My village can't be like this

Chapter 474 Cleaning up the river beach

In the past July, after everyone finished fertilizing the crops, they began to enter the off-farm time to recuperate.

Although there is still a small amount of work in the fields, it is not that hard.

But this year is different. After the flood, replanting has brought everyone into the busy farming season again.

It wasn't until the garbage in the fields was cleaned up and the corn replanted in the fields sprouted again that everyone felt relieved.

This year everyone knows that there is no hope in the fields, so they have given up the idea of ​​continuing to invest energy in them.

Everyone's focus is on the corn in the fields, and they are more attentive to weeding and fertilizing than before.

All the fertilizer that was originally intended for rice was spent on them.

Another surprising thing is that after being washed away by the flood, the land became much more fertile than before.

Because everyone has discovered that the corn that is replanted grows very fast.

Not long after they were planted, they were almost as long as they were before the flood.

Looking at them growing vigorously, I think this year's corn harvest should be okay.

This can be regarded as giving everyone some psychological comfort, and it is good to be able to save a little bit.

Soon, mid-July came to an end. During this period, it was sunny and cloudless. Before that, everyone had been worried whether the last heavy rain would hit again.

But the weather has been very stable for so many days, which made everyone feel anxious.

"Notice, notice, please send a worker from each villager's home to gather at the village committee at eight o'clock tomorrow morning to prepare for the cleanup of the river beach, so please bring your own tools."

In the evening, the sun had just set on the top of the mountain, and Zhang Jianwen's familiar voice sounded again from the loudspeaker in the village.

Since the last heavy rainstorm, when everyone went to work in the mountains and saw that the weather was not good, they immediately packed up and went home, and they did not come back from the mountains until very late as before.

Because the last heavy rain and thunder left a shadow on everyone's heart, and Chen Laoliu and his wife were still in the hospital and had not returned, this made everyone have some memories.

After all, no one can say which will come first, tomorrow or the accident.

So now it's around six o'clock, and almost all the people who went to work in the fields have returned, and those who haven't arrived home are mostly on their way.

This is a very good time to inform everyone in the village about something, and everyone will definitely hear it.

As soon as Zhang An heard the announcement from the loudspeaker, he knew that the village elder was going to take action against the piled-up river beach.

When everyone was cleaning up their own farmland, Zhang An felt that the village would definitely not abandon the lotus pond's beach.

After all, after the weather cleared up, many people from the city came, and they all wanted to go to the river beach to play in the water to escape the heat like last year.

Moreover, the current river beach is one of the few places in the village where you can make money. As long as you are not a fool, you will never give up.

When everyone was cleaning up the farmland before, Zhang Jianwen wanted to organize everyone to clean up the river beach.

However, due to the secondary replanting in the fields, everyone was focused on the crops, so he did not summon everyone.

And although the river water had receded by that time, the entire lotus pond was still flooded.

Even if everyone has free time, there is no way to clean up the river beach.

This is why many people come all the way to the village and then go back very disappointed.

The next morning, Zhang An got up early because the village had to organize everyone to clean up the river today.

After Wang Fang had finished breakfast, Zhang An and Zhang Jianguo, father and son, both carried rakes and sickles and gathered in the village.

Although the announcement on the loudspeaker yesterday was that a family only needs to go to one labor force.

However, there is nothing going on in Zhang An's family right now, so it doesn't matter if there is one more person present in this kind of collective matter.

When they arrived at the entrance of the village committee, a small group of villagers had already arrived. Behind Zhang An and the others, the remaining people came one after another carrying various tools.

After waiting for a while, Zhang An looked at the time. It was only half past seven, but everyone was almost here.

It can be seen from here that everyone in the village is very enthusiastic about this kind of collective work.

Everyone is happy to take action, partly because the money earned from Lotus will be distributed to each family at the end of the year.

After all, there is no hope for the rice in the fields now. It would be great for everyone to have a little more income in the future.

