My village can't be like this

Chapter 634 Silly Chen Ze

After Zhang An and his two companions arrived at the Purple Bamboo Forest, they discovered that there were just as many people there as before.

In addition to the villagers and tenants who came here to dig bamboo shoots, there were also many workers brought from the town to do the construction.

"It seems that they are moving very quickly here. In just a few days, they have cleared such a large open space in the bamboo forest."

Looking at the bamboo forest under Sanqing Temple where a lot of open space has been cleared, Chen Ze couldn't help but sigh.

You should know that in the past, except for the small path leading to Sanqing Temple, the entire Purple Bamboo Forest was covered with tall and straight bamboos.

Now not only did the small path become a big road, but a new road leading to the purple bamboo forest was also created.

"Of course, don't you see how many people are working there? Besides, this is bamboo, which is much easier to cut than trees."

Ding Yi was not surprised at all and pointed at the workers working in front.

Indeed, bamboo is much easier to cut down, no matter where it is, the problem is transportation.

In some bamboo forests deep in the mountains, it takes a lot of effort to get the cut bamboo out.

But this problem does not exist in Zizhulin.

Because the cut bamboo can be thrown into the river after being transported a short distance, and then transported to the bridge at the entrance of the village using the flow of river water.

"Brother, you cut out such a large piece of land here, what are you going to do?"

Zhang An looked around, then walked up to ask a few workers who were taking a break in front.

"We are going to build a pavilion here. There are several more places like this further inside. When the time comes, we will build a road from the entrance of your village. This side will be paved to connect to the Taoist temple above, and the other side will be paved all the way to the depths of this bamboo forest."

Several workers were also very talkative and pointed at the cut areas and explained to Zhang An.

"This is quite a big project. Are you guys going to do it too?"

Zhang An smiled again and said, the road from the village entrance is neither far nor near, it takes more than 30 minutes to walk.

It was not a big deal as it was just a mountain road for people to pass through before, but now that it has been widened and repaved, the workload is quite large.

However, the advantage is that the terrain is flat, which saves a lot of trouble in construction.

"We will definitely do it, because this is the job our boss took over from the town."

Talking about this, they were all very happy. After all, it was a good thing for them to have work to do right after the New Year.

"Then wait until this is repaired, and you can come over here to stroll around when you have nothing to do. I just don't know how long it will take."

After hearing what the workers said, Zhang An and the other two could already imagine what this place would look like after it was completed.

"This is very fast. Our boss said that it will only take one month to pave the road, and one and a half months in total including the pavilion."

After hearing Chen Ze talking about the construction period, several workers told him what they knew.

"A month? Why would it take so long?"

Hearing that it would take so long, Zhang An asked in some confusion.

Although this road is indeed not short, it would not take that long to repair it.

Last year, Changqing Village built a lot of mountain roads, which are many times farther than this one, but it only took a little over a month in total.

"Actually, one month is not a long time. If it is a cement road, it will take a few weeks at most. But because this road will be paved with bricks, it will be slower."

Seeing that Zhang An was confused, the workers started explaining again.

"So that's how it is. No wonder it took so long."

After hearing this, Zhang An couldn't help but nodded.

"Then you guys get busy, let's go inside and see if we can dig some bamboo shoots."

Seeing them standing up, I thought they had rested and were ready to work.

Zhang An and the other two had no intention of staying here and wanted to go straight inside.

"To dig bamboo shoots, you have to go to the old place. Although bamboo shoots have started to emerge these days, there are still too few. In addition, too many people from your village have come here to dig bamboo shoots in the past two days. All the ones nearby have been dug up by them."

When the workers heard that Zhang An and his two companions were here to dig bamboo shoots, they gave them a suggestion.

"Okay, let's go inside."

Hearing this, Zhang An also felt that there was some truth in it, so he took Chen Ze and Ding Yi along the newly opened path and walked deep into the bamboo forest.

After half an hour, there was really not a single bamboo shoot to be seen, but there were many places that had been dug up, probably those were the bamboo shoots that had sticking out, and had been dug up by the people who came before.

"It's just like they said. All the bamboo shoots that grew have been dug up."

Looking at the devastated bamboo forest, Chen Ze couldn't help but sigh.

"Why are you in such a hurry? This is outside the bamboo forest. Everyone who comes here has to pass by. No matter how many bamboos there are, there won't be enough for people to dig. Let's just go a little further inside."

