Crossing the green wheat ears

The affairs of the grandfather's house have come to an end for the time being, Xiyuan breathed a sigh of relief, at least their basic life can be guaranteed.The marriage of uncle and uncle, as grandma said, cannot be done in a hurry.

During this period, grandma was not idle at home, and greeted all the acquaintances in the village, asking them to pay attention to see if there were any suitable relatives and neighbors, so that they could say goodbye to uncles and uncles.These things are far from suitable for doing, and it is more effective for women to entrust each other.

"Yuan, is there anything you want to eat? Mother will make it for you." Xiyuan's mother asked Xiyuan who was enjoying the shade under the grape arbor in the yard. Her feelings for her eldest son are a bit complicated now. In addition to the love between mother and child, there is also a sense of gratitude. inside.

Yes, I am grateful, she never thought that when she took Xiaoyuan back to celebrate her father's birthday, the situation of her mother's family changed drastically.She felt like she was in a dream, and she talked to Xi Mingwen, who said that it was all thanks to her having a good son.

In fact, she knew it herself. Except for the old man at home who opened up, Xi Mingwen had a good relationship with her. Without Xiaoyuan in the middle, this matter would not be possible. How could a married girl take care of her mother's affairs like this.

"Mom, make me a cold salad, it's too hot to eat." Xiyuan was helpless, if he didn't ask his mother for something, his mother would have to use this kind of similarity to see his benefactor all the time, um, it seems a bit It's not appropriate, but Xiyuan has this kind of feeling. He always feels that the way he and his mother get along with each other is a little weird. He wants to make his mother change from this abnormal state as much as possible, so he asks his mother to do something for him. To satisfy her desire to compensate her son.

"Hey, mother, let's do it now." Xiyuan's mother turned around and walked to the kitchen. The wheat at home was finished, and it was delayed for a few days to build a house for her mother's family. It was later than other houses, but it was harvested first. Both Cheng Yi and Wang Shun came to help, so their family ended up harvesting faster than those in the village with less labor or more land.

The wheat was still in the yard, and the men were busy threshing. She had also been busy for a while, and now she came back to make lunch.

"Mom, I want to eat beans." Xi Wei had just entered the yard, and when his mother asked his brother what he wanted to eat, he hurriedly ordered.

"Okay, mother will make beans for you too, Chengzi, what do you want to eat? Tell mother, mother will make it for you too." Xiyuan's mother is in a good mood now and responds to the children's requests.

"Mom, put some potatoes in the beans, I want to eat new potatoes." Sitting next to his brother, Wei Cheng's face was dripping with sweat.

"Is this crazy playing in the yard? Xiaowei, don't wash it right away after you sweat." Xiyuan picked up the cloth towel beside him and wiped Wei Cheng's face. The water splashed on his face.

Xiyuan had just been feeding chickens with his grandma, and his forehead was sweating. He just wiped his face with a wet cloth. Grandma repeatedly warned him not to wash his body with cold water immediately after sweating.

"Zhao Lin's family has finished breaking the wheat. We dig out their straw stacks from one end to the other, like a hole." Wei Cheng took the cloth towel and told his brother about them while wiping. It was a heroic feat, and he stretched out his arms to describe the length of the hole to Xiyuan.

"It's a hot day, it's okay to drill into the hole, you really don't mind the heat." Seeing the sweat on the faces of the two younger brothers, Xiyuan didn't know what to say, why he was so energetic.

"Brother, you don't know, we are divided into two groups, and when the group climbs in, we block the entrance of the cave, and they dig it for a long time before breaking it open." Xi Wei quacked to his brother with a smile.

"Isn't it enough to cause harm to other people's wheat straw stacks? Zhao Lin's father didn't scold you? If you have the ability, you go to Cheng Nan's wheat straw stack."

"Then who would dare to do that? Cheng Nan's father stared at him, and everyone was scared." Xi Wei told the truth.

"Come on, wash your face quickly. After washing, go into the house and get a basin. Brother will cut watermelon for you to eat, so as to relieve sweat." Xiyuan scooped a scoop of warm water from the small tank by the well, Pour it into the basin and urge the two mud monkeys to wash their faces and hands.

