Rebirth 80: Start by earning money to build a brick house

"Ziming, since you are here, let's start fetching water." Zhang Xiaoyong couldn't wait.

In this era, there were no water pumps in the wells at home. One had to use a windlass to fill the wells or pull them up directly by hand.

Fortunately, Zhang Xiaoyong has a windlass at home, which is much less laborious than pulling the man out of the well.

"First pick up a bucket and let me give it a try. It just so happens that we can also have a taste." Zhang Ziming said to him.

I've never done this before, so don't make it a joke, let's try it on a bucket first.

After bringing up a bucket of water, Zhang Ziming put sugar and vinegar into the water one after another according to the estimated amount.

Don’t underestimate these two things, they are both planned to be supplied at this time.

Vinegar also required a ticket at the beginning, but it was soon released.

It's just that cooking in rural areas doesn't pay so much attention. As long as there is salt, everything will be fine. There are not many families who have vinegar as a condiment at home.

Even if I eat it with dumplings, I can't eat dumplings twice a year. I really don't use vinegar very much.

And when the weather is hot, vinegar is easy to spoil.

As for sugar, it is extremely scarce.

Not only does it require a ticket, but it is also expensive. A pound of sugar is equivalent to a pound of pork.

As we all know, sugar has always been in short supply, and it was not until the late 80s that it became a popular product.

In times of shortage, saccharin is often used instead, but saccharin is just a sweetener and has no nutrition at all.

When the aunts saw the sugar in Zhang Ziming's hand, which looked like it weighed two kilograms, their eyes were full of envy and greed.

When Zhang Ziming adjusted the first bucket of water, a fat aunt took the first sip.

After taking one bite, it can be seen from her expression of enjoyment that it was a great success.

"It's really good. It's sour and sweet, and it's really cool. Try it quickly. It's very enjoyable." The fat aunt who took the first bite hurriedly recommended.

Afterwards, everyone else tasted it one after another, each drinking from a big teapot.

Sweet and sour, refreshing to the heart.

It feels like every pore is opened.

It would be better if you freeze it in the refrigerator, the acidity and sweetness will be better brought out.

Several aunts, as team members carrying water, took the lead in enjoying themselves.

"Ziming, my aunt knows that you have some weird ideas. If you keep doing this in the past few days, keep calling your aunt over. I promise to carry the water steadily." The fat aunt said after taking the first bite.

She was the one who drank the most just now.

Although cold drinks are good, don’t be greedy.

On a hot day, although it will not cause diarrhea, it is best not to drink milk. Moderate amounts are best.

Do you have to do it every day during the wheat harvest?Zhang Ziming wants to continue doing it.

During the wheat harvest in the past few days, everyone's physical strength will be very exhausted. With the joint harvest in two villages, the workload will be doubled.

Zhang Ziming will not be stingy when it comes to providing everyone with adequate supplies.

With a few kilograms of sugar, Zhang Ziming can still make this contribution.

After a while, a dozen iron buckets were ready and covered with clean grate cloth to prevent dust from flying.

When the water delivery team arrived at the wheat field, a group of people looked expectantly.

First, I was really thirsty, the weather was really too hot, and there was no shelter in the wheat field;

Second, I really want to taste the drink. I heard it is sour and sweet, which is very stimulating to the taste buds.

I don’t know how this guy Zhang Ziming makes drinks at home, but he is very curious.

Amid everyone's eager anticipation, Zhang Ziming and others arrived late carrying poles.

A dozen or so iron buckets were surrounded by people, who started drinking from big teapots.

"Hey, it tastes really good. It's sour and sweet, and it's also refreshing. It's really cooling down."

"Ziming has a way, how do you do it?"

"Take a sip, it feels so good, and I feel more energetic when I work."

"Well, not bad, it really quenches your thirst. This is the taste."

A group of people started talking, and the last person who spoke was an old man in his sixties.

"Old Uncle Yang, have you ever drank it before? It still tastes like this, and it sounds like you have drank it before?"

said a young man from a neighboring village.

"Ziming, you put two things in here, right?"

Old Uncle Yang did not answer the young man, but turned to ask Zhang Ziming.

Uncle Yang is from Dalinzhai Village and is over 60 years old. But rural people work for a long time and look very old. He looks like he is 70 years old.

"Uncle Yang, you are right, there are indeed only two things." Zhang Ziming said truthfully.

Zhang Ziming was also curious how Uncle Yang knew about it?Everyone’s home is lacking something like this or that. I guess no one has done it at home.

Everyone became even more curious and took a rest while drinking water.

"Hey, Uncle Yang, have you really drank it? How else did you know there were two things?" The young man from the neighboring village asked again.

"Hey, not only I know, some of the older guys must have heard of it, right? Can Zhonghe guess it?" Old Uncle Yang turned to look at Zhang Zhonghe as if reminiscing about history.

"Vinegar and sugar." Zhang Zhonghe's answer was simple.

Zhang Ziming felt happy, it turned out that everyone knew these old tricks.

"Ziming, is that right?" Several young buddies continued to ask.

Zhang Ziming nodded and gave the prepared answer.

"Then I'll do it myself when I get home." A teenage boy said.

"What are you doing? Do you have sugar at home?"

"Don't talk about sugar, you don't even have vinegar at home, right?"

Everyone laughed, right? Apart from salt, there are no other condiments on the pot table at home.

"Uncle Yang, Uncle Zhonghe, tell me, have you ever drank like this before?"

Taking advantage of the break, the young guys wanted to listen to stories.

"How could I have had the opportunity to drink this before? I just heard about it..." Old Uncle Yang seemed to be looking back.

Old Uncle Yang used to work as a long-term worker in the landlord's house. He saw the landlord and his son personally and prepared well water in this way.

Watching the landlord and his son drinking the sweet and sour ice-cold water, a group of long-term and part-time workers could only get greedy.

Although they were liberated later, they were still not wealthy.

Therefore, Uncle Yang has never made his own drink before, and today is the first time he drinks it.

That's right, these days, it's good to be full, so why don't you need sugar?

Seeing that everyone was very satisfied, Zhang Ziming was happy to help everyone and announced in public that during the wheat harvest days, he would make it for everyone twice a day, once in the morning and once in the afternoon.

As for the cost of buying sugar and vinegar, of course Zhang Ziming borne it, and this dedication is still there.

It's just that my father has some muscle pain. With so many people drinking water, it can't be solved by a pound and a half of sugar.

Then, several young men from Dalinzhai Village shouted again.

Of course Zhang Ziming agreed to this request. Can he still miss it by a few days?