At five or six o'clock in the afternoon, the summer sun was a little bright, but Laotan, a little west and south of the village, was very lively. The old beach that rural people talk about is not a tidal flat washed out by a river, but a large pond.
Most of these places were formed by digging out the soil when building houses in the past. When the previous generation had no money to build houses with red bricks, they used adobe. The soil for making adobe bricks is usually obtained from a place or several places in a village.
Then after digging and digging, it became old beaches. Some old beaches were formed by brick kilns in the past. Now they are not allowed to burn bricks, and there is no place to find soil to backfill, so such a place is formed.
At the same time, these places were haunted places in the past. In addition, in the past, boys were favored over girls. Some abandoned babies or dead livestock that could not be eaten were thrown here. At the same time, occasionally when digging down, some unknown things could be dug out. The coffin boards from the era add a bit of a scary ghost story to it.
Therefore, although rural children wander around the village and are naughty, they rarely approach Laotan even in groups, especially in spring and summer when the reeds are lush and green.
However, Laotan has become more lively in the past two years. The reason is that the village spent money to clean up Laotan and built a small road here to prohibit the villagers from throwing any messy things in it.
Then the villagers collectively exchange money to release a wave of fish fry every spring. After autumn, they fish intensively and each family shares the fish. As people come more often, this place seems to have gained popularity invisibly, making people in the village gradually less afraid of it.
So it becomes a paradise for children in the summer, especially on Saturdays and Sundays. Many children just soaked in the water for an hour or two and refused to go ashore. For this reason, parents in the village would come to Laotan every day with bamboo sticks and beat their children until they ran around naked.
Taking a bath in Laotan is actually just like swimming, because there are fish in the water, so it is impossible for you to bring shampoo and soap to wash yourself in it.
Therefore, when everyone comes to take a bath, they don’t bring these at all. They just swim twice in the water with their underpants on and then play some games in the water. There are no swimming pools in rural areas, and all children who can swim basically develop their swimming skills in this kind of water.
"I'm going, I'm going..." Xiao Wu, who had just entered the water, shouted. There were children in the shallow water area, and a group of adults swam to the deep water area.
Because the shallow water area is troubled by the village children all day long, the fish in the water dare not approach it. A few adults swam to the deep water area to find a place to stay. As soon as they stood up, several silver carp flew out of the water.
Moreover, these fish flew in a mess. Originally, the fish flew out of the water because they were frightened and wanted to stay away from danger. As a result, they jumped up and down on the water, and some of them directly greeted people.
Xiao Wu was hit directly on the head by a flying silver carp. Not only was the silver carp stunned and then floated up from the water again, Xiao Wu was also hit.
Then when he reacted and reached out to catch the floating silver carp, the confused silver carp seemed to wake up, shook its tail and ran away.
Ha ha......
Seeing Xiao Wu's speechless look, Daliang and others laughed unscrupulously.
"That's a good thing of yours. Dongzi came to swim yesterday and was thrown in the face by a carp's tail. His nosebleed instantly came out." The general said with a smile beside him.
Fish are very powerful in the water, especially fish weighing more than two or three kilograms. If the tail is swung with all its strength, the force of the slap on the face will not be weaker than a loud slap.
"It's not small. It's estimated that every fishing family can get a big one this year." Yang Dongxu also said with a smile. Such anecdotes can only be found in rural areas. The small rivers in the city have turned into stinking ditches. There may be some fish, but no one will swim in them.
"It's not small. Every year there are always some fish that slip through the net, and they naturally grow bigger year by year. When I was fishing last year, I caught several big fish weighing more than ten kilograms, but unfortunately I didn't get them in the lottery. "Xiao Tao said with some annoyance.
When dividing the fish, the fish is basically divided into piles according to weight, and the numbers are written on the ground in front, and then the whole village draws lots one by one, and which one is drawn depends on luck.
But sometimes the Yang family would divide a few big fishes separately. Usually, Yang's father and Yang's mother would take one symbolically, and the rest would be divided according to the method of drawing lots. Now that the village is rich, they don't care about eating this fish.
The reason why the Yang family is given special treatment is actually a kind of respect. After all, whether it is the market in Yangjia Village, the road construction, or the renovated bridge on the Locust River in front, the Yang family has contributed both money and effort, and it has been given to everyone in the village. No one will be jealous.
I stood still for a while, and some small fish swam over in the water, and then I caught them on my body. These small fish were basically floating on the water. Although it was a pity that I couldn't do a full-body fish therapy, the water quality in rural areas now is It’s really good, so it feels quite interesting.
Hooray!
Xiao Wuyi waved his hand and the small fish fled away, and then they surrounded him again as if there was a smell on the human body.
"You're not going to drive a car now when you come back?" Yang Dongxu asked casually as he poked around under his feet to see if he could step on any fish.
"In the first half of the year, I contacted the city for a job of hauling sand. Isn't there a sand transport ship coming down from the upper reaches of the Robinia River? A sand field was built near the bend of the river mouth to the east of the city.
