slack farmer in the wasteland

Chapter 32 The Bottle Tree

Afterwards, Canghai’s affairs were not much, and the building materials were slowly brought in. The bricks were piled up outside, the steel bars and so on were piled up outside, and the cement was placed in an empty cave. Anyway, this thing is not afraid of pressure. Just find a cave dwelling and place it at will.

The building materials have arrived, but there is no sign of the construction workers, so Cang Hai has to go to the town every now and then, because there is only a signal there. Cang Hai keeps in touch with Liu Li. After about a week, Liu Li arranges After finding the manpower, Canghai took a minibus to the city to pick him up.

When he arrived at the high-speed railway station, Cang Hai held up a sign with a few large characters written on it: Wu Bing, the capital of magic.

"Mr. Cang?"

Hearing someone calling him, Cang Hai turned his head and found a middle-aged man standing in front of him, seeing the man's face clearly, Cang Hai couldn't help but said happily: "It's you?"

The person in front of him was none other than the middle-aged man who rescued people with him in Pujiang that night.

The man was also surprised when he saw Cang Hai: "We are really destined, I didn't expect you to be Mr. Cang."

"Brother, since we are so destined, don't call me Mr. Cang, just call me Xiao Cang, and I will call you Angkor!" Cang Hai said.

"Middle!" Wu Bing is also a straightforward man, otherwise he wouldn't jump into the water to save people in winter.

After meeting Cang Hai, Wu Bing immediately introduced to Cang Hai the manpower he had brought. He said that the ten people he had brought were all first-class hands, so Cang Hai shook hands one by one, and then took Everyone got in the car, and when they arrived in the county, they set up a table, invited everyone to eat, and then pulled them back to the village.

"Angkor, I have to wrong you next time. There is no road in the village, only donkey carts," Cang Hai said.

Cang Haiding's cart had already arrived, and this time the ugly donkey came to pull people, and ten people with some tools could squeeze all the people out.

People like Wu Bing are all dawdling on the construction site, and have never experienced any kind of hardship, let alone in a donkey cart. When the construction conditions were difficult, they walked dozens of miles on their two legs.

Just like that, Cang Hai drove a donkey cart and led a group of people back to the village.

When he arrived in the village, Cang Hai talked with Wu Bing and these people about the construction. Cang Hai, who was born in construction, drew very detailed blueprints. I also eat this bowl of rice. There is no problem with the construction drawing, and there is no problem with the communication, so I discussed the official start of construction tomorrow.

After arranging these people to sleep, Cang Hai found Hu Shijie to discuss the next steps.

Arriving at the door of Hu Shijie's cave, Cang Hai found that several houses were there, so he pushed the door and walked in.

"Xiao Hai, spending money like water these days, what will happen if it continues like this!"

As soon as he saw Cang Hai coming in, Li Liren opened his mouth and said.

Cang Hai smiled and said: "Everything is almost ready, the rest is construction, and most of it is spent!"

Hearing what Cang Hai said, everyone felt relieved a little, but when they thought of Cang Hai's tossing, everyone raised their hearts again.

Cang Hai sat down and smoked a circle: "Now I want to discuss with you. There are too many people in this village, including the masters who build kilns and the masters who build water towers. It is full of No. 15 people. This way It’s not okay to eat, I think it’s better, Grandpa Li, you used to be a cook, and now you are also responsible for this matter. These days, the whole village builds a fire together, and I will take the blame.”

Now that there is well water in the village, several families are thinking of replanting the wasteland that was left behind. If you miss this season, nothing will be planted on the land, so it is impossible for everyone to focus on the water tower in the village for the next thing. Originally, there were not many people, so of course we had to work in the field first.

Farmers, if they leave the land, are they still called farmers?

Hearing what Cang Hai said, everyone was moved, because if the fire is not fired at home, at least the mother-in-law at home will have more time to work in the field. After all, it is a labor, isn't it?

"I think Haiwazi's idea is good. We can take care of the land in the second brother's house. The second brother just concentrates on cooking for everyone," Li Lida said.

Hu Shijie nodded after hearing this: "That's right, but I'm afraid that Liren will be too busy."

"If you're too busy, you can hire people. If you hire one or two small workers, it won't cost much for a month or two," Cang Hai said.

Li Liren thought about it for a while: "It's not about one or two small workers. It's not as easy as you think to cook three meals a day for nearly 30 people."

Li Liren took a puff of his cigarette and said in a buzzing voice.

For Cang Hai, the problems that money can solve now are not big problems, so he opened his mouth and said: "Follow your own ideas. Also, our food here should not be too shabby. It’s hard work, and it’s not enough if there is no oil in the stomach. Every meal has to have one or two meat dishes, and it has to be affordable, like big meat, big steaks, etc. I’ll do the shopping. , Grandpa Li Er, please make a list, anyway, the weather is not too hot now, let's go to the village to buy it in three or two days."

