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Chapter 262 Preparing to tell Lao Ganbang his daughter-in-law
After the Mid-Autumn Festival, the villagers began to plow the land one after another to prepare for the sowing of winter wheat.

The root system of winter wheat is relatively weak, so deep plowing is important. Before sowing, the soil must be plowed finely to remove stones and weeds in the soil, and break up the agglomerated soil, so that the winter wheat can grow better. Inside the soil, more nutrients are absorbed, thereby promoting the rooting and germination of winter wheat plants.

And before sowing, we need to add decomposed organic fertilizer to the soil to improve the fertility of the soil. The manure and wheat rhizome straw that were retting in advance during the summer harvest will come in handy at this time.

Ma Renli is rich in theoretical knowledge, but has little practical experience. Wang Zhong's theoretical knowledge is only much more than Ma Renli's. All kinds of agricultural books handed down in ancient times are basically in Wang Zhong's mind. In the dungeon, I also ran a big farm. I did it myself and opened hundreds of acres of land. I have accumulated a lot of experience in the Gobi Desert in Yuquanying.

Although Yuquanying is far in the northwest, it also grows winter wheat. The time is slightly different from that of Maixiang Village, but the management of winter wheat is almost the same.

Coupled with the prestige accumulated by Wang Zhong before, although the few people in the mutual aid group are veterans of farming for many years, they still cultivate according to Wang Zhong's method.

When the wheat seeds were all in the ground, the first phase of the water diversion irrigation project officially started. Wang Zhong took Lao Ganbang, blind Lao Yin and several carpenters began to rush to the waterwheel and the overturned cart. Some of the wood was gathered by the villagers, and some It was Zhou Yihu and Wang Wanchun who went to the county to seek alms from the leaders.

After the county leaders heard about the water diversion and irrigation project in Maixiang Village, they sent someone with knowledge of water conservancy to give advice.

The excavation of irrigation canals and weir ponds is not too difficult. Wang Zhong and Ma Renli have already calculated the route, slope and trend a while ago, and the villagers only need to be responsible. A group of strong laborers worked together, counting the days of rain and rest, it took a total of 20 days before Ma Renli led the villagers to put the canals and weir ponds in the first stage and the irrigation canals leading to all the fields in the first stage. It was dug up.

Fortunately, Wang Zhong, Lao Ganbang, and Lao Yin were responsible for the waterwheel. Fortunately, they started to make it before the autumn broadcast. Wang Zhong’s mutual aid team was also the first to complete the autumn broadcast. Continue to prepare the materials for the waterwheel.

Lao Ganbang's workmanship is not as good, and some fine parts are not up to standard, but simple tasks such as wooden troughs are not difficult for him. In addition to Lao Ganbang, there are a few people who can do carpentry in the village. For the irrigation project involving the whole village, everyone naturally had to spend [-] percent of their energy.

Adding up the whole process, it took more than a month. Ma Renli led his men to start the excavation of the second phase of the project for three or four days. The wheat in the field has sprouted. The waterwheel was finally finished.

Seeing that the waterwheel had been fixed properly, Wang Zhongcai led the people to install the tripod, fixed the aqueduct that had already been made, and connected it to the canal before installing the last horizontal trough parallel to the waterwheel. The water from the waterwheel fell into the The horizontal trough then flows into the aqueduct below the horizontal trough, and then flows into the trapezoidal ditch that has been dug already.

The walls on both sides and bottom of the trapezoidal ditch are all hammered and compacted, which can ensure the service life of the rough soil ditch to the greatest extent and reduce the cost of later maintenance.

"There's water! There's water!"

Looking at the Maixiang River flowing through the canal, the villagers were very excited, but the first weir pond about [-] meters away from the waterwheel was two meters deep, five meters square, and could store eight or nine cubic meters of water. about.

Drinking water flows into the weir pond from the ditch, and when it is almost full, it will flow into the ground from the outlet along the ditch leading to the ground. Seeing that water began to appear in the weir pond, because the river washed away the soil at first, the water It becomes turbid, but as long as time passes, the muddy water will eventually become lighter.

