Zheng Tongdu muttered: "When manpower is limited!"
"Little comrade, don't be so pessimistic, be full of hope. It's eight or nine o'clock in the morning for us, and it's still very early for the sun to set."
Zheng Tong picked up the bucket and walked away without looking back. As he walked, he said: "You can have your own whims. I won't answer you this time. I talked to you at noon. I poured water all afternoon and started talking again."
I must be exhausted."
Jiang Hua is a practical person. Once he decided to do it, he took action immediately. After finishing the work the next day, he took his notebook and wrote and drew everywhere, choosing a suitable path to dig the ditch.
Others knew it was going to be bad at first sight. This guy must be plotting something. He writes and draws on paper every day, like a map. But one thing is certain, after getting along with him for so long, everyone knows that he is not from abroad.
Spy of power.
When Jiang Biyun was working, she approached Zheng Tong and asked, "What is Jiang Hua doing these days? It seems like he is drawing a map. What is he planning to do?"
"He is crazy. He plans to dig a canal directly to the Wuding River and divert the water to solve the village's irrigation water problem."
Zhao Dayong, who was listening in the audience, lost his concentration and dropped the hoe in his hand. He quickly picked it up and said to Zheng Tong: "How could he think of it all at once? How big a project it is and how much labor it requires. It's going on day by day."
The work is not enough, right? You have to find something to do for yourself."
Zheng Tong said helplessly: "That's why I said he was crazy."
Zhao Dayong said angrily: "His whims must be stopped. I don't want to be exhausted every day."
In the evening, Jiang Hua was sorting out his design drawings. Zhao Dayong, Zheng Tong, Qian Zhiming, and Cao Yang sat across from Jiang Hua seriously.
Zhao Dayong said: "Jiang Hua, I think we need to have a good talk."
Jiang Hua asked without raising his head: "What are you talking about?"
Cao Yang said: "Don't make trouble for yourself. We know that you want to dig the canal. It doesn't matter how strong you are, how big the project is. Our little arms and legs can't bear it."
Qian Zhiming also said: "This is Jianghua, a small rural area in the northwest. If you have big ambitions in your heart, you can go back to the capital to implement them. Anyway, you have the connections and background, so it shouldn't be difficult for you."
Jiang Hua asked, "I can leave, but the problem is you. What will you do in the future?"
Several people looked at each other, and Cao Yang said: "We are doing well. We can eat well now. Although we don't eat well, we are quite content."
Jiang Hua put down the pen in his hand and said: "There are two paths in front of you now. One is to stay in Ishikawa Village and start a family here. However, the population of Ishikawa Village will grow. Just because you can have enough food now does not mean that there will be more people in the future.
You can still eat enough, don’t you think your sons and daughters will suffer from this in the future?”
A few people were silent. They didn't dare to imagine the future. If they could look forward to the future, they wouldn't choose to mess it up.
"The second way is to go back to the city, or go directly to work in a city in the northwest. Do you have the connections and background to transfer you? No, no. If this thing is done well this time, I guess everyone will have to remember the merits and awards.
, if something good happens then, based on your performance, I will give priority to you."
After a few people thought about it, it seemed that this was really the case. It was difficult to make a choice for a while. If you choose to be comfortable now, you will suffer in the future. If you choose the future, you will suffer now.
Jiang Hua smiled and said: "This canal kills two birds with one stone. With water, agriculture in Podi Village can be greatly developed. In many places, farming could not be done because of insufficient water in the past. Now it can be done, and the food will be rich. It is completed. You have made a contribution."
If you receive an award, you may have a good career in the future, how do you choose?"
Zheng Tong first said: "How about just practice it? It is better to suffer for one or two years now than to suffer for decades in the future, or even for future generations to suffer."
Qian Zhiming nodded, Zhao Dayong followed suit, and finally Cao Yang clenched his fists and said, "Let's do it."
Jiang Hua said: "This work will not be completed in a short time, nor will it be done by just a few of us. It will definitely require more than 200 strong laborers from the whole village, and I think this canal is not limited to just us."
The Ishikawa Village family will benefit, and the neighboring Baidian Village and Tutai Village over there will also benefit. When the three villages are mobilized to work together, this will require nearly a thousand strong laborers. Do you think this is a big deal?
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Zhao Dayong said happily: "If you say so, then it's really not that difficult?"
Cao Yang asked: "If it's so easy, why hasn't anyone done it before?"
Zheng Tong, who was familiar with history, naturally knew the reason, and immediately explained: "In the past, they were scattered small families. It was very difficult to unite, and the interests of all parties were not balanced, so there was no way they could succeed.
, Now that we are a big group, we can work together and concentrate our efforts to do big things, so naturally it will not be difficult."
Qian Zhiming slammed the table and said excitedly: "So, the new society is better."
Zhao Dayong asked anxiously: "Brother Hua, just tell me, what can we do?"
Jiang Hua smiled and comforted: "Don't be impatient. Just recharge your batteries now. Don't relax when you start working. I have to report it to the village. I also need the Party Secretary to come forward to communicate with Baidian Village and Tutai Village."
That’s all.”
Qian Zhiming said: "Brother Hua, please hurry up. My blood is boiling and I don't know where to use my strength."
Jiang Hua smiled and said, "Don't be impatient for a moment. Save your strength first."
After all preparations were completed, Jiang Hua went to Chang Gui to report the situation.
Chang Gui now has a complicated mentality towards Jiang Hua. What this boy said and did were indeed reasonable and beneficial, but he was just too tossing. His ancestors had been stable for so many years, but when this boy came, he changed
So many rules made him a little confused.
Chang Gui squatted on the millstone at home, sucked on the cigarette rod and looked at Jiang Hua who came in. He took out a puff of smoke and then asked: "Jiang Hua, what do you want to do with me?"
Jiang Hua sat down opposite Chang Gui with his notebook and said: "Secretary Chang, you know the situation in our village very well. Our village is not lacking arable land, but it is lacking water. As a result, there is no way to cultivate the land, and even if we use people to fetch water, we can't manage it.
So I have a new idea that should solve the water problem."
Chang Gui happily knocked on the cigarette pot and asked with a smile: "What method can you tell me? Listen to it. If it works, I will mention it at the organization meeting."
Jiang Hua pointed in the direction of the apple tree and said: "There is a ravine where the apples are grown, which is only more than a mile away from the Wuding River. How about we divert the water from the Wuding River into the ravine?"
