Escape from the desert

Chapter 58 Wild Grapes

Not only Lin Dong and Lin Xi have this idea, but most people in the village have this idea. In the past, the water in the wells had to be saved and eaten, and everyone could not take the burden of watering the fields. Now that the water resources are free, every household is lined up with buckets. team.

Because only three bamboo rafts have been repaired, the villagers all work together for a day. During the day, the village needs to drink water, so they all start the round after the afternoon, and they will arrive at their house tomorrow. The two brothers also planned to work all night tomorrow night.

She followed the two to her own farmland. When they split up, the family divided four acres of land, two acres of dry land, and three acres of wasteland that the brothers also cultivated, all of which were planted with soybeans.

"Several plots of our family are not far from each other, and they are all on the periphery of the mountain. Tomorrow night, boss, you can cut a few bamboos, and divert the water from the bamboo rafts to divert the water to this side. In this way, the two of you will be saved. It takes time and effort to fetch water from the village.”

The well in the village is not far from home, but it is a bit far from the fields. Instead of fetching water back and forth, it is better to make a simple bamboo raft to bring the water in.

"I know mother! I know what to do!"

Lin Dong's eyes lit up, and he had already thought about it in his mind immediately. Mother is so smart, why didn't he think of it?

If water was diverted in this way, they would not have to carry the water one by one.

The three of them watched the crops for a while in the field, and a few people came not far away. They didn't notice the three of them. The big guys were discussing about Jiang Yan's business making a lot of money. When they were excited and excited, He was also discussing how to go to Jiang Yan to teach him how to do business. As he talked, he blamed Jiang Yan for eating alone. There was a way to make money and he didn't care about the people in the village. Obviously everyone belonged to the same village...

"Obviously it's the way my mother came up with hard work, and it's also our family's hard work to set up a stall on the street. How to get into their mouths, it becomes our selfishness."

The two big boys were full of melancholy, and they felt very uncomfortable facing the gossip and even the abuse in the village.

Jiang Yan patted the two of them, with a smile on her face: "What do you think about it, we just have to live our own lives, this is the way of the world, some people say that you have a bad life, and you have a good life. People say, why should you care about other people's thoughts and eyes?"

"Mother, we know."

The two are not young, and they know these truths, but they will inevitably pay attention when they hear it.

"Know what's the use, just do it! If you take what others say to your heart, then you are the one who suffers, and you are not slandering pants. Others will poop and pee in their pockets, or just listen to them. If you don't see it, either go back directly, don't act like a coward!"

"I know mother! If someone says mother again in the future, I will scold them back!"

The two of them didn't want to be cowards, they quickly nodded their heads to assure, and no longer cautiously peeked at those few people. They followed the mother's appearance and walked forward generously. The conflicting mood was also slowly growing at this time.

"Xiaojiang! Dongzi, Xiaoxi!"

As soon as they reached the intersection, a crisp and heroic voice suddenly came, and a figure suddenly squeezed out behind them, waving enthusiastically towards the mother and son. The person who came was Zhang Yanzi, followed by her husband Lin Yousheng. With this shout, those who were caring for the chat noticed Jiang Yan, and their faces froze.

"Swallow, live."

A smile appeared on Jiang Yan's face, and when the two slowly approached, she continued, "Are you two going up the mountain?"

"Yes, when the bamboo rafts were set up on the mountain, the village also made a way. I thought that there were many people coming and going, and the big insects in the mountains did not dare to come. I was just looking for wild vegetables and wild mushrooms. Fortunately, you found the water source, otherwise the village will not be able to this year. I know how many people have to starve to death, maybe everyone is now fleeing from their homes."

Zhang Yanzi deliberately said the last few words, her voice raised in a high, sarcastic voice, so that the women behind her could hear it clearly. They discovered the source of water and told the village, and the whole village benefited. Why do you have to say anything about making money for a living? It's all a bunch of shameless old people!
"It's all luck. Since you're also going up the mountain, let's go together. I just want to ask you for help."

Jiang Yan said with a smile, she was liking this swallow more and more, but she really didn't care about these people in the village, and she couldn't do anything to her, they loved it, as long as they didn't get on Just provoke her at home.

"What do you have to say directly, Gouzi's father and I have nothing to do these days, the bamboo rafts in the village are almost done, and Gouzi's father is also idle..."

"That's right, I'll follow you up the mountain today, just say what you want us to do."

A few people walked up the mountain while talking. The winding bamboo rafts were built directly from the periphery of the mountain to the inside of the mountain. In the past, the lush weeds and prosperous thorns were shoveled out of a clean path. At a glance, it reached the deep mountain, but it was a different scenery.

Jiang Yan took a closer look at the bamboo rafts and found that the ancients were indeed very wise. Because there were five wells in the village, they had five large bamboos lined up directly. The bamboos were all cut off by one-third, and the bamboo knots in the middle were opened up and connected side by side. Down, at the foot of the mountain, it began to branch to the five wells in the village.

The whole body of the bamboo is black, and it seems that it has been specially roasted. No wonder it took so many days to make three water channels.

In the past few days, many people have gathered in the village, and the wild vegetables and wild mushrooms around this road have also been cleaned up. The three chose another road to the mountain and walked deeper into the mountain.

Lin Yousheng leaned on crutches and followed behind him limpingly. Seeing that he was sweating profusely, Jiang Yan wanted to tell them to stop several times, but the two still followed into the deep mountains.

Because I wanted to find more wild peppers today, I walked a long way. It was a brand new place, a valley. Looking around, there were red and green wild fruits everywhere, some of which even Jiang Yan could not recognize.

"There are quite a lot of fruit trees here, and I have never been here before."

Lin Yousheng looked surprised. He often hunted in the mountains when he was a child, and he also traveled to many places. This was the first time he had come to this valley, and he did not expect that there would be so many fruit trees.

"I recognize this one, it's a wild grape, it's about to ripen."

Zhang Yanzi was overjoyed, and hurriedly picked a few of them into her mouth. The sweet and sour flavors made her wholehearted. She picked a few in a row, and her mouth watered.

Jiang Yan looked at these lush wild grapes, which were much smaller than the planted ones. The wild grapes tasted sour and not so sweet. She had an idea in her mind and immediately asked a few people to pick these grapes back.

"Let's stay here, Swallow, you are alive, you can help me pick these grapes back, the eldest and the third, you two go to pick more green leaves, and I will look for wild peppers or wild dogwoods."

"Xiaojiang, it's not good to pick too many grapes. This thing will not be stored for a long time, just pick a few and taste it. If you take it back, it will be rotten."

"It's okay, I have other uses, you can pick it up with confidence."

When the two heard the words, they had to work hard to pick grapes. Anyway, they promised to help Jiang Yan, so what she wanted to do, they would just do it.

(End of this chapter)