Zhang An was not surprised at this. After all, these nearby places could only be dug by those who arrived first.

Don’t even think about it if you’re coming from behind. Just walk in.

After walking for another half a while, the three of them had reached the depths of the bamboo forest and had strayed from the newly dug path.

"Okay, this place hasn't been dug up yet, let's look around here."

Seeing that there were no signs of digging nearby, Zhang An decided not to leave and to look for it here.

Afterwards, the three of them split up into three groups and each found a direction to start looking for bamboo shoots.

Zhang An chose a slope, but after searching for a long time, he didn't see any bamboo shoots popping out.

So far, there are only three small young bamboo shoots in his basket.

So Zhang An didn't plan to look for it anymore. It was indeed too early and most of the new bamboo shoots were still buried in the soil.

I estimate that in a month or two, when it rains around the Qingming Festival, it will be easier to find bamboo shoots.

But since I'm here, I must bring a basket of bamboo shoots back home. My mother is waiting for me at home.

So Zhang An looked around and didn't see anyone, so he took out some fresh bamboo shoots from the space.

In order not to arouse suspicion, after taking out the bamboo shoots, he also dug some traces on the ground.

"Shit, I couldn't find it when I was looking for it specifically, but I found it when I just dug randomly."

But sometimes things are just so coincidental. When Zhang An came to look for bamboo shoots, he didn't find any. Now he didn't want to look for them anymore, so he just dug with a hoe and found tender bamboo shoots that had not yet emerged from the soil. There was more than one. God was really playing tricks on him.

However, these bamboo shoots that had not yet sprouted were too small, and the basket was already full, so Zhang An did not dig them away.

After creating the scene, Zhang An was not in a hurry to find Chen Ze and Ding Yi.

Not much time had passed yet, so it was a good opportunity for the two of them to have some fun.

So Zhang An sat on the ground leaning against the backpack, immersed in his mind's observation space, without looking for anything, and ran directly towards the big centipede.

Soon, Zhang An found it in the bamboo forest. This guy was squatting in the bamboo forest without moving.

At first, seeing it lying motionless, Zhang An thought it was dead of old age. When he was about to enter the space to take a look, the guy moved the two long tentacles on his head.

Although a lot of time has passed since the beginning of the year, this guy still hasn't found a new foot, which is exactly the same as the original one.

Zhang An had long known that it was impossible for this guy to grow, shed his skin and grow new legs on his own in a short period of time.

But now several months have passed and it is still the same. It seems that we will have to wait for a long time.

But the good news is that it has grown a little bit bigger, and most importantly, it is still alive and has not died of old age, which is enough. Then Zhang An's attention moved to the spring eye, and he found that in the bowl-like stone pit on the bluestone, there was a lot of spiritual spring crystal dew, as much as half a bowl.

This made Zhang An smile knowingly, thinking that all the time he had waited was not in vain.

After collecting all the spiritual spring crystal dew this time, the big guy should be able to grow significantly, and at least he will have to exchange his shell once.

However, Zhang An was not in a hurry to enter the space to collect the spiritual spring crystal dew, because he was outside now and it was not very convenient to enter and exit the space.

So he planned to go in again at night, collect the spiritual spring crystal dew at that time, and feed it directly to the largest centipede, so that he would have time to observe its changes.

When the time was almost up, Zhang An carried a full basket of bamboo shoots and prepared to go look for the two people.

Returning to the place where the three had separated, Zhang An saw that the two had not returned, so he followed the direction they had been heading to look for them.

After a while, Chen Ze was seen digging hard.

"Wow, what are you digging? You dug such a big hole."

Zhang An walked forward and suddenly said something.

"Damn it! How did you sneak up on me and scare me?"

In this quiet bamboo forest, someone like Zhang An suddenly appearing like this could really scare people, especially since Chen Ze was concentrating on digging on the ground.

"Well, I should have called you earlier. What are you digging? You dug so deep."

Zhang An spread his hands and said, looking at the huge hole in the ground, he was a little confused about what Chen Ze was going to do.

"Digging for bamboo shoots. When I came here just now, I found that the soil here was broken. There should be bamboo shoots inside, but after digging for a long time, I didn't see any."

Chen Ze stopped digging, supported the hoe handle with both hands, and said breathlessly.

"Is it like this?"