Knowing that it will take time for the weir pond to accumulate water, the villagers around the side have no intention of leaving. They stand or squat one by one, waiting by the weir pond, watching the water in the weir pond rise higher and higher, not only He didn't feel bored at all, instead he became nervous and excited, and his heart became more and more looking forward to it.

Seeing that the water in the weir pond was getting higher and higher, the villagers became more and more excited.

When the water line of Yantang Li was higher than the irrigation ditch, the water finally flowed along the ditch towards the fields. The villagers were all excited, and subconsciously followed the ditch and followed the water all the way to the field. go.

Seeing the successful completion of the first phase of the project, and the smooth arrival of the Maixiang River to all the planned fields, the entire Maixiang Village couldn't help but rejoice.

This means that in the future, the villagers will no longer need to carry water from the river to the ground with shoulders. It also means that even in the dry and rainy season, as long as the water level of the Maixiang River does not dry up, Maixiang Village can always be watered with wheat. Xianghe water.

The successful completion of the first phase of the project alarmed the leaders of the county. The top leaders of the county came down to inspect in person. After seeing the first phase of the irrigation project in Maixiang Village, they immediately gave a thumbs up. The reporter gave a very high praise, and also gave verbal rewards to Zhou Yihu and Wang Wanchun, the two leaders of Maixiang Village, and said that they would give them credit.

With the end of the first phase of the project, the villagers showed unprecedented enthusiasm for the second phase of the project. The second phase of the project is more complicated and much more difficult than the first phase of the project, but none of the villagers complained of suffering or tiredness. All showed unprecedented high emotions. It took less than a month to complete the second phase of the project in the late October of the lunar calendar.

The production of a rollover is much simpler than that of a waterwheel, but the only disadvantage is that the rollover cannot be automated by using hydraulic power like a waterwheel, and the rollover must be driven by external force.

Now that the autumn plowing has long since ended, the cattle in the village have been idled, which is just in time for use.

With the successful completion of the second phase of the project, under the unified arrangement of the village and the peasant association, the remaining wheat fields in Maixiang Village have basically been irrigated in only five days, except for a few scattered areas that are particularly remote and limited in location. The ditches are temporarily impassable.

But Wang Zhong and Lao Ganbang had already made small wooden troughs, set up troughs to divert water from the canal, and successfully completed the winter irrigation.

With the successful completion of the first and second phases of the water conservancy project in Maixiang Village, Wang Zhong's prestige in the village has risen to a new level. The villagers praised him, and everyone gave a thumbs up when they talked about Wang Zhong.

Even Ma Renli, a son of a landlord, has gained a lot of goodwill. The attitude of the villagers towards Ma Renli has undergone a great change. They no longer have prejudice against him as before. Greeted Ma Renli.

Delighted by Ma Renli, he found Wang Zhong with two bottles of Laobaigan, got very drunk and passed out.

It's not just Maixiang Village, the leader has praised Maixiang Village, Zhou Yihu, Wang Zhong and others at several meetings in the county, so that all the villages and towns below can learn from Maixiang Village, but in just a few days, Wang Zhong and Ma Renli's The name followed the name of Maixiang Village and spread throughout the ten miles and eight villages.

People come to Wang Zhong and Ma Renli for advice every day. Wang Zhong knows that in this age, fame is important to him, and this kind of thing is beneficial to others and not harmful to himself. Wang Zhong and Ma Renli are natural to those who come. It is to know everything and say everything.

But what Wang Zhong didn't expect was that among the people looking for him, there would be a girl.

Two big braids hang down in front of the shoulders, a floral padded jacket, a pair of padded trousers, an oval face, a little delicate eyebrows, looks smart and capable, speaks very sharply, but there seems to be a bit mean.

"Hello! Are you Comrade Wang Zhong?"

Wang Zhong looked at the neat and capable girl in front of him and nodded, "I am Wang Zhong."

"My name is Han Meili, and I'm from Jixian Village next door!" Han Meili grinned, and extended her hand generously to Wang Zhong.

