"Grandpa, hurry up." Meng Meng has a kettle around her neck and runs ahead.

As she runs, the kettle around her neck is also thrown around, which looks particularly interesting.

They were ready to go to the woods to the south.

At the end of June and the beginning of July, it is the hottest time, with a maximum temperature of about 37 degrees during the day, and at this time, people are reluctant to go out to take a walk in the crops.

When there is no air conditioning at home, it is actually more stuffy.

Someone tried to carve out a shady place in the woods south of Caojiazhuang.

They cut off all the long slanted branches on the top of their heads, leaving behind the dense leaves on the top of the tree, which kept the sun perfectly out at any given time.

When it rains, these leaves keep the rain out.

Someone built several square stone tables with slate and bricks under the trees, mainly for playing cards and chess.

It's like a natural air-conditioned room, but there are also shortcomings, there are more trees, and there are more mosquitoes.

Many elderly people are not afraid of being bitten by mosquitoes, so they continue to play cards and play chess to kill time in long sleeves and long pants.

However, most young people and children can't stand mosquito bites and don't want to come here to play.

When Cao Zhenghu took his great-granddaughter out, he sprayed a lot of toilet water and mosquito repellent on her exposed arms, legs and neck, which was to prevent Meng Meng from being bitten by mosquitoes.

Riding an electric tricycle to this side, looking at the hammock in the woods, there are 4 children swinging back and forth in the hammock, shaking the hammock vigorously, and taking them to the top is also swimming, Meng Meng can't take his eyes off with envy.

Getting off the old man's electric tricycle, Meng Meng pointed to the hammock and said to the old man, "Old man, I want to play too." ”

"Let's go, I'll take you over and talk to them." Cao Zhenghu took his great-granddaughter's hand and walked towards the hammock.

He wanted to talk to the other party and let his great-grandson play for a while, but who knew that these little rabbit cubs didn't have the heart to respect the old at all, and they were playing proudly, how could they let it out?

Cao Zhenghu saw that they didn't care about him, and he was annoyed: "Mengmeng, grandpa will buy you a hammock." ”

"Okay, okay, grandpa, let's go." Meng Meng turned around and was about to run towards the place where the electric tricycle was parked, but after running two steps, she suddenly found that the old man was still standing in place and did not move.

Mengmeng was a little confused: "Grandpa, hurry up." ”

"It's such a hot day, let's not go, I'll call your dad and ask him to go to town to buy it." Mengmeng heard the old man say this, she was a little disappointed at first, but when she heard that her father would buy it, she was happy again.

When Cao Shujie received a call from his grandfather, he was busy in the orchard, and he didn't expect his grandfather to come to this trick.

But grandpa's operation is undoubtedly the most reassuring, Cao Shujie immediately agreed, saying that he would buy back the hammock in the shortest possible time.

Meng Meng thinks it doesn't matter who buys it.

She and the old man waited patiently here.

Her father Cao Shujie really drove to the town to buy a hammock and came back, and it didn't take an hour before and after.

Wait for Cao Shujie to personally choose two suitable trees, unfold the hammock, tie the ropes at both ends, and then hug Mengmeng up and let her play on it by herself.

At this time, the four children in the other hammock saw it, and their eyes were about to pop out with envy.

They think Meng Meng is too cowhide, and people say they will buy it back.

Two of the children still had the face to come over and play with Mengmeng's hammock, but Mengmeng still remembered when they rejected herself just now.

"No, no one is allowed to play, so I can only play by myself." Meng Meng said it crisply and neatly, at this time, she was not indecisive.

At this point, Cao Shujie admires his daughter's crispness.

"Mengmeng did a great job." Cao Shujie also praised him.

Meng Meng didn't care about this, she had a lot of fun in the hammock.

Old grandfather Cao Zhenghu was sitting at the stone table next to him.

On the other three sides of the stone table, three old men sat down, and there were two playing cards on the stone table, and four old men were playing cards.

This scene is particularly harmonious, making people feel particularly calm and warm from the heart.

