After crossing, start from the courtyard

Chapter 169 Chapter 160

"Xue'er, let's go, I'll take you and your mother home first!"

Mei Xue looked at He Yu reluctantly, her tears were about to fall, she didn't speak, she just stared at He Yu, her little hand was very consciously hanging on her stomach.

"Girl, I will do what I promised you tomorrow. This afternoon, just like what your Uncle Erzhu said, I have to do other things and buy materials. I will cook dinner for you when I come back? How about getting some food in the upper town?"

He Yu hummed, and at this moment, Mei Xue finally nodded her head, her big eyes were full of tears.

"Xue'er, that's right, let's go home first, and when Xiaoyu comes back, I'll bring you delicious food! Now Guitang is still at home hungry, let's go back first."

As soon as Mei Xue thought of her younger brother, she quickly ran to Mei Sanniang, took Mei Sanniang's hand, turned her head and shook hands with He Yu, and saw sister Xiaoling coming out of washing dishes, and waved too.

After Mei Xue and the others left, the village chief walked over slowly, looking at the washed dishes, he was at ease, never before so relaxed, when his wife was with him before, he didn't have to wash the dishes or pots.

Since his wife left, he can only make enough food and clothing by himself. In order to live for a few more years, he will walk around the village several times after eating every day.

It's like a patrolling guard, wandering around the entrance of the village every day, sometimes meeting people, meeting them and saying hello.

"Xiaoyu, the dishes you cook are really amazing! After moving, you can come to my place often, otherwise I will go to your house to eat and drink. Old man, I don't eat much, so I just try something new, no problem?"

"Of course it's no problem. I still have to rely on your blessing and your help!"

"By the way, I'm planning to plant fruit trees in this mountain. Since it is going to be reclaimed, it will definitely violate the territory of wild animals and plants. Let's not reclaim too much. If you see wild animals, just drive them away."

The village head nodded, "However, this exorcism is not a good job, it is more difficult, let's take it step by step first."

"Yes, you can't aim too high." He Yu smiled.

"Village chief, Xiaoling and I will go talk about building materials first."

"Hey, do you still remember the way out of the village?"

He Yu smiled slightly. Of course he remembered the way out of the village, and to be precise, he didn't want to remember it, because the way out of the village was only a muddy path, and after it rained, it became even worse.

"Remember! Remember!"

"That's good! But, Xiaoyu, you go here once, are you coming back tonight? Usually we start our journey in the morning before dawn, and we have to catch the bus at eight o'clock in the morning and drive around two o'clock in the afternoon. "

"That's okay, we should be there..." He Yu was a little uncertain, so he opened his sleeves to reveal an old-fashioned watch, and he checked the time on his wrist.

"Village chief, how long will it take to walk there?"

"About two hours."

"That should catch up."

"Village Chief, Xiaoling and I will go out first, see you in the evening."

The village chief suddenly wanted to say something, but he couldn't remember for a while. When he remembered, He Yu had pulled Xiao Ling away.

"How did this happen? I should have thought about it long ago. I am an old fool. Why did I lose the chain at a critical moment? At night, the trails in this village are not safe, and there are often wild animals. I hope the two of them will come back soon! Don't get dark It's still on the way! Or come back tomorrow!"

The village chief babbled a few words, then turned to the entrance of the village.

"Village Chief, I heard that there are two young people coming to your house. The tall one is called the head, and the girl is said to be very good-looking! Are you sure you're not yelling at anyone?"

"I didn't lie to you, I can see these two little dolls tomorrow! High diploma, high education, there are no college students in our village. It's a good thing that these college students come to us to help the poor."

"Hey, college students? This is terrible. A group of us who haven't graduated from elementary school, he won't dislike you? Village chief, you can be regarded as a cultural person in our village after graduating from junior high school. During the years when you retired, how much did you still have?" Teach children how to read."

Aunt Wang in the village often plays with her sisters. From time to time, the village chief comes to wander around the entrance of the village, and listens to the village chief's gossip.

"It's all old things from the past. Isn't the school building a shed now? It would be nice to be able to recruit teachers!"

This is also due to the fact that the teacher is from the village. He didn't focus on developing outside, so he stayed in the village, wanting to do something for the village, let the children study more, and walk out of the mountains in the future.