Therefore, after the water that was still submerged on the river beach in the past few days completely subsided, many people in the village asked Zhang Jianwen whether the lotus pond in the village would be built this year.

Because during the Chinese New Year last year, when the village divided the money, every family got a lot.

This was the reason why Zhang Jianwen withheld part of it to build the village, otherwise there would have been more. So when this matter was mentioned, many people in the village were very active, just like working for their own family.

Another point is that the village now has a strong sense of human touch and a strong sense of unity, and because this generation has experienced the era of big pot rice, everyone is very willing to work for the collective.

Unlike later generations, when it came to asking everyone to do voluntary work for the village, no one was willing to do so. Some people even made random excuses saying that they had something to do and couldn't help.

And Zhang An saw that many other families were like theirs, with more than one person coming.

Even in some households with relatively large populations, there are more than two or three workers.

Zhang Jianwen had already arrived before everyone else arrived, and had been sitting on the stone steps in front of the village committee waiting for everyone.

Although it seemed that the time had not yet come, he glanced a few times and found that everyone was here, including many families.

This is what he has been able to do as the village chief for decades. He is very familiar with every household in the village and every person in each household. He knows the attendance status of each household in the village without naming them. He only needs to look at them with his eyes.

"Okay, everyone, stop bragging. Some time ago, many people asked me whether we should build the lotus pond. Nonsense. So much money was invested in it last year. There is no reason not to do it. Now that everyone is here, , then we are ready to start work, and if we finish it early, we can make money early."

Zhang Jianwen typically stood up and stretched out his hands, as if he wanted to say a few words.

But he did only say a few words before leading everyone towards the lotus pond.

Zhang An walked in the middle, looked at the team in front, then looked back at the back, and found that there were quite a few people, at least more than a hundred people.

Although we have not yet entered the new millennium era, there are not many villages that can recruit so many people to do collective work for the village. The sunshine that just rose in the morning did not show favoritism to others at all, but the rain and dew evenly spread on everyone's face.

Seeing everyone's enthusiasm and enthusiasm, with smiles on their faces, Zhang An knew that the haze left by everyone due to the losses caused by the flood was now diluted a lot by the cleaning of the lotus pond.

When we arrived at the river beach, Zhang Jianwen didn't say anything. As before, everyone found people from their respective village groups to gather together, and the village group leaders led them to work.

This is a legacy left over from the old days of big pot cooking. Every time the village wanted to do something, everyone subconsciously took the village group as the unit.

Zhang An and his group were quite large in number. Not only their family came over, but Zhang Xing and Zhang Bin from the second uncle Zhang Jianjun’s family also came over. At the third uncle Zhang Jianye’s family, Zhang Tie, who had just entered the first grade of junior high school, also came as a laborer for the first time. Start helping.

This naughty little guy has grown a lot this year. Last year, he was only a little over 1.4 meters tall. This year, he is over 1.6 meters tall. He is already taller than his mother, and only a little behind his father.

However, he is still young now, only twelve or thirteen years old, and he can continue to develop in the coming time.

With the example of Zhang An, who is over 1.8 meters tall, everyone in the family thinks that Zhang Tie should be very tall in the future. Even if he is not as tall as Zhang An, he will not be too short.

Although Zhang Xing was bigger, he was only 1.6 meters tall. Zhang Tie came from behind and overtook him.

Some other families came with one, some with two. Basically, families with teenage children at home brought their children over, so Zhang An and his six groups had quite a few people.

In fact, Zhang An strongly agrees with bringing the children at home. On the one hand, it is because the children are on vacation now, and they are just having fun if they stay at home, and they may have to worry about it.

Another point is that teenagers are no longer young and you can start to train them.

For them, it doesn't matter whether they work more or less, but in this kind of collective situation, bringing them all here can feel the atmosphere of the work of their fathers and even their grandfathers.

In this way, not only can we provide them with practical education, but it can also help them understand that a village is a collective consciousness.

Although this is just a small thing, it is where the spirit of a village is passed down.

