slack farmer in the wasteland

Chapter 12 The Kiln
Seeing Cang Hai following Hu Ping'an, none of the group of people dared to recognize him. When they got to Hu Ping'an's side and said a lot, everyone dared to believe that the one in front of him was dressed like a TV show. The person on the screen is the first famous college student to go out from his own village.

Cang Hai helped and pushed the water truck to the door of the old village chief Hu Shijie, and then asked, "Grandpa Hu, are these people left in the village now?"

When I came here, I heard that there were ten or so people left in the village, but now I see that there are only a dozen or so of them, and there are only six or seven of them. Old and weak, except for the silly boy Hu Ping'an, the youngest is probably in his sixties.

"Then how many people do you want to have, kid? Life here is so difficult, most of the people have moved to the town, only us old bones, love our home and don't want to move there, but it's just a waste of time, and so on." The health is really failing, we have to move to the town."

The person speaking is the daughter-in-law of the old Li family in the village. Her surname is Qian, and her last name is Ximei. She is the third daughter-in-law of the old Li family.When the old man talked about the relocation, there was a little helplessness and a little loss in his words.

For old people of their age, relocation has too many things to worry about. The ancestors have lived here for generations, and the ancestral graves of each family are nearby. If they move to the town, what about the ancestral graves?Doesn't the ancestors become lonely ghosts if there are no descendants to sacrifice and sweep?
Hearing these people chattering about the helplessness of the relocation, Cang Hai didn't know how to respond for a while.

After all, he was the village chief, and he is still the village chief now. Although he only takes care of less than ten old, weak, sick and disabled, Hu Shijie is still a bit of a spectrum.

"Haiwazi just came back, let's stop nagging and talk about something happy. By the way, is Haiwazi coming back this time to visit your father and your grandfather's grave?" Hu Shijie looked around the crowd, and then his eyes fell on Cang body of the sea.

Cang Hai nodded lightly, and said, "If possible, I'd like to rent a piece of land here to grow something!"

As soon as these words came out, the whole audience fell silent, everyone looked at Cang Hai with idiot eyes, the only guy who didn't look at Cang Hai that way was Hu Pingan, because he himself was a fool.

Hu Shijie muttered a few times, but some words were left unsaid after all.

Hu Shijie's refusal to speak does not mean that others do not speak. Although everyone has the same surname, the people in the village are simple and simple, and they used to be almost normal. The trust between people and the relationship between neighbors are quite good.

Li Liren, the second son of the Li family, opened his mouth and said: "Haiwazi, don't be stupid. We only keep our old bones because we are reluctant to part with the country. How old are you? Besides, what can you do when you come back here? What do we want here?" It’s nothing, if you don’t say anything else, just say that the water has to be taken from several miles away. Without water, you can’t grow anything. Even if you plan to take water, I think it will take a year or two at most. I will follow suit, and if I want to get water, I have to walk another ten miles on the mountain road, what do you think you came back to plan!"

Hearing what Li Liren's second grandfather said, everyone responded one after another, and repeatedly said that Cang Hai should honestly return to the metropolis of the magic city. It is a serious matter to become a real magic city. Don't think too well.

Cang Hai just laughed and didn't answer the words. These people have lived their whole lives, and no one is stupid. Seeing Cang Hai like this, they can only sigh in their hearts, thinking that the child of Lao Cang's family is being stupid.

But everyone was not worried, they felt that once Cang Hai couldn't live in the village, they would naturally go back.Not to mention anything else, just looking at Kuang Canghai's attire, no one believes that he can live in the current village, not to mention Canghai, even they themselves would have moved to the town a long time ago if it wasn't because of nostalgia for their homeland Not to mention anything else, just twisting the hand, the tap water will rush, which is a temptation for them.

In this case, Hu Shijie and the others stopped persuading him, and asked about Cang Hai's situation, whether there was a wife, what happened to the big devil, anyway, all kinds of questions.

Cang Hai answered them one by one, and finally Hu Shijie decided to live in the kiln of his house during the days when Cang Hai came back.

Because Cang Hai's arrival brought joy to the small village, everyone gathered at Hu Shijie's house for dinner at night, and the old man specially brought out his own bottled wine to entertain Cang Hai.

The wine is not expensive, at most [-] yuan a bottle, but for people who only drink loose wine all the year round, this wine is quite high-grade, and the dishes are also home-cooked. Everyone sat around a table, and there were only three pots of vegetables in total, one pot of green vegetables and bacon stewed, one pot of potatoes stewed with salty goose, and one pot of egg soup. The kind of throat.

Having been away from home for too long, Cang Hai is already used to the big white rice, and he was not used to eating it at first, but after all, it is something from his hometown, after a few mouthfuls, he got used to it.

