Pastoral Valley Fragrance

Chapter 170 Prestige is an Unfathomable Thing
The weather is getting hotter and hotter, the cicadas on the tree are barking non-stop, Chen Jiangsheng's dog at home is lying on the eaves and sticking out his tongue, this kind of atmosphere always makes people sleepy, Xiaoman and Xiaohe stay in the room embroidering I dozed off non-stop, my hand was pricked a few times with blood beads, and I simply put down the embroidery tension, anyway, I am not in a hurry to help the family with embroidery now.Farmers who came in and out walked barefoot on the village road and felt their feet were hot. Xu Qinshi exaggerated and said that pouring rice milk on a stone slab can turn it into a cake.

It seems that there is a fixed number of rainy days and sunny days every year, and God decides whether it will rain or sunny that day.If the deployment is good and the weather is good for a year, if you are lazy, you can fool around at will.For example, the non-stop rain a while ago seems to have used up the quota for rainy days, and the rest are sunny days. The sky is so blue that there is no cloud, and there is no sign of rain.

Li Dequan was a little worried. There was no problem when the rice was harvested, but what to do after transplanting the seedlings? How would such a big sun seedling survive?
There is no way to worry, God doesn't reward face, so I can only do things in a hurry.

In the past, Li He often carried Xia Zhi out of the house, but Gu Yu and Xiao Man still said behind their backs that Li He loved face, and everyone in Zhuangzi who carried her out would say something nice.Now Gu Yu realizes that she also likes to go out.

Not to mention going to the Fairy Orchard or washing clothes on weekdays, the people I meet are very polite to me, and it is the kind of thing that cannot be said, but the politeness makes you feel kind.The last time Gu Yu went to wash clothes, Dazhuzi Niang insisted that she was weak, and helped her carry a large wooden barrel of clothes to the yard before giving up, and everyone she met would greet her politely, it stands to reason that Gu Yu is just a child, Those uncles and uncles who usually can't talk at all, at this time they also treat Gu Yu as an adult, making Gu Yu a little happy and a little at a loss.

This time too, she went to the fairy fruit field to bury those peach pits in the soil. At the beginning of learning, she wanted to move river mud from the river. At that time, she didn't know who walked by and heard Gu Yu chanting. She just found out There is a layer of river in that plot of land, in fact, there is no need for that much, Gu Yu is flattered and can't laugh or cry.

Seeing her come back with such an expression, Mrs. Xu said with a smile: "What's the matter? Is there anything else to worry about?"

Gu Yu shook his head and explained the matter.

Mrs. Xu laughed, "Don't worry about it. The Zhuangzi takes us seriously for things that can't be bought with a lot of money. I'll just say what everyone is seeing. No one can lose anything. No matter who, let’s just talk about our thresher business this year. Your father and your uncle have no intention of making money this time. The crops have been soaked in water. I want everyone to feel more comfortable and hurry up. In this weather, the bridge you are walking in Zhuangzi was built by your father, and we paid a lot of money for this stone arch bridge. The group of people in Zhuangzi who can talk and smash holes on the ground all come to our house , other people naturally have to respect three points, and it will be easier for us to do things in the future."

Gu Yu sighed faintly, filled with emotions for a moment, it turned out that the village is such a place, where no filth can be hidden, everyone knows the root of every family, small things can be spread all at once, People who live here without rubbing sand in their eyes naturally don't dare to mess around, otherwise they won't be able to stay.For example, those daughters-in-law who don’t respect their parents-in-law, for example, who like to take advantage of small things, and who have a second wife outside, this is not a big deal if they are in the city, but if they are in the Zhuangzi, they cannot be hidden.

Gu Yuxin smiled happily, it was not the same as the place where she used to live, if she was in a small place like the countryside, where there would be so many lovers who murdered and cheated, firstly, there was no condition, and secondly, it was probably because of these reasons, she stayed It's different in the city. If you do something, others will naturally not know, so there must be a kind of fluke mentality.

Before, Gu Yu felt constrained by the sophistication of people in this village, but now he felt a different kind of emotion and laughed.

Li Dejiang and Chen Yongyu were running around in various villages. The price of the threshing machine was so low that any household could use it. Li Dequan and Dalin didn't go out and were rushing to make water trucks.

Seeing how busy they are every day, Gu Yu felt a little distressed, "Father, what are you doing so busy? What if it rains right after you get out? It's necessary to be careful even if you want to take precautions." How can I rush to work so day and night."

Before Li Dequan could speak, Dalin said, "Gu Yu, you don't know that it won't break if you make it. It's better to make it now. If it rains, we have nothing to say. If it doesn't rain, so many people are waiting to use it. Let's use it." How can you feel at ease, there is a carpenter in the village, and the waterwheel will not be able to plant the seedlings, which is a bit funny."

Li Dequan also said: "It's not as good as your brother Da Lin, isn't it? I've been thinking about building a few water trucks for a long time. If I don't need it this year, I won't be able to use it until next year. If I don't need it next year, it will be the year after. What's the matter? I was so busy before that I couldn’t find time, but now I can’t do much while the weather is hot, so I might as well just do it well and feel at ease.”

