With the dam gate concept provided by He Gaoming, the most difficult problem of diverting water into the canal is half solved.

Su Baiya showed He Gaoming the sketch of the canal that he had drawn together with Wu Xian and Ou Jian a few days ago.

He Gaoming only provided some suggestions in some details, and it was enough to make some fine-tuning, and there was generally no problem in the design.

All that remains is to hire someone to make the dam gate, as well as to buy all the necessary materials and dig the earth.

Su Baiya asked, "Uncle He knows the carpenter who makes the dam gate, and does there be a way to buy the stone?" ”

Fifteen feet high and about seven feet wide dam gate is not easy to make, and it also needs to use a mortise and tenon structure, which ordinary carpenters do not have.

He Gaoming shook his way and approached the empty wine jug again, and said slowly: "The production of the dam gate is more time-consuming, I suggest that I invite a few more carpenters to hurry up, if Mr. Su believes in me, I will leave this matter to me, and afterwards..."

Su Baiya understood what he meant: "This is no problem, the dam gate is very important, and I have to trouble Uncle He to think more about it." ”

Reading is a very expensive thing, and He Gaoming does not have a serious job, so he lives a poor life by selling calligraphy and paintings.

If it's a good job, Su Baiya doesn't mind giving him some benefits.

In the future, if you go to high school, you will also have a good fate.

He Gaoming got up and thanked him: "Thank you, Mr. Su, I will personally supervise the carpenter to repair the dam gate, and that stone, there is a lot of output in the mountain valley village twenty miles away from us, I will contact it one day, and personally select a more square stone to transport to the village." ”

"Uncle Lao He bothered." Su Baiya instructed the guy waiting outside the door again, "Serve another pot of good Fen wine." ”

"No need," He Gaoming waved his hand again and again, "This wine has been drunk in place, just eat vegetables." ”

Su Baiya nodded with satisfaction, at least she didn't have to worry about He Gaoming's drinking mistakes.

"The money has already been paid, Uncle He will eat slowly, I will leave first."

....

Now that February has passed, farming has not started during the dry season, and every household is relatively idle, so it is a good time to dig ditches.

Su Baiya planned to plant the first batch of early rice in the paddy fields in early or mid-March.

The construction of the canal is a large and time-consuming project, and it must be started as soon as possible.

The next day, Su Baiya returned to Zhuwo Village, and at the same time revealed the news of recruitment.

When it was close to noon, a group of men who were ready to work gathered outside the company.

The villagers of Zhuwo Village and Diowo Village have unconditional trust in Su Baiya.

knows that if you work with her, you will not be deceived and will not be able to get paid.

However, after everyone knew the work to be done, they were very puzzled.

"Mr. Su, why are you digging the river so well?"

"And what is the ditch for?"

Su Baiya thought about it, since she had to tell the villagers sooner or later, it was better to reveal some rumors first, and said with a smile:

"Dams and canals are of course useful, and I plan to plant a batch of rice next year, which requires a lot of water."

Rice is rice, the whole in Qinghuai County or even Songtao is not grown, all the rice in the market is transported from the south, so the most common rice in the market is sold at a relatively high price, which means that it can make money.

The villagers also thought about planting rice and tried it, but the climatic conditions were not suitable, and even if it was successfully harvested, the yield was pitiful.

The ears of wheat hanging on the wheat stalks can be counted clearly with the naked eye, what kind of money do you make?

Su Baiya saw the doubts in everyone's hearts, but she also had to waste her tongue to explain one by one: "Since I said that there is a way to plant, you don't have to worry about the rest, this time, the salary is ten yuan a day, if you want to do it, go to Director Ou to sign up." ”

If there are five men in the family who work, and the salary is 50 yuan a day, you can earn one or two silver in 20 days!

Ou Jian moved a table and placed it at the door of the company, holding a pen and paper in his hand to prepare the registration record, and frowned as he looked at the noisy and chaotic villagers in front of him.

slapped the table angrily and said: "Whoever lines up first, who quiets down first, I will register whoever I want, anyway, I am not tired or anxious when I sit, you are free." ”

It didn't take long for it to be a lot quieter and more orderly.

Ou Jian continued to write and register: "Name." ”

"Wang An"

Su Baiya, who was standing not far away, heard these two words and looked away.

Wang An's appearance evoked a memory that she was about to forget, and not long after she crossed here, Wang An wanted to force her to take care of his mother.

The care is fake, but in fact, there is a ghost idea in his heart, and Su Li even broke his head because of it.

This man is also a deceptive and fearful of evil.

So he walked over slowly and looked down at the registration form: "Director Ou, how many people have signed up." ”

Ou Jian spoke while registering: "There are more than 20 people. ”

Su Baiya moved her gaze to Wang An's body again, and said with a smile: "You are also here to work?" ”

Wang An hurriedly lowered his head: "Yes, Mr. Su." ”

The annoyance in his heart, even if he scratched his head, the girl who was almost by her at the beginning, it took a few months to reach the point where he couldn't look at it directly.

I knew it was so powerful, and I should have worked harder in the first place.

In order to avoid trouble, I have been avoiding Su Baiya for these days, but today I was unlucky

Su Baiya frowned slightly, stared at Wang An and said unhappily: "Do you have the strength of this little body?" It's not to mix wages. ”

Wang An belongs to the type of person with sharp-beaked monkey gills, and his figure does belong to the thin kind: "Yes, Mr. Su, don't look at me without flesh, but my strength is great, isn't it just digging the soil, there is no problem with handing it over to me." ”

Su Baiya nodded, looked around, pointed to a piece of bluestone about the size of a basin and said, "There is no basis for what you say, you go and lift it up." ”

"This..."

Wang An hesitated, didn't he understand that this was deliberately embarrassing him, whether he could lift the bluestone up was one thing, this face was really lost.

The villagers saw that this was a deliberate attempt to embarrass Wang An.

After Wang An's hesitation, the people waiting behind began to sarcastically:

"I said Wang Dalang, if you don't do it, leave quickly, don't get in the way of us."

"Look at your thin appearance, what strength do you have to work, and you still come to work, and you have a hard time cooking."

It seems that Wang An's popularity in the village is not good.

Wang An turned around and fought back: "Who said I don't have the strength to work." ”

After thinking about it again and again, I was still reluctant to do this job.

In the end, he gritted his teeth and walked towards the bluestone, rolled up his sleeves and held the bluestone with both hands and began to exert his strength, until the blue tendons on his forehead burst out, and then he reluctantly lifted a piece of bluestone the size of the basin with great effort.

Forcefully squeezed out a few words from between his teeth: "Su... In total, you... See, okay? ”