Druid's Country Retirement

Chapter 182
The rice farm in the village was busy distributing Qixiang powder, and Zhao Fu led the workers over, clapping his hands with a bright smile and thanking them repeatedly.

"Doctor Li, your Qixiang powder is really useful. You send sachets over, and I ask the workers to bring them all. There was not a single mosquito last night, and the workers slept soundly. They woke up all morning It's strong."

Li Hongbing showed the expression that should have been.

It's right if it works.

Most of the Qiwei herbs in Qixiang San have a fragrant and volatile smell. They are inhaled through the mucous membranes of the mouth and nose, and spread throughout the body through the circulation of the skin and meridians. They play the role of regulating Qi and dredging the meridians. , put it next to the pillow at night, it can also calm the mind and help sleep.

Zhao Fu rubbed his hands, "Doctor Li, can I take this Seven Fragrance Powder back for my mother-in-law to use? Recently, my mother-in-law said that she can't sleep at night, so I can buy it with money."

Li Hongbing waved his hand and said no.

These medicinal powders themselves are worthless, and the herbs were dug with the help of the villagers, and the cost is only 2 yuan for making sachets.

Just when Zhao Fu was about to say something, Li Hongbing's cell phone rang, and he took it out to see that it was Wang Hai calling. He connected and chatted for a few words, and his eyebrows frowned.

"Doctor Li, is there something wrong?" Zhao Fu, who is proficient at observing words and expressions, asked cautiously.

Li Hongbing nodded, "The construction team for the renovation of the old house is stuck at the [-]th turn. Neither the truck nor the excavator can drive up. Let me ask someone to help pull the truck."

"Hey, what am I supposed to do?" Zhao Fusong said flatteringly, "The construction team in the city doesn't know that the mountain roads are difficult to walk, and a big cart is not as easy to use as a bungee cart. How about I take the workers there to help."

"I'll go with you."

Li Hongbing handed over the job of distributing the sachets to Tie Zhu, and followed Zhao Fu towards the school construction site, and encountered four unlucky Li Hongqi on the way.

Zheng worried that he couldn't find a manpower, this strong labor force who didn't come to the door, before Li Hongqi could speak, he was dragged away by Li Hongbing with a dazed expression.

To do heavy work.

Naturally, a silly baby is indispensable.

Li Hongbing left Xiucai behind and asked him to go to the old house and tell the blind man to put on the ox cart, and then call the silly boy to meet at Nineteen Turns.

Get on Zhao Fu's bouncing car, pull up the workers, and drive all the way to Chaotianyan.

At this time, the convoy at the foot of the mountain is trying to go up the mountain for the Nth time.

The Nineteenth Turn Road is 3 meters wide. It is no problem to go uphill with a truck width of 2.2 meters, but the angle of the curve is not enough, and the driver is sweating profusely.

Even the best-skilled driver in the convoy couldn't turn around with all his might, so he had to slowly back the car back to the foot of the mountain, turn off the engine and get off with a helpless expression on his face.

"Brother Qiang, I can't help it. Trucks on this kind of road can't get on it at all."

What a broken place.

Birds don't shit, the road is not easy to walk.

Living in this place is not a toss!

Sun Qiang didn't retreat at all, looked up at Chaotianyan, which was high into the clouds, and turned to look at Wang Hai.

"If it doesn't work, let the workers carry the materials up first."

Wang Hai nodded, that's the only way.

at this time.

There was a sound of bang bang bang, and a strange-looking blue light truck wobbled down from the [-]th turn and unhurriedly, the car was still full of people.

Sun Qiang and Wang Hai turned their heads to look at the complaining driver at the same time.

Didn't you say that the truck can't get on?
Open your dog eyes and see clearly, what is that?
People can not only go up, but also come down.

The driver shrugged helplessly and scolded Mao Mao secretly. If he knew this kind of broken road, he would not pay any more money.

The Bengbeng car drove down the [-]th turn and stopped beside the convoy. Li Hongbing got out from the co-pilot and saw the truck full of materials and the excavator.

"Xiao Hai, the excavators are here, what a big deal!"

"There's no way, we're rushing to catch up with the construction schedule, and we'll get on the excavator to grab time." Wang Hai replied in a dazed manner.

"People brought it here, what do you say?"

Sun Qiang saw more than a dozen farmers jumping out of the strange-looking light truck, and hurriedly took out a cigarette and walked around enthusiastically.

"Materials can be pulled up with this car, but the excavator is a bit troublesome, and turning around is no problem, but the slope is a bit steep, and it is hard to drive up, and it needs to be pulled by manpower."

Zhao Fu grinned, "It's no problem, people can pull it. I used to lift the coffin, and I used to pull it up the steeper slope than this, let alone an excavator."

This metaphor left everyone present speechless.

After a brief discussion between the two parties, the two construction teams joined together, and more than 30 people began to unload the materials from the truck, put them into the bouncing car, and then pull them up to the top of the mountain to unload.

It took a full hour, and all the materials were transported to the top of the mountain, leaving only the big guy, the excavator.