Cao Shujie stayed here for a while, and saw that the mosquito repellent on his daughter's body was sprayed evenly and there were no traces of mosquito bites, so he drove away with confidence.

For a whole morning, Meng Meng and his grandfather Cao Zhenghu were playing here, and Meng Meng even fell asleep comfortably in the hammock.

Looking at her even breathing and swinging leisurely in the hammock, many children envied him.

But they were playing in a public hammock, remembering that they didn't let Meng Meng play just now, and no one was embarrassed to go to Meng Meng to borrow a hammock to play.

"Brother Tiger, your grandson is getting better and better now." Cao Zhengfang, who was playing cards, threw out a pair of aces, and then said: "Our family is also stained." ”

"Hey, what's not stained, we're all half-amputated legs into the ground, and we won't live for a few years, haven't you looked down on this matter?" Cao Zhenghu is very open.

But Cao Zhengfang really didn't see as thoroughly as him.

"Our family can't do it, we have to earn money to support the family, I feel uncomfortable looking at it."

"Our family is not like your family, Shujie is so capable, and you are not short of money." Cao Zhengfang said so.

As soon as he finished speaking, Cao Zhengyin, the former village accountant next to him, also said: "Who said no, Shujie is the village director, I am very convinced, and others don't think about it." ”

"It's also said that when Jiangang was the village secretary before, he didn't fish in his pocket a lot, but what's the matter, he did too much bad things, and he was called away by Lord Yan in advance." Cao Zhenglin said.

If they say such cruel words, they old men dare to say it, but if a peer or a young person says it, they will be beaten immediately.

But the older generation is a little superstitious, they think that what Cao Zhenglin said is very close to the truth, otherwise Cao Jian was in his 60s just now, and he was young, why did he suddenly fall ill and leave?

……

Friday, June 28th.

On this day, Cao Shujie received a text message that the 15 million two-year low-interest loan approved by Yiling Rural Commercial Bank had arrived.

Seeing this money, Cao Shujie didn't feel any waves in his heart.

However, with the arrival of this money, it also greatly alleviated the problem of insufficient cash reserves in his hands.

After the funds arrived, Cao Shujie did not invest the money in the stock market again, he had a scale in his heart, and he could do things that wiped the edges, but it was best not to touch the illegal things.

And Cao Shujie has his own investment discipline and bottom line.

He is also very clear that he is relying on the memory of his previous life, but some people are born to adapt to the capital market, they take this market at will, pure as their own ATM.

As far as Cao Shujie's volume is concerned, if he was put in the entire market, if he felt invincible, he would have been played to death.

As we move past June into July, the temperature rises further, with weather forecasts showing that the highest temperature in some areas has exceeded 40 degrees.

This is an unimaginable high temperature, Cao Shujie knows in his heart that if it continues, the human body will not be able to withstand it at all in this case, and various problems are likely to occur.

In fact, it is also true that the news reported that a worker at a construction site had been working outdoors for a long time, resulting in no one observing heat stroke abnormalities at the beginning of the disease, which caused heat stroke for a long time......

This is destined to be an annoying and pessimistic fact, and many netizens denounce it on the Internet, but it is useless.

Many construction parties still do what they have to do.

……

Fortunately, after a continuous hot day, a heavy rain finally ushered in.

Looking outside, after a day and a night, there was no sign of heavy rain about to stop, and Cao Shujie was also worried.

A moderate amount of rain is a good thing, but if it does, it will be a disaster, and it is likely to cause other problems.

Fortunately, the drainage in Caojiazhuang is still very good, and there is no village flooding.

Even so, Cao Shujie changed into a split raincoat that afternoon, put on rain boots, held an umbrella, and walked outside with a shovel.

He was going to take a look at the orchards around Caojiazhuang.

If the rainfall is too heavy to keep the water out, the roots of the fruit tree may be soaked and rotted.

Unlike him, the fruit trees planted in the orchard are the lifeblood of many people in Caojiazhuang, and they really can't tolerate too much loss of these fruit trees.

Cao Shujie thought of this, and many experienced old fruit farmers in Caojiazhuang also thought of this.

