Chapter 59 Jinjiang first release Chapter 59 Fang Shoucheng in the fields...
The shorter one struggled to support the taller one, wiping his sweat as he said, "How come there's not a soul in this damn place? Old Gao, at least use your legs. Let's get to town and hire a car."
The tall man just felt dizzy and his legs and feet had no strength at all.
There was a buzzing of bees in his ears. He looked around dazedly and asked, "Where am I?"
The short one said, "Who knows where we are? We have to hurry. It might rain again, and it would be troublesome if we get wet again."
The tall man said weakly, "I can't walk any more. Let's go ahead and find a place to rest."
The short man had never expected his brother to be unable to walk after just a short while, and he grew even more anxious. They were still a long way from Qixia Town, and they had only walked less than half the way. They hadn't even reached half of the way.
The ground is still covered in mud. Where can I sit?! I don't mind if it gets dirty, but won't it make me sicker if it gets wet?
The short one said, "Why don't you hold on a little longer."
The tall one said, "I really can't hold on any longer. Go, go there!"
He pointed tremblingly at a village. The shorter man saw that it seemed to be the direction of Xiaxi Village.
It was much closer than the town, but they would be seen as soon as they entered the village.
The short man hesitated. They were bandits. If someone found out and reported them to the authorities, they would be in big trouble.
"What are you afraid of?" the tall man asked. "We're not from Qixia Town. Who would recognize us?"
"Okay! Then just say my last name is Pang and yours is He!"
Their original names were Li Pang and Gao He, which makes them easier to remember.
Gao He could no longer speak and was staggering as Fatty Li supported him as he walked.
At the same time, the Fang family also entered the Yu family yard.
Although the water in the village has receded, it looks even more chaotic because the flooded buildings have surfaced, looking dirty, dilapidated, and damp, and everything looks wet.
Only the little bit of steam coming out of the pot makes people feel that there is still someone alive in this house.
Last night, Yu Qingye and Bai Wanqiu went to the Bai family's house, and the remaining four people went to the second wife's house to spend the night.
Everyone came back this morning, but they all looked unhappy and it was obvious that they had not slept much.
Zhou Yuehua had just finished cooking the noodle soup. When she saw the Fang family coming, she said awkwardly, "Why are you here, in-laws? Come and sit down."
When the flood hit, nothing was saved, so we desperately tried to save what little food we had to prevent it from getting soaked. As for pots and pans, they weren't afraid of getting soaked; we just dug them out of the mud, washed them, and used them. But we made too little food, so there wasn't much to serve.
The second house invited them to dinner that morning, but they refused. Rice and flour would become more valuable to everyone after this disaster. They were already lucky enough to be able to stay there for one night, so it was not right to eat someone else's food.
Zhou Yuehua quickly asked her second son to get a bench for the person.
Fang Dingman and Fang Wu sat down on a few benches in the yard. Seeing the dilapidated yard, Zhou Yuehua's eyes flushed, and she couldn't help but feel uncomfortable too: "My dear, why don't you move to my house and live there for a while?"
Fang Dingman also said, "That's right. We came here today to talk about this. The children said that we were afraid you might still feel embarrassed, so we old couple came here in person. We are all real relatives now, and we have to take care of each other if we have any difficulties."
Yu Dayou's hair turned a lot whiter overnight after this incident, and the man, who was as strong as a tree, now had a more bent back than before. He said, "Thank you, my dear, and my sister-in-law."
He smiled weakly and wiped away his tears: "Oh, I made you laugh."
As soon as he said this, all the young people in the yard started crying.
Yu Qinglong also felt an unbearable soreness in his eyes.
Humans are truly strange creatures. They gather together, take care of each other, and gradually develop feelings for each other. He thought he would be sad, but not this sad. After all, he had only been here for less than a year.
But when I actually saw that my parents had no place to live, I felt as if my heart was being stabbed by a needle.
Zhou Yuehua was nearly exhausted from crying. Sometimes people aren't afraid of being scolded, but they're afraid of being taken to heart. They had never thought the in-laws would come and talk about this in person.
