My village can't be like this

Chapter 584 Building a dock
A few days later, it was September, the beginning of the school year.

Every year, whether it’s March or September, it’s the time when school-going children feel like the sky is falling.

This is so similar no matter where it is, now or many years from now.

When he woke up in the morning, Zhang An once again saw the children in the village passing by the gate and heading to school in groups. After two months of summer vacation, the road in the morning was finally busy again.

But now, Zhang An didn't see any happy expressions on their faces, which was completely different from during the summer vacation.

Instead, it is like an eggplant beaten by frost, limp and droopy.

"I have to go to class, Li Yao."

It happened that Zhang An saw his godson, Li Yao, the lawless little bully next door.

"Yes, godfather."

Little Li Yao not only spoke feebly, but also yawned all the way.

Think about it, during the summer vacation, even if the adults at home wake them up every morning, they can still sleep until at least eight or nine o'clock.

Now that school starts, I have to get out of bed at seven o'clock. In the past two months, I have been used to sleeping in, and now it seems like I haven't woken up.

Of course, compared to children in other villages, they are undoubtedly happy because the school is in the village and they can sleep until seven o'clock in the morning.

But in other villages, if you wake up at seven o'clock, it will definitely be too late to get to school.

Even in villages that are farther away, children have to get up at six o'clock and rush to school.

When Zhang An was in elementary school, there were many classmates like this. It took more than an hour to get to school every day, and it took more than an hour to get home after school.

"Okay, I'm going to school. You have to take good care of your eldest son at home. I don't know who I learned from recently. I always like to go out and play by myself."

After Su Ying finished breakfast, she also fed little Siqi. Then when she saw that it was almost time, she handed this to Zhang An and prepared to go to school.

"I understand, go ahead and don't be late."

Zhang An nodded and obeyed. When Su Ying was on vacation before, she had always taken care of this man at home.

Because now Wang Fang and Zhang Jianguo have experienced the novelty of raising grandchildren, and they have become accustomed to being busy for half of their lives. They can find something to keep them busy every day and not let themselves be idle.

Now that Su Ying has started school and little Siqi is full of energy again, the heavy responsibility of taking care of the children falls on him.

After all, everyone in the family seems to have something to do, except Zhang An who has nothing to do all day long.

"Come, say goodbye to mom."

Watching his wife go out, Zhang An came to his son and taught her a few words.

Little Siqi hasn't spoken yet, but she can already understand the meaning of many words.

When his father said this, although he couldn't speak, he waved his little hand towards Su Ying.

"Qiqi, stay at home and listen to your father. Mom will be back after school."

Su Ying was very happy to see her son like this. She walked back and kissed him on the face before walking out of the yard to school.

"Son, wait here obediently while daddy goes to fetch water and water the trees."

After Su Ying left, Zhang An was going to water the honeysuckle that had just been planted.

Although it is September now, it only belongs to early autumn, and it is still a day when autumn tigers are rampant.

Wang Bo wrote in the preface to Prince Teng's Pavilion that the ninth month of the Shiwei period is the ninth month of the lunar calendar, which is still more than a month away.

Ever since the honeysuckle was planted in the yard, Zhang An would water it with space spring water every morning and evening.

Of course, it did not disappoint Zhang An. Although it had just been planted less than a month ago, it had already taken root and survived due to the magical effect of the space spring water.

It's just that the vines on the whole tree are very long, and their vitality has only been restored to the middle of the honeysuckle's waist. The branches and leaves on the crown of the tree are still a little wilted and have not recovered.

September and October will be the next flowering period of honeysuckle. Zhang An naturally wants to let it bloom on the wall. In addition, the sun is still very strong in early autumn, so he has never stopped watering it twice a day in the morning and evening.

But wait for a while, and the entire honeysuckle tree will recover from top to bottom, so you don't have to worry about it anymore. It will absorb the water it needs from the soil on its own.

When Zhang An came out with a bucket of water from home, he just wanted to ask, where is my son?

Because Xiao Siqi, who was playing with Xiao Hu in the yard just now, is no longer in the yard.

Only then did Zhang An remember what his wife had said before going out, and then he remembered that his son's feet had been very wild recently and he had learned to run out on his own.

