Chapter 12 The place that exists in the hearts of all
Since the stone landed smoothly, the design of the pendant tower was declared a success. Luoyun's terrace renovation plan can be regarded as an official launch. Uncle Wu immediately discussed with Daddy Zhang the price of hiring their father and son's helpers, although Daddy Zhang shirked it, Luo Yun also interjected beside him, and he couldn't make the Zhang family work in vain. also mentioned that Zhang Song should be the age of marriage, and Father Zhang half-pushed and half-raised his personal price for his son.
The two sides negotiated, and Luo Yun explained to Uncle Wu and Father Zhang the appearance, structure and effects of the terraces one by one. After imagining that after the completion of a flat field that retains water and soil, the other four big men present except Mu'er were surprised to open their mouths and forget to close them, and Daddy Zhang was even salivating and salivating. couldn't help but praise Luo Yun again, and what kind of old words like being born smart made Luo Yun have to blush and be modest.
The terrace renovation work began, and Luo Yun, the initiator and creator of the project, was unceremoniously driven away by the hard-working workers. In the end, under Luo Yun's strong request, he finally mixed up the work of driving cattle. To put it bluntly, it is to watch the cow pull the turntable and walk in a circle, and then pull the cow and stop after walking two laps. I have to say that these cattle are worthy of being raised by themselves, which is very face-saving for Luo Yun. At the beginning, Luo Yun had to stop and start, and Luo Yun had to pull the reins, and later Luo Yun found that the cow was quite reasonable and obedient, and the hand that pulled the reins was not strong, and it stopped with a sound in his mouth. So in the end, Luo Yun sat on a wooden stake that Zhang Song brought him, and watched everyone busy with their work bored. Seeing that the Zhang brothers tied the stone, he said a random word "turn, go, pull", and then said "stop" when the stone was hoisted almost high.
The bored Luo Yun sighed that he jumped from a job with no basic hand tools to a complete voice automation in the office, which made a little faster, which made him really uncomfortable.
Because the terrain and stone are very convenient, and there are labor-saving tools, so on the first day, when the sun is westerly, most of the embankment stone is completed. Luo Yun beckoned a group of people who were in full swing to finish work and go home, and the crane tower was placed directly here, otherwise it would be too troublesome to disassemble and reassemble it every day. I don't worry about being stolen, the village is my own people who have lived for generations, and the Li family village can really do it at night without closing the door and leaving the road behind.
When they arrived at the fork in the road and said goodbye to Daddy Zhang's family, Luo Yun and the three of them rushed into the house with the last sunset. As soon as I entered the courtyard gate, I saw Aunt Mei walking out of the hall, and she couldn't help complaining to Uncle Wu, "The two children are playful, don't you know the time?" As soon as I go out, it's a whole day, and I'm alone in so many things at home, and you old and young masters are having fun outside, and none of you have a heart and liver that knows that you feel sorry for me. And the family cow doesn't know who to borrow...... Borrow ......"
As Aunt Mei was talking, she saw the big green cow in the family flash out from behind Luo Yun's buttocks, and in Luo Yun casually pointed to the cowshed and gently said 'go in', she honestly stepped on the cow and stepped into the cowshed. Mu'er on the side looked at it and grinned, he has been feeding this cow for a few years, Luo Yun has only fed it a few times, and today is the first time to drive the cow to work, and he has been so obedient and honest with Luo Yun for a day. The feeling is that it eats soft or not hard, and his previous whip was beaten in vain.
Aunt Mei looked at the cow for a long time, and when she went to the front yard at noon to add some forage to the cow, she found that the big cow was gone. She didn't suspect that it was stolen, she had lived in Lijia Village for more than ten years, and only the old and sick cows had never lost their cattle. I thought that someone's family had an emergency, and I thought that there was no one at home so I borrowed it first, this is not a matter of nothing, I just said it just by complaining to Uncle Wu and the three of them in anger. "What are you three going to do with your oxen out for a day? Doesn't the work in the field mean that you are done? ”
Luo Yun smiled embarrassedly, touching his head and not knowing how to explain to Aunt Mei, this is a bit long to say. As a result, before he could open his mouth, Uncle Wu waved at him and Mu'er, "Go wash and eat", and then pulled Aunt Mei to the backyard, whispering something in Aunt Mei's ear as she walked.
Luo Yun shrugged, Uncle Wu explained it for himself, but he didn't write unreliable nonsense anymore, and greeted Mu'er, who was still pouting at the green cow and kept using forage to seduce the big cow, and went back to the house to fetch water and wash it.
