Chapter 7: Observing the Heavens and Surveying the Earth

【1】

Zhang Guangming said in his heart: "Fortunately, I understand the proverb in meteorology - the clouds are a wind to the east, the clouds are with rain gear to the west, the clouds ripple to the south, and the clouds are difficult to drop when the rain is northward." A few hours ago, when I looked up at the sky and saw the clouds slowly drifting north, I promised the villagers that it would be cloudy and sunny within five hours. The scene when the villagers were going out to escape the famine and ask for food and the folk song that discriminated against Muyehua Village came back to his mind. Let this village party secretary make a more determined ambition, be sure to lead the villagers to dig out the poor roots, and go to the broad road of prosperity and strength, this is his unwavering pursuit!

From morning to mid-afternoon, there were still black clouds in the sky. After a while, I felt a warm breeze blowing on my face, layers of dark clouds passed by, and the water in the pond was as clear as a mirror, sparkling waves. The round sun was shy, and gradually revealed a little hazy light, and suddenly it was bright in the sky. It seemed that the face of the "old man" showed a bright smile that he had not seen for a long time, looking at the people of Makino Flower Village. It's like an old man, playing a game of hide and seek with the people here. The people of Makinohua Village put the sun in the supreme position and called them "old men".

Zhang Guangming said to the people with a smile: Look, it seems that the "old man" who has been gloomy for a long time is in a relaxed mood at this moment! The masses are very happy.

The masses could not help but wonder how the branch secretary knew that the overcast sky could clear up in three days? How could he dare to conclude that the gloomy sky would clear within five hours?

During this week, the villagers did the farm work assigned by the new branch secretary properly.

At noon on this day, Zhang Zhishu shouted on the loudspeaker: "All production teams and every household should take advantage of the fact that there are vegetable seedlings selling in our village market, everyone will go to buy vegetable seedlings, and the production team will plant vegetable seedlings in the wasteland." When I get home in the evening, I plant vegetable seedlings in my garden. The villagers were puzzled, and Zhang Zhishu said, "Because there will be a light rain tonight!"

"Listen to the shouting of our village party secretary on the loudspeaker, let us buy vegetable seedlings and plant them in the market. He said it would rain lightly in the evening. Let's listen to what he has to say. ”

"We can plant eggplants, beans, tomatoes in the team's vegetable patch...... Also plant seeds such as winter melon, watermelon, pumpkin, etc. Remember to plant melons, fruits, and vegetables in front of and behind your house! You must also remember to plant bamboo and gourds!" The masses were surprised again, planting gourds can eat vegetables, so what are you doing with planting bamboo? Everyone heard Zhang Zhishu shouting on the loudspeaker, "When the bamboo and gourds grow up, I will teach everyone to make bamboo carvings and gourd paintings for free! Let's sell some carvings and paintings to subsidize the family!"

When the crowd heard the words of the new branch secretary, they immediately became excited.

Some said: "Ah? The carving and weaving skills of the old Zhang family are incomparable within a radius of 100 miles from us! That is a unique skill that has been passed down from our ancestors for several generations and can support the family! The new branch secretary said that he wants to teach these two kinds of unique skills to the big guys for free? Am I not mistaken?"

Some said, "Oh, this is good! If we can learn these two crafts, we won't starve to death!" The whole village knew that the other day, he was very accurate in predicting the weather. But this time on a sunny day, will it really rain lightly in the evening? But the production teams still plant what they should plant and plant what they should plant. The villagers thought: even if it doesn't rain, even if it is water, they have to grow fruits, vegetables and bamboo.

The sky was getting dark, the sky was thundering, and the light rain was really falling. Zhang Guangming put on a raincoat and inspected the dilapidated houses in the village one by one, and he found several houses with serious water leaks. Together with his family, he covered the roof of their house with plastic sheeting. But fortunately, although most of the mud houses are very dilapidated, and some of the houses are still a little leaky. However, the one-meter-high foundations of the houses in Makinoka Village are made of stone, which is the traditional custom of building houses in the village, so there will not be much danger in a few years.

And the roof of the new branch secretary's own house is also leaking everywhere, and his own house is handed over to his wife.

This light rain made the people of Muyehua Village applaud happily, and they all admired the new branch secretary full of wisdom, who knew astronomy and geography and had the ability to predict the weather. This light rain finally nourished crops and bamboo seedlings, as well as melons, fruits and vegetables. This also gives the villagers hope for survival.

【2】

The next day, a round of sunny days shines in the sky, and the spring flowers are enchanting. Zhang Zhishu mobilized the villagers to plant flowers in their homes on both sides of the road, intending to be pleasing to the eye.

However, Zhang Zhishu saw that the people in the village had left the toilet pools outside the courtyard wall, and the manure tanks and dung heaps on both sides of the road were poured into the rainwater last night. As soon as the weather clears, the stench starts to emanate. This stinking smell is unacceptable. The new branch secretary held his breath and walked, but he had to breathe in the disgusting stench. One moment he stepped on this dung, and the next he stepped on that dung. He frowned, thinking about how to solve this problem of destroying the environment. Zhang Guangming walked one foot high, one foot lower, and walked to the outside of the village step by step. He knew that the light rain on Zuotian would not last long, because there was a proverb that said: "Thunder rumbles first, and rain does not last". Sure enough, the rain on the left night was less than a night, and it really turned clear.