At this moment, he didn't care about watering the honeysuckle, put down the bucket, and ran outside quickly to find his son.

After all, their home was too close to the river, and little Siqi was at an age that didn't understand anything. He couldn't be allowed to run out and run around alone.

After going out and walking on the road, Zhang An first went to the bridge to take a look, but did not find his son. Then he turned back and found that the little guy had taken Xiaohu to the grain drying field.

At this moment, one person and one dog were on the deer viewing platform in the deer park, holding on to the fence and looking in at the deer released by Wu Qingzong from the deer park.

Perhaps because he discovered little Siqi, Wu Qingzong was smiling lovingly and teasing the little guy on the deer viewing platform in the deer park.

When Zhang An walked over, he found that his son was babbling with Wu Qingzong.

Wu Qingzong, who was already over sixty years old, was also babbling in response to him.

"Old Zong let the deer go so early."

Zhang An walked over and grabbed the naughty little Siqi in his hand, while saying hello to Wu Qingzong.

"Today we have to free up the deer enclosure for cleaning, so let it out early."

Wu Qingzong smiled and told Zhang An that they used the wages provided by the village to raise deer in the deer park, which was not just as simple as feeding them water.

You must also always maintain hygiene in the deer enclosure. A little cleaning every day is nothing. Basically, it needs to be thoroughly cleaned twice a week, so as to ensure the hygiene of the entire deer park.

After chatting with Wu Qingzong for a while, Zhang An grabbed his escaped son and went home.

"Why, we all like deer."

Just now, his son was squatting on the deer viewing platform, looking at the smiling deer inside. Zhang An knew that the little boy, like other children, liked sika deer very much.

Although Xiao Siqi couldn't speak, the expression on his face already gave the answer.

"Be obedient, then. In a few days, dad will go to the village chief and bring our deer back." Since his son likes it, Zhang An thinks it's time to bring back Dahua and them. After all, the village borrows money from them. It has been a long time, and I think I have almost raised my own deer in the village.

"Hey, Qiqi, why did you get up so early in the morning?"

When the father and son went home, they happened to encounter Zhang Jianjun coming with a few people.

As Xiao Siqi's second grandfather, Zhang Jianjun would definitely reach out and hug the little guy if he wasn't holding something in his hand.

"He hasn't been very sleepy all the time. Basically, he gets up when we get up. What is the second uncle going to do? He just got another job when he came back?"

Looking at Zhang Jianjun carrying two small buckets with various wall-building tools in them, the few following him were also similar, and they were also people who often worked with him. Zhang An couldn't tell that they were Received live.

"Hey, I took over the job in Zhuang Village. Your uncle came to us a while ago and wanted to build a small dock for boats by the river. If he hadn't sent Binzi to school, he would have asked us a few days ago."

Speaking of this, Zhang Jianjun was very happy. Now that the crops can't be harvested, they have nothing to do, so they are idle.

Now Zhang Jianwen has given him such a job. Even if it is not a big job, it is better than staying at home.

"Ah, why is it that the village is in such good shape that it suddenly needs to build a pier?"

Zhang An didn't know anything about this, and had never even heard of it, because he rarely met Zhang Jianwen during this period, and when he did, he didn't say anything.

"I heard from Zhang Ping's father that the village has recently bought a few boats, so they need to build a dock by the river to park the boats."

Zhang Jianjun knew a little bit about it. After all, Zhang Jianwen went to them to work, so he would naturally reveal a little bit about it.

"Oh, I remembered, it's a sightseeing boat, right? Now, uncle, you will have a few more days to work."

Hearing what his second uncle said, Zhang An suddenly remembered that his old uncle Zhang Jianwen had gone to Fatty to ask about the sightseeing boat.

It's just that Zhang An thought that this matter shouldn't be settled so quickly because it would cost a lot of money, but he didn't expect that his village chief would be so courageous and make the decision so quickly.

However, after the dock is repaired, it will be a good thing for Zhang An himself, and their boat will be more convenient.

"It's not just a few days this time. After the pier is built, it seems that we have to build a small house at the end of the bridge to buy tickets. It will take half a month anyway."

Before Zhang Jianjun could speak, the old uncles following him started happily talking to Zhang An.

