In March, the earth is covered with greenery and new clothes. In the orchards on the North Mountain, flowers are blooming, butterflies are flying, and bees are dancing, full of vitality.
The children of Laohu Town carried bamboo baskets and went into the woods to look for edible wild vegetables, lichens, and small mushrooms. When they were thirsty, they would pinch a tender branch of wild rose, peel off the thorny skin, put it in their mouths, and chew it to taste the sweet juice.
Those who are lucky enough can find red sour bubbles and snakeberries to satisfy their cravings.
The children of the Qiao family completely let go of their nature. Every day after breakfast, they would go out, running back and forth in the fields and woods, covered in dirt and dust. As soon as they entered the door, they threw themselves into the arms of Qiao Xin and Nanny Qin, making Nanny Qin's head and face covered in dust. Nanny, who was always well-mannered, couldn't help but yell, "Come back here!"
Qiao Xin was still standing by, laughing with glee! This made Aunt Qin glare at her angrily!
"Don't be angry, Mammy. They really like you. It's the nature of children to love playing. They only have a few years to play happily. Once they grow up, they will never have such an opportunity again!"
Nanny Qin snorted, didn't listen to Qiao Xin's excuses, turned around and went back to change clothes, but the corners of her mouth were raised high!
After returning home from the city, Qiao Xin immediately started to work on the forest land renovation! The main roads that needed to be tidied were tidied, the shrubs that needed to be removed were removed, and the fruit trees that needed to be pruned were pruned.
This job is long and complicated and cannot be completed in a short time!
Qiao Xin planned to repair the peach forest closest to the foot of the mountain first. In April and May, she could harvest some fruits, which would be a way to start a profitable business.
Qiao Xin asked Fan Jihuai to report to the government that Laohu Town would perform corvée labor nearby and build water conservancy projects. Therefore, this large-scale land reclamation, canal construction, and road construction required every family in the town to contribute.
The difference is that before, I worked for the government for three months and was assigned to a place far from home. Now I work for myself! The enthusiasm is naturally different.
Li Zhong led other villagers to clean up the silted-up areas of the abandoned canal. The excess silt was used to fertilize nearby fields, and the extra land was used to build a two-meter-wide new road next to the canal.
Zhang Yun led the construction team and followed Qiao Xin's instructions every day to dig new channels on the abandoned irrigation channels, extending the new road meter by meter.
Old people and children, everyone who could go out went out, some pushing bicycles, some carrying baskets, helping everyone move mud and level the ground bit by bit!
Everyone knows that with this road, farmers no longer have to carry water one bucket at a time to irrigate crops. Mrs. Qiao had already said that this is a canal built for all the people in Laohu Town, and in the future, everyone will work together to maintain and manage it. Everyone is the owner of this canal!
Several teams worked in perfect harmony, vowing to dig a main canal network running through the farmland around Laohu Town within two months.
Qiao Xin held the mentality of either not doing it or doing it to the best of her ability, and tried her best to cover all the corners and edges. She revised the route every day and personally inspected the project. All unqualified places would be pointed out one by one and then repaired again.
Now it is still wasteland, and building canals and roads takes up part of the land, which is not a big deal for everyone, and it is easy to coordinate. If the land is cultivated in the future, and we dig the land to build canals, it will be a threat to people's life!
"A stream surrounds the fields with green, and two mountains open their doors to send green." This was the scene that Qiao Yunqing saw when he returned to Laohu Town again!
The fields are crisscrossed and the green waters are winding. In the distance, you can still see scattered people bending over to work.
What a busy and lively spring scene!
If it weren't for the three words "Laohu Town" written on the wooden board standing at the corner, he really thought he had gone to the wrong place.
The road under my feet is flat and wide, and on the right side of the road, a stream of water stretches far away. The well-field system is used to the extreme here.
New willow branches and young saplings were planted on both sides of the road. At each crossroad, a simple pavilion was built with a stone table and stone benches. In a year or two, both sides of the road will be covered with green trees and lush grass. The tired farmers can just rest in the pavilion.
Everyone who came here sighed with admiration, saying that the people who built the canals and roads were so thoughtful!
At the invitation of Qiao Yunqing, Fan Jihuai came with the yamen runners to survey the land for registration. The last time he came here was at the beginning of the year, and there was no change in Laohu Town except for the increase in population. But the Laohu Town in front of him can be described as a complete change.
This is not just an old town that has been abandoned for a hundred years, it’s a paradise on earth, right?
Fortunately, his family followed Qiao Xin and bought several houses here early on, otherwise they would really regret it. Now the good houses in the town have been secretly bought by Qiao Xin. It is estimated that all the remaining houses will be snapped up today!
Once the situation here spreads, the number of people who come here to visit is unimaginable. With the layout of the Qiao family in Laohu Town now, I am afraid that no one can shake its prestige here.
The Qiao family has truly risen to prominence, but it’s only been a short time!
When Qiao Yunqing opened the door, Qiao Xin was squatting in the yard where the hired workers lived, working on a fully automatic waterwheel with the Niu Dabao brothers. The huge yard was littered with various wooden parts. Each part was marked with a strange symbol. It seemed chaotic, but it was actually very regular.
The villagers crowded around, and Qiao Xinhao kept sorting the parts one by one, and then quickly assembled them. After a while, a half-meter-high waterwheel model was completely assembled.
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