Wang Zhong and Han Meili shook hands, and immediately let go: "So it's Comrade Han, hello, I don't know what business Comrade Han wants me for?"

"I came to Maixiang Village to visit your water diversion irrigation project and ask Comrade Wang Zhong for his experience."

Wang Zhongdao: "So that's the case, no problem, let's go and have a look?"

Han Meili was a good person at the beginning. She was straightforward and capable. She acted like a strong man, but she was not so domineering and aloof. She was still very likable.

As for the later stage, it is a matter of opinion.

He led Han Meili to stroll from the waterwheel to the irrigation canal, looked around from beginning to end, and roughly introduced the principle, and the rest was mostly chat.

For example, Han Meili asked curiously: "Comrade Wang Zhong, how did you and Comrade Ma Renli come up with such a big project?"

Those bright eyes were full of admiration.

Wang Zhong replied with a smile: "The water wheel was invented by our ancestors more than 1000 years ago. Let's not talk about the south, but our north, Gansu, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Hebei, and our Shandong. There are waterwheels in most areas. Because of the different terrain and terrain, the size and structure of the waterwheels are also different. When I was fleeing famine in the early years, I went to many places, learned a few crafts, and saw a lot of water diversion and digging canals for irrigation. For example, Ma Renli worked as a librarian in Yanjing, and the two of us did it together and theorized it together, so it doesn’t matter if we add it up.”

"Why didn't you see Comrade Ma Renli today?" Han Meili asked.

Wang Zhong said: "It's not a coincidence that you came here, Ma Renli happened to go to the county seat today, maybe when he will come back."

The two walked and talked.

Han Meili suddenly pointed to the overturned car at the weir pond curiously and asked, "Then why don't we use a waterwheel driven by water power here, but use this kind of overturned car that needs external force?"

Both the waterwheel and the rollover were introduced by Wang Zhong to Han Meili just now.

Wang Zhong smiled and said: "The waterwheel is indeed good, but the amount of water we bring up from the Maixiang River is not large, and we have to consider the direction and slope of the canal, so the speed of the water flow cannot be fast, and such a large The size of the waterwheel must not be too small for a tall car. The bigger the waterwheel, the stronger the thrust needed. With the little water we bring up, neither the speed nor the volume is enough to drive such a large waterwheel. For the time being, it can only be replaced by a rollover."

"So that's how it is." Han Meili said.

"I heard that Ma Renli is the son of a landlord. His father, Ma Datou, is the biggest rich man in your Maixiang Village. Most of the land in Maixiang Village belongs to his family. Since Ma Renli knows so much, why didn't his family think about it before?" What about building waterwheels and digging ditches?"

Han Meili is a more serious person.

Wang Zhong smiled and said: "Didn't Ma Renli go to Yanjing to study at that time? Although Ma Datou's family had a lot of fields, he was not well-educated, and at that time Ma Datou didn't have to work in the fields by himself. Watering is done by poor tenant farmers like us. Even if the food is grown, most of it is taken away by Ma Datou. The villagers wish they could grow in the field all year round. How can they have so much effort and thought? These things."

"Whether it's digging canals or building waterwheels, it's not something a family can do."

"But it's different now. We have dozens of households in Maixiang Village, more than 100 people, and every household is divided into land. As long as the taxes are paid for the food grown, the rest is their own. Everyone feels a sense of urgency. The purpose of building water trucks and digging irrigation canals is to make the crops drink water and increase the grain production in the fields. The villagers have a steelyard in their hearts, knowing that this is only good for us big guys, not bad, so Everyone can be twisted into one rope, and all their strength can be exerted in one place, and the big guys work together, which is naturally different from before."

Han Meili suddenly realized, with a bright smile on her face, she said a lot of praise for the organization and policies.

Wang Zhong also agreed with Han Meili's words.

If there is no organization, ordinary people like them living at the bottom, their children and grandchildren, will probably be exploited and oppressed.

Wang Zhong invited Han Meili to have lunch. The yellow steamed buns made of stick noodles consisted of scrambled eggs with chives and a plate of bean sprouts. He sent Han Meili away after eating.

