Chapter 471 Grandpa, I want a hammock (10,000) Good night
"Grandpa, hurry up." Mengmeng ran ahead with a water bottle hanging around her neck.
As she ran, the water bottle around her neck was swung back and forth, which looked particularly interesting.
They were going to the woods to the south.
The end of June and the beginning of July are the hottest times, with the highest daytime temperature around 37 degrees. At this time, people are reluctant to go out and walk around the crop fields.
When there is no air conditioning at home, it is actually even hotter.
Someone tried to find a way to carve out a shady place in the woods south of Caojiazhuang.
They cut off all the diagonally long branches above their heads, leaving dense leaves on the top of the trees. These leaves could perfectly block the sun no matter when.
If it rains, these leaves can also keep out the rain.
Someone built several square stone tables with stone slabs and bricks under the tree, mainly for playing cards and chess.
It's like a natural air-conditioned room here, but there are shortcomings. There are many trees and mosquitoes.
Many elderly people are not afraid of being bitten by mosquitoes. They wear long sleeves and long trousers and continue to play cards and chess here to kill time.
However, most young people and children cannot bear the mosquito bites and are unwilling to play here.
When Cao Zhenghu took his great-granddaughter out, he sprayed a lot of toilet water and mosquito repellent on her exposed arms, legs and neck, just to prevent Mengmeng from being bitten by mosquitoes, and the excruciating itching was like suffering.
I rode an electric tricycle here and saw that there were hammocks set up in the woods. There were four children swinging back and forth on the hammocks, swinging the hammocks vigorously, and taking them up there to enjoy themselves. Mengmeng was also envious.
I couldn't take my eyes away.
After getting off the grandpa's electric tricycle, Mengmeng pointed to the hammock and said to the grandpa: "Grandpa, I want to play too."
"Let's go, I'll take you over and talk to them." Cao Zhenghu held his great-granddaughter's hand and walked towards the hammock.
He thought about talking to the other party and letting his great-grandson play for a while, but who knew that these little bastards had no intention of respecting their elders and were enjoying themselves, so how could they let them out?
Cao Zhenghu was annoyed when he saw them ignoring him: "Mengmeng, grandpa will buy you a hammock."
"Okay, okay, grandpa, let's go quickly." Mengmeng turned around and was about to run towards the place where the electric tricycle was parked, but after running for two steps, she suddenly found that grandpa was still standing there.
Mengmeng was a little confused: "Grandpa, hurry up and leave."
"It's such a hot day, we won't go. I'll call your dad and ask him to go to the town to buy it." Mengmeng heard her grandfather say this. She was a little disappointed at first, but when she heard that her dad was asked to buy it, she
Happy again.
When Cao Shujie received a call from his grandfather, he was busy in the orchard and did not expect that his grandfather would come up with this trick.
But grandpa's operation was undoubtedly the most reassuring. Cao Shujie immediately agreed and said he would buy the hammock back as soon as possible.
Mengmeng thinks it doesn’t matter who buys it.
She and her grandfather were waiting patiently here.
Her father, Cao Shujie, actually drove to town and bought a hammock for him, and he didn't even use it for an hour.
After Cao Shujie personally selected two suitable trees, he unfolded the hammock, tied the ropes at both ends, then lifted Mengmeng up and let her play on it.
At this time, the four children in the other hammock saw it and their eyes were filled with envy.
They think Mengmeng is so awesome, and they actually buy it when people say they want it.
Two of the children had the nerve to come over and want to play with Mengmeng's hammock, but Mengmeng still remembered the time when they rejected her just now.
"No, no one is allowed to play, I can only play by myself." Mengmeng said simply and neatly. At this time, she was not hesitant.
At this point, Cao Shujie admired his daughter's straightforwardness.
"Mengmeng did a great job." Cao Shujie also praised him.
Mengmeng didn't care about this, she was having so much fun playing in the hammock.
Grandpa Cao Zhenghu was sitting at the stone table next to him.
There are three old people sitting on the other three sides of the stone table. There are two playing cards on the stone table, and four old people are playing cards.
