My 1995 Small Farm

  Chapter 524 The Big Hole in the Cornfield

the next day.

   It's time to water the ground.

  Chen Ling woke up early and rushed back.

  Dig the diversion ditch together with my uncle.

  It hasn't rained much these days, and there are fewer mushrooms in the mountains, so Wang Qingwen didn't bother to go today.

   Just watering corn with my brother-in-law at home.

   Fortunately, there has been no drought in the past two years. There is water in the ditches near the farm, and there are more springs on the mountain, and the water flow is not small.

   There is no shortage of water for irrigation.

otherwise.

  The north side of the village at the foot of the mountain is far away from the reservoir. There is no stone canal leading to the ground. It is very troublesome to use a motorized well to pump groundwater.

   "Fugui, I told you that you must get up early and start working when the weather is cool. Your sister-in-law still doesn't believe it, saying that you can't get up after drinking too much... Hey, let's help you."

  Chen Ling and his wife were digging ditches, while Wang Jusheng and his wife came over with their daughter and daughter, carrying a shovel, black rubber shoes, and straw hats on their heads.

  It's still early, and the show ended late last night, and the two little guys behind them were still yawning as they walked.

  When he saw him, he called Uncle Fugui in a daze.

   "Hey, what are you doing here? What should you be busy with? I heard from Bo Ming that pickles are on sale right now."

  Chen Ling said helplessly.

   "It's okay, and it's not too short of a day or two. You have a small number of people here, and the two of you are working on twenty acres of land. You must be tired enough."

  Wang Jusheng laughed.

  Zhang Qiaoling also laughed and said: "Yes, the two of us can't do anything else, and we still have the strength."

  Chen Ling waved his hand: "I didn't expect to finish watering in one day, so I just watered it in the morning and evening when it was cool."

He looked at Dandan and Datou again: "It's still early, it's only after five o'clock, why are you waking up the baby? Look at Datou who is still rubbing his eyes, go to sleep with my sister at home, our sofa It's softened."

  Big head is still a three-year-old baby, when he heard this, he raised his head and said, "Uncle, is Rui Rui awake?"

   "Rui Rui didn't come back, she's still in the county seat."

"ah?"

   The little guy was a little confused.

   "What's wrong?"

   Chen Ling asked with a smile.

  Dandan smiled shyly at this moment: "Uncle, we want to come and see Ruirui for you."

   "Oh, that's right, what a good boy."

  Chen Ling smiled and touched two little heads, one tall and one short: "Go out of the house and sleep for a while, and come and call us when the meal is ready, okay?"

"good."

  The two little guys nodded obediently, and walked into the farm holding hands.

  Wang Jusheng saw it with a silly smile: "It's still you, an uncle, who loves babies. After seeing you, I, a father, won't even kiss."

   "It's fine if you don't kiss. I don't know how to play with my baby. How can I get close to you if I only know training."

  Zhang Qiaoling snorted, and urged impatiently: "Okay, okay, don't talk about it, I'm here to work, not to let you gossip, take advantage of the cool weather, do more.

  Look at the wealth and honor, and talk, the ditch has been dug for a long time.

  Are you also helping others? "

   While talking, he picked up the shovel and dug a ditch opposite Chen Ling.

   "Okay, it's okay if I don't tell you."

  Wang Jusheng muttered, smiled helplessly at Chen Ling and the other two, and hurriedly lowered his head to work.

  In the matter of his mother and his brother, he had been tolerant before, but now that this is happening, Zhang Qiaoling should see that he is not going well.

  Chen Ling quickly laughed and said: "Haha, my sister-in-law is very strong and decisive. With your skills, these twenty acres of land are not trivial."

Wang Qingwen also gave a thumbs up: "My brother and sister are familiar with it at first glance. I can dig trenches well, but watering is laborious. We don't have such a big land in the mountains. Basically, we rely on the sky to eat. Well, later on, you and Jusheng will have to watch over it for me.

  Ling Zi is working so hard that he won't be able to take care of me for a while. "

   "It's easy to say, I'll help Brother Qingwen repair ditches and weirs later."

  The furrows are used to divert water to the farmland. If the land is not irrigated, lush weeds will grow in it.

  When watering the crops, shovel them off in advance, clear the debris aside, and repair the furrows.

  Because there are a lot of weeds in this season, the roots are deep and deep, so it can be said that they are abundant and strong.

   It's not an easy job.

  In addition, weirs must be built in each field of crops.

  This weir, as the name suggests, is just like a barrage to retain water.

  Although the land on their side is large, the farmland also has slopes, unlike the plains where there is a large area of ​​flat land.

  So it is necessary to build a weir in a place with a **** to retain water.

  It’s just like the row of soil blocks outside the terraced fields.

