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

"Mom, what are you doing?" Dafu entered Chen Changsheng's house after clearing away the dishes. "Just now, Grandpa Lizheng informed every household to come to the village yard at midnight today, saying that he had something important to say."

"Mom, you know, your mother and I went to your Mr. Li Zheng's house before dinner, and we were talking about our plan to bring drinking water into the house." Chen Changsheng showed the eldest son the data he had just written and drawn.

Chen Changsheng pursed his lips, "Look, this was painted by my mother. Now we just need to calculate how much manpower is needed."

Although Chen Changsheng didn't write, he drew clearly and explained it a lot. Dafu understood it after reading it a few times.

Chen Dafu put down the paper and said, "There are sixty-six households in our village. Except for six households, there are no boys. The remaining households can have people."

Dafu only knew numbers, but he couldn't count. After all, he never went to school, so he could only scratch his hair anxiously.

Chen Changsheng took the boss's actions seriously. It seemed that the matter of studying and literacy had to be put on the agenda earlier.

She continued Dafu's words, "Except for the six households without boys, there are sixty households left. If each household has one person, there are sixty laborers.

Sixty people were required to dig a trench of 1,200 steps, and each person had to dig 20 meters. There is no important work in the fields these days. If you dig four steps a day, it will take five days. If you dig five steps a day, it will only take four days to dig. "

Chen Changsheng was doing mental arithmetic very quickly, while Dafu was stunned as he listened.

When will my mother know how to count?

"Dafu, how many steps do you think we can dig in a day?" Chen Changsheng was unsure.

"The soil on the side of the road is relatively soft, and it doesn't take much effort to dig. If you take three steps a day, you will definitely be fine. Four steps should be fine, but five steps may be a bit difficult."

Chen Changsheng nodded. There were no excavators in this era, only manpower, and the only tools were hoes, shovels, wooden sticks, etc. It would take a lot of effort to dig the canal to waist depth.

The center of Chenjiacun is a field. It rained in the afternoon. Everyone finished their work early and went home to cook and eat. Before Xu o'clock, a small group of people had gathered on the field.

The weather was still cool in the evening, and everyone slowly shook their fans and chatted, "I don't know what happened, but Li Zheng suddenly informed everyone to gather here."

"It's been hard to relax in the past two days. I also want to go home early to rest and have a good night's sleep. Old man Chen doesn't know what he has to nag about, and he insists on having the whole village come." The widower whose mother-in-law died Wang Mazi complained.

"Wang Mazi, you can sleep so early without a wife to hold you." Aunt Zhang spoke wildly, causing the people around her to laugh.

There were more and more people on the battlefield. Chen Changsheng and his family also came after dinner. Chen Changsheng mingled in the crowd and said nothing.

She had given the data graph she had drawn to Li Zheng in advance and explained it clearly.

Li Zheng finally arrived belatedly amidst the expectations of all the villagers, "I called everyone here today because I wanted to hold a meeting and listen to everyone's opinions."

"Uncle Lizheng, what kind of meeting are you holding? You are the most literate in the village. You make the decision. We all listen to you."

"That's right, Uncle Chen is the most literate. We will listen to whatever you say."

Li Zheng coughed majestically, "Listen to what I have to say first. It will take some time for our seedlings to be planted. Now is the stage of catching insects. Everyone can loosen them quickly. In a while, watering will start. It takes a lot of effort.

Someone in the village suggested to me that during these few days of free time, our village should dig a ditch to the entrance of each household's field. At that time, we only need to open and close the gate, and the water will automatically flow into the field, saving the need for manpower to go back and forth. Carry water. "

Automatically flow to the fields? Is there such a wonderful way?

Aunt Ma was the first to stand up and said, "This is a good idea. There is only one man in my family. Taking care of these acres of land every year can exhaust me to death. Carrying water can make my man's waist almost break."

"My husband died early, and I have a little carrot head and a girl at home. As a woman, it is difficult for me to take care of the two acres of land. Uncle Li Zheng was able to come up with this good idea because he really thought about our Chenjia Village." A migrant widow, holding two children in her hands, also gave her full support.

"I agree!"

"I agree. I just don't know how to dig?" asked a man full of strength.

Chen Changsheng looked at the man and saw that his biceps were well developed. With that fist, he felt like he could knock someone away in a matter of minutes.

She asked Chen Dafu. The man's name was Tang Xiaolong, and he had a younger brother named Tang Xiaohu. The two brothers also had an old woman. The family of three were immigrants who had fled from other villages a few years ago.

Li Zheng waved his hand to signal everyone to be quiet, and then, as Chen Changsheng explained in advance, he would build a 1,200-step, waist-deep canal with a reservoir every 400 steps, and explained to the villagers one by one.

As soon as he finished speaking, there was a sudden silence in the camp, everyone took a breath, and then the flowers exploded.

One thousand two hundred steps? !

Did they do it to dig such a long canal? There were murmurs and suspicions below.

Li Zheng had already guessed that everyone would react this way, so he raised his voice and said, "These 1,200 steps sound scary, but you can't do it alone, let alone do it in one day.

There are a total of sixty-six households in Chenjia Village, including migrant households. Six of them have no men in their families, leaving sixty households. As long as each family has one man, we have sixty people. If we divide it up, each person only needs to dig twenty steps.

We don’t have to dig it all in one go. We can dig three or four steps a day and work harder in five days to finish it. In this way, do you still find it difficult? "

After Li Zheng's analysis, it seems that it is not that difficult, but there are still some doubts.

Wang Mazi couldn't stand listening to it for a long time. Old Chen didn't know which tendon was wrong. Everyone was still hungry. He finally managed to loosen up quickly. He didn't take the time to rest and asked everyone to dig in the soil.

Isn’t this really a trick on your mind?

This old man must be old and confused.

He mingled among the crowd and suddenly said, "If you still dig canals, if you have the strength to dig canals, it's better to lie down and rest. These days, if you don't have enough to eat, you won't have the strength to dig. Whoever likes to dig can dig, anyway, I He won’t take action.”

"What you're talking about is, we have always carried water to irrigate the fields before, so why do we suddenly need to dig this canal this year? Brother Mazi is right, I won't dig even if I have the spare time." It was Chen who said this. Another lazy guy in the village.

These few objections made a small number of people begin to waver.

The yard began to chatter again.

There are voices of opposition, voices of support, and voices of neutrality.

Other voices came from the crowd, "Uncle Li Zheng, it's not that I don't want to do it. I'm afraid it's not that easy to dig the ditch. Can one person really dig three or four steps a day?"

Li Zheng glanced at the crowd and saw Chen Changsheng in the crowd. Chen Changsheng smiled at Li Zheng and Li Zheng said, "Sanshou, go get a shovel."

Chen Sanshou rushed back quickly, and then rushed back with the shovel. No one knew what Li Zheng meant when he asked Sanshou to take the shovel.