This scene is particularly harmonious, making people feel particularly calm and warm in their hearts.
Cao Shujie stayed here for a while and saw that the mosquito repellent on his daughter's body was evenly sprayed and there were no traces of mosquito bites. He then drove away with confidence.
Mengmeng and her grandfather Cao Zhenghu played here all morning, and Mengmeng even fell asleep comfortably in the hammock.
Seeing her even breathing and leisurely swinging on the hammock, many children envied him.
But they were playing in a public hammock. Remembering that they had not let Mengmeng play for a while, no one had the nerve to ask Mengmeng to borrow a hammock to play with again.
"Brother Hu, your grandson is getting better and better now." Cao Zhengfang, who was playing cards, threw out a pair of aces and said, "Our family will also benefit from it."
"Hey, it doesn't matter whether we take advantage of the glory or not, we will all be buried with our legs cut off and we won't live for a few more years. Aren't you taking this matter lightly?" Cao Zhenghu was very open-minded.
But Cao Zhengfang does not see things more clearly than he does.
"Our family is not doing well. We still have to earn money to support our family. It makes me feel uncomfortable just looking at it."
"Our family is not like your family. Shujie is as capable, and you are not short of money." Cao Zhengfang said this.
As soon as he finished speaking, Cao Zhengyin, the former village accountant next to him, also said: "No one can say otherwise. I am very convinced that Shujie will be the village director. Others should not even think about it."
"That's right. When Jiangang was the village secretary, he always took money out of his own pocket. But what happened? He did too many bad things and was called away by the King of Hell in advance." Cao Zhenglin said.
Only old men like them dare to say such harsh words, but if a peer or young person says it, they will be beaten immediately.
But the older generation is somewhat superstitious. They feel that what Cao Zhenglin said is very close to the truth. Otherwise, how could Cao Jian, who was in his 60s and considered young, suddenly become ill and leave?
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Friday, June 28th.
On this day, Cao Shujie received a text message stating that the 15 million two-year low-interest loan approved by Yiling Rural Commercial Bank had arrived in his account.
Seeing the money, Cao Shujie felt no worries at all.
However, with the arrival of this money, it also greatly alleviated the problem of insufficient cash reserves in his hand.
After the funds arrived, Cao Shujie did not invest the money in the stock market again. He had a strong idea in his mind that he could do peripheral things, but it was best not to touch illegal things.
Moreover, Cao Shujie has his own investment discipline and bottom line.
He is also very clear that he relies on the memory of his previous life to collect a handful, but some people are naturally adapted to the capital market. They use this market to take whatever they want and purely regard it as their own cash machine.
With Cao Shujie's size, in the entire market, if he thought he was invincible, he would have been beaten to death long ago.
When the time passed from June to July, the temperature rose further. According to weather forecasts, the highest temperature in some areas has exceeded 40 degrees.
This is an unimaginable high temperature. Cao Shujie knew in his heart that if it continued, the human body would not be able to bear it under such conditions, and various problems would likely occur.
In fact, this is indeed the case. News reported that a worker at a construction site worked outdoors for a long time. As a result, no one noticed the abnormality of heat stroke in the early stage of the disease. Over time, it caused heat stroke...
This is destined to be an annoying and pessimistic fact. Many netizens have criticized it online, but it is of no use.
Many construction companies still do whatever they want.
…
Fortunately, after the continuous hot weather, there was finally a heavy rain.
Looking outside, Cao Shujie was also worried as the heavy rain showed no signs of stopping after a day and a night.
A moderate amount of rain is a good thing, but if it rains too much, it will be a disaster and may cause other problems.
Fortunately, the drainage in Caojiazhuang is still very good, and there has been no village waterlogging.
Even so, Cao Shujie put on a split raincoat that afternoon, put on his rain boots, held an umbrella, and walked outside with a shovel.
He was going to visit the orchards around Caojiazhuang.
If the rainfall is too heavy and the water cannot be released, the roots of the fruit trees may be soaked.
Unlike him, the fruit trees planted in the orchard are the lifeblood of many people in Caojiazhuang, and they really cannot tolerate any great losses to these fruit trees.
