Nongmen Jinfeng: Cold-noodled husband and little daughter-in-law

Chapter 569
Fang Xiaofu looked up for a while, and then asked: "Are people sent by boat these days? We can build a wooden bridge for temporary use."

"I've thought about it, but building a wooden bridge is more labor-intensive than using a boat. Now it's a time when manpower is scarce, and rowing a boat is fast." The second grandfather explained.The Liuxu River is so wide that even a small boat can reach it in a short stretch.

"It's easy to build a wooden bridge." Fang Xiaofu's drawing board was in the carriage, and he looked down at this time, and asked Fang Zizhan to break a willow branch and start drawing on the ground.

What she drew was not a complicated bridge, but two sturdy tree purlins, on which were nailed horizontal bars with wooden blocks to make a ladder shape, and then two such ladders were placed together, covered with board.

Put it horizontally on the river to connect the two banks, so that people who come and go can walk freely on it.

She didn't understand why the people here didn't think of this method, but she watched it on TV a lot before crossing.Almost everywhere there are rivers and rivers, most of them have bridges.

Some are small stone bridges, and some are long trestle bridges. Of course, this kind of crude raft-style bridge is not excluded.Of course, bamboo rafts can also be used to block the river, but she thinks this kind of wooden bridge is enough and convenient to make.

"Well, this is really good, we can do it ourselves, without delaying everyone's work."

"Let's go up the mountain early in the morning and cut down a few sandalwood trees, and then split some thin wooden nails on them. It should take half a day to build this bridge."

"Don't wait for tomorrow morning, it's just after noon, let's take the ax and go up the mountain now."

"..."

Seeing a group of old men surrounding her painting on the ground, Fang Xiaofu started muttering about it, and was going to chop wood and build a bridge soon, so he couldn't help pursing his lips in amusement.

"It's not too late. After the bridge is built, get some more torches and tie them to the sharpened thin wood or bamboo at the bottom, and stick them around to illuminate the ground. It will be able to catch an hour of live juice at night."

"You don't need to work for too long at night. It's enough to work hard for an hour. The wages for this hour are [-] cents, and there is still no food provided. If there are other people in the village who are willing to come to earn some quick money at night, the wages will be paid immediately. "

"At that time, I will ask Fangshan Village if anyone is willing to come over. If we can find 100 people, even if it only takes an hour, the progress will be very fast."

Fang Xiaofu spoke out her thoughts, but those old men could only stare at her dumbfounded, as if they couldn't follow her train of thought.

After a long time, the second grandpa finally said, "Little Qi'er, this is not a courtyard, do you want to hurry?"

"Yeah, hurry up now, at most half a month later, the river will be flooded, and there will be no way to do anything later." Grandpa Zu, the patriarch, reminded Fang Xiaofu worriedly.

"Well, this is a problem, and we have to find a way to solve it." Fang Xiaofu frowned and thought, unconsciously tapped his chin with his fingers, and bit his lips.

"What Xiao Qi'er means is that he wants to reclaim the land to the hillside before it is flooded, where it will not be flooded, so that he can do more work before the summer flood, and it will be easier to reclaim it afterward."

The summer flood time is not too long, but the flooded places will definitely recede slowly.It will take more effort to wait for the water to recede here.

"Xiao Qi'er, is it possible to build a bridge first? It's not a wooden bridge close to the water, but a bridge that can be safely walked across even if it is flooded, so that the progress will not be delayed."

Fang Zizhan asked, and a wooden bridge similar to a stone bridge appeared in his mind.It's just that it will take a lot of effort to build this kind of wooden bridge, and I don't know if it will work.

"It's possible!" Fang Xiaofu suddenly raised his eyes to Fang Zizhan, and smiled at him, "Building a stone bridge is slow, and the new bridge is flooded so I don't know if it's safe, but the wooden bridge is definitely possible."

In those classic TV dramas, there is a pier with a high rate of appearance, but it extends far to the sea.

The Liuxu River is only five or six meters long, so a two-meter-high and eight-meter-long wooden bridge should be safe and practical.

Even if the bridge deck is flooded at that time, as long as it doesn’t fall apart, it’s okay to walk through the water. In summer, the water is not cold. Even if someone does fall into the water, they can’t fall from a height of two meters. people.

Besides, can this water really submerge to a height of two meters?She knew that every year the flooding only reached the hillside, at most 1.5 meters.

"Little Qier, if this bridge that is not afraid of water is built, it will not affect the progress except for the heavy rain." The second grandpa laughed when he heard this, "Why don't we just use the kind of scaffolding that is built by building a house as a bridge?" ?”

The height of the room is higher than that of a person, so it is natural to set up a tripod to support the height of a person. This principle is familiar to everyone, but I have never thought about such a complicated aspect before.

"Well, it's wider than the tripod, more solid, and the height is higher than the flood." Fang Xiaofu didn't know the exact height, so he said before that he needed to nail wooden stakes to record the data.

Two meters is naturally enough, but if 1.5 meters is also enough, how can she add unnecessary height?In case anyone has a fear of heights, isn't it troublesome?

"Well, let's do the math tonight, go up the mountain to chop wood tomorrow morning, and call a few people to help, and try to build it in the morning." The second grandpa opened his mouth to clear his mind.

"But Xiao Qi'er, since you don't have to worry about flooding, the progress is fast, so you don't need to spend an extra hour at night. The wages are already high, and you have to pay them an extra [-] cents, and you can't do it in an hour. What's the matter?"

"Yes, according to your previous schedule, it must be very late when they come to work after eating. I'm afraid that someone will be lazy if I work all night after being tired."

The sixth patriarch also expressed his worries.Working with wages in broad daylight naturally no one has any careful thoughts, but the light is poor at night, if someone thinks about it, they will be hard to guard against.

What's more, the money is in cash, and if you mess with it casually, you will get money. After a long time, you will inevitably have bad thoughts.

"Five Sons Hill is not as big as your yard after all. Not to mention the slow progress in mountain reclamation this night, even the bad terrain will also affect it." Grandpa Zu, the patriarch, also did not support Fang Xiaofu's proposal.

Fang Xiaofu also felt worried when he heard this.She knew that it was reasonable for these old men not to let her go. They really thought about her, and they were afraid that she would spend money but it would not have any effect.

However, after the courtyard was repaired and put into use, her original casual attitude towards Wuziqiu also changed a bit. Although Wuziqiu was bought for 500 taels of silver, she can afford the money now.

But Wuziqiu is used to open workshops, and it can be put into use sooner after it is completed. If it is really flooded, receded, and the farm is slack after the autumn harvest, it will be a long winter and it will not be put into use until spring.

(End of this chapter)