July.

There is a great harvest in the catastrophe.

Because of the impact of the heavy snowstorm last year, the whole territory of Qin has never seen better this year, the rice in the farmland has been tasseled, and the half-green and half-yellow rice in the field is growing gratifying and vigorous.

The dazzling sunlight sprinkled on the land of Hanzhong, and from time to time there was a squeak, the unknown insect chirping from the shade of the trees.

Today is a good day.

It's not just the weather, but more importantly, it's the opening day of the college.

【Ironstone Town】w w w.. com, before dawn this morning, the civilians of [Iron Stone Town] had already gotten up early, changed into new clothes, and led the children of each family to rush towards the gates of the three academies built by [Iron Stone Town].

And by noon, the entire [Iron and Stone Town] was even more overcrowded, crowded with ordinary people from various villages within a radius of more than ten miles.

Today's [Tieshi Town] is particularly lively, after a long period of development, today's [Tieshi Town] has already become the largest and most prosperous town within a radius of more than ten miles, or even thirty miles.

As for thirty miles away, it is the county seat of Blackstone County, and the current [Iron Stone Town] has not yet competed with the Black Stone City, which has been built for more than a hundred years, but "Iron Town Mayor is working towards this goal."

As an important town on the Hanzhong Trade Road, Tieshi Town has great potential for future development, so when Mojun laid out the layout, he had specially approved the construction of three academies here.

There are two elementary schools and one junior high school.

Most of the people at the bottom of Hanzhong are illiterate and have little education. But being illiterate and uneducated does not mean that they are stupid, on the contrary, they can survive in the Han Dynasty that was so bad before the arrival of Mojun, and each of these low-level people has more or less mastered some of their own ways of survival.

They may not know much about the truth, but they are often very useful.

These low-level people didn't know what a 'class barrier' was, but they understood that sending their children to the academy was another path that Sheng Pingjun opened up for them.

From this path, perhaps their future generations will not have to be like themselves, bitter croppers who dig in the fields.

"Huh! Old turtle calf, are you here too?"

In the crowd gathered at the entrance of the academy, an old farmer with dark and rough skin, but neatly dressed and clean, suddenly saw someone, and immediately grinned at the corners of his mouth and laughed loudly.

Known as the "Old Turtle Calf", he is also an old farmer, and his image is very similar to the other party, the only difference is probably that he has a thick beard.

'Old turtle calf, original

Until he heard this shout, after turning his head, an old face suddenly pulled down: "It's really unlucky, why are you an old bastard······

I'm just halfway through the conversation.

Known as the 'old turtle calf, the old farmer paused for a moment, looked around, and felt that it didn't seem appropriate to explode in this place, so he restrained a little bit, and then said.

"Today is a big day, for the sake of Shengpingjun's face, Lao Tzu doesn't have anything to do with you, an old bastard, and you don't mess with me here. If you have any ideas, I'll fight with you when I return to the village."

….

"Hahaha······ What do you think of an old turtle calf? I just wanted to ask you, why don't you come to Ironstone Town and have a drink later?"

"You old bastard invited me to drink? Would you be so kind?"

'The old turtle calf, he glanced at the old bastard in front of him suspiciously, and said with a suspicious face.

It's no wonder that the old farmer, who is called 'old turtle calf', has this reaction, after all, he doesn't have such a good relationship with the old bastard opposite.

These two old farmers are not natives of [Iron Stone Town], they are from two neighboring villages more than ten miles away, although the two villages are very close, but the relationship between them is not good.

And the source of the dispute is because of the 'water,'.

For farmers, water is their lifeline, no

If there is water, the crops cannot be watered, and if the crops cannot be watered, there will be no harvest, and if there is no harvest, you can only starve to death.

Therefore, in the era of smallholder economy, it was completely common for two adjacent villages to have disputes over water resources.

The same is true of the village of these two old farmers.

The village of the two farmers is located in the middle of two villages, with almost no tributaries of the river crossing it, and the only source of water is a lake formed by the gushing of groundwater.

Every year, during the irrigation season, all the farmland in both villages needs to be irrigated by this small lake, and both sides want to bring in a little more water to irrigate their own villages' farmland.

In time.

Contradictions slowly appeared.

In the past few decades, the two villages have fought more than a dozen large-scale armed fights with dead people, while the rest of the small-scale brawls that have not killed people, but also seen blood, have fought more than 100 large and small fights.

And the two old peasants who were called 'old turtle calves' and 'old bastards' by each other were constantly grudging because of their relatively close residences. Whenever the two villages fought, the two men even caught each other's hammers.

It wasn't until Mo Jun sent people to build a reservoir near the two villages that the relationship between the two villages eased somewhat, but the past grievances could not be eliminated so easily.

So it's hard to say how bad the relationship between these two is, but it's certainly not good.

At this time, the 'old bastard' on the other side actually took the initiative to invite himself to drink, I'm afraid he didn't want to poison him, right?

"Would you like to drink? I'm afraid you're thinking about fart, I mean we'll go drinking together later, and the wine money will be divided equally, will you go?"

Known as 'the old bastard', the old farmer unceremoniously burst into a foul word.

Although the people of Hanzhong have become a lot richer this year, wine is still a kind of luxury for most people, even if it is inferior fruit wine.

He can put aside his past grievances and invite the other party to have a drink, which is already considered generous, how can he still take the initiative to invite a treat.

When the "old turtle calf" heard the other party's foul language, not only did he not get angry, but he had a feeling of 'this is normal.'

It's just that the other party's behavior still surprised him, and he couldn't help asking, "You can't have a burned brain, right?" Why are you looking for me to drink with you?"

….

"Old bastard" grinned and said, "It's just a day today, what you just said is right, today is a big day, even if it is for the sake of Sheng Pingjun and his old man's face, I can't trouble you today."

"Just assume I'm in a good mood today, and I'm going to find someone to celebrate! How about it, to give a happy word, do you want to go or not?"

'The old turtle calf, licked his lips, the words of the old bastard really made his heart move, when was the last time he drank? It seems that when he got married, more than ten years have passed in retrospect.

Before the arrival of Shengping Jun, their family had already exhausted all their strength just to survive, how could they have extra wealth to drink and enjoy?

And since the arrival of Sheng Pingjun, in just over a year, not only have they been fed and clothed, but also because of the wealth brought by the river fish raised in the [Reservoir] built near their village, their family can now even eat a meal of meat for two days and two days.

Today, even the family's two children are eligible to go to school.

No doubt.

Today is a better day to celebrate than the New Year.

Thinking of this, the old turtle calf said decisively, "Go!"

"Hahaha······ Come on, that's it. Let me tell you, I've already found a place, and because of the opening of the academy today, all the tavern businesses in the entire [Iron Stone Town] are all half priced, so we must not get drunk today."

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Cloud Mando

It's convenient to continue reading, and I look forward to continuing the excitement!