Great changes in the countryside

Chapter 33
Easier said than done.

Sand washing is hard work.To separate the mud from the sand, it is necessary to continuously pour water and stir continuously, and then remove the muddy water.

Throughout the morning, I was so tired that I made a total of two to three hundred catties of sand.

These two to three hundred catties are not yet finished sand, and after being transported back, they have to be cleaned several times.

It is estimated that the finished sand left in the end is about one or two hundred catties.

The current price of river sand is only 15 to [-] yuan per ton.

One or two hundred catties of finished sand is worth a dozen dollars, but it only costs one or two yuan.

However, compared with doing farm work, it is still a good deal.

Working in the production team, one is working hard, getting up early and working late at night, which is seventy cents.

Now working on sand, I can earn one or two yuan in just one morning, and the average of the three people is seventy cents each.

Chen Yang told Tong Erzi and his second brother the accounts, and their confidence returned.

"Think about it again. We still have afternoons and evenings, and we can still produce hundreds of catties of sand. Calculated in this way, we can earn five or six yuan a day."

Tong Erzi said, "Brother Yang, listen to you, let's continue."

Chen Yang said, "Eat lunch first, and then work when you are full."

Tong Erzi blushed, "This, this..."

Tong Erzi's family is poor, so he didn't bring any lunch when he came out today.

Chen Yang had already prepared. In the morning, he brought six steamed buns made of sweet potato flour, two for each of the three people.

Tong Erzi is sorry.

The second younger brother stuffed two wotou into Tong Erzi's hand, "Brother Erzi, you can eat it."

Chen Yang also waved his hand, "Everyone eat quickly, and continue working after eating."

The three of them ate the cornbread, and when they were thirsty, they used their hands as spoons to drink water from the river.

Rural people are like this. They rarely drink boiled water, and usually drink wherever they go.

Eat and drink enough to continue digging sand.

Chen Yang had the strength to work, and he dug two more compartments of sediment throughout the afternoon.

Tong Erzi and the second younger brother also worked hard to wash the silt in the two cabins into sand.

When it was almost dark, the front cabin and the rear cabin had been filled with sand, weighing at least six hundred catties.

Before it was over, Chen Yang dug the sand again, filled the middle cabin, and then let Tong Erzi go home by rowing the boat.

Grandpa was already waiting on the shore with a lantern in his hand.

Chen Yang asked Tong Erzi and his second brother to eat first, and stayed with his grandfather.

Grandpa got on the boat and looked at the washed sand.

"It's so sandy, so sandy."

"Grandpa, you mean, we can sell this sand for a good price?"

"Of course, this sand is the best sand in the county. What's the name... By the way, it's golden sand."

"Golden sand?"

"Yes, people in the city use this golden sand for interior decoration. It is difficult to buy in the market."

"So we're rich."

"Get rich? Hmph, at least two or three times of washing is required before the sand can become a real finished product."

Chen Yang snorted, "How do I wash it next?"

Grandpa pointed to the river beach and said, "It's right here. Take the big tanks of our family here and put them away, and wash them one by one."

Chen Yang nodded, "Okay, I'll bring those tanks over."

Grandpa said, "Wash the sand here, and I will do it."

"Grandpa, this will tire you."

"Is this a little work, it's not tiring for me."

Of course, Chen Yang would not let his grandfather work alone, he called his eldest sister to help him.

Tong Erzi came to have a look, ran home, and called his grandfather Tong Laojiu and eldest sister Tong Yuxian to help.

Two old men and two girls spent half the night washing all the sand out of the boat.

Including the sand in the middle cabin, a total of seven to eight hundred catties of finished sand was obtained.

Grandpa is thoughtful. In order to prevent anyone from stealing the sand, he and Tong Laojiu guarded the river beach together.

(End of this chapter)