Since they thought so, Gu Yu naturally couldn't say anything.

In the next few days, there was no rain, and everyone began to harvest.

I heard that Li Dequan wanted to make a water tanker for Zhuangzili for transplanting rice seedlings, but Zhuangzili spontaneously helped Gu Yu's family harvest the fields.Gu Yu’s family only had two fields, and the threshers were ready-made, and both sides started working at the same time. A group of peasants tidied it up in less than a day. The rice was piled up on the Chen family’s drying yard. It's half dry.The remaining straw was also pulled to the side of the road to dry, just waiting for transplanting.

Gu Yu's family was naturally upset, and wanted to treat everyone to a meal, but unexpectedly they refused to come, so Gu Yu finally had to send some peach sauce, sour plum soup, mung bean water, etc. to the field, and everyone was not polite.

Chen's fellow also has face, seeing what happened to Gu Yu's family, he ran over to tell Wang that he wants to form a partnership, and the family has less labor, and let the people in the village help him clean up.

Before he finished speaking, he was choked by Mrs. Xu, "You have the face, don't you? The people in this village are not blind. What Dequan is making now is a waterwheel, and the things in the village are waiting to be used. You have to break your hands Counting how many things you have done for Zhuangzili, you dare to open your mouth! If you say it, the price will drop, if you have that ability, don't let Gu Yu and the others talk about it, Zhuangzili will naturally not see it as coming to help."

Mrs. Chen didn't say anything, and went back in a daze.

The harvested rice is dried and put into the main room, and the room is filled with the smell of new grains.

I don't know whether to say lucky or unlucky, God didn't open his eyes, and there has been no sign of rain.Fortunately, Li Dequan and the others have made several water trucks.Each field is assigned to a frame, and each household has a cart to water day and night. Fortunately, there is enough water by the river.Everyone has no regrets. Even if some people use water trucks at night and others use them during the day, the fields of each family can still transplant rice seedlings.The people in Zhuangzi are easy to be satisfied, and they didn't make any troubles about the waterwheel.

Chen Yongyu said with emotion, "If it was a bad year before, I was afraid that some people would run away to beg for food. Now most of the people in Zhuangzi can survive. Don't say it, it's embarrassing for others to go out and say that they are Taozhuang. The sky is very bright, not to mention that we will soon have stone arch bridges, waterwheels and so on, life will be more secure after all.”

When harvesting, because Li Dequan was busy, Li Dejiang and the others had to take care of the threshing machine business. Of course, if anyone in the village wanted a threshing machine this year, they would only charge ten yuan a day. Chen Yongyu kept it for bridge repair.

Li Dequan and the others also discussed it later. The family's savings are quite a lot now, and they are not short of such a few taels of silver. Besides, everyone's rice fields have been soaked in water and the harvest is not good. I don't feel at ease, they are all from ten miles and eight villages, and they are bound to be relatives.So it was decided that the prices in other villages would drop by more than half this year, and all the money recovered would be reserved for bridge repairs in Zhuangzi.

The entire Zhuangzi was in an uproar, saying that Gu Yu's family was not the richest in Zhuangzi, but they were the kindest.Under the pressure of this public opinion, the landlord's family also took out five taels of silver for the first time, saying that it was used for Zhuangzili's bridge repair.Now everyone feels at ease, and just waits for the master to repair the bridge after transplanting rice seedlings, so there is no need to worry about money.

There is only a thin layer of water in the field. Li Dequan and his family all came to plant rice seedlings. Gu Yu and Xiaoman were not allowed to go out, but Gu Yu couldn't stay still. He passed by here on the pretext of going to the Fairy Fruit Field, and saw that everyone was using a waterwheel. Joyfully running around in the field with great energy, I am also happy in my heart.People stop water trucks non-stop, everyone has calculated when to use their own homes, and some people simply guard by the side.These people who were waiting for the waterwheel were not idle, they helped Gu Yu's family plant seedlings in the mud, talking and laughing.

Suddenly Gu Yu felt a little illusory, thinking that when the land was just divided, Li Dequan went out to do carpentry to supplement the household, and the paddy field at home was planted by the brothers and sisters and Xu Qinshi just by moonlight.At that time, how could she have imagined that there would be such a scene today.

As for the seedlings in Gu Yu's house, they were all twisted off and replanted, in order to prevent the leaves from being scorched by the fierce sun, and it would be easier to grow seedlings in the future.Li Dequan wanted to let everyone know, so he didn't need to talk about it if he couldn't think of it. Seeing that Gu Yu's family did this, others would follow suit. Anyway, he didn't think he would suffer.

The rice is harvested, the seedlings are in the field, and life returns to normal.Just waiting for a while to repair the bridge.

Just after lunch that day, Da Zhuzi's father brought a person into the yard, and said very politely, "This is the household."

Gu Yu and the others came out to take a look, a little surprised how could this person come?

(End of this chapter)