Cao Shujie thought of this, and many experienced fruit farmers in Caojiazhuang also thought of this.
When he came to the orchard west of Caojiazhuang, he saw many people carrying shovels on the orchard and observing the scene in the orchard.
Some people walked into the orchard, but as soon as they stepped in, their feet sank 10 centimeters deep. If they tried to walk forward, they couldn't pull their legs up at all, and even their rain boots were left in place.
Seeing this situation, Cao Shujie understood that it was really raining in the crop fields this time.
But he looked up at the dark clouds in the sky, which were still piled together. They were so thick that they made people feel oppressive and breathless.
The amount of rain did not seem to have decreased significantly at all. Looking at this appearance, no one dared to say how long the rain would last.
Cao Shujie was also worried.
Someone saw him coming, called him Director Cao, and told him his worries.
"It's okay. Don't worry. Besides, even if something goes wrong, we still have insurance. The worst we can do is waste half a year while we plant new fruit seedlings." This is how Cao Shujie comforted people.
Although it doesn't sound good, it is a fact.
Hearing him say this showed that there was still a way out, and many people felt at ease.
"Can't you get in the ground?" Cao Shujie asked.
Several people next to them almost nodded in unison: "Director Cao, you can't go in now, and you can't walk at all. I suggest you wait until the rain stops and let it dry for a day before going in. Otherwise, even if you go in, you won't be able to do it in this situation.
live."
Cao Shujie understood that what he said was true.
Continuing to walk west along the highway, Cao Shujie looked over all the land and orchards belonging to Caojiazhuang.
He also saw many people walking hard on the land despite the heavy rain.
For the people in the countryside, land is their roots.
The fruits produced on the land are God's gift to them. If there is no other income, this will be their expenses for the coming year.
Cao Shujie couldn't see them like this, so he shouted to the people in the fields to get out of the fields quickly, and wait until it stopped raining before he could think of another way to see what to do?
What Cao Shujie said is a fact. At this time, no matter where the fruit trees are planted, they are experiencing this scene.
What Cao Shujie is more anxious about at this moment is what is happening to the fruit trees in his orchard?
The harvest is expected to be good in less than a month. A heavy rain at this time may not necessarily be a good thing for the fruit trees in his orchard.
However, the inspection had not been completed at this time. Even though Cao Shujie was very anxious, he did not go to the orchard on the mountain to take a look.
The village party secretary Cao Jianlong called him and asked him to go to the fields to check on the situation.
When Cao Shujie told him that he was already on the ground and looking at this year's harvest, Cao Jianlong was a little confused. He didn't expect Cao Shujie to act so quickly.
Not long after, Cao Jianlong also came to the field wearing a raincoat despite the heavy rain.
When he came to Cao Shujie, the two of them looked at the situation in the fields, and Cao Jianlong had a worried look on his face.
In the current situation, if the rain doesn't stop, the land is likely to be filled with water. Let's look at the drainage ditches that were rebuilt last year. They are now filled with water.
"Shujie, do you think this heavy rain is okay?" Cao Jianlong was a little worried, so he asked Cao Shujie.
After hearing Cao Shujie's affirmative reply, Cao Jianlong breathed a sigh of relief and said to Cao Shujie: "To be honest, Shujie, I was just waiting for what you just said."
When Cao Shujie heard what Cao Jianlong said, he couldn't laugh or cry.
But thinking about Cao Jianlong's trust in him, Cao Shujie felt very complicated.
After returning from the peripheral orchard, Cao Shujie went straight up the mountain along the southern slope. He saw the turbulent rainwater flowing down the repaired mountain road. To be honest, it was a very unwise decision to go up the mountain at this time.
But Cao Shujie was still worried, and he followed the road step by step to the orchard halfway up the mountain.
Standing on the parking platform, Cao Shujie felt relieved.
Cao Shuchao, Zhuang Xuesong and others, who were taking shelter in the hut from the rain, thought they had seen the wrong person when they saw Cao Shujie who had just come up the mountain through the glass on the wall of the hut.
