Chapter 378 Road construction is back on the agenda
There is currently no manpower, material resources or financial resources to repair the main road outside the mountain, but the road to the village is gradually being put on the agenda.
There are nearly 300 people in the whole village, and they have to walk every day, several times a day. It's okay when the weather is fine, and it's also okay when there is heavy snow. But the worst thing is that after rain or snow, the ground is muddy and every step will leave a pit, and when you pull up the ground, it will bring up a lot of mud.
Previously, stones and gravel were piled up into small piles for temporary walking. However, since they were temporary, they were naturally not very comprehensive. Most of them were on the main road and extended to the doorsteps of each household, and there were no other places.
Nowadays, people in the village need to work in the fields, build houses, and do labor...Everything is in chaos and there is a shortage of people...
In the heart of the village, beneath an ancient tree, after work in the evening, people gathered with their bowls in hand, squatting casually and discussing as they ate:
"Building the road is inevitable. Our entire village has to walk on it every day, countless times. If the road is flat and easy to walk on, that makes a huge difference, doesn't it? Since it has to be built sooner or later, of course it's better to build it sooner rather than later!"
"What do you call this? Sharpening the knife doesn't delay the chopping of wood. I agree that the road should be repaired as soon as possible. I don't want to walk on this broken road at all."
"Yes, I don't know where all the mud spots come from. My nice clothes are almost ruined."
"The cobblestone roads in the city are really nice. We don't have to worry about the rain. Let's build cobblestone roads too."
When the old men heard the last sentence, they stopped eating and looked up from their bowls to look at the boy who was speaking.
Zhao Xiaogou opened his big, confused eyes and asked, "What's the matter? Don't you like the cobblestone road?"
Zheng Hui rolled her eyes and said, "You know it's in the city."
Don’t they like it?
Is it a question of whether you like it or not? It’s clearly a question of whether you can use it or not!
Master Jiang said, "Forget about flagstones. They're slippery when there's heavy snow and ice. Buying more flagstones would be extremely expensive. Let's try to use something that doesn't cost money."
When Zhao Xiaogou heard the first part, he wanted to say that just clean more, but when he heard the huge cost, he swallowed his words silently.
Not to mention the money spent, after all, it will only take a few months to have enough food to eat.
Moreover, the Cao family is not easy to deal with. They always want to take over my aunt's workshop. Recently, many craftsmen, bricklayers and other outsiders have come in one after another. The village's night guard team has been restored, and the patrol and night guards have an extra meal at night, which is paid for by my aunt alone.
The people in the village are wealthy, but not particularly wealthy at the moment, so road construction should focus on practicality and saving money!
Mr. Jiang made the final decision, which reflected everyone's thoughts, and the topic turned to how to repair it.
Speaking of business, Zhao Mingyue took her bowl of rice and went to the yard of Shen Qing's house and shouted.
Shen Qing's family had just finished dinner, so she didn't have to clean the table or wash the dishes, and followed Zhao Mingyue to the center of the village.
I could hear the discussion from afar.
"I'm afraid there's not enough manpower in the village. Some are out, some are working in the workshop, some are helping with the house construction, and we also have to farm... Where will we find the time?"
The school has been temporarily closed since the land was reclaimed, which is equivalent to a spring plowing holiday. In addition, the school will be expanded later, and the bricks, tiles, beams and wood will be even more dangerous, so it is still closed now.
But most of them are children, so the help they can provide is limited.
Jiang Erye analyzed: "Those who are away from home and working in the workshop cannot be moved, but those who are helping with the house construction can be freed up. The land for farming has been leveled and all the seeds that need to be sown have been planted. The sweet potatoes have been partially planted, and the rest cannot be planted without sweet potato seedlings.
I just don’t know how long it will take for the remaining sweet potato seedlings to grow. I think if there are enough people working on the road construction, the entire village can be repaired in half a month to twenty days!
If we have more people and divide the work into sections, it won't be impossible to finish the work in ten days or so. If the sweet potato seedlings take another half month to plant, we can use this gap to build the road."
Zhao Mingyue's voice boomed, "Look who I invited! Let the main character speak."
The person who was squatting under the tree eating looked up and saw Zhao Mingyue and Shen Qing coming over.
She greeted him with a smile on her face: "Okay, okay, Auntie is here! We can ask directly."
After asking clearly, we can finalize the date for road construction. After all, it has been sunny these days, the ground is dry, and it will save firewood when burning the road.
Shen Qing also took the weather into consideration.
If we miss this sunny day and it rains again, we don’t know how long it will take for the next one to come!
She really didn't want to walk through the mud from house to house to discuss matters, or drive a donkey cart on the bumpy dirt roads in the village.
The ones outside can't be repaired now, but the ones in the village will be repaired sooner. Not only will it be comfortable to walk on, but it will also look neat and beautiful.
She replied, "The next batch will probably arrive in about ten days to half a month."
Anyway, they were all bought from the mall, but the whole village had a huge demand, and since they were all seedlings she had grown in advance, it wouldn't be a good idea to take out too many at once;
In addition, the climate had been cold before, and if they were planted all at once, they were afraid of a severe cold snap, even with the thatch to keep them warm. So they were taken out in batches and planted one by one, so the risk of a late spring cold snap was much smaller.
It’s the first time planting, so do it as safely as possible, otherwise no harvest will seriously dampen everyone’s enthusiasm.
And if they are planted in batches, when it comes to harvest, if it is a bumper year, there will be time to buffer the large output.
Therefore, she can adjust the planting time freely by using seedling raising, but now that the weather has become much warmer, it is not a good idea to set the time too long.
When they heard that there were only ten days or half a month left, everyone's eyes lit up.
"Okay, let's work hard from morning till night, that should be fine. There's just a little bit left to do. We can finish it after the sweet potatoes are planted. It's better than finishing it now, right?"
"Yes, that's right. It's still the same as what we said last year. The road sections will be divided according to the number of people in each household. The rest of the people will move and do as much as they can."
Shen Qing added, "The hands of the girls in the embroidery workshop are very important. They can't do rough work, so they don't need to be counted. The brush workshop is full of strong men. If they stop working for three to five days, they can still do the heavy physical work that needs to be done."
The hands of embroiderers cannot be rough at all. They come into contact with silk threads and fabrics every day. There is no difference between one time and two times. They embroider dozens of times a day for dozens of days. Over time, a layer of extremely fine fuzz will form on the fabric.
The clarity looks much worse, and it also makes people feel that it is not refined.
This is what she saw in a reference book. If you want to sell a good embroidery at a high price, the craftsmanship is one aspect, but these inconspicuous details are also of paramount importance.
Therefore, the hands of the women in the embroidery workshop should not only not do rough, heavy or tiring work, but also need to be well maintained. But then again, embroidery is a delicate work that uses up eyesight and brainpower. How tiring it must be to do physical work after doing delicate work.
In life, you either have to use your physical strength or your mental strength. If you use both, you will easily get tired after a long time.
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