Chapter 350 Ximen Village Comes to Seek Help
Su Tai smiled and said thoughtfully, "After the last batch of cattle and sheep are delivered after the autumn harvest this year, we can start construction when the Daxun River freezes over."
They have already repaired the ports on both sides, and the wooden piles and iron chains have been fastened early. When the river freezes, they can first fasten the iron chains connecting the two sides. When the snow melts in spring, they can go to the middle of the river to drive the reinforced stone piles into the river, and then start laying the leather bridge deck.
As for the reinforced stone piles, they were naturally processed by Su Taizhaohuo Space-Time Brick Kiln Factory. The stone piles were made of special raw materials for bridge piers and were absolutely stable and strong.
The two workers frowned at the beginning, but suddenly understood the situation in the end and began to look forward to the project.
In the evening, Shen Yi came back from the Daxun River, and the three of them sat together to carefully discuss the bridge repair. In the next few days, You Kang and Tian Ziyan seemed to live by the Daxun River. Except for returning to the village for meals, they stayed there writing and drawing at other times, and no one knew what they were writing.
Shen Yi was very busy, and it was not convenient for Su Tai, a woman, to stay with them all the time, so she could only let Shen Yuezhang and Shen Congrong accompany them and help them occasionally.
The brother and sister also benefited a lot from being around two knowledgeable people.
Su Tai watched for two days, and seeing that the children were happy and You Kang and Tian Ziyan were comfortable, she stopped caring about them and just made some fresh snacks every day and sent them to the river.
The busy days continued until the end of the autumn harvest.
After the crops in the fields were harvested, the villagers of Shenjiazhuang did not dare to delay at all. They immediately turned the soil, burned the wheat straw and weeds, and then fertilized the fields.
After fertilizing the fields, no one cared about them and left them there. Just then, Ke Dasong brought hundreds of people and drove tens of thousands of cattle and sheep into the village, and the villagers all went out to work.
Su Chunlin also brought villagers from Dongmen Village and Zhongmen Village to work and were paid.
The people of Ximen Village saw that they were all from the same township, but they were not taken with them when there was any good thing. Among the three villages, Dongmen Village was extremely wealthy, and Zhongmen Village followed behind Dongmen Village to eat the benefits. The villagers' lives were not as good as those of the rich but better than those of the poor. Only their Ximen Village had nothing. They had followed the trend to grow apples before, and only started to make a profit in the past two years. However, many people in Moshi Town were growing apples, and they had no connections, so they could only sell them to vendors who came to the countryside at a low price.
People who grow apples in Dongmen Village and Zhongmen Village can sell the fruits to the Su family, who gives a fair price.
Whenever there is a comparison, there is a gap in the heart. The villagers of Ximen Village have had complaints for a long time. This time, when they heard that the Su family was taking the two villages to make money and leaving Ximen Village behind, the villagers could no longer sit still and went to the house of the village chief Gao Zhi to make trouble.
"Village Chief, we can't continue to be at odds with Dongmen Village, otherwise it will be difficult for the girls and boys in the village to get married!"
"Yes! Some time ago, my son finally found a marriage partner. When the other party heard that we were from Qingsha Township, they immediately started asking questions about us, asking whether our family grew fruit, how much money we made, how big our house was, and how much land we had. I didn't know how to answer."
"Let's not talk about Dongmen Village, let's talk about Zhongmen Village. Who still lives in those dilapidated thatched houses now? The worst ones have built new mud brick houses. What about our village? Half of the ten families are poor. What's the point of living like this?"
The villagers were very depressed and had a lot of complaints, which put Gao Zhi under even greater pressure.
When he thought about the cause of the incident, which was the water snatching, and the fact that the Xiong and Mo families broke off their engagement and got married, and that incident also completely offended Dongmen Village and Shen Yi, he regretted it more and more. Now Xiong Kai is dead, and his father, mother and son are missing. The Mo family lost a son, and the remaining son broke up with them and divided the family because the old couple couldn't make things clear.
That woman Mo Chunxiang is also useless. The villagers even think it is unlucky to cause trouble to them.
Hey! If he had not favored the Xiong family and the Mo family, would the situation be different?
Thinking of this, Gao Zhi looked several years older. He struggled to stand up and said weakly, "I'll take some things to Dongmen Village and see if I can find something for everyone to do."
This was the only solution he could think of.
When Gao Zhi arrived at Dongmen Village, he found that only some old, weak and children were left in the village. The young men and women had all gone out to work. As the village chief, Su Changxi could not go with them, so he stayed in the village to take charge.
Seeing Gao Zhi coming to the door with a bunch of things, he had some vague guesses.
"Village Chief Gao, what a rare visitor! What's the matter? Do you want to talk to me about something?"
Facing Su Changxi's weird temper, Gao Zhi lost all his temper and could only sigh with a frown, "Village Chief Su, I really have no choice but to beg you. See if you can help our Ximen Village."
Su Changxi didn't expect that Gao Zhi never bowed to him during the years of drought, but now that everyone's life is better, he came to surrender to him.
"You are not possessed by evil spirits!"
Gao Zhi raised his eyelids depressedly, glanced at him, and continued to sigh.
Su Changxi was at a loss as to what to do. "Hey! You are already so old, why are you still worrying so much? If you don't become the village chief, you won't have to worry about anything!"
"That's easy to say!" Gao Zhi became more depressed.
Seeing him like this, Su Changxi also frowned. "Well, let me ask Daxun River if they still need workers. If they do, I'll get back to you. But let me make it clear first, you choose the people. Don't choose those who will cause trouble or those who don't get along with the Chunlin family and the Shen Yi family, so as to avoid embarrassment for everyone and affect other people's earnings."
"Okay, okay! Then I'll wait for your news!" Gao Zhi looked at Su Changxi pitifully, and looked back every few steps as he walked away.
Su Changxi was so shocked that he got goosebumps all over his body.
Huang saw that the man had left and came out with a long face, "Are you really going to help?"
Su Changxi smiled awkwardly and touched his nose, "We have to help for big brother's sake! Big brother is the village chief, and Ximen Village is the poorest among the villages he governs. He doesn't look good about this. Now some people say that he is taking revenge for personal gain. I get angry when I hear that. Now that Gao Zhilai has surrendered, we can't be so heartless.
If this is accomplished, Ximen Village will owe us a great favor."
After listening to his analysis, Huang's expression eased a little, "If you want to go, go. Go early and come back early. Also, don't force Shen Yi. If he really doesn't want to, don't say more!"
"I understand, I understand!" Su Changxi drove the donkey cart away quickly.
It was dark when he arrived at Shenjiazhuang, and Shen Yi just came back.
The two of them had a drink, and Su Changxi also told the purpose of his visit, "Chen Yi! I want to ask if you still need anyone here?"
Shen Yi nodded without thinking, "We do need a lot of people this year. We will need manpower until the beginning of next spring. Does uncle have anyone to do the work?"
"Yes, yes, yes." Su Changxi nodded with a smile, then sighed and told him about Ximencun Gao Zhi coming to see him.
"I'm just here to run a trip for him. If it doesn't work, forget it. I'll find an excuse to get rid of him later."
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