My village can't be like this

Chapter 563 The boat attracting attention

Zhang Jianwen rushed all the way from the village to the river and found that there was indeed a boat as everyone said, and it was slowly driving towards the shore.

"Did you brats get this boat?"

Seeing Zhang An and Huang Ming on the boat, and a group of young people from the village waiting eagerly on the shore, Zhang Jianwen also understood that this boat was really built by people from his own village.

"Uncle Village Chief, you are wrong. That boat was not bought by us, but by Zhang An. We can't afford it."

Seeing Zhang Jianwen asking questions, several young juniors quickly opened their mouths to explain.

Originally, they were happily waiting here for Zhang An and the others to bring the boat over, and then they would go on board to experience it.

As a result, Zhang Jianwen came running over at this moment. You must know that when they see Zhang Jianwen, the village chief, they are just like a mouse seeing a cat, they are very scared.

Zhang Jianwen nodded after hearing this. Indeed, Zhang An was the only one in the village who could afford these things.

"Zhang An, this boat belongs to you. Why didn't you tell Uncle Qi when you got it back? I thought it came from a nearby village and came to us."

When Zhang An and the others drove the boat to the shore and docked, Zhang Jianwen asked, pretending to blame him.

"Uncle, you have wrongly blamed me. The instigator is here. The fat man got this boat for me without saying a word. He only delivered it home in the morning. Before that, I was just like you, I didn't know anything."

Zhang An spread his hands, then pointed at the fat man and said to Zhang Jianwen, trying his best to show that he was innocent.

"It turned out to be Boss Lu who sent it. I said it was you, but there was no movement at all."

When Zhang Jianwen heard this, he took a deep breath. This boat was actually given to Zhang An by Fatty Lu.

Although he knew that Zhang An was familiar with the very wealthy Boss Lu, he always thought that it was for business reasons.

I didn't expect that the relationship between the two of them would be so good in private. They would even give away such a big ship at will. This is not an ordinary relationship.

After all, he thought this boat would cost several thousand yuan, and it would be enough to build a big house in the village.

"Hey, old village chief, you just told me to call me Xiao Lu or Fatty. If you are so polite, I won't dare to go to your place to drink or eat in the future."

Fatty has been coming to the village frequently in the past two years and has great admiration for the old village chief. In addition, he is the elder of Zhang An's family, so he has always respected Zhang Jianwen.

"I just went out to play some time ago and took a ride on this boat. I thought it was okay. Thinking that the river here is so wide, I brought one back to Zhang An so that we can often play when we come here."

"So that's it. This boat looks grand and good-looking. It's much more durable than the wooden one in Xiahewan. It also has a canopy and you can hide in the shade inside. It must feel good."

Zhang Jianwen nodded in agreement, and then began to look at the pretty sightseeing boat in front of him.

"That's for sure. Uncle, sit down and we'll take you for a swim."

Although Zhang Jianwen didn't say it explicitly, the meaning behind his words was written all over his face, so Zhang An naturally followed his words.

"Well, it's worth it. Although we've seen this boat before when we went to the provincial capital, it cost dozens of yuan an hour, so we couldn't bear to take it."

Zhang Jianwen did not refuse politely. When Huang Ming and Zhou Yang got off the boat, he stepped into the boat and sat down firmly.

"There is still a spot, which one of you can come?"

Fatty and Zhang An were in charge of sailing the boat. With the third of the four seats gone, Zhang An said to the other people on the shore just now.

Originally, everyone wanted to come up and experience it, but now that Zhang Jianwen is here, they don't even mention it.

"Be quick and easy. What's wrong with the skin? If you want to come up, come up quickly. You're just wasting your time by dilly-dallying."

Seeing that they were looking at each other but not doing anything, Zhang Jianwen urged impatiently.

But this makes them even more uncomfortable.

"Uncle, can I take the boat with you?"

At this time, a five or six-year-old boy in the crowd looked at Zhang An and asked, his eyes full of expectation.

"Okay, but you are too young. Are your adults here? Let them take you to be safe."

Zhang An saw that everyone in his village was silent, so he readily agreed to this little guy.