"Every time my Niu Wazi came back, he would say some polite words, which sounded strange. We didn't graduate from elementary school, so we didn't know many new words."

"Thanks to Teacher Zhao!"

Everyone lamented that if Mr. Zhao had not returned to the village to teach the children, otherwise, there would not even be a school. With his only family background, he opened a school, which is simply a private school.

"And Teacher Zhang's fees are very cheap. It only costs one yuan a semester, but meals are not included, so the children have to bring their own meals."

The village head said with a smile, "If we have to pay for food and vegetables, every child will be like a starving ghost. Can this school still be able to operate? And there is only Teacher Zhang in the school. Can this be done?" ? They are kind enough to impart knowledge to our children! Don’t try to take advantage of others.”

"This kind of advantage is taken, we must be struck by lightning!"

"Village chief, you are joking, let's just joke, how dare you do this, Mr. Zhao is kind-hearted, we all hope that Mr. Zhao will never leave the village!"

"That's right, Mr. Zhao is a nice person and highly educated, and he is willing to teach children to read!"

"However, village head, the two young people who are going to your house are planning to do in our village? Do you want to teach our children too?"

"Yes, yes, is it a teacher from outside our village?" Aunt Wang asked.

"How is this possible? Which teachers are willing to come to the countryside? They are college students! You can't stay in the city, the future is bright!"

Aunt Li has read a little, and barely knows that after elementary school is a technical secondary school, she doesn't know what is higher than a technical secondary school, but the cultural level of college students must be higher than that of a technical secondary school, so she feels that people with this kind of education should I would never come to a place like the backcountry in the countryside.

Aunt Li said: "What are you driving college students to our place for? Isn't it like everyone said?"

Aunt Wang: "That's right! Mei Sanniang doesn't know where she came from, but the first day I came to our village, I saw that she must be from the city. Could it be that she came to look for relatives!"

Aunt Wang: "Besides, I heard people say that these two are young. They went to Mei Sanniang's house on the first day they entered the village! They also helped Mei Sanniang everywhere. If you said that the two of them had nothing to do with each other, who would help a crazy woman! "

The old village chief sighed and shook his head, "Don't talk about things behind people's backs, meddling, or spreading rumors, this Xiaoyu was brought back by Erzhu! It just so happens that Xiaoyu has taken a fancy to our place, which is suitable for planting and development. So get ready to go into business.”

"Industry?" Aunts, you look at me, and I look at you.

"What is an industry?"

The village head explained, "It is to reclaim the land for agriculture and animal husbandry. Simply put, it is to grow vegetables and raise chickens, ducks and fish."

"Village chief, you are quite tall when you say it, and we don't understand it, but you said that this kind of vegetable raises chickens and ducks, but I understand! What kind of industry can this kind of vegetable raise chickens and ducks?"

It is said that there is no culture and it is not easy to communicate, but the village head said patiently, "Our overall plan is like this. First, every household should use their own barren land, plant crops, and then replant it in their own yard. , raise enough chickens and ducks, and if you have the financial strength, you can also build a fish pond! Raise some fish!"

"We'll use this mountain to grow fruit trees! When it's harvest time, we won't have to worry about food and clothing!"

If this had been planned in advance, everyone would not have to suffer. The key point is that just planting the land requires a lot of manpower, and it also needs to transport water to the ground. Their women have little strength, and they run back and forth a few times. Not to mention growing a large amount of food, but also raising chickens and ducks. If you have this capital, there is not enough food for this person. What food is there to feed chickens and ducks.

"Village chief, I don't think this will work. Even if we have the heart, we don't have the strength! Although we are stronger than the women in the city, we have to plant so many crops, and we have to put our minds to it. In terms of fruit trees and farming, it is too much."

Although women in rural areas are more able to endure hardships, they are women under high pressure, how can they compare with men.

There are few men here, and there are many things to do physical work, which is really not good.

"My aunts, don't panic, the light rain will solve it! Let's do as much as we can! Everyone also hopes that their lives will improve and their children can go out of the mountains to see the outside world. "

What the village chief said was quite authoritative, and the aunts listened very carefully.

