Chapter 13 Rain
Fortunately, there was no scorer today, otherwise the work Zhao Yi did today would not be as much as that done by a five or six-year-old child. It was all delayed by these people in the village.
I spent the whole day explaining things to people.
The double harvest season has ended, but there is still some time before the autumn harvest. The workload is not heavy now, and most people are working in the fields to get work points. When it is busy, they know how many work points they will get for a piece of land and how long it will take to complete it.
From now until the autumn harvest, I'm basically just busy doing nothing, without any specific tasks.
Wangou Village has abundant water resources and does not need to repair the canals all the time. It is far from the county seat and has no side jobs, so after spring planting, summer harvest, and autumn harvest, there is basically nothing to do.
There are at most two or three places available for supporting the reservoir in these Huowangou villages, and it is not certain who will get the spot.
Even if you're just fooling around in the fields now, you can't be too outrageous. The work Zhao Yi did today would be extremely outrageous under normal circumstances.
But even the scorer came over and asked Zhao Yi for a long time, so naturally no one cared about how much work Zhao Yi had done.
"Boss, you've earned ten work points a day just for talking."
Zhang Jing looked at Zhao Yi and said with a smile.
"It's tiring to talk. Even when my mouth is dry, they don't even bring me some water to quench my thirst."
Zhao Yi smiled.
During the summer harvest, someone would fetch well water to quench the thirst of the members working in the fields. Of course, most people would bring their own honeysuckle tea picked from the mountains to quench their thirst, but a bamboo tube could not hold much, so they still needed cool well water to quench their thirst.
Get off work in the evening.
Before Zhao Yi walked back home, he was dragged to the Li family yard by Li Dequan.
At this time, the Li family's yard was almost finished, with only a piece of bamboo on the top left to be completed.
Zhao Yi had no choice but to climb up the stairs and work for Li Dequan himself.
By the time Zhao Yi had finished helping to finish the bamboo strips for the roof, Wu Lan had already called Zhang Jing to the Li family's yard.
"We'll eat at home today. I haven't seen my new daughter-in-law properly since she came to our Wangou Village a few times."
Li Dequan's wife Wu Lan speaks very eloquently, which makes people feel comfortable when listening to her. When she invites you to dinner, you cannot say no.
Zhang Jing followed Wu Lan into the kitchen and started working.
At this time, the roofs of the Li family's houses were all replaced with brand new bamboo tiles, which looked brand new. If they were painted with white lime, it would be quite classy in the countryside.
However, lime is usually applied when a woman is married or at the end of the year.
"I've delayed you for so long after work. I hope Xiaoyi won't have any thoughts about it."
Li Dequan took out a bottle of bulk wine, poured a small bowl for Zhao Yi and said with a smile.
"We are all neighbors, and we should help each other. Besides, I troubled the captain to come over to help with the division of the property in the middle of the night, and you didn't think it was troublesome, so how can you say it's a trouble for such a small matter?"
Zhao Yi responded with a smile.
"I got some news that the city's steel mill is going to mine coal in our commune. They may have to recruit miners from several nearby brigades. I think you are a good guy and smart. You can give it a try when the time comes."
Li Dequan said in a low voice after taking a sip of wine.
Although the commune secretary mentioned this matter, no one can say anything about things that have not been implemented.
"Um."
Zhao Yi nodded.
As for going to work in a coal mine, Zhao Yi had this idea, but he didn't have to go down the mine, as there were other jobs in the coal mine.
After having a meal at Li De's house, Zhao Yi and his wife went back home.
At this time, Su Hong was already waiting at the door of Zhao Yi's house. Zhao Yi had already returned with the fish. He had only caught two today. Generally, Zhao Yi would throw the ones that were too small back into the river.
"I'll give you both of these. We've already had dinner today."
The two fish weighed about three pounds each. My wife and I both ate them at Li Dequan's house.
"Thank you then. I can't take advantage of you for nothing. Here you go."
Su Hong handed two more candies to Zhao Yi, and Zhao Yi gave them to Zhang Jing.
Zhang Jing seemed to like this kind of candy particularly. She ate one last time and hid the remaining one in the cabinet because she was reluctant to eat it.
I'll have the chance to bring more next time I go to the city.
Such milk candies cost two cents each, and three pieces can almost buy a pound of grain. Ordinary families would not buy such milk candies. They would cost two pieces for one cent. Few people in rural areas would buy candies to satisfy their children's cravings.
They all went into the mountains to find wild fruits to satisfy their cravings, such as chestnuts, peaches, bayberries, wax gourds, and chicken intestines. There were many wild fruits in the mountains, some of which Zhao Yi couldn't even name, but they tasted very good.
early morning.
A heavy rain fell without any warning.
Zhang Jing started to check around the house and found that not a single drop of rain had soaked the room, which made her feel very happy.
No matter how you work on the thatched roof, some raindrops will soak through it. If the workmanship is not good, it will be like heavy rain outside and Xiao Yu inside, and the whole house will be wet.
Summer rain comes quickly and goes away quickly.
It stopped after more than an hour.
Not long after the rain stopped, Li Daju arrived at Zhao Yi's house.
"Is this bamboo tile so useful?"
Li Daju walked into the main room, looked at the dry ground and the dry walls around it, and immediately smiled happily.
Although the house built by Zhao Dahai himself did not use bamboo tiles, there was a layer of rosin-coated baseboard under the straw, and the joints were poured with rosin, so it would not leak.
Zhao Yi's uncles are carpenters, so they do have some skills.
"Mom, why are you here?"
Zhao Yi walked out of the kitchen and saw Li Daju sitting in the main room.
"Come and see if your bamboo tiles are useful."
Li Daju said with a smile.
"This is the condition. We have to make do with it, whether it's good or not. It would be too much trouble to ask my uncle and his family to come over."
Zhao Yi said helplessly.
Who doesn’t want to live in a big red brick and tile house nowadays? But you have to have such conditions.
"Whenever you want to do it in the future, just ask for it. It's no trouble for a family."
Li Daju waved her hands quickly.
Ever since Zhao Yi started to ignore them, Li Daju actually started to like Zhao Yi a little bit. She couldn't explain why. In the past, Zhao Yi only knew how to work hard, and Li Daju felt that such a son might not have much future.
"We have nothing at home, and I don't know when we can build a new house."
Zhao Yi shook his head.
The cooked potatoes were brought to the table. This was today's breakfast. There were actually two pieces of pastries in the cupboard, but Zhao Yi didn't want to give them to his biased mother.
If she wants to eat, she asks those ungrateful people to buy it for her. Although those people are ungrateful people to Zhao Yi, they are filial children to Zhao Dahai and Li Daju. After all, they have enjoyed the good life with them for many years, and they took them to the city to enjoy a good life after they graduated and got stable jobs.
"You two are strong laborers, and you don't have any children. You don't need to worry about the elderly. You can save enough food in two years at most. Building houses in the village will require everyone's help and it won't cost much."
Li Daju said.
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