When he came to the orchard to the west of Caojiazhuang, he saw many people carrying shovels on the orchard to observe the scene in the orchard.

There are also people who go to the orchard, but as soon as they step in, they sink to a depth of 10 centimeters, and if they try to move forward, they can't pull their legs at all, and even the rain boots are left in place.

Seeing this situation, Cao Shujie understood that it was really raining in the crops this time.

But he looked up at the black clouds in the sky, which were still piled together, thick and heavy, making people feel oppressive and breathless.

The amount of rain does not seem to have decreased significantly at all, and no one dares to say how long it will take to rain.

Cao Shujie was also worried.

Someone saw him coming over and called him Director Cao, telling him about his worries.

"It's okay, you can rest assured, besides, even if there is a real problem, there is insurance, the big deal is to waste half a year, let's plant new fruit seedlings." That's how Cao Shujie comforts people.

It's not a nice word, but it's a fact.

Hearing him say this, it shows that there is still a way out, and many people settle down.

"You can't get into the field, can you?" Cao Shujie asked.

A few people next to him almost nodded together: "Director Cao, I can't get in now, I can't walk at all, I suggest that you wait for the rain to stop for a day before going inside, otherwise even if you go in, you won't be able to work in this situation." ”

Cao Shujie understood that what he said was true.

Continuing west along the road, Cao Shujie took a look at the land and orchards belonging to Caojiazhuang.

He also saw many people walking in the land despite the heavy rain.

For the people in the countryside, the land is their roots.

The fruit of the land is God's gift to them, and if there is no other income, this is what they will spend in the coming year.

Cao Shujie couldn't see them like this, and shouted for the people in the field to get out of the field quickly, and then try to find a way to get it again after the rain.

What Cao Shujie said is a fact, at this time, no matter where the fruit trees are planted, they are experiencing this scene in front of them.

Cao Shujie is even more anxious at this moment: what happened to the fruit trees in his orchard?

Seeing that the harvest should be harvested in less than a month, a heavy rain at this time is not necessarily a good thing for the fruit trees in his orchard.

But at this time, the inspection was not finished, and even though Cao Shujie was very anxious, he did not go to the orchard on the mountain to have a look.

Cao Jianlong, the village party secretary, called him and asked him to go to the field to see the situation.

Hearing Cao Shujie tell him that he was already on the ground, looking at this year's harvest, Cao Jianlong was also a little confused, he didn't expect Cao Shujie to act so quickly.

Not long after, Cao Jianlong also braved the heavy rain and came to the field wearing a raincoat.

When he came to Cao Shujie's side, the two of them looked at the situation in the field together, and Cao Jianlong showed a worried look on his face.

In the current situation, if this rain continues, the land is likely to be filled with water, and if you look at the drainage ditches that were rebuilt last year, they are now full of water.

"Shujie, you said this heavy rain is okay, right?" Cao Jianlong was a little uneasy, and he asked Cao Shujie.

After hearing Cao Shujie's affirmative reply, Cao Jianlong breathed a sigh of relief, and he said to Cao Shujie: "To be honest, Shujie, I just waited for what you just said." ”

When Cao Shujie heard Cao Jianlong's words, he couldn't cry or laugh.

can also think of Cao Jianlong's trust in him, and Cao Shujie's heart is very complicated.

Returning from the outer orchards, Cao Shujie went directly up the mountain along the ramp to the south, and saw the turbulent rain flowing down the repaired mountain road, to be honest, it was a very unwise decision to go up the mountain at this time.

But Cao Shujie was still not at ease, and he followed the highway step by step to the orchard halfway up the mountain.

Standing on the parking platform, Cao Shujie's heart relaxed.

Cao Shuchao and Zhuang Xuesong, who were sheltering from the rain in the hut, saw Cao Shujie at the intersection of the mountain through the glass on the wall of the hut, and when they first came up, several people thought they were looking at the wrong person.

After a closer look, it was confirmed that it was their boss, and the four of them couldn't sit still, so they hurriedly came out to greet Cao Shujie with an umbrella or a raincoat.

