Druid's Country Retirement

Chapter 11 Poverty
Had dinner.

Li Hongbing and San Pao sat under the old oak tree, admiring the afterglow of the setting sun.

The well-fed wolf and dog cubs went to the vegetable garden together to look for earthworms and shell insects that had been dug out of the ground, and to learn hunting skills.

The silly baby took the initiative to clean up the dining table, wash the pots and dishes, and work after running.

Sanpao burped, looked at the busy silly boy, and praised, "He is a hardworking person, but his appetite is a bit big, and his appearance is a bit fierce, otherwise people often find him to cut in."

A thick smell of eggs and bacon that has been fermented by gastric acid spewed out from Sanpao's mouth, and Li Hongbing, who was so smoked, wanted to shoot this product away.

You have the face to say that the idiot eats a lot, and you don't have a clue, so a big bowl of bacon was eaten by the dog!

Seeing that Li Hongbing didn't answer, San Pao wiped off the grease on his big mouth, and asked gossip.

"Brother Hongbing, you really plan to live in Caogou Village forever."

"Hmm! Don't think about them!" Of course, Li Hongbing understood why Sanpao would ask about this, it was nothing more than waiting for him to return to the county town, and wanted to get the pups back home.

At this time.

Erhuang, the most active of the little guys, held an earthworm long in chopsticks in his mouth, and put it in front of Li Hongbing to ask for credit, his little tail swayed happily from side to side like a wiper.

Li Hongbing picked up the earthworm and threw it out casually.

When the wolf dogs saw the earthworms flying away, they thought their master was playing with them, and ran towards the direction where the earthworms landed.

The three-bubble eyes seemed to grow on them, and Li Hongbing didn't feel embarrassed when he found Xiaosi, instead he shouted as if he had been wronged.

"Look at what you said, I'm not looking at everything at home, I'm afraid of wronging them. By the way, I'll go back to the town tomorrow morning. There is a big market in the town. If you want to buy something, I'll bring it for you."

Go to the market!

Immediately, Li Hongbing’s eyes lit up. He hadn’t heard of this name for a long time. When he was a child, he often went to the market with his grandfather.

Li Hongbing has not been to Daji for more than 20 years, and he must go tomorrow.

And, tomorrow is Saturday, before Mingzhu left, I made an appointment with my ex-wife to make a video call with my daughter every Saturday.

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"San Pao, I have a question for you."

"Brother, tell me something."

Li Hongbing took out a cigarette and took out a cigarette and handed it out, "Is there a way to connect the village to the Internet? I can't get a signal when I call home."

The location of Caogou Village is really remote. It is more than 40 miles away from Qilipu, the nearest village, and more than 100 miles away from Songbai Town, the nearest village. The distance mentioned here is the straight-line distance, but the actual distance is even more than this figure.

You can only use light bulbs for electricity, not to mention large household appliances, but if you turn on an extra light, it will trip, let alone such a luxury as Internet access. Caogou Village seems to have been forgotten by civilization.

The poor communication of information caused Caogou Village to lose contact with the outside world, causing a large number of villagers to leave their hometowns with their families and go to work in unfamiliar places.

Who can make money and support their family, who would leave the homeland where they were born and supported.

Therefore, Li Hongbing wanted to change this situation, first connecting Caogou Village with the outside world.

Sanpao was overjoyed at first, then his face fell down, he took the cigarette and lit it, "To be honest, Caogou Village is not within the scope of the network communication plan, unless it raises its own funds, otherwise it will be useless. There is also the problem of electricity consumption, even if it is given to the village Install the base station, even this voltage can’t move it!”

It is understandable that it is not within the scope of network planning. After all, a village with only more than 30 households has no value in network and electricity.

Li Hongbing didn't give up, "How much money do I need to install the base station and power it on?"

"Brother, are you serious?" Sanpao put away his giggling expression, thought for a while, and stretched out his right hand, "The base station is easy to say, if you pull a wire from Qilipu, at least this amount."

50 million!
This is not a small number. After the divorce, the car and savings were all given to the ex-wife, and the house was left to the daughter.

In my head, I bought out the pension insurance at one time, and now I have less than 10 in my pocket.

never mind!

Take it easy for a while.

Li Hongbing changed the subject and chatted with Sanpao every sentence, while the silly boy sat aside in a daze.

Until the branches of the moon.

San Pao gets up to say goodbye, he is temporarily staying at Dakui's house, and he is afraid of affecting the old man's rest if he goes back late.

Seeing that San Pao was about to leave, Sha Wa followed suit.

"Where are you going?" Li Hongbing grabbed Shawa's arm.

"Grandfather, the silly boy is going home, the work is done, there is no more work." The silly boy pointed at the vegetable garden in a naive manner.

"Go back and sleep in the pigsty! Don't leave, stay with me from now on, if you have a stutter, you won't be hungry." Li Hongbing had a straight face, and the frightened fool shrank his neck and dared not make a sound.

I just learned from San Pao's mouth that the silly baby's house has collapsed long ago, and the child has been living in the livestock pen.

A livestock pen is no place for people to live.

After hearing what Li Hongbing said, Sanpao knew that Li Hongbing wanted to take in the idiot, so he gave a thumbs up silently in his heart, "Brother, I'll pick you up tomorrow morning."

Send away three bubbles.

Li Hongbing took out the quilt from the cabinet, spread it on the bed in the side room, and saw the silly boy standing at the door, looking like a child who made a mistake, and said deliberately.

"I boiled a pot of hot water in the kitchen and went to take a shower, don't dirty the quilt!"

"Oh!"

Shawa's eyes shone with joy, and she ran to the well to fetch a bucket of cold well water, and poured it from head to toe without waiting for Li Hongbing to stop her.

Bunny!
The well water can be close to zero.

Li Hongbing shouted, "There is hot water, be careful of catching a cold."

Whoops!

Another bucket of well water was poured over the head, and the idiot showed a simple and honest smile, "Grandpa, idiot is not cold, but the well water is warm when it snows."

Seeing the well water slipping from Shawa's lumpy body, Li Hongbing shook his head.

Young people don't know how expensive their bodies are, but old people look at the sky and weep.

The next morning, the sky was bright.

The vast white mist floated on the meadow, like a thin veil, vaguely covering the beautiful face.

The chug of a motorcycle broke the tranquility of the meadow. The iron frames on both sides of the car seat were full of loads, tied tightly with oilcloth, and it stopped in front of the old house and yelled.

"Brother, get ready to go!"

Crunch!

The courtyard door opened slowly. Li Hongbing was wearing a faded camouflage uniform, gray cloth pants, a pair of yellow rubber shoes on his feet, and only a straw hat on his head.

Sanpao looked him up and down, and said with a chuckle, "Brother, you look like a villager in this outfit."

"Stop talking nonsense, let's go!"

Li Hongbing rolled his eyes, turned around and said to the silly boy and the wolf dogs, "You stay at home well, and I will buy you delicious food when you come back."

After finishing speaking, he stepped onto the motorcycle and patted Sanpao on the shoulder.

Chu Chu Chu!
The exhaust pipe of the motorcycle gave out a breath-stopping roar, and it galloped along the mountain road.

Looking at the direction where Li Hongbing disappeared, Shawa closed the courtyard door, looked around blankly, and finally picked up the shovel and continued to tidy up the front yard. Although drinking porridge in the morning did not fill his stomach, the rules of eating and working cannot be changed.

Woohoo!

Seeing that the owner didn't bring them, the four wolf dogs were lost for a while, and then started fighting with each other again.

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(End of this chapter)