Chapter 117 Carrying Water
The foundation is dug deep and solid, and the house and yard are raised high. The foundation alone is more than one meter. After the entire house is completed, it will be twice as long as the previous house. It needs to be taller. In the past, this kind of materials could be used to build a two-story building.
But it’s not an exaggeration at all.
Why?
Because I listened to Wang Lixian's suggestion and feared that it would be flooded again, I even built a courtyard dam this time.
Although we still need to build more walls and build steps at the entrance of the courtyard, at least we can live in a secure place.
As soon as this idea came up, the villagers followed suit one after another.
Anyway, there is government assistance for the construction this time, so more materials and other materials are used, and you don’t have to pay for it yourself. It just takes a little effort, but are the farmers still afraid of working hard?
Everyone was working enthusiastically.
“Brother Fugui, I’ve heard for a long time that you are going to build a new house. Why hasn’t there been any movement yet?”
This morning, Chen Ling and Wang Susu were having dinner at home, and several men from the city's engineering team entered the yard each carrying two buckets.
When Chen Ling heard this, he just said to take it easy and finish helping Wang Jusheng first.
Then he got up and helped tidy up the things next to the pressurized water well so that they could fetch water.
After the flood, it was not just the houses that collapsed in the village.
Many people’s wells also suffered damage.
The originally clear and refreshing well water became extremely turbid, and some even turned into yellow muddy water. Not to mention people, even animals refused to drink.
Don’t even think about the water in the reservoir and Laohe Bend.
Not long after the flood receded, there were all kinds of dirty things in the water. Even if the people in the county and village didn't come to warn them, no one dared to drink the water in this place. Our ancestors have learned a lesson and drank this water. Sometimes people die.
Only Chen Ling’s well in the village was not affected.
In the past, the villagers had no access to clean water, so they basically had to go all the way to the mountains to fetch water, which was very tiring. Later, after Wang Susu was relieved, she went to Chen Ling's house these days. Knowing that Chen Ling was helping Wang Jusheng, there were the most people in the morning and evening, and sometimes there were even queues at night.
The people in these engineering teams are no exception.
"Then when you start construction, please remember to let us know and we will take care of the materials used."
"Haha, you are right. If we are not busy, we will come to help you. "
"..."
The men were all smiling and enthusiastic.
Chen Ling had seen this kind of situation a lot in the past few days, so he took a few steamed buns and stuffed them with them.
“Oh, how funny is this.”
“It’s not easy to eat home-cooked food when you are away from home, so you guys are welcome.”
“Brother, you are... …”
“Take it”
Chen Ling shook his head, smiled, and sent them out the door.
Before he could return to the dining table and sit down, many women and daughters-in-law from the village came to fetch water. He was used to it these days, sitting down to eat by himself, even though he would inevitably have to ask for water during the meal. A few words about homely things.
As the sun rose, fewer and fewer people came to carry water, so they locked the door and rushed to Wang Jusheng's house.
It took more than ten days to build the house and repair the courtyard dam.
Actually, it is said that it has been completed. There are only three main rooms that are completely built.
The others are just for the purpose of repairing the courtyard dam, and they are not in a hurry to complete it.
Wang Jusheng's requirements are not high, as long as two or three rooms can be occupied by people, the couple can slowly build the rest, or after a while, they can specially invite people.
After all, no one is free now, and he is embarrassed to bother Chen Ling and his family too much.
After the three rooms were completed, I invited the two families to sit down together and have a feast to express my gratitude.
When Chen Ling is going to build a new house, he must remember to call him. Chen Ling said yes, but in his heart he was not as anxious about building a new house as before.
Not to mention the Wang Lixian and Wang Jusheng families, Chen Ze and Chen Jiang, as well as the younger generation in the village, also said that they would help him build a new house, and they didn't just talk about it, they all went to the house to find it. They came to the door, and they had to be called when he asked him to start construction.
Actually speaking, these young people did not have a good relationship with him in the past. They were similar to Chen Ze. They had been at loggerheads in the past few years.
People also look down upon him.
Idiots and idiots can't accomplish anything, mud can't hold up the wall, and it's annoying.
In the past six months, he has become more like a human being, willing to be down-to-earth, and settle down to live a serious life, so everyone has changed a lot about him.
But the change is a change. In fact, when we meet each other, it's just like saying hello and joking. It's not much better than before.
What really eased their relationship with Chen Ling was actually the fact that the well water was contaminated after the flood.
Every household has no access to clean water. These days, people often go to Chen Ling’s house to fetch water.
If you accept someone's love, you have to admit it.
After going back and forth, I found that Chen Ling is really quite good now.
Especially looking at Chen Ling's recent performance, he really deserves to be called a good young man. Not to mention how much I care about my family now. I have to be strong and strong, and I can work very quickly.
It's not a small amount of help to help Wang Lixian and Wang Jusheng's family. You help me and I help you. The good relationship between the three families is eye-catching.
It would not be wrong to make friends with such a person.
Therefore, there has been a group of people in the village recently. Every time they see Chen Ling, they yell and urge him to build a new house quickly. They say that they will help him when the time comes and they will give him a few meals. .
