Chapter 25 Preparations before the start of construction
Qu Fenghe hid in the bushes, stuffed the sesame cakes into his mouth, stretched out his tongue to clean up the foam from the sesame cakes on his palms, took off the gourd from his waist, carefully poured a sip of water into his mouth, and then plugged the mouth of the gourd.
, for fear of leaking a drop.
He rested for a moment, and when his physical strength recovered a little, he resumed walking through the wormwood covering his whole body. His exposed face, neck, palms, etc. were occasionally scratched with red marks by the wormwood, which stung his skin.
There were bouts of pain, but Qu Fenghe didn't take it to heart at all. He concentrated on watching for any signs of trouble around him, and kept moving forward in the right direction.
This is a young man who wants to go home wholeheartedly.
In more than half a month, Qu Fenghe escaped five times, once every three days on average. Each time he was more prepared than the last time, and each time he escaped closer to home, but unfortunately he was caught every time.
When I went back, I could never escape from the small prison in Junshan Temple.
This is already the sixth time he has escaped. As long as he passes through the grass and crosses the ravine in front of him, he can be freed from those nasty smelly Taoist priests, eat big fish and meat, and sleep in warm bedding.
The most important thing is that he finally doesn’t have to dig out the cesspit! The feeling of home has never been so longing for him.
Qu Fenghe finally emerged from the grassland. He carefully observed the ravine in front of him and confirmed that there was no one on the mountain walls on both sides. Then he exerted force on his feet and jumped out, running quickly.
Qujiazhuang is right behind the ravine. We must escape this time! Gan Fenghe clenched his fists as he ran, fifty steps...thirty steps...twenty steps...ten steps...
Qu Fenghe finally broke out of the ravine, and his eyes suddenly opened up. Layers of white walls with cornices were two miles away, opening their warm embrace to Qu Fenghe.
Then……
Qu Fenghe slowed down and panted as he walked to the side of a horse. He leaned on his waist and laughed awkwardly: "Haha, today is Taoist Guan on duty? What a coincidence. What, I just came out.
Take a walk to relax your muscles and bones, didn’t Master Zhao Xian say that walking more can strengthen your body..."
Guan Er was riding on the horse, looking at Qu Fenghe, and asked: "How are your muscles and bones? How strong is your body?"
Qu Feng shook his arms twice, turned around with his hands on his hips according to the posture Zhao Ran had taught him these days, and said: "Not bad, I feel more and more comfortable."
Guan Er nodded: "Then let's go."
Qu Fenghe hurriedly bowed and nodded: "Hey, I'll lead the horse for Taoist Guan."
Not to mention how Qu Fenghe was beaten by Zhong Sanlang after returning to Junshan Temple, but Zhao Ran had been waiting for more than half a month, and seeing that the construction was going to start in a few days, the broken bird still didn't come back, which really pissed him off.
It's quite annoying.
Having no other choice, Zhao Ran took the old mangy donkey out and patted the donkey's butt: "Brother Donkey, do you know Mount Taihua?"
The old donkey raised his head and raised his head towards the southeast. Zhao Ran said happily: "Not bad, he is becoming more and more intelligent, and he also knows the direction. Have you been with that chicken before?"
The old donkey roared again, spread its hooves and slid around Zhao Ran twice.
"Been there twice? Is it fun there?"
"Ang...ang..."
Upon hearing the old donkey's braying, Zhao Ran hesitated slightly. He originally wanted the old donkey to call the chicken back, but looking at the old donkey's behavior, it seemed that there was a possibility that he would not be able to come back after he went.
But now that the work is about to start, the chicken is absolutely needed. Although I can do Taoism, my work efficiency is much lower. As for the mangy donkey in front of me, it can do one-tenth of the five colors.
"Then please ask Brother Donkey to go to Taihua Mountain and get that broken chicken back. Tell me that the honey has been prepared here for a long time and is just waiting to be cooked with skewered honey wings."
I didn't know whether the old donkey could fully understand such a complicated meaning. I slapped it on the butt, and the old donkey rushed out with joy and disappeared behind the mountain road in a blink of an eye.
Zhao Ran rubbed his eyes and thought to himself, am I not dazzled? Why am I running so fast now? Could it be that this beast has been cheating and cheating when he was driving me and was not sincere in his work...
Spring plowing is coming to an end, and all the seedlings in the fields have been planted. The acres of paddy fields look particularly refreshing under the sunlight. There are people from every household bending around in the fields to straighten the fallen seedlings.
, or simply replace the seedlings.
To the northeast of Jundu Mountain are Shangxincun and Xiaxincun. These two villages are separated by a small rock mountain and hang alone outside the small basin of Jundu Mountain.
Jin Jiu's original idea of building a road actually came from this small rocky mountain. There were almost no big trees growing on this rocky mountain. It was covered with a thin layer of soil and there were mostly shrubs on the mountain. Originally, according to Zhao Ran's plan, it was to be on the mountain.
Fruit trees were planted, but when Jin Jiu organized manpower to work on them, he discovered that there were big rocks under the soil.
At that time, the more everyone in Junshan Temple looked at this small rocky mountain, the more panicked they became. Jin Jiu gritted his teeth and decided to dig the mountain. He planned to dig out a passage through the mountain through ten years of continuous excavation, connecting Shangxiaxin Village and
Junshan small basins are connected together.
Last winter, Jin Jiu organized people to dig mountains. The gravel excavated was of little use, so he simply used it to pave roads. Later, road building became the main purpose, and digging mountains took a back seat.
If Zhao Ran wants to continue building roads, the main source of stone materials is this small stone mountain. His accompanying plan is not only to open a channel to connect the upper and lower new villages to the Junshan small basin, he wants to do more.
A mountain moved away.
There are already many small wooden carts piled under Xiaoshi Mountain. These wooden carts were rushed out by the Jundu Mountain Timber Workshop these days, specifically for transporting gravel to pave the way. The timber workshop is working day and night, and the production task given by Zhao Ran is to
Make at least five wooden carts quickly.
In the past two days, the wooden bridge on the Chongma River has also been reinforced to ensure that wooden carts loaded with gravel can pass through the bridge without being overwhelmed.
On the other side of the bridge, Lin Shuangwen had organized people to build a simple warehouse to store various tools and a large amount of required food.
Zhao Ran did some calculations along the planned road in the past two days. There are five villages along the way, with a total of thousands of people in Dingkou. Once the road is built, these people will also benefit and join the army of people who have contributed to him.
among.
Doing good deeds must leave a name, so Zhao Ran had people write more than 100 publicity notices, with a line of big characters written on them: "If you want to be rich, build roads first, have more children and cut down trees - Junshan Temple wishes Zhao Zhiran to his father and fellow villagers
Pray for blessings.”
Lin Shuangwen took Gan Fenghe out, and under the escort of Lu Jin, began to post slogans in the villages along the road. Zhao Ran's request was only two words - be eye-catching!
Three days before the start of construction, Lao Lu finally returned to Junshan with Master Wuse. Only then did Zhao Ran breathe a sigh of relief.