The Pretty Eldest Daughter of a Scholar's Family

Chapter 275 Digging a Lake and Building an Embankment
Liu Donglin stared at Su Yunduo speechlessly for a long while before asking how Su Yunduo planned to dig the pond.

"I want to dig a lake here." Su Yunduo casually drew a circle on the beach of his own house.

"Lake?!" Liu Donglin was shocked again, this girl's heart is really big!
"Yeah, when I bought this river beach, I never thought of growing vegetables, food and medicinal materials, but I wanted to dig out an artificial lake, grow lotus roots, and raise fish and shrimp.

Most of the excavated soil was taken to the back mountain to build terraced fields, and a part was left for the construction of the dam.

I want to build the dam higher, so that even if there is a heavy rain, it will not affect the lotus root, fish and shrimp raised in the lake. "Su Yunduo briefly stated his plan.

Although Liu Donglin was very tempted by Su Yunduo's words, he was not confused by the bright future Su Yunduo described. Thinking about how much money it would cost to dig this lake according to Su Yunduo's plan, Liu Donglin felt unrealistic. Young loves to dream!

Su Yunduo had planned for a long time, money would naturally be spent, but the most spent was only wages.

Of course, if the project is large, more labor will be required, and the time will be longer, so the total wages will naturally not be a small amount.

The money in her hand was indeed lost by her, but after the old doctor learned of her plan, he insisted on taking a share. Now the money in Su Yunduo's hand is no less than before buying the land, and even more It is not difficult to support the Kaihu project with dozens of taels.

Of course, she didn't think about doing it in one step. Her plan is to dig a lake with a depth of about one meter first, and then when digging lotus root to catch fish every year, she can dig one or two feet deeper and come down to the lake in a few years. The depth comes out.

But the embankment of this artificial lake cannot be sloppy, it has to be tamped firmly at one time.

This is just like building a high-rise by laying the foundation. The foundation needs to be solid, but the high-rise can be built slowly layer by layer.

"Then how do you plan to build this dam, and how high is the dam?" Liu Donglin is naturally a smart person who can be the village chief, and seeing that Su Yunduo knew it well, he stopped talking and just hit the point.

Su Yunduo had never studied architecture, and she only had a rough idea in her mind. She squatted on the river beach with a dead branch in her hand and drew a diagram of a slanted embankment, and said with some uncertainty: "I don't know if this will work. Please ask a knowledgeable person to have a look to decide, I personally think that the embankment should be at least two to three feet higher than the current river embankment."

Liu Donglin thinks that the shape of Su Yunduo's embankment is desirable, but if only the embankment of Su's section of the river is raised, it may not be appropriate in a year when heavy rains cause disasters.

Su Yunduo looked around with Liu Donglin's gaze, and felt a little uneasy in his heart.

The river beach she bought belongs to the upper reaches of Geshan Village. Although it occupies more than half of the river beach in Geshan Village, if only the embankment of her own house is raised, it will definitely bring disasters to Geshan Village in the year of heavy rain. certain damage.

Thinking about it this way, it would be better to raise the embankment of Geshan Village from the side of the mountain, so that Geshan Village would not be afraid of heavy rains.

Although the Linxi River is not a big river, Geshan Village has also suffered from floods. I heard from the old people that if the embankment can be raised two feet from the mountain, the flood from the Linxi River will not be able to enter Geshan Village.

Su Yunduo visually inspected the remaining section of the river, and found that it would take about half a mile to build a dam, which was beyond the budget she could afford, and it was a bit of a headache.

Liu Donglin, who hadn't spoken for a long time, suddenly made a suggestion: "Girl, do you think this will work? The village will take out the money that your family bought this river beach. When your family builds a dam, by the way, the section of our village will be The dikes and dams will be strengthened together.”

This is a good suggestion, but when it was announced to the public, it could not be according to what Liu Donglin said.

The two discussed for a long time about building the dam and asking someone to dig the artificial lake. Finally, Liu Donglin left the river beach contentedly and went to the village elders for a meeting to discuss.

"I called a meeting with you today, and I want to discuss something with you." Liu Donglin said while taking out shredded tobacco from the pipe and stuffing it into the bong.

The village elders who were gossiping with each other stopped gossiping and focused their eyes on Liu Donglin.

Liu Donglin continued: "It's like this. Didn't the Su family buy a river bank from the village? The Su family plans to dig a lake there to grow lotus roots to raise fish and shrimp. To rebuild the dam, I wanted to take advantage of the opportunity of the Su family digging the lake to build an embankment, and to strengthen and improve the entire section of the embankment belonging to the village to prevent heavy rain disasters."

"It's a good thing to strengthen and raise the embankment, so why discuss it?" Liu Chunsheng was the first to agree after Liu Donglin finished talking about his plan to reinforce and raise the river embankment, and several other village elders also agreed.

Over the past year or so, due to the unexpected rise of the Su family and the old doctor's settlement in Geshan Village, the capital of Geshan Village has been unprecedentedly rich, and the lives of the villagers have also been greatly improved. In addition, the village school has gradually begun to make a profit. , Liu Donglin's prestige in the village is growing day by day, as long as he proposes something that is beneficial to the interests of the villagers, he can pass it at one time, and this time is no exception.

After all, this matter is related to the interests of the whole village, and the money spent is relatively large. It is not enough for the village elders to pass. On the day the village elders passed, the bell in the Liu clan rang again.

Liu Donglin convened a village meeting, explained the cause and effect of the dam to the villagers, and said that the project in the village was based on the Sujia lake digging and dam project, and the village only spent the funds for the reinforcement and improvement of the half-mile-long dam except for the Sujia section.

There is no labor in the village, and the villagers still get paid for their work. Strengthening and raising the dam can save the villagers from floods. Because the large amount of work requires a lot of short-term labor, the villagers in the village can also bring their relatives and friends to Liu Donglin. Signing up, such a good thing, who would object, naturally all said yes.

Of course, Liu Donglin especially emphasized a discipline, that is, the relatives and friends brought by the individual must be willing to endure hardships and not be lazy. If the person who brings the person is cheating and lazy and does not work hard, whoever is responsible for the continuous sitting, ranging from deducting wages, to cleaning up together retreat.

This time, because the project is large and requires a lot of part-time workers, the Su family clearly stated that no food is included, and the daily salary is 35 Wen per day.

As soon as the news came out, all the folks in the village were very excited. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

Whose family doesn't have brothers and sisters, they have long been envious of them working in front of the house and earning such high wages, now that they have such an opportunity, they will crowd around Liu Donglin and report the names of relatives and friends first.

They know that Su Yunduo is the one who distinguishes rewards and punishments the most. If the people they bring in do a good job and catch Su Yunduo's eyes, they will have a good face, and they will also have face in front of their relatives and friends. Maybe I can come back to work part-time again.

As for food, it’s really not a big problem for the folks in Geshan Village today. Relatives and friends set up a company at their own house, so they won’t come to eat empty-handed, even if the family is really difficult. Wouldn't it solve the problem to come up with a three-to-five penny? !
(End of this chapter)