think I've almost raised my own deer in the village.
"Hey, Qiqi, why are you up so early in the morning?"
When the father and son went home, they happened to meet Zhang Jianjun coming with a few people.
As Xiao Siqi's second grandfather, Zhang Jianjun would definitely have reached out to hug the little guy if he hadn't been holding something in his hand.
"He has never been sleepy. Basically, he got up when we got up. What is the second uncle going to do? He just came back and received another job?"
Looking at Zhang Jianjun picking He was carrying two small buckets with various wall-building tools in them. The ones following him were similar, and they were the same people who often worked with him. How could Zhang An not know that they had received another job? .
"Hey, I took over the job in Zhuang Village. Your old uncle came to us before and wanted to build a small dock for boats by the river. If he hadn't sent Binzi to school, he should have asked us a few days ago. "
Speaking of this, Zhang Jianjun was very happy. Now that the crops can't be harvested, they have nothing to do, so they are idle.
Now that Zhang Jianwen has given him such a job, even if it is not a big job, it is better than staying at home.
“Ah, how come the village, which is so good, suddenly needs to build a pier?”
Zhang An doesn’t know about this at all, and has never even heard of it, because during this time he I rarely meet Zhang Jianwen, and when I do, nothing happens.
"I heard from Zhang Ping's father that the village has recently bought a few boats, so they need to build a pier by the river to park the boats."
Zhang Jianjun knows a little bit, after all, Zhang Jianwen went to them to work. , naturally I will also reveal some.
"Oh, I remembered, sightseeing boat, right? Now, my second uncle, you will have a few more days to work."
Hearing what his second uncle said, Zhang An was stunned. I remembered that my old uncle Zhang Jianwen went to Fatty to ask about the sightseeing boat.
It’s just that Zhang An felt that the matter should not be settled so quickly because it would cost a lot of money, but he did not expect that his village chief would be so courageous and make the decision so quickly.
However, after the dock is repaired, it will be a good thing for Zhang An himself. Their boat will also be more convenient.
“It’s not just a few days this time. After the pier is built, it seems that we have to build a small house at the end of the bridge to buy tickets. It will take half a month anyway.”
Zhang Jianjun Before he could speak, the old uncles following him happily started talking to Zhang An.
When Zhang An heard this, he understood why his second uncle and the others were so happy just now. After all, they are all people who have rented so many yards, and a small dock should not be like this.
It turns out that after building the dock, we also need to build a house. Although the total is not a big job, at least we don’t have to stay idle at home until the millet is harvested.
Back home, while the sun was still not too high, Zhang An quickly filled the honeysuckle with water.
Then I focused on my son. After all, the little guy ran out on his own just now. This kind of mistake cannot be made a second time.
But little Siqi still kept thinking about running out. School has started in the past two days. The uncles and aunts who usually come to take him to play are already sitting in the classroom, and suddenly he is the only one left. People may not be used to it.
However, Zhang An had no intention of keeping him at home. Seeing that he wanted to go out, he simply took him out. There was nothing to do at home anyway.
It happens that my second uncle and the others are building a pier by the river, so you can go over and take a look.
Xiao Siqi was not picky. As long as he ran away from home, he didn't care where he went.
After walking a few steps and arriving at the bridgehead, Zhang An saw his second uncle leading people to clean up a place by the river.
And Zhang Jianwen is also here, discussing with them how to build the pier.
"Uncle, how many sightseeing boats have been bought in the village?"
Seeing Zhang Jianwen, Zhang An asked him with a smile.
"We went to the factory to have a look, and the boats they made were pretty good. This time, the village bought ten boats first."
Zhang Jianwen didn't bother Zhang An, and stretched out his hands to gesture. Talk to Zhang An.
“Hey, there are so many, isn’t there going to be a lot of blood in the village this time, and when did you go there to see it?”
Originally, Zhang An felt that Zhang Jianwen was targeting him. If you buy this boat, you will definitely buy it, but you will probably only buy three or five of them and come back to try it out.
Unexpectedly, Zhang Jianwen was so decisive this time that he doubled his profit.
They even went to the shipyard to see it, but Zhang An didn’t know anything about it.
“It’s been almost half a month since we went there. We went there right after we got in touch. However, the one we bought this time was not as expensive as yours. We only chose half of all the materials, and we bought There are a lot of them, and the factory gave us a cheaper price. One unit costs less than 2,500 yuan, and there is still a five-year warranty.”
Obviously, Zhang Jianwen took care of this matter. He was very satisfied. He, who was usually stern, could not suppress the smile at the corner of his mouth.
Zhang An nodded after hearing this. It seems that this business can really be done.
The total cost of the ten ships is less than 25,000 yuan. The warranty lasts for five years. If you take more care of it, it will not be a problem to use it for ten years.
The sightseeing boat in the lake in the provincial capital costs 50 yuan an hour. The village charges less, and it is not a loss if it charges 30 yuan. At this point, according to the passenger flow in Changqing Village, even if there are few people on the boat, two people You will definitely be able to get your money back in a year.
"What about the boats? When will the manufacturers deliver them?"
Seeing Zhang Jianwen in such a hurry to repair the dock, Zhang An felt that these boats should be delivered in a while.
“The contract we signed stated that it will be delivered on September 15th. It will be debugged for two days and then let them train a few people for us, just in time for the National Day. I heard that Xiaoxue said that this year There are seven days off during the National Day, so there should be a lot of people coming to our village."
Zhang Jianwen said with longing in his eyes, and it is not difficult to see that he is looking forward to this National Day.
Usually, there would be many people coming to Changqing Village for only two days on weekends. Now that there was an extra seven days of vacation, he felt that there would be no less people than before.
Although he was a village official in the past, he never cared much about these things.
But now that the village has embarked on this path, he has begun to pay attention to many things.
At this moment, Zhang An admired his old village chief very much. He had even considered the future holiday traffic.
In previous years, the National Day was only a three-day holiday, but starting from this year, the National Day has been adjusted to a seven-day holiday. It is commonly known as the Golden Week, a small long holiday, starting from this year.
In addition, the May Day Labor Day has also been adjusted accordingly. In previous years, there was only one day off. From next year, the May Day holiday will be a one-week long holiday just like the National Day. It will continue until 2007 before it will be readjusted to three days. .
Although it only lasted a few years, it can be said to represent an era.
Many years from now, many people will miss the era when we had a seven-day holiday on Labor Day.
(End of this chapter)