Otherwise, you would smell the aroma wafting from his house all day long and not be able to eat it, which would make you very greedy.
Chen Ling only said that he was not in a hurry. It would not be too late for him to start building the project after everyone had finished their household chores. By then, the work would be faster if there were more people.
But there were so many people asking questions that it gave him a headache.
The man who used to be quiet suddenly became enthusiastic, and that guy made him really unstoppable.
I say hello to people every day and say more common things than I did all year long.
But, it's not a bad thing to have help when building a house. He can only deal with it.
As you get used to it, you will find that this is actually not bad.
At least due to the enthusiasm of the villagers, he and Wang Susu unconsciously smiled more than before. They were happy, lively and cheerful every day, and their mental outlook was completely new.
A long time later, Chen Ling suddenly realized that he had unknowingly integrated into this era and was deeply rooted in this small mountain village.
……
In the blink of an eye, more than half of the seventh month of the lunar calendar has passed.
In the hot summer, the weather is maddeningly hot.
More than a month has passed, and the scars caused by the flood are recovering bit by bit.
The mountains and fields became more beautiful after the flood.
The small ravines that dried up in the past are like sponges that have absorbed enough water. If you look around, there are small puddles of all sizes, embedded in the fields, showing a pool of green.
Not to mention this, even the river channel of Laohe Bend has gained weight and is now more than ten meters wide. It has now become clear and clear. Under the scorching sunshine, the slowly flowing water surface sparkles with golden light. Very dazzling.
When Chen Ling was wandering around, he went to test the water and found that it was almost as deep as a person’s waist. After swimming for a while at the foot of the southern mountain, he suddenly realized that it turned out that the dried up spring on the southern mountain had regained its vitality. , injected into the old river bay, making it become clear quickly.
The mountain spring was cool and sweet. Chen Ling swam nearby, drank a handful of mountain spring water, washed his face, and roughly washed off the mud on his body. After thoroughly feeling the refreshing feeling of the mountain spring, he returned to the shore and followed it. As soon as the clothes were put on his shoulders, he walked shirtless to his own field.
Now, new crops have been sown in the farmland. Corn, soybeans, peanuts, cotton, sorghum, sweet potatoes, etc. have all sprouted. Several vegetable gardens have been reopened. At a glance, they are green. A big piece.
The fields are full of flowers and grass, with grasshoppers and crickets jumping around. From time to time, various birds soar into the sky, attracting two dogs to chase them everywhere. They are now flexible and responsive. He was very fast, and if he was lucky, he could catch a few birds and bring them to Chen Ling.
However, there were not many wild birds that could be fed, and Chen Ling was not interested in these things, so he let them eat them all.
Only those who caught pheasants, rabbits, etc. were allowed to stay.
As he walked, he looked around at the changes after the flood. When he reached his own field, Chen Ling found that it was different from what he expected.
The saplings were not affected at all but grew a lot.
In contrast, the vegetables were not so good, and were tangled together with dense weeds and wild vines, making them a mess.
Perhaps in order to compete with weeds for territory, they are growing everywhere. Luffa and beans have begun to climb up the trees. Although eggplants and tomatoes are piled in piles and bunches covered with branches, they mature slowly without Chen Ling's water. Blocked by weeds and trees, there is almost no sunlight. The tomatoes are still green, and they are as hard as rocks when picked.
The same goes for leeks. They don’t see the sun every day, and their living space is squeezed by weeds. Now they are almost turning yellow.
“Well, let’s weed and water it when it gets cooler in the evening.”
Chen Ling sighed and continued walking deeper.
After the flood, the couple had never been here. They were so busy that they didn’t have much time to come. They didn’t know what the situation was like in the fields, but now it seems that they can’t do anything about it.
When vegetables are in short supply, these can be sold for money, but we can't let them rot in the ground.
Chen Ling walked deeper, worried that there were snakes in the grass, so he took a long stick out of the cave and kept stirring the grass. Not far away, two dogs suddenly stood up in alarm. Ear, yelling "woof, woof", jumped out of the grass and ran towards the other end of the field.
"Did you find something again?"
Chen Ling stepped up and looked around, but couldn't see clearly what was going on.
However, his dog got excited when he saw rabbits, pheasants and the like, so he didn’t take it too seriously.
It wasn't until he heard a strange cry that Chen Ling knew something was wrong. However, the forest was deep and the grass was dense, and it was impossible to see what kind of poison was hidden. He didn't dare to carelessly walk through it, then walked around to the field ridge and walked quickly.
When I walked over, I found that Heiwa was holding down a strange beast and biting the bushes from the side, while Xiaojin was digging crazily at a hole in the bushes. There seemed to be something inside the hole. Hiding something, the two dogs were so frightened that they howled miserably with the beast outside, and kept barking.
"Holy crap, what kind of weird thing is this?"
Chen Ling was stunned when he saw the appearance of this beast. It was about the same size as a small wild boar, with a long mouth and tusks, and four limbs. He is short and has several white vertical stripes on his head. The hair on his body is grey-brown and thick in texture, and his tail is all white...
Now his whole face is bloody and bloody after being bitten by Heiwa. I couldn't tell the difference for a while.
(End of this chapter)