The Bai family was so close, they were reluctant to let the children go back. Although they understood that going back would inevitably mean having two more mouths to feed, they really needed help right now.
Fang Dingman patted Yu Dayou on the shoulder and said, "Brother, just get through this. There are so many of us, how can we not get through this year? It's okay."
Yu Da nodded: "Brother, have you eaten yet? Do you want to eat some more?"
Fang Dingman said, "I've eaten. Your sister-in-law and I thought you guys had to go to the fields to harvest, so we came over early to check on you. We need to hurry up and get to the fields too. The flooded crops won't wait."
"That's right."
"Okay, let's do it this way first. It's settled that you're staying at my house. We're all family, so don't leave at a time like this. You can come anytime. If there's no one at my house, go to the house across the big willow tree. That's the home of my adopted son Fangshan. You've seen him, and he's no different from my own child. Just say you're Longge's father and dad, and his wife will definitely invite you in."
"Thank you for your care, in-laws."
"What are you thanking me for? We're all family. Get back to work."
"Okay, then I'll help you after I finish working on the land at home."
In the end, Yu Dayou didn't say that he must go to live at Fang's house, because they really had to rush to harvest, and the round trip was a bit far, so they had to think about it carefully.
But he also said that if he had to go, he would definitely not be polite to the Fang family.
He, Fang Dingman, and Fang Wu repeatedly thanked each other, while Zhou Yuehua instructed Yu Qinglong, "The ground is muddy and slippery. Remember to take care of your parents-in-law when you work."
Yu Qinglong said, "Don't worry, Dad. I will."
After that, he went to Yu Qingye and showed him the design: "Second brother, take a look at this and see if you can make it. If you can, people will buy it. This is the stone base, for the inkstone. The rest of the parts are all made of wood."
When Yu Qingye heard someone wanted to buy it, he took a closer look and said, "I can certainly make it. It's not very big, so it won't take much wood. It's just that it's never been made before, so it'll take some time. But I can't make the stone foundation."
"Then do you know anyone who can polish this kind of stone foundation?"
"I recognize him. There's a man in town who specializes in quarrying and grinding stone. He's not far from the Wu family's blacksmith shop in Changjie's house."
"Okay, I'll go ask Changjie later. Second brother, please keep this picture safe and don't let anyone see it. If we can get it right, we might be able to make a fortune."
"become."
Yu Qingye also thought this thing was quite novel. After listening to his younger brother's explanation, the more he looked at it, the more he felt that his younger brother had a lot of ideas in his head. Moreover, this one was not as big as the previous water truck, and the cost would not be too high. Even if it didn't make money, at most it would only cost him some time.
When Yu Qinglong came, he was a little worried that his second brother would hesitate. After all, he had put so much effort into making the waterwheel, but it had not been sold yet. It took time and a lot of materials, which would inevitably make people doubt the feasibility of this deal.
But his second brother agreed very readily, as if even if it failed, he was just helping his younger brother and he didn't lose anything.
Yu Qinglong said, "Don't worry, second brother, someone will definitely buy it this time."
Yu Qingye said, "Okay, I have to work in the fields during the day, and I'll think about it carefully at night when I get home."
Yu Qinglong nodded and left with his in-laws.
The four of them walked quite a distance when Fang Shu suddenly said he needed to go to the toilet and hurried back. After a while, he came out of Yu's house again.
Before he came back, he said a few words to Zhou Yuehua, but the others didn't hear clearly. Zhou Yuehua seemed to want to hold him back, but he ran away.
Zhou Yuehua went to the chicken coop on the side of the aisle and found two taels of silver inside.
He was immediately grateful to his son-in-law but also worried about whether he could take the money.
But the man had already run away, and he could not return it for the time being, so he held it in his hand and cried.
Fang Shu quickly caught up with his parents and Yu Qinglong.
Yu Qinglong knew that he was going to give money, so he didn't ask any more questions. But Fang Dingman asked, "Did you eat too hastily this morning?"
Fang Shu said: "No, I just drank too much water."
