slack farmer in the wasteland

Chapter 29

Waking up early the next morning, Cang Hai still felt dizzy, sat up with his head supported, patted his head and said to himself: "I can't drink like this in the future!"

Yesterday, there was no way, the elders kept persuading him, Cang Hai was also happy, and naturally drank more, not only the people were happy, even the dogs in the village were also happy, and those who drank too much would take a piece of wine from time to time. The sheep bones were thrown under the table, and the dogs in the village immediately looted them. They were supposed to eat a steamed bun, but they had a full meal last night.

I brushed my teeth and washed my face at leisure, water is not as expensive as it used to be, so Cang Hai used hot water to wash his face and brush his teeth, not only hot water but also half a basin.

After washing, Cang Hai turned on the gas and started to cook. It was very simple, dried noodles and two eggs. This was Cang Hai's breakfast.

Before the noodles were cooked, Ping An stuck his head in: "Second brother, are you awake?"

"Get up, come in!"

Greeting Ping An to come in, Cang Hai asked again: "Have you had breakfast?"

Ping An looked eagerly at the noodles in the pot, nodded and said, "I ate it, but I'm still hungry!"

There are a lot of things in the Canghai space, and through these days, Canghai has figured out that the space has the function of keeping fresh. Eating a lot is equivalent to bringing a super storage room with you, which also has the function of a refrigerator.

Hearing that Ping An still wanted to eat, Cang Hai directly took a big bowl, put a pot of noodles in it, and handed it to Ping An.

Ping An looked a little awkward.

"What are you doing, go on, hurry up!" Cang Hai said.

Ping An said: "I'm hungry after eating my second brother."

"I'm not hungry, I'll have another bowl later," Cang Hai said with a smile.

Hearing what Cang Hai said, Ping An took the bowl, squatted by the pot and sucked it together without going out of the house, Zhang Lian claimed that it was delicious while sucking.

Dried noodles are seldom eaten in the village, and even noodles are hand-rolled. Hand-rolled noodles are a good thing in the city, but here, the villagers think that they are not as good as dried noodles. Soup, secondly, eggs are added to the vermicelli, and the taste is also good.

Cang Hai cooked another bowl by himself, and this time he deliberately cooked some more, and added some to Ping'an's bowl when the pot was ready, put a piece of ham sausage in the remaining noodle soup, and added half a steamed bun Even if it is a tiger's head meal.

After finishing these, brothers Cang Hai and Ping An squatted down and finished their breakfast.

Just about to wash the dishes, Second Grandma Li opened the door and came over, saw Cang Hai and Ping An each holding a big bowl, and said, "How about eating?"

"Well, it's time to eat." Cang Hai stood up quickly.

"What about the clothes you changed yesterday, give them to me and I'll wash them for you today." Grandma Li asked with her mouth open.

Cang Hai quickly waved his hands when he heard this: "Second Grandma, no, no, I will do it myself."

"How can you wash clothes when you are a half-year-old?" Second Grandma Li laughed.

The room was empty, Cang Hai's changed clothes were placed on the floor, Second Grandma Li picked them up and rolled them into a ball as soon as she saw her walking over, pushed the kiln door and walked out.

Cang Hai looked at Second Grandma Li's back, not knowing what to say.

After cleaning the pots and bowls and putting them on the table, Cang Hai walked out with Ping An, followed by the chubby little milk dog Hutou, and the two of them stood at the door stretching.

Cang Hai stretched his waist, and the tiger head also stretched out two fluffy front paws, and stretched out one with its big mouth open.

Cang Hai was about to scold Hutou when he turned his face and found that a group of old and young men from the village had gathered around the edge of the well early in the morning. do the laundry.

"Is this a bewilderment?"

While grumbling, Cang Hai lifted his foot and turned the downhill path, walking towards the well.

As it got closer, Cang Hai realized that the heads of the villagers were a little wet, and it seemed that everyone had taken a shower this morning.

"Haiwazi!"

Seeing Cang Hai approaching, everyone greeted him one after another.

"What are you guys doing?" Cang Hai let out a circle of smoke, and then squatted down when he had time.

"I'm thinking about planting something in the field right away. There was no water before, but now that there is water, some of the land that was abandoned before will have to be planted. It can't be left so deserted. No matter how you say it, the family's rations must be reduced." Get it out." Li Lida took Cang Hai's cigarette, didn't light it up and hung it by his ear, and continued to smoke his own cigarette.

Hu Shijie nodded and said: "That's the reason. We are planning to plant something together. There was no water before, but now there is water and the well is full. If you are lazy, you will be sorry for God's gift. I think this year Not only corn, but also beans, peanuts, and rapeseed are also needed, and oil is too expensive now, costing dozens of barrels.”

Li Lida interjected: "If it's expensive, it's expensive. It doesn't taste like oil at all. Who knows what it is if it's vegetable oil. If we have water, let's grow it ourselves. When the time comes, we will press our own oil, and the oil will be delicious." It’s nice to wake up.”