When Han Meili left, she said that when she was free, she would definitely come to ask Wang Zhong for advice and learn from Wang Zhong.

Winter is getting into, I don’t know when, the sky is gradually snowing, and the weather is getting colder and colder. If the villagers are okay, they all stay at home, sit on the kang, or a few people go to a family to visit and sit down. On a kang, close the doors and windows, talk and chat.

The same is true for the women. During the slack season, they still have to mend clothes, knit sweaters, make shoes, and clean up the house.

At this time in previous years, Lao Ganbang would smoke and chat with others, but this year was different. Those who asked Wang Zhong to order windmills and threshing machines had already queued up until the end of the year. Lao Ganbang had breakfast every day at dawn He ran to Wang Zhong's house, and returned home after work when it was getting dark.

Most of those who came to Wang Zhong to get a windmill thresher came from one village to another, and their wages were settled with grain, or wheat, corn, or soybeans.

At first, Wang Zhong wanted to share with Lao Ganbang Sanqi, but Lao Ganbang was unwilling, so he insisted that Wang Zhong was teaching him the craft, and he also took care of his meals twice a day. There has never been a precedent for starting wages, and the jobs are all taken by Wang Zhong. If there is no Wang Zhong, the old gang will not be able to take these jobs.

But Wang Zhong said, now that they are all liberated, it is a new era, and the old ideas of the past can no longer be used. If wages are not paid, then Wang Zhong will be the same as Ma Datou. In the end, the two of them broke up Pulling it off, Lao Ganbang reluctantly agreed to [-] percent.

Even if they only get [-]%, the windmills the two of them built this year also allowed Lao Ganbang to earn a lot of food, and he was able to live a rich and fat year.

On this day, it was snowing outside, and the two of them huddled in the big room on the south side of the West Wing, chatting while working, and with half a year of hard training and Wang Zhong's unreserved guidance, the veteran bandits made great progress. , now it is possible to make windmills and threshers independently, and the large waterwheels are a little bit worse.

Wang Zhong asked: "Old Ganbang, how old are you this year?"

The old man said, "It's 29!"

Wang Zhong said: "29, it's time to ask for a daughter-in-law."

Old Ganbang blushed: "I'm so old, how can any girl like me."

"Now you want to be skilled in your craft, and you want to have a field, no girl will look down on you!" Wang Zhong said with a smile: "And now that your craft is so good that you can make your own windmill, the share between us should also change. It's changed."

"No!" Lao Ganbang refused in one gulp!

"Listen to me first." Wang Zhong said earnestly: "With your current craftsmanship, it is no problem even if you take over the job to make windmills for others, but one person is not as fast as two people after all, and when assembling, the two It is also easier for individuals, and windmills and threshing machines are not disposable items, we have enough materials for both, and the craftsmanship is good, so it will not be a problem to use them for decades.”

"We don't count the previous ones. From the time the irrigation canal was completed until now, we have built a total of three windmills and two pedal threshers. I have done more work than you and faster than you, so we will follow As I said before, [-]% is divided into [-]%, you get [-]% and I get [-]%.

"Big Worm, I..." Lao Ganbang wanted to say something, but was interrupted by Wang Zhong raising his hand.

"Listen to me first. What I just said has already been delivered. Let's build a windmill, and the wages are ten liters of wheat. For a thresher, it is twelve liters of wheat. If corn and soybeans, It needs more. Let’s keep it simple. I’ll count it as wheat for you. Three windmills are 24 liters. If it’s just over seven liters, let’s count it as seven liters, adding up to sixteen liters.”

"Sixteen liters? No, no, too much, too much!" Lao Ganbang's voice suddenly rose, and he refused again and again, with a sincere expression, definitely not a fake.

"Now it's not like before. Every household has divided the fields. We have been working for almost two months, and you have only divided [-] liters, which is only [-] catties after conversion, which is not too much."

"No, no, why don't you fold it in half!" Lao Gan sticks.

Wang Zhong sighed, patted Lao Ganbang's arm, and said, "Old Ganbang, you are already 29, and you are the only seedling in your family, and the days are getting better now, if you don't Marry a daughter-in-law and come back, are you worthy of your parents' spirits in heaven?"

