Gao Mingcheng and the others returned to Gaojiacun around five o'clock in the evening.
As soon as I entered the village, I saw only a few people, some with injuries. There was already some water in the rice fields on the roadside, and the rice was growing well for the time being.
Seeing this, Gao Mingcheng knew that the fight for water should have come to an end.
Fighting for water has been something that has happened in rural areas since ancient times. Once there is a shortage of water, this kind of incident will occur. The fight for water in their village is okay. Unless they accidentally play a heavy hand, no one will die.
Those who are most afraid of two villages fighting for water will often do it to the death, and beating people to death is a common occurrence.
When passing through the old village, they had to return the remaining clothes from the sale to Gao Shouwang's family, and they had to settle the accounts in person.
This batch of clothes was not something that many Americans bought with money, but was sold directly from Gao Shouwang's family, as a way to test the waters in the county.
As for how much is sold, it will be distributed to many Americans according to a certain share ratio as sales wages.
Seeing them coming back, Dong Feixia was the most concerned and immediately called Duo Mei in front of them. Several women gathered around and started chattering about selling goods.
Duo Mei took out the remaining goods and took out a notebook with bills written on it. This was written for her by Gao Mingcheng.
Corresponding to the bill, I took out the money in the bag and counted it.
"A lot of money!" Gao Shufang couldn't help exclaiming, and several other young girls were also extremely excited when they saw this.
The goods we brought to the county to sell this time were the latest in style and the most expensive fabrics, so they were sold at a higher price. However, the purchasing power of the county is really much greater than that of the small market. For women who love beauty, once they take a fancy to it, Which piece of clothing I would be willing to spend a lot of money on.
The women were talking about selling clothes, and Du Mei also excitedly told everyone about his process and experience of selling clothes, which made everyone listen with interest.
Gao Shouwang called Gao Mingcheng aside and said: "Just yesterday, there was a riot in the village, and many people started fighting. Gao Fuqiang's family was the most violent. Several brothers from their family came together and beat several people. Everyone was injured, and in the end his family fought for water, and after the water came into his field, it was other people's turn."
"The position of my field is calculated well. Even if I don't fight, it will still be my turn. But the position of your acre of field is not so good. Before it is your turn, there will be no water in the reservoir!"
"Mingcheng, you have to be mentally prepared to reduce production."
Gao Shouwang said seriously.
Gao Mingcheng was silent for a few seconds. He had expected this result.
Some people's fields are in a good location. Once the water is released, their fields will be the first to receive water. However, there are rules for how much water you enter and where the water will go after it enters.
If Gao Mingcheng had fought for it, even if the position of his field was not good, he would not be denied access to water, but he did not fight.
"It's okay, it's not bad." Gao Mingcheng said.
Gao Shouwang also nodded, and his family did not argue because it was not easy to argue. His family had already opened a garment factory. If he continued to quarrel with the villagers for a small profit, his reputation would be bad.
The same was true for Gao Mingcheng. He avoided it, firstly because he was afraid of accidentally hurting someone, and secondly because his family's life in the village was relatively good to the naked eye. Fighting for water for an acre of land seemed small.
After learning about yesterday's situation from Gao Shouwang, Gao Mingcheng went home first.
At this moment, many beauties are in high spirits, and they will be reluctant to leave for a while.
When he returned home, the two dogs immediately came up to him and played with him affectionately.
When Gao Mingcheng saw that the cattle pen was still empty, he knew that Zhang Chengyuan had not brought the cattle and sheep back yet.
But when he looked beyond the vegetable patch in front, he saw a familiar figure on the edge of the pond. The man was carrying water, with a serious expression and steady steps.
Recognizing it was Zhang Chengyuan, he stepped forward.
Zhang Chengyuan was carrying water from the pond at the foot of Xiaofu Mountain.
Xiaofushan was contracted by Gao Mingcheng, and he paid someone to dig out the pond, so the pond was considered his private property.
Although the weather was dry during this period, because there was a spring under the pond, the water level was still stable and did not dry up.
As he got closer, Gao Mingcheng found that Zhang Chengyuan's body was covered with mud, as if he had rolled in the mud of a pond.
"Brother, did you fall?" Gao Mingcheng asked curiously.
Zhang Chengyuan looked up and saw him, with a somewhat reserved look on his face, and said, "I was catching fish in the reservoir just now and was pushed down."
When it was said that the reservoir was out of water, it did not mean that it had completely bottomed out, but that there was only one bottom left and the water could not be diverted to the fields through ditches.
Less water means more fish, so in the past two days, people in the village have been catching fish in the reservoir. When the big fish are gone, they catch small fish. When the small fish are gone, they can still pick up clam shells.
Freshwater mussels do not produce pearls, but the meat is edible. After cleaning, frying them with chili peppers, they taste good. However, if the mussels are too old, they may not be chewable.
Gao Mingcheng asked who pushed him down. If he was pushed down maliciously, he would have to come to the door and talk about it.
Zhang Chengyuan did not say who pushed him down. He only said: "It was pushed down accidentally. It's not a big deal."
When Gao Mingcheng saw this, he didn't say much.
"Put down the bucket. I'll water the vegetables myself. You go to the pond and take a bath, and then go back and rest early!" Gao Mingcheng said. Zhang Chengyuan looked so embarrassed that he might as well let him go back and rest.
But Zhang Chengyuan did not go to take a bath and rest, but said: "You don't know where the cattle and sheep are, I will go and get them back now."
"OK!"
So Gao Mingcheng took over the responsibility and watered his own vegetable field, while Zhang Chengyuan went to other places to bring back the cattle and sheep that had been grazing.
His family has grown a lot of vegetables, and they are growing well despite being watered every morning and evening. However, the cucumbers and carobs are almost out of season and have stopped blooming and bearing fruit, and the vine leaves are gradually drying up.
There is no need to water this. When you are free, you can remove the shelf, or just leave it like this. Anyway, it is not time to plant winter vegetables.
Gao Mingcheng watered the peppers and observed their growth. Peppers love to have aphids. Once aphids grow on one tree, other pepper trees will grow too.
But nature is fair. Aphids will damage plants, but ladybugs will eat aphids. This is what is said about one thing descending from another.
Although there are some bugs in his chili vegetable patch, they are not yet infested.
It's been a few days since I picked peppers to eat. The trees were full of peppers, and many of them were already red.
Once the peppers turn red, they must be picked immediately, otherwise the pepper tree will not continue to bloom and bear fruit. Red peppers can be dried and stored for winter consumption, or they can be made into chopped peppers.
When winter comes, the villagers will start to prepare meals. There are many kinds of meals, including spicy dried radish, grapefruit peels, vegetable stems, and clam heads. Among them, the pickled garlic heads with chopped peppers are quite refreshing to eat with rice.
While watering, Gao Mingcheng picked off the broken peppers first. Some peppers were eaten by insects, and some were rotten on the branches.
Next to the peppers, there is a large area of eggplants. People here are used to growing it this way. Basically, you can definitely see the eggplants next to the peppers. When the eggplants and peppers mature, the two will match. It's a side dish.
As soon as Gao Mingcheng watered the remaining vegetable plot, he saw Zhang Chengyuan coming back with the cattle and sheep. He first led the cattle and sheep back to the stable in the yard and locked them up, then walked to the pond and started to take off his clothes. Clothes for bathing.
Now there is no water in the reservoir, and bathing has become a luxury.
(End of chapter)
