For two days in a row, Liang Liang stayed at home and watched as the old house was completely demolished.
It's impossible to know whether this old house was built in the 1960s or 1970s. It seems to have been built with adobe bricks. After it was dismantled, apart from a few pieces of wood and a few stones, Liang Liang didn't see many bricks. The most common building material used was all soil.
The original house was three meters wide, and even with five rooms, it was only fifteen meters long.
The new house is 4.2 meters wide, and with five rooms it is more than 20 meters long, so it needs to be expanded by another 5 or 6 meters.
This means that the two dilapidated wooden eaves at both ends of the original house must be included to be considered sufficient.
The biggest advantage of Liang Liang's family is that while there's not much development to be made to the west, there's still potential to be tapped to the east.
The mountain is close to the east, and the slope is not very steep. In the early 1990s, when land management was not so strict, no one cared if the area was expanded a few meters to the east.
The extra few meters of width will be enough to build a house in the future.
After the house was demolished, the bricklayers began digging the foundation.
The foundation is 1.5 meters deep underground and 1.2 meters high above ground, all reinforced with steel and cement. This foundation alone is equivalent to building a house.
While the bricklayers were digging the foundation, Liang Liang went to Yahe. He planned to bring back Qin Wenju's Volga so that it would be convenient for the bricklayers to buy anything they needed.
Qin Wenju was overjoyed to see Liang Liang; she was so happy she could hardly stand up straight.
"Don't turn into Pan Jinlian the moment you see me, okay? Be a lady!"
"She's always been a lady!"
"You don't look like a lady at all now! You're a slut!"
In Qin Wenju's office, a woman lay sprawled in someone's arms like a patient suffering from osteomalacia.
If someone were to come in, they would certainly have a feast for the eyes.
Qin Wenju didn't care at all about her slutty image in front of her lover, and clung to Liang Liang like a young girl.
"Lend me your old car for a few more days, it'll be convenient for building a house and buying needles and thread."
Liang Liang pushed Qin Wenju aside, even though he knew no one would come in, it was better to be cautious.
“I told you to keep it last time, but you insisted on sending it back. This time, I’ll just leave it at your place after I finish the business, so you don’t have to go through all that trouble going back and forth. You can just say you bought it, that’s all.”
"That won't do! I'll have to drive it to the city the day I leave. If I leave it at home, I'll have to take a bus here. That's too much trouble!"
During the twenty-odd days that Liang Liang was away, the Oriental Song and Dance Troupe remained unchanged. It looked the same as before, and its income was still the same. The only change was that the Red Cliff Band's playing skills had been slightly upgraded.
The Red Cliff Band was overjoyed to see Liang Liang and rushed over to hug her.
The information Liang Liang brought back from the south was a treasure to them. They immediately found a video player and started playing it, watching it with great fascination.
The Red Cliff Band is still on the rise and hasn't reached the point where they can define their own style yet. It's also unknown whether they will ever define their own style.
Liang Liang stayed overnight at Yahe. He couldn't stay any longer, as someone wouldn't let him leave, saying that he wanted to learn a musical instrument and asked him to teach her.
Liang Liang had no choice but to teach her how to play the trumpet all night.
The next day, he drove the Volga back to Liangshui Bay.
The house is under construction in an orderly manner.
After the foundation was dug, reinforced concrete was poured in.
Anyway, he brought back a truckload of old steel bars from Zhao Fang and bought another truckload of new steel bars, so the beams and slats of the house were now just a frame.
The foreman said that you don't need a frame to build a house. This isn't a building, so you're wasting a lot of money.
Liang Liang waved his hand and said, "Just build it like that. I'm rich and I can do whatever I want."
After the foundation is poured, it will take a long time to recover. During this free time, Liang Liang plans to plant crops on the land at home.
It's already April, and it's time for spring planting.
Liang Liang's family has eight or nine mu of dry land and two mu of paddy fields. It will take some time before the rice seedlings are planted in the paddy fields, but it is time to sow the seeds in the dry land.
After the servants used horses to plow the fields and prepare the ridges, Liang Liang took a hoe and dug holes, while his father, Liang Bentang, followed behind him to plant corn.
More than a decade later, there were single-person seeders that allowed one person to complete the entire process of digging holes, planting seeds, and covering the soil.
But there isn't one yet. Liang Liang wanted to make one, but after thinking for a long time, he couldn't recall the structure of the seeder, so he had to give up.
"Dad! Let's not plant this little bit of land too much next year. Let someone else plant it. Our family doesn't need this little bit of income."
More than a decade later, there was a saying: "If you can't solve the problem, solve the person who raised it."
Since he couldn't make a seeder in Liangliang, he figured he could just deal with the land, so why bother with a seeder?
Ten acres of land can only sell for a little over two thousand yuan a year. After deducting the cost of seeds, fertilizer, and labor, you can only keep a little over one thousand yuan. What does that mean?
"What else can I do if I don't farm? I feel restless if I don't do some work every day."
Isn't this a sign of being a jerk? There are people who feel uncomfortable if they don't work for a day, but they don't feel uncomfortable if they don't do any work at all!
If it were him, Liang Liang would not feel uncomfortable at all if he didn't work for a year.
“We’re not far from the river. If you’re free, why don’t you go fishing or walk your dog? If that doesn’t work, you can go to a small shop and play cards or mahjong with the locals. Wouldn’t it be nice to live a happy life? I’ll give you tens of thousands of yuan every year. Wouldn’t that be a carefree and comfortable life?”
"Your father worked his whole life, but he wasn't destined for that."
This is a classic example of not appreciating one's own good fortune.
“It’s normal to work hard when you’re young, and it’s normal to enjoy life when you’re old, right? Next year, we’ll let others farm the land. You and Mom just need to take care of the little plots around the house. I’ve made the decision.”
If you can enjoy happiness but don't, what is that if not despicable?
We must take strong measures; otherwise, this little bit of land will have to be cultivated for another ten or eight years.
The father and son worked while idly grinding their teeth, and before they knew it, it was already midday.
Although the sun in early April isn't particularly harsh, it's still enough to make you sweat.
Liang Liang felt that spring seemed to have arrived much earlier this year.
In previous years, he would still be wearing thick clothes at this time, but now he has the urge to take off his shirt.
With the sky above and the earth beneath our feet
The blazing sun danced in the sky.
Sow a single grain of millet in spring, and your sweat will drip onto the soil beneath the grain.
Does anyone know the farmer's suffering...?
Suddenly, a few sentences combining ancient and modern elements popped into Liang Liang's head.
Liang Liang quickly pulled out a small notebook from his pocket and copied down the words.
The lyrics for a song about farmers and land seem okay, but what melody should I use?
Liang Liang went through those songs in his mind, one by one, for a long time, but still couldn't find a suitable tune.
"Look! Where did you dig that hole?" Lao Tzu suddenly shouted from behind.
When Liang Liang opened his eyes, he saw that the two pits had recently been dug into the furrows.
"Hehe! I was thinking about something and didn't notice!"
As he spoke, he filled in the two holes and then dug new holes on the ridge.
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