When Zhang An heard this, he understood why his second uncle and the others were so happy just now. After all, they were all people who had rented so many yards, and a small dock should not be like this.

It turns out that after building the dock, we also need to build a house. Although the total is not a big job, at least I don't have to stay idle at home until the millet is harvested.

Back home, while the sun was still not too high, Zhang An quickly filled the honeysuckle with water.

Then he focused on his son. After all, the little guy ran out on his own just now. This kind of mistake could not be made a second time.

But Xiao Siqi still kept thinking about running out. School has started in the past two days. The uncles and aunts who usually come to take him to play are already sitting in the classroom. Suddenly he is the only one left, which may be a little uncomfortable. Habit.

However, Zhang An had no intention of keeping him at home. Seeing that he wanted to go out, he simply took him out. There was nothing to do at home anyway.

It just so happens that my second uncle and the others are building a pier by the river, so I can go over and take a look.

Xiao Siqi didn't have any choice. As long as he ran away from home, he didn't care where he went.

After walking a few steps and arriving at the end of the bridge, Zhang An saw his second uncle leading people to clean up a place by the river.

Zhang Jianwen was also here, discussing with them how to build the pier.

"Uncle, how many sightseeing boats did the village buy?"

Seeing Zhang Jianwen, Zhang An asked him with a smile.

"We went to the factory to have a look and found that the boats they made were pretty good. This time the village bought ten boats first."

Zhang Jianwen didn't bother to talk to Zhang An, he stretched out his hands and gestured to Zhang An.

"Hey, there are so many. Then there will be a lot of bloodshed in the village this time. And when did you go to see them?"

Originally, Zhang An thought that Zhang Jianwen had his eye on this ship and would definitely buy it, but he would only buy three or five ships to try out.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Jianwen was so decisive this time that he doubled his profit.

They even went to the shipyard to see it, but Zhang An didn't know anything about it.

"It's been almost half a month since we went there. We went there after contacting you. However, the one we bought this time was not as expensive as yours. All the materials were only half-chosen, and we bought too much. It’s even cheaper for us, less than 2,500 yuan per unit, and there’s still a five-year warranty.”

It was obvious that Zhang Jianwen was very satisfied with how this matter was handled. He, who was usually a serious man, could not suppress the smile at the corner of his mouth at this moment.

Zhang An nodded after hearing this. It seemed that this business could really be done.

The total cost of the ten boats is less than 25,000 yuan. The warranty lasts for five years. If you take more care of it, it will not be a problem to use it for ten years.

The sightseeing boat in the lake in the provincial capital costs 50 yuan an hour. The village charges less, and it is not a loss if it charges 30 yuan. At this point, according to the passenger flow in Changqing Village, even if there are few people on the boat, two people You will definitely be able to get your money back in a year.

"What about the boat? When will the manufacturer deliver it?"

Seeing Zhang Jianwen in such a hurry to build the dock, Zhang An felt that these ships should be delivered in a while.

"The contract we signed stated that it will be delivered on September 15th. It will be debugged for two days and then let them train a few people for us, just in time for the National Day. I heard that Xiaoxue said that there will be seven days off for the National Day this year. I think there will be a lot of people coming to our village.”

Zhang Jianwen said that his eyes were full of longing. It is not difficult to see that he is looking forward to this National Day.

Normally, there would be many people coming to Changqing Village during the two days on weekends. Now that there was an extra seven days of vacation, he felt that there would be no fewer people than before.

Although he was a village official in the past, he never cared much about these things.

But now that the village has embarked on this path, he has begun to pay attention to many things.

At this moment, Zhang An admired his old village chief very much. He had even considered the future holiday traffic.

In previous years, the National Day was only a three-day holiday, but starting from this year, the National Day has been adjusted to a seven-day holiday. It is commonly known as the Golden Week, and the mini-long holiday started this year.

In addition, the May Day Labor Day has also been adjusted accordingly. In previous years, there was only one day off. From next year, the May Day holiday will be a one-week long holiday just like the National Day. It will continue until 2007 before it will be readjusted to three days. .

Although it only lasted a few years, it can be said to represent an era.

Many years from now, many people will miss the days when we had a seven-day holiday on Labor Day.

(End of this chapter)