slack farmer in the wasteland

Chapter 34 The Way of Harmony
Hu Shijie sighed: "This food is so good these days, why can't we save a little?"

Hu Shijie was a bit reluctant to part with the money, not because he wanted to abuse the workers, but in his opinion, except for one meal in the morning, two meat dishes at noon and night every day was a bit too much, not to mention the conditions in the village, even in a big city I am afraid that there are not many companies on the construction site that support workers like this. After this month, the food expenses alone are almost [-]% to [-]% of the wages of these workers, and the cost is too high.

Cang Hai didn't take it seriously, and said to Grandpa Hu: "We expect people to work hard, so we can't appear stingy. Otherwise, if the water tower was built carelessly, we won't be the ones who suffer in the end?"

Hu Shijie was speechless after hearing this.

Li Licheng Zhang said: "The progress of the water tower is not very good. It has been a few days and they only repaired a few legs. From my point of view, it is difficult to complete the project on time!"

Cang Hai goes to see the progress of the water tower every day, and understands that now is the time to put in the most effort. They are all cast-in-place foundations and load-bearing columns. If this thing is done well, it will be easy to fill the wall with bricks live.

"Don't worry, I took a look at their craftsmanship, and they are all top-notch, and it will be soon after the frame is built," Cang Hai said.

As soon as these words came out, everyone fell silent, because Cang Hai was a professional in this matter, and Cang Hai had a big head, so everyone kept their mouths shut.

"Why don't you buy a pump?" Li Liren said suddenly.

Hu Shijie looked at Li Liren and asked, "Buy a pump? It doesn't cost a lot to buy, but it takes a lot of electricity to run it. The electricity here is more than two yuan per hour!"

Hearing that Hu Shijie had settled such an account, Li Liren fell silent.

Electricity in the countryside is expensive, more than two yuan per kWh.In fact, there is no way to do this. The power supply bureau has connected the electricity all the way here. Not to mention other things, it is just the electric poles that come down this way, plus the money for the wires. I don’t know how much it costs. It is estimated that these costs may not be collected in 100 years.

Electricity in every village is a benefit given by the government. It is a convenience project that costs a lot of money. It is really economical. In a village like Siping Village, you may not even see a single electric hair, let alone find it. A dedicated wire.

For this, Cang Hai is well aware, not only Cang Hai's folks also know that they have enjoyed the benefits of the policy.Although complaining about the high electricity bills, no one has the conscience to say that the government is not honest in this matter.

"Why do you use electricity? Can't you use a diesel engine? Buy a smaller one, and it won't cost you much for a day," Cang Hai said.

Cang Hai has been on the construction site, and he has seen a lot of these various drainage machines on the construction site. In inconvenient places, diesel engines are used to drain the accumulated water in the foundation.

Zhangkou reported a model number, and saw that everyone was in a daze, so Cang Hai took the broken notebook in Li Lida's hand, took a pen and wrote a series of numbers on it, and also marked the approximate number on the back. s price.

When everyone heard what Cang Hai said, they all focused their attention on Hu Shijie again. Hu Shijie thought about it for a while, and said ruthlessly: "This is the account of the public, let's buy one!"

The water pump is very necessary for the folks. Not to mention the effort of manpower to lift the cans up, but the efficiency is not good. In the past, everyone had time to carry them by hand, but now every family is better. Acres of land, relying on such efficiency would be exhausting.

The folks pick, but they also know that money cannot be saved and it is not easy to save where they should not pick.

After thinking for a while, Cang Hai said, "Forget it, leave this matter to me tomorrow, and I'll go buy a pump!"

Cang Hai thought that no matter what, he had to buy an easy-to-use one that lasted a long time. It would be fun if he asked Li Lida to buy a brand-name product worth a few hundred and one thousand dollars when he was in a hurry to use it. .It just so happened that Cang Hai still had to go to the countryside. After these days passed, he didn't know what Wen Yidao, a big, stupid American, had done.

"Alright! You, Mr. Li, don't know much about this, so you young people have to do it." Hu Shijie didn't have any opinion after hearing this.

After a pause, Hu Shijie opened his mouth and asked again: "His third master, how much does the villager owe Hai Wazi now?"

Li Lida did some calculations and said, "It's only [-]."

Hearing this number, everyone was taken aback.

"So much?" Li Liren opened his mouth and asked everyone's thoughts.

"The materials are all money, and I even scraped off the food for the workers who dug the kiln in Haiwazi." Li Lida opened the small book and began to explain page by page.

As soon as he got up, Qian Ximei's voice came from the door: "Master, all uncles have eaten."

Li Lida glanced at everyone and yelled towards the door: "Go and bring in the food for the big guys, we are discussing things here."

"Ok!"

Qian Ximei's footsteps quickly changed from heavy to light and disappeared to the door.