I don't know how Uncle Wu explained to Aunt Mei, anyway, when it came to dinner, Aunt Mei looked at Luo Yun's eyes with extra love, relief, and other feelings overflowing. Luo Yun kept his head down, embarrassed to raise his head to face Aunt Mei's gaze. It wasn't until the family finished eating that Aunt Mei poured a glass of water for everyone, and then sat down slightly formally to start planning and assigning tasks for the coming period.
It is said that the pillars of a man's house can support the house without falling. But this roof beam will never care whether the corners of the house are cobwebs, whether the walls are broken, whether the roof is leaking, etc. So there needs to be a 'steward' to manage this issue.
Aunt Mei is an excellent housekeeper, and with her in Luoyun, she doesn't have to worry about eating this meal or not. Aunt Mei sat there talking, and the three men consciously gathered around her and listened. From how to carefully arrange the time to make the field, so as not to delay the serious harvest in the field; and then to the commission of Zhang's father's family and the question of whether they need to hire a few more helpers. During the period, I asked a few words about the progress of Uncle Wu's field work, after all, Aunt Mei had not been to that field, and she had never seen any hanging towers, so she didn't know their specific workload.
Uncle Wu proposed that the most important embankment construction could be completed quickly with the help of tools, and then the remaining soil was not heavy work, but more labor-intensive. However, you can also rush to plant rice this year, so you don't need to hire another person, after all, it is the real busy season, and at this time, inviting someone is not only a matter of price, but also a human relationship.
Aunt Mei listened to Uncle Wu's opinion and decided to leave it like this for the time being, the seeds have just been planted in the past two days, just take care of watering. There was nothing, so the whole family went together to try to build this acre of paddy field as soon as possible. Aunt Mei said that she would prepare meals for them at noon tomorrow, and three meals a day were necessary when she was working. Finally talking about Luo Yun, Aunt Mei praised Luo Yun in a very relieved tone, and finally her tone suddenly changed, telling Luo Yun to stay at home with her from tomorrow onwards, and she was not allowed to go anywhere. Of course, Aunt Mei's original words were very euphemistic, expressing the hope that Luo Yun would continue to work hard, study more at home, and be more productive in the future.
Luo Yun, who was deeply shocked, was stunned by Mu'er's gloating expression until the end of the family meeting, and even forgot to plead coquettishly. Aunt Mei looked at him pitifully, and said that she could go with her when she went to deliver food at noon, and there was no need to help, and there was nothing he could do except drive cattle. Luo Yun, who was very speechless, hated for the first time why he didn't give birth to a body of five big and three thick, this kind of day when people everywhere were looked at and used his body as an excuse to prevent him from participating in labor was really hurtful.
The next morning, had breakfast. In Luo Yun's infinite remembrance gaze, Uncle Wu and Mu'er led the green cow out of the door. The big green cow was pulled by Mu'er and looked back at Luo Yun standing at the door, as if asking, 'Why is it different?' In addition to sighing, Luo Yun could only honestly run to his father's room under Aunt Mei's 'tiger's eye' gaze, which is now used as his personal study to read and practice calligraphy.
He must record this feeling of rejection in "Yunshan Zhi", reminding the latecomers that everything must first have a strong physique, the body is the capital of the revolution, and if you have ideals, you must have a good body in order to fight for your ideals, otherwise you will be defeated by your body first, how to realize your ideals.
Although she was still a little depressed in her heart, when Aunt Mei was about to deliver food at noon, Luo Yun couldn't help but go with her. Walking behind Aunt Mei with a water jug, I met a lot of neighbors on the road who I didn't usually see. They all took the initiative to come forward to greet Aunt Mei and Luo Yun with a smile, and then praised Luo Yun with a smile, and the bold man also patted Luo Yun's shoulder while praising it, and that strength made Luo Yun's arm numb, and he almost threw the jug on the ground.
When he met the eighth person who came up to praise him like this, and this person was still his fourth uncle, Luo Yun suddenly felt that Aunt Mei was really too prescient, and he should really hide at home and not go out. Judging from this posture, if he appeared in the field today, he would not be annoyed to death by these people. But in the end, it was his own uncle, Luo Yun couldn't pretend to be embarrassed like he did with other people, and he smiled and passed. In the face of praise, what should be due, what should be modestly modest, and then asked a few questions. Then in the fourth uncle's explanation with a natural face, Luo Yun knew the origin of today's situation.
To put it mildly, in the entire Lijia Village, the surname Li and the foreign surname add up to less than 100 households. They are all neighbors who have lived together for decades, and they are not familiar with whom. In this era, people don't have newspapers or television to keep them informed of the outside world. Then the only thing that can satisfy the different amounts of gossip hidden in the hearts of human beings is to care about their neighbors. So if someone has something going on, there is no need for any broadcasting, and within an hour, the whole village will definitely know about it.
