Chapter 31: Poetry and the White Rabbit
And in order to pass this hurdle, Hao Jiali doesn't want to recall and is afraid to recall what kind of misfortune and suffering she has encountered in her life.
If she could, she would rather put these misfortunes and sufferings with her own life, as Shakespeare's sonnet wrote: "Bury my name with my body, lest you and I be dishonored." Hao Jiali wants to wait for this past to be old, and when she leaves this world one day, she will leave with these times and years, and then rot forever under the ground.
Because this experience is unbearable.
This winter, at first, Hao Jiali still thought about dealing with these mud as always, and tried everything she could to get these loaches but it still didn't work.
At first, Hao Jiali borrowed a wooden ladder from Cao Juying's house, and then lifted the wooden ladder to the ridge of the paddy field with her younger brother Hao Jiaming, and put the wooden ladder horizontally on the muddy surface of the paddy field.
After the wooden ladder was across the paddy field, Hao Jiali used a washboard to put it in the middle of the wooden ladder.
Hao Jiali was still wearing Chen Qing's long water boots and standing on the washboard, and then tied a long rope in the middle of the wooden ladder, and her younger brother Hao Jiaming dragged the other end of the rope on the ridge to drag herself standing on the wooden ladder forward, so that Hao Jiali wore Chen Qing's long water boots again this time and squatted or stood without setting foot in the mud again.
This method was thought of by Hao Jiali when she remembered the reason that wood would float in the water when she was picking snails in the fish pond.
The ladder is also made of wood, and it is horizontal in the water, the area of the ladder is not wide but long, and Hao Jiali is thin and light, so it will not sink and will not sink, but the speed of moving forward is as slow as a snail climbing.
The reason for its slowness is that at this time, the straw stubble after the harvest of the production team grows in the paddy field in rows like athletes running obstacle races, and a staircase has at least seven to ten blank spaces, and each space should be filled with two rows of such straw stubble on average, and each bunch of straw stubble has at least five or six seedling tubes that have been cut off and three-quarters of the ears have been set, and the remaining quarter of the seedling tubes that are rooted in the paddy field are thick and hard, and the pestle in the paddy field can be imagined how great the resistance is.
There is no more paddy field than a fish pond, there can be a big tree on the bank that has not been cut down by the production team, and the roots of the tree grow in the ground of the fish pond is harmless, and the more roots of the tree, the bigger the best, so that the tree pole and branches are more and more thick and can withstand the wind and rain.
But it doesn't work if there are trees in the farmland.
If there are trees growing in the farmland, the roots of the trees will be densely covered with the whole hill of farmland, and when the farmer ploughs the field, the rake is blocked, and the seedlings that are planted will not be able to stabilize and take root, because the roots of the tree block the mud at the bottom of the field, and the roots of the seedlings cannot reach into the bottom of the mud when the seedlings are planted, and the seedlings with unstable roots will immediately float up and be waterlogged to death by the water in the field or dried by the sun and have no harvest, and the hill field will be barren.
Therefore, Hao Jiali tied to the wooden ladder and the rope could not be tied to her waist like a tree pole tied to a fish pond and was controlled by herself, Hao Jiali had to rely on the pull of her younger brother Hao Jiaming on the ridge.
But Hao Jiaming used his strength to breastfeed, and he couldn't even pull the ladder with people, Hao Jiaming was about to cry and begged Hao Jiali: "Sister! I'm not pulling, okay? Look at my hands. β
Hao Jiali watched her brother's red and hot palms being strangled by the rope constantly soaking in the paddy field to cool down and relieve the pain, so she had to ask her brother to stop.
"Forget it, I can't pull Sister to find another way." Hao Jiali said and went ashore.
Hao Jiali had no choice but to give up this method and find another way.
Hao Jiali also has other ways to go other ways, but it is not needed for the time being, standing on the wooden ladder that cannot move forward, Hao Jiali looked around the field, and Hao Jiali saw that the wooden ladder was not used to go into the water before mentioning to her uncle Chen Qing a method that did not work.
This method is that in the paddy field where Hao Jiali is standing at the moment, every other hill field has a big round and deep pit dug by the members of the production team at the foot of the ridge, which has been dug for more than two years, which is used by the production team to bury electric poles in the field.
Hao Jiali's hometown has not yet been electrified, but a lot of electric poles have been manually carried into the production team's material library, Hao Jiali heard from her uncle that the production team has the funds to buy wires, transformers, and household switches, light bulbs can only be installed.
Therefore, these mud pits in the field are still empty, Hao Jiali also calculated, she wants to ask the adults to carry a larger piece of wood into the pit where the telephone pole is buried first, and then lengthen the rope tied to the ladder across the paddy field in the middle of the interval and tie the rope to the wood, so that she can use the hoe to dig a section of the paddy field to catch a section of loaches, and then it is much easier to use the power of the wood to drag the rope forward.
