My 1995 Small Farm

   Chapter 115 Building a house

  Because not only did the sky clear up, but as the rain continued to decrease these days, the floodwaters slowly receded.

   So on the 28th day of June, Chen Ling and Wang Susu started to pack their things and prepare to go back to the village after having breakfast.

   But when I packed up, I found out that there are too many eggs and duck eggs, and it is extremely inconvenient to carry them on the road. They are bumpy and easily broken.

   There was no other way, so Chen Ling had no choice but to carry a pole and hang up two baskets of eggs and duck eggs to sell. He said that he sold them, but in fact he just put them in the cave.

  After the flood, prices will soar.

   He plans to sell eggs, duck eggs, vegetables and watermelon together next time he comes to the city, and the price will definitely be higher than it is now.

  The sky just cleared up, and there was still water everywhere on the road outside.

Taking advantage of the time he was out, Chen Ling put the money from the fish sale in the bankbook, and went to the small courtyard in the south of the city to take a look. With the dog, loaded with things to drive home.

   Along the way, there are many people like them returning from the county seat to the village, and there are people from all villages and towns.

There's no place like home.

  I had been sheltering in the county town for half a month, and I felt homesick for a long time.

   Not to mention that I don’t know what’s going on at home right now, how can I feel at ease if I don’t go back and take a look.

   "Uncle Fugui, Aunt Susu, we are here."

   Walked outside the city, and as soon as they went up the mountain road, she saw Liu Nier standing on a big rock, shouting and waving to the two of them.

  Besides is Da Ni'er, who is carrying a bag and a basket, but Wang Lixian and his wife are not seen.

   "Where are you and your mother?"

  Chen Ling and Wang Susu asked after they walked over.

   "They're going to call my fifth sister."

   "The fifth sister is going to take the exam and it's raining heavily and she can't come back from the city. Ida and my mother are worried and have been on the phone for several days."

   Liu Nier said with a snot, but he was too young to express clearly.

   Da Nier gestured and added.

   means it’s raining a lot this year, and I don’t know if Wu Ni’er has taken the college entrance examination, but she must be trapped in the city now, unable to go home, and she doesn’t know what to do.

Worried, Wang Lixian and Liu Yuzhi went to call Wu Ni'er's school, but they couldn't get through after several calls. They only got through yesterday, but the signal was not good, so they couldn't talk to Wu Ni'er. Call again and ask.

   If it still doesn't work, Wang Lixian may have to go to the city.

   "Don't worry, you can definitely take the exam in the city."

   "Even if there is a flood, the train can't ride, and the passenger traffic has stopped. If you want to come back, you must wait for a while. This is a normal situation, don't worry too much."

  Chen Ling comforted.

The college entrance examination before 2000 was usually in the sixth month of the lunar calendar, and the solar calendar was fixed on July 7th, July 8th, and July 9th. Later, because of the heavy rainfall in this season, it rained in many places. It took ten days and a half months to come here, which greatly affected the examination. In 2003, the date of the college entrance examination was moved forward by one month, and it was changed to June 7th, June 8th, and June 9th.

This year's college entrance examination was held on the tenth, eleventh, and twelfth of the sixth lunar month. As a result, there were heavy rains and floods. The rain began to decrease after the tenth day of the lunar calendar. In this way, the local college entrance examination this year may also be later postponed.

  Da Ni'er had never traveled far, so she didn't understand whether what Chen Ling said was true or not. She was no less worried about her sister than Wang Lixian and his wife, and she still looked worried.

   After waiting for about 20 minutes, Wang Lixian and Liu Yuzhi came over after the phone call, saying that Wu Ni'er was fine, the exam was postponed, and she was staying in the school dormitory, so Da Ni'er was relieved.

   Afterwards, a few people continued on the road together, all of them were from the same village, as well as from the nearby villages. The journey was lively and lively. It took about half a month for the sunny day to come, and everyone was in a good mood.

   Just waited to climb over the two mountain ridges and saw the familiar and unfamiliar reservoirs and villages, everyone fell silent and did not say a word.

  After the flood flooded the banks, the farmland was destroyed, the house collapsed, the food was no longer available, the poultry and livestock died, and the lost…

   Although no one was killed in this flood, the loss was so great that for many villagers, it was no different from killing them.

