Traveling through the famine years with the system to raise cubs

Jiang Ling continued to encourage Jiang Yaojie to continue speaking.

Jiang Yaojie took a deep breath and continued: "We can put bamboo on the dug ditch. Bamboo is very resistant to decay, and it won't rot after soaking in water for three to five years. The diameter of the bamboo in the back mountain is thick enough. Split the bamboos in the middle and put them in the ditch in groups of two. "

"If we encounter a bent bamboo, we can also cut it into small pieces. Although it will still leak water, it is at least much better than directing water into the ditch."

Mrs. Lu was dumbfounded by Jiang Yaojie's words, but soon there were discordant voices from the crowd.

"Jiang Yaojie, you don't have the strength to restrain a chicken. You don't know how hard it is to dig a ditch! Not to mention how deep we have to dig this ditch, do you know how far it is from the white-haired lady's cave to our field ridge?" It's Wang Laizi, he said impatiently, digging his nostrils with his hands.

Wang Laizi is notoriously lazy in Lujia Village. Once the village organizes collective work, he hides whenever he can, and escapes whenever he can. Today, he was the first to object when he heard that ditches were going to be dug. Wang Laizi He was not from the village, and the village chief couldn't say anything, so he could only give him a hard look.

Jiang Yaojie was a little dazed by what Wang Laizi said, and stood there awkwardly, looking in Jiang Ling's direction.

Jiang Ling didn't speak, picked up the prepared shovel and went to the wasteland aside and said to everyone: "Digging ditches is about working together. There should be a lot of young and middle-aged men in our village. Everyone dig a little bit." , that is a very long distance!"

Jiang Ling picked up the shovel and began to dig on the wasteland while talking. After a while, a ditch began to appear. Jiang Ling stopped the shovel, wiped the sweat from his forehead and said to everyone: "I am a weak woman in such a short I can dig such a long ditch in as little time as I can, so are the young and middle-aged men in our village not as good as me?"

When everyone heard Jiang Ling's words, they all cast their eyes on the ditch Jiang Ling dug, and the whispers gradually became louder again.

"Village chief, Xiaohao from our family was the first to sign up for digging ditches. I am not from your Lu family village, but when we found food before, you pity our orphans and widows and specially distributed [-] catties to our family. Without you I'm afraid I'll hang myself on the beam of my house for the twenty catties, village chief, don't dislike our Xiaohao for being young, he has great strength!"

The woman who spoke was called Sun, who fled to Lujia Village with her son in the early years. The village chief thought their orphans and widows were pitiful, so he let them stay in Lujia Village, and temporarily gave Sun two acres of wasteland on credit to solve their livelihood problems.

Over the years, Mrs. Sun has been thinking of the village chief's kindness in saving their orphans and widows. Now that no one has come forward to dig the canal, she hastily pushed her son Feng Hao out.

"Grandpa Village Chief, don't look at my young age, I'm very strong!" Feng Hao said and patted his arm.

Seeing this, the village head narrowed his eyes, praised several times, and then looked at the crowd with a cold expression and said: "I don't care about people with surnames outside the village, at least every family with the original surname of the Lu family will send one person to participate in the ditches digging! Trying to fish in troubled waters, I will record every person who comes out of the family..."

Speaking of the village chief, he paused for a moment, then glanced at the crowd and continued: "Digging ditches is not compulsory, but those who do not participate without reason, the water from the ditches will not be diverted to their own fields!"

"Okay, everyone, make some preparations and gather at the Lu Family Ancestral Hall later!" After finishing speaking, the village chief waved his hand to signal everyone to disperse.

"Yaojie, don't tire yourself out later, do you hear me?" Jiang Ling whispered in Jiang Yaojie's ear.

Jiang Yaojie nodded, he glanced at Jiang Ling hesitantly, and asked cautiously: "Mother... just... I didn't embarrass you just now, did I?" '

"Silly son, what are you talking about! How could you embarrass your mother, you are my mother's pride!" Jiang Ling comforted with a gentle smile.

Jiang Yaojie was in a good mood after being told by Jiang Ling, and he gradually became more confident, even walking straight.

Jiang Ling was very happy to see Jiang Yaojie's change.

back home.

Jiang Ling briefly talked about what the village head explained just now. At first, Jiang Ling didn't want the two daughters to participate, but after thinking about it, Jiang Yaojie couldn't do all the hard work.

But there is still a little doll at home, and I can't take it with me.

Jiang Ling looked at Jiang Suhe after weighing it up and said, "Suihe, can you and your mother chop bamboo and make firecrackers later?"

Before Jiang Suhe could speak, Jiang Wenxi ran over.

The whole person twisted and climbed onto Jiang Ling like a gummy candy and whispered to Jiang Ling coquettishly: "Mother, don't let the eldest sister go, I will go with you! The eldest sister has been working hard recently! I saw her sneaking on the ground several times Write what!"

Jiang Wenxi's words reminded Jiang Ling.

Jiang Lingmeng remembered that he had promised Jiang Suihe that he would send her to study.

In the past few days, the matter of the boulder and the water source has disturbed her, and she has forgotten such an important matter!

Jiang Ling quickly patted his head and thought to himself: "When the water source is solved, I have to go to Changning Town. Sui He is getting old, so I can't delay studying for a day!"

"Wen Xi, you and your mother will go to the back mountain to chop bamboo at that time, Sui He, take care of Nian Ci!" Jiang Ling arranged.

Jiang Suhe looked at Jiang Ling and Jiang Wenxi with some hesitation, but Jiang Wenxi blinked at Jiang Suhe, and secretly gave Jiang Suhe a silent gesture.

Jiang Ling saw all this, and Jiang Ling only felt that the three children had their own merits.

Although Jiang Yaojie is sensitive, he has excellent observation skills. Jiang Suihe is a girl who is very talented in reading and writing. The youngest Jiang Wenxi seems to be very emotional, but in fact he has the most eyes among the three children.

"Yaojie, Wenxi, let's go, Sui He takes good care of Nianci!" Jiang Ling said, leading the two children towards the Lu Family Ancestral Hall.

Jiang Ling and the two children walked to the Lu family's ancestral hall, where many people were already surrounded. The grandson of the village chief, Lu Gousheng, was sitting on a chair and earnestly registering the names of the visitors.

Jiang Ling walked over and said to Lu Gousheng: "Gousheng, there are two people from our family, one is Jiang Yaojie and the other is Jiang Wenxi."

Lu Gousheng looked up at Jiang Ling, lowered his head and wrote seriously on the paper: "Quanquanjie and Quanquanquan."

Jiang Ling looked at Lu Gousheng's crooked characters, and his temples couldn't help but twitch. In his memory, there didn't seem to be a single scholar in Lujiacun. Before that, Lu Gousheng had learned reading from a teacher in the town for several months. Literate, this is already considered the most educated person in Lujia Village.

Jiang Ling couldn't help sighing, and the desire to send all four children out became more and more intense in her heart. Jiang Ling really didn't want her four children to spend their lives in a hurry with their faces turned to the loess and their backs to the sky.

"We need to be divided into two groups now. One group will go to the back mountain to dig bamboo, and the other group will dig ditches. Now I will assign a list of personnel..." The village chief said as soon as he saw that everyone was almost there.