"Brother, I listened to Uncle Cheng and the others discussing the matter of repairing earthen walls in the village after Mai Qiu." Xi Wei's little ear god reported the information he had heard to his brother.

"Really? The village is really going to be fenced?" Seeing that Xi Wei and Wei Cheng had cleaned up, Xiyuan handed the cut watermelon to the two children.

"Tch, you don't believe what I said, when Dad and the others come back later, you ask them!" Xi Wei rolled his eyes at his brother.

"As long as you have a lot of things to do, don't call him Xi Wei tomorrow, just call him father." Xi Yuan patted Xi Wei, this child is a little rebellious now.

"You're the father, and you gave me a nickname again. Let's go, second brother, bring watermelons to grandma and mother." Every time Xi Wei and his elder brother got into trouble, he would draw Wei into this alliance.

"Brother, it's true, I heard it too." Wei Cheng took a slice of watermelon to his mouth in one hand, and a basin of watermelon in the other, and followed Xi Wei into the house.

That seems to be true.

The matter of building the fence in the village has been discussed since the wolves entered the village last winter.

The winter before last year, the Xi family had beards, and last year the village had wolf worms. It can be said that the village has not been peaceful in the past two years, and last winter, in order to prevent wolves from entering the village and harming things, and also afraid of hurting people, the grown men did not do much for most of the winter Live in peace, every day several people take turns squatting on duty at night.

Although there are no mountains here, and the barren meadow is a little far from the village, the chance of wolves appearing is not high.However, even the occasional lone wolf who strayed into the village couldn't bear it. It was okay to harm something, but it would hurt people more.

Lianhua Village is wide open, and there are no defensive measures at all. This is also the reason why Huzi entered the Xi's house the year before last and did not alarm the villagers.

Combining the events of the past two years, and the fact that villagers in other villages were injured by wolves last year, some strong laborers led by Cheng Yi advocated building a wall around the village and strengthening the defense measures in the village to prevent problems before they happen.

Building a fence is no small matter. When everyone discussed it with Li Zheng, Li Zheng thought about it for a long time but did not agree.The village has no money and can't afford green bricks and stones, so they can only build earth walls. Digging, transporting and ramming earth require a lot of manpower and material resources, and the construction cannot be completed in one or two years.

Li Zheng was old and conservative, so he didn't dare to make a decision all at once.However, he was also afraid that beards or wolves would enter the village again in the future, and if something happened, he would be responsible for it.

Lizheng thought about this spring from last winter, and from spring to summer. A few days ago, he went to the city and found the county lieutenant in charge. After discussing for a long time, he made up his mind and agreed to this matter.

In the spring, he brought the villagers to the county town to serve corvee, and he mentioned it to the county magistrate. The county magistrate was ambiguous at the time, saying that this was Lianhua Village's own business, and let him make up his own mind.

Li was thinking that Lianhua Village had more income than before in the past two years, not to mention other things, such as ducks, geese, and early crop vegetables, and the villagers tasted the sweetness.

The life in the village will get better and better, better than the nearby villages, it will inevitably make others jealous, and there must be some protection measures.

This is what Cheng Yi and the others thought in their hearts, but they didn't say it.Although Li Zheng lacks courage in doing things, he is quite considerate about things.

When the old man and his father and uncle came back from the yard, Xiyuan confirmed again that the news was indeed true.Xiyuan is also very happy. After all, Lianhua Village may gradually become a relatively wealthy village nearby, and their Xi family is the richest of the richest people in Lianhua Village. Therefore, such a measure that is conducive to protecting himself, he agrees with both hands and feet.

"Second Uncle, Uncle Cheng, did they say when the construction started?" Xi Yuan asked the Second Uncle. The Second Uncle had a good relationship with Cheng Yi and could get the news in advance.

"It's probably only ten days or eight days. Li Zheng said that he is getting old, and Cheng Yi is responsible for this matter. Cheng Yi refused at first, but now it depends on the situation." The second uncle stuffed the pancake into his mouth, He picked up the bowl and took a sip of the soup. The two families harvested the wheat together, so they ate together, saving labor.

"Ah? Why did you give up Li Zheng to Uncle Cheng when you can see the credit so much?" Xi Yuan was confused.