"We all try our best to reclaim the land, and the grain we get at that time can be sold to Xiaoyu at the market purchase price for selling in the town, so that the grain we grow can be sold directly, without the need to separate Go to the town to buy!"

"It's not bad, if you grow more of this, then you can sell more money!" Everyone, look at me, I see that you are full of energy in your heart.

Some families think it's good, but there are some families who don't even have the most basic investment, let alone buy those vegetable seeds, and those chickens and ducks.

"I think it's good!"

Aunt Li said with emotion, "I used to take a bus to go to the town to sell vegetables, and sometimes the vegetables sold were not enough for the bus fare! In order to improve the children and buy some snacks, I was squeamish. I can't bear it."

"If we can sell the vegetables directly in our car! In the future, when we go to town, we only need to buy some necessities. There is nothing important, and we don't need to run into the town."

The town that Aunt Li mentioned is actually a little more concentrated houses, there is also a retail store that sells some daily necessities, and there is a long road where people from the village can also sell things, and then buy some rice and Other grains go back.

"I think this is a good idea! We can save the fare and sell the leftover vegetables at home! It's a pity that they grow at home and rot."

It's a pity that the village chief didn't finish his sentence. Then he said, "But there is one condition, we can buy it at the average market price, but we need to buy a road leading to the city! So it depends on the hard work of all the villagers!"

"Half of the money from the vegetables we sell will be used to build roads! And I will record every account clearly in the notebook. The other half of the money will be kept by He Yu."

"Huh?" Aunt Li was taken aback.

"How is this possible? How can we give our hard-earned money to someone we don't know? I don't agree with this!"

Seeing that Aunt Li disagreed, Aunt Wang also refused, "No, we worked so hard to grow the crops, how can we give half of the profit to someone we don't know?"

This has not yet held a village meeting, but I just talked with some people, and all of them were rejected by so many people.

The village chief said reassuringly, "Don't worry, Xiaoyu's character is trustworthy! You say that even if he is taking our farmers' money, how much can he get? He is a college student, so there is no need to deceive us ordinary farmers." That’s not enough money for retirement.”

"What if he has a fake degree? He won't be cheating everywhere, right?"

The village head wondered what was going on, and explained to everyone, "Let's think about it this way, which one is more profitable, selling our own grain to He Yu or selling our vegetables to the city?"

Aunt Li and Aunt Wang are not very good at math, so they couldn't figure it out after a long time of calculation.

"Let's put it this way, I have 100 cabbages, one cabbage sells for one cent, and one hundred cabbages costs one yuan."

"Even if we sell 500 cabbages, the fare to go back and forth has already cost three yuan, which is equivalent to five yuan, and we only have two yuan left! If we take half of the five yuan we earned Leave it to He Yu, even if Xiaoyu cheated me by 5, it’s better than spending three yuan on a car, and the car is far away and the road is bumpy.”

"In addition to this kind of thinking, we should develop in a good place. If Xiaoyu doesn't lie to us, we can take out a 2 yuan to build roads! Everyone works together and does their best to earn more, and feedback everyone's benefits more."

"And we will record every account, and the money from the sale will be reported. There is no need to worry at all. We will publish it at the village entrance every now and then. Everyone checks it by themselves. If it is wrong, it can be revised!"

The simple words of the village chief made sense to Aunt Li.

"Village Chief, planting crops shouldn't be mandatory, right?"

"Don't worry, Aunt Li, it's not a mandatory requirement, don't worry, come here boldly, we are also for the development of our area, everyone wants to get out of the mountains! Go and see other places! Look, Xu Erzhu from our village runs outside every day , The world I have seen is great! The things I bring back will be distributed to the children in the village."

"Am I right? Aunts?"

The village chief's prestige in Longfeng Village is high, and his character is also good. Aunt Li and Aunt Wang hesitated for a long time, but they still haven't cleared their minds. After thinking about it carefully, they think this is the same reason.

"Are you really not lying to us? We have worked hard for most of our lives, hoping to have a piece of land when we get old, and go there, hey."

"Old sister-in-law, if you don't believe me, I can discuss it with He Yu and ask him to write a letter of guarantee!"

"this is okay!"

After hearing this, everyone thought it was a good idea, and they didn’t have to be afraid of being cheated out of money.

(End of this chapter)