After the Qingming Festival, everything returned to normal. The three women walked out of the shadows, started making bamboo weaving again under the camphor tree, and everything was back on track.
There is a famous saying about Qingming: It rains heavily during Qingming. But this year from the first month to the present, not a drop of rain has fallen from the sky. As soon as the Qingming Festival passed, it was like there was an extra sun in the sky, the temperature increased sharply, and there was no long coat to be seen on the road. It was not the summer solstice yet, and everyone put on short clothes.
As the temperature rises, the evaporation of surface water increases sharply. Fan Dianyuan and the others are lucky to have water trucks to irrigate their fields, and the impact is negligible. Farmers in other villages did not have such a good life. After Baozheng returned and announced that Liang Chuan was willing to help build the water tanker, the three villages in Xibei not only failed to unite as one, but as Liang Chuan expected, the three villages did not do anything for their own interests. Willing to give in. In the end, the three villages got into a big fight. After the fight between the four villages, a small-scale fight broke out in the three villages themselves, and the three villages started fighting among themselves.
There have been three armed fights in Xibei so far. I don't know who caused the incident and reported the news of the armed fights to the county. County Chief Bo, County Lieutenant, and Dutou all expressed serious concern. Several county chief officials even asked the two chief officials to lead an army to Fengshan, and tied up those who had fought for the third time with a rope. He was beaten severely in Xinghua Prison for two days, and he was half-dead before he was allowed to be taken home by his family. At the same time, a solemn announcement was made that the lawbreakers who disturbed the harmonious public security in Xinghua would be brought to justice and severely punished!
To be honest, the ancient feudal society was so corrupt that it is impossible to describe it. But as long as you dare to rebel, he will let you fully understand what it means to block the car with one's arm and what it means to overestimate one's capabilities! Even your ancestral graves can be dug up for you, and your ancestors' corpses can be dug up and whipped!
From then on, life in the three villages became even more miserable. The fields were extremely dry. They didn't fight, but they watched other people use the waterwheel comfortably, and they didn't dare to cause trouble. When a few young men were dragged back from Xinghua, they were just hanging in one breath, which was a chilling look.
The days of poverty and tiredness were still passed on in the same way.
Sun Houpu was going to Hebei to sell a batch of tea after the Qingming Festival. When he came to Fengshan, he went to Liang Chuan's house to talk about the past with Liang Chuan. Liang Chuan knew that the retelling of the past was false. He might have come to see how Liang Chuan's tea garden was being treated. If the tea seedlings died, he would have to transport some more to Liang Chuan, otherwise Liang Chuan would be in trouble.
Liang Chuan also wanted Sun Houpu to point out what areas needed to be improved in the tea garden. He led Sun Houpu and two others to the tea garden on the mountain.
Since the fence was installed in the tea garden, people who come to the mountain will know that this land is privately developed and will no longer think of it as wasteland. The boundaries of the size of the tea garden are also very clear, and small animals will no longer damage the tea garden.
What surprised Sun Houpu most was the design of the water source. It turns out that in his opinion, all the conditions in this place are quite excellent, except that it is difficult to get water. He has to go to the water source to fetch water to water the tea seedlings. It is okay when the area is small, but if the area is large, it will definitely not be able to take care of it. . Canals were dug in this tea garden, and bamboo tubes were placed in the canals. The water flow automatically flows from high to low into the tea garden for irrigation. The design is quite ingenious.
The entire tea garden is managed by a smiling old man. However, there is not even a weed among the fields, which shows the careful management.
Sun Houpu did not see any dead or withered tea seedlings, and the entire tea garden was full of vitality.
"If you were born in Changkeng and specialized in growing tea, you would definitely be able to carve out a world for yourself!" Sun Houpu praised Liang Chuandao.
"Forget it, if I knew that there are so many rules for growing tea, and I can't even buy and sell freely, no matter how much money you give me, I won't grow tea. Looking at the tea fields in this mountain, I don't even have time to regret it! Liang Chuan curled his lips and said.
"The return date of my trip to the north has not yet been determined, and the days may be a bit long. Before I leave, I would like to give Miss Zheng a gift. Brother Liang, you know Miss Zheng better. What do you think I should give you?"
Let me just say, how can you be so kind to come see me? Liang Chuan cursed in his heart. After all, he came here just to have fun with Ma Zi.
"Just give me a few thousand taels of silver or gold, Miss Zheng will definitely be happy." Liang Chuan said casually.
"Brother Liang is joking. Talking about money is vulgar. Miss Zheng is extraordinary and she will definitely not like this." Sun Houpu secretly scolded me for being rich, but if I have money, I can't be taken advantage of. Throwing money away is not useful. Sick?
Liang Chuan said: "I heard that businessmen in Nanyang have a kind of gemstone in their hands, just like our diamond, but they use a unique polishing process to polish this kind of gemstone into a brilliant brilliance. Go look for it, women like this kind of gemstone." Gems, I believe Zheng Ruoying is no exception."
Sun Houpu had an impression when he heard it. Businessmen in Nanyang seemed to call this kind of gem diamond. It was dazzling in the sun. He was fascinated by it. Yes, any woman would definitely like it.
