Chapter 43 Building Roads is a Good Thing
On the first day of the Lunar New Year, until the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, for other people's families, they are basically visiting relatives and visiting the New Year.
But for Wang Qiang's family, it is completely different.
The four brothers and sisters don't know if there are still relatives in this world.
Anyway, since they were young, they haven't seen any other relatives.
Therefore, when every household in Jiangbei Village was busy visiting relatives, Wang Qiang's four siblings began to work again.
The three younger sisters' main job now is to be responsible for the breeding of pheasants and wild boars at home, and Wang Qiang has started a new round of construction.
What he was going to do next was a bit outrageous.
He wanted to build two large lighthouses on either side of the artificial lake.
After the lighthouse was built, the earth under the lighthouse had to be dug up to create two and a half-acre small ponds that were connected to the previous artificial lake.
Although this would take up acres of land originally planned as lawns, he had to do so.
This is also a good way for him to kill two birds with one stone after thinking about it for a long time recently, and only two days ago.
Why?
The root cause of this is to get rid of all kinds of flying insects.
In the process of growing crops, the biggest difficulty encountered is nothing other than insect pests.
The vast majority of flying insects have strong phototaxis.
After the two large lighthouses are built, a large number of flying insects in this area will be lured by the lights of the large lighthouses at night.
They will fly around the lighthouse until they are exhausted, and then fall into the lake below the lighthouse.
Then, without that, they will basically drown and become food for all kinds of fish and frogs.
It is no exaggeration to say that as long as the lighthouse is built and put into use, the fish stocked by Wang Qiang's family in the artificial lake will be able to solve most of the food problem, and there is almost no need to feed them.
This is the real natural pest control, and it is also the best way to do it.
After all, it is completely feasible for light to trap insects, which has been scientifically verified by later generations.
There are also a variety of green pollution-free insecticidal methods such as sonic shock to kill insects.
It's just that I don't know why, it hasn't been popularized, and I guess there are some unknown reasons for it.
After the construction of these two large lighthouses is completed and put into use, the pest problem that most troubles the planting work in the future large farm of Wang Qiang's family will be basically cured.
By the way, after Jiangbei Village was electrified this summer, the officially opened lighthouse can also solve the problem of street lighting outside your big villa.
Otherwise, it would be very inconvenient to get dark at night like now.
My mind has been decided, and without saying a word, it's over.
Wang Qiang first excavated two large pits on both sides of the artificial lake in order to build the base of the big lighthouse.
The base of the lighthouse will be submerged in the lake in the future, so as not to affect the effect of trapping flying insects.
The construction of two large lighthouses with a height of 18 meters took Wang Qiang's huge energy.
From the first day of the first month to the fifteenth day of the first month, it took half a month for the two beautiful lighthouses to be built.
It's just that the official opening of the big lighthouse will need to wait until the end of this summer, after Jiangbei Village completes the electrification of the whole village.
The switches, wirings and lamps that need to be used, Wang Qiang specially went to the city to buy them back, and they have been laid and installed, and the rest is to wait.
"Brother, is this the big lighthouse? The top looks like a round big pot lid, is the circle under the lid a large light bulb? ”
"It's so pretty! Compared with the big lighthouse on the calligraphy and painting, the shape is more beautiful and generous. ”
"I'd love to see these two big lighthouses lit up!" ……
On the day of the completion of the lighthouse, the three younger sisters gathered around and were amazed.
Because the bamboo forests around the mountains and forests of his own fields have not yet grown, and now there are not even bamboo shoots, from the village, Wang Qiang's tall lighthouse and gate tower are all at a glance.
Therefore, the two large lighthouses built by Wang Qiang have attracted the attention of all the villagers from the beginning of their construction.
Everyone couldn't help but sigh, Wang Qiang, the little guy, is really too good at tossing.
He's literally fed!
It's just that this little guy still has a craft comparable to that of the god craftsman Lu Ban.
No! Better than Luban!
The tricks he tossed out are endless!
First the big villa, then the gate tower, and then the even more outrageous big lighthouse!
When the two majestic lighthouses were built, the villagers came one by one uninvited and visited them in amazement.
Well, Wang Qiang, this little guy, most of the villagers are a little numb to the big things he has done.
When they learned that the lighthouse was actually used to trap insects, the villagers were dumbfounded.
Whether these two bizarre buildings can have an insecticidal effect, everyone doesn't know, but it's really beautiful.
I guess when the lights come on, it will look even better at night.
However, in the future, as the big bamboo forest around Wang Qiang's house grows into a forest, if you don't climb high and look far away, it is estimated that you will see a layer of hazy lights.
When everyone heard that these two big lighthouses would not be put into use until Jiangbei Village was officially electrified, everyone temporarily lost interest and left one after another.
Once the lighthouse was built, the next step was to dig two small ponds to kill flying insects.
