Xiao Qian put the pancake in front of her and said, "You think that river dam is made of paper and can be broken if you say it. Eat it quickly and go to school."
Manbao no longer needs anyone to take him to and from school. After eating breakfast, he carries his small book box and stumbles to school by himself.
As soon as he reached the intersection in front of the school, he saw Mr. Zhuang standing on the roadside looking this way. Manbao immediately ran over, raised his little head and asked, "Sir, are you waiting for me?"
Mr. Zhuang smiled slightly, looked back, touched her little head and asked, "Why is the village so lively?"
"The village chief has called everyone to a meeting. I wonder if they are going fishing again."
Mr. Zhuang couldn't help but feel happy after hearing this, and the worries in his heart were washed away by her childlike words.
Mr. Zhuang calmed down, took Manbao back to the classroom, and arranged for her to study before returning to the courtyard. He thought that if something happened, he would know it after school at the latest.
Man Bao also found out after school, because as soon as he got home, his family was discussing who would serve in the military this year.
It is said that their district chief was urgently summoned to Jiangding Village upstream yesterday afternoon and was scolded by the county magistrate because of the breach in the dike.
Of course, it was not their chief who was scolded, but their chief was a piggyback. The worst thing was the chief in charge of Jiangding Village. I heard that he had been sent to prison at this time.
However, the embankment was broken after people caught him. Originally, there were three villages between Qili Village and Jiangding Village. This matter had nothing to do with them. However, the county magistrate's intention at that time was to recruit laborers to repair the embankment, so today
The village chief came to see the village chief early in the morning.
The head of the district felt that within the next few days at most, the county would issue a service order, so he would notify everyone in advance so that everyone could be prepared.
Last year, it was Zhou Dalang who served. According to the order, it should be Zhou Dalang's turn. But unfortunately, Zhou Dalang is about to become a male this year.
Oh, by the way, he can still be allocated fields after he becomes a man. Old Zhoutou has already inquired with the village chief and is planning to give the village chief a gift so that the fields he allocates will be better.
So the topic of today's discussion is, should Zhou Dalang go to serve, or should Zhou Dalang go?
Zhou Lang, who returned happily with money and an empty basket on his back, opened the door and met everyone's bright eyes. He felt a little panicked.
He subconsciously took out the robe from his shoulders and said, "I'm not greedy for money. If you don't believe me, ask Lao Wu and Eldest Sister. They all remembered today's account."
Zhou Xi pushed him away and walked in, asking: "What's wrong?"
Everyone looked at Zhou Lang with contempt and looked away. Zhou Lang said: "Isn't the dam upstream broken? The county may have to issue a service order."
Zhou Xi couldn't help but said: "Isn't that in Jiangding Village? Why did they come to our village?"
Lao Zhoutou said: "We are all on the same river. If they are not good, how can we be good?"
He said: "Fortunately, the summer flood and autumn flood have passed now. If it had broken open two months earlier, all the crops in the field would have suffered, and maybe even the house would have been damaged."
Zhou Zuorang said: "I remember that the embankment in Jiangding Village was built five years ago. My eldest brother was the one who went there at that time. Why did it break?"
Zhou Dalang frowned and thought for a long time, then hesitantly said: "Is it because there is missing wood?"
Zhou Lang felt that the current atmosphere at home was very unfriendly to him, so he quietly walked to Man Bao, squatted next to him, handed her a letter, and asked by the way, "Serve when you serve, what are you doing?"
Are you all staring at me?"
The letter was written by Miss Fu Er. Man Bao happily accepted it and explained to him, "Fourth brother, you will become a adult this year."
Zhou Lang opened his mouth wide, tightened his grip on his robe and asked, "So, so I want to serve?"
Man Bao thought for a while and said: "It stands to reason that this is the case."
Otherwise, it would be too cheap for the fourth brother to turn to the eldest brother again.
But Zhou Lang rolled his eyes and asked Manbao in a low voice, "If I go to serve, what will happen to the ginger and yams in the field?"
Man Bao: "There are also fifth brother and sixth brother. They are very powerful now. No matter what happens, there is still second brother, he will help."
"Then if I go, will my family still set up a stove nearby to stew soup?"
"I should be able to," Man Bao thought for a while and comforted him: "Don't worry, fourth brother, if you go, I will definitely ask the eldest brother and the others to set up a stove nearby to make soup."
Zhou Lang felt much better and gave her the jacket, "Here, count today's money."
Man Bao decided to read the letter first. Anyway, Dad and the others were still discussing things and were not in a hurry to count the money.
In fact, Miss Fu Er wanted to write a letter to Man Bao yesterday, but because Zhou Lang and the others moved to a different place to sell ginger, the letter was not sent. But this morning, as soon as the girl heard the shouting outside, she wrote the letter to
Sent out.
The letter focused on the books she had recently read and what she had learned, and then mentioned that her family loved the dried fish she sent, and shared the gossip she had heard with Man Bao.
After all, she was shocked by Magistrate Fu at the time. She was only ten years old. Although she was very sensible, she couldn't help crying afterwards.
It was her mother who comforted her and said it was none of her business, which made her feel better, but she still asked someone to find out what happened.
Of course, Magistrate Fu would not tell his daughter this, but this morning her father came home exhausted from outside, and she still knew what had happened from her mother's nagging.
A section of the river dam collapsed. Fortunately, it is not the flood season. Except for some fields in Dingjiang Village, no other villages were flooded.
Now that the autumn harvest has ended, Dingjiang Village has lost some vegetables but no crops. However, the fields with the deepest water will have a fertility imbalance and may turn from fertile fields to poor fields.
No matter how lucky you are, the river dam is broken, and if it is broken, it must be repaired.
Miss Fu Er said that her father lost his temper because building the dam required money, and it seemed that the county government had no money.
Miss Fu Er only gossiped about this kind of thing and didn't go into details. But Manbao couldn't help but widen his eyes and thought for a while. They ran out of money. The county magistrate wouldn't ask them for it again, right?
At this time, Magistrate Fu was also thinking about this issue.
He didn't want to issue any more service orders this year. He just asked each village to take care of its own water conservancy and open up the land allocated to Chengding.
But now it is impossible not to send it.
But how to send this?
Which village's labor is drawn, and which village's labor is not drawn?
Of course, this is not the most important thing. The most important thing is, what to do with the materials for building the dam?
The county did not apply to the state for river dam construction, so no funds were allocated this year.
Magistrate Fu was filled with hatred when he thought about this. The dam that was broken was built when he was the magistrate. It was such a coincidence that it was built a year before he left office.