leisurely little farmer

Chapter 18 Gossip
The next day, the sky was clear and there was not a single cloud in the sky. The sun scorched the ground very hot; a gust of southerly wind blew up a wave of heat from the ground, burning and suffocating.The weeds couldn't stand the sun, and the leaves were curled into thin strips.Every afternoon, people always feel tired easily, as if they just woke up, groggy and do not want to move.Even the little birds in the woods rested on the trees with their mouths open, too lazy to fly out for food.

"It's such a hot day, I'm going to visit the old house. The work can be completed in two days. It's so hot today, so I'd better make a phone call and ask someone to bring over some cold drinks and popsicles." After speaking, Zhao Long quickly dialed a Telephone.

"Hey, boss xxx, can you send me some cold drinks and popsicles (meaning ice cream) to the road in our village?" Asked
"You can give it as a gift. The refrigerator you bought from my elder brother is not a problem. However, I'm afraid..." the other party said.

Zhao Longfei thought about it for a while, but it was a problem, and he hurriedly said: "Boss, how about this way, you go on our way, try to walk half way, I will pick you up halfway, and in addition, I will pay you an extra ten yuan. How about picking things up halfway?"

"Then... that's fine, let's do it like this!" The boss readily agreed.

Just as Zhao Long hung up the phone, he was thinking about how to pick up the things. At this time, Tingting came, and Zhao Long suddenly had an idea, "Isn't the help coming?" Zhao Long looked at Tingting and said.

"Brother, why are you here to help? What can you help?" Tingting asked.

Zhao Long didn't expect the girl to hear him speak and hurriedly said: "Tingting, it's very hot today, do you want to eat popsicles (meaning ice cream)?"

"Brother, where is it? Of course I want to eat it. I haven't eaten any this summer. Before, I remember someone riding a bicycle with a wooden frame tied to the back of the car. A wine bottle was exchanged for 2 bean paste popsicles. , now that few people come here in recent years, they won't come this year." Tingting said.

"That's right, I also ate it when I was young. A beer bottle was exchanged for a popsicle. Now that the road is hard to walk, of course they won't come. Does Tingting really want to eat it?" Zhao Longyou deliberately asked. .

"I want to eat, I want to eat, do you have it today? Then I'll get some more wine bottles and wait." Tingting asked.

"Hehe, no, if they don't come, we need to go get them. I bought a box of delicious popsicles and other drinks. I can't finish them all by myself. Come with me, okay?" Zhao Long said.

"Okay, okay, let's go, where are we going, the county seat?" Tingting asked.

"You'll know when you arrive, go quickly, it will get hotter and hotter, go..." Zhou Long took Tingting away
Not long after, Zhao Long and Tingting brought back all the popsicles and cold drinks, and quickly put them in the refrigerator.

"Mom! I just bought some popsicles for the refrigerator at home. It's too hot, so I need to eat some." Zhao Long said hurriedly when his mother came in.

"Is there anyone here to sell popsicles? Why didn't you hear the sound?" Mother asked curiously.

"I called and asked someone to deliver it, Tingting, eat it quickly, this one is chocolate and delicious, get one for your aunt too." Zhao Long said to Tingting.

Tingting took three out and handed one to Zhao Long's mother and one to Zhao Long. Zhao Long didn't eat it, but Zhao Long's mother took a bite and said, "Yo, this is really delicious, better than the wine bottles in the village. too much."

"Delicious, delicious, brother, if you don't eat this, I'll help you eat it, haha." Tingting said, shaking the popsicle in her hand.

Zhao Long was speechless for a moment, his mother looked at Tingting and smiled, and started eating on her own.

Afterwards, Tingting ran to Zhao Long and said secretly: "Brother, I want to give one of my best friends to eat, okay?"

"Okay, okay, take it, you don't want to spoil your stomach, you know?" Zhao Long said

"Thank you brother" said, took one, went to find my good friend
"Mom, I'll go to the old house. The work will be finished in two days. I'll go and have a look and bring them some water," Zhao Long said.

