A man travels through time and becomes a widow, only wanting to pursue a career

Li was teasing his grandson Tie Zhu in his yard. Tie Zhu had just learned to walk and was babbling.

The eldest grandson, Goudan, was sitting on a small bench and reading with a tattered book. It was Li Zheng's old textbook.

"The sword of man, nature... nature... Master, what do you pronounce this character?" Tiedan turned his head and asked Li Zheng.

Just as Li was about to go up and see what Tie Zhu was reading, he couldn't understand a word, when he saw two people coming into the courtyard.

"Hey, it's the old sister-in-law of the Chen family. But what's the matter?" Chen Laigen and Mrs. Chen, counting from the top, are also from the same family.

Li was asking his wife to go in and bring out two bowls of water. Mrs. Chen sat on a small stool and sighed.

"Brother Chen, haven't we just planted the rice seedlings? In a while, we will need to fertilize. After fertilizing, we will almost be ready to irrigate. In previous years, we had to carry water back and forth manually, and we had to work hard to get an acre of land. It took several days to finish.

There are many boys in the family, so they can still cope with it. Those with few boys, or even those with no men at home, can only have aunts running around.

Not to mention wasting time, I am even more afraid that the good seedlings will be wasted because the planting is not completed. When the time comes, the county master wants us to pay taxes, but we won’t be able to pay them for another year. "

Li Zheng heard what Mrs. Chen said was reasonable. Among the more than sixty households in Chenjia Village, six of them had dead men, and five more households were from outside. Each family had one male, and only five or six-year-olds were with them. Young children.

Even his own family only has one son and two grandsons, Tie Zhu is over one year old and Tie Dan is nine years old.

The family's five acres of land are mainly irrigated and drained every time by his son. He and his wife can only help.

Li Zheng nodded and motioned for Mrs. Chen to continue, "Sister-in-law, what are your ideas?"

Old Mrs. Chen took a sip of water and recalled what the eldest daughter-in-law had just said to her, "My old sister-in-law is an outspoken person, so she speaks directly.

In the afternoon, my eldest daughter-in-law and I went to have a look at the mountain pass. The mountain spring mouth is not far from the fields in our village. If we can dig a channel and let this channel pass through the fields of each household, irrigation and drainage will be simple. Too much? "

After listening to this, Li Zheng took a puff of dry cigarette and blew out the smoke ring, "The method my sister-in-law said sounds good, but I just don't know how to dig this channel?"

Chen Changsheng picked up a branch. Since it had just rained and the soil was soft, she began to draw on the ground.

"This is our Chenjia Village. There are residents from east to west. The large field in the west of the village belongs to each family. Going further west is the mountain pass. The mountain spring water is here." Chen Changsheng drew a circle to represent the mountain spring. mouth.

“Just start digging eastward from the mouth of the mountain spring, dig a canal along the edge of this large field, and divert the water to the edge of the field.

At that time, each family will dig a small opening from the main channel and introduce the water from the main channel into their own fields, so that they can directly draw water nearby. "

Chen Changsheng explained while drawing. Because her explanation was easy to understand, she understood it immediately.

Li Zheng couldn't help but look at Chen Changsheng a few more times, "Is this the eldest daughter-in-law of my old sister-in-law's family?"

Mrs. Chen chatted, "It's my eldest daughter-in-law. My old lady and my eldest daughter-in-law went to check it out together in the afternoon, and that's when I came up with this idea."

After Mrs. Chen finished speaking, Chen Changsheng continued, "Also, we can also build water reservoirs at regular intervals on the main channel to store drinking water, and each household can directly draw water from the water reservoir. , isn’t it much closer? If you want to be more convenient, you can also directly divert water into your home.”

"Diverting water into the house?" Li Zheng's eyes lit up. He was obviously attracted by this word. He repeated it unconsciously, "Can the eldest daughter-in-law of the Chen family please tell me in detail how to divert water into the house?"

When Chen Changsheng heard this, he seemed to have an idea, "If we build a reservoir, cut down some bamboo, and hollow out the middle of the bamboo, wouldn't it become a pipe? Then the water in the reservoir will pass directly through this Just a pipe can reach every household.”

After the Chen family's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law finished speaking, they looked at Li Zheng, waiting for him to speak.

Li Zheng knocked on his dry pipe, took another deep breath, and held his breath before exhaling the smoke ring. "This household plan is feasible. I think the trench digging is okay, but I will definitely have to hold a meeting."

Old Mrs. Chen struck while the iron was hot, "Brother Chen, we have to hurry up. We don't need too many manpower in the fields during this period. Each household will send one or two strong laborers to dig the trench as soon as possible. First, dig the main channel. Once it’s done, the water storage tank and water diversion into homes can be done slowly later.”

"But I don't know how to dig this ditch, what preparations need to be made, and how many people are needed? Do I need to find someone to measure it first?" It's not that Li Zheng doesn't want to do it, he understands the plan and wants to implement it. To get up, you have to be specific.

None of the people in the village have read a book, but they do have some strength, but they need someone to guide them.

Chen Changsheng smiled slightly, "Uncle, my mother-in-law and I have already taken the measurements this afternoon. I will go back later to get the data and send it to you. I just need to trouble you to give me two pieces of paper."

Li Zheng was shocked when he heard Chen Changsheng's words, and cursed in his heart, how could the eldest daughter-in-law of the Chen family, who was usually unknown, suddenly do this.

Chen Changsheng explained, "This method of digging ditches and diverting water into homes is what I saw done in my hometown. I went to the county fair two days ago and met a gentleman, who gave me some pointers. , I just know how to do it.”

Li Zheng nodded believingly, she must have been given guidance by an expert, otherwise how could she, a woman, have thought of so much, "Okay, then after dinner today, we will meet at the camp on time. I will go and inform the others. "

Then he told Tiedan to go into the room and get three pieces of paper.

The paper was bought from the county town when Li Zheng was young. I thought he could read and practice calligraphy, but he never had the chance.

Mrs. Chen took the time to go back for dinner. She couldn't miss such an important event. After all, it was her eldest daughter-in-law of the Chen family who came up with the idea.

Chen Changsheng took the paper and returned home. Dafu had already prepared the rice. Tonight, he would simply have wild vegetable porridge with the ground vegetables fried by his mother.

It is a good meal for the children. Chen Changsheng is not very hungry now, so it is no problem to eat such a meal.

After eating, she went into the house and started preparing data.

The distance from the mouth of the mountain spring to the nearest piece of farmland is about two hundred steps. Immediately to the east is a large piece of farmland about a thousand steps in length, divided into many small pieces. Going further east is Chenjiacun.

Then the main canal would have to be dug for 1,200 steps, and a reservoir would be built every 400 steps within the 1,200 steps, so that water could be poured deep into the farmland and water could be drawn from the canal.

Trenches must also be dug deep in the farmland, because the mud is relatively soft and easy to dig. The specific number of trenches can be dug according to the field requirements of each household.

All that's left is to introduce the water from the reservoir into the home, which requires the use of bamboo.

Fortunately, there is a large bamboo forest in the mountains, and moso bamboo grows very quickly. It can reach 20 to 30 meters in two or three months.

Now just count the manpower.