Happy Farmer's Life

With Chen Fu's help, preparations for digging the well continued.The county magistrate quickly brought a batch of bluestones, and the village head also prepared materials such as bamboo and trees that Chen Fu needed, and began digging the well.Du Weiming was also very curious about digging wells, and volunteered to help when the construction started.He didn't ask him to dig down, but just helped pass things around.

Zhang Dazhu and Wei Guangming dug the well at the original place. The well head was not big, and the diameter was less than one meter. First, a small hole was dug slowly, and Du Weiming and others piled the excavated soil aside.After slowly digging deeper, only one person can go down to dig. With the lesson of Zhou Wen last time, Du Weiming specially made a hard hat for Zhang Dazhu this time.Of course, this hard hat is incomparable to modern ones. It is made of rattan with two layers of cloth sewn inside, so don't worry.

Zhang Dazhu and Wei Guangming took turns digging. When the depth was about one meter deep, Chen Fu asked Du Weiming to use bamboo to stand beside the dug well. Bamboo was erected around the entire well.When Chen Fu was preparing, he had two types of bamboo, one was shorter and the other was almost 4 meters long.After the bamboo was erected, the edge of the well was bare, and Chen Fu asked them to take a big log and erect it against the edge of the well.There are two baskets that take turns pulling up the dug soil.After digging deeper, the longer bamboo was replaced.

"Village Chief, go and bring some bluestones here, and ask the masons to make preparations. Have you found the sand or pebbles I asked you to find?" "Master Chen, I have already found them. "

"You ask someone to wash this pebble, be sure to wash it, and use it later." "Okay, I'll let them wash it."

The soil pulled up by this time is already very wet.Zhang Dazhu was also very tired, so he climbed up the erected log, took off his helmet, and sat beside him to rest.Wei Guangming wanted to continue digging instead of Zhang Dazhu.

"Brother Guangming, put this hat on." Du Weiming handed the helmet to Wei Guangming.

Wei Guangming didn't ask any further questions, put on the strange hat and climbed down.Wei Guangming took off his shoes, rolled up his trousers, and water could already be seen at the bottom of the well.

"Li Er, how did you come up with the idea of ​​making this helmet?" Chen Fu was free now, and asked the question he wanted to ask earlier.

"Last time when Zhou Wen was digging a well, he was injured. Fortunately, his head was covered with his hands and he didn't suffer any serious injuries. This time, he made this hat. At least he can rest assured when digging a well. His head should not be injured."

Chen Fu is very clear about the danger of digging a well. If he does not choose the right place to dig, the most likely danger is the collapse of the well. In this case, if the people below cannot escape, the head is the most likely to be injured.This Li Er is really interesting, and he can still think of making this helmet. With this helmet, the chance of head injury will be greatly reduced.

By the afternoon, the digging was almost done.Chen Fu took off his shoes, rolled up his trousers and put on a safety helmet to go down to check by himself. Well, no problem, the well is almost dug.After Chen Fu climbed up, he asked the village head to call the mason.

The day before, Chen Fu had taught the mason how to lay bricks.The mason climbed down the well, still wearing his hard hat.I changed the back basket to hold the bluestone.Du Weiming and some young men put the bluestone into the back basket, and then hung the bamboo basket down the well with a rope.Because of the weight of the bluestone, there are only four or five pieces of bluestone that can be lowered at one time, otherwise it is too heavy and the rope is easy to break.This slows down.When the sun goes down, the wall is not very high.

Chen Fu asked the mason to come up to rest first.This well cannot be dug well in one day, so we will continue tomorrow.Unused bamboo was planted around the well, and everyone went back to rest first.

Tomorrow, another well can be dug. Today, we just need to lay the bluestone and do some other preparatory work.

After working all day, Du Weiming didn't have the energy to cook anymore.The village head notified early on that he would go to his house for dinner in the evening.Du Weiming did not refuse this time.Aunt Zhang specially prepared Wang Wu's meals first.The weather was hot, and no one sat in the house to eat, but directly set up a few tables in the yard.Today, all the well diggers are here, and everyone is very happy.