  The villagers were all mourning and shy, and even the mother-in-law stopped shouting and screaming, but kept groaning and sighing back home to clean up the mess after the flood.

   There is no way, life has to go on, people always have to look forward.

  As it approached noon, people from the county and township came to check on the damage. In addition, the reservoir dam had to be reinforced. The high water level lasted for several days, and the erosion of the reservoir dam was very serious.

The reinforcement of the dam could not be completed in a day or two. In contrast, the disaster situation was quickly counted: more than 200 houses collapsed, more than 1,000 mu of farmland were submerged, almost the entire army was wiped out, and the total property loss was roughly Estimated to exceed 300,000 yuan.

   Nearly half of the people have only meager savings and can barely get by.

  Many people's farmland was flooded, their houses collapsed, chickens, ducks, and fat pigs in the pens either died or ran away, and the newly harvested wheat was soaked in the flood for half a month and could no longer be bought.

In this regard, the county said that there will be assistance and various subsidies, housing assistance, and seed distribution. In addition, this year's retention and public food do not need to be paid. The leaders gave Datong a guarantee and left, leaving some people in the village. He helped clean up dead fish and shrimp in the village, and then sprinkled lime everywhere.

  After plastering the lime, they went to help the elderly build straw huts, otherwise the elderly would have nowhere to live at night, and it would become a hassle.

   These people worked in the village for a long time before leaving one after another, leaving the villagers to continue working.

  Compared with the villagers' losses, the Chen Ling's family is good, except for the few old houses in the backyard, which are in danger of being blistered, and the front yard can still live in people.

   First, it was far from the reservoir, so it didn't suffer too much impact, but was soaked in water. Second, the house in the front yard was a new house built before marriage, and it was much better than the old house.

  Because he was well prepared, other losses in the family were not big. In the countryside, the amount of money sold every year for grain is huge.

Even before leaving, if there was something he couldn't clean up in time, he used bricks to raise the mattress, put all the flour on it, and then covered it with a urea bag and a plastic sheet. The tide is not soaked by the flood, and it is still edible when dried.

   The quilts, clothes, etc. were packaged and placed above the closet, and the blisters could not be soaked, so they were basically unaffected.

Therefore, other people have to live in a grass hut outside the village. Chen Ling and his wife don't need it. His house can still be lived in. It's just that on the first night back home, he and Wang Susu didn't sleep well, including the family's dog and cow. the same.

  After the flood receded, a large number of mosquitoes breed. The disturbed people tossed and turned at night and couldn't sleep. After a while, they had pimples all over their bodies, and the itchy people went crazy.

   Chen Ling was so angry that he killed nearly a hundred mosquitoes one after another, but to no avail.

   The mosquito net was broken and could not be used. The few matchsticks left at home from last year were soaked in water long ago. The weather was sultry and the quilt could not be covered, which was very annoying.

  So Chen Ling, who had been harassed by mosquitoes all night, got up early in the morning, opened his eyes and ran up the mountain to mow wormwood without cooking, ready to rub some matchsticks.

  Match is very common in mountain villages, it can repel mosquitoes and start fires, but most of them are used to repel mosquitoes in summer.

The wormwood used for twisting the match rope must be mugwort, and the effect is the best, because mugwort has a special fragrance, and it is rubbed into a rope and dried in the sun. Being smoked and run away, can't approach.

In addition, mugwort is more resistant to burning than other wormwood. A matchstick can burn for two nights. It saves money and is harmless to the human body. It is much easier to use than mosquito coils. It has a history of use for thousands of years, and if it is not easy to use, it will be eliminated long ago.

All morning, when Chen Ling came back from cutting mugwort, he sat in the yard and rubbed the matchlock. Wang Susu sewed a mosquito net next to him. The mosquito net was hung on the bed and used when he was sleeping. Mosquitoes couldn't get in. When you need to light one, and put it in the house, it can also repel other bugs.

   In addition, it is also used for the dogs and cattle at home, otherwise they will be bitten by mosquitoes at night, and Chen Ling and Wang Susu will not sleep well.

   After twisting a dozen matchsticks, Chen Ling picked it up with a stick and put it on the roof. In this weather, the sun is very hot, it can be dried in an afternoon, and it can be used in the evening, which is very worry-free.

