Pastoral Valley Fragrance

Chapter 150 Selling the peaches to repair the bridge

The muddy river has risen a lot, and the distance from the water surface to the road along the river seems to have become much closer. There are some dead branches and leaves floating on the water, and even driftwood and some black dross floating down from the upper reaches. It floated leisurely downstream on the water.

Both sides of the road were crowded with people from Zhuangzi, it was very noisy, surrounded by three floors inside and three floors outside, the inside floor was a few people who were still in shock, and said to the people around them very well: "Look Look, look at such a big water, just now I was thinking about crossing the river to tidy up my crops, but when I stepped on the bridge, Zhuzi Dad was still swaying over there, I felt that the bridge was not right, a little wobbly , At first I thought it was because the water was too close to the bridge and I looked flustered, but Zhuzi’s father was also yelling over there, so I ran back quickly when I saw something wrong, luckily everything was fine.”

Zhuzi's father still patted his chest and clicked his tongue twice, and then he kept twisting the water on the corner of his clothes, shaking his head and said, "Your side is fine, I'm still so far away from here, and I was already out of my mind at that time." I was blindfolded, but I didn’t know how to run back, so I ran straight to this side. The bridge collapsed before I reached this side. Fortunately, I caught the riverside at the end and was dragged up by you. Seeing that half of my body is still wet, you said that if I was washed away by the water, the water would be so big that those who could swim would not be able to stand it. Tell me, if I were washed away by the water, how would my family survive? Gotta go down?"

Someone made fun of him, "Father Zhuzi, just be content with it. You haven't heard of a bridge collapse and being hit by you in the past ten years. Besides, if you run back, you are still standing on the other side. Let me see how you come here." , it is impossible to ask your family to make rice dumplings and throw them over, haha..."

When Chen Yongyu and the others arrived, everyone was still chattering about the flood, saying that God wouldn't face it this year, it rained so much and the water rose like this, and what to do after the wooden bridge was broken, crossing the river to harvest crops would be difficult Rare, let alone going to town.

Chen Yongyu was a little dumbfounded looking at the swaying water, the wooden bridge was broken.Some of the wood had been washed away a long time ago, and there were obvious signs of fracture. The river water seemed to be an angry person, forcibly breaking the wooden bridge into two sections.There is a stone pier that is a little higher on each side, which makes people know that it was a bridge pier.

Li Dejiang shook his head when he saw it, and said to Dequan: "This bridge has been rotted by the wind and rain since we were young. After so many days of rain, the water surface licked the bottom of the bridge. It’s good to be like this, if it doesn’t collapse, it will be bad, and if the children are on the bridge when it collapses, the consequences will be serious.”

Chen Yongyu had already asked the big guys there, and finally confirmed that no one had an accident, so he was relieved a lot, "It's okay, it's okay, we will build another bridge after the water recedes in two days, as long as people are fine, we can talk about anything."

The people around sighed, "Hey, we need to raise money to build the bridge. Our family can't afford it. You said that it would be okay in previous years. The water soaked the crops, and I couldn't even eat. So why bother?" On Bridge."

Many people also mean this.

Chen Yongyu shook his head and didn't say much, telling everyone not to go to the river with their children, and to make plans for the rest when the water receded.Those who turned back asked people to beat the gong to inform the heads of each family to come to the foot of the tree to discuss matters in the evening.

Several people returned to the second uncle's yard, and they all sat with worried expressions on their faces.

Gu Yu couldn't stay idle, seeing them just sit like this and didn't talk much after they came back, and everyone knew that the bridge collapsed, if the bridge was not repaired, it would be inconvenient to go to the town in the future, and even the early rice that was about to be harvested would be inconvenient. I don't know what to do, this is the most urgent thing now, as for building a bridge or something else, it's a matter of later.Now that he had thought so, and heard that Chen Yongyu and the others said that they would go to the foot of the big tree to discuss at night when they came back, Gu Yu went over to join in the fun, "Uncle Chen, what are you going to discuss at night?"

Chen Yongyu shook his head, "I'm thinking about building a bridge."

"Wooden bridge? Stone arch bridge?"

"I don't know yet, this bridge repair is not something that can be done in a short time. What should I do if I have to harvest and go to the town to buy things for a while? The wooden bridge is easier, and the stone arch bridge is probably not good. to Master."

Li Dejiang touched Gu Yu's head, "You are so young, you don't need to worry about it. At that time, the big guys will discuss it together at night, but there are only two ways I can think of. Otherwise, I should hurry up and build a simpler bridge temporarily. Just use it as it is, and it will be easier when the bridge is repaired, if this method doesn’t work, you can only put the wooden boat on the riverside, and get a special boater to let the big guys come in and out.”

