The village is and several village elders, all of whom are people who are about to enter the earth, and they have seen Xiahe Village for decades, and they all know very well that if the river embankment is to be strengthened, even if the villagers in Xiahe Village help for free, this cost is astronomical for Xiahe Village, which is not rich.

Without the participation of the government, relying only on the not wealthy villagers in Xiahe Village, repairing the river embankment is tantamount to a fool's dream.

Fortunately, there was a Gao Jia Saburo in Xiahe Village, who not only made a fortune on his birthday, but also was awarded the title of Xiahe County Male, and the most important thing is that Gao Jia Saburo did not forget these fathers and villagers in the same village, and he paid the cost of repairing the river embankment.

After the village and a few village elders left Gao's house, they braved the cold wind to walk around the village and inform the villagers of Gaosheng's decision.

So one spread ten, ten spread hundreds, Xiahe Village wanted to repair the river embankment, Gao Jia Saburo paid for it, and this good news spread rapidly in Xiahe Village like a virus.

In previous years, the villagers suffered from flooding during the flood season, and they all had a deep experience, if they had not had no money, they would have repaired the river embankment long ago.

Now there are people who pay for the repair of the river embankment, they have to contribute, they have wages to get, lunch to eat, such a beautiful thing of course in their hearts rejoicing, they are all eager to try.

The cold weather could not reduce their enthusiasm for signing up to repair the river embankment.

Zhang Dazhu's house was immediately surrounded by villagers who came to sign up, and some little daughters-in-law and aunts also came to sign up, and Tian accepted them all according to Gao Sheng's requirements.

The older ones cook for everyone, the younger ones work with the men, and the younger ones bring tea and water.

Repair the river embankment, work together in the group, and the more the merrier.

In fact, the Tang Dynasty was still more enthusiastic about building water conservancy, but the government was staring at the big rivers, and the small rivers such as Shangxiahe Village were rarely managed.

And this kind of river on the side of the mountain, every flood season, the mountain flood pours, the riverbed of the small river can not accommodate it at all, so that the crops are drowned, and even people and animals are drowned.

The old man came back with Zheng Guang, an old man who dug wells in Shanghe Village, and saw the anomaly as soon as he entered the village.

In winter, the weather is cold, if there is nothing to do, the farmers would rather burn the fire at home to keep warm, who wants to run out and feel the biting cold wind?

But now, the men, women and children in the village, even with their families, braved the cold wind to go to Zhang Dazhu's house.

The old man was curious, asked the slave to stop the carriage, got out of the carriage, and asked the third aunt who happened to be passing by: "Old He's family, why are everyone going to the pillar's house for what, this cold day, isn't it the benefit of the pillar's family?" ”

The old man thought to himself, if there is no benefit, how can it be possible for the dealer to come out in the cold weather?

"Yo, isn't this Saburo's father?" When the third aunt turned around, she saw the old man, came over with a smile, and said, "You still don't know? ”

The old man was puzzled, glared and asked, "What do I know?" ”

"Hey, your San Lang has done a great thing for us farmers!"

The third aunt smiled and patted her ass first, but the old man's son is the owner of Xiahe Village, and he will have some friendship with the old man in the future, maybe he will pay the rent in the future, and he can give one or two kickbacks.

"A good thing?"

The old man continued to wonder about Zou Mei, as soon as he heard that Gao Sheng had done a good thing, he remembered that Gao Sheng had delivered steamed buns for free, and he was a little frightened in his heart, and he had a premonition of losing money.

"Your Saburo has negotiated with the village chief and the village elder, he will contribute money and materials, and our farmers will make efforts to treat the small river that floods crops during the flood season every year."

As soon as the third aunt's words were finished, the old man's face changed, and he was terrible gloomy.

Before the old man left home, he heard Gao Sheng say "repair the river embankment", but he didn't expect it to be the case, and he had to pay money and things, this is not a loser, what is it?

"San Lang and his father, your San Lang is really a good person, and the villagers in our Xiahe Village are grateful to him in their hearts......"

The third aunt didn't notice the change in the old man's face, and said good things in a chattering voice, hoping that when she paid rent to the Gao family in the future, she would pay less.

The old man could still listen to the chatter of the third aunt, and he didn't even get into the carriage, so he strode towards his house with his feet up, leaving the third aunt and the old man who dug the well aside.

"Old master......" The slave who drove the carriage was a little dumbfounded, and hurriedly drove the carriage to keep up with the old man's pace.

And the third aunt looked at the old man's back dumbfounded, and muttered: "This old thing, why didn't you listen to me and leave?" ”

……

Zhuang signed up, all handed over to Zhang Dazhu and Tian to deal with, Gao Sheng at home at the moment, holding the drawings of digging deep wells and pondering repeatedly, for fear that there would be mistakes, or imperfect, it is necessary to ponder more.

At this moment, he heard the old man's thunderous voice.

"Melon cowardice...... Melon ......"

Don't think about the old man's anger, he doesn't even call "cowardly", just called "melon".

It seems to mean a word, alas.

The title of "melon coward", before Gao Sheng got married, the old man called him so, since he became a family, I really haven't heard the old man call him "melon coward".

It's really a day when he doesn't shake his face, and this old man kicks his nose in the face.

If the old man is not his father, he has to beat the old man's dog temper.

Gao Sheng went out of the door, looked at the old man, and said: "Aya, your child is a county man, and you are not afraid of 'melon cowardice' and 'melon cowardice' to let the left and right leaders hear it, so that your child will weaken the prestige of the Xiahe County man!" ”

"Uh......" The old man's face immediately froze.

Since he was promoted to a knighthood, the old man has been thinking about it all day long, that is, he can't weaken the prestige of his own children, and he likes to put on music when he speaks and acts.

If it weren't for Gao Sheng's decision to fund the repair of the river embankment, this money-losing business would make him really unable to figure it out, and he would not have called Gao Sheng a "melon coward".

The old man hurriedly looked left and right, and the busy slaves and maids in the front hall were also interested, so they hurriedly pretended not to hear and continued to do things.

Seeing that the old man had nothing to say, Gao Sheng sighed and said: "Aya, you don't want to think about it, the child is a man in Xiahe County, and the households in Xiahe Village are all children's households. ”

"I ......"

The old man just wanted to speak, Gao Sheng rushed before him and said: "This repair of the river, one repair can make the flood for several years, more than ten years without appearing, you always think about our village these years, every five years in Xiahe Village there must be a flash flood, if not, how can the child's mother-in-law ......"

Speaking of this, Gao Sheng's expression was sad and he couldn't say any more.

"Well, you can make up your own mind about repairing the embankment." The old man was uncomfortable when he saw his son, and he couldn't say anything.

When Chen was pregnant with Liujia, it happened to be a torrential rain during the flood season of the small river, and finally a flash flood broke out, flooding the crops and washing down the farmhouse, and when the flash flood passed, Chen was not swept away by the flash flood, but he was sick, and when he gave birth to his daughter Gao Yue, it was even worse, and finally he could no longer support it, and he returned to the west.

This was the case in ancient times, after the catastrophe, followed by the pandemic, and the backward medical equipment in ancient times, more people died after the disaster than during the disaster......