Druid's Country Retirement

Chapter 239 Going to School
Coming to the village, the newly built cement rice field has become a leisure place for the villagers.

After all, muddy land is fine on sunny days, but on rainy days it turns into a mud pit. Walking back and forth, the soles of your shoes will be covered with a thick layer of mud.

It is different now.

On rainy days, the rainwater will flow away through the drainage ditch of the rice field, leaving a clean and flat field.

As soon as Li Hongbing appeared, the villagers walking around greeted each other with smiles and greetings, for fear of offending Li Hongbing.

This made the two brothers-in-law deeply moved. Unexpectedly, the brother-in-law could become one with the villagers after only returning to the village for a few days.

Seeing that the villagers were all there, Li Hongbing asked curiously, "Aren't you going to work today?"

The outspoken Widow Liu sighed, "What kind of work do you still do? After planting for a month, those vegetables are going to die. I guess this job will be yellow soup."

As soon as she started, other villagers began to complain.

"Who says it's not, and the seeds don't work. Li Daquan still blames us for not working."

"When my old lady was farming, that doggy thing was still playing in the mud, and he instructed blindly if he didn't understand."

"A few days ago, when I was thinning the vegetable field, Li Daquan said that I shouldn't have thinned the seedlings. The seedlings were almost squeezed to death, and I couldn't finish the ball anymore."

At this time, Chen Mei, a left-behind woman in the village, asked suddenly.

"Master Red Soldier, is there still a shortage of people in your field? I'll go to your field tomorrow, and the wages are lower."

As soon as this remark came out, the eyes of the surrounding villagers lit up instantly. When they worked for Lord Red Soldier, although the wages were not high, the contract stated that there was a bonus.

Who knows how much the bonus will be, the best thing is to get it. Li Daquan offers 3000 a month's salary, and everyone will definitely be willing to work there.

Anyway, it's all about farming, and whoever pays the highest wages will plant it.

Looking at it now, it is estimated that Li Daquan's contracted field will not last long, and the vegetables grown are thinner than grass, not to mention selling money, and feeding pigs is disgusting.

Uncle Hongbing’s contracted fields are different. The vegetables are fat and strong. People who have eaten them say that they taste like ginseng fruit.

And the day before yesterday, Lord Hongbing himself said that his vegetables can sell for 100 yuan a catty, and how much he can sell for more than 40 mu of land.

Thinking about it now, it's really stupid. If I had known this, I might as well have done it with Uncle Hong Soldier.

Faced with a pair of eager eyes, Li Hongbing shook his head, "Uncle Yandai and the others will help, so we don't need any manpower for now."

Ugh!
The villagers let out a sigh at the same time.

Uncle Hongbing gave him the opportunity, but he didn't seize it, so he still has the face to bring it back now.

So each of them found an excuse to leave the rice field, and those who were interested went to Dakui, Tie Zhu, and Lao Gen, villagers who had a good relationship with Uncle Hongbing, hoping to help them say something good.

"San'er, these people didn't farm for you, why did they come back again, what's going on." The second brother-in-law didn't know what was going on here, and asked doubtfully,
"Indescribable."

Li Hongbing didn't want to bring up this nonsense, and looked at Anna who failed to find her little partner.

"Father, Tie Dan, Scarecrow, Little One, they are not at home."

Anna pursed her small mouth and was unhappy. She bought a lot of toys and snacks from the city, and wanted to share them with her friends when she returned to the village, but she couldn't find any of them after searching around.

"I know where they are? Do you want to go?" Li Hongbing smiled mysteriously.

"I'll go." Anna immediately nodded in agreement.

Seeing his daughter taking the bait, Li Hongbing smiled and led a group of people to Caogou Village Primary School.

Sister Cui stood at the school gate and waited for a long time.

Upon meeting, Li Hongbing smiled and said, "Sister Cui, I brought you a new student."

Only then did Anna realize that she had been cheated by her father and wanted to escape, but under the stern gaze of Sister Cui, she stood there timidly, with her mouth curled up as if she wanted to cry.

"Li Anna, come with me to class." Sister Cui pointed at the school gate.

"Oh!"

No matter how unwilling Anna was, she couldn't bear the slightest resistance in front of Sister Cui, so she obediently walked to Sister Cui's side. .

"After school at 4 p.m., remember to pick it up."

Sister Cui greeted Li Hongbing, and walked into the school holding Anna's little hand.

Seeing his daughter's pitiful appearance turning her head three times, Li Hongbing couldn't help calling her daughter back.

Until the two walked into the classroom.

Li Hongbing let out a sigh of relief, and turned his head to see the playful expressions of the two brothers-in-law.

"Okay, San'er, the red flag at home is not down, the colorful flags are fluttering outside, you are playing pretty."

"Don't talk nonsense, that's my sister."

Li Hongbing's expression was extremely serious, he might have joked and scolded in the past, but now he can't make jokes.