Chen Yongyu nodded, "It's not easy to invite this punter, everyone is busy. Don't look at other people's homes, just talk about ours. I went to punting for two days. What should I do at home, or everyone doesn't want to stay here?" Those who went to punting during the few days of harvesting, I am afraid that this is not easy to distinguish, some families will say that there are only three people in their family, and some people have eight people, and the things they do are the same.”

Gu Yu interjected, "Can we take turns? One family takes a turn for a day or two, and the bridge will be built soon."

Chen Yongyu nodded, "All of these are fine. Everyone will talk about it at that time, and I will mention it to you at night to see what to do."

Li Dequan didn't say much, but when everyone was getting ready for dinner, they couldn't find it anyway, not only he couldn't find it, but Dalin couldn't find it either.

After waiting for quite a long time, the two came back discussing something, "You guys eat first, we'll go out and have a look."

Mrs. Xu Qin hurriedly asked everyone to sit down. Gu Yu had sharp eyes and saw that Li Dequan handed the things in his hand to Dalin, and the two of them went to wash their hands again. The person said, "It's going to be very fast, I won't eat until my dad comes! I'm still waiting for Brother Da Lin."

An Jinxuan wanted to tease him, picked up his chopsticks and pretended to pick up some food, Xia Zhi was so anxious that he walked around half of the table to stop him, everyone looked amused.

Those who went to discuss at night were all the family members. Gu Yu and his group naturally stayed in the house, guessing what would happen while doing the things at hand, and finally got a little tired before they came home. ran off to sleep.

On the second day, the blue and white sky shone through the wooden window. Gu Yu stretched out her hand to touch it. Xiaoman woke up at some point, and heard the sound of a few children playing outside. Thinking that it was getting late, she slapped herself. On his forehead, he laughed secretly that he couldn't change the habit of sleeping late, but at this time he had no choice but to restrain himself, and started yawning profusely.

Gu Yu rubbed his eyes while stepping out of the main room door.The courtyard seemed to be the same as before, but Dalin and Li Dequan were still busy at home, and by the way, there were a few other men whom Gu Yu didn't know very well, and they were all busy there.

Gu Yu was a little stunned, and was about to go over to see what happened.Xiao Man came over and grabbed Gu Yu, "Are you just getting up now? Dad said to build a simpler wooden bridge. Second Uncle and Uncle Chen have already gone to the other side of the river to have a look. They said they need to lay several wooden stakes , Dad and Brother Dalin nailed these trees with these uncles at home, and then it’s almost done, and it is said that the bullock cart is not good, but the aisle is not a problem.”

Gu Yu stretched his neck to watch the big guy's busy work, and after a while, he saw a little trick. It turned out that it was a few small trees, placed side by side, and a big wooden plank was horizontal, nailed with big bamboo nails. I have seen bamboo rafts before, but this is a wooden raft.It must be fixed on each of the piles at that time, and then you can go, but Gu Yu seems to be quite narrow, it is nothing to put on the ground, if it is placed on the river, it looks like you can't move.

The people here are busy coming and going, and soon they are sweating profusely. The weather is getting hotter and hotter.Xiaoman boiled tea in the house, there were no cups at home, they were all served in large coarse porcelain bowls.Dequan also deliberately came in and explained, "Xiaoman, just stay a little longer, there will be a group of people going to the forest to come back later."

Gu Yu took the opportunity to speak, "Father, what are you going to do in the woods, can't this bridge be made bigger, you see that four or five trees are not too big to put together, if it is placed on the bridge, it will be too narrow. "

Before Li Dequan spoke, someone had already spoken, "Gu Yu, you have a good idea. This temporary bridge is not as good as the one that deliberately built a bridge. It is only for temporary use. Everyone has discussed it. Although we did not Money to build bridges, fortunately we have such a large area of ​​peaches, when our peaches this year are sold for silver, we can naturally build bridges, even if they are not enough for the big guys, we can just gather a little more, it will be much better."

Chen Yongyu and the others entered the yard, wiped off their sweat, and Gu Yu hurriedly brought a large bowl of tea, "Uncle Chen, drink tea, as my master said, don't look at the hot tea as it is hot, just turn it hot after drinking it." When the poison is forced out, people feel relaxed, which is better than drinking cold water.”

Chen Yongyu smiled and drank tea, and then came over to look at the wood that everyone had made, "It's not bad, it's enough. I'm afraid I can't hit Zhuangzi this season. It's too heavy, isn't it too good? Those who go to the forest The people from the lila tree should be ready to come back. Let’s just dry it out. We need to hurry up. We’re still planning to sell peaches. This year’s peaches won’t be divided. When the time comes, we’ll earn a little more money and come back. Anyway, peaches are nothing more than something to eat, and they will never be more important than rice."

Hearing what they said, Gu Yu seemed to have arranged everything, so she didn't worry about it anymore, but she was a little worried, because everyone had pinned their hopes on Taolin, and hoped nothing would go wrong.

(End of this chapter)