My village can't be like this

Chapter 443 Meeting Li Weiguo again

After getting the water hyacinth, Zhang An also got some copper money grass.

However, although this copper money grass is more beautiful than water hyacinth, it is not so prone to flooding when it grows.

But if you want to grow it, it must be grown in soil. It cannot be grown in water like water hyacinth.

So Zhang An just grabbed a handful and planned to go back and try to do it.

Back home, Zhang An began to decorate his fish pond.

There was a rockery in the fish pond in the backyard, so Zhang An placed the water hyacinth against the rocks on the rockery.

In this way, when the sun is at its strongest at noon, the fish in the pond can swim under the water hyacinth to block the sun.

As for the lonely handful of copper money grass, Zhang An cut off the high orange bottle he bought a few days ago.

Then use a torch to burn it red and burn out rows of holes in the bottom of the bottle.

After filling some silt in the fish pond, plant these copper money grass in it and place it in the center of the rockery.

Zhang An did not place a rockery in the Tai Chi fish pond in the front yard because he did not want to destroy the shape of the Yin and Yang Tai Chi diagram in the center of the pond.

Therefore, the water hyacinth is not placed in the middle of the pond, but is placed in a circle close to the edge of the pond.

In this way, the Tai Chi pattern in the pond will not be blocked. When the water hyacinth grows, it will also be easier to trim their leaves and feed the fish.

There is a saying that after adding green plants, the pond will indeed look better than before.

It turns out that there are only a group of black and white yin and yang fish in the Tai Chi fish pond, which makes people feel that there is not much life.

But now Zhang An puts the water hyacinth in. The green leaves are paired with the swimming black and white figures, and a vibrant atmosphere emerges spontaneously.

However, with the fish swimming in the pond and the natural wind blowing, Zhang An discovered that the water hyacinth he had just put in would still drift slowly with the microwaves on the water surface.

It doesn't look like it has any intention of being fixed at all. Over time, it will definitely end up in the middle of the pool.

Zhang An thought for a while and felt that he had to find a way to fix them, otherwise they would definitely fall apart in the future.

I was thinking about what to use when I suddenly saw my father in the yard using a knife to cut open the bamboo he chopped down a few days ago, preparing to cut it into strips and make two new bamboo baskets.

Suddenly, Zhang An thought of something to use to fix these water hyacinths.

"Dad, when you draw bamboo strips later, draw more. I will use them to weave a bamboo circle to frame the pond."

That's right, Zhang An is going to use these bamboo strips to weave a bamboo circle that is smaller than the inner circle of the fish pond.

After Zhang An puts the bamboo circle in, a complete circle will be formed in the pool, and the water hyacinth will be fixed inside.

In this way, no matter how fast these water hyacinths grow in the future, they can only stay in this circle and cannot spread outward.

"Then you can use it first. I'm not in a hurry to make a dustpan."

As soon as Zhang Jianguo heard that Zhang An wanted the strips to be useful, he handed over the ones he had just drawn.

He only used the dustpan to pick things when he was busy in farming. Now that he has almost done all the work at home, he is not too anxious to use it.

So there is no difference between a few days earlier and a few days later.

As for bamboo, there is no shortage of it in Changqing Village. It is everywhere in the Purple Bamboo Forest. As long as you work hard, you can cut down as many as you want.

Zhang An also knows bamboo knitting skills, but he can't compare with the old men in the village.

Even if he was compared with his father Zhang Jianguo, he wouldn't be able to do it because he couldn't weave patterns.

But just making a simple big bamboo circle does not require such proficient skills.

You don’t even need to make it too round, just pay attention to the size and it will be a circle.

So Zhang An took out a tape measure, measured the circumference of the inner wall of the pool, and then grabbed the strips and started working directly.

Soon, the first circle was knitted. Zhang An stopped and put it in the pool to compare. The size was quite suitable.

"Zhang An, you just put some water hyacinth in there. Why don't you go to such trouble? Just throw it in there."

Chen Ze originally thought that he would simply put a few water hyacinths inside, but after looking here for a long time, he found that it was not that simple at all.

"Mr. Chen, you don't want to dig out the water pipe of your pool every day, do you?"

According to Chen Ze's idea, when the water hyacinth grows up, it will probably go into the water outlet pipe, and it will not be easy to remove it then.

"Okay, pretend I didn't say that."

He really didn't expect that the water hyacinth would be washed out by the water, especially on rainy days.