"Really?"

The brother-in-law seldom put on such an appearance, and the two brothers-in-law put away their smiling faces.

"It's better than gold. Sister Cui and I have nothing to do. Don't talk nonsense in the future." Li Hongbing warned his brother-in-law again, "Let's go, you are not going to see the construction team."

It seems to be true.

The eldest brother-in-law and the second brother-in-law looked at each other and nodded, not discussing this issue.

Back in the village, the construction team is carrying out the roadway reconstruction project.

It turned out that the old alleyway was paved with stones, which had been in disrepair for many years, resulting in a dilapidated alleyway. You could step on a small puddle within a few steps. Li Hongbing was in a wheelchair the day before yesterday and almost fell over.

Now, according to the principle of repairing the old with the old, bluestone slabs are re-laid on the roadway, and the original 1.5-meter road width is widened to 2 meters.

"Several of you, go and pull the bluestone back, there will be no more stones soon."

Sun Qiang's voice echoed in the alley.

The workers are busy with their work, and everything seems to be in order.

On the contrary, Sun Qiang made people feel a little surprised.

When I first came to the village, I had a big back, white and fat, and I couldn't see the belt on my big belly.

Now the whole person is black and thin, with short hair, big belly has disappeared, and his voice is loud and powerful.

"Old grandson." The eldest brother-in-law waved and shouted.

Sun Qiang, who was urging the workers to pull stone materials, heard someone calling him a nickname, turned around and saw that it was the boss of the company, and hurried forward.

"Mr. Qian, when did you come?"

After speaking, he smiled at Li Hongbing again, "Doctor Li, I heard that you are awake. I have been rushing to work, and I can't take care of visiting you. Please bear with me."

Li Hongbing waved his hand and said politely, the project is important.

Seeing that the able-bodied general turned into this appearance, the elder brother-in-law said with relief, "Old Sun, you have suffered."

Hearing what the boss said, Sun Qiang almost shed tears, "Mr. Qian, don't just pick up the good ones. When will you send someone over to take over? I haven't returned to the city for more than a month, and I have forgotten what it means to be a woman."

Forehead!
The eldest brother-in-law thought that this was supposed to be a meeting between the boss and the employees, who would have thought that Sun Qiang would be so straightforward.

"Old Sun, the company really can't find any manpower. If you keep pushing, I guarantee that someone will come and take over in another week."

Top again! !

Arrange someone in a week.

Last time, last time, last time, I said the same thing, and now it’s been more than a month.

And working for the village, eating and drinking is far worse than for Dr. Li's family. Working for Dr. Li's family, there is meat and wine every day, and they do it in different ways.

It’s the village’s turn to work, every meal of cabbage, radish and potatoes, and rare meat. The workers are like wolf cubs, their eyes glow green in the middle of the night, and now they have to buy meat from outside with their own money.

Sun Qiang was depressed and his mother opened the door for depression, and depression reached home.

"That won't work, unless you send Wang Hai over, I'm not used to it without him."

A sneeze!

Far away in the city, Wang Hai sneezed while lying on his luxurious big bed, looking at the city scenery outside the window.

After staying in Caogou Village for half a month, I treated myself badly.

Although the air is good, the scenery is good, and the food is good, but there are no bars, no nightlife, and no beautiful women to accompany, it is simply a kind of torture for Wang Hai.

Fortunately, with the encouragement of Yanyang Wan, I let myself go through that painful half month.

Poor Sun Qiang, he has been working in the mountains for a month, I really don't know how he is doing.

Fortunately, I am witty.

Find a reason to run away.

Smelling the lingering fragrance left by the beauties beside him, Wang Hai felt very comfortable.

next moment.

The bedside phone rang.

I picked it up and saw that it was from Mr. Qian.

After connecting, without saying a few words, Wang Haigang burst into mourning in an instant with a contented expression.

Hanging up the phone, looking at the roof, greeted Sun Qiang's family.

……

The eldest brother-in-law put away the phone and said to Sun Qiang, "Wang Hai will enter the mountain tomorrow, so you are satisfied this time!"

At this time, Sun Qiang smiled brightly like a flower, nodded repeatedly, secretly proud.

Ma De, you go back to the city in style, and leave Lao Tzu in the mountains.

If it’s hard, we’ll have a hard time together, and if we’re going to die, we’ll die together.

"Okay, let's get down to business. How long will it take to rebuild the laneway, and the next few projects are waiting!" The eldest brother-in-law put away the smile on his face.

Sun Qiang counted the days.

"It will take at least half a month. It has been raining these days, which greatly affects the construction period."

"Then keep an eye on it. Call me if you have any questions, or you can find my brother-in-law."

As the saying goes, the county magistrate is not as good as the current one.

After all, the eldest brother-in-law is not at the construction site, and he doesn't know the environment and conditions of the site. The best way is to hand it over to Sun Qiang for management, and he only needs to be responsible for the general direction.

