Chapter 30: Digging a ditch
Old man Yue really didn't brag.
Since she woke up with Yue Mingzhu, she read the books of the third brother Yue Mingxuan if she had nothing to do, and if there were not enough books to read, she asked her third brother to go to the bookstore to borrow it, and she could borrow a book with a deposit and a few pennies.
There are many kinds, and the moon pearl is miscellaneous.
Not only that, but she also practices words every day, the font is majestic, I don't know if it is the reason for the natural strength and strength, looking at the font can not be seen at all that it is written by a woman, it is strong and powerful, and her third brother is ashamed of himself.
Seeing that her sister, a woman who doesn't have to take the imperial examination, is working so hard, how can she not send her sister too far, so after Yue Mingxuan comes home from school every day, in addition to eating and going to the toilet, she hardly goes out of the house, and stays up until midnight every night.
The hard work has not been in vain, recently Mr. has praised him for his studies and diligence, and if he continues like this, he will definitely be among the best in the examination next year.
Yue Mingzhu was afraid that his third brother would burn his eyes, so he specially taught the third brother eye exercises.
In this era, there are no glasses, and if you burn your eyes, no matter how good you are, it will be inconvenient to be an official in the future.
Yue Mingxuan knew the severity and massaged according to the method taught by his sister, and sure enough, his eyes were not so tired.
My sister is really his lucky star, and I want to be better to my sister.
I secretly swore in my heart that he must study hard, go to high school as soon as possible, protect his sister, marry better in the future, become his sister's confidence and support, and not be tortured after marrying.
So he stayed up late and stayed up even later, and when his family got up at night, he often saw the lights still on in his house.
How hard it is, the two sisters-in-law are very distressed, and they often get up in the middle of the night to make supper for him, just eat like this, and Yue Mingxuan is still thin.
Mrs. Wang was also distressed, after all, her son was also born to her, not by the wind, and told Yue Mingxuan not to work so hard, his body was the most important.
Yue Mingzhu looked at her third brother as if she saw a student preparing for the third year of high school, she understood the urgency and anxiety, even if he couldn't sleep in bed, so she didn't say anything.
Young people are in good health, they can survive very much, and their bodies are not so easy to collapse, just pay attention to nutrition, after all, so many high school students are boiling, and no one has survived.
If you don't work hard when you're young, when you're working hard, everyone roll up, as long as you don't die, you will roll to death.
The village chief couldn't hold back any longer, and "snapped" at the back of the old man's head, "I've put up with you for a long time, knowing that your child is good, don't show off, and let people live." ”
Old man Yue was happy in his heart, he didn't care about the village chief, wasn't he just jealous, hehe, he understood.
The girl said that jealousy makes people ugly, and jealousy makes people crazy, and he is generous, so that he does not worry about the ugly and crazy old man.
The two old men had enough trouble, and the village chief organized people to go up the mountain again.
The village chief is the soil emperor of the village, and many things have to be done through the village chief, so the village chief has absolute authority in the village.
The village chief had thought about it in advance, in case the stone wall could be chiseled, the spring water would be boiling, flowing everywhere, not to mention wasting water, and the surrounding area would be very muddy and impossible to get water.
In order to avoid this disorder, it is necessary to dig ditches so that the spring water that flows out has a place to hold.
You don't have to dig to the foot of the mountain all at once, just dig a section first, and then continue digging when the stone wall is broken.
When it came to the water source, the village chief ordered the excavation, these people are used to doing the work, and the strength of the people is great, but it is just an hour's work, and they dug more than a dozen zhang.
The village chief had some trees cut down around the area to avoid a forest fire when the fire burned for a while.
The stone walls are thick and hard, not the kind of stones that were used in the previous experiments, and they need to be burned for a while.
It burned for about an hour, and the village chief asked a few strong men to quickly splash the water prepared in advance on the stone wall.
As a result, the stone wall was too thick and hard, and only part of it was broken, which gave everyone hope and continued to burn fire and splash water.
After a few rounds, a big hole was finally broken in the stone wall, and the spring water rushed out, and everyone cheered, and some even cried, and finally there was salvation.
At this time, the ditch has been dug for dozens of feet, there is no need to worry about the problem of water flowing everywhere, the sky is dark, all lit by torches, everyone is exhausted, but fortunately this afternoon is not in vain.
Tomorrow, all the men of the village will be called to dig together, and they will dig to the foot of the mountain in a few days, and then dig for a few more days to connect with the big river in the village, even if it is done, it will be convenient for the villagers to get water and water the fields in the future, and they will no longer have to worry about water.
There were many people going up the mountain today, and the village chief didn't tell him not to tell about the water source, and the big guys told their families about it when they got home.
Many elderly people, women and children also want to go into battle to dig ditches, regardless of the strength of the people, more people have more strength, and it is good for everyone to dig the ditch as soon as possible.
There are also people who are reluctant to dig ditches, such as Zhang's.
The village chief asked people to go door-to-door to inform them about going up the mountain to dig a ditch tomorrow, which is a major event in the village and should be notified to all families.
In fact, even if the village chief does not notify, most of the villagers will spontaneously go up the mountain, and the notice is just a routine.
Only when Zhang's was notified, Zhang's face showed a look of embarrassment.
"Our family is just me and Pengfei, I am a woman's family, Pengfei is still a child, and he wants to study, it's not that we don't want to contribute, we really can't spare manpower." Zhang's grievances are so pitiful.
The person in charge of delivering the letter felt a burst of disdain in his heart, he had just gone to deliver a letter to an old grandmother, who was a five-year-old grandson, and everyone was happy.
You are a woman, but you are only in your thirties this year, and a woman of this age in the village is a good worker.
Besides, Yue Pengfei, he is fifteen years old this year, he is a young man, he is old enough to be a soldier, and he is still a child, and he wants to study, so do you want to drink water at home?
The person in charge of delivering the letter is too lazy to break with Zhang's family, he is a big man and a widow who doesn't want to talk much, and he doesn't want to offend her, in case Peng Fei is really high school in January, isn't this just offending people, love to go or not, he just notified it, anyway, there is more work, there is no shortage of her family, what is the love.
After sending a circle of letters, when he went to report to the village chief, he still told the village chief about it, but the village chief waved his hand and did not speak.
The village is big, what kind of people don't have it, if the village chief is always angry because of this kind of thing, then there is no need to do anything serious.
Zhang's mother and son don't go up the mountain to dig ditches, and they don't need to be taught by him, the village head, just the saliva of those women in the village can drown Zhang's, so she can't help but come.
Being the village chief also requires wisdom, you can't ignore it, you can't take care of everything, the villagers can solve it by themselves, and if you can't solve it, he will go up, or he will go up if there is something to do, and he will not be tired to death.