  This ground weir was finished when the wheat was harvested and the corn was harvested. Now that the corn has grown taller, it is necessary to water a bed of water and build a bed of land weirs to repair it.

  Otherwise, the slopes cannot store water, and it will accumulate in the low places, flooding the crops in the low places.

   "Okay, this is really the first time for me to do this kind of work."

  Wang Qingwen laughed.

  He said this in words, but in fact, there are very few people in his generation who can’t do farm work. Even if there is no farmland in the mountains, they are not some people who don’t work hard and can’t distinguish grains. They can be taught casually.

   More people work faster.

  The four of them dug once, and soon the ditch was dug, and the rest was to get into the cornfield and repair the ditch.

  This division of labor is fine.

  Wang Qingwen and Zhang Qiaoling shoveled along the ditch.

  Chen Ling and Wang Jusheng divert water for irrigation, and just repair the weir at the same time.

  That is to say, water diversion and weir repair are not as easy as repairing ridges and weeding, and more experienced hands are needed to do it.

   "Hey, the ditch has just been dug, and Brother Xian's family has also come over. If the water can flow faster now, it will be finished in a day."

  Just as he was talking about drilling into the cornfield, he saw Wang Lixian's family also carrying shovels, wearing straw hats, and wearing water shoes, fully armed and rushed over.

  Of course it is a family, not all of them are here, except for Da Nier and Liu Nier, they are not at home.

   So that's four people.

   But among these four people, three of them are good at work, so there is nothing to say.

   "Yes, once Brother Xian and his family come over, we can dig two ditches on the east and west sides and water them from both sides.

   This will water the ground faster. "

  Wang Lixian didn't say much. After asking Chen Ling's opinion, he walked to the foot of Ershan Mountain in the west, where his family was digging ditches to divert water.

   Then both sides of the east and west are carried out at the same time.

Later, other people from the village came over, such as Chen Baoshuan and Wang Wenchao. These two were what Chen Ling said, what did they listen to, and they made a lot of money by following Chen Ling. take a look.

   It’s just watering the ground, so not many people are needed.

Seeing Wang Jusheng and Wang Lixian's family here, they simply said a few words, watched for a while Zhao Yubao herding sheep, and the old ladies of Zhao and Zhong's family were also helping Su Ligai to pick eggs on the mountain, and there was nothing left I used to help, so I went back.

   I had dinner at eight o'clock in the morning.

  The cornfield is getting hot.

   This heat is oppressive heat.

  Some people who don’t understand the countryside will think that in the fields, there are flowers, trees, crops and green plants everywhere, and corn is not wheat. The tall corn can shade the sun, shouldn’t it be cool?

   This is not the case.

   Although the corn is tall, the cornfield is too dense.

  The sunshade is to shade the sun, but also to block the wind.

   Said airtight, really can not get a breath of wind.

   Watering the corn field.

  If a gust of mountain wind blows, you will only hear the sound of corn stalks shaking, but you will not feel a trace of cool wind.

   Only because the wind blows from above.

  People drill in it, but they can't enjoy it.

   Of course, this is for adults.

  Those little kids, they don't care about this at all.

In the corn field at this time, a wide ditch passed between the tall dark green corn stalks, and the turbid water flowed slowly in it, and then flowed into a furrow along the opening at the front of the ditch. furrows of corn in the field.

  It is said that it is the opening of the bend, and the front of the ditch is blocked with soil, and then a gap is dug in the weir of a corn field that needs to be irrigated.

  The gap in the weir is where water is diverted for irrigation.

Whenever a corn field is filled with water, the soil blocked in front of the curve is used to shovel it open with a shovel, and then use the shoveled soil to block the gap in the irrigated weir, and the water in the ditch will continue to flow. Flow forward.

  The adults lead the water like this and do the work.

   The little kids thought it was fun to watch.

   Competing to play with some paper boats on the water flow of the ditch, or chasing some small animals disturbed by the water flow.

  For example, a wet field mouse, under the condition of flooding, can't run anywhere, and can only wait to be caught by the little kids.

  Hares, mountain foxes, pheasants, and some messy snakes also crackled and jumped around after the water flowed over.

  Aroused this group of leather monkeys to chase around.

  Of course most of them can't be caught.

  But as long as they can be caught, they will become the lunch of this group of children. They can find a place to build an earthen stove with stones to bake, and then eat while playing.

  The grown-ups are too lazy to care about them.

   Just chatting on their own to relieve the stuffiness and boredom.

   "I'm talking about riches and honor. You see, this big girl is not too young. If she drags on, she will become an old lady. Do you have any idea? Help Xian Ge's family to talk about it, and tell Big Nier about her husband's family."

  Watering the ground and chatting, Zhang Qiaoling whispered.

   "Come on, sister-in-law, you think highly of me too. How can I do this? I'm even a matchmaker."