We have been driving there for the past six months. A batch of sand that was originally transported from the upstream two days ago happened to be at the mouth of the Yangtze River for some reason. There is not much sand in the battlefield and we are no longer alive. "Daliang stretched out his feet and wandered towards the water plants not far away.
See if any fish will fly out of it. If one of them is stunned by a slap, you can have a snack at night. But his extended feet were some distance away from the water plants, otherwise the spikes on the water plants would be enough for him to drink a pot.
He didn't know whether it was because they were a little far away from the aquatic plants and there was little movement, or because the fish were trotted away by them just now, and every fish flew up after a few kicks, which made him a little disappointed.
"Then the construction team in the city is going to stop working?" Yang Dongxu said with a smile.
"It's not that serious. Besides, houses have been built everywhere in the past two years, and there are more than one battlefield in the city. This one was newly opened a few years ago. Otherwise, those battlefields used to have fixed trucks and drivers to pull goods. We didn't I sneaked in by chance." Xiao Wu rubbed his forehead, it was still a little painful from being hit by a fish just now.
"How about making this profit?"
"It's not bad. Our car is big enough to load, and the distance is not far at all for large construction projects in the city. We can make several trips back and forth in a day. In addition, we can also run long distances to pick up other things at other times. After a year It can save a lot." It was Xiao Liang who spoke.
Nowadays, people in the village drive sports cars. Basically, brothers or fathers and sons drive the same car. Although it is tiring, it does make a lot of money throughout the year. After all, inspections these days are not as strict as in the future. Basically, there are no large trucks that are not overloaded, and the profits here can be much more generous than in the past.
In the future, although you can still make money by pulling goods with large trucks under strict management, it can only be regarded as a job in which labor is exchanged for money. It's not like you can really make a fortune if you work hard now.
The fifth and fifth families all have cars, so they run in two directions. The parents feel sorry for their children running long distances, so the younger generations just pull sand in the city. But change it every once in a while to give the parents a rest. In this way, business on both sides will not be delayed.
"Xu Zi, I heard that the city is going to build a subway, is it true?" Xiao Wu couldn't help but ask.
"How could I know if I'm often not at home? But I guess not. Our provincial capital hasn't built a subway yet, so how can it be the turn of the cities below us." Yang Dongxu thought for a moment and said.
It is estimated that this is another slogan, or it works after being shouted out. But there is little hope of success, although because of his reasons, Chengwang City’s development of Chinese herbal medicine cultivation is getting better and better year by year, and the entire city’s fiscal revenue and the evaluation from above are very high.
But the matter of building the subway is a bit high, you know, since the big move of the Beijing-Kowloon Line. When I was reborn, not to mention the subway, even the high-speed rail in Chengwang City was not open.
You must know that the convenient high-speed rail on the Beijing-Kowloon Line has not been opened for so many years. An airport that has been in operation for so many years is still half-dead, with an occasional plane landing as a passing airport.
There is no good industrial chain in the city, and the permanent population is just that. It is impossible to build something like a subway at this time.
"That's a pity. I was thinking that if the subway was really built, I would see if I could find some connections to send sand inside." Daliang said with some disappointment.
Although Yang Dongxu is not sure, basically if Yang Dongxu says there is no hope, then it really means there is no hope. They were quite convinced on this point, after all, all the high-ranking officials came when he got married. If you want to know something, it must be clearer than these people.
"You are pulling sand, not running a battlefield, so why are you so worried?" Yang Dongxu said with a smile.
"There is an introduction fee, and the commission is quite large." Xiao Wu said: "There are several sand fields in the city, and the competition is very fierce. If anyone can introduce a project that uses sand, you can get a share of the money.
Why is it so easy for the rest of us to work on the battlefield? In addition to making some connections by inviting people to dinner, I was the one who contacted us when the highway to the north of us was rebuilt in the next year, and the more than 40 kilometers of road sand from this section of our town to the county was contacted. "
Speaking of this, Xiaowu couldn't help but feel a little proud, in fact, if Yang Dongxu was not counted. He vaguely feels like a leader of the younger generation in Yangjiacun.
Especially the younger generation, those who are almost young enough to start a family and start a business can be considered as the mainstay of the village, so Xiaowu has a high prestige in the village.
"You make a lot of money, right?" Yang Dongxu complimented.
"I can't compare with a big boss like you." Xiao Wu said with a smile.
Although he made a fortune from this business, he obviously didn't lose his temper in front of Yang Dongxu. With his ability, he can get along well in the town and the county, but Yang Dongxu has face in the province, and the two are not on the same level at all.
But Xiao Wu is not jealous at all, or in other words, Yang Dongxu has always been so good since he was a child, and the whole village is used to it. Far from being jealous, he was happy to have such a man in the village. Otherwise, even if the city builds a subway, he would not be qualified to participate in it at his size, but if Yang Dongxu says something when the time comes, he will be sure of it.
