When Mou Lin came back to the well, the village chief asked curiously,""Mou Lin, did you practice long-distance running in school? Why did he run so fast? Good heavens, they arrived in the blink of an eye.”
Mou Lin was alarmed." Hehe, we have to run every day in school. We have to take the physical education exam when we graduate from the third grade. Those points were simply given to us. I'm just a rural kid. If I can't even do well in this exam, wouldn't I be completely embarrassed?”
The village chief and Master Lin turned around and thought about it." Hehe, that's true. Which child from our village isn't a frisky monkey? Her body was tough. She ran around the fields every day. When she returned home, which one of her clothes was attractive?”
"Yeah, think about how many times we were beaten up because of this when we were young. After beating him up the first day, he ran out to be mischievous the next day.”
"That's right. He goes up the tree to pick up bird eggs, and goes down the ditch to pick up crabs and fish. I still remember climbing a tree once. It was easy to climb up, but I didn't pay much attention when I got down the tree. I slipped down immediately. In the end, I tore a pair of pants into pieces. Because of this, I was beaten up by my old man, and my entire butt was smashed. For more than a day, she could not get out of bed and lay on the bed moaning. Seeing this, the old lady cried. She quickly wiped her tears and went to pick some herbs for me, mashed them and smeared them on my butt. As he was doing it, he said to me,'You really don't let me worry. Do you know how much a pair of pants costs?' It would take a month of selling eggs to buy such a pair of pants.”
Mou Lin found it strange. Nowadays, the local eggs in the village were sold for more than RMB." Master Lin, how were the eggs sold at that time?" Why is it so cheap?"
Was it strange? How could Mou Lin, a young boy, know about the days that Village Chief and Master Lin had spent when they were young?
"Haha, Mou Lin, you're doing well now, but you haven't lived the life we had. Uncle Lin, let me tell you. At that time, eggs were only five cents each. I fed seven or eight chickens at home, including a big rooster. I could earn about five eggs a day. If the chicken was not fed well, there might not be one. Every household had chickens to feed. If you didn't feed your own chickens, they might run to other people's chicken nests to lay eggs. Of course, at that time, the families were relatively poor and did not have much food to feed the chickens. It was nothing more than corn and wheat. However, even if they were fed these things, they couldn't let them eat them up. People still had to eat when they weren't eating. Unless the year was good, the pigs and chickens fed at home would have good food and could still be full. It was different now. As long as he had money, he could buy anything. Back then, it was different. Even if you had money, you might not be able to buy good things.”
Mou Lin's eyes reddened instantly. After hearing Master Lin's words, he thought of his parents. The village chief quickly gave Master Lin a look, signaling him not to continue. "Mou Lin, don't think too much. There are many ways to make money now. As long as we finish this well, the mountain top you live on will become better soon. "When the time comes, as long as you work harder and grow the vegetables well, you can sell them in town and earn a lot of money.
Also, your family has a lot of fruit trees. After picking the fruits, you can sell them for money. Also, as long as this well is repaired, the pond will no longer lack water. By then, your family can raise fish. In the past, you couldn't do this and that in the pond because people needed to eat the water inside, so the fish raised weren't fat. Now, it's not necessarily the case. When the time comes, I'll get you some grass and fish fry. As long as you don't slack off and pull two handfuls of grass and throw them inside every day, the fish will grow a few pounds during the New Year. Let's make a deal here. If you earn money, don't forget about me and Master Lin. You must treat us to a few drinks.”
Mou Lin wiped away his tears and patted his chest." Don't worry, Village Chief. I can't forget the villagers." If I really earn money, I'll definitely invite you guys to my house and have a few drinks.”
Master Lin fixed the corners of the well while chatting with Mou Lin and the village chief. The uneven areas were quickly repaired. The next step was to carry the stones over. Originally, the village chief and Master Lin didn't want him to do it because Mou Lin was still young, but Mou Lin didn't allow it.
"Uncle Village Chief, Master Lin, look at me. I'm already 16 years old and can be considered half an adult. I should be able to do this kind of work, right? Wasn't it just lifting a rock? That stone doesn't look heavy. Can you let me try it? Also, Master Lin was in charge of installing the stones. If they were also in charge of carrying the stones, the speed would be much slower.”
Master Lin still wanted the living cement, so he agreed without thinking too much. The village chief looked at Mou Lin with a complicated expression." Okay, I promise you. Now that your mother and old man are gone, you have to get these things as soon as possible." In the past, Master Lin had gone to learn craftsmanship from his master when he was fourteen years old. You're two years older than him. I also started learning how to plow the fields and build ridges when I was sixteen.”
What Mou Lin lacked the most now was money. If he wanted money in the countryside, he could only rely on the crops in the fields. Although he used to do farm work with his mother, he didn't really understand how to do it. He just knew a little more than other children of his age. "Uncle Village Chief, is there any trick to doing farm work?”
The village chief was stunned for a moment. He had never thought of such a problem. After all, he was a cadre. He was only stunned for a moment before he quickly recovered. He smiled lightly." Hehe, what's the secret to doing farm work? Even if there was, it was just the word 'diligent.' If he wanted to do a good job, he had to be diligent and not lazy. If people were lazy for a day, the crops would be lazy for a year. You've been in a bad mood these few days, and the matter of digging the well has been delayed. After we finish this well today, you should go and tidy up the vegetable field. At the very least, he had to pluck the grass in the vegetable field and throw away the wastrels in the seedling field. Those things could affect the fertility of the seedlings. When I came over just now, I took a look at the seedling field. There are quite a number of grasshoppers. It's time to apply pesticide.”
Mou Lin didn't want to apply pesticide. He was thinking about other ways to kill insects, but he didn't disobey the village chief. He just nodded. The village chief didn't think much of it, thinking that Mou Lin knew.
The two of them came to the place where the stones were piled up and tied one of the stones with an iron chain. Then, they strung the pole in it and began to lift it up.
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