"Okay, let's go." Mom said

At this time, the village chief just passed by the door of Zhao Long's house, and seeing Tingting running out, he entered Zhao Long's house suspiciously.

"Zhao Long, why did Tingting run so fast?" said the village chief.

"The village chief is here, sit down and smoke a cigarette. I bought some popsicles just now, and she gave them to her good friend. Do you want to try the village chief too?" Zhao Long asked

"No, no, I can't stand this tooth," said the village head

"Then village chief, you have some drinks, Sprite, you have some." Zhao Long said

"Okay, let me try it. By the way, your big bag of packaged mineral water is still iced. What is it for?" the village chief asked.
"It's too hot today. I bought ice water for the workers to avoid heatstroke. I'm going to the old house. No, I'm going to finish the work in two days. It's so hot that nothing can happen. After I go to the old house to see, I also want to go to the river to see the condition of the mussels, and I want to take some time to lead everyone to go again, and, not every day, only when the wind blows to our side, will they climb to our side On the shore, this is also the habit of mussels," said Zhao Long.

"So that's the case, no wonder, someone told me just now that I didn't find anything by the river, so that's the reason, then let me go with you, it's really good that you can consider the hard work of the workers, the village The chief will go with you." After speaking, the village chief stood up.
Afterwards, the village chief and Zhao Long came to Zhao Long's old house with ice water in their arms. Seeing that the workers were busy, they hurriedly greeted them.

"Folks, Zhao Long bought ice water. I'm afraid you will suffer from heat stroke. Come down and drink some." Afterwards, when the villagers heard that there was still ice water, they put down their work and came down to rest. When the cigarettes were handed over, the workers happily accepted them.

Afterwards, the three old uncles also came down. Zhao Long quickly took them and handed them some cigarettes. Afterwards, he sat down with Zhao Long and the village chief.

"Zhao Long, this old house was supposed to end tomorrow, but it's too hot, so it will be two days later, and it will all end before the sun goes down the day after tomorrow." The old uncles said.

"As long as it's hot, everyone should take a rest. Don't worry about these two days. Safety is my top concern. It doesn't matter if it's two days late." Zhao Long said

Afterwards, the three of them continued chatting for a while. One of them wanted to work in Shangqiu. Seeing that it was too hot, Zhao Long said, "Dear folks, old uncle, it's too hot now. It's okay to take an extra half hour rest. It's all yours." Work in the countryside, it’s okay, rest more, I have cigarettes here, let’s smoke them.” Zhao Long gave a whole pack of cigarettes to the villagers.

"College students are different. After you finish smoking, take a rest and work hard. Don't disappoint college students. Come on, smoke!" A worker said happily while taking the cigarettes.
Seeing such a scene, the village head said to himself: "Our college students are different if they have knowledge. After being tempered by the city, they are becoming more and more sensible. It seems that our village is really going to turn around."

The old masters nodded when they heard the village chief say this, and said: "Yes, I have been working for most of my life, and I am not as happy as this time. I also led our villagers to catch a lot of those mussels in my family. My wife went fishing and earned 500 yuan, plus the work I do here, in just a few days, I have almost earned a year’s worth of money.”

The master chefs nodded deeply when they heard this, and they are all waiting to catch some mussels next time.

"By the way, Zhao Long said that he will go to the river to have a look later, and then, in the past two days, he will take everyone to catch some river mussels. Fishing this is also very particular, and many people have not caught one. Zhao Long Said, this has something to do with the direction of the wind, we still have to rely on Zhao Long, everyone can't be in a hurry." The village chief said to everyone.

Afterwards, everyone finished smoking and started to work. The village head saw that he had nothing to do with himself, so he went back too. After Zhao Long greeted the village head and the old uncle, he walked towards the back mountain.

"Today's wind direction should be a bit of a river, bring it back and put it in my space. If it is as I think, it will be great. I can't let the villagers down." Zhao Long was thinking in his heart as he walked. with me

Soon came to the dam of the river embankment...

(End of this chapter)