"When you go to visit the graves of your parents and ancestors during the holidays, don't you feel ashamed and flustered!"

If it is not soft enough, add some firmness.

Sure enough, as soon as Wang Zhong said this, Lao Ganbang's face changed, and he lowered his head with guilt.

Wang Zhong walked up to Lao Ganbang, patted him on the shoulder, and said: "The most important thing for us now is to find a wife for you first, and it is best to get married this year, and give birth to a big fat boy by this time next year." , to pass on the family lineage to your family and continue the incense."

Lao Ganbang looked up at Wang Chong and said, "Da Chong, I know your intentions are good, but you haven't married a wife yet!"

Wang Zhong smiled and said: "How old am I, how old are you, and I have both skills and strength, and I can also take care of the fields well. I must choose slowly and find a handsome and virtuous daughter-in-law." , besides, I got much more than you."

"But you are already 29, and you will be [-] when you turn the year. Before you reach [-], you are still young, so hurry up and find a big girl with a yellow flower to be your wife, or wait a few years, and you want to find a big girl with a big yellow flower." It's not that easy for a girl."

Lao Ganbang was very entangled. In his heart, Wang Zhong taught him skills and took him to work, just like his master. Although Wang Zhong was younger than himself, in Lao Ganbang's heart, he had already regarded Wang Zhong as a benefactor. Being a teacher every day and a father all his life, Lao Ganbang is kind-hearted, upright, and simple-minded, so naturally he doesn't want to take advantage of Wang Zhong.

But what Wang Zhong said just now really touched his heart. In the past, he had no conditions. The poor family looked down on him, and he was not a daughter-in-law. Now he has land, and the family has no shortage of food. Once you know your skills, you can naturally think about the two things of marrying a wife and passing on the family line.

Looking at the tangled expression on Lao Ganbang's face, Wang Zhong knew what Lao Ganbang was thinking: "I know, you must feel that you have taken advantage of me."

Lao Ganbang looked at Wang Zhong and said sincerely, "If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have had the chance to earn these wheat at all."

Wang Zhong smiled and said, "But without your help, I wouldn't be able to earn so much food by myself."

"So, don't be burdened in your heart. I teach you crafts so that you can get started quickly. Let's make more windmills and threshers, earn more food, and hone our crafts along the way. Maybe next year someone will come to us to build waterwheels!"

Lao Ganbang suddenly knelt down and was about to kowtow to Wang Zhong, but Wang Zhong had quick eyesight and quick hands, and he grabbed Lao Ganbang.

Wang Zhong also said with a face of blame: "What are you doing!"

Wang Zhong's strength is incomparable to Lao Ganbang, so he could only choke up and say: "Big worm, I'm stupid, I don't know how to thank you, but you are so kind to me. , all I can think of is to kowtow to you."

"Brother Youdao!" Wang Zhong didn't call me Lao Ganbang any more, "It's a good saying, distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors. I'm alone, and I don't have any relatives to help me. If you really want to thank me, you can take care of me in the village from now on. Take care of me, practice your skills with your heart, and let's earn more food together."

"Don't worry, I will not let you down!" Niu Youdao gritted his teeth and said firmly.

Wang Zhong let go of Niu Youdao, and said with a smile, "Brother Youdao, when Niu Boldly went to Yang Deng'er's house to propose marriage, the dowry gift was only three liters of wheat. For the sixteen liters of wheat, you take out ten liters and add ten more. Eggs, I’m tearing off a few feet of cloth, as a bride price, and then hire a matchmaker…”

"By the way, I haven't asked you yet, what kind of girl do you like? Pretty? Slim?"

Niu Youdao blushed slightly: "I don't dare to ask for anything with my conditions. It doesn't matter if you are handsome or not, as long as you are honest and work hard."

Wang nodded his head and said: "Then find someone who is well-rounded, with big breasts and round buttocks, who is easy to give birth to."

Niu Youdao giggled silly: "..."

(End of this chapter)