After taking a closer look, they confirmed that it was their boss. The four of them couldn't sit still and hurriedly came out holding umbrellas or wearing raincoats to greet Cao Shujie.
"Boss, it's raining so heavily, why did you come up here?" Zhuang Xuesong asked him.
Cao Shujie took a deep breath, looked at the four people in front of him, and asked: "Stop talking nonsense, how are you doing here? Is there anything unusual?"
Cao Shuchao nodded solemnly: "Boss, this rain is too heavy, and it is likely to affect this year's kiwi and apple production."
"Can anyone enter the orchard?" Cao Shujie asked them.
Cao Shuchao shook his head directly: "We can't get in now."
Hearing what Cao Shuchao said, Cao Shujie was helpless, but he knew that in the face of this power of nature, manpower was sometimes poor.
Despite this, Cao Shujie still walked deeper into the orchard.
Cao Shuchao was worried and followed behind.
Zhuang Xuesong took a look and followed.
The remaining two people did not follow blindly, they were waiting in the hut at the door.
Cao Shujie and the other three came to the depths of the orchard and looked forward. Where there was soil, there were still several large holes in the ground that had not been filled.
Cao Shuchao also pointed to the holes and said that he had stepped in the orchard just now and could not walk through them at all.
The only good thing is that there is no water stored in the mountains, unlike those orchards in the west where some water is stored and cannot be drained out.
The rain didn't stop until around 5pm on the second day.
Cao Shujie never expected that the rain would last for so long. The sky finally cleared up and the dark clouds covering people's heads were blown away.
Cao Shujie then retreated from the orchard on the mountain and returned home first.
"Shujie, how's it going outside? How's it going in the mountains?" Cao Jianguo and Wang Yuelan didn't leave. When they saw their son finally returned home, they both came over to ask.
Cao Shujie did not worry them. He said the situation in the orchard was very good.
"Brother Chao and the other four are on duty in the orchard. I will let them rest after they have been busy for a few days." Cao Shujie said this.
"Hey, who knew it would be okay if it rained so hard?" Cheng Xiaolin asked him.
The expression on Cao Shujie's face was very complicated: "Some of them were affected, and the fruits fell to the ground. These are basically scrapped."
"But most of it is fine."
Hearing her husband say this, Cheng Xiaolin also breathed a sigh of relief.
"Shujie, you can pick up the ones that fell on the ground and feed them to the cows. Don't think too much about the others." Cheng Xiaolin said to him.
Cao Shujie also meant the same thing. He had told Cao Shuchao and others about this before going down the mountain.
Cao Shuchao and the others also agreed to go in and pick out the fallen fruits after they could walk in the fields, crush the selected ones and feed them to the cows.
That night, Cao Shujie did not sleep well. Hearing the sound of wind blowing outside, he was worried that it would happen again in the evening. This was one of the few times when he was so worried that he could not sleep.
I have made n number of preparations, but in fact, in the face of the power of nature, any preparation made in advance is in vain.
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While Cao Shujie was worried about the heavy rain, something was also happening at the Dafa Fruit Wholesale Market in Quancheng that gave market managers a headache.
Cao Shujie's statement finally reached Quancheng Dafa Fruit Wholesale Market.
At this time, more and more people are criticizing the Dafa Fruit Wholesale Market.
In the eyes of consumers, Dafa Fruit Wholesale Market has gone too far and defends merchants of counterfeit and shoddy fruits. This behavior cannot be forgiven at all.
But some consumers think it’s a bit too strict?
Because of this matter, netizens on the Internet were divided into two sides and quarreled.
But within the Dafa Fruit Wholesale Market, the market's management is having a headache.
No one expected that an ordinary complaint that was not handled in time would trigger a series of subsequent problems.
In the eyes of people at the Dafa Fruit Wholesale Market, Cao Shujie's actions seemed a bit childish, but they had to admit that these seemingly childish actions were very effective.
No, Dafa Fruit Wholesale Market finally couldn't stand it anymore and wanted to speak out, but I just didn't know what they were going to say.
