The clothes on my body were still wet, and I didn't have the heart to tease her, so I asked, "Do you have any clothes for me to change?" I'm all wet. ”

The woman said, "Wait, I'll find some of my husband's and send them to you." ”

As soon as I heard it, if she sent it over, she wouldn't stare at me and change her clothes? I followed her to the room where I had been.

Accountant Liu and his nephew had already drunk it, and they were talking and laughing.

Seeing me enter the house, Accountant Liu got up and introduced: "This is a child in the city, who came to travel, said to wait for partners, the hotel is full, I can't let people drench outside, this is not a good heart, bring your family here, you have to entertain well, people in the city do not suffer." ”

I hurriedly took out 200 yuan, put it on the table, and said with a smile on my face: "My name is Zhanxiao, I'm sorry." ”

As soon as Liu Xi saw me take out the money, he immediately picked up the money, stuffed it into my hand and said, "Don't worry, don't worry, we'll count it tomorrow." ”

This Liu Xi is about the same height as me, black and thin, although he is in his forties, he can't see the beer belly, and his arms are all the year round hard work and muscular. But when it comes to talking, people are very honest, standard country honest men.

Li Ting took out a dress from the closet, hugged another roll of futon, and said to me, "I'll send you to that house, you eat first." ”

I hurriedly responded: "I'm tired today and go to rest early." Then he took the clothes, picked up a cup of white wine poured on the table, took a sip, took a cut of pancake, smiled and nodded to the three of them, and went straight back to the house.

After returning to the house, I laid out the futon, quickly changed into Liu Xi's T-shirt and pants, threw the dirty clothes in the corridor, ate the pancakes in a few bites, dragged the lamp rope to turn off the lights, and slept under the covers.

Although the dampness on his body has subsided, his whole body is still cold, and if he doesn't cover it with a quilt, he will have to die of illness.

Halfway through sleep, I got up from the bed again, pulled the little girl's slippers under the bed, and plugged in the door of this bedroom, don't sleep until midnight, the eldest sister will give me a personal bomb again, I can't catch it, forgive the little brother for not being able to do it.

When I opened my eyes again, it was already the next morning, the rain outside had stopped, the sunlight outside the window was shining directly into the house, and I had a full night's sleep, and I was in a good mood. picked up the mobile phone, it was eight o'clock in the morning, and I dialed Lu Shan and Sister Hua separately, but they still couldn't get through.

I'm most worried about the two of them right now, and if something happens, I'll be in the shadows for the rest of my life. I lost Jiang Li, and if I lose two more, the fat brother and I will go crazy. It's useless to just sit in the house and think, so it's better to act quickly, find out about this village first, and if I really haven't been here, I'll think of other ways.

When I opened the curtains, the first thing I saw was Li Ting, who was drying and washing clothes, including the ones I had changed. No matter what the character is, this kind of hard-working spirit is something that we people in the city do not have, I haven't gotten up yet, people's clothes have been washed, and they took the initiative to help me wash my clothes, a while moving, but also let me slowly have a good impression of her.

Li Ting saw that I was awake, first smiled, and then said to me through the window, "Get up?" Come out and get something to eat. ”

I nodded and headed outside.

Li Ting washes clothes by hand, with a washboard in a large iron basin and a small basin next to it.

When she had finished drying her clothes, I picked up the small basin, poured water from the bucket next to it, and poured some water to wash my face. Before I could wash it, I found that the water quality here was very poor, and the water was all turbid. Looking at the bottom of the barrel again, a layer of sediment has settled.

I pointed to the water in the basin and said, "How is there soil in this water?" ”

Li Ting said: "No way, we have this condition here, you can precipitate it and then use it." ”

Taking advantage of the precipitation of the water, I asked Li Ting: "Sister-in-law, are there two girls in the village who are about the same age as me recently, and they are from the city?" ”

Li Ting thought about it carefully and said: "Definitely not, outsiders from the village can see at a glance, only people have come to dig wells recently, and there are no girls you said, they are all men." As he spoke, he cursed a few more words: "The people in the city will rob us of our jobs, and there is no need for wells in the city, and the well-drilling team is specially designed to harm us." ”

I didn't understand what she meant, so I casually asked, "Isn't it convenient for someone to dig a well?" Why is it still harming you? ”

Li Ting gave me a detailed introduction to the situation in their village.

This village is a water-scarce area, especially this year, the groundwater level has dropped sharply, and there are problems with irrigation water and domestic water. The residents of this village drink well water, and generally their own families invite someone to dig a well, and the cost ranges from about 2,000 to 3,000 yuan. The wells that had already been drilled had to be dug again due to the drop in water levels.

Her husband Liu Xi did this, originally working outside, and there were more and more people in the village who needed to dig wells and dig wells, so he simply returned to the village and started this line of work alone with his own strength. Ask him to dig a well, 90 yuan a day, 80 yuan for a good relationship, and take care of a lunch, usually digging a well for two or three days, but there are also people who dig for more than ten days without water.

In this way, Liu Xi's business is still very good, I said: "That's not bad, I can earn a few hundred yuan by digging a well, and I can eat lunch for a week." ”

Li Ting complained: "It's not every day that someone digs a well, and the business is doing quite well, but when the well drilling team comes, it steals a lot of business. ”

I nodded, thinking to myself that this is indeed the case, the person drilled down for several meters, but not much faster than his manual well? Anyone is willing to use high-tech, not to mention that the price is also a lot cheaper, no need to worry about the meal as long as three hundred, and the most important thing is that you can use water quickly, so you don't have to wait so many days.

I comforted Li Ting and said, "It's okay, we rural people have land, it's really not good, you can make money just by farming." ”

Li Ting sighed and said, "It's as good as you think, my land has been contracted out, and farming is even more costly." Then she gave me a detailed calculation.

Corn per mu is about 900 catties, if you plant wheat, it will be sold, and if you plant wheat, you can keep your own food, corn is 7 cents a catty, and wheat is 9 cents a catty. Wheat is relatively expensive, according to wheat, the annual income of one mu of land is 720 yuan, which is the income.

Calculate the expenditure, 80 yuan per mu of land to buy seeds, 250 yuan for chemical fertilizers, 30 yuan for pesticides, 60 yuan for irrigation, 30 yuan per mu for machine sowing, 50 yuan for harvesting, and 50 yuan for cultivated land, so that the input cost is 550.

After a busy year, the net income is only 170 yuan, and during the busy farming season, relatives and neighbors have to help each other, and if you invite labor to help, you have to pay a part of the expenses.

Hearing this, it scared me, I thought that rural people were much richer than urban people, and they were worried about spending money while guarding the farmland? The result is completely different from what I thought, it turns out that after careful calculation, not to mention the loss of manpower, I can't make money.

I asked, "Won't the one who contracted your land lose money?" ”

Li Ting smiled and said: "There are only four harvesters, and there are many parcels of land, and they can be planted, and the number is large, plus others hire their home machines, so they make money." ”

I asked, "Aren't you next to a big river, and judging from the amount of rainfall, you shouldn't be short of water to irrigate the land, so why do you have to pay for irrigation?" ”

She added: "Originally, there was a canal in the village, but due to the impact of the South-to-North Water Diversion, the canals were dry, and the water level dropped, and there was no water in the well. Of the 22 irrigation wells in the village, six of them later had water, and they all belonged to individuals, and the village relied on these six wells for watering, and the prices were all set by the people. I look at us here, and in the future, we will call it Liujing Village. ”