  Chen Ling shook his head, feeling speechless.

   "I mean, let you ask someone to look outside to see if there is any good family?"

   "Fugui, don't bother with her. The mother-in-law's family is ignorant. How bad it is for brother Xian to hear this. If brother Xian doesn't ask us for help, let's not get involved."

  Wang Lixian's big Nier is a dumb girl, so it's not easy to find her husband's family, especially when she gets older, it becomes more and more difficult to find her husband's family.

  Zhang Qiaoling felt that the three families were close, and this was the point of the chat. She felt that Chen Ling knew more people and had more ways than others, so she thought it would be a good thing to resolve this matter.

   It’s actually just chatting, nothing else.

  Wang Jusheng's face changed when he heard it. How could he get involved in this matter? No matter how good the relationship is, you can't rush to ask and take care of things like other people's homes.

  Zhang Qiaoling thought about it too, and felt that she had taken it for granted, so she smiled embarrassedly, "Then let's not talk about this, after Fugui moved out of the village, there will be fewer children going back to the village.

  You don’t know, the two sons of the old lady are back at the neighbor’s diagonally opposite door.

   Recently, there has been a lot of quarrels, much more violent than before with Dongmei and her husband.

  In the future, when you go back to the village, if you meet an old lady asking you to borrow something, or go to the house to do something, you can just ignore it. "

   "Yes, what your sister-in-law said is correct. The matter at Second Aunt Wang's house is much more troublesome than the matter of Chunyuan and Dongmei, so don't worry about it if you are asked."

  Hearing what the couple said, Wang Qingwen suddenly asked strangely: "I heard people say that Wang Chunyuan's parents are not going to move back from the county? Why is it about the neighbors behind?"

   "What the hell? Those two old men are coming back too? Damn, what's the matter? I don't live in the village anymore, I don't seem to know anything!"

  Chen Ling felt that he was suddenly too ignorant.

   "Hahahaha, the main reason is that Aunt Xiulan has not been here recently, otherwise you would definitely know about it."

  Wang Jusheng laughed, and said to Wang Qingwen: "This is all about old people, Brother Qingwen, you are not from our village, you don't know the inside story, anyway, you are a bullshit, very annoying.

   It is good to be far away from these two families. "

These two families, as well as Chen Erzhu's father, used to be in charge of the village. The three families said that they were not in the fish and meat township, but they ran rampant in the village, greedy for money in different ways, oppressed one today, and isolated the other tomorrow. That's true. Yes, it is very unpopular.

  Later, the old man of Aunt Wang's family died early, leaving Chen Erzhu and Wang Chunyuan's mother-in-law to move to the county town and return to the village without face.

  Actually, the two sons of Aunt Wang’s family also moved to the county seat.

  I don’t know what’s going on this year, one after another, like a mouse moving house, biting its tail with its front and rear feet, and came back.

   Several people were talking, when Liu Nier suddenly shouted outside.

   "Uncle Fugui, Uncle Fugui, come here quickly, come here quickly, I found a big hole on Dada's side, and the water is rushing into it, and it can't irrigate the ground."

   "If there is a hole, plug it up. It's not normal for there to be holes dug by wild things in the field."

   "It can't be plugged, the hole is big, do you want to go and see it?"

   "Yes, Uncle Fugui, the hole is cracked, and the inside is very deep. I don't know if it is a badger hole."

   "It's not a badger's hole, it's a fox's hole."

  The other group of kids were already yelling and guessing what made the hole.

   "Okay, let me go over and see what is left behind?"

  Chen Ling walked out of the corn field with a shovel on his shoulder.

  Then go around to the place where Wang Lixian and the others are pouring the land to the west.

  Stepping on water shoes and wading in the water, Wang Lixian and his family were standing in front of a big hole, the muddy river was rushing into it, listening to the ethereal echoes, the hole seemed very deep.

   Seeing Chen Ling coming over.

  Wang Lixian said: "I don't know what dug the hole. Come and take a look. There is still a lot of grain stored here. I guess it weighs hundreds of catties."

   "What? Is there still food left?"

  Chen Ling was a little stunned: "This can't be a gopher's hole, can it?"

  Gopher mice, that is, voles, have the habit of storing food in their holes, corn, wheat, sorghum, soybeans, and they can even classify them and build their own granaries.

   There are big rat holes.

   Even two to three hundred catties of grain can be dug up.

  So when Chen Ling heard Wang Lixian's words, he immediately thought of the field mouse.

   "It's not a gopher, how could it be a gopher?"

Wang Lixian shook his head: "I filled in a few shovels of soil, alas, it doesn't work at all, it can't be blocked... Look inside, it feels like a calf can get in, you think there can be a mouse as big as a calf ?

   That's not a mouse spirit anymore. "

  (end of this chapter)