Chapter 87 Landscape and Childlike Interest
Mingyue of the Song Dynasty http://www./0_1/ The latest work of Xiangnan Xiaoxiaosheng! Chen Ning nodded, his lively peach blossom eyes bent slightly, and he asked with a smile: "What do you want to make raw meat?"
Chen Kang replied: "Fishing crabs."
"Take crabs with raw meat?"
"kindness!"
Chen Kang explained: "I just put the meat in the river with the thread. I want to try to catch crabs. If I can't catch them, the meat can be taken back and eaten."
"I understand." Chen Ning turned his head and went to the kitchen, cut off a piece of long strips of fat meat quickly, put it in a cloth bag and handed it to Chen Kang, and instructed: "Don't let my mother see it."
"Hey!" Chen Kang responded crisply, turned his head and ran out the door like the wind.
Mrs. Chen was still in the yard and muttered in a daze: "Run crazy! Stop falling again!" I don't know if Chen Kang heard it, but it was not until he ran away that Mrs. Chen turned and smiled helplessly.
Today is a big day, and the first water truck in Xianan Village is about to be set up. The village chief Yang Chengli came to watch with the famous old men in the village.
Three or five children were fighting and surrounded each other, and the older girls and their wives also walked out the door and looked at each other.
The craftsman measured the size and said to Chen Cheng: "It's almost the same. Today I will go back to prepare wood and I can start construction tomorrow."
Chen Cheng quickly thanked and said, "You see how much help you need, it's easy for me to find someone."
The craftsman turned his eyes and looked at the first-formed terraces on the mountain and asked, "You ask me to come and build a water truck, is it not to irrigate the lands above?"
Chen Cheng was stunned and said, "Yes, what's wrong?"
"Hi!" The craftsman pointed at the mountain and said, "Where can you draw water at such a high position? Isn't this a mess!"
After hearing this, Chen Kang hurriedly rushed forward, Gonggong and asked, "Dare you asking uncle, what's the problem?"
The craftsman said angrily: "The terrain is too high, and it is necessary to build a high level to irrigate the land on the mountain. I have to ask more questions, otherwise it would be useless to build a water truck."
Chen Kang smiled awkwardly. He took it for granted. He didn't expect that ancient techniques could not do this at all. However, the thirty acres of land on the mountain were bought at a high price. My father and Wang Er worked hard for so many days to cultivate, so we couldn't just want it.
He quickly bowed and asked for advice humbly: "Uncle, what's the trick to irrigate the farmland on the mountain."
"Yes, please help me think of a solution." Chen Cheng looked anxious and worried, and his heart hurt even more than Chen Kang.
The craftsman curled his lips, thought for a while, and replied: "There is plenty of water in the south, and it can be irrigated no matter how you... I can't think of a way, there is no way, there is no way."
The Xinyang River at the foot of the mountain is abundant and I originally wanted to use it, but now it seems that it is not possible.
Chen Kang lowered his eyes slightly and naturally twisted the left sleeve on his right.
Chen Chang frowned and looked up at Chen Cheng and said, "Dad, if it doesn't work, let's carry the water from the bottom of the mountain. If there is a shortage of people at home, I... I will not study for the time being."
Chen Cheng frowned even more and said, "I said it! I have agreed with you two for three years, so you just need to study! You shouldn't care about what you should worry about."
"But those fields have to be paid taxes!"
"Then you don't have to worry about it!"
Chen Kang bit his lip and looked at the mountain, thinking quietly, it didn't work below, what about the above?
He suddenly had a light of inspiration, and grabbed the craftsman's sleeve with a smile and asked, "Uncle, we will not draw water from Xinyang River. Instead, we dig ponds on the top of the mountain to store waterfalls on the mountain to irrigate the water from the mountain streams and waterfalls. In this way, can we irrigate from the mountain to the foot of the mountain?"
The craftsman was slightly stunned, and Chen Cheng and Shen Chang next to him were also stunned. Yes, why are you so mean? The water at the foot of the mountain cannot be used, but the water at the mountain can be done.
As long as you dig a pond at a high place to store enough water, and then lead it to the terraced fields, the water flow will naturally flow down the terraced fields layer by layer, and the terraced fields will not dry up all year round.
The craftsman also figured it out and said with a smile: "Okay! Then dig a pond on the mountain. I built a smaller water truck by the mountain stream, and guided the water into the pond and then guided it down." He hesitated for a moment, and then said: "This work is much more complicated than what we had previously negotiated, so I didn't mention the wages, but I had to serve three meals a day."
When Chen Cheng heard the craftsman agree, there was no way to refuse. He quickly said, "Okay, okay." He stepped forward and asked, "How many people are needed, just talk."
The craftsman said, "There are a mountain that is different. If there are too many people, it will cause trouble. I will bring three apprentices. You can just send three or five more people to help log and build a frame."
"That's OK." Chen Cheng agreed, hoping that the craftsmen could make a good waterwheel. The craftsmen were naturally happy. After 20 days of construction, they turned back and prepared to start construction.
At this end, Chen Kang finally felt relieved, said goodbye to the adults at home, and ran to the upper reaches of the river with Chen Chang.
The two took off their shoes and socks, barefoot, and then rolled their trousers above their knees, looking for a suitable bait on the shallow rock beach.
The two of them scattered the flesh and hung it on a vine branch, and then squatted quietly on the river beach and waited.
Spring is in full bloom, and the river water is surging, flowing downstream. At some point, all kinds of wild flowers will bloom on the river beach. A fat frog is quietly dormant among pebbles and weeds, swallowing and sucking the fragrance of spring.
Chen Chang tried his best to keep a low voice and asked, "Can you catch it?"
Chen Kang looked serious and shook his head slightly: "Not necessarily."
Chen Chang raised his mouth and whispered: "My little Zhuge has failed one after another today."
Chen Kang said: "I also have a lot of things I don't understand, and I still need to learn more."
Chen Chang nodded and looked at the river surface knowingly. Chen Kang suddenly raised his eyebrows and grabbed Chen Chang's arm: "Second brother." He let out a low voice in depression, and his strength was getting heavier.
"What, what's wrong?" Chen Chang's heart sank and he looked at him with concern.
"Foot..." Chen Kang bit his lip and said, "The feet are numb."
Chen Chang laughed out loud, slapped his head, "It's time!"
"Brother Chen! Brother Chen San! What are you doing?" Yang Siniang took off her heavy winter clothes and put on a simple light pink dress. The little person looked much more lively.
Chen Kang hurriedly asked: "Si Niang! Come! The third brother will catch you crabs!"
Yang Siniang pursed her mouth and ran over like a swallow returning to the nest. Chen Chang snorted lightly and said, "Si Niang, my second brother will hold you fish and eat it."
"Thank you, Brother Chen, Brother Chen San."
As he said that, Chen Chang jumped off the river beach again, digging something on the shallow river beach. Yang Siniang was very curious and asked on her lips: "Brother Chen, what are you doing!"
Chen Chang smiled innocently: "I'll know later."
Sure enough, after a while, Chen Chang dug a shallow ditch on the river beach and built a row of stones on the side of the water flowing. The water flowing down from the upstream seemed to be temporarily intercepted when it arrived. However, in a blink of an eye, several fish were already blocked by Shi Lei's side and could not escape.
Chapter completed!