Free Days in Siheyuan

Chapter 1230 The decisive battle until dawn

"Ah, Grandpa, Grandpa! I didn't know it was you. I just said it casually. I didn't mean anything else." The young man explained loudly while jumping to avoid the old man's crutches.

"Besides, you are my grandpa, not my father." The young man curled his lips and couldn't help but teasing.

The old man paused in waving his cane, and the next time he attacked, he was no longer feinting like before. The cane in his hand landed solidly on the young man's butt.

"I let you be disrespectful, I let you talk nonsense."

The young man was beaten so hard that he screamed, "Master, Master, I won't dare to do it again."

"Hmph!" Seeing that he honestly admitted his mistake, the old man glanced at him, said nothing more, and silently retracted his crutches.

After putting away his cane, the old man took two more steps forward, muttering, "Why are you making a fuss here so late at night instead of going to sleep? You're not going to work tomorrow morning, are you?"

Looking at the crutch in his hand, the people around him all took a step back and consciously made way for him.

The old man was not surprised at all. He walked slowly in along the path made by the crowd. As he walked, he looked at the familiar young man and said a few words: "Why don't you go back to bed quickly? If you delay work tomorrow, I will..."

Before he could finish his words, the old man saw a big guy that kept spraying water out.

He couldn't help swallowing: "This... is this a thing?"

When he came to his senses, the old man's first reaction was heartache. He couldn't help but hit his grandson on the butt with his crutch as he squeezed in behind him.

"What are you still standing there for? Why don't you go get a bucket to collect the water? Isn't it a waste to just let the water flow like this?"

At this moment, everyone suddenly realized what was going on and ran home to get buckets.

Before Zhang Yu could stop them, he saw that in just a moment, the crowd of people watching the excitement scattered in all directions.

He was stunned for a moment, then listened to the noisy sounds of people getting pots and buckets from various households, and quickly turned off the tractor.

Seeing that the water pump was not pumping water out, the old man became anxious: "Why, why is the water not pumping out?"

He ran back home, and everyone who came out with basins and buckets was also stunned.

"Is it broken?" someone asked anxiously.

Zhang Yu hurriedly explained, and then cranked the tractor again.

Seeing the water gushing out again with the rumble of the tractor, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

The old man was relieved to see that the big guy was not broken and could still bleed water out.

Turning around, he felt sorry for the water that was sprayed on the ground, and hurriedly urged, "Quickly get a basin, quick get a bucket!"

Zhang Yu smiled and shook his head, then stopped the tractor again!

Then he took out the water hose that had been prepared long ago and asked the team leader to help open the hose and pull it to the field closest to the team headquarters.

After pulling the water bag, he installed the water hose to the water outlet of the water pump.

When everything was done, he cranked the tractor again.

As the tractor started, a shocking scene appeared.

I saw the water flowing through the water hose and gushing directly into the field.

Everyone was delighted to see that in just a short while, nearly half of the fields had been watered.

In order to watch the watering of the fields, a group of people lit torches regardless of the darkness, and a few people held flashlights and just stood there watching the water moisten the originally dry land bit by bit.

Zhang Yu wanted to stop the tractor and continue watering tomorrow, but the team leader stopped him.

The captain patted Zhang Yu's shoulder excitedly, his voice choking: "Well done, well done!"

After a while, he turned slightly and quietly wiped away his tears.

Then he acted as if nothing had happened, straightened his back, and discussed with Zhang Yu with a smile: "Can we keep the water pump running for a while longer and turn it off after we finish watering this piece of land?"

Zhang Yu looked up at the sky and hesitated: "It's... it's so dark, can you see it? How about watering it tomorrow?"

There was no moon tonight, and few people in the village had flashlights, so the light from the torches was not very visible… Before the captain could speak, someone excitedly interrupted, “You can see it, you can see it!”

"Yes, yes, yes, I can see it, I can see it!"

"It's okay, we can see it!"

"..."

"..."

“We are not afraid of the dark!”

Amidst the excitement of the crowd, someone suddenly shouted this.

Suddenly, everyone in the audience was silent for a moment, and then they laughed and answered: "Yes, yes, we are not afraid of the dark!"

As long as it can irrigate the soil and preserve food, what’s wrong with it being a little darker?
They are not afraid of hardship or fatigue, but they are afraid of being hungry.

As long as I'm not hungry, anything is fine.

Zhang Yu was also affected by the atmosphere in front of him. He waved his hand and said loudly: "Okay, when there is no diesel, when will we shut it down?"

As soon as these words were spoken, cheers rang out.

"Okay!" The old man couldn't help but waved his cane vigorously.

Watching the old man's powerful movements, the grandson standing next to him stepped back again and again.

This time, the captain's wife was not stingy and asked her son to take out the flashlight from home and give it to the person who was watching the water.

The team leader also took out the diesel that he had applied for with great difficulty and poured it into the tractor's fuel tank without any regret.

After watering the first piece of land, the water hose was not long enough, so another bundle of water bags was connected and continued watering.

The other bundle of water hoses had also reached its end, so we just dug the ridge of the field.

Dig up the ridges between two adjacent pieces of land and let water flow through the dug gullies to nourish the next piece of land.

Everyone was full of energy and excitement, and it didn't look like they had been carrying water all day.

There was not much diesel to begin with, and as the last piece of land near the brigade headquarters was watered, the diesel was all used up.

It was already dawn, and the people, who had been busy all night, did not feel sleepy at all.

Looking at the crops that were growing strong again, everyone cheered in unison.

"The crops are alive, the crops are saved!"

"I won't starve to death, I won't starve to death!"

"Great, great!"

I don’t know who started it, but everyone’s eyes fell on Zhang Yu again.

After hearing countless compliments and receiving countless thanks, Zhang Yu's face had become stiff from smiling.

He finally squeezed out of the crowd and rubbed his stiff face. He didn't dare to stay any longer for fear of being surrounded again, so he ran home without stopping.

Behind him, everyone couldn't help but burst out laughing when they saw her like this.

"Haha, hahaha!"

Hearing the laughter, Zhang Yu ran faster.

When Zhang Yu's back completely disappeared from everyone's sight, the team leader stepped forward and said, "Alright, alright! Stop making trouble. It's almost dawn. Everyone is tired after working all night. Go back and have a rest. I'll give you half a day off. Come back to work in the afternoon."

After saying that, the captain went home yawning.

He is old and can't hold on any longer.