And to Dali, Luo Yun's father is the patriarch of the previous generation. It's only been less than a year, and when Luo Yun's father and mother were there, every move really involved the hearts of the whole village. If Luo Yun's mother wore any fresh and beautiful clothes, she would be instantly attracted by the women in the village as an object of learning and envy. Although this kind of attention has decreased after Luo Yun's father and mother have died for so long, the patriarch has changed, and Luo Yun has been away from everyone's attention for so long without leaving home. But after all, it is a big household in the village, this time it is a field opening, and it is a stone hanging tool that has never been seen before, so that the whole village quickly focused their attention on this 'former patriarch's house'.
It seems that the fourth uncle was originally going to go home, but he happened to meet Aunt Mei and Luo Yun who came to deliver the meal, and said that he hadn't eaten Su Mei's sister's tea and rice for a long time. The thin Luo Yun really had no power to resist in the hands of the strong fourth uncle, so he could only let the fourth uncle drag him forward.
When he arrived in the field, Luo Yun found that his two cousins, Li Chenglin, the son of the second uncle, and Li Kun, the son of the fourth uncle, were helping to unload the stones and fix the embankment. The lobby brother Li Jian and Daddy Zhang stood under the crane tower, learning the operation from Daddy Zhang.
Luo Yun looked at the busy crowd and then looked at the smiling fourth uncle, this way, although at first he really wanted to let this terrace attract everyone's attention, but at that time he wanted to let everyone see the benefits of soil and water conservation after the terrace was completed, so as to persuade everyone to follow suit, but the current situation is ...... It's a bit unexpected: "This ...... How come the brothers are here, it is Luo Yun's sin to delay the work in the field......"
The fourth uncle waved his hand indifferently, and said with a heroic face: "What can I be busy with now, it was originally quite laborious to turn over the ground, but didn't you and Brother Mu's kid make a curved plow?" As a result, the land was turned over earlier than in previous years, and the two days were not idle. Besides, you made such a ...... Hanging, hanging ......"
"Hanging tower." Seeing that the fourth uncle was in a hurry and couldn't hang it out when he patted his head, Luo Yun was really afraid that he would hang himself here, so he quickly caught it.
"Yes, the pendant. Such a thing is really fresh and fun, and I tried it when I came at noon. Hey! I really don't know how you figured out the melon seeds with your little head, but the children taught by your sister-in-law are different. I couldn't even move such a large stone, so I tied it with a rope and pushed the turntable again, and it was easy to hang it so high. At first they told me I didn't believe it yet."
Looking at the fourth uncle's look of admiration, Luo Yun didn't have any contempt, in the face of unknown and unknown things, all the primitive feelings shown should be amazement. Speaking of which, when he saw the old man throwing stones at him, his first reaction when he saw the boulder flying from the sky was to be amazed rather than afraid. Hey? That stinky old man really threw me a stone.
Aunt Mei also saw the hanging tower for the first time, but women may not be interested in this kind of thing by nature. Watching the crane lift up the big stones, I was amazed and stopped looking, and looked at the three or four extra people, especially Li Laosi's 'rice bucket', and felt that the food I brought was probably not enough.
Luo Yun went up to salute several cousins, and the eldest brother Li Jian pulled Luo Yun to praise him first, and then asked Luo Yun where he learned this hanging tower. Luo Yun couldn't prevaricate, so he could only deduce that he had seen the drawings from the book by chance when he was going to school in the county, and he accidentally remembered it not long ago, and asked Daddy Zhang to refer to it in detail. Li Jian looked at Luo Yun, sighed and didn't ask any more, only said that if Luo Yun needed help with anything in the future, he would come to him as a brother. Luo Yun looked at the meaningful eyes of his eldest brother Li Huan, restrained his smile, and nodded seriously. Seeing Luo Yun nodding, the brothers smiled together as if they had reached an agreement.
Luo Yun helped Aunt Mei distribute dishes and pour water for everyone. Inadvertently turned around, I saw the second uncle holding the second grandfather standing on the mountain road and looking at this side. As soon as Luo Yun raised his feet and wanted to go up to say hello, he saw the second uncle waving at him, and the second grandfather smiled at him, stroked his beard, and turned around and left with the second uncle. Luo Yun looked at the distant backs of the two elders, looked at the performance of these relatives around him in the face of him, and remembered the ...... about him in the "Yunshan Chronicles" written by his mother
"Hehe, it seems that I really underestimated my status in this village...... Alas, it is necessary to be more low-key in the future...... "Life should be stable and not impatient."