bookcurios Chapter 263 Discovery of Spring Water
Chapter 263 Discovery of Spring Water
On the other side, the Jiang family had just returned to the house when the villagers came to give them bamboo tubes.
Bamboo sticks are in urgent need.
Zhang Jinlan selected a few people with good tempers and asked them to make bamboo sticks instead, and deliver them every day, otherwise they would have to rely on Wang Taohua's family alone.
It's really not enough.
Barbecue is not like mung bean soup.
One customer alone can order more than ten.
At least a thousand sticks can be sold in a day.
After changing to making bamboo sticks, not only did I make money every day, but I also tripled my income.
It’s more than what you can earn by doing odd jobs in town.
These people were so excited that they almost knelt down to Zhang Jinlan.
As for those who were not selected, they did not make trouble because Zhang Jinlan had promised them a bright future.
He said that whoever performs well in the future will be added to make bamboo sticks.
These people flattered the Jiang family more and more.
Jiang Fubao, who returned home, did not sit there idly.
She ran to the land she had just bought and watched the two servants working.
The newly purchased land is not contiguous.
Some are in the east and some are in the west.
Crossing the wooden bridge, Jiang Fubao saw that the fields on the east had been plowed, while on the fields on the west, two familiar figures were standing, one waving a hoe and the other plowing the fields with a plow.
"Brother Da Meng, Brother Da Cheng, grandma is calling you to go back~"
After a tiring day, even an old cow needs a rest.
"Okay! I'll go back now." Jiang Cheng replied.
After hearing Jiang Fubao's words, he did not immediately take the hoe and go back, but plowed and hoeed the remaining land with Jiang Meng before leaving.
"Young Miss, don't call us brother from now on. We are servants and you are the master. We cannot bear it if you call us that. Besides, it will not be good for you if outsiders hear it. Just call me Da Cheng from now on."
Jiang Cheng walked behind Jiang Fubao, thought for a while, and finally said it.
He was a man who had been enslaved.
How could he let his master call him brother?
Not to mention that I can't afford it.
If outsiders hear it, it will damage the young lady's reputation.
"Okay, from now on I'll call you Da Meng and Da Cheng."
Jiang Fubao nodded and agreed readily. She didn't dwell on the matter.
Because she didn't want to bring the modern idea of equality here at all.
If everyone is truly equal, people shouldn't be bought.
While enjoying the service from others, he told them that everyone was equal and that from now on everyone could call each other brothers and sisters.
Isn't that ridiculous?
It's like a young lady from a wealthy family, giving a meat bun to a beggar on the street, and saying to him, you and I are equal.
But a beggar is still a beggar after all, and a young lady is still a young lady. What has changed?
It is impossible to achieve equality for everyone in modern times, let alone here.
She is a little farm girl, she doesn't have the ability to change the world, she just wants to live her own life.
Ensure that your family has enough food and clothing and doesn’t have to worry about money.
That's it.
Jiang Fubao walked forward in silence.
arrive home.
She found that the villagers who had delivered the bamboo tubes had already left.
Grandma and her aunts were cooking in the kitchen.
The uncles went to the mountain to chop firewood, dad was moving tables and chairs with grandpa, and the two sisters were helping to pick beans.
The brothers were not idle either.
Serving bowls, washing chopsticks, everyone is working.
"You're back. Put the farm tools in the utility room. You two can go back to the house and rest for a while. I'll call you for dinner later."
Jiang Shoujia raised his head and spoke to Jiang Meng and Jiang Cheng behind his granddaughter.
"Yes, sir."
They both answered at the same time.
"Sister Fubao, Phoenix is back~" Just when Jiang Fubao was still thinking about the issue of equality for all beings, he heard the voice of Sister Ruyi coming from the backyard.
She quickly stretched out her short legs and ran over.
"Where have you been, you stinky phoenix? I haven't seen you for two days. I thought you were lost."
The moment when the baby and the bird looked at each other.
The phoenix flew onto Jiang Fubao's arm.
[I went to the deep mountains and there are many ferocious beasts there. Master, you must not go to the deep mountains. I saw a big grizzly bear. It was so big, even bigger than the door of your house.]
Jiang Fubao's shield has been opened.
She swallowed when she heard Phoenix's thoughts.
Before, she took her family to the mountains in order to retrieve eggs and other items from the space.
It's really too risky.
The grizzly bear that Phoenix was talking about was probably the one that ate Wang’s son before.
The door of my house is at least two meters high.
It’s bigger than the door. Could it be that this grizzly bear has grown to three meters?
If you encounter one in the mountains, there is no way you can run away. Bears can not only climb trees and run fast, but they also have thick skin and are able to fight and withstand heavy attacks.
I'm afraid five people can't take on a grizzly bear.
"Phoenix, have you seen any water in the past two days?"
Jiang Fubao asked again.
The only river in the village is almost drying up.
When she passed the wooden bridge just now, she found that there was only a shallow layer of water in the river.
As a result, there were many dead fish the size of little fingers on the slopes on both sides of the river, having been sun-dried to death.
Once the river dries up completely.
If the villagers wanted drinking water, they could only go to the big river far away outside Zhangjia Village to fetch water, or dig from the groundwater she discovered in the mountains last time.
The latter is definitely not an option. The mountains are so dangerous. Don’t throw your life away for a bucket of water.
[I saw it. Walking from the bottom of the mountain to the west and north, there is a pond. It flows down from the deep mountains along the cracks in the rocks. I even took a sip of it. It tastes sweet.]
The phoenix opened its beak, but no sound came out.
Jiang Fubao understood its expression.
This is a recollection.
Jiang Ruyi, who was standing by, saw that her sister was talking to the bird enthusiastically, so she didn't disturb her and just watched silently.
Until grandpa called us to eat.
Then they took Phoenix to the front of the yard.
"Dad, Mom, I went to the river to fetch water just now and found that the water was almost dry. If this continues, we can only bring water back from the shop, or go to the big river outside Zhangjia Village to fetch water."
While eating, Jiang Dahe suddenly remembered something.
He looked up and said to his parents.
"No, the water in that river is too muddy and dirty. When I was young, two children in the village drank water from that river and got sick and died. It's okay for us adults to drink it, but not for the children. What if their bodies can't stand it? We should just bring back water from the well in the shop and get a bucket every day."
Zhang Jinlan recalled her childhood scenes.
She shook her head again and again.
That big river is not only used for drinking by humans and animals, but because it is located downstream, the water itself is polluted. The two surrounding villages wash their clothes and urine buckets there, and even the dung buckets after pouring manure are washed there. It is extremely dirty.
Fortunately, my family bought a shop and there is plenty of water in the well in the backyard.
Even if the river in the village dries up, our family can still survive until next year.
I’m afraid it won’t rain next year.
It really is God's will that they die.
Except for the innocent children, the adults all had no appetite for this meal.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Jiang Fubao told her the news that Fenghuang had told her.