A group of little kids were looking for eel holes on the field ridges. Eels like to dig holes, and an eel hole usually has several exits. Once the eels penetrate the field ridge, the water stored in the field will quickly leak out.
All the kids in Xianjiqiao are experts at finding eels. Xilai quickly discovered an eel cave and quickly waved to the director of the trail to go over.
"Taoist Master, come here quickly. There is an eel cave here, and the eels here must be quite big!"
On the foreheads of the Taoist leader and others, the rice fields are very dense, and it is difficult to catch the eels even if they run out of the hole. Therefore, you must guard the entire eel hole, and you must have quick eyes and quick hands. Once the eel rushes out of the hole, you must catch the eel.
Catch it, otherwise there will be basically nothing you can do if the eels rush into the rice fields.
"These are all eel holes. When I chase the eels later, you have to guard several holes. As soon as the eel rushes out, you must catch it." Xilai found several other eel holes.
"Don't worry. Xilai, just step on it." Hong Bing said with a smile.
It is actually not difficult to drive the eels out. Because eels are timid, as long as they step hard down a hole, they will startle the eels in the hole. In panic, the eels will instinctively escape from other holes.
Xilai stepped on it rhythmically a few times, and an eel as big as an adult's thumb suddenly jumped out from the hole guarded by the red soldier. The red soldier was well prepared. He bent his index and middle fingers to make a scissor shape and slammed the eel.
Clamp. But after all, the red soldier is young, has short fingers, and is not very strong, so the clamp is not very strong. The eel is not small and very wild, but it breaks free all of a sudden. Seeing that the eel is about to escape, the trail
He took three long steps and then two steps to walk over and catch the eel. In the hands of the trail leader, the eel didn't struggle at all.
"Well, you killed me so easily?" the red soldier exclaimed.
Squeezing the eel to death with your hands requires a lot of force, and it's definitely impossible for an average kid to do it.
"No, it's still alive." The little Taoist waved his hand, and the eel started to move. But it was still very honest in the little Taoist's hands.
The little kids just looked at the little Taoist with some envy, but they didn't feel too surprised. When the little Taoist did something, the little kids took it for granted. The little Taoist knew magic. The little Taoist handed the eel to Xilai
, Xilai had long pulled a piece of thatch beside the field ridge and tied a knot, and all the eels were strung on this piece of thatch. There were not many people in the village who liked eating eels. Many times, the eels were beaten to death and thrown away.
On the roadside, or took it back and fed it to the chickens. The eel didn't have much meat, it was oily, and it tasted earthy. Without enough oil, there was no way to cover up the earthy and fishy smell. Little brat
They are much more interested in catching eels than eating them.
No matter how hard the people of Xianjiqiao took precautions, they still could not prevent the water in the rice fields from drying up quickly. The canals had long since dried up, and the cracks in the mud at the bottom of the canals were enough for a child's feet to step on.
There are no clouds in the sky. The sky as blue as sapphire does not look beautiful at all to the people of Xianjiqiao. Instead, it is a bit scary. The sun is white all day long, and the light is so hot that it feels like being placed in a fire when it shines on your body.
Grilled in general.
The yellow rice is very pleasant, but the faces of farmers in Xianjiqiao are full of sorrow. No matter how good the early rice is, it is only less than half of the year's harvest, and late rice is the most important source of food rations. According to the weather, late rice is very likely to
Cannot be planted.
Once the late rice transplanting fails, this year's late rice harvest will be impossible, and the food of any family in Xianjiqiao will definitely not be able to sustain the next year's rice harvest.
Zhou Maolin led people around the field, looked at the ditch at the head of the field, and immediately called the production team leader Zhou Shenghu over: "Come and take a look. Didn't you organize manpower to clean up the thatch in this ditch? We are still waiting for water to come.
ah?"
Zhou Shenghu scratched his head: "There is always someone who is lazy. I can't follow them one by one. I will go back to this guy and ask him to rework."
"Such people must have their work points deducted," Zhou Maolin said angrily.
"Deduction! I will deduct his work points later." Zhou Shenghu nodded.
Militia company commander Xiao Yinshun ran over quickly, out of breath: "Secretary Maolin, it's bad, the Xinqiao Brigade is blocking the dam. If they block it, the water in the river will not flow to our Xianji Bridge.
Coming."
"What? What do their Xinqiao brigade want to do?" Zhou Maolin became anxious upon hearing this.
"People from the Xinqiao brigade started raising the river dam this morning, making it three or four meters higher than the old dam. They blocked the water in the river completely," Xiao Yinshun said.
"Assemble the militia company! I want to see how many of their Xinqiao Brigade dare to cut off the water of our Xianji Bridge!" Zhou Maolin said angrily.
Xinqiao and Xianjiqiao have had deep grievances since before they were liberated. The main reason is that they share the same river. During the drought season, people from the two places will fight over the water in the river.
The Xinqiao Brigade is upstream of the Xianjiqiao Brigade. During the dry season, the water in the river is much less than usual. If Xinqiao raises the dam, the Xianjiqiao River will completely stop flowing.
When Xi Lai saw the adults walking in groups towards Xinqiao, he immediately knew that there was a good show: "Little Taoist Master, there is a good show. Secretary Maolin and the militia company went to the Xinqiao brigade to settle accounts!"
"Come on, let's follow and watch the fun!" Dalei said immediately.
The red soldier was a little worried: "The adults may start fighting, and we may be accidentally injured."
The little Taoist leader also wanted to see such a big scene: "Let's stay far away later, so the people from the Xinqiao Brigade won't be able to trick anyone. If anything happens, we can still report it."
"Yes, we can also be scouts." Xilai immediately became excited when he heard that little kids could also perform meritorious deeds.
Little kids are not stupid either. If adults see them, they will definitely be driven back. So, follow them from a distance and use the terrain and trees to hide your body.
After walking for almost half an hour, we finally arrived at the dam where Xinqiao was being built. The Xinqiao brigade organized a large number of people to lift large stones up to the dam. We planned to use big stones to build the foundation first, and then move Sanhe
Mud will block the gap. Then once the gate is closed, the water flow will be completely cut off. Don't even try to get a drop of water from Xianji Bridge.
"Stop! Who told you to do this?" Zhou Maolin shouted when he walked to the dam. With a wave of his hand, the militiamen of the Xianji Bridge Brigade swarmed up and stopped the Xinqiao Brigade people from lifting stones on the dam.