With a self-weight of 25 tons, it is quite a challenge for everyone to climb the 20th turn with an average slope of 30 degrees and a maximum of [-] degrees.

After tying the hemp rope to the chassis of the excavator, everyone including Li Hongbing walked up the slope.

With an order.

The excavator spewed billowing black smoke from the exhaust pipe, slowly climbed to the first turn, and then turned the bucket to the back to keep a punch away from the ground.

This is done to prevent the ropes in front from being affected, and secondly, if the excavator slips, the bucket can be lowered immediately to stabilize the vehicle body.

boom!
The driver stepped on the accelerator, the engine of the excavator made a deafening roar, and the crawler belt turned and slowly climbed up.

"pull!"

With Sun Qiang's voice, everyone tightened the rope and retreated.

The rope jumped straight in an instant, and the excavator was automatically powered and pulled by everyone, and slowly climbed over the first turn.

Second turn.

The third turn.

The fourth turn.

Walking to the fifth turn, this is a big slope with a slope close to 30 degrees. In theory, the excavator can work on a steep slope of 70 degrees, but it must be on muddy and soft ground. If it is a hard cement road, it is very dangerous. .

At the first attempt, although the excavator was crawling hard, the exhaust pipe was about to burst into flames, but the track was spinning in place, and it just couldn't go up.

The rope-drawing workers also exhausted their strength. Even Li Hongbing, whose physical fitness had been improved by the power of the source, was a little overwhelmed. His arms were sore, and a red mark was drawn on the palm of his hand by the rope.

This doesn't work.

The two parties discussed together and decided to let the excavator turn the bucket again, move to the front and use the bucket to hook the ground, and use it as a fixed point to pull the body to climb up.

The second time I tried, this method worked. The excavator crawled forward for a certain distance, and suddenly the track slipped and went backward again, leaving a long scratch on the concrete floor with the bucket.

The workers who were pulling the rope were suddenly dragged by the 25-ton excavator and fell down one after another. Li Hongqi fell the hardest, hitting his face on the upper of the worker's shoe in front of him.

So, the front tooth knocked out.

Li Hongbing was terrified, and a layer of cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

Having fewer teeth is a blessing in misfortune.

There are no guardrails on Nineteen Crutches, if you fall out, you will have to eat.

Zhao Fu, Sun Qiang, Wang Hai, and Li Hongbing squatted together, frowning.

The situation is even more embarrassing now.

Can't go up or down.

"How about I go back to the village and call someone again." Zhao Fu stood up and said hesitantly.

Sun Qiang rolled his eyes, "This is a 25-ton excavator, not a coffin, unless you can find 50 more people to come."

50 people.

There are less than ten people left at Laozi's construction site, so I went there to find so many people.

Zhao Fu was stunned and squatted back to his original place.

Reluctantly, Li Hongbing took out his mobile phone, "I'll call Sanpao and ask him to bring more people from the town."

From Songbai Town to Jiujiuai, it takes more than 2 hours to ride a motorcycle, and it will be dark when people come.

But that's the only way.

Before the phone was dialed, there was the beeping of motorcycles from far to near, and the blind man appeared on a three-wheeled motorcycle with a car of people.

Shawa, Da Kui, Tie Zhu, Fu Sheng, Shui Sheng...

As soon as the car stopped, Tie Zhu yelled loudly, "Uncle Hong Soldier, why don't you ask for help, you won't trust us."

"That's right, I've seen you outside."

"If it weren't for the scholar's bluff, we wouldn't know."

Faced with the accusation, Li Hongbing was embarrassed, "The village is busy distributing Qixiang powder, so it is inappropriate for you."

Several old men jumped out of the car and saw the excavator and exhausted workers.

"Such a big guy, pull off the force, we came at the right time."

Zhao Fu met them often and had a good relationship with them. He waved his hand and said, "It's useless for you to come, you can't move."

How many of us?

Dakui and the others smiled and pointed behind them, "It's not just us, everyone who can work in the village has come, otherwise we would have come so late."

They are all here!
Li Hongbing looked back fiercely.

Xiucai drove the ox cart downhill slowly, and in the cart sat Mrs. Yuzhi, Mrs. Guifeng, Mrs. Tiemei, Mrs. Xiu'e and some village women.

Behind the ox cart were Li Daquan, Chunsheng, Youcai, Defa, and counting them all, the village men, juniors, sisters-in-law and aunts were all able to work, even Tiedan and his gang of brats were among them.

you…

Li Hongbing didn't know what to say at this time.

My heart was filled with warmth.

This means helping each other in the rural areas and watching each other in the cities.

Moreover, Li Hongbing is very popular in the village. He has access to electricity, installed street lights, and built a school.

Almost everyone in the village accepted his kindness and owed him favors.

Li Hongqi hid among the workers, muttering enviously to himself, "If Brother Hongbing has something to do, everyone in the village will come out, so you can choose the village chief!"

Li Hongbing was busy thanking the villagers at this time, but he didn't know Li Hongqi's strange brain circuit.

After thanking them, they began to organize the villagers to pull the rope.

Nearly a hundred and ten people pulled the ropes at the same time, and the excavator slowly climbed one steep slope after another, emitting black smoke.

