Chapter 307 A miserable life or a good life can also change
Everyone looked at Shuiqing, waiting for her to speak.
Before this incident, they would think that Hu Shuiqing had married well, and that she had learned a lot from her husband, who was a scholar, and had become more powerful. Even though their own wife always praised her, they thought that it was Fan Jin's idea, and it was all because of her husband's power.
They had never thought about how smart a woman could be.
After today, they deeply discovered that smart people are smart, and they are powerful in all aspects!
She can solve problems without relying on her man, and even solve problems that men can't solve!
You can't refuse to accept it.
When the people in the village were originally poor and miserable and couldn't fill their stomachs, they just felt that no one could use them. They were the strongest and most powerful. As they earned more and more money and their lives became better and better, they felt that they were too useless in the past. There are mountains outside the mountains and people outside the people. There are too many powerful people outside, and they have to learn from the strong and powerful people!
"No need to burn, just be able to lead water down the mountain." Shuiqing waved her hand and said with satisfaction.
Anyway, she got another hill. She bought the three she got from the previous division of the family and the one from Fan Damu - his was the largest in the whole Shanshui Village! Including the one she got today, there are five in total.
One of the hills is a bamboo hill. Bamboo is a very domineering plant. Basically, other trees are difficult to grow in places with bamboo forests, so the biggest function of this bamboo forest is to pick bamboo mushrooms and dig bamboo shoots.
The bamboo is basically not used. It will be used again when there is a business suitable for bamboo in the future to maximize the effectiveness of bamboo.
One hill is planted with kudzu root, which is to prepare for famine after the flood. It will be harvested soon. When the medicinal materials are prepared, it can be stored as kudzu root powder.
The other two hills are planted with medicinal materials, and the newly added hill is still used to plant medicinal materials.
According to the old village chief's words, the newly divided hill is next to the bamboo forest, which is good and convenient to take care of and manage.
"Good!" The men responded in unison.
There are many people, and everyone is not idle. They dug the remaining ditches and watched the spring water flow down.
It seeped into the soil all the way, becoming less and less until it disappeared.
"Feng Da, you can go down the mountain to the bamboo mountain to cut bamboo. After cutting the bamboo joints, tie the joints between the bamboos tightly, and then tie them tightly. The spring water will all flow into the herbal medicine shop." Wu Lao Da said happily.
Xu Lao San volunteered: "Let's go, I'll go with you! I have experience in picking bamboos, and I guarantee that I'll pick the thickest ones!"
"I'll go with you too. I have skills in picking bamboo joints, and it's fast and good."
"There won't be much work to do if we go back at this time. Let's just go together and get the water source."
The water source is the most important. If the water source is fixed, the herbal medicine shop can start working normally. Hu Shuiqing can earn money by selling herbal medicines, and every household can get their wages!
They helped Hu Shuiqing and helped their own family.
Feng Da, Feng Er, Hong Daniu and others followed the noisy crowd down, their minds were still in a daze.
Solved?
Such a big stone, which was originally thought to be impossible to deal with, was solved just like that?
It took less than half a day, the stone was cracked, cleaned, and the ditch was dug. Now we can go directly to the bamboo mountain to cut bamboo, come back and connect it, and the spring water can be led to the herbal medicine shop.
Feng Er murmured and asked: "We dug the ditch for more than a year before, and the effort was wasted in vain?"
In the past, they always thought that there was no way to deal with the huge stone, but it turned out that there was a way, and it didn't even take half a day. Now it seems that the effort at that time was indeed wasted in vain.
"The old boss said there was no way, and blamed our bad luck. We can only have the miserable life of grabbing water and carrying water. It turns out that it is not true?" Hong Daniu's eyes flashed with confusion, and he looked at his two sons. For the first time, he felt that a miserable life and a good life could also change.
It depends on what kind of people they follow.
Following the old boss, they were poor people who stole water, carried water and worked as laborers, and were only worthy of eating bran and vegetables; but following the boss, they could also eat coarse grains and refined grains, as well as oil and water, and the work they did was not pure labor.
With donkeys, cows and tools to help, they spent less effort but did several times more work than before!
"Dad, I think Madam is so amazing! If Madam hadn't been unable to lead water down the mountain, we would have failed!" Hong Mancang was very excited.
Hong Manku was the same, and kept muttering: "Although we do a lot of work, it's not important. It turns out that brute force alone is not enough, you have to use your brain to be useful!"
The two people's eyes were full of surprise, and the whole person was extremely excited.
Shuiqing followed the crowd quietly and walked back.
Listening to their unreserved praise, she thought that she still had to read more and see more. Only she knew that her so-called "amazing" was all due to the education and knowledge of China.
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Connecting to the water source boosted everyone's morale, and they wanted to build the herbal medicine shop overnight.
However, everything was ready, and more than a dozen houses were built very quickly, much faster than before.
Hundreds of men were divided into several groups, each building in the southeast, northwest, and each group had people in charge of mixing mud, passing bricks, and building walls... With mutual cooperation, it only took five or six days to build the house.
While building the wall, rough bricks and slabs were laid inside the house and the yard.
After the house was built, the walls inside and outside were smeared with wet lime, which looked white, bright and clean.
The spring water from the mountain is directly introduced into the pool in the yard of the herbal medicine workshop through bamboo tubes. The large pool is convenient for washing herbs. A ditch is dug under the pool to release water. On weekdays, stone slabs are blocked to store water. When the herbs are dirty, the stone slabs are pulled out to drain water.
After the herbal medicine workshop was renovated, the men went to build a library without stopping.
Unlike the herbal medicine workshop, which has more than a dozen houses of different sizes and a large yard, the library has only three main houses plus a kitchen and a firewood room. In front is a large drying yard. It is a place for children to play when reading. On weekdays, it is a place for the villagers to gather and talk about things. It can also be used for drying during the busy farming season, killing two birds with one stone.
The people in the village felt that living in adobe houses last year was already a great success and they had nothing else to ask for in their lives. But after the herbal medicine workshop was built and lime was applied, it seemed that the whole house was much brighter. Suddenly, I wondered if the children's library could also be covered with lime?
Lime is not expensive, but it costs money to buy. In the past, it would have been considered a waste of money. But now, it seems possible.
Fan Jin and Shui Qing paid for all the bricks and tiles of the library. What's wrong with them paying for some lime?
They immediately found the old village chief and told him their intention. The old village chief took the lead and paid 100 kilograms. The other men paid 30 kilograms, 50 kilograms, 70 kilograms... The whole yard was filled with shouts.
After counting, Li Wen said with a smile, "Next time I go to the city to sell rabbits, I'll buy some."