"Okay!" Li Liren agreed after hearing Cang Hai say so.

The matter was settled, so on the third day, when several helpers arrived, the villagers ate a big pot of rice together. Cang Hai would not lose others, let alone himself, both vegetables and meat are fine They were carefully selected, and Li Liren's craftsmanship was also good, so this big pot of rice was praised by everyone.

The food is full of oil and water, and everyone, whether it is the master who digs the kiln or the worker who builds the tower, works very hard.

The weather is getting warmer and warmer, and the loess that had been frozen has begun to loosen. It is the season of planting. The villagers are busy with spring planting. The women not only have to help the men at home with the farming, but also have to open small vegetable fields in front of their homes. , Sprinkle the seeds to grow some home-cooked vegetables.

Canghai has also built a vegetable field, which is just below the slope of his new kiln. The rural land can be used without any approval, so the vegetable field opened by walking tractors in Canghai is not small, almost It looks like an acre and a half, planted with green vegetables, cabbage, garlic, green peppers and so on, and let it go.

Canghai decided to plant trees, and brought back the first batch of dozens of bottle tree saplings.

"Is this the bottle tree you mentioned?" Hu Shijie was very curious, he had never seen such a strange tree before, so he waited for Cang Hai's donkey cart to return to the village, and then started to look at it.

In the old man's opinion, the tree grows too strangely. The whole body is thick and thick, and there are not many leaves on the head. It is almost as ugly as a donkey pulling a cart.

"Haiwazi, is this the kind of tree you mentioned that can store water?" Li Liren moved to the side of the donkey cart while wiping his hands.

Seeing Cang Hai nodded, Li Liren opened his mouth again and said, "Haiwazi, don't be fooled by your second grandpa who doesn't read much. This tree doesn't look like it can absorb water, and it's so light that it doesn't have much weight. Where is it?" Like a tree."

"That tree is not a bottle tree but balsa wood, of course it is light, but this is a bottle tree that is slightly heavier." Cang Huo pointed at the real bottle tree.

"Qingmu, what's the use of this thing?" Hu Shijie asked.

Cang Hai replied: "It grows fast, it can grow five or six meters in a year, and insects and ants don't eat it. I think this thing is reliable if I want to maintain water and soil."

Hearing that Cang Hai said it was reliable, Hu Shijie and Li Liren didn't feel that these two kinds of trees were reliable. Anyway, now everyone in the village knew that this guy who had graduated from college could make trouble.

Not to mention anything else, let's just say that it costs a lot of money just to feel comfortable shitting every day, so that the villagers will scold him as a prodigal in their hearts.

"When will it be planted?" Hu Shijie asked.

Cang Hai said: "I'll plant it in the afternoon!"

"At this time, we can't help with planting, there are too many things in the field." Hu Shijie was a little regretful when he heard it.

Even if they think what Cang Hai is doing is unreliable, everyone still wants to lend a hand to help, not to mention anything else, just to dig out the well water is worth everyone's help.

"No, no, you guys are busy with your work, I can do it myself here," Cang Hai said quickly.

Li Liren said: "I think we have to ask someone to help me with the field. It's good to pay money and change jobs. Every family has opened a lot of land this year. With us old people, we can't do it after the season." It must be planted."

Li Liren saw everyone's progress, and felt that the land was a bit precarious.

Cang Hai understood why, suddenly there was water, these people hoped to replant all the land that had been abandoned before, their land could not be planted by one or two people, it used to be a family of seven or eight There were two people who planted it, but now it has been replaced by two people. It is only because the old man can plant it in time for the sowing season that it will be a ghost.

Although he knew it, Cang Hai couldn't say anything. For Chinese farmers, land is everything, and if they don't cultivate land, they are asking for disgust.

Hu Shijie said: "My eldest and second child will bring my wife over to help in two or three days. It takes about two or three days. It's just that Wen Kui's work is a bit difficult, and the children have all gone out to work. It's just him alone. Not good."

Li Liren said: "It's not just Wen Kui's side!"

Having said that, he glanced at Cang Hai: "You have to grow some crops too, or else you won't be buying grain every day for the next year?"

Cang Hai laughed and said: "If you decide to find someone, then you can plant a few acres of land before I grew up. I really don't have time. I rented such a large area and I need to get some yield quickly." , It’s not a problem to keep posting money and not collecting the bill.”

"You kid shouldn't be renting such a big land at once!" Hu Shijie gave Cang Hai a glare.

"You will be envious of me in a few years, maybe you will have to rent a big piece yourself," Cang Hai said with a smile.

Hu Shijie said: "There will be no such day! Who will blame you, a prodigal son."

After hearing this, Li Liren said: "Brother, don't talk too much about hiring people now."

"Then hire them. Anyway, most of the machines in the town are used. We can't use machines here and can only take care of people." Hu Shijie thought for a while and decided to hire people.

With Hu Shijie nodding his head, the matter was half done.

(End of this chapter)