After hearing this, Zhang An raised his hoe, dug the ground and lifted it up, then asked.

"Yes, yes, that's it."

Chen Ze took a look and nodded continuously.

"Hahaha, then you must have been deceived. The place you dug must have been deliberately dug by someone else. There are no bamboo shoots at all."

Zhang An shook his head, he was sure that Chen Ze had been cheated.

"That's impossible. The place where I dug the bamboo shoots just now is exactly the same as here. If it was dug by someone, you should be able to see the mark of the hoe, but I didn't find it."

Chen Ze was a little stunned, then shook his head. He didn't quite believe that he had been cheated.

He felt that if it was dug out by someone, it would be very obvious and there would be no way he would not be able to find it.

"How can it be impossible? Look."

Zhang An sighed, then pulled out the hoe, stepped on the cut made by the hoe with his foot, and then sprinkled some old soil and dead leaves.

"Here, see if you can find it now."

"How...how can it be like this? Isn't this a lie?"

Chen Ze was stunned again when he saw it, because he really couldn't tell that the hole dug by Zhang An was man-made.

"It's normal. There are so many people digging bamboo shoots in the village, and some people like to play tricks on others."

Not to mention others, even Zhang An has done this before.

"That's too much. It's a waste of my time and feelings for so long."

Chen Ze was very angry after hearing this.

"You are too naive. If it is not man-made, you can find out by digging a few times with a hoe. If it is there, it is there. If not, no matter how deep you dig, there will be nothing. Who would be like you and keep digging in one place?"

If you were a villager, you might be cheated, but at most it would just be a matter of a few hoes.

But who could have thought that this guy Chen Ze would keep digging here and even dig out the pit.

This unlucky child also dug for a long time but didn't find any bamboo shoots or anything wrong.

"Oh, you're lucky. You dug up a lot."

Zhang An leaned over and looked into Chen Ze's backpack, and actually found five or six bamboo shoots.

Because the backpack was too small, I only filled half of it with these bamboo shoots.

"It's okay, there's only... Damn, you must be here for wholesale, how come you dug up so much."

Chen Ze originally intended to be humble, but before he could finish his words, he saw Zhang An's basket of bamboo shoots.

"Hehe, good luck, good luck." Zhang An just smiled.

"No, where did you dig this? Take me there?"

In the same amount of time, he only dug a few roots, while Zhang An had already dug a full basket. It would be a lie to say that he was not excited.

"I have already dug them all up. Otherwise why would I come to look for you? Besides, it is getting late. If you want more, I can move a few for you."

As he spoke, Zhang An picked up the bamboo shoots from his basket and threw them into Chen Ze's backpack.

But his backpack was too small and it was full after just a few of them.

"Okay, okay, that's enough. If you don't finish it when you get home, you'll definitely feel limp."

Chen Ze didn't refuse either. He didn't care whether he dug it himself or not, because he just wanted to eat it.

"If you can't finish them, you can ask Aunt Li to slice them and dry them into dried bamboo shoots. After they are soaked, you can stir-fry or boil them. They have a different taste from tender bamboo shoots."

Zhang An originally wanted to get him some more, but there was really no room left.

"Let's go, it's getting late, let's go find Lao Ding, and then we should go back."

The two returned the same way, intending to go back to look for Ding Yi, but when they returned, they found that Ding Yi had already returned to the place where they had just separated and was waiting for them.

"Hey, you're back so early, how much did you dig?"

Seeing Ding Yi coming back first, Chen Ze thought he had dug a lot and immediately went over to take a look.

"Hehe, I'm lucky. I encountered quite a few. I came back after filling my backpack."

Ding Yiyi turned around, and the backpack full of bamboo shoots appeared in front of the two people.

"Fuck, you two are really animals. You actually dug so much."

Chen Ze originally thought that Ding Yi should be similar to him, but he didn't expect that this man also dug a full basket, and he immediately felt discouraged.

"Didn't you dig a lot?"

Ding Yi pointed at the backpack on Chen Ze's back and said.

"Zhang An dug them all. I only dug half of them. If I had known, I would have gone with you guys."

At this time, Chen Ze blamed the person who set a trap for him even more, as he wasted a lot of his time.

"Okay, okay, it's not a big problem, we should go back."

Seeing the guy mumbling, Zhang An immediately interrupted him.

(End of this chapter)