In the afternoon, he had already seen hope. When Wei Guangming came up, he yelled that there was water in the bottom, and there was water in the bottom. When Chen Fu went down by himself, his rolled up trousers were also wet.After waiting for so many days, there is finally hope.Everyone was very happy. The village head said that when the well was dug, we should celebrate it.

Du Weiming also enjoyed everyone's joy. When he first came to this place, he still couldn't avoid feeling strange.But now he has gradually integrated into the village.Du Weiming can also feel the simplicity and sincerity of the villagers.It feels really good when everyone works together.

The next day, the second batch of water fetching teams also came back.They were all very happy when they heard that the high officials from Kyoto had come to the village to help dig the well.It takes about 5 days to fetch water at a time. Not to mention the long distance and the fear of wild animals, everyone is worried all the way. Now that there is a well, there is no need to travel long distances to fetch water. This is not a happy event.

The masons continued to build yesterday's well, which has reached a certain height, and a ladder has been erected underneath.Chen Fu took some people to dig the second well.Du Weiming's hard hat was approved by Chen Fu, and he made two more that night.With the first experience, the second well was dug much more smoothly, and Chen Fu didn't have to stare at each one. He walked back and forth to see if there were any deficiencies.

The first well was almost finished in the afternoon, and when it was almost to the top, Chen Fu asked him to continue.

"You continue to build this one up to half the height." Chen Fu gestured for the height and told the masons to continue building.After Chen Fu explained a bit, everyone realized that this was to prevent children from accidentally falling into the well.

The first well was completed by the afternoon.Chen Fu asked people to spread the prepared sand, pebbles, and pebbles on the bottom of the well.The progress of the second well was also very fast. By the afternoon, all the soil had been dug, and another plasterer had already started to build the wall.

"This well should be ready for use tomorrow, village chief, is the hanging bucket that you asked to make ready?"

"My lord, the bucket should be ready tomorrow."

The bucket is the tool used to fetch water in the future. Chen Fu drew a picture and asked Zhang Carpenter to do it.Carpenter Zhang has devoted himself to making this hanging bucket for the past two days.

The people in the village were very excited when they heard that the water well would start tomorrow.This period of water shortage made everyone a little scared.During the period, the county magistrate also came once.I am also very happy to see that the wells in Sanqing Village have been used.The county magistrate usually doesn't come to this remote village, but now that all the officials in Kyoto are in Sanqing Village, of course he has to come and walk around more.

Chen Fu asked him to go to other villages to start preparing materials. After the wells in Sanqing Village were dug, he would go to other villages to continue digging wells.In fact, practice makes perfect for digging a well, and it will be fine after digging a few times, but the site selection is probably left to Chen Fu himself.

Two more wells were dug over the next few days.When all three wells were completed, the village chief announced a celebration.Chen Fu was about to leave for the next village, but everyone persuaded him to attend the village celebration before leaving.Although it was only a few days of contact, everyone's attitude towards this high-ranking official from Kyoto has greatly changed.Originally I thought he would be the kind of arrogant official, but although Chen Fu had some requirements on food and clothing, he was not arrogant, and he would patiently answer questions from the villagers. The most important thing was that he helped everyone dig a well.Everyone in the village felt that they wanted to worship him as a bodhisattva, and they were very reluctant to hear that he was going to leave.

Chen Fu also felt that coming to Sanqing Village this time was the right choice.Although there was no big reward for digging the well this time, the simplicity of the villagers made Chen Fu feel a completely different atmosphere from Kyoto.The villagers all enthusiastically asked him to participate in tomorrow's celebration, and Chen Fu followed suit.

With the well, the villagers returned to normal life, but Chen Fu has also said that the water in this well can only provide the villagers with normal life needs, and it is definitely not enough if the well water is used to irrigate the farmland in large quantities of.Everyone is still a little discouraged after hearing this, and it seems that we still have to think of other ways.

The villagers are still preparing for the celebration with great enthusiasm.Early in the morning, the village head took the two of them to the town to do some shopping.The hunters in the village went hunting in the mountains with a few strong young men.Aunt Zhang and her staff are also preparing for the evening.Tables and chairs were moved to the square.Some cold dishes have also begun to be prepared.