When it comes to farming, how can a group of people not be excited, the old men mentioned the land, and the old ladies clamored that the vegetable garden at the door should also be expanded, and some radishes and green peppers should be planted.

Cang Hai stood up at this time, stretched his head to look into the well, and saw a pool of clear well water less than two meters away from the well head, like a mirror reflecting the blue sky at the well head, the well water was very clear, clear Everyone seems to be able to see the shadow of the blue bricks folded along the edge of the well.

Seeing Cang Hai's appearance, Hu Shijie said: "This well water is good, I don't know if it's your luck, maybe it hit the spring in the ground, even if you drink it, it still has a sweet taste."

Cang Hai squatted down after hearing this, and said with a smile: "It's not just a well, we have to have a plan, I plan to build a water tower on this well, and then use a pipe to reach every household. , let’s enjoy the treatment in the city, turn the faucet at home, and the water will rush.”

After hearing this, Hu Shijie said: "Why bother, running two steps to carry a few buckets of water can't kill anyone, no matter how hard it is, can it be harder than carrying water before?"

"That's right, that's right, why do you have so many things to do when you have nothing to do, Haiwazi, don't worry about it, we country people are not so particular about poverty!" Li Lida also said.

Then Wei Wenkui supported Cang Hai's statement: "What Hai Wazi said is not unreasonable. Now that we have water, it is a good thing to improve everyone's life."

"A good thing is a good thing, where does the money come from?" Hu Shijie said in a muffled voice.

As soon as money is mentioned, everyone here is silent. Even if there is water and the land is planted, it will be a matter of next year to exchange some money. It is obviously not one or two years to build a water tower to bring water to the house. He can be passed away.

Cang Hai laughed and said, "Let's do this. I'll build the water tower. At that time, there will be a pipe at the door of each house. Whoever wants to connect it can buy the materials to connect it."

Hearing Cang Hai's words, the group of people became thoughtful.

Hu Shijie didn't say a word. After a while, he seemed to get angry. He threw the cigarette butt in his hand, and stomped it hard with his foot twice: "This money can't be paid by Haiwa alone. I paid for the coffin book!"

After finishing speaking, he said to Cang Hai: "Don't think that you, Grandpa Hu, are incompetent. You have only saved about [-] yuan in your life. I will give you all the money. Let's build a water tower every day without going out to use it." Tap water!"

Hearing that Hu Shijie even took out the coffin book, the masters of all families also became ruthless. After a while, they paid more than 3 to less than 4 yuan.

Cang Hai has money, but this is not the time to take it all in. Now that he has a plan in mind and is ready to lead everyone to get rich, Cang Hai is confident that he will be able to bring his villagers back several times in two to three years.

"Success, then I will start today and go to the county to buy materials. Let's hurry up sooner rather than later. The sooner we start work, the sooner we will use it!" Cang Hai said.

Now that it's settled down, the men in the northwest are also the ones who agree with each other, and Cang Hai will start immediately. For the bricks, tiles, cement and steel bars that are needed, Hu Shijie will naturally take Wei Wenkui to arrange them.

Not much to say, a group of people began to split up. Cang Hai, Hu Shijie, and Wei Wenkui went to the county town, those who went to the village went to the village, and the rest of the villagers stayed to entertain the kiln workers who came today. Women are naturally in charge of logistics.

Cang Hai couldn't ride a motorcycle anymore, so he used the flatbed cart of Li Erye's family, put on an ugly donkey, and went out of the village with Uncle Hu's and Uncle Wei's mule carts.

Seeing that Cang Hai was about to leave, Ping An immediately wanted to follow, but was stared at by his grandfather and stayed honestly at the entrance of the village.

Grandpa and his three carts lined up along the winding loess road all the way to the village.

After walking halfway, everyone stopped to rest their feet.

Hu Shijie drank a few sips of water, came to Cang Hai's cart, looked at the ugly donkey, and said with surprise: "I didn't realize that this ugly donkey still has two brushes. After walking such a long way, how could it be Not even a whit of white gas was sprayed."

Wei Wenkui also nodded, and reached out to touch the donkey a few times: "There's not even a trace of sweat!"

Coming down such a long mountain road, going uphill and downhill, the two mules were a little out of breath, but the ugly donkey didn't mean to be tired at all.

"Maybe it's because the donkey is ugly and strong."

Cang Hai didn't know what to say about his ugly donkey. After thinking about it, he thought it might have been raised in the space for a few months, and the grass he ate made the donkey grow stronger.

But Cang Hai couldn't be sure, because Ying Ying hadn't told him about it, so maybe this ugly donkey was originally strong, and it looked so ugly. Unfair for some.

The two walked around the ugly donkey for a while, ate something, fed the animals with the fodder in the cart, and continued on their way.

When we arrived in the town, it was already past one o'clock in the afternoon. With the arrival of the three people, the news of the old well in the village suddenly spread to the original residents of the village. Everyone was very happy, but the happiness was happy. He said he wanted to move back to the village, because the traffic there was really inconvenient. Not only was the traffic inconvenient, but there was nothing else, not even a TV signal.How can people who are used to living in the town be willing to go back.

(End of this chapter)