Once he had the target, he acted immediately. Sun Houpu could not sit still for a moment, and immediately ordered his men to go to the Shibo Division in Qingyuan County to find it. When he returned home, he happened to give it to Zheng Ruoying as a gift. This time, Zheng Ruoying hadn't even smiled knowingly at him, and he felt very frustrated.
I recruited my younger brother to go home during the Qingming Festival to pay homage to his ancestors and sweep the tombs of his ancestors. When he came back, he seemed like a different person. When he was not doing anything, he would always squat by the wall with his hands in his arms, staring at the ants on the ground in a daze. Unlike usual times, I would either go for a walk around the new house, or help Yi Niang and the others to break bamboo strips, or clean up the bamboo leaves and scraps on the ground. In short, even if I have nothing to do, I will give myself something to do, and I will not let myself be idle. No matter what, I will fill my mouth and look for something to eat to satisfy my craving.
Yi Niang is now the eldest sister who recruits his younger brother. She is more like his mother, giving him meticulous care. Although the age difference between the two of them is not big, the gap in social experience and mental age is not more than a year and a half, not to mention Liang Chuan. , in two lifetimes, I have seen more salt than my brother Zhao has eaten. As for the artistic mother, she has a soft appearance and has always shouldered her responsibilities in this small family. Her small body has amazing explosive power. After going through a series of experiences, he has undergone a transformation.
If there is something wrong with recruiting a younger brother, Yi Niang can tell it with just a glance. Because the world of simple people is the simplest, their joys, sorrows, and joys will be written directly on their faces, and there will be no other face deep in their hearts. If they are happy, they are happy, and if they are unhappy, they are unhappy.
Yi Niang killed a fish, poured a thin layer of sesame oil into the pot, and fried a small fish for Zhaodi. Although it was a small fish, the fish meat was extremely plump, and the fish skin was fried to a golden color. Makes one's mouth water.
In the end, Zhaodi just glanced at the golden fish, sighed, buried his head in his arms, and continued to squat, immersed in despair.
Why did Brother Zhao change his gender today? He, who is usually the most gluttonous, doesn't even put food to his mouth. Something must have happened to him. Li Erhua is also considerate and considerate. She who usually seems indifferent to the world actually came to comfort Zhao. younger brother.
Li Chuyi frowned when he saw the appearance of recruiting his younger brother, but didn't say anything. He quietly prepared to go out for a walk with a black nose. Heibi has now completely betrayed the revolution and has completely become Li Chuyi's lackey. His master has almost severed his liver and intestines and refuses to speak. Heibi still jumps up and down heartlessly, scratching everything he sees. Sticking out a big tongue, he kept breathing.
Liang Chuan took a small jar of rice wine. This kind of rice wine is really good. It has a strong flavor of grain and the alcohol content in the wine is not high. Although the wine is not that mellow, you will not get drunk no matter how you drink it. It tastes a bit like a drink. Liang Chuan now especially likes to drink rice wine to quench his thirst and heal his emptiness.
He took the wine jar, walked to Zhaodi, and kicked Zhaodi. Zhaodi was unprepared and was kicked to the ground.
He stood up and looked at Liang Chuan with confusion. He didn't provoke his third brother, so why was he kicking him so hard?
Zhang Zai shook the wine jar in his hand, "Let's go and sit by the stream, it's comfortable there!"
Zhaodi originally wanted to refuse, but when he saw Liang Chuan trying to enlighten him, he mechanically got up, patted his butt, and followed Liang Chuan, walking listlessly towards the stream like a zombie.
The water level of Nanxi River has dropped a lot, and many rugged river beaches have been exposed. In the past, when the water volume was large, the depth of the river bed was unknown, but when the water level quietly subsided, it turned out to be only a shallow pool. As the weather rose and the water level subsided, gradually many people came to the river to cool off and play in the water. Most of them were children. The adults were busy taking care of the dying lifeblood of the ground, so they had no time to have fun.
The two of them sat by the stream, watching the long stream go away. They didn't say anything extra, they just let the breeze blow on their faces, and the stream covered their knees. Liang Chuan tore open the seal of the wine jar, took a sip himself, and then handed it to his brother Zhao.
Zhaodi doesn't know how to drink, even if it's rice wine with a very low alcohol content, his face will turn red after three or five sips, and he'll start talking nonsense in a daze.
He glanced at the wine jar, without hesitation, raised his head and the wine gurgled into their gullets. He drank too fast and leaked from the corner of his mouth, wetting a piece of clothing.
"Woman?" Liang Chuan asked sarcastically.
. . .
"If you're not a woman, what else is there to worry about?"
"We separated. My sister-in-law told me never to go home again. She said she would take care of my father, but the house and land would all belong to them."
"What do you mean by your eldest brother and your father?"
"They didn't say a word."
"Are you not sad because of the ground and the house?"
"No, I don't need those things. I am a person and their relative. How could they take those external things so seriously, and I am just like a burden to them, so they just threw me away like this." ..." Zhaodi almost roared, his eyes were red, like an angry little leopard, secretly preventing tears from flowing down, he raised his head and took another big sip of wine.
"Drink, forget all this, and start over."
