Seeing Ye Zhiqiu coming back, Ye Bailu stopped playing origami and happily ran over to hug his legs.
"Big brother, second brother went out many times today. He walked out the door and came back muttering, then ran out again after a while and walked back again..."
Ye Wubing hurriedly explained: "Brother, going out doesn't count as going out to play! I was very honest today and didn't go anywhere. I just stayed at home with my little sister. You can't take my meat..."
Ye Zhiqiu rubbed Ye Bailu's head and said jokingly, "Second brother, why don't you go out and play? From now on, you can go out and play every day, and we can eat two more pieces of meat! What do you think, little sister?"
Ye Bailu clapped her hands and said, "Great! Second brother's meat belongs to me today?"
Ye Wubing was anxious. He said angrily, "I didn't go out to play today. Why should my flesh belong to you? I won't go out to play anymore! I can't let you, a bad sister who always wants my flesh, succeed!"
"Brother, don't give the second brother meat to eat. If he eats the meat, he will go out and play again!"
"No? I don't get meat when I go out to play, and I don't get meat when I don't go out. How can this be justified?"
"I'm a child, I have no reason..."
Ye Zhiqiu watched the two of them talking, finding it quite interesting. My younger sister was so young, yet she had already mastered the highest realm of womanhood without any instruction. It was unreasonable!
He put away the hatchet, took out the mouse, handed it to Ye Wubing and said, "Second brother, if you want to eat meat, boil water and kill the mouse!"
When Ye Wubing saw so many rats, his eyes lit up and he no longer cared about continuing to discuss the matter of reason with Ye Bailu.
After agreeing, he took the mouse and ran to the kitchen happily.
After bringing the rabbit grass to the rabbit house and spreading it in, Ye Zhiqiu returned to the living room and hung up the kettle.
At this time, Ye Tianya and Wang Xiaolan brought back lunch and the family started eating.
Hearing that Ye Zhiqiu had caught ten voles, Ye Tianya said happily, "Great! My wife gave me fifty cents, and I'll go to the old restaurant and buy a pound of sweet potatoes for roasting. It would be a shame not to drink some of the fried dried meat my son made!"
Wang Xiaolan counted on her fingers, then she said to Ye Tianya, "Last time you bought cigarettes and paper, I calculated that you should have 28 cents left. I'll give you 2 cents more, and you can go to the bar for 30 cents!"
Ye Tianya was dumbfounded. He had thought he had saved some money, and he had been secretly happy for a few days. But Wang Xiaolan had been thinking about it all the time, and was just keeping the money temporarily. His happiness was in vain.
Ye Zhiqiu doesn't have to do the job of killing the field mice, his parents and the second son can take care of it.
He was bored, so he simply walked towards the village canteen, which was full of people after dinner.
After a short stroll, I didn't see Li Guangcai's family or Wang Guafu's family. I guess I felt embarrassed to stay here. After all, both of their families are now influential figures in the village.
"Zhiqiu is here. Have you seen anything interesting recently?"
"Zhiqiu came to smoke. It seems like you're going to the factory soon, right?"
Ye Zhiqiu came over with a smile, took the cigarette pack, and rolled it up with cigarette paper, not forgetting to reply: "I will go to the city at the end of the month and officially start work in August. If there is anything interesting, it is that the water level of the reservoir over there in the commune has dropped by more than two meters!
The water level has dropped so dramatically, I think the drought is quite severe! I'm worried that our village's autumn harvest will be reduced this year. Everyone should pay attention to the drought situation. Otherwise, if the crops are reduced due to lack of water, the whole village will have to go hungry during the New Year.
Everyone fell silent after hearing Ye Zhiqiu's words. Then, Uncle Wang, who was not far away, came over and asked worriedly, "Xiao Zhiqiu, are you saying that the water level in the commune's reservoir has dropped by more than two meters?
You're not bragging, are you? You know, the commune's reservoir is only five meters deep. If it really dropped that much, do you know what it means?"
Ye Zhiqiu smoked a cigarette and said seriously, "It's not a big deal if I say it alone. Let's send someone to take a look! I remember the old people in the village said that the drought six or seven years ago was somewhat similar to the current situation.
The river in our village was about to dry up that time, and who knows if the drought will continue this year? If we don't make some preparations, it won't be me who will regret it, but you who live here.
I'm going to the city soon. Once I'm established, I'll find a way to bring my family in and live in the city again! As everyone knows, we used to rent a house in the city and only moved to Kaoshantun after being evicted."
It's not just the Ye family. In fact, several families in the village are the same. They are all proletarians, but because they were not assigned jobs and were laid off, they were arranged to settle down in Kaoshantun with land.
As a result, the land distributed to everyone has now returned to the collective.
A group of people gathered together to discuss. Some felt that attention should be paid, while others felt that Ye Zhiqiu was exaggerating.
He didn't refute it. After all, he had given a reminder. If the villagers ignored it, he would not care how they lived in the future!
Ye Zhiqiu really wanted to bring his family into the city while the situation was still fresh. He could buy a job for about three or four hundred yuan.
Things get tough later on, and it's hard to find a job! So this really needs to be resolved sooner rather than later.
He couldn't live a life of luxury in the city while his family ate coarse food in Kaoshan Village, could he? Ye Zhiqiu couldn't do that, and distance also became a problem.
It takes five hours to get back to Kaoshantun from the city by bike! If you walk, it takes a whole day. With such a distance, even delivering food back would be a hassle. It would be better to find a way to get it into the city.
Although his family members are particularly crazy, and there is even a sister who relies on her brother for support, he has become accustomed to them after living there for the past two years.
The noise here attracted the attention of the village secretary and the old village chief. They thought something had happened and rushed over.
After learning about this, the two did not say whether it was right or wrong, but just felt that they should go to the commune to ask to see if there was a special reason or what happened.
The reservoir on the commune's side was an important source of water for 50,000 to 60,000 people in the surrounding area during droughts in the past. It is the best indicator of whether there will be a drought.
However, it was already noon, so it was a bit urgent to rush to the commune. The two discussed it and decided that the secretary would ride his bicycle to the commune tomorrow to inquire about the situation of the reservoir.
The next step was naturally to go to work. Ye Zhiqiu also walked back home with his hands behind his back.
The voles had been dealt with, and Ye Wubing was burning a large piece of firewood. Because this kind of thing cannot be smoked with an open flame, it can only be smoked by relying on heat and smoke, so it needs to be burned thoroughly.
Having seen Ye Zhiqiu do it once, this brat seemed to be able to do it quite well. Ye Bailu, who was standing by, was looking at the potatoes in the fire.
This thing was brought back by Ye Wubing from the cafeteria. I have to say, Ye Tianya was absolutely right to beat him up!
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