Hard times have room

Chapter 182 Chopping Bamboo

It was about two o'clock in the afternoon. After taking a nap, Paulin woke up feeling sweaty, especially the part of her back against the bamboo mat, she felt like she could squeeze out water.

After walking out of the house and meeting with Wang Jiandang Su Hongying, the family of three went out with a sickle and hemp rope. This afternoon, they had to chop bamboo and slowly build a bamboo fence at home.

As soon as they walked out the door, the sun was blocked by a huge black cloud, but the three of them didn't feel that there was anything to look forward to, and they continued to walk as usual. This has happened a lot in the past two months. The dark clouds in the sky felt like they were about to be pressed down immediately, and there was a heavy rain with lightning and thunder, but in the end, there were only a few drops of rain, and the road didn't even get wet, the cloud dissipated, and the air was happy.

Well, after watching too much, there is no expectation, and now the black cloud above them will block the sun for them!

When the family of three passed the sweet potato field on the left side of their house, they found that the sweet potato vines had long been sun-dried and most of the leaves had turned over.

This is the same as the sweet potato field in the back room of their house. The only difference is that Paulin's field is carefully taken care of, weeds and watered. Still very spiritual, only scattered vine branches turn yellow and wither at the roots.

But this sweet potato field is different. Now the vast majority of people in the village are caring for the rice in the paddy fields. The sweet potato, which is tenacious and drought-resistant, has been left unattended for almost ten days and a half. The sweet potato field is overgrown with weeds and sweet potato vines. Nearly 1/4 of the sweet potato leaves on the top have withered and turned yellow, and at a glance, I know that this year's annual growth will not be very good.

But there is nothing to do. Most sweet potatoes are planted on dry land. The dry land in the village is really far from the Daqing River. It is not realistic to fetch water for this sweet potato field for three days or two!
In addition, ten days ago, more than ten acres of paddy fields in the village were dry, and there was no water in them. How could the rice be heading?How to fill the grain that has been heading?
Not to mention now, there are definitely more than ten acres of paddy fields without water every day.

Therefore, during this period of time, the villagers concentrated on the paddy fields at critical times. If it wasn't for the agreement between Shanghe Village and Xiahe Village more than ten years ago, Xu Aiguo would have led people to block the Daqing River's water. .

Going up from the side of the sweet potato field is the small bamboo forest.

When they reached the ground, Pauline reluctantly handed the sickle in her hand to her father. This sickle was used to chop down the flowers, grass, and leaves on the road. It was quite fun.

However, at this time, chopping bamboo still has to look at two adults. She will not say that her small body is not efficient, and sometimes she accidentally hurts herself or the people next to her.

Don't ask how she knew it, it's all valuable experience from the past!

But although she can't cut it, she can move it. She has space. She can save the space by dragging the bamboo out of the bamboo forest. Well, this space can finally come in handy, and it's no longer just a simple storage tool.

Uh, it seems that moving bamboo is also storage. Forget it, don't think about it, it doesn't matter if it's not.

While Paulin was thinking about how to do it later, Wang Jiandang was quick and swift, and with a single operation, he chopped down three or four bamboos in a short while.

When Pauline saw it, she immediately admired it, but unfortunately she had only so little strength, so let's just think about it.

She has always felt that the most important thing in chopping bamboo is the knife, and the second is the human being. If a knife has a lot of strength, it will be a pleasure to cut it. Like Pauline, who has a small strength, no matter how good the knife is, she can still chop continuously, and it is not neat at all. , troublesome.

The bamboos cut by Wang Jiandang are old and new. As long as the bamboos are thick enough to grow into a thumb, they will be cut down. As for the small ones, they will be kept. go inside.

Although this small bamboo forest has small characters, the bamboos in it are definitely not young or old.

The same is true for Su Hongying, but she has an old sickle in her hand. Even if it was sharpened with a whetstone before departure, there is a gap in the blade. bamboo.

Paulin waited for a while, and saw that there were more than a dozen bamboos chopped down, and she also got busy, collecting what her mother chopped and what her dad chopped together, and tying them with the hemp rope brought from home. Holding the hemp rope with one hand and the bamboo pole in the other, he began to drag it out of the bamboo forest.

"Daughter, is it heavy? How about just dragging ten at a time." Wang Jiandang asked worriedly, looking at the large bamboo that was dragged by Bao Lin.

Pauline had never done any heavy physical work before, so this time he was a little scared to see such a big mess.

The branches and leaves of the bamboo that are cut now have no rest. If they need to be trimmed, they should go home and repair them. The trimmed branches and leaves can also be used as firewood, which is no better than throwing the bamboo forest.

So a piece of bamboo looks very big, and it seems to be heavy, not to mention that more than ten bamboos are bundled together, and the visual effect is even more obvious.

"It's okay, the bamboo is very light, and it's empty inside. Besides, I just look at it a lot, but it's actually not heavy when I drag it." Way back.

The bamboo forest here is cut down by people all year round, and the part close to the root of the land is left in place, most of which are one foot. Now there are many bamboo stubble that is more than one foot high in the bamboo forest.

Some are from a long time ago. The wind and the sun have made them rotten. This kind of stepping is not a problem. Most of them are false alarms. If you step on the leftovers in recent years, it will be miserable. If it is heavy, it is not impossible to penetrate the entire sole of the foot, so you have to be extra careful. If one is accidentally hit, it will be cold.

After all, she is wearing straw sandals now. The defense of this kind of shoes is really vulnerable. If you step on it, it will go directly to the meat, so she will prepare a bamboo pole to explore the way.

"Then be careful yourself, watch the road carefully, don't walk fast, don't step down heavily, just walk slowly and gently."

"If the foot is heavy, it will be too late to discover that there are bamboo stubble under the foot. If the foot is light, there is still a chance to remove it. Even if it cannot be removed, it will not hurt much."

"Do you understand?"

Wang Jiandang said this again in a bit of a long-winded manner. When he came, Su Hongying had already said it twice.

As for why she is concerned, she would rather tell Baolin repeatedly than let her stay at home alone!
Wang Jiandang didn't want to, but he didn't have that ability, and only relying on him and his daughter-in-law could protect his daughter well and prevent her from suffering a little bit.

In the future, Baolin will have to walk alone, and now she can only follow them to experience more.

"Understood, Dad, don't worry, I'm careful!" Pauline stopped, turned her head and smiled in Wang Jiandang's direction, although he might not be able to see it.

Pauline only dragged it once, leaving a trail that you can easily see. After that, it was much easier.

(End of this chapter)