Many children in later generations do not have this awareness. Zhang An has personally seen it. No matter what happens in the village, many children just like to stay at home and have no idea of ​​going out to join in the fun.

This is not a good phenomenon. Over time, the human touch of a village will fade away.

Later, Zhang Jianwen called several village group leaders together and began to discuss. In fact, it was drawing lots to choose a place for his group that needed to be cleaned.

Not long after, Zhang Jianguo came back and took everyone to the upper reaches of the river beach. The place they arrived at was the upstream river mouth.

Zhang Tie and the other little guys were already hungry and thirsty, so when they arrived at the location, they picked up the sickle and started to do it.

The adults didn't stop them, so no one would worry about them cutting themselves with sickles.

Because they are all children from the countryside, at such an old age, who has not had a few years of experience in cutting pig grass, and has long been very skilled in using the sickle.

Besides, no one who has ever cut pig grass has not had a few scars left on his body by a sickle. Even Zhang An has several scars on his hands, so he is not afraid of being cut by a sickle at all.

The worst thing you can do is burn some cigarette ashes and put them on it, then chew some bitter wormwood to wrap it up, it will be done very quickly.

"Binzi, the second year of high school is over, and the third year of high school is about to begin. Do you have any confidence in yourself?"

Zhang An and Zhang Bin were next to each other and started chatting with him.

In the past few years, because Zhang Bin has been in school and has little time for holidays, Zhang An has not been able to get close to his cousin for a long time.

"Don't worry, brother, I have confidence in myself and I will definitely not let you down at home."

Zhang Bin is no longer the Zhang Bin he was two years ago. He is no longer silent and has become much more cheerful.

He knew what Zhang An meant by asking, which was whether he had confidence in the college entrance examination.

If it were him before, he wouldn't have dared to think about it. With poor grades, going to college would be nothing more than a dream.

But now, he has this confidence, because he has studied very seriously and hard in school in the past two years, and his academic performance has really improved a lot.

The boy who had been thinking about going to high school for a long time now has the confidence to compete with thousands of troops and horses to cross the single-plank bridge.

"Yeah, just have confidence. But in school, study when you should study and relax when you should relax. The next year is very important. Don't neglect your body because of study. That will be more than worth the gain. Our family The first college student after your sister-in-law depends on you."

Zhang An also nodded. Not only did Zhang Bin have confidence in himself, Zhang An also had confidence in him.

Zhang An has been in frequent contact with teacher Wu Zhonghai in the past two years, and is no stranger to Zhang Bin's situation.

In this final exam, Zhang Bin ranked more than ten times in the class.

Although this ranking is not high, for a class of sixty or seventy people, this is already good.

You must know that Zhang Bin entered by stepping on the score line before. Now that he can improve so much, you can imagine how hard he works.

Of course, this has something to do with Zhang An.

I was usually worried about the poor food at school, so I would pack up the Crispy Spicy Chicken and other snacks made at home for him to take to school. He would use them to serve with his meals. He also brought fruits from the space with him to improve his memory. Much better than before.

With improved memory, learning will naturally become much easier than before.

Although Zhang Bin's personality has become much more cheerful now, when he heard Zhang An say the word "college student", his face became a little flushed, and there were some longing looks in his eyes.

The adults next to him also looked hopeful at this time.

Although the brothers have separated, they are now closer than one family.

Let me ask you, who doesn’t want to produce a college student and a capable person?

You must know that today's college students are not the bad college students of later generations. The gold content of these three words is not low at all.

When Zhang An took the college entrance examination, everyone in his family was full of hope, but unfortunately, Zhang An did not have this fate.

Now Zhang Bin is going to be a senior in high school and will take the college entrance examination next year. Seeing his progress in the past two years, the hope in the hearts of everyone in the family has risen again.

After all, there are no college students in the village yet. If Zhang Bin passes the exam, he will really be the first golden phoenix produced by Changqing.

(End of this chapter)