55. a river embankment
"No, it won't." The third child said that he could also live here, but then he thought that the house was bought by his brother, and his brother was going to get married in the future.
Can my sister-in-law tolerate him, or two words!
Ling Erdao, "How many times have I told you, I have no objection to reading novels, but you are so unrestrained, there is no distinction between priority and priority, who can rest assured?" Can you bring up your academic performance?
The high school entrance examination is about to begin, so don't you panic? ”
"I'll try." The old three.
"Stick to the last four months, after the exam, there is time to read you novels, how you read it, no one cares about you." Ling Er continued, "I asked someone to send a Walkman and English tapes from Pujiang, and tried to improve my English, and then I studied on my own every day, and I gave you tutoring, don't think about being lazy." ”
What he is most worried about is the third child's English, followed by mathematics, two subjects are at the bottom, and if he does not improve, it is basically impossible to be admitted to high school.
He wants to find another way for the third child, such as going abroad or something, but the key is that he doesn't have that ability now.
Liu Lili and Huang Zhiqiang still came over as usual, as soon as they were on holiday, but they were not empty-handed, either fruit, canned food or malt cream.
Ling Er smiled and said, "You two can't spend money like this, right?" ”
The eldest sister said, "If you bring something in the future, you really don't need it." ”
Liu Lili teased the fifth child in her arms, and then said with a smile, "What are you excited about, it's not for you to eat, it's for my little five." ”
The eldest sister said, "She is not bad at eating, her mouth is non-stop all day long, you are a waste of money to buy miscellaneous things, don't buy it next time, just bring your mouth to eat, what I do, you will eat with you." ”
"That'll do fine." Liu Lili smiled and said, "Next time I go home, I'll bring you an old hen." ”
Ling Er waved his hand and said, "That's not necessary, look at the fence behind our house, what's not?" Nothing is missing. ”
In addition to cooking and taking care of the fifth child, the eldest sister put all her energy on beautifying the house and raising livestock, and the chickens and ducks gradually became a scale.
After opening up wasteland on the tidal flats along the river, even vegetables were able to be self-sufficient.
At noon, the eldest sister's dishes were very hard, and the two catties of meat were all cut out and fried with pickles, a big pot full.
There are people fishing by the river all the year round, and more than three catties of wild small crucian carp cost her a dollar, and it is stewed with the dough, which is also a big pot.
Huang Zhiqiang and Liu Lili usually live in the school, eat in the cafeteria, clear soup and little water, it is not easy to see some oily meat.
Large pieces of meat, Huang Zhiqiang took one bite at a time, Liu Lili was a girl, even if it was Zai Siwen, she also ate a lot, coarse porcelain bowls, and two large bowls of rice.
Ling Er asked about the current situation of the two of them, especially in terms of study, Liu Lili can rank in the top 50 in the whole grade, as for Huang Zhiqiang, he has always been the tail of the crane.
"Your uncle is working at that construction site, and he will come back for a meal." Ling Er was not surprised to learn that Huang Guoyu was working in the city, after all, the pressure on his family was there, and if he didn't take advantage of the slack to earn some extra money, it was estimated that he didn't even have the money to buy salt.
Huang Zhiqiang said, "At the South Railway Station, I'll get off the bus and pass by over there and talk to him." ”
The spring rain continued for three days without stopping.
Today's rest, he is idle, holding a notebook, a pen, writing and painting for a long time, I wanted to do something planned, but in the end I didn't have a clue.
I can only put it aside.
Huang Guoyu suddenly stood at the door, and Ling Er was also startled.
He wears a yellow green shirt with holes everywhere, and his feet are liberation shoes that are in a state of detachment.
"It's going around in circles, or you peel edamame at the door, I won't be able to find it."
sent Huang Zhiqiang to report to the school, Huang Guoyu came to Ling's house once, but the interval was a bit long.
Ling Er welcomed him into the house, and the eldest sister poured him a cup of tea and said, "If it doesn't rain, I guess you won't be willing to come here." ”
Huang Guoyu said, "What do I have to be blessed, it's raining today, the construction site just stopped, there is nothing to do, I don't just come, I usually work at five or six o'clock in the morning, and I work until six or seven o'clock in the dark, and I don't have time." ”
"I'll have some drinks with you in the evening." Ling Er didn't plan to call Wang Gang, Ling Long and the others over, handed over a towel, "Wipe your hair." ”
"No, you don't." Huang Guoyu casually pulled down the water droplets from his hair.
"If you are at home, you can be bare-chested." Ling Er was afraid that he would not feel comfortable.
Huang Guoyu unbuttoned the two buttons, fanned the wind twice with a pu fan, and said with a smile, "That's it." ”
He turned his head and looked around the room, then asked, "What about Dai Kun?" ”
Ling Er asked, "You don't know?" ”
"Gone?"
"It's been a month." Ling Er didn't have much expectations for him Lao Tzu, first, he hoped that he would obey the law and let him be embarrassed to follow behind, and secondly, he hoped that he would not be used as an idea to knock a stick, and die in a small coal kiln, which was really embarrassing.
Huang Guoyu himself was embarrassed to pick up vegetables, and ate very finely.
Ling Er simply used chopsticks to put half a bowl into the bowl for him.
After eating, he found a plate of meat, which basically cleared him alone.
On the construction site, I was also hungry, doing heavy work every day, eating steamed buns and dried radish, and my body couldn't stand it.
"You didn't eat." He was a little embarrassed.
Ling Er said, "Come to me, what are you polite about, you are building roads now, how long can you do it?" ”
Huang Guoyu said, "It won't take long, and the river embankment will be repaired soon." ”
"Where?" Ling Er asked.
"Liu Guangxing didn't say it, I'll know when I go home in a few days."
Ling Er said, "Look at the distance from me, when the time comes, all of them will live here." ”
The river channel around their commune has been almost renovated in the past two years, and if the river is repaired again, it is estimated that it is near him.
"Ten days, not one or two days." Huang Guoyu's head shook like a rattle.
After eating a good meal, he insisted on going back, and Ling Er didn't want to stop him much, so he just said, "Be careful on the road." ”
At the end of the month, both sides of the river were densely packed with people, carrying baskets, digging soil, and smashing stones, a scene in full swing.
The wasteland that Ling Yi had managed to open up was also dug up, and finally became part of the river.
Ling Anmin is in his early seventies, and his eldest son and second son are also in it.
He worked for the Ling family.
Every year in the spring and summer, the reservoir will release water, through ten miles and eight townships, and there are regulations on how long and when the water will be released at the gate of each village.
When it was the turn of this village, the village would send people to keep an eye on all the gates upstream and downstream of this tributary.
The production team can refuse to repair the embankment, but if they want to open the gate in the next year, they will have to talk to the shovels and forks in the hands of the people who guard the gate day and night.
Individuals can also refuse to work, but there is no need to hope that the family's land will be put in water in the coming year.
Ling Er was afraid that Ling Anmin's body would not be able to bear it, so he had to take half a month's leave from school and work on the river embankment by himself.
Ling Anmin naturally disagreed.
But in the end, he went home, and it was Ling Long who replaced him.