Back in the 1980s, hiking in the mountains was also a way of life

Chapter 629: Live and Work

After strolling around the village for a long time, Wang An headed home.

In fact, Wang An wanted to stay in the convenience store for a while, but there was no one in the store at that time except the store owner Ding Wanbing.

Even Ding Wanbing was fiddling with the noose and splints used to pull the plow outside the store door, and he wasn't just sitting there quietly.

Because although Ding Wanbing opened a small grocery store, it could only be considered a side business, and farming was his family's main business.

In fact, at this season, even the old men and women are helping with housework at home, and they have no time to stroll around.

Of course, this is also because of the distribution of land to households. Before this, people were not so busy.

You have to know that in rural areas, there is no such thing as retirement. As long as you are alive and have breath, you have to work.

Unless you are completely unable to move and are waiting to die, you can be considered to have completely retired!

Some people say “live and learn”, but in rural areas, it’s fucking “live and work”, it stops when you die!

You know, although Shen Wei's mother-in-law collapsed on the kang, she still had to do some needlework.

I have to say that this is also the fate of rural people and also their sorrow!

Finally, Wang An strolled over to take a look at the new residential land, and then perfected the construction plan in his head while staggering towards home.

When they got home, Wang Dazhui and his wife were loading manure onto the carriage. Without being asked, Wang An took the initiative to take a shovel and joined in.

When other people transported manure to the fields, they would use a mule or horse or an ox to pull the cart. At most, a mule or horse would pull the shaft, and a donkey would pull the harness.

But it was different for Wang Dazhu. The horse-drawn carriage for transporting manure was pulled by three big green horses. The one pulling the shaft was a green horse, and the two horses in front pulling the long harness were also green horses.

To be honest, looking at this situation, people who understand the situation would know that the horse-drawn carriage is carrying manure, while people who don’t understand the situation would think that the person on the carriage is a high-ranking official!
The main reason is that Wang Dazhui is a very meticulous worker. The dung curtains surrounding the carriage were all carefully made by Comrade Wang Dazhui and look quite neat.

Although the dung curtain is called a "curtain", this thing is actually like four door panels surrounding the carriage, similar to the four panels on the truck bed.

The only difference is that these four boards are two long and two short, and they fit perfectly on the carriage.

In short, the purpose of installing this thing is to load more things on the carriage, such as soil, manure, corn cobs, sorghum heads, sunflower heads, etc., and this thing must be placed around the carriage.

Seeing Wang An join in, Liu Guilan subconsciously said:

"Xiao An, have you rested enough? Your father and I can do this little work, you should go upstairs and stay in the house."

It can be seen that Liu Guilan really doesn't want Wang An to help, as if Wang An has suffered a great injustice by doing a job like loading manure.

Wang Dazhu paused, took a deep breath and said:

"Yeah, you're the busiest person in our family these days, so go back to your room, we don't need you anymore."

After saying this, Wang Dazhui inserted the shovel into the dung pile again, then shoveled a shovel of dung and threw it into the dung curtain.

To be honest, Wang An was very moved when he heard this!

Because Wang An knew that his parents didn't want him to work, not because of how much wealth he created for the family, they simply didn't want him to work, there was no other reason. You have to know that in Wang An's previous life, he was just hanging around in the county town all day, and he didn't do much farm work at home.

But even after Wang An returned home, Wang Dazhu and his wife never ordered Wang An to go to the fields.

We have to admit that although this disguised "spoiling" of Wang Dazhu and his wife is wrong, as children, there is really nothing wrong with it.

Although Wang An was touched, he did not show it. Instead, he said with a smile while putting manure into the dung curtain:
"What? I'll watch you guys work, but if the villagers see you, they might think you two have a rebellious son."

I have to say that although what Wang An said makes sense, it is not what Wang An really thinks.

Because in Wang An's view, other people's opinions and statements are bullshit. What Wang An does will not be influenced by anyone at all.

Hearing Wang An's words, Wang Dazhu and his wife were stunned for a moment, and suddenly felt that they didn't understand their eldest son anymore.

After Wang Dazhu and Liu Guilan looked at each other, Wang Dazhu suddenly said with a smile:
"Oh my, my eldest son has made great progress. All right, you and I will go to the fields to scatter manure, and let your mother stay at home to cook."

Wang An heard this and said nonchalantly:

"That's nothing. It will be over in a moment."

A scattered manure pile is when the manure is pulled onto the ground and evenly dispersed on the ground. However, this thing cannot be scattered randomly, there are some rules to it.

Normally, ten ridges make up a row, and there should be a manure pile every 10 to 12 steps.

That is to say, when planting these ten ridges, they share a manure pile within 10 to 12 meters.

The most important thing here is that the distance between the dung piles must be controlled, otherwise it will be uncomfortable for the people who are cleaning the dung.

If it is too far, the manure in the ridge will not be connected, which means that some seeds will not be nourished by the manure. If it is too close, the manure in the manure basket will remain, making it impossible to spread the manure in the next section of the ridge.

In addition, the amount of manure in each small pile should be controlled as much as possible. Basically, 15 full shovels are enough.

Of course, if there is a lot of manure at home, it is okay to put an extra shovel, but not too much, because the dung basket used to scoop up the manure will not be able to hold it.

Soon, with the continuous shoveling of three shovels, the manure in a horse cart was completely loaded, and it was loaded in a pointed shape, and finally patted with a shovel.

Before leaving, Wang An looked at his watch and felt that it would be almost dark by the time he finished delivering the manure. So, Wang An suddenly had an idea and said to Liu Guilan:
"Mom, please help me find one of those fishing nets. Dad and I will go to the river to cast two nets before we come back."

Wang Dazhu and his wife were stunned when they heard this. They didn't think that their eldest son, who was delivering manure, would have to think about preparing something to eat.

In fact, the reason why Wang An wanted to catch fish to eat was because the fish he had eaten at noon today didn’t taste very good. The main reason was that the fish tasted obviously a bit stinky. In other words, the fish that had been stored before had actually gone bad.

After Wang An finished speaking, he turned around and went into the house without paying any attention to the couple.

It can be said that Wang An was not idle when he entered the house. He mixed half a bowl of cornmeal with white wine and half a spoonful of brown sugar.

Let me just say this, it's really awesome to use this thing as a bait for fish.

(End of this chapter)