After the meal, the women began to sit at the table together, while a group of gentlemen sat around the seats and began to do their daily chores.

Based on this momentum, Canghuo talked about his plans to open the kiln.

"Grandpa Hu, I would like to ask you for this matter. I still have something to do in Shanghai. I can't take care of it all the time. I plan to open three new kilns, and I will build a large flat in front of the new kilns... ...".

While talking about Cang Hai, he dipped his fingers in water and began to draw on the table.Cang Hai’s request was a height of [-] meters and a depth of [-] meters. In this case, three experienced workers can generally complete the digging within ten days, and once they dig three holes, roughly one month’s time is required. In addition to decoration and so on, three months is enough.

Hu Shijie frowned, took a puff of Cang Haisan's cigarettes, and then opened his mouth and said, "Nowadays, a big worker must spend at least a thousand dollars a day, and you have to pay for it. What you said is worth three or four dollars." It’s a big job, plus what you said about applying cement seals and so on, it’s going to cost about a hundred thousand yuan, without this number you can’t get out of the three kilns…”

Hearing what Grandpa Hu said, Cang Hai waved his hand: "It's okay, I'll keep the 15 yuan, but I need you and everyone to help me keep an eye on it so there won't be any problems."

What Canghai needs is for these masters to dig out the kiln. As for the later things, Canghai plans to do it himself. As a child who studies architecture, he is no stranger to decoration, and he likes to play around with his own preferences. , As for hiring a designer, Cang Hai never thought about it.

Hearing Cang Tao say that he was going to dig a kiln, Li Licheng, who had been silent by the side, said: "Isn't it a bit inappropriate to dig a kiln at this time? It will snow soon, and I think it's better to wait for the spring to start." good".

Li Licheng is the eldest of the three brothers of the old Li family. He usually doesn't talk much, but when he said this, he hit the point. Digging a kiln is indeed not suitable for winter. Except for winter, there are no problems in the other three seasons.

Hearing what Li Licheng said, Cang Hai remembered that it was really not suitable to do this in winter, and it would have to start in spring at the earliest, that is to say, it would take three months before we could talk about it.

"Can't do it this winter?" Cang Hai was still a little bit unwilling to give up, and asked Hu Shijie.

Hu Shijie took a puff of cigarette, thought for a while and finally nodded: "Hai Wazi, this matter is not in a hurry. If it hadn't been for Lao Li to mention it like this, I really didn't think about it for a while!"

Seeing the disappointment on Cang Hai's face, Li Licheng understood Cang Hai's thoughts, and opened his mouth and said, "Haiwazi, is it because you are afraid that you won't have a place to live when you come back?"

Cang Hai nodded.

When Li Licheng heard this, he opened his mouth and said, "What's the matter? The kiln in your uncle's house is empty. We clean it often. It's no problem to live there for a year or two. If you come back, you can live there, but I want Let me tell you, there is nothing inside, beds, cabinets, etc. have been moved to the town by them, leaving only an empty kiln.”

As soon as Cang Hai heard that he could live there, there would be no problem. As for not having a bed or something, it didn't matter, since he had space in his house, wouldn't it be a trivial matter to transport a few bed cabinets and so on.

"Then let me thank Grandpa Li and Grandpa Hu here first, and let's not dig the kiln over there, let's wait for the spring to talk about it," Cang Hai said.

Canghai's money is not so tight waiting for the opening of the spring. When the gemstones are sold, the tickets rush in. At that time, let alone three kilns, even thirteen kilns, Canghai can afford it.

Just now, I heard Grandpa Hu Shijie said that it would cost over a hundred thousand. Cang Hai was thinking about asking his two buddies to borrow some money when he returned to Shanghai. If the money on hand is not enough, it is fun to watch. Now that it is not easy to open the kiln in winter, the remaining things will be much easier to handle.

After my own affairs were settled, Cang Hai asked about everyone's crops: "Grandpa Hu, what are you growing these crops now?"

Before waiting for a table full of men to answer, Qiu Shanghua, Li Licheng's daughter-in-law, opened her mouth and said, "What else can I grow? The only things I can grow now are corn and potatoes, and there are not many in total. I transport water back and forth. Those of us are not as young as we used to be."

After finishing speaking, Qiu Shanghua put a plate of peanuts on the table, and sat down beside the head.

"Well, the land we planted together is only about four or five acres, and the harvest is not good, and the corn kernels are only half the size of the people in the town. Fortunately, there is no such thing as agricultural tax now. Otherwise, after a year, not only will you not be confused, but you will also have to put money into it." Li Liren put down the cigarette from his mouth, and said with a long sigh.

"Did the town allocate any land to you?" Cang Hai asked casually.

"It's divided, if there is no land in the town, we will not be able to eat enough for a year," Hu Shijie said.

(End of this chapter)