Fang Wu said, "I brought water with me. What's the point of drinking so much? I feel dizzy just looking at this water. Why is it raining so heavily? It's going to kill people, ah!"
When Fang Wu looked at the water at the edge of the field, she really felt as if a piece of her heart was being torn out.
The further I walked into the fields, the more distressed I felt. These crops, carefully cared for like my own children, were all I needed for the autumn harvest. And yet, this rain ruined so much.
Some people sat in the fields and cried heart-wrenchingly.
If a piece of land is completely destroyed, there will be nothing to eat for the whole year.
There are also people whose land is next to the river, so there is absolutely no hope and they can't even cry.
It is even impossible to go there now because the water has receded but some places are still heavily flooded.
"My beans, my food! Oh my God, you are trying to kill us!"
"Oh my God! How are we going to live like this from now on?"
Yu Qinglong felt that these voices sounded familiar: Zhang Wangshi who lived opposite the old house, and the people from Erban's family.
These people sat in the mud pit, holding soaked soybeans in their arms. This really proved the saying: "Cry to the sky and you will get no answer, and you will get no help from the earth."
The food here is so precious that the whole land is filled with wailing.
"This piece of land belongs to us." Fang Wu pointed to a field on slightly higher ground and said, "We just hope we can finish harvesting the beans here today."
"Mom, is that piece of land also ours?"
Yu Qinglong didn't know the directions, and he didn't know which land belonged to his family until his family told him.
Fang Wu had explained this to him when she brought him here, but now the fields were flooded and the stalks were barely visible, so he couldn't make out the patterns he had memorized at all.
Fang Wu said, "That's not it. The piece over there, next to the three pine trees, is ours. We planted beans there too, and it's all flooded. And that long strip over there is also flooded."
Yu Qinglong remembered the "caterpillar" that his second brother had told him about.
Fang Dingman said, "This is all we can harvest here. Let's hurry up and harvest it. Why does it look like it's going to rain again?"
The clouds aren't thick, so it probably won't rain much. But even a little rain would be a hindrance.
Several people held sickles in their hands.
At this time of year, the soybeans should be relatively dry, harvested and brought home to air-dry, then threshed with a flail. But now, they are covered in moisture and mud, and even half a bundle is incredibly heavy.
Yu Qinglong had never done such difficult work since he arrived. Carrying bean stalks made him as dirty as a mud monkey, and the footwork was also difficult. There were no boots here, so they worked barefoot.
Now he finally understood why his master gave him soup to dispel the cold and medicine for his injuries.
After a heavy rain, without strong sunlight, walking in the wet mud for a long time can really make you feel cold. Feet are as vital to a person as roots are to a tree. But the ground here is not only damp and cold, but also covered with soybean stalks, soybean shells, and stones. You never know what you'll step on.
But no one can take care of these things at this time.
They carried the harvested soybeans onto the ox cart, and they had to take them home quickly to process them, otherwise they would become moldy and spoiled and would be completely unusable.
Yu Qinglong originally thought that Fang Shu studied at home all day and would not be very skilled at doing these farm work, but he didn't expect that he did it so well.
But for some reason, her husband was unusually quiet after arriving in the fields.
Just work and talk very little.
"Shoucheng, what's wrong with you?" Yu Qinglong asked Fang Shu while they were both carrying beans onto the ox cart, "Are you feeling unwell?"
"No. I just feel a little sorry for these folks. We don't have to pay taxes, so at most we'll just collect less grain, and we can get by. But if they can't be exempted from taxes, I don't know how difficult life will be in the future."
It’s okay if you have savings at home, but what should you do if you don’t?
Moreover, once this flood comes, the price of food will definitely rise.
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The author has something to say: Fang Shu: Long Ge'er, I must be a high-ranking official [poor]
Qinglong: What do you mean? [Question mark]
Fang Shu: I can’t bear to see the people suffering [bursts into tears]
Qinglong: So you were secretly playing with the windlass last night? [rolls eyes]
Fang Shu: ...kneel down and pretend to be dead [Please]
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