Saying goodbye to Sun Qiang, the three of them and one wolf came to the contracted field without stopping.

Uncle Yandai, Aunt Jinhua, Uncle Misty, and Uncle Shaved are some old people in the village who are busy in the vegetable field.

Seeing Li Hongbing coming to the field, they walked out of the vegetable field one after another.

"Red Soldier, I have something to tell you." Uncle Yandai came to Li Hongbing with a hoe and several old people.

"You say?"

"There are too many bugs in the vegetable field, they are fat and big, take a look."

While talking, Uncle Yandai took out a few cabbage caterpillars from his pocket, each of them was as thick as a finger, and they were so active that they would escape from the palm with every push.

"Hong Soldier, it's a pity that good food is spoiled by insects, or else get some medicine!" Aunt Jinhua suggested.

Before Li Hongbing could speak, the second brother-in-law at the side immediately stopped him, "Don't spray medicine, these dishes will be useless after spraying medicine."

"This is?" Uncle Yandai and the others looked blankly at the second brother-in-law who was facing him.

Li Hongbing introduced.

"This is my second brother-in-law. He is right. You can't spray medicine. If there are as many insects as there are, there will be more insects. They can't finish eating so much."

"By the way, my second brother-in-law will send someone over to fetch vegetables tomorrow. We can collect any vegetables from our field now."

pull vegetables!

Uncle Yandai and the others glanced at each other, hesitated for a moment and said.

"Bok choy, leeks, water spinach, coriander, and shallots are all ready to be picked. Carrots, red persimmons, cucumbers, and loofahs are waiting for another half a month."

Li Hongbing nodded, "These are the types, you know better than me, everyone will work hard tomorrow, do you want to find some helpers?"

Collect vegetables.

Uncle Tobacco thought for a while.

"Call Da Kui and the others, as well as the dolls of Xiucai, and we are enough. Is it on time tomorrow? Let's pick the vegetables in advance, or we will be too busy."

Hearing the name of the helper, Li Hongbing knew that the people Uncle Yandai was looking for were all villagers with whom he had a good relationship.

"Okay, you always take the time to tell them that you will be paid by the day. By the way, you old people will be paid 2000 a month, and I will bring the money tomorrow."

before leaving.

In the name of trying vegetables, the second brother-in-law brought some of every vegetable in the vegetable field.

arrive home.

The father, who was enjoying the shade under the oak tree, stretched his neck and didn't see his precious granddaughter, his face was displeased.

"Where's Anna? With those little bastards again?"

"Oh, the primary school in the village started, and I sent Anna to school, so I can't be like a crazy girl all day long." Li Hongbing responded.

The old man nodded, agreeing with the youngest son's statement that a girl should look like a girl. The granddaughter was more obedient when she first came back. She lived in the village for a while, and when she returned to the city, she was like a demon king.

He took the children of the community around all day long, committed crimes in gangs, and made parents come to complain.

"What time is school over? I'll pick her up."

"At 4:[-], it's fine if there are big flowers." Li Hongbing replied perfunctorily, looking at the second brother-in-law who had finished washing vegetables by the well, "give me some to try."

The quality of the vegetables grown in the old house's vegetable plot is definitely lower than that of the contracted fields, but Li Hongbing doesn't know how much the difference is, and he can only know after tasting it.

The eldest brother-in-law is from the north, so he likes to eat pickled vegetables. No matter what kind of vegetables, as long as there is sauce, everything can be dipped.

He reached out and grabbed a few shallots from the basket, folded them in half, stuffed them into his mouth, and started to eat them.

"How does it taste?" asked the second brother-in-law, and Li Hongbing looked at the eldest brother-in-law.

"Well, the taste is quite different. It's not as strong as before, but people who haven't eaten it shouldn't be able to tell the difference."

Doesn't taste right?

This is related to the development of future career, and there is no room for carelessness.

The second brother-in-law hurriedly picked up a small cabbage, regardless of whether it was raw, he just stuffed it into his mouth and savored it carefully.

Indeed, as the boss said, the texture and taste are half as bad as before, but the fragrance is still there.

"Three children?"

Li Hongbing shrugged his shoulders. If the quality of the vegetables in the contracted fields can be improved, and he doesn't do anything, but spends his energy on the fields every day, that's not the life he wants.

Regarding the second brother-in-law's inquiry, he could only pretend to be helpless and said, "It's not bad to be able to guarantee this quality, 40 acres of contracted land, boss."

The second brother-in-law seemed to nod with deep understanding, and helped the brother-in-law make up his mind.

This is the pros and cons of expanding the planting area. The advantage can expand production capacity, but the disadvantage is that the quality cannot be controlled. You cannot have both.

Only fall back.

"It's okay. With this quality, it can surpass the best organic vegetables currently on the market."

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(End of this chapter)