In the end, it took more than 20 minutes to weave a bamboo circle about three to four centimeters wide.

Although it is uneven in some places and has gaps of varying sizes, it really doesn’t look good.

But Zhang An didn't care at all. This thing was meant to be put into the water, so it didn't matter whether it looked good or not.

After all, it is not like the bamboo basket gathering at home, where others often see it.

After the bamboo circle was placed, the water hyacinth inside was also fixed, so that even if the wind blew again, it would not float to the middle of the pool.

So Zhang An made up another one and burrowed the water hyacinth from the fish pond in the backyard together with the rockery rocks.

"Zhang An, have you done it? If so, go and help me decorate it a little bit."

Chen Ze watched Zhang An do it for a long time. His brain had learned it, but his hands told him that he was not good yet.

He didn't intend to take action at first, but now he didn't want to do it anymore. Anyway, he could just leave it to Zhang An without doing anything.

"Okay, catch the fish and I'll go with you."

We just went to the river and Chen Ze put all the fish back into the pond, so now we have to catch them fresh.

After catching the fish, Zhang An hugged the remaining strips on the ground.

The pond in Chen Ze's yard is also round, and it will definitely be used later.

A load of water hyacinth picked up from the river covered two ponds, but not much was left.

Fortunately, Chen Ze's pool is not very big, so the rest may not be used up.

Arriving at the intersection of Dongli Xiaoyuan, Zhang An met an acquaintance, Li Weiguo, the youngest son of Li Mingwu.

This person must have come to visit his parents. He just came out of the house. There were two people Zhang An had never seen before. He didn't know whether they were relatives of their family.

"Zhang An is here, long time no see."

Seeing Zhang An from a distance, Li Weiguo waved and greeted Zhang An.

"Brother Li, are you here to see Uncle Li and the others? When did you come here?"

Although it had been a few months, Zhang An did not feel that it had been too long.

After all, there are no Jiazi in the mountains, and the year is unknown even in the cold weather. Now that the weather has just started to get hot, he really doesn't feel that time flies by so fast.

"I just came here this morning. I have a lot of free time at this time, so I came over to see my parents."

Ever since the last time Li Mingwu had a stroke and fainted outside, their family had all taken it seriously. You must know that the tree wants to be quiet but the wind does not stop, and the child wants to be nourished but cannot be loved.

Their family is not too short of money, so they don't want to regret it when they reach this point one day.

So during this period of time, basically every week, among the three brothers and sisters, someone would take turns coming to see Li Mingwu.

Among them, the one who comes the most is his little sister Li Shuqing. Because she lives in the county town, she comes here basically every week.

"By the way, where are you going? I was planning to go to your place to ask for some tea."

Li Weiguo originally planned to go to Zhang An's house, but now that he saw Zhang An holding a bamboo strip in one hand and a water hyacinth in the other, with his trousers rolled up, he thought Zhang An was going out to do some business.

"This is my friend Chen Ze, the resident who moved in behind you. He is going to raise some fish in the yard. I will come with him to tidy up the fish pond."

When Zhang An smiled and answered Li Weiguo, he also introduced Chen Ze behind him.

After some pleasantries, Li Weiguo also introduced the people behind them to Zhang An and Chen Ze.

One is his friend named Feng Shen, and the other is his business partner named Xu Cheng.

Feng Shen and Xu Cheng both gave Zhang An a good impression, and they didn't look down on him because of his muddy appearance.

You must know that Zhang An has space in his body and is very sensitive to changes in emotions. Even if they are well hidden, he will still feel them.

On the contrary, the two people chatted happily with him, and seemed to regret meeting him so late.

"Hey, your fish is pretty good-looking, but why does it look like a carp? But I've never seen a carp like this before."

At this time, Li Weiguo and the others also saw the fish in Chen Ze's basin and said in surprise.

"Hahaha, this was originally a carp, but it became like this due to mutation, so I raised it as an ornamental fish."

Zhang An didn't know whether these roe and grandchildren would mutate, but their parents must have mutated.

"Now that we've met, we won't be in a hurry to go to your house and go there with you to have a look. Brother Chen doesn't mind."

The few people who originally wanted to go to Zhang An's house were no longer in a hurry, and were ready to wait for Zhang An to finish their work before going back together.

"How could it be? There are so many customers coming to the door, it's too late to welcome them."

Chen Ze smiled heartily and said, speaking of it, the two families are not far apart and can be considered neighbors.

