Doomsday Paradise

Chapter 29 Pulling Coal
Father Qiao was stunned for a moment, and then he laughed, "Well, don't be too busy. If someone is famous, he is called Dahei, isn't he Dahei?"

Dahei barked loudly, completely different from the state of the previous two days.

Now Qiao's mother and Qiao Miwei had no choice but to believe it. Qiao's mother said, "It's a good idea, so I'll call it Dahei, and we won't change the name."

Dahei called out again, and Qiao Mi said slightly, "Dahei, get down." Dahei slid down on the ground, and Qiao Mi smiled slightly, "Dahei, go back to the nest."

Dahei let out a cry and returned to the nest obediently.

Now Qiao's father and mother also showed a surprised expression, "Oh, this big dog is so good."

Mother Qiao picked up the temporary cardboard box, tidied up the torn sheets inside and stuffed it into the kennel, "Let's put the kennel down on the concrete platform, it's dry, and put it under the wall."

Father Qiao had no objection, so he called the big dog out, and Qiao Miwei carried the kennel to the cement platform, put it next to the window, and brought the dog food bowl over, Qiao Miwei greeted the big dog this time Hei, "Come on, this is your future home."

The big dog rushed up in a few steps. Although it was still skinny, it moved nimbly and had sharp eyes. Father Qiao stared at it for a long time and said with certainty, "This kind of dog is probably a military dog. Ordinary people can't train it like this." dog."

Qiao Mi looked down at Dahei gnawing his bones, "Whatever, Dahei belongs to me now, and I won't let him go."

Dahei heard his master tell him to look up at Qiao Miwei, and then lowered his head to lick the bone.

After a busy day at the kennel, it was already evening. Mother Qiao and Qiao Miwei were discussing what to make for dinner when the phone rang at home, and Qiao Miwei went to answer it.

It turned out that the village chief had informed her that the coal she wanted had arrived, and it could be pulled when the rain stopped. Qiao Miwei was afraid that the social order would become chaotic after the heavy rain. It might not be so easy to buy again, so she tentatively asked if she could do it within two days, for which she was willing to pay more.

The village head fell silent. He never understood why the newly moved girl was so impatient. He was in a hurry to buy a house, to decorate it, to do everything, and to prepare a lot of everything. The isolation is the same, and even if the heavy rain can fall, it will not be able to go to autumn, and it will be enough to buy time after the rain stops.

It’s just that the village chief knew after so long that Qiao Miwei was different from ordinary people, and the little girl was also very assertive. Wishing, she thought for a moment and asked for the phone number of the other party. After finishing the phone call with the village chief, she dialed the number.

The other party heard that she was the one who wanted to buy [-] tons of coal, and was very polite to her. Qiao Miwei made his own request and offered to increase the money. Hearing that he could make more money, he hesitated for a long time and finally gritted his teeth and agreed. Promise to pull the coal over tomorrow.

Qiao Miwei thanked the other party, and the other party asked if he needed a stevedore, and the loading and unloading fee for a ton of coal was fifty. After hanging up the phone, she called the village chief again, telling him that the coal had been contacted and that it could be pulled tomorrow. When the village chief told her on the phone, he had a premonition that the coal would definitely be pulled, and told her directly that he would bring someone there tomorrow. She unloads coal.

Qiao Miwei was worried about how to dump the [-] tons of coal. Hearing the village chief's words of thanks, she hung up the phone and told Qiao's father and mother about pulling the coal. After hearing this, Qiao's mother said, "Then We have to prepare lunch and treat everyone to a good meal."

Father Qiao nodded, "It should be, there is still a lot of meat at home, Wei Wei, go to the supermarket to see if there is any food, buy some."

Qiao Miwei said, "Go tomorrow morning, the ones you bought today are not fresh."

"It's fine, just remember it." Father Qiao said.

The next morning, Qiao Miwei's family got up early, watered the garden, weeded, fed chickens, ducks, pigs, sheep, dogs, made breakfast, and cleaned the house. It was already seven o'clock when everything was busy, and Qiao Miwei put on his poncho and went the supermarket.

When she came back, the village chief had already brought people over. Seven or eight men were sitting in the living room, and Father Qiao was chatting with him.

Qiao Mi entered the room slightly, said hello to each other, and then went into the kitchen to help Qiao's mother prepare.

The coal truck arrived just after nine o’clock. Twenty tons sounds scary, but it’s not as much as I imagined. A big truck was loaded in. The driver was the person who talked to Qiao Miwei yesterday. His name is Sun Yan, boy. He is very talkative, not tall, but has a little strength, and he said that it is not worth the money to come to help, but Qiao Miwei has secretly prepared his red envelope, and it is not much, and 300 yuan is not bad.

The car drove into the courtyard. Sun Yan laughed at Qiao Miwei's house, which was special and had a roof installed in the courtyard. Qiao Miwei made tea for everyone while laughing. Those people came here with their carts. A small cart just fits through the narrow passages on both sides of Qiao Miwei's house.

People entered from the left and came out from the right, one after another, and the weather was hot and humid, and soon they were sweating.

From time to time, Qiao Miwei greeted everyone to have a rest, and offered them tea to quench their thirst. The village chief was smoking dry cigarettes, nodded and said, "It's all good coal, Xiao Qiao, you bought this coal, it's been a lot of money these few years." No need to buy any more."