"Boss, it's raining so hard, why are you still coming up?" Zhuang Xuesong asked him.

Cao Shujie took a deep breath, looked at the four people in front of him, and asked, "Don't talk nonsense, how are you here?" Is there anything out of the ordinary? ”

Cao Shuchao nodded solemnly: "Boss, this rain is too big, and it is likely to affect this year's kiwifruit and apple production." ”

"Can anyone enter the orchard?" Cao Shujie asked them.

Cao Shuchao shook his head directly: "I can't get in yet." ”

Hearing Cao Shuchao say this, Cao Shujie was also very helpless, but he knew that in the face of this power of nature, manpower was sometimes poor.

Despite this, Cao Shujie still walked towards the depths of the orchard.

Cao Shuchao was not at ease and followed behind.

Zhuang Xuesong looked at it and followed again.

The remaining two people didn't blindly follow anymore, they just waited in the hut at the door.

Cao Shujie and the three of them came to the depths of the orchard, and looked ahead, where there was soil, there were still a few big holes in the ground that had not been filled.

Cao Shuchao also pointed to those holes and said that he had stepped on them in the orchard just now, and he couldn't walk at all.

The only good thing is that there is no water in the mountains, unlike those orchards in the west that have some water that cannot be drained.

The rain did not stop until about 5 p.m. on the second day.

Cao Shujie didn't expect that the rain would fall for so long, and seeing that the sky finally cleared, the dark clouds covering people's heads were blown away.

Cao Shujie retreated from the orchard on the mountain and returned home first.

"Shujie, how is it outside? How's it going on the mountain? Cao Jianguo and Wang Yuelan didn't leave, and when they saw that their son finally returned home, they all came over to ask.

Cao Shujie did not worry them, saying that the situation in the orchard was fine.

"Brother Chao and the four of them are all on duty in the orchard, and when they are busy for the past few days, I will let them rest." That's what Cao Shujie said.

"Well, who knew that it would rain so hard and that the fruit would be fine, right?" Cheng Xiaolin asked him.

The expression on Cao Shujie's face was complicated: "Some of them were affected, and the fruits fell to the ground, and these were basically scrapped." ”

"But most of them are fine."

Hearing her husband say this, Cheng Xiaolin also breathed a sigh of relief.

"Shujie, those who fall on the ground can be picked up and fed to the cows, and don't think about the rest." Cheng Xiaolin said to him.

Cao Shujie also meant this, before he went down the mountain, he had already told Cao Shuchao about it.

Cao Shuchao and the others also promised to wait for the rest of the land to leave, so they went in and picked out the fallen fruits, and chose the best ones to break and feed them to the cows.

That night, Cao Shujie didn't sleep well, listening to the wind outside, he was very worried about coming back at night, which was also one of the few times he couldn't sleep.

I have made n preparations, but in fact, in the face of the power of nature, any preparations made in advance are useless.

……

When Cao Shujie was worried about the heavy rain, the Dafa Fruit Wholesale Market in Quancheng was also happening with a headache for market managers.

Cao Shujie's statement finally reached the Dafa Fruit Wholesale Market in Quancheng.

At this time, more and more people are denouncing the Dafa Fruit Wholesale Market.

In the eyes of consumers, Dafa Fruit Wholesale Market has gone too far, and the maintenance of fake and shoddy fruit merchants cannot be forgiven at all.

But some consumers feel that it is a bit too harsh?

Because of this, netizens on the Internet were divided into two sides and quarreled.

But inside the Dafa Fruit Wholesale Market, the management of this market has a headache.

No one expected that an ordinary complaint was not dealt with in time, which would lead to a series of follow-up problems.

Cao Shujie's actions fell in the eyes of the people in the Dafa Fruit Wholesale Market, and they still felt a little naïve, but they had to admit that these seemingly childish behaviors were very useful.

No, the Dafa Fruit Wholesale Market finally couldn't stand up to speak, but I didn't know what they were going to say.

(End of chapter)