Chapter Eighty-Nine: Died of Hunger
"You said that piece of land!" Village Chief Wang knew where she said, but he didn't know what that piece of land could be used for, "It's a steep slope that even people can't climb, what can it be used for?"
This piece of land is the same as the foot of the mountain where Cheng Yangyang lives, and there is a certain distance from Wangjia Village below.
But it is precisely because it is a landslide, so there are several stone pits with water seeping out of the mountain because of the talc, which is perfect for raising ducks.
Ducks have a place to swim in the water, as well as a rocky ground with grass, with the ability of the group of wild ducks, rummaging in the loose stone crevices to find perched insects and ants to eat, which is not only natural food, but also can save a lot of nutrients, killing two birds with one stone.
"It's not that there are too many ducks at home, and the land in the back mountain can't be raised, so I want to find a bigger place. ”
Cheng Yangyang's sentence "There are more ducks at home" undoubtedly stimulated the nerves of Village Chief Wang, in the same village, why does she do anything, and they can't do it?
"Cheng girl", Village Chief Wang suddenly sighed, "You see that we are all from the same village, if you have any good things, take care of us more, what others can do, we can also do."
When he said this, he still minded that she handed over the matter of planting fruit trees to Liujia Village instead of their Wangjia Village, implying that she had lost the fertile water to outsiders' fields.
"Village Chief, I said that the land in Wangjia Village is not suitable for planting trees", she explained helplessly, "Moreover, I have other plans in Wangjia Village, and I will not forget everyone if there are good things."
"Then what else do you have to do?" asked Village Chief Wang a little anxiously.
"Duck factory. ”
Cheng Yangyang didn't want to reveal this matter so early, but now it seems that if she continues to hide it, the villagers don't know how she will pass it on.
"The duck breeding speed at home is very fast, and I must build this duck factory in less than two months. ”
"The reason why I didn't tell everyone before is because of the lockdown, there are so many refugees outside the city, and if the news leaks, the village is afraid that it will suffer. ”
People are hungry to the extreme, and they can do everything, and if something happens, Wangjia Village should be ransacked.
"Yo, that's right!" Hearing her analysis, Village Chief Wang was a little afraid.
Wangjia Village should be the only village that can still eat now, if the people who go to the city every day to wait in line for porridge outside the city know that their Wangjia Village is so "rich", maybe they will be remembered and robbed overnight.
"Then let's wait. ”
"That piece of land in the back mountain......"
"You can take the land, anyway, no one wants it, you don't have to tell me that it's all done!" Village Chief Wang learned about her plan, and immediately felt much more relieved, and gave the land much more refreshingly.
"Then thank you to the village chief!"
Cheng Yangyang came out of the village chief's house, and turned around to find someone to help nail the duck pen.
In one afternoon, the hundreds of acres of duck pens at the foot of the mountain were circled, around the landslide and a few puddles, and a large grass shed was built, mainly for the ducks to lay eggs and keep out the rain.
It's late at night, and it's too late to transfer the duck today, so let's turn it again tomorrow.
On the way home, Cheng Yangyang suddenly said to Liu Dong: "Liu Dong, I want to ask you to help me manage the duck factory, I don't know if you are willing?"
"Huh?"
Liu Dong stopped, unable to believe it, "Boss Cheng, what do you mean?"
"I mean, I'm going to be busy planting trees and rape after the New Year, and I'm probably too busy to take care of the duck factory, so I want you to take care of it for me," she said seriously.
It's not that she hasn't thought about other people, like Wang Xiaoshan and Wang Dafei, it stands to reason that she should also give priority to the people in the village who helped her, but after all, the duck factory will be involved in business in the future, and the only literate person around her is Liu Dong, who has been in a private school.
"If you want my help, I will do my best, but the duck factory is such a big thing, I'm afraid I can't do it well", Liu Dong has been doing whatever his husband says since he was a child, like a subordinate.
When he got here, he was rescued from the tiger's den in Yanjia Village because of Cheng Qingqing, he thought Cheng Yangyang was his master, and he didn't say a word about doing manual work, but let him take care of things, he couldn't do it.
"What's not good to do, every day is to feed the ducks, pick up duck eggs, you can't be busy alone, just find a few people to work with you, you just remember to find me. ”
Cheng Yangyang comforted him and tried to make things as simple as possible, so as not to let him have a psychological burden.
"Boss Cheng, you better find someone else to take care of things, I'll go and do some rough work", Liu Dong still didn't dare to take the lead alone.
His arrogance made Cheng Yangyang sigh silently, "Okay, then when I find someone, you can help me take care of the ducks in the back mountain first, so it's okay, right?"
"Done!"
Liu Dong agreed very quickly, but he didn't know that this was just a trick by Cheng Yangyang, so that he would naturally help him take care of things when he looked at it.
Early the next morning, Liu Dong really got up first, and went to the back mountain with a bamboo cage to load the ducks and pick them to the new duck ring.
The people of Wangjia Village saw that he had walked back and forth several times by himself, so they went over to help.
When Cheng Yangyang, who got up late, went to the duck pen, the ducks had already moved away, and only Liu Dong was still packing up the old duck pen.
"Liu Dong, why do you get up so early?" she was surprised, because it didn't take much time to move the duck, so she didn't get up until she had enough rest, but she didn't expect him to finish it!
"It's not that I got up early, but with everyone's help, I got it done as soon as there were too many people. ”
Although things are a good thing, it seems that she is very lazy, piles up everything to others, and sleeps by herself, "Liu Dong, try to call me next time you go out to work."
In order not to let his lazy image be too deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, Cheng Yangyang carried the rice bran on his back with a bamboo basket and went down the mountain with Chen Dong to feed the ducks in the new duck pen.
As she passed by the village, she deliberately slowed down to hear if the villagers were talking about her, but looking at their nervous looks, it seemed that they were not talking about her, as if something bigger had happened.
"Auntie, what are you talking about?" she asked curiously.
Seeing Cheng Yangyang coming, everyone felt that they really had to talk to her about it, so they pulled her together and chatted.
"Cheng girl, have you heard? Many people starved to death outside the city yesterday!"
"yes, it's terrible, *** is coming. ”
"Hungry to death?" Cheng Yangyang expressed his suspicions, "Isn't there a yamen at the gate of the city that is giving porridge? How can people starve to death?"
She went to hand over the grain before, and heard the tone of the county lord, the food in the yamen can last at least two months, why is it gone now?