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

Chen Li was pointing to the piece of land he was standing on, "Sanshou, come here, take the shovel and dig the piece of land under my feet."

Chen Laigen knew that the lazy guys in the village were just trying to avoid being lazy by making so many excuses.

Chen Sanshou obediently pushed down the shovel and dug out a small hole with ease.

Li Zheng pointed at the hole and shouted at the top of his lungs, "Look, everyone, look at it. A child can dig it easily, but you, an adult, can't dig it? Are you not even as good as a child?"

Seeing that Chen Sanshou, a ten-year-old child, could dig, the group of people who were beeping just now gradually became quiet.

Widow Sun's voice came out from the crowd, "Uncle Li Zheng, my man is gone, but my big dog can do this job. Even if he can't dig three or four steps, he can dig one or two steps. Digging canals, Count me in my family!”

As he spoke, he pushed his eldest son Sun Dagou forward. Sun Dagou was about the same age as Chen Sanshou, also ten years old. If Chen Sanshou can dig, so can Sun Dagou!

Aunt Ma also continued to sign up, "My men are also included!"

Tang Xiaolong shouted in the crowd, "I, Tang Xiaolong, signed up, and my brother Xiaohu also signed up!"

Seeing that Widow Sun's family has a family member, and two brothers from the Tang family, who are outsiders, have signed up. Those who have men in the family who want to avoid being lazy have no choice but to follow suit.

More and more people signed up. Satozheng squinted his eyes and nodded happily, his voice a little uncontrollably excited, "Okay, okay, great. That's it, one man per family..."

Before he could say anything, Wang Mazi cursed in a low voice, "Which of you likes to dig? I won't dig anyway."

Although the voice was small, it was heard by Li Zheng with sharp ears, "It doesn't matter if someone is unwilling to dig the canal. Even if the canal is dug, it will not lead to the entrance of your field, and your family will not be able to use it." That's it. I'll tell you the ugly thing in advance, but don't come to me and cry again when the time comes. You want to take advantage but don't want to contribute."

Those lazy guys like Wang Mazi didn't intend to do it at first. They thought that after the canal was dug, they would take advantage and use it directly. Unexpectedly, Li Zheng directly made the scandal explicit.

At this time, the four or five lazy men had no choice but to say angrily, "I, Mr. Chen, sign up."

"I, Mr. Chen, also signed up."

"..."

Wang Mazi looked at the rebels and swallowed hard, "I...I, Wang Mazi, also signed up."

The matter of digging canals was almost discussed when another voice came from the crowd, "Uncle Li Zheng, didn't you just talk about building a reservoir? What is that?"

Li Zheng took a puff of dry cigarette and said, "After we have dug the canal, we will build the reservoir, which also requires people to do it. However, this work is easier. We can let the women and children in the village prepare the materials in advance, and wait until the canal is almost dug. Let’s switch to another man and continue.”

Wang Mazi couldn't stand listening anymore. It was already good that he could dig canals. If Old Man Chen wanted to build a reservoir, it would be a slap in the face.

"I said to Chen Lizheng, I can still understand the purpose of digging canals. What is the purpose of building a reservoir? Every household has buckets and water tanks. What is the purpose of the reservoir? Why do you do such a moth?"

"Do you still remember the drought last year? The ground was dry and cracked, and people in the village almost died of thirst." Chen Lizheng had long known that someone wanted to make trouble again. His voice deepened, and the villagers' My thoughts also drifted back to last year.

Last year, there was no rain for several months, the ground was dry and cracked, and the harvest was terrible. Fortunately, Chenjia Village is close to the mountains, so we could barely survive the first few months relying on the spring water in the mountains. In the last month, we relied on the spring water dripping every day.

Several nearby villages were not so lucky. Some villages without water sources were simply "waiting to die."

Many elderly men and women in the villages died of thirst. It even caused famine for a time, and many people died of starvation. There were even tragic scenes of exchanging children for food.

Chen Li was retracting his thoughts, "But fortunately our village has survived. We will build a few reservoirs this year, so we don't have to worry so much. The rice has water to drink, and so do our people."

No one dares to object to water storage.

Old Mrs. Chen said, "Yes, we also need to drink water. My two sons can sign up. There are a few younger ones at home. Those who need it can get it as long as Li Zheng speaks. Dig the canal early and close it." Once the reservoir is built, the seedlings in the fields will grow better and better.”

With Mrs. Chen taking the lead, other older people followed suit.

"Uncle Li Zheng, we all listen to you. Dig canals and build reservoirs. These are all for the good of our village. We will do it!"

"Both of my sons can also sign up." Granny Tang roared as she walked tremblingly through the crowd on crutches.

"My daughter and I also signed up to build a reservoir." Widow Chen Wei's eyes filled with tears. Last year, her daughter was almost snatched back by her parents' family and exchanged with another village.

Chen Lizheng finally concluded, "That's it. After the meeting is over, each family will report their names to me and come one by one. I will seize the time to arrange the personnel in the evening. Everyone will have dinner tomorrow morning and bring their tools to gather at Shanquankou on time. .”

Chen Changsheng's family also reported two names, Dafu and Erlu. These two children are not young anymore, and some people of their age in the village have families.

The village meeting is over and everyone has gone back to their houses, but the Chen Changsheng family has not rested yet. Washing the floor and vegetables is an essential task for the Chen family every day.

At nine o'clock in the evening, the children washed more than 60 kilograms of ground vegetables. They have to get up early tomorrow and can almost call it a day.

The children all stretched and patted their arms, they were so sore.

Chen Erlu moved the wooden bucket filled with clean vegetables into the main room. His mother had said that he should pay attention to safety and hygiene. As soon as he exerted force, his hand slipped in pain and he almost knocked over the wooden bucket.

"Hiss." Chen Erlu snorted softly, looked down at his palms, and quickly clenched his fists, as if he was afraid of being discovered.

Chen Sixi saw her second brother acting strangely and ran over with concern, "Second brother, what's wrong with you?"

Chen Erlu clenched his fist, smiled and touched his little sister's head, comforting her, "Second brother is fine, but his arms are a little sore from washing too much."

"Then I'll squeeze the second brother's arm, and the second brother will stop feeling sore." Chen Sixi obediently pinched Chen Erlu's arm a few times.

Seeing Si Xi's obedient appearance, Chen Erlu smiled and lifted the barrel again, but this time his palms still hurt and there was a trace of sweat on his forehead.

Chen Sixi noticed something was wrong with her second brother. She grabbed Chen Erlu's hand and turned it over. She was shocked and said, "Mom, come on, second brother's hand is split!"

Chen Changsheng caught up with her in a few steps. When she saw Chen Erlu's hand, there was traces of blood oozing from the wound. She couldn't help but exclaimed, "Erlu, what are you doing?!"

These hands were obviously soaked in water and scrubbed for a long time, and they were cracked by rubbing.

Chen Changsheng grabbed Chen Dafu's palm again and looked at it. The tiger's mouth was red from the pestle and mortar before, and the hands of Sanshou and Sixi were also soaked and turned white.