However, children of this age are very naughty and will only agree if an adult takes care of them.

"Yes, yes, my parents are here. They brought me here."

After seeing Zhang An agreeing, the little guy was very excited and ran back to the crowd to find his parents.

"Mom and Dad, come and take me on the boat. My uncle promised to let me take the boat."

"Thank you, thank you. My child has been spoiled at home. I'm really sorry."

At this time, the little boy's father quickly thanked Zhang An, and then took his child on the boat and sat down.

Their children were one of the first to see Zhang An and his friends sailing a boat, and they also went to the village to ask about renting a boat.

After all, there is only one in the family, and they are quite precious, otherwise they would not take the children out to play.

But since they learned that the boat was not for rent, but private, they gave up their thoughts.

So now that he saw his son taking the initiative to speak, he was more or less embarrassed.

"It's okay, big brother, what's the matter? It's just a child, isn't it?"

Zhang An actually admired this little guy, because so many children were watching, but he was the only one who stood up very bravely.

"Children, we are about to sail. Please don't jump around on the boat later because the water in the river is very deep and unsafe."

Zhang An turned his head and discussed with the little boy with a smile.

"Uncle, I understand. I will sit next to my dad obediently."

Seeing Zhang An talking to him, the little boy promised very solemnly.

Driving the boat to the middle of the river, Zhang An did not turn off the engine this time, but drove all the way to the lower reaches of the lower reaches of the river. Compared with the bustling Changqing Village, although Xiahewan is also close to the river, it seems much deserted, with only a few tourists visiting them.

There are several main reasons for this. On the one hand, it is because Xiahewan is relatively far away from the county road. Unlike Changqing, the village entrance is connected to the county road.

On the other hand, there is the problem of their own village. Although it has indeed developed and improved in the past two years, the environment in the village has not changed much.

Although cow dung can no longer be seen everywhere on the roads in the village as before, the overall sanitary situation is still very concerning to many city residents.

Unlike Changqing Village, the dry latrines have long since disappeared, and the roads are paved with bluestone paths like many ancient villages. The sanitary conditions of the entire village are hard to fault. It is refreshing and cheerful, and the first impression is very good. .

Moreover, now the shops, restaurants, B&Bs, and snacks in Changqing Village have developed together, and a stable living model for outsiders has been formed. This is something that other villages cannot copy at all.

Of course, these were all set by Zhang Jianwen and the villagers of Changqing Village followed and worked hard to achieve them.

Not so in Xiahewan. Their village chief's words didn't seem to be very effective in the eyes of the villagers. After all, not all village chiefs could respond to everything in the village like Zhang Jianwen.

There are two ways to go to Xiahewan. One is directly from Changqing Village, along the river, and you can almost reach it after walking for more than half an hour.

But most of the people passing by Changqing Village would choose to stop, and only a few would move forward.

On the other side of the road, walk a little further towards Hongyan Town at the Changqing intersection, and there will be an intersection. The fork in the road is the road leading to Xiahewan Village. Relatively speaking, it is almost the same as walking from Changqing. The same distance, but this is a dirt road.

With the example of Changqing Village building its own road before, Xiahewan Village naturally also built this road.

It's a pity that they can't do what Changqing Village does. Not many people are willing to spend money to repair it. After all, everyone's conditions are poor.

Moreover, their road is several times farther than the cement road at the entrance of Changqing Village, and the cost of repairing it is unimaginable.

So now it is still a dirt road like before, but compared to before, it has been widened a lot, at least normal cars can drive in.

All in all, the geographical conditions are poor, and the people in the village are not unified, and they lack a capable leader to lead them.

At the village entrance of Xiahewan, you can see a very simple pier made of a few logs and planks.

In fact, in the past, there was a small pier like this in Changqing Village, but it was later demolished.

And there were three or two small wooden boats floating beside this small pier that seemed unsafe.

These are what the villagers of Changqing call the small wooden boats in Xiahewan, which are usually used to place hooks in the river.