At this time, the crops and seedlings in the field were covered with crystal clear water droplets, as if they were so happy that they burst into tears. They all raised their heads, full of energy, and looked up at the sky, as if showing a look of gratitude. He saw the river singing and the ducks and geese swimming. The willows on the shore are swaying, the pigeons are flying and swallowing in the air, and the singing is endless. But at this moment, the scene of the villagers going out to escape the famine with their burdens appeared in his mind again, and he couldn't help but sigh: "Hey, now it's all dependent on the sky for food, so when will the fate of the crops be in the hands of the poor villagers themselves?" With mixed feelings, he turned around and walked into the courtyard of the brigade.

The new branch secretary thought again: "This rain will make it so that the villagers can finally see the hope of harvesting crops." His heart was comforted.

He saw Li Hongyun, a five-guarantee household, and his wife, Han Fengzhi, who lived in the courtyard of the brigade, admiring the medicinal herbs. He hurriedly walked into the muddy courtyard of the brigade, and when he looked up, he saw the peonies, wormwood, and He Shou Wu...... The leaves that were yellowed before have turned green. The old couple came to many fresh flowers and stopped to admire. When Zhang Guangming came to the old couple, he jokingly said, "Look at their smiling faces full of spring, to repay you two hard-working gardeners!" The old couple laughed happily when they heard this.

【3】

Zhang Guangming squatted down and carefully observed the ground, and then he smiled and said, "Okay, after this rain, it will last at least seven or eight days!"

Li Hongyun asked curiously: "Eh? I wondered how bright it was, how did you know that the cloudy sky would be sunny within three days? How did you know that when the dark clouds were in the sky, you dared to conclude that it would be sunny in five hours? How did you know that it would rain on a sunny day yesterday? How can you tell that it will be sunny for seven or eight days now?" Zhang Guangming had a mysterious expression on his face and laughed.

Lao Li suddenly complimented again, "Some people in our village say that you are a god and a man, and some people say that you are the reincarnation of Zhuge ."

His wife Han Fengzhi also said: "Yes, yes, everyone says so." New branch secretary, you are really a strange person!"

Zhang Guangming smiled and said, "Don't listen to those words, it's too exaggerated to say those words." I've just loved watching the changes of the sun, moon and stars since I was a child, and I've accumulated experience for a long time.

Li Hongyun begged and said, "Then Uncle Li begs you, you can reveal a little light!"

Han Fengzhi also said: "Tell us about it, my aunt also begs you." ”

Lao Li and his wife both looked at Zhang Guangming with expectant eyes, hoping that he could solve the mystery in his heart at this time.

"I learned the proverb: the clouds on the edge of the halo are rolling flowers, the sky is in a hurry, the day is dizzy and the night is raining, the moon is dizzy and the wind is blowing in the afternoon, the circle is gradually getting smaller, the rain is coming, the clouds are warm and the sun is bright. It's just that I have learned the law of weather changes through years of observation and surveying of the heavens and the earth, combined with the knowledge of proverbs, and applied them to farm management.

"Oh, Guangming, you are really attentive!" Li Hongyun said with admiration.

After the three of them chatted for a few words, the new branch secretary and the hard-working and kind Wubao family couple admired the various flowers planted in the compound in a variety of colors: golden, rose, and dark pink moon seasons, and white, pink, and orange azaleas. And also......

Everyone says that they are five-guarantee households, but they are not really childless. Zhang Guangming remembered his past when he saw a poor couple. Li Hongyun's sons are in groups! Then why are only the old couple living in Muyehua Village, thousands of miles away? Here's the thing -- they are from the mountainous areas of Guizhou, which is an extremely impoverished area. Due to successive droughts, there was no harvest. His neighbor's children starved to death. Li Hongyun's family also had no food to eat. The couple was forced to have no choice, so they let the older children split up and go out to escape the famine and ask for food. The couple took their youngest son out to beg on the streets. Once, on the way, their family of three was tired of walking, so they rested in a ruined temple in the wilderness, and the youngest son Li Xiaguo was more naughty, and he took advantage of his father's lunch break to go out to play alone. Taken away by passing traffickers. The two begged for food, and deliberately went to many places around to look for their son, but they couldn't find him, so they lived a life of wind and rain all day long. The two of them fainted on the side of the road due to illness, but they happened to be discovered in time and saved them.

The old couple had lived in Makino Flower Village for several years, and their son has not been heard from since he left. Zhang Guangming thought again, I want to take good care of this poor couple!

Li Hongyun pointed to a vegetable field and said with a smile: "Fortunately, the weather forecast is bright, so that the villagers can plant melons, fruits and vegetables, and they don't have to carry water to water when it rains, which saves more trouble." I said that you are like Zhuge Liang, you have the talent to know the heavens and the earth!

Zhang Guangming waved his hand, laughed a few times and said, When did Uncle Li learn to compliment people?

Lao Li said very seriously, where is my compliment? Obviously, you have this ability!