When Changgui was fiddling with the pump, almost the whole village gathered around to watch the excitement. There are really too few entertainment programs these days, and any new thing can attract the whole village.

The embankment is almost three layers inside and three layers outside, and some people want to stand on the water in order to get closer.

Changgui is really worried that these people have fallen into the river, and if one of them drowns, they will have to sing a big show.

"Uncle Jiu, don't squeeze here when you're old, if anyone squeezes you into the river, then the whole village will go to your house to eat and drink." Changgui smiled at the old man squatting among several women. This old thing is an old pervert who specializes in squeezing into women's piles and rubbing oil by the way.

"Old immortal, where do you touch your hand? Thousands of good people have short lives, why don't you die early? You just jump into the river, and the whole village beats gongs and drums to your house to eat and drink. A woman was attacked by Lao Jiu and said scoldingly.

This kind of thing, everyone scolded and scolded, and it was over, and it didn't escalate to the level of hooliganism. Of course, if the woman and man are here, and the temper is bigger, and Lao Jiu is pressed to the ground and beaten, it will be for nothing.

But Lao Jiu is now an old man, and his bones are brittle, if he accidentally breaks his bones, then he will have to be a filial son for his old age. It is estimated that Lao Jiu, the old bachelor, is still eager to do so.

This mother-in-law's man is a coward, and he really doesn't dare to beat Lao Jiu.

Lao Jiu didn't care: "Changgui, you kid learned to swim in the river with a bare butt, or I taught the old man." Don't you look at my age, hold my breath, and don't have to come up after being stuffy in the water for a few minutes, believe it or not? ”

"You just say that you are a thousand-year-old king, and I believe that you don't need to come out of the water when you hold your breath." Ma Yongxing said with a smile.

Everyone laughed.

Lao Jiu was not angry at all, taking advantage of this kung fu, I don't know how many big girls and little daughters-in-law they took advantage of.

"Changgui, the pipes are all connected, and you can turn on the machine." Zhang Changfu walked over sweating profusely.

Changgui checked the pump again, then pulled it several times, and finally started the pump, but it didn't get into the water immediately. Changgui poured some more water into the pipe, and finally the water was added, and the pipe slowly puffed up with the flow of water, and then extended into the distance.

A lot of people follow the water along where the pipe passes, especially a lot of children, who run so fast that they want to outrun the water.

The pipes are second-hand, and there will always be some gaps where the joints are made. The water in the pipe still has a certain water pressure, and under the action of water pressure, the fountain is sprayed from these gaps.

These joints need to be tightened, otherwise the water will not be pumped very far.

Changgui took a small wrench and checked all the way along the pipe, and where there was a water leak, he tightened the screw at the interface. In some places, the spraying stops, and in some places, the spraying becomes smaller, but the spraying is higher.

Although many of the interfaces are a little leaky, there is still a lot of water in the seedling field of Zhang Changfu's house, and the bubbling spring pours into the seedling field, and where the water flows, the seedlings sway slightly, as if they are dancing with joy.

Changfu was very happy, looking at the saved seedlings, and seemed to see the hope of a bumper harvest of late rice. But the work has to go on. The seedling field has been dry for so long, and the soft mud edge of the ridge has cracked. This edge guard was originally used to prevent water leakage in rice paddies. But now it's cracked, so naturally it's not leaking.

Changfu wants to take advantage of the water to re-mash this edge guard and paste a new edge guard. Prevent the freshly pumped water from leaking again.

It took almost half an hour to pump the rice field of the Changfu family with water. Of course, by the way, a rice field of the Changfu family that was about to dry up was filled with water. Although the harvest is about to be made, it will definitely be easier to harvest in dry fields, but if it is too dry, it will affect the problem of late rice transplanting. If you don't do it, you have to use oxen to plow the paddy field again, and then rake it again before you can plant the rice. Naturally, there will be no less time to delay.

In addition, now that the drought is getting more and more serious, all the rice fields have really dried up, and the water will not be able to be turned off at that time, and the late rice will have to be finished.

"Changgui, my family's seedling field is also dry, call your pumping machine to pump once, how to calculate the money?" The sixth Zhang Fangqing watched for a long time, and only after seeing that the seedling field of the Changfu family was full of water, he found Changgui.

"Don't worry, everyone, if you need to pump water, I will pump it for you later. I don't know how much to charge now. Anyway, I don't plan to make money from the pump, just collect some gas money and a little bit of machine wear and tear when the time comes. Changgui said.

"When the time comes, Changgui will have to delay his work, why do you have to pay Changgui some wages?" Changfu hurriedly said, for fear that Changgui would be wronged.

"That's as it should be, that's as it should be." The old sixty honest people nodded again and again.

The people in the village are absolutely very reasonable. People spend so much money to buy a pumping machine, they must not be able to use it for others, and they will also take a labor force.

Of course, there are also people who think that Changgui should help everyone for free. It's all from the villagers, shouldn't you buy a pumping machine to pump water for everyone? Even if you have to collect money.

Of course, people who think this way are only a few people, and all people with normal three views will feel that they should give Changgui money when using a long-term expensive pump. Can't let Changgui suffer.

