After traveling to ancient times, I became a superb shrew

Chapter 262 Digging a Canal

"The soil on the mountain is relatively hard, and it is also mixed with sand and gravel. It will definitely not work for a quarter of an hour. Then we will count it as two hours..."

Yang Pei had already done the calculation countless times at night, and he had done the calculation with everyone. With Gu Er's demonstration first, and Yang Pei's reasonable and evidence-based words behind him, most people in the village have been persuaded.

At this time, Li Zheng walked up and said: "This is a major event for everyone in our Gujia Village. Therefore, each household must send two or three young and strong laborers over the age of 16 to participate in digging ditches. Everyone, go back and prepare and bring farm tools. After half an hour, we will set off up the mountain together."

There are still a small number of people who are skeptical.

"Lizheng, what if there isn't so much water on the mountain?"

"Lizheng, what if half of the water stops flowing, my fields are far away, and the water can't flow?"

"Lizheng is so far down the mountain, water seeps all the way, what should I do if the water runs out before reaching the field?"

"Shut up!" Li Zheng looked at everyone coldly, "You don't have to contribute if you don't want to, but when the water from the mountain comes down, don't even want to drink your rice! Anyone else who has any opinions can quit now! I don't care if someone with a foreign surname quits, but if it's from the Gu family, whoever quits, then I will open the ancestral hall and remove the name!"

Lizheng seldom got angry, but at this moment, after speaking harshly, no one dared to say anything, and everyone went back to get the farm tools honestly.

There are more than 1000 middle-aged laborers in Gujia Village, and there are six to seven hundred people in two or three families. A mighty group of people carry shovels, hoes and other tools up the mountain.

The construction started at a location three feet away from the water source. The route has been planned long ago. First, 100 people are assigned to cut down trees and level the ground. If there are big trees, they will be cut down. If there are big stones, they will find a way to move them away, and clean up the planned road. clean.

More than [-] people were divided into two groups and took turns digging the ditches. Each of them worked together to take charge of one foot, and slowly moved down the mountain.

Rotate once an hour, so that those involved in digging the ditches will not be tired and paralyzed.

The rest of the people were led by Yang Pei himself, and repaired the dug canal with cement and concrete with the cement bought from Guqing Mall, so that no water would be wasted.

The women and women in the village and the rest of the young adults who did not come are responsible for the normal operation of the commercial street.

Yang Pei was also among the working crowd, and the women passed by Yang Pei stopped and stopped to talk and laugh.

"Yang Tianguan is worthy of being a county matriarch. When you first married in Gu's Village, I thought that Yang Tianguan would achieve great things in the future. Sure enough, uncle's vision is so vicious!"

Yang Pei: "..."

This is the first time I met someone who turned a corner and praised himself!He used to think that Gu Qing was a bit thick-skinned, but he never thought that this is actually a common feature of the people of the Gu family village!
"Does Yang Tian's family still have younger siblings who are waiting to be married?"

Yang Pei was well aware of his family's situation, so he quickly waved his hands and said, "...they are still young."

"It doesn't matter if you are young. My daughter is not very old and she is so handsome. I will bring her over tomorrow to give you and the princess a palm first."

"Your girl is not good, she's too lazy, my girl is diligent, Yang Tianguan, you know my girl too, her name is Luhua, I'll ask her to come here now..."

Yang Pei was taken aback by the woman's enthusiasm. Why didn't he realize that his younger siblings were so popular before?
He prevaricated and said: "My natal family is poor, and I want a lot of gifts, and the two younger siblings are only eleven or twelve years old, so I really don't think about it. Thank you, uncles and aunts..."

When he said this, the dazzled aunts and uncles finally remembered that no matter how smart and promising Yang Pei was, even with the support of the Princess Gu Qing, he couldn't do it.

When the Yang family beat Yang Pei half to death and threw them at the door, they could see clearly that in order to ask for the gift money, they really beat their own children to death as enemies. For such in-laws, forget it .

A few people carried buckets up the mountain to fetch water and cement. After walking a few steps, they suddenly saw a few people sneaking in the woods ahead.

"The few over there seem to be people from Zhangjia Village!"

"Why are the people from Zhangjia Village here? What are they trying to do? Do they want to rob our Gujia Village of water!"

"Whoever runs fast, go back and notify Lizheng!"

At the foot of the mountain, Li was talking with Gu Qing under the acacia tree that was specially used for meetings in the village.

On the sandy soil on the ground, a zigzag road was drawn, which was a schematic diagram of the ditch, and the map was marked everywhere.

Gu Qing took a branch and drew a line on the top: "Make a living here. After the rice field has enough water, fill it with mud to block the ditch. When necessary, dig out this piece of mud..."

Li Zheng nodded frequently: "I just don't know how many years this ditch will last after it's dug."

Gu Qing tried hard to recall the experience of her previous life, and said slowly: "After a thick layer of concrete is applied, it will not be a problem to use it for decades..."

Li Zheng asked curiously, "Master, how do you know so much?"

Gu Qing coughed dryly: "Didn't you like to drink before? Drinking friends talk about everything from all over the world. They also talk about farming. If you listen a lot, you will naturally get used to it."

The original owner's love of drinking is well known, so Li Zheng naturally wouldn't doubt it.

While the two were talking, Gu Cao quickly ran over and gasped, "Lizheng, it's not good, people from Zhangjia Village are here!"

Li Zheng frowned, and then sneered: "This mountain belongs to Gujia Village, and the water on the mountain also belongs to us. Another thing, this mountain is closer to Gujia Village. We must gather six or seven hundred people to start construction. Zhangjia Village In the past few years, Lizheng has done a lot of things that people despise dogs, and the villagers will not willingly go to the mountains to dig ditches to work."

Having said that, Li Zheng still decided to take a trip up the mountain.

When Gu Qing came home, Nanny Liu had already made a lot of meat pies and put them on the table, and there was a pot of white rice porridge and some pickles beside her.

She and Xia Zhu went up the mountain with food, and after walking two-thirds of the way, they saw Yang Pei and Gu Er digging a hole with agricultural tools, sweating profusely from exhaustion but wiping away the sweat There was no time, and even Gu Qing didn't notice in the past.

Naturally, Gu Qing would not bother them, she sat on the side and waited for a while, and then the shift was changed, Yang Pei and Gu Er were replaced to rest.

"Princess, why are you here!" Yang Pei wiped his sweat, "The sun is out now, why is it so hot!"

Gu Qing glanced at the sky and asked: "Will you continue to work tonight, or go back to rest..."

As soon as Gu Qing finished asking, a few 40-year-old men beside him said loudly:

"Of course keep digging!"

"Lizheng told Yang Tianguan for two and a half days, then we will work overnight, and we will dig to the foot of the mountain by tomorrow night at the latest!"

"The rice in the field can't wait, hurry up if you can, don't be lazy!"

(End of this chapter)