The food is brought out by the villagers themselves, and every household has found out the delicious food at home.After thinking for a long time, Du Weiming took out the flat tip he made and killed a chicken.It happened that someone in the village killed two ducks, and Du Weiming volunteered to make an old duck flat soup.Aunt Zhang saw that he seemed to be very confident and asked him to do it.

Du Weiming first put the dry flat tip in a bowl and soak it in cold water until soft, then wash it and tear it into thin strips.Then wash the duck and chop it into pieces, put it in a pot under cold water, blanch it, remove it and rinse it with water to remove the foam.Finally, put the water in the pot, put the onion, ginger, duck, and then put the flat tip and wolfberry. After the fire is boiled, turn to a low heat and simmer for about an hour. When the duck meat is soft and rotten, you can insert it with chopsticks. , and then put the wax gourd in, continue to stew for 20 minutes, and finally add a little seasoning.

People in the village generally don't like to eat duck meat, because duck meat has a strong smell, and the meat is not as delicious as chicken.After Du Weiming cooked the duck soup, he and Zhou Wen directly brought the big pot over, there were 2 big pots of soup.There are already many villagers in the square, everyone's face is filled with joy, and some food is already placed on the table.They were all relatively simple cold dishes. Seeing Du Weiming and Zhou Wen bring a big pot over, Aunt Zhang greeted them.

"Ergouzi, is the soup ready?"

"Well, auntie, look, there are two big pots."

"Er Gouzi can do it now, this soup looks delicious. You can serve it in a bowl, and there is a big bowl on each table."

"Okay, I see. Auntie, what else can I do for you?"

"Let's talk when you're ready."

Du Weiming and Zhou Wen served one bowl and served one bowl. There were more than a dozen tables set up in the square, each with a bowl.There was still some more, so Du Weiming put it aside and added more after drinking.

Several earthen stoves were also built in the square, and everyone was very busy.The hunting boys also came back, and the harvest was not bad, four pheasants, five hares and two roe deer.Aunt Zhang asked them to go to rest first, and got busy with these prey again.Du Weiming and Zhou Wen also went up to help.

By the time the village chief and the others came back, the sun had already set, and a table of dishes had already been placed on the table.Roasted chicken nuggets with potatoes, stir-fried diced rabbit, roasted rabbit meat, braised roe deer meat, scrambled eggs with shredded meat, salted peanuts, cold vegetables, fried vegetables, vinegared cabbage, etc., and a large bowl of wax gourd and flat-pointed old duck soup. Steamed buns, buns.This level of abundance has surpassed the Spring Festival.The village head brought back some roast ducks, some dried bean curd, and most importantly, several cans of wine.

Everyone invited Chen Fu to the main table, and Wang Wu also came.Wang Wu's injury has healed a lot, and he is already able to go to the ground. Du Weiming asked Zhou Wen to bring Wang Wu here as well.The villagers were all very happy. Du Weiming also experienced happiness from drinking and eating vegetables.

Some villagers began to toast, and Chen Fu was the first to be toasted.

"Master Chen, come, let us offer you a toast, thank you for helping us dig the well, and helping us a lot. I will do it first as a respect"

Chen Fu also drank a toast. With this start, everyone began to toast one after another. Chen Fu drank a lot, and his entourage also helped block a lot, but there were too many toasts.Finally, the village head spoke, and everyone stopped.

Wang Wu is injured and cannot drink alcohol.Both Du Weiming and Zhou Wen drank a little.The drink here is white wine. Although Du Weiming didn't drink much, he was already a little tipsy.After eating, everyone started singing and dancing around the bonfire. Du Weiming was a little dazed and just watched from the side.Seeing that his head was shaking, Zhou Wen carried him back.

Du Weiming was lying on the bed, and seemed to see Jing Yuan in a daze.

"Jing Yuan, Jing Yuan, is that you? You're back? I miss you so much. Why haven't you heard from me after you've been away for so long. I'm a little worried, but I don't know how to contact you." Du Weiming lay alone Talking on and on, the smiling face of Qian Yuan seems to be getting bigger and bigger.