Nor can it be said that it is a pond.
After the completion of the small pond, the wall will be dug up, and it will be completely connected to the artificial lake on the side and become part of the artificial lake.
The wider the water surface below the lighthouse, the greater the insect control effect, which can kill more flying insects and feed more fish and frogs.
"Brother, it's three o'clock in the afternoon, and we have to go make dumplings."
"Yes! Today's Lantern Festival, I really want to eat glutinous rice balls. ”
The twin sisters, after admiring the lighthouse with great interest for a while, were shouting.
"Good! Let's go home and make dumplings! ”
Wang Qiang agreed.
For today's Lantern Festival, he went into the city with his sisters to buy some shopping this morning.
In order to have a comfortable Lantern Festival.
"Woo ......"
Wang Qiang and the three girls were about to turn back to the big villa, and Ah Cai and the four female dogs, who were playing on the edge of the gate, suddenly screamed.
"Someone's coming?"
Wang Qiang frowned slightly when he heard this, and said to his three younger sisters, "You go home first, make preparations for making dumplings, and I'll go see who is coming." ”
During this period of time, he deliberately kept his distance from the people in the village, and those villagers also had a forced number, guessing Wang Qiang's thoughts, and it was usually not easy to come to disturb him.
Now Wang Qiang has figured it out, and he doesn't have to care about some of the villagers' thoughts at all, and even the more than a dozen loudspeaker announcements in the village to invite wine, and their family pretended not to know.
The example of going to the village to eat and drink is not easy to open, once it is ripped open, it will be difficult to clean up in the future, and the quiet life is likely to be gone forever.
Jiangbei Village is too big, and there are countless trivial things that can be annoying.
That is not the life Wang Qiang wants.
He walked quickly to the gate tower and opened the gate, and it was the old village chief who arrived.
"Ah Qiang, I have something to do, come and excuse me."
When the old village chief saw Wang Qiang, he was not verbose, and said directly, "The matter of building roads in the village has been decided, and starting tomorrow, our Jiangbei Village will be dispatched by the whole village to build several major roads at the same time." ”
"Of course, there is no need for Wang Qiang and your family to participate in the construction of the road."
He was very discerning, knowing that Wang Qiang's family did not like to have deep friendships with other villagers, and explained, "After all, the two major events that are about to start in the village were decided based on your suggestions and the collective requests of the villagers. ”
"Therefore, tomorrow morning, we still need you and our village committee cadres to go to the final planning together, so as not to make mistakes due to the limited knowledge of the villagers."
He didn't mean to go to Wang Qiang's house to sit down, obviously he had been tired a lot for a while.
He has a tight schedule every day now, and he can't be idle at all.
"Ah Qiang, the red brick factory, lime factory, and tile kiln yard in the village have all officially started to be ignited."
The old village chief said, "In less than half a month, the three factories will be able to officially operate." ”
"According to the scale of the original design, the red bricks, lime, and glazed tiles produced should be able to keep up with the whole village to engage in this round of large-scale construction, and will not lag behind."
After seeing Wang Qiang's talent, he would not underestimate this little guy now, and his tone was respectful, "At eight o'clock tomorrow morning, our village committee hopes to invite you to come over." ”
"The main thing is to see if the planning made by our village committee is reasonable, and to see if there is anything that needs to be corrected."
He paused, then said, "Ah Qiang, you also know that once the big things like building roads and building new houses in the whole village are completed, they will become a foregone conclusion, and there is no room for improvement, so we have to be cautious." ”
The village began to plan and build a big road, which was a good thing for the whole village, and the same was true for Wang Qiang's family, of course he would not refuse the reasonable invitation of the old village chief.
"That's fine!"
Wang Qiang agreed, "I will go over on time tomorrow, and you can go on a trip after the hard work of the village chief." ”
The two talked for a while, and then the old village chief took his leave and left.
Wang Qiang returned to the second floor of the big villa, and when he entered the kitchen, he saw Wanjun and the three girls, preparing various materials for making rice balls.
Among them, sesame seeds and peanuts are the most, and they have to be fried and then ground, which requires a lot of processes.
Glutinous rice flour and white sugar have also been prepared, just waiting for Wang Qiang to come back to guide the operation.
"Brother, what is the old village chief looking for you for?"
Seeing Wang Qiang coming back, Wanjun asked while busy working.
"It's the kind that the village is preparing to start building roads tomorrow, and the whole village is mobilized, which is very lively."
Wang Qiang walked to the big wooden table, began to mix glutinous rice flour, and said with a smile, "This is a good thing, I promised to go to the village committee tomorrow to have a look, if I find some unreasonable planning, just put forward opinions and let them correct it." ”
"When the road in the village is repaired, it will be much more convenient for us to go in and out of Jiangbei Village and go to the city to buy and sell things in the future."
The four siblings were talking about it and doing things at the same time, and they were very busy.