When they arrived at Chen Ze's house, several people greeted him politely when they saw him.

Mr. Chen was also very happy. After all, it was rare for so many people to come to this house, so it was quite lively.

"Hey, you are willing to let this fish out. I thought it would be locked up for a while longer."

Seeing the fish in Chen Ze's basin, the old man couldn't put it down.

He had already had the idea of ​​​​these fish, but Zhang An was always afraid that he would not be able to feed them, so he did not release them.

"They grow so fast that they can no longer be put in the pond. The tank can no longer accommodate them."

Afterwards, Chen Ze and the old man started cleaning the fish pond, and Zhang An started weaving bamboo circles.

The pond in Chen Ze's house is not big, and the grandfather and grandson cleaned it in just a few seconds.

When the water was released, Zhang An happened to fix the bamboo ring in the pool.

When the water is full, start spreading water hyacinth inside.

After doing this, the old man couldn't wait to put the little fish into the pond.

The little fishes were helpless and moved three times in one day.

"Grandpa Chen, these water hyacinths will grow very fast in the future. If they exceed the bamboo circle, you can clean them out and feed them to the chickens and ducks."

It's definitely not up to Chen Ze to do this, so I have to tell the old man.

Just a few days ago, he caught some chickens and ducks from Zhang An's house and raised them in the yard.

There are not many water hyacinths in this fish pond. When they grow and spread out, they can be cleared out bit by bit to serve as food for chickens and ducks.

"That's a good relationship. From now on, the chickens and ducks will have something new to eat."

The old man was also happy, because every day he had to carry a basket to the fields to cut grass and come back to feed the chickens and ducks.

Looking at the small fish in the fish pond, the old man quickly grabbed the fish food brought by Zhang An and started feeding them, as if he had found a companion, smiling happily.

"This fish is an ornamental fish. I don't know where I bought it. I also want to get a few for my parents to raise."

When Li Weiguo saw the old man like this, his eyes suddenly shone, and he wanted to raise a pond in his yard.

Although his old man is not as old as Chen Ze's grandfather, he still likes to raise small fish to kill time.

"This fish is raised by my family. If Brother Li likes it, just go over and catch it."

Li Mingwu's family and Zhang An are now considered acquaintances, and the Li Weiguo brothers are sponsors who are willing to spend money to buy wine. It's just a few fish, and Zhang An won't be reluctant to part with it.

"Then I'll dig a fish pond in the yard in the past two days, and then I'll ask you for it. By the way, Brother Chen, did you build this pond yourself, or did you hire someone else to repair it?"

When he came over and saw this small fish pond in Chen Ze's house, he already planned to build one at home.

But like Chen Ze, he was a city dweller. When he was doing these jobs, he immediately asked Chen Ze about it.

If they pay someone to do it, it's not a problem at all to them. Things that can be solved with money are not a problem.

"Hahaha, I'm not Zhang An, so how can I do this? I asked Uncle Zhang to come over and help dig this pond. That means he has this kind of skill, and others don't look so good."

Chen Ze, who built this pool, was very satisfied, so he passed Zhang An's second uncle to Li Weiguo, with the idea that the wealth would not go to outsiders.

Anyone can earn this money, so he would rather earn it for Uncle Zhang An.

"Okay, then I'll go find Uncle Zhang later."

Li Weiguo was not unfamiliar with Zhang An's second uncle at all, because he had long known that Zhang An's second uncle led people to build these yards.

No matter what he considered, he was ready to find Uncle Zhang An for help.

"Hearing what you said, I suddenly wanted to take a few back and keep them at home, but it's a pity that it's too far from the provincial capital."

Xu Cheng on the side also said, I have seen red carps before, but this is the first time I have seen this black and white carp, and I suddenly had the idea of ​​​​wanting to see it for a few days.

But no one could bear it on the road, let alone a few fish. It is estimated that they would all die of lack of oxygen when they got home.

"If Brother Xu really wants it, I have an idea. I have a friend in the provincial capital who often comes to my place to pull fish. His truck is specially used to pull live fish, so he can definitely deliver it to the provincial capital."

You can’t buy a small oxygenator now, and normal people certainly can’t carry fish that far.

But Lu Jun can do it. His fish truck has an oxygen machine.

"Brother Zhang An, let's exchange numbers later. When your friend comes over, please notify me."

When Xu Cheng heard that there was such a good thing, he immediately agreed.

(End of this chapter)