As the excavator struggled to climb to the top of the mountain, there was a burst of cheers in the sky.

Everyone applauds and applauds like celebrating the new year.

But Sun Qiang looked at Li Hongbing, who was smiling with joy in the crowd, and said to Wang Hai beside him, "My brother-in-law, the boss, is a character who can bring together all the old and young in the village."

The excavator reached the top of the mountain, and it was still more than ten miles away from Caogou Village. There was no truck to transport it, so it could only drive slowly towards the village.

Seeing that nothing happened, the villagers also went to the village, but before leaving, they carried some materials as much as they could. In their words, this is called helping to the end. Anyway, walking back to idle is idle.

Zhao Fu drove the Bengbeng car down the mountain and put a few barrels of diesel in the car. The excavator is a gas tiger, and it works well and consumes more fuel.

Stop and go all the way.

It was past one o'clock in the afternoon when the excavator arrived at the entrance of the village.

New problems arise.

The mountain road leading to the old house is only 2 meters wide, barely open to traffic, but it is a bit troublesome to pass an excavator with a width of 2 meters and 6.

The foundation will definitely not be able to hold, and it will be pressed to the grassy slope outside.

So Li Hongbing became cruel and went to the village committee to find Li Huaizhong, intending to widen the mountain road. The inside of the mountain road is terraced fields, and the widening can only be done from the grassy slopes outside. These grassy slopes are collective property of the village, and the village committee must agree to break ground. just work.

For this reason, Li Hongbing took out the excavator as a bargaining chip, and promised Li Huaizhong that if the village wanted to use the excavator for work, he would provide it for free, and also cover the fuel fee.

After hearing this, Li Huaizhong was overjoyed, and it was a good thing to let the grass slope go there, and it was a good thing to use it for road construction, so he agreed with both hands.

Of course, it would not be said that it was because the weir and pond at the entrance of the village had not been dredged for a long time, and the excavator could be used for free, so they agreed to widen the mountain road.

And it was said in the meeting above that to attract phoenixes, plant sycamore trees first, and build roads first to get rich. We are also attracting phoenixes for the village.

Li Hongbing, who got the approval, returned to the mountain road without stopping, and waved his hand to the excavator driver, "Work, the road will be widened, and it will be repaired until the gate of the old house."

The excavator started to work rumblingly, and when the bucket went down, there was a square of soil, which was easily dug up and piled up to the side of the road, and then compacted with the bucket to make it smooth.

I have to say that machinery is indeed faster than manpower. It takes at least half an hour to dig a square of soil by hand, but now it only needs one bucket.

Get the excavator.

Li Hongbing returned to the old house with the construction team non-stop, determined the renovation plan again, and decided to officially start construction tomorrow.

The construction team brought temporary tents and settled them in the rock dump next to the old house.

Wang Hai asked for Sanpao's phone number, and asked him to contact a few bouncers to facilitate the delivery of follow-up materials these days.

After a lap, Li Hongbing finally took a breather, feeling that he had forgotten something.

Suddenly, he slapped his thigh fiercely.

The mountain apricot is still lost in the village.

Hurriedly running into the village, a group of people gathered at the entrance of the village watched the excavator work with relish, and from time to time made sounds of admiration, surprise, and envy.

He picked out the scholar who joined the fun in the crowd, and asked if he saw Shan Xing?

Instead, Tie Dan interjected, saying that Aunt Shan Xing was at Teacher Cui's house.

Li Hongbing's scalp felt numb all of a sudden.

Only then did he confirm his relationship with Shan Xing, now facing Sister Cui, will he be beaten?

Feeling uneasy, I came to the gate of the house where Sister Cui lived. Hearing the laughter inside, I felt a little lost.

Aunt Tiemei's voice sounded behind her.

"Uncle Hong Soldier, what are you doing standing at the door, go into the house, afraid of being scolded by Teacher Cui!"

Mrs. Tiemei seemed to be doing it on purpose, and ran away after speaking, but her voice was loud and loud, and the laughter in the room disappeared instantly.

Sister Cui walked out of the house with a sullen face, her eyes were a little red, as if she had cried, and she stared straight at Li Hongbing.

After watching for a while, Li Hongbing dodged those knife-like gazes with a guilty conscience.

Sister Cui secretly sighed in her heart.

In fact, I already knew the result, but I just didn't want to admit it.

After all, the age of both parties is here.

First of all, I am older than the Red Soldier, and because of my age, and being his former teacher, I can't get over it emotionally or rationally.

Secondly, don't look at Li Hongbing who is smiling all day long and talks nicely to everyone, but he is a machismo in his bones, and he has a strong personality, and the two of them will fight each other after a few words, but Shan Xing's weak temper can hold him.

Alas, this is my fate!

Doomed to die alone.

After thinking it through, Sister Cui widened her eyes.

"I just found out now that I don't want a new daughter-in-law."

Hearing the tone of Sister Cui's words, Li Hongbing was relieved instead, and then smiled, "I'm at ease with you."

Sister Cui ignored him, turned her head and yelled into the hall.

"Myolie, your man has brought you home."

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(End of this chapter)