But Chen Qing said: "No, Lili! The mud pit of the telephone pole is very large, very deep, when the telephone pole is buried, it is necessary to fill a lot of large stones to be fixed, you use wood to insert the mud pit is not stable to rely on the mud, even if you stand on the ridge of the field and hold the wood with your hand, you can't stand the force of even people with ladders, besides, with this little bit of strength of Mingming, such a big wood can't be supported, and then the wood is pulled crookedly by you, and it is clear that the gains outweigh the losses. β
As soon as Hao Jiali thought about her uncle's words, she ruled out this method as soon as possible.
After that, with the current method, there was no tree, no telephone pole tied to the other end of the rope, Hao Jiali stood on the wooden ladder, completely relying on her younger brother Hao Jiaming.
And Hao Jiaming's hand holding the rope made his two calves so straight that the muscles of his legs and belly bulged out, Hao Jiaming's whole person was going to sleep on the ridge and pulled it back hard, and even the palm of his hand was tightened by the rope, and the blood blisters were so painful that Hao Jiaming cried in tears, and the ladder under Hao Jiali's feet was still paralyzed in place.
Hao Jiali couldn't force her brother anymore: "Alas! What can I do? It's really a lot of money that you can't see. Hao Jiali left the wooden ladder and went ashore, standing on the ridge of the field, worried and stunned.
After a while, Hao Jiali beckoned her brother to pack up his things and prepare to go home, and waited until he thought of a better way.
Hao Jiaming couldn't help but drop the rope in his hand, and then ran over to the ladder in the paddy field under Hao Jiali's feet, he untied the rope tied to the ladder while Hao Jiali was caught off guard and said, "Sister! You say that it would be nice if we were like ducks, and we would not be afraid of freezing and not getting wet after entering the water, or it would be nice to have a pair of pants like a duck that does not get wet. β
Hao Jiali felt that her brother's words were tantamount to nonsense, Hao Jiali said helplessly: "How can there be such pants, the adults in the village use clothes and hats to prevent rain, and there is nothing else waterproof." β
Hao Jiaming didn't speak, and after putting away all the ropes soaked in the water to the shore, Hao Jiaming suddenly told Hao Jiali: "Sister! When I was shopping for food at the production team's store, I saw something that was waterproof, light, and not as heavy as a coat. β
Hao Jiali asked unhurriedly, "What is it?" β
Hao Jiali knew that her brother was such a young person, usually adults were trying to make money to support his family, but he was playing with a group of friends, Hao Jiali knew that the method that her brother came up with was absolutely naΓ―ve and useless, so she lazily asked with no interest, and she didn't have much hope for her brother's words.
Hao Jiaming was anxious when he saw his sister like this: "Sister! What I said is true, I didn't lie to you, when I was buying cookies to eat at the production team's store, I saw that the salesperson took the cookies out of a big plastic bag. β
"How?" Hao Jiali lazily.
"After taking out the biscuits, the salesman tied the mouth of the plastic bag with a rope, saying that he was afraid that the plastic bag would get into the wind, and that one of these biscuits would not taste brittle if it was damp, and the other would be moldy." Hao Jiaming put away the rope on the wooden ladder at this time.
Hao Jiali didn't squeak, but listened carefully.
After looking sideways at the seriousness on Hao Jiali's face, Hao Jiaming continued: "Also, sister! When we went to the commune market to buy sugar, the department store sometimes used straw paper, kraft paper, and sometimes used printed small plastic bags to fill us with sugar, and every time after eating these sugars, my sister would take this small plastic bag and rinse it with well water to fill it with dried chili powder, and my sister also said that the paprika in the plastic bag was dry and would not clump even if it was left for a long time. β
"Also, sister! When the plastic bag is filled with well water, you don't notice that the water in the bag is not leaking out, which means that the plastic bag can be windproof and waterproof, we just need to find a way to get two big plastic bags like the fiber bag last time to tie your legs, sister, you can go into the water. Hao Jiaming looked at his sister's face, and gradually became interested in his words, and kept talking.
Indeed, as soon as Hao Jiali heard her brother's words, she suddenly burst open, and as soon as Hao Jiaming finished speaking, Hao Jiali jumped up and picked up her brother's little body and turned around on the ridge and shouted: "Hao Jiaming!" Yours is it! You can do it! Such a simple way, my sister didn't come up with it, but this guy came up with it, you are really my sister's savior! When my sister makes money, I will buy you a lot of delicious food. β
Hao Jiaming was also so happy that he raised his little hand in Hao Jiali's arms and shouted: "Sister! Are you telling the truth? Thing! I want to eat sugar, I have sugar again, I want to eat white rabbit. β
Hao Jiali grabbed her brother's little hand and shook it together: "White rabbit? Is it? Sister will buy you a white rabbit, this time let you eat to your heart's content, eat your teeth black and yellow, let you grow a mouthful of worm teeth! Ha ha....... β