Qiao Mi chuckled slightly, "Well, save more things, I'm sure."

The village chief laughed when he heard this, "You child." After speaking, he turned to look at Dahei, "Is this your dog?"

Qiao Mi smiled slightly, then nodded, "Yes, Dahei."

When Dahei heard him being called, he turned his eyes back from staring at those people, and yelled slightly at Qiao Mi.

The village head was full of envy, and he couldn't help but be greedy, "This dog is good, is it pregnant, give me one of its cubs?"

"Doesn't the village chief have one? Do you still want it?" Qiao Miwei asked. In fact, she didn't want to give it to her privately. She would raise as many cubs as Dahei could give birth to.

The village chief hesitated for a while, and said, "The one at home is not as good as this one, but it has been around for several years, and it has a lot of affection. Forget it, I don't want it anymore, I don't want to part with the one at home." In fact, he also saw that Qiao Miwei didn't want to give it away. , also, he would not bear such a good dog if it was his.

Everything else is easy to say, but Dahei is definitely reluctant to give it away. Qiao Miwei was afraid that the village chief would repent, so he didn't answer. At noon, Qiao Miwei helped Qiao's mother prepare a large table of delicious dishes for everyone to eat. She was very satisfied, and was busy until after four o'clock in the afternoon before transporting all the coal into her warehouse.

Everyone wanted to go back as soon as they were busy here. How could the three members of the Qiao family hurry up and stop them from leaving? The dinner was ready, and they would not let them go. They had no choice but to eat dinner before going home. Qiao Miwei settled the coal money for Sun Yan and gave him a red envelope. Sun Yan put the money in his pocket and walked away cheerfully.

Dinner was early, and it was only after seven o'clock when Qiao Miwei finished cleaning up the yard. She lay at the door and watched the heavy rain for a while. She estimated that she hadn't seen the land on the mountain for a few days. The poncho went out.

When she got to the mountain, Qiao Miwei was glad that she was here. Her land is indeed a mountain, but the slope is not that big. Originally, the terrace was clearly defined, and there was a ditch beside it for water, but because of the heavy rain, after passing through these The sky has scoured those Long Terraces and there is basically nothing left, and now the waterways are also blocked by silt, and the fields are full of water.

She walked around the earth and it was so dark that she had to go back in the dark. When she got home, she told Joe's father and mother about the situation in the field. Joe's father knew the seriousness of the matter and said, "Get up early tomorrow morning." , go to the ground to drain water."

In fact, not only Qiao's father intends to do this, but many families are already doing this. Wujia Village is high, but it does not mean that the land in the village is also high. Now there are many families whose land is soaked in water. Those who can be saved have already drained water every day, and those who cannot be saved can only consider themselves unlucky.

The next day, Qiao Miwei got up early and fed the chickens, ducks, pigs and dogs. After a while, Qiao's father and Qiao's mother got up and made a full breakfast. Put on your water boots and head out.

The ground was so watered that it was hard to tell where it was. Father Qiao looked around the ground for a long time before he dug a hole with a shovel and drew a line and asked Qiao Miwei to start digging along the direction of the line. Mi Wei is only responsible for the effort, and digs wherever he is asked to dig.

Wet soil is no easier to dig than dry soil. Half of the shovel sticks to the surface of the shovel, and she has to use her feet to get it down, but the ground under her feet is softer, and when she tilts her foot slightly, she sinks into the muddy water. It took a few swings to stabilize the figure, and then continued to lift the foot and then sank again. Just digging a shovel, lifting the foot, swinging twice, coupled with heavy rain hindered, a small ditch was dug intermittently for almost an hour.

However, the effect was immediate, as soon as the ditch was dug, the water in the ground waded out along the ditch.

Qiao's father has already drawn several locations, and he is also starting to dig a trench not far from Qiao Miwei. After observing Qiao Miwei, he will find that he is really weak compared to his father's speed.

She flicked her feet, trying to get rid of the heavy and dirty mud, but it had no effect at all. She had no choice but to move forward with the muddy water on her feet. When she arrived at the next location, she pulled out the branch that Joe's father had inserted for marking. , digging a hole with your head buried.

At noon, Mother Qiao came out wearing a poncho to call them for dinner. Qiao Miwei was so tired that she could hardly lift her arms. She realized how weak the physical strength she used to be complacent about in the past was when she really tried it. She walked up to Father Qiao Raising his hand to support him, the two walked back supporting each other.

There were already two large basins of warm water waiting for them at the door of the house. Qiao Miwei shook off the heavy water boots, picked up the shoes of the two with bare feet and put them by the wall, then splashed a handful of water on his face After washing my face, I put my feet in and rubbed it well. Then I pulled the water boots and pressed them in the basin for a while. The muddy water was wet, and the water fell off after a while. Scrubbing is easy.

She put the cleaned boots on the wall of the garden to dry, then turned around and washed her hands with Father Joe's washing water, and poured the water outside the gate before going into the house.

Before I entered the door, I smelled a pleasant fragrance, "Mom, what is delicious? I'm starving to death."

The dishes on the dinner table were a bit too rich for the three of them. Qiao Miwei knew that it was because Qiao's mother felt sorry for the two of them, so he didn't say anything, just took the rice handed over by Qiao's mother and ate it with his head down.

(End of this chapter)