"Why, it's because you don't want to take on the responsibility and you're afraid of offending people. You think everyone in the village is willing to do it! Needless to say, those bums and incompetent people can't be frightened." Uncle pouted, he disapproved of Li Zheng's approach.Lizheng's position was taken over from his father, who is very old, and although he is not very convincing, he has managed the village for so many years.

"Cheng Yi is not stupid. Can't you see it? He still agreed. He doesn't want to make a name or make a profit. He can take care of things." The old man answered from the side.

"Wait, Cheng Yi told me, and there is something to make trouble about. But for the sake of these children not having to worry about it in the future, he didn't care about it." The second uncle took a bite of the food and ate it, and then said to Xi Yong He took a bite of the watermelon with his hand, and the little guy refused to eat properly when he saw the watermelon.Xiyuan was rather speechless, what kind of eating habits do these two have.

"Boss and second child, you two have to stand by Cheng Yi's side when the time comes, so you can't follow suit, listen? This is for the welfare of the village, we can't be that foolish people." The old man told his son.

"Father, it doesn't matter. We can't dismantle Cheng Yi just because of his relationship with our family." Xi Mingwen assured the old man.

"Did you say where to dig the soil for the wall?" The old man remembered another thing.

"Together, we can't dig near the village. I guess we have to go to the Dahuang Meadow." Xi Mingwu returned and went to the Meadow to dig. The road would be far away, and the work would be more difficult.

"It takes a lot of effort!" Xi Mingwen and the old man thought of it.

"Well, what's the matter? The nearby fields are either fields or roads. If there is a lot of soil dug, when it rains, it can't be washed away like Dongdagou." Dongdagou was forcibly collected by rainwater and washed out over time.

"Second uncle, why don't you take a look at the pond where I released ducks and geese the year before last, can you dig soil from there?" Xiyuan hesitated for a moment, he didn't understand these things, but he still said what he thought, As a reminder, experienced villagers will naturally judge whether it is okay or not.

"Where? It's only four miles away from the village, right?" The family looked a little hesitant. There was a big field beside the pond.

"Oh, I just thought, from then on, dig deeper and wider. If it is dug well, the pond can be turned into a canal to store water. It may not be useful at ordinary times. If it catches up with the drought year, it can be used to irrigate the land. Yes." Xiyuan scratched his head, not sure if what he said was right.In fact, he wanted to say that the reservoir was built, but there is no such name here.

"Building canals?" After all, the grandfather had done a lot of business, and he squinted his eyes when he heard the words of the eldest grandson, feeling very tempting.

"How many stones do you need?" Xi Mingwen first thought of raw materials.

"Take your time, anyway, the wall will take a few years to build, and by then every household in our village may have some money, and everyone can pool together." Xiyuan shrugged, "Besides, rice can be planted near the canal, and the canal You can also raise fish and shrimp here.” He threw another bait.

"Don't tell me, what Xiaoyuan said is really a trick. The pond is far to the west and there is wasteland. It happens to be dug to the west. I'm afraid that people with large fields nearby will disagree." The second uncle thought about it and said.

"Second uncle, if the village really decides to do this, if anyone doesn't want the fields there, our family can buy them or exchange them." Xiyuan thinks this is an opportunity.

"What do you want to change? Our farm servants are well-managed and fertile, so it's not a loss to trade with others?" The old man was not happy when he heard that. He couldn't bear to part with his own few acres of land, and he had grown feelings for him.

"Buy, buy, buy, if they want to sell, we'll buy it." Xiyuan stuck out his tongue, he just wanted to grow rice and eat rice. Although the family's life is better, he is still reluctant to buy rice. Xiyuan is greedy for white rice up.

"Okay, I'll go to the courtyard later and bring this matter up to Cheng Yi. Cheng Yi is quite discerning, let's see what he says." The second uncle finally made a final decision.

I don't know how to discuss it in the end, but the matter was indeed implemented according to Xiyuan's original proposal.Li Zheng and Cheng Yi were worried, they didn't know if it would work, so they went to the county town to ask the county captain, and invited an old man who knew this business, and it was said that he had worked as a errand in the Ministry of Industry of the imperial court, to come over and have a look. Explained it to the villagers.

In short, after Maiqiu, the people in Lianhua Village started working in full swing.