After doing this, I cleaned up the front yard. Chen Ling planned to clean up the clutter in the backyard in the afternoon. The old house was demolished in the past two days. Most people in the village have to rebuild their houses. He also I want to take this opportunity to open up my front and back yard and flip it over again.

   However, when he was having lunch, Chen Ling temporarily put aside his thoughts after hearing Wang Susu talk about Wang Jusheng's family.

Wang Jusheng, the eldest, is not likable. He and the second child, Wang Juxiang, are both close to the reservoir. However, the second child's house collapsed and his parents took care of him, but he, the eldest, was ignored. The couple brought two dolls. Rebuilding a house is really difficult.

   "This can't be done. Brother Jusheng is too embarrassed to call us. We can't help but go. We have to help."

   When Chen Ling heard this, he couldn't eat anymore, so he put down his chopsticks and got up and walked out.

   Now, no one in the whole village knows that Chen Ling and Wang Lixian are better friends than Wang Jusheng.

   "Help me help, you have to finish your meal first."

  Wang Susu grabbed him and said, "Don't worry, I'll go with you after dinner."

  Chen Ling thought about it too, not to mention, Wang Jusheng's family has two dolls at home now, Zhang Qiaoling can't do it alone, and Wang Susu also took care of her in the past.

   So they hurriedly finished their meal, then locked the door, and the two took the cow and went to Wang Jusheng's house.

After I went there, I found that most of the houses in Wang Jusheng's house had collapsed. The couple were wearing straw hats and towels on their faces, and they were going out to clean up the tiles and bricks. It is used a lot, so I have to pick it out and keep it to save materials.

   As for the half-exposed rafters and the crooked earth walls, the two of them couldn't care about it now.

Chen Ling glanced at him and saw that Dandan, the eldest daughter of Wang Jusheng's family, was squatting beside him and playing in the mud. When he saw him coming, his eyes lit up and he staggered towards him with his arms outstretched. Shouted vaguely.

  Chen Ling hugged his head, walked over and punched Wang Jusheng in the chest, thinking that he was out of touch, so why don't you ask others to help, he didn't even call him.

Wang Jusheng took a punch, but just raised his head and smiled at him, while Zhang Qiaoling couldn't help the heat in her eyes, she quickly wiped the corners of her eyes and laughed, then she waved her hand to prevent Wang Susu from passing over, saying to let her help outside Just look at the two dolls.

   "Sister-in-law, come out too, I'll just do this work with Brother Jusheng."

  Chen Ling said, and then called the little white ox to his side: "Well, I also brought the ox, this house is going to be demolished soon."

  Since he had come over, the two of them were no longer polite to him, so Zhang Qiaoling gave him the straw hat, and found a clean towel for him to wrap around, then led the big head and Wang Susu to hide aside.

   It is easy to demolish a house, but difficult to build a house.

But demolishing the house is also more dangerous, especially in this half-collapsed house, if the beams are accidentally knocked down, it can kill people, especially the roofs of mountain villages are built with multiple beams in a triangle shape, and then purlins are used to lay tiles. Yes, if it is not removed properly, it will not be a single beam, but multiple beams will be smashed down together, which is extremely dangerous.

So Chen Ling brought the cow over, found a thick and long rope, and cut a hole in the wall. After the rope went through, he tied a thick wooden stick and made a few circles across it, tripping over the wall and driving the cow like this. Go and pull, and the wall will fall down in one fell swoop.

If the house is completely demolished, the load-bearing cannot be demolished first, but now that most of the collapsed, it doesn’t matter so much. The two people demolished the house in less than an hour. All around, it's terribly choking.

Many people who heard the news came to watch the fun, and felt that the speed of dismantling was very enjoyable, so they also thought of letting Chen Ling lead the cow to help, but Chen Ling might ignore them, just at this time Wang Lixian brought When the family came over, they went to talk to Wang Lixian. Wang Lixian also blamed Wang Jusheng for not calling him.

But he didn't come too late, because the rest was the tiring work. He had to clear out the beams, rafters and other things that could be used for spare use, throw away the waste, and then tamp the foundation several times. room.

   (end of this chapter)