Siheyuan: Starting from Building a Village

In the following days, everything went on in an orderly manner.

With the joint efforts of all the villagers in the nearby villages, the water diversion channel has been basically completed. After consultation among all parties, all villages have been taken into consideration. Due to time constraints, the water diversion channel is not deep or wide, and it can only be said to be barely sufficient.

After this round of drought is over, whether the canal will continue to be dug wider and deeper is no longer something Liu Guozheng needs to worry about.

Xu Damao finally got his wish and changed his job to a purchasing agent. It was said that he was transferred from the Propaganda Department to the Purchasing Department through the relationship with the newly appointed Deputy Factory Director Li.

Now, like Li Dabao, except for returning to the factory to hand in tasks every month, he lives in Hope New Village all the time and continues to exercise with Lao San in the morning.

Every month when they returned to the city to hand in their tasks, Xu Damao and Li Dabao would go together. For their safety, Xu Fang would always accompany them.

Time passed in the busyness and it came to March 5th, which happened to be the Jingzhe day in the twenty-four solar terms.

When the Jingzhe season comes, the yang energy rises, the temperature warms up, spring thunder rumbles, the rainfall increases, and all things are full of vitality.

After the Waking of Insects, all things come back to life and the spring season with blooming flowers arrives.

I hope the new village will also officially start its fruit tree planting program.

All the gravel and sand on the ground had been cleared away, and the pits in the previously designated planting areas had already been dug, and they were just waiting for the weather to warm up.

Liu Guozheng also prepared the apple trees that needed to be planted. Most of them were 3-5 year old seedlings. As to where these seedlings came from, they were of course "borrowed" from other people's nurseries.

There are a total of 50,000 trees, enough to cover 500 acres of land.

Of course, these 50,000 apple trees will not be planted all at once. Two thousand trees will be planted a day, and the plan is to complete the planting of 500 acres of apples within 30 days.

The distance between each fruit tree is calculated, and the work of digging holes is done by robots at night.

The rest of the work is relatively simple and easy, and any child can do it.

The whole village worked hard for more than two months, and by mid-May, they had completed the planting of 500 acres of apple trees and 500 acres of peach trees.

The remaining 500 acres of land were divided into several plots.

Land for grain production: 30 mu.

Vegetable plot: 2 acres.

Apricot trees: 200 acres.

Pear trees: 200 acres.

Grapes: 5 acres.

Pomegranate: 5 acres.

We plan to plant hawthorn trees on the North Mountain and the South Mountain.

We don't plan to plant fruit trees on the West Mountain. We can plant some pine trees, tall trees, etc. It will be fine as long as the land is not left barren.

These are the tasks that must be completed this year.

Behind Xishan, in the basin surrounded by mountains, renovation and construction also began.

An artificial lake was dug in the middle of the basin and high-quality pasture was planted around it.

At the same time, 500 acres are set aside specifically for growing forage grass.

Build cattle sheds at the foot of the surrounding hills.

There are more than 2,000 mu of land here, which is larger than the area in front of Xishan Mountain. We plan to raise some cattle and sheep here, and adopt a combination of manual and free-range methods.

We can’t raise many in the early stage, and it’s impossible to raise more. The main reason is that we hope there won’t be too many people in the new village.

I don't plan to raise pigs on a large scale, mainly because the area for raising pigs will be too dirty and too troublesome to clean up, especially in the summer. The smell is really "amazing".

The reconstruction work of the back mountain basin was of course handed over to robots.

After the renovation, the passage will be opened and connected to the central avenue of the village.

During this period, Director Song from the brick factory came over specifically and said that the brick factory was temporarily closed this year and had to stop production due to water shortage.

Liu Guozheng can only make bricks from the second world.

Construction cannot stop.

Erlang and Li Xiujuan now live in a spacious house.

Li Xiangdong, Chen Huwei and the third brother all needed to build houses, and the small house of 20 square meters was just for transition.

The houses for the three families were built first, and later on, there were also Gu Nian and his wife, and his younger brother Liu Guohao also had to prepare.

The construction standard is unbiased, just the same as Erlang's house, with five main rooms, two side rooms on the east and west sides, and a large yard of three to four hundred square meters in front. It is up to your own preferences to grow vegetables or a few fruit trees.

The three companies started construction at the same time and are expected to be completed in June.

The next things to be built are the village library and village hall.

When you have nothing to do, if you like reading, you can go to the library to read.

From now on, all meetings and movie screenings will be held in the village auditorium. We cannot use the children’s classroom every time we show a movie.

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When the sunset dyed half the sky red, everyone finished their day's work.

Older people sit on the roadside, watching the sunset, chatting and talking about the future.

The children gathered in groups of three or five, jumping, playing and making noise, making the place very lively.

Erlang, Li Dabao and Li Xiangdong were playing cards on the side.

The third brother took Xu Damao to swim in the fish pond. Since May, in addition to morning exercise, he also swam every night. You know, the weather in May is not too hot and the water temperature is low. Except for the initial difficulty, after getting used to it, Xu Damao fell in love with swimming and had to swim two laps every day.

Sometimes the third brother had to accompany Chen Xiaolan, and Xu Damao went swimming alone.

There are two lounge chairs under the trees on the West Hill, and their main users are Liu Guozheng and Lou Xiaoe. When they have nothing to do, they will lie here and chat or close their eyes to rest.

Today, as usual, the two of them lay quietly under the tree.

Liu Guozheng likes this peaceful atmosphere very much, which is a spiritual enjoyment.

"Liu Guozheng."

Lou Xiao'e broke the silence.

Liu Guozheng closed his eyes and said casually: "Xiao'e, what's wrong?"

Lou Xiao'e leaned sideways, stared at Liu Guozheng and said, "Are you not going to marry me anymore?"

"Who else can I marry if I don't marry you? In everyone's eyes and in my heart, you are my wife."

"Humph, that sounds nice. Didn't you say last year that we would get married on May Day? Now May is almost over."

Lou Xiao'e pouted her lips, looking a little anxious to get married.

"You can't blame me for this. Didn't you say you wanted to be with Chen Xiaolan in the end?"

"I blame you. I blame you."

"Hahaha."

"I make you laugh."

As she spoke, Lou Xiao'e put her hand around Liu Guozheng's waist.

"Wife, spare me, I was wrong."

"It's not proper to call someone your wife before you're married."

Lou Xiao'e pouted and gently pinched the flesh on Liu Guozheng's waist without using any force.

Liu Guozheng took Lou Xiaoe's hand, placed it on his chest, and said, "As long as my heart is still beating, I will always love you and I will be with you for the rest of my life."

"Humph, just saying nice things."

Lou Xiao'e pulled her hand out and hit Liu Guozheng lightly.

"Brother Zheng, I want to listen to music."

"What song?"

"The song you sang when we first met."

"Okay, I'll sing it for you."

"..."

"The first time I met you, it was foggy and rainy."

"The second time I met you, it was foggy and rainy."

"From now on, love will be turbulent..."

"........."

Along with Liu Guozheng's singing, the leaves rustled and a light drizzle seemed to fall in the air.

"My Lord, I will give you a scene."

"Get lost."