"This boat is really comfortable to sit on. It doesn't sway or sway. The sun doesn't hit anyone. When the wind blows, everyone is cool. It's not like the wooden boat I used to row with Lao Wangtou from Xiahewan. , It’s hard to row, no matter how the wind blows, the rowers’ faces are covered with sweat, and here are those wooden pieces.”

Zhang Jianwen recalled the past with great emotion, and then pointed to the small wooden boats at Xiahewan Pier and said.

"At that time, our village also had two small wooden pieces, which were used for fishing. Zhang An should still remember it, but there were no fish in our section of the river before, so it was difficult to catch them, and they went down to the section of Hewan Village. There are a lot of fish in the river, and you can catch them by just casting a net. Their life is much better than ours by selling fish, but it is strange that now the fish in the river have escaped to our section, but there are no fish here. Fish, this is really a turn of events.”

It is the same river that has puzzled the people in the two villages from the past to the present.

There used to be no fish in the river at the entrance of Changqing Village, but there were particularly many fish in the section of the river at the entrance of Xiahewan Village.

So at that time, the people in Changqing Village could only watch people selling fish in Xiahewan to make a fortune every year.

It is precisely because of this that Changqing Village has long lost its small wooden boats, and the small dock has been completely dismantled, replaced by some tire boats, used to pick some lotus roots and seeds.

But now, just like Zhang Jianwen said, it seems that things have really turned.

There are so many fish in the section of the river that became Changqing Village that you can see schools of fish everywhere, attracting many people who come here specifically to fish.

The section at the entrance of their village is no longer working, and the number of fish inside is much less. Let alone fishing, even if the net is lowered, not many fish can be caught.

When the fishing boom started in Changqing Village two years ago, some people came to them because they couldn't get a spot.

But unfortunately, I couldn't catch any fish, and no one came over later.

It’s not like the villagers of Xiahewan haven’t thought about going to the upper reaches of the river to fish, they would definitely catch a lot of fish.

But in the past, when they were eating from a big pot, they looked down upon people, and the incident of not allowing the villagers in Changqing Village to cross the border to fish was still fresh in their minds, so no one dared to do this at all.

The main reason is that Changqing Village is a large village with nearly a hundred households, while their Xiahewan village is only a small village of thirty or forty households.

This is the reason why they dare not act recklessly, because once a conflict arises between the two villages, Xiahewan will not be able to defeat Changqing, not to mention that they are in the wrong.

Moreover, Changqing Village now manages the river section at the entrance of the village very well. If you put one more fishing pole, someone will come to talk to you, let alone lowering the net to catch fish or lowering the hook.

Soon, the boat arrived at the village entrance of Xiahewan, and Zhang An had no intention of going any further.

Because the environment in the river section below is really not good. Since no one in Xiahewan Village manages it, many people in their village often throw garbage into the river, and sometimes you can even see dead animals thrown into the river. .

Unlike the section at the entrance of Changqing Village, it is very well managed by the village and is not allowed to throw garbage into the river at all.

Fortunately, Changqing Village is upstream, otherwise it would have been seriously implicated, and there would be no way to speak out, and people would not listen at all.

Zhang An twisted the steering wheel and gave a little oil, and the boat turned around in the river.

On the way back, because we were driving from downstream to upstream, the engine noise was a little louder. After all, going against the current would definitely consume some fuel.

When he returned to the village entrance, Zhang An looked at the time. It took exactly twenty minutes.

Zhang An already wanted to stop the boat and go home, but there were many watery children looking at him on the shore.

Now Zhang An is also the father of a child. Seeing such a bunch of little guys, his eyes are full of expectations, and he can't refuse at all.

So after driving the fat man to the shore, he called other parents to bring their children on board and took them all for a walk.

The parents of those children didn't take it for granted, so after taking their children for a walk, they all wanted to give Zhang An some boat fare.

Zhang An smiled and refused. He didn't drive a boat to do business, he just couldn't refuse the expectations of these children.

If he accepts it, someone will definitely come to spend money to rent a boat in the future.

Although he could refuse, it would not have a good impact on the village's reputation, so it was better to refuse directly now.

(End of this chapter)