Chapter 146: An ungrateful person who disregards sibling affection
"Not too much, not too much, no matter how much, it's not too much! I can eat it." Bai Manshan happily reported his family's wealth: "A cunning rabbit has three burrows, let alone us?
Outsiders only think that the Bai family's fields are distributed in Nandu, but in fact, Nandu occupies less than 30% of the fields.
There is a place called Ma Ya Lake in Nanning Prefecture next to Guangning Prefecture, which is equivalent to a natural reservoir. There are 800 acres of fertile fields around it! There is no land.
And because of the natural reservoir of Ma Ya Lake, it is convenient to irrigate in the dry season and store water in the rainy season. It has always been the largest supplier of my Bai family grain shop."
Speaking of his preparations for a rainy day and careful planning, Bai Manshan couldn't hide his happiness.
Plus a little bit of pride.
Li Huyu couldn't bear to watch.
I shouldn't have blocked the tea for him just now, so as not to show off in front of my friends and embarrass her.
Bai Manshan received the gaze of his wife and quickly suppressed his proud look.
He thought aggrievedly, he didn't show off in front of everyone, he just thought Shuiqing and the other girl were trustworthy people.
Shuiqing's mouth kept rising, and it was very hard to endure.
Thinking of the natural reservoir in his mind, he asked: "Is the lake a reservoir formed between two mountains?"
Bai Manshan was surprised: "Have you been there?"
Seeing Shuiqing shaking her head, he knew what she guessed, and explained: "It is between the two mountains. A dam was built in front. It stores water in the rainy season and releases water in the dry season, so the harvest there has always been good."
Shuiqing thought about it, and brought up the old village chief as an excuse, saying: "The old village chief said that the winter is abnormal, and there may be heavy rain in the summer. If the reservoir's water storage capacity is insufficient, the flood will spread."
Thinking of the dam collapse caused by the heavy rain and flood in China decades ago, which caused tens of thousands of deaths and countless people were affected, he stopped immediately.
It shouldn't be that serious.
Bai Manshan was worried.
He frowned and thought for a while, then thought of a way to deal with it: "There is a Yubei Mountain opposite, which is higher than the reservoir. Now the seedlings have been planted. It is the slack season. I will go to the farm and tell the men to build more than a dozen thatched houses and tree houses on Yubei Mountain.
Build a few stoves and put some food. If the rainy season this year is the same as usual, you can carry the food back after it passes;
If the rainfall is heavy, move to the mountain quickly!"
Shuiqing looked at Bai Manshan, and now he realized that he deserved to be the richest man in Nandu!
He is strong in action, execution, and response.
"If the seedlings in the field are damaged, it's damaged. My Bai family can still afford it. People can't be in trouble. As long as there are people, there is hope in the future." Bai Manshan stood up and bowed to the two of them: "I wanted to have lunch before leaving, but I was worried. I'll make arrangements first and meet again another day."
Shuiqing and Fan Jin really didn't expect Bai Manshan to leave as soon as he said.
What's more, he originally planned to leave today.
The two stood up, wanting to keep him, but afraid of delaying the business.
"I'll make you some egg pancakes, you can eat on the way!" Shuiqing said as she walked out.
Li Huyu grabbed her: "Make more! And my share."
Shuiqing:... This couple is really in agreement.
Li Huyu turned to her husband and said: "You are alone outside, you can't do without someone you trust, let's go together, you use your brain and I will do the work!"
"... OK."
Bai Ziqian didn't know where he ran away, and Bai Manshan and Li Huyu didn't have the time to care.
They only told Fan Jin and Shuiqing not to spoil him, to do the work he should do, and to beat him if he made a mistake.
After telling him, the carriage was loaded with food prepared by Shuiqing, and he drove the carriage away without stopping.
He came in a hurry and left even more hurriedly.
After staying to play and coming back to call his parents, Bai Ziqian looked disappointed when he found out that neither of his parents was there.
Shuiqing:...Why do I feel that Bai Ziqian is like a left-behind child?
His parents promised him everything, and then they ran away secretly without his knowledge.
But there was nothing they could do, no one wanted to do that.
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In the following days, the whole village was busy harvesting potatoes.
After ten days of hard work, Shuiqing's family finally put all the potatoes into the warehouse.
The weather was clear, and the scorching sun of midsummer had not shown any signs of rain.
"A bunch of fools, you believe what the old village chief said, and look at this day, how is it different from the previous summer?
There will be heavy rain and floods." Fan Damu, with his hands behind his back, strolled to Fan Qian's house and laughed.
Now in the village, only he, Fan Qian and Zhang Tuzi's family did not plant potatoes, nor did they exchange crops for work.
It's not that they don't want to, but Fan Jin and Shuiqing are extremely determined not to deal with them!
By the way, there is also Wang Mazi.
But since he made a scene about quitting the mushrooms last time, Wang Mazi's status at home has plummeted, especially the sons who were originally suppressed by him and did not act according to his requirements.
After the first month of the year, the family was divided!
Later, Wang Mazi's sons and daughters-in-law, under the persuasion of the old village chief, said that they dared not think about exchanging mushrooms for rice, but could they be counted in the matter of exchanging labor for potatoes?
Fan Jin and his wife actually agreed!
Now the worst-off families in the village are his family and Fan Qian's family - Zhang Tuzi has always been the worst in the village and is not in the same category.
Besides, let alone Fan Jinshuiqing disagrees with Zhang Tuzi's exchange, even if he agrees to exchange labor for potatoes, Zhang Tuzi will not go through that hardship!
That is a lazy and unprogressive mud, and it is dirty to step on it.
Fan Qian smoked a dry pipe with a gloating smile on his face: "After more than three months of hard work, what's wrong with waiting for more than ten days?
I have heard that the potatoes are not fully grown yet, and the harvest will be even better if we wait! "
After I finished speaking, I choked for a while and kept coughing and wheezing.
Fan Damu stepped forward and asked with concern: "Are you still in the same state as last time? Didn't you say that the Ding family gave you a lot of herbal medicine? It didn't work."
Speaking of herbal medicine, Fan Qian got angry: "The person who ate poisonous mushrooms before was very good and exactly the same as before. I thought the Ding family was powerful and the herbal medicine was also useful! I didn't expect it to be of any use at all."
However, we didn’t send a penny to the Ding family, so drinking for free is not considered a loss. "
Although Fan Damu felt that Fan Qian's approach was a bit unethical, he was sensible and didn't say much.
This is one of his own, there is no reason to help outsiders.
He turned around and said, "By the way, we have neither planted potatoes nor changed potato seeds. After all, your house is a brick house, and mine is a thatched house. What if a heavy rain really comes?"
Families in the village used to trade mushrooms for rice, and before the busy farming season, all thatched houses were replaced by adobe houses.
Especially the roof, it’s all gray tiles!
Looking around, he and Zhang Tuzi are the only two families in Shanshui Village who still have thatched houses.
Fan Qian glanced at his cousin and said carelessly: "What are you afraid of? What the old village chief said is not necessarily right."
Fan Damu chuckled: "If you're not afraid of ten thousand, then you're afraid of the worst."
"Then you come and live at my house. We are all Fan family members. I am not Fan Jin's white-eyed wolf who doesn't care about brotherhood!"