After Changgui had this diesel engine, his status in the rivers and lakes of Xuefeng Village suddenly increased by I don't know how many grades, and immediately some people were looking for a widow for Changgui to continue the house, and some people were even planning to introduce a yellow flower girl to Changgui.

Although they are brothers, Changgui helps pump water, and Changfu has to get some wine and food. However, because Changgui has now quit drinking, the Changfu family does not need to go to drink, but there is always a meat dish.

Changfu didn't go to buy pork, he started to lift the machine early in the morning, took over, and was busy all morning, where did he have time to go to the market to buy meat? Although Zeng Xiaoling, the rich mother-in-law, is a small family, she is angry this morning. slaughtered the old hen that laid eggs at home, stewed it all morning, and cut off a big yellow leg handle for Zong Ming and Zong Qiu.

Changgui's own field and Changfu's field are separated by a field, and two water pipes can be extended to Changgui's own field. Changgui's family dug a water storage ditch in the rice field, and was originally going to raise some carp, but he didn't have time to act.

Although the paddy fields have not dried up, there is not much water in the fields. Therefore, Changgui also saved the need to reconnect the water pipe, and by the way, he connected two water pipes and pumped the water into his field.

Zeng Xiaoling made breakfast and came over: "Master, the water is pumped, let's stop for breakfast first, right?" ”

"You mother-in-law knows a fart. When the water stops, the water in the pipes will have to run dry, and it will be pumped again, and I don't know how much diesel will be wasted. "Changfu can still show the majesty of manhood outside. But at home, only your own family knows which one has the final say.

The rice field of Changgui's family is more than one acre, and it is estimated that it will take an hour to pump water.

"Let's eat first. My family's field has to be pumped for a while, dig up the water mouth a little, and when it is full, it will flow into Ma Yongxing's field. Today, we have to pump up several paddy fields. Changgui said.

Changfu beckoned a few people who had helped together in the morning to go to the house for dinner. The ones who really helped were Zhang Baocheng, Ma Yongxing, and Wang Yanhu.

Zong Qiu didn't need to shout at all, he ran to the rich family early in the morning. This time, Zeng Xiaoling was rare to be kind to this nephew, and took out a bag of biscuit candy hidden in the quicklime jar at home, and let the two brothers Zong Qiu and Zong Ming eat together.

In the countryside, when others return favors, they will return a piece of meat and a bag of candy. It is usually a biscuit, which may be mixed with a few pieces of candy wrapped in paper. Biscuits are much cheaper than candy wrapped in paper. I don't press the scales much. A few taels of biscuits can make a gift bag.

When this sugar is brought back, it will naturally not give the children a full meal, but will be put in a tile jar with quicklime, and put some quicklime in the clay jar, which will make the inside of the jar very dry and moisture-proof, and there is lime in it, and insects are not suitable for survival. Candy doesn't melt quickly when it's inside, and it's not easy for bugs to eat.

Only when Zhang Zongming was hungry, Zeng Xiaoling would take a few biscuits or a few pieces of candy wrapped in paper from it to relieve her hunger.

A packet of candy can satisfy Zhang Zongming's hunger for several months, but he took it all out this morning and divided it among the two boys. Zeng Xiaoling is rarely so happy.

Changgui remembered that when he was a child in his previous life, only on the first day of the Lunar New Year, when he went to his uncle's house, his aunt would grab a handful of candy for him, which seemed to be a handful, but in fact it was carefully counted, a few biscuits and two or three pieces of paper-wrapped sugar. After the first year of junior high school, don't think about it. Even if there are insects in her house, she won't take them out for Zong Qiu to eat.

But because of Changgui's change, Zong Qiu is no longer a disgusting naughty. Although Changgui's family is still a dilapidated adobe house, because of a diesel engine that can build one or two houses, Changgui's status in the village has been completely reversed.

When Changgui entered Changfu's house, Zeng Xiaoling actually carried a basin of water and greeted Changgui: "Changgui, wash your face." The food had already been served, and the two boys were already guarding the bowl of chicken.

Changgui was slightly surprised, so he took the basin and went to wash his face.

The dishes on the table are not sumptuous, and the main course is an old hen. At this time, the local chicken is not big, and this old hen that lays eggs is about three catties or more. There are also a lot of unformed eggs in it, and an egg that is about to be laid.

The chicken was all cooked, and some dried bamboo shoots were placed in it, and a large bowl was filled.

There is also a dish of stir-fried meat with chili peppers and a large bowl of beans.

The food in this era tastes really delicious.

In another ten years, this kind of local chicken will be replaced by the kind of high-quality chicken that can grow seven or eight catties or even more than ten catties. Chili peppers will also be replaced by long, high-yielding varieties. Garlic is replaced by garlic that doesn't smell a little fragrant when you eat it. It's hard to find this flavor anymore.

Ma Yongxing was embarrassed to come to Changfu's house for dinner. Because they were busy this morning, for the rice fields that their family was going to irrigate today.

"What are you doing out here? In the future, we will do things together. Make a lot of money together. Eating at whose house is it not eating? ”

Under Changgui's persuasion, Zhang Baocheng followed Changgui to stay at Changfu's house for breakfast.