Chapter 23 Found a flock of sheep (for the leader of the cucumber master
"By the way, what are you doing now?"
While eating, Comrade Xu chatted with Xu Changsheng.
Xu Changsheng: "Let's eat! Can't you see?"
Xu Tongdao: "..."
Comrade Xu burst out laughing. Just as he was about to ask the question more accurately, Xu Changsheng suddenly reacted, "Oh, you're asking me if I go out to make money now, right? Well, I'm working behind the scenes with my uncle now.
Haha, it can be regarded as learning from the bricklayer!"
Picking up another chopstick of braised pork and stuffing it into his mouth, Xu Changsheng turned to look at Comrade Xu and said with a smile: "What about you? You should take the high school entrance examination this year, right? I remember that you did very well in school when you were a child, how about this?
Can I pass the exam this time?"
Xu Tongdao laughed at himself, "Have you not heard about the recent situation in my family? My father ran away, so no matter how well I do in the exam this time, I can't continue studying."
…
The two of them chatted while eating, comforting each other as they chatted.
Xu Changsheng's life was not easy, and Comrade Xu's life was not going to be easy either. As the two chatted, they began to sympathize with each other.
Xu Tongdao from the original time and space became more and more withdrawn after his father disappeared. He rarely took the initiative to chat with others. He was always holding back his energy and wanted to improve the life of his family with his own efforts, so his friend
He became less and less, and gradually became a loner with few friends.
It wasn't until much later that he slowly realized that for people like him, who didn't have a high degree of education or support from noble people, if they wanted to get ahead, it might actually be easier to have more friends... the road might be easier.
For example, if you have a few friends to help you do something on weekdays, it will definitely be much easier.
Unfortunately, when he realized this, he was almost thirty years old, and his former friends had not been in contact for many years.
And a man who is almost thirty years old... it is easy to make fair-weather friends, but it is difficult to make true friends.
Therefore, when he came back from rebirth, his mentality was very different from that of him in the original time and space.
Just like yesterday, when he saw Xu Tonglin, he wanted to change Xu Tonglin's fate of drowning.
Having just seen Xu Changsheng, he also subconsciously wanted to get closer to Xu Changsheng.
He no longer wants to be a lonely person like in the original time and space.
He also wants to make some friends, real friends.
By the time the meal was finished, he and Xu Changsheng had become quite close.
After all, they spent a lot of time playing together since they were little, and they were good friends since childhood.
After the two of them finished eating, they were about to find a place to wash their lunch boxes when they suddenly heard a villager who had just come down from the polder ridge shouting in surprise, "Good news, good news! Hehe, the water level in the river has dropped. In just a short time, the water level has dropped.
It’s almost a foot high, great! Hey, captain! The water level has dropped so much, we don’t have to add a ridge this afternoon, right? Hey hey.”
This news gave everyone mixed reactions. Most people were surprised, happy, and a little confused.
"What? Real or fake? You bastard, are you lying? In just one meal, the water level in the river dropped by more than a foot? How is this possible?"
"Tsk, tsk, it would be great if the water level really dropped by more than a foot!"
"It couldn't be that the polder was broken somewhere, right? Hmm... If the bastard is not lying, then the polder must have been broken somewhere, otherwise the water level would not have dropped so fast..."
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Xu Tongdao and Xu Changsheng did not say anything, but they both stopped and listened to everyone's discussion.
Tongdao Xu thinks it is very possible to break the dike, if the water level in the river really drops by more than a foot so quickly.
In his memory before his rebirth, during the rainy season this year, many places were indeed broken.
And breaking the dike means that a section of the river embankment bursts, which means that the raging river water pours into an area, turning that place into a patchwork country.
It also means that thousands of households will become victims of the disaster, with crops in the fields being flooded, houses being flooded, and food and livestock being washed away by floods...
At this moment, he frowned, unable to tell whether he was happy or unhappy.
Because if the news about the water level dropping is true, then they probably won't have to worry about it this afternoon. This is of course good news.
But it also means that thousands of households in a certain polder area have been completely affected by the disaster.
"Trail! Let's go take a look at the polder?"
Xu Changsheng beside him suggested to Comrade Xu in a low voice.
Comrade Xu nodded, turned around and sent the lunch box into the kitchen, then walked out with Xu Changsheng and walked to the polder not far away.
Before lunch today, they both knew roughly where the water level in the river was.
There are still traces of the original water level on the polder!
But at this time, while they were standing on the outer edge of the polder, they could really see that the water level in the river had indeed dropped by more than a foot.
"Hehe, that's great! Our fair will be much safer now, okay! That's great!"
Xu Changsheng was very happy to see that the water level in the river had indeed dropped a lot.
He probably didn't even think about what it meant when the water level suddenly dropped so much.
Comrade Xu's feelings were much more complicated.
But that's all. Now he is just a common man running for the livelihood of his family. No matter what he feels in his heart, no matter what he thinks, there is nothing he can do in the face of a disaster like Powei.
Sighing secretly, he tilted his head towards Xu Changsheng, "Let's go! I've already seen it, our lunch boxes haven't been washed yet! Let's go!"
"Hey! Hey."
Xu Changsheng happily followed quickly.
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Sure enough, because the water level in the river suddenly dropped a lot, it didn't take long for the team leader to convey the notice just passed down from above. Their team didn't need to pick up the ridge in the afternoon.
As soon as this announcement was announced, everyone in the yard beamed with joy except Comrade Xu, who had a calm expression.
Naturally, everyone doesn't like having to do the hard work of adding a new boss and having no money for it.
So Comrade Xu and others were completely free in the afternoon, chatting, playing cards, and the women knitting sweaters and collecting shoe soles also took out their sweaters and shoe soles.
The two young men, Xu Tongdao and Xu Changsheng, seemed a bit idle.
The two of them were sitting under the eaves. Xu Changsheng pursed his lips in boredom, scratched his crotch, and turned to ask: "Hey, Xiaodao! Are we just going to sit like this all afternoon? This is too boring!"
Comrade Xu also felt that he was a little too busy, so he simply stood up and said, "How about we walk around the village? It won't rain now anyway."
For Xu Changsheng, maybe he would be happy no matter what he was asked to do at this time, as long as he didn't continue to sit here.
"Okay! Let's go! Let's go!"
He stood up immediately, full of interest.
So, the two of them started hanging out in this village together.
While wandering around, Comrade Xu suddenly heard several "bleeping" sounds of sheep, and subconsciously looked over. He saw dozens of white sheep, large and small, in the large yard of a house not far away.
Activities in the yard.
Moreover, visually they seem to be all sheep.
It's not the kind of goat that some people in Xujia Village raise.
Looking at the dozens of sheep in the big yard, Xu Tongdao narrowed his eyes slightly, thoughtfully.