Li Lida continued to report the accounts, each page was very detailed, and Cang Hai was a little surprised when the details reached, he didn't expect that everyone had cleared up the accounts.

"Haiwazi, is there any problem with this account?" Hu Shijie asked Cang Hai after listening to Li Lida's report.

"Grandpa Hu, I said that the food expenses don't need to be counted. I made the idea. Otherwise, you can cut off half of it," Cang Hai said.

Hu Shijie waved his hand: "One yard is worth one yard, and we old guys still want to take advantage of your juniors? That's it, the money owed by the public will be repaid slowly by the public, but you have to wait for a few days." It will take a year to settle the account."

Cang Hai smiled wryly after hearing this: "I'm not short of money. Everyone watched me grow up. I grew up early. Although everyone is poor, I have been taken care of by everyone. Now I have a little money. Let me repay it. What's the matter with everyone?"

For the folks, Cang Hai is grateful. The young man lost his father and lived alone. Except for the third uncle's family, other families really extended their hands. You have to remember and keep it in mind, this person can't live without a heartless heart, and he has to know how to be grateful!
"Hello, it's your father who has a spirit in the sky, and you're doing your best!" Hu Shijie said.

Although the village is poor, life is a face to the villagers. The old people know that the simple public life is clean and honest, and one yard is equal to one yard. Only by sorting out the affairs of each family can the neighbors be harmonious. Once the interests are not clear, there will be resentment in the end, and life in this village will be noisy.

At this moment, Qian Ximei and Liu Aifen's sister-in-law came in carrying a small bamboo basket. There were a few porcelain bowls in it, and a few steamed buns with large white noodles on the side of the basket. This was today's dinner.

The two big meat dishes for dinner today are big meatballs. There are two meatballs the size of a little baby’s fist. In addition, there are each big duck leg. The small pot inside is filled with seaweed egg drop soup.

Seeing that the meal was coming, everyone stretched out their hands and brought the vegetable bowls in front of their own homes, and just placed them on the ground, holding buns in one hand and chopsticks in the other while eating while continuing the meeting.

After talking about the water pump, the next step is to hire people to cultivate in detail. Each family reported how many fields each family had, and then counted the number.

There is no such thing as a big pot of rice. Some people need less manpower, so naturally they will pay less, and if they need more manpower, they will pay more. Of course, Canghai has the most. The seven or eight acres of barren land left by Canghai Laozi The kid on the slope hasn't even moved yet.

Hearing the address reported by Canghai, everyone looked at Canghai one after another.

Li Licheng said: "Your child is not diligent. Don't you have a walking tractor at home? You still have a tractor. No matter what, your child has to dig out these fields. Don't say hello at this time, go What kind of tree did you plant!"

From the perspective of the farmers, Canghai is completely putting the cart before the horse by picking sesame seeds and throwing watermelons. Even if the tree can’t be planted this year, it will be good if it can be planted next year. After one year, the rations for one year will be lost, and there will be no water now, and the farmers in the village will have to go out to buy food, which is too prodigal.

But Cang Hai is still ready to be this prodigal. After living in the magic city for ten years, Cang Hai's belly is not used to three meals of pasta a day. The folks who don't eat noodles for one meal seem to be full. Yes, Cang Hai is really thinking about rice now.

It is possible to grow rice, but Cang Hai doesn’t have the time to do it right now. If he wants to grow rice, it will take a year or two. Besides, Cang Hai’s task this year is to enclose his land from Fenghuanggou to Jiazituo Get up, even if the grass is full of grass, you can herd sheep. How much money can you save by planting a few acres of rice?

Cang Hai understood the economic account in his heart.

The meeting lasted until around eight o'clock in the evening, and the heads of each household had no problem with the village accounts, so the village director, Hu Shijie, announced the adjournment of the meeting.

After leaving Hu Shijie's kiln, Cang Hai went to his new kiln to see the progress of the new kiln.

Now the general appearance of the three new kilns has come out. The appearance refers to the position of the kiln mouth. It does not mean that all the kilns have been dug out. Now, almost all the kilns have been dug out, but this one is still full of potholes. Retouching, the depth is still more than one meter short, so tomorrow the work of digging the kiln will be over.

The condition of the kiln is quite good, and a large platform of two to three hundred square meters in front of the kiln entrance has almost been completed. Cang Hai used his steps to measure and calculated the location of his bathroom.

After thinking about it for a while, I felt that it was a bit bad for the bathroom to be so protruding, so I thought about whether to drill a small hole next to it, the depth should not be too much, just three or four meters, and then I would put a toilet and a shower It seems more appropriate than building a toilet at the door.

When I told the master about my idea, he immediately responded. Anyway, making money by making kilns, there is no reason not to make money.And he promised Cang Hai that after the kiln entrance was cleaned up tomorrow, he would first dig out the small kiln in the bathroom.

(End of this chapter)