The poor man grows watermelon

If you want to build an arch bridge, site selection is very important.

The soil quality at the river base directly determines whether the river base will sink or move. If it is selected well, it can largely protect the arch bridge from being washed away by flowing water.

Su Ye entrusted Xuewa to Su Ya'er, and together with Su Qingzhu rode a horse along the river to dig and dig, as carefully as if digging for treasure.

Yu Feng went to Village Chief Hou with the pattern, asking him to help hire some workers.

"In addition to digging foundations, people who know how to quarry are also needed. Carpenters also need a few to make a bracket. If anyone has ready-made wood and stone, we can buy it at our expense."

After hearing what he said, Hou An jumped up and said loudly: "This bridge is not just a village in Yujia Village. We can't just let you and Brother Page contribute money and effort, everyone has a share!"

Hou An looked at Village Chief Hou, and said bluntly, "Father, I want to help too!"

Village Chief Hou looked at the pattern on the cloth, pursed his lips and said nothing.

There are four sons in the Hou family. Except for the third son who works as a bookkeeper in the county, the other three are all here.

The eldest brother and the second child looked at each other. Although they supported Hou An's idea in their hearts, they didn't dare to speak.

Hou An was spoiled and raised since he was a child, and he was especially courageous. He tugged on the sleeve of Village Chief Hou in dissatisfaction, and urged, "Father, you should say something!"

"It's frizzy, what does it look like!" Village Chief Hou glared at him before saying, "Fengzi, are you sure this thing can really be made?"

"The little page said that success will definitely be achieved." Yu Feng said firmly.

Hou An also yelled, "That's right, what did Brother Page want to do, which one didn't work?"

Village Chief Hou gritted his teeth and replied, "That's it!"

As soon as this remark came out, not only Hou An, but even Hou Dahou Er showed obvious joy.

On the contrary, Yu Feng was very calm. Even if Village Chief Hou disagreed, he still had a way to build the bridge.

Village Chief Hou returned the drawing to Yu Feng, and said solemnly: "I dare not say anything about other villages. People in Xiaozhu Village will not ask for a copper coin no matter whether they produce things or work hard——Fengzi, you don't need to persuade, you should understand." Uncle means."

Yu Feng was silent for a moment, then nodded briskly.

Village Chief Hou said again: "You don't have to take care of the other villages, just leave it to me. You just need to help Xiaoying do things well."

"Then I will trouble Uncle Hou."

"I can't talk about that."

Hou An snorted and said, "If other villages dare to ask for money at this time, then we will also collect money when they cross the bridge in the future!"

Village Chief Hou smiled. Although he didn't say it, he actually meant it.Even, he has stronger means, so there is no need to tell a few juniors.

On the other side, Su Ye recalled the introduction of Zhaozhou Bridge, thinking that he could find a similar place.

Unexpectedly, he really found it.

To the southwest of Yujia Village, facing Xitou Village, there is an alluvial land.

The river bank is gentle, the sand and gravel are compact, and the bottom layer is silt and rocks, which is the most suitable place to build the bridge foundation.

The man who rowed the bamboo raft followed them all the time, which was specially arranged by Village Chief Hou.

In fact, it was to prevent the two of them from falling into the water, and it just came in handy at this time.

"Let's go to the other side to see."

"Okay! Sit down, both of you, let's go!"

"Hey, this thing is so fun, it's like walking on water."

It was the first time for Su Qingzhu to sit on a bamboo raft, dangling around in a novel way, if it wasn't for the man's good skills, he would definitely fall into the water.

Su Ye took his arm and warned, "Be careful."

In fact, it was also his first time sitting, and the novelty in his heart was no less than that of Su Qingzhu.

The man was originally a talkative man, but when he heard that both of them were twins, he couldn't hold back the words, "Brother Su, you don't know, brother Qingzhu is considered good, I took a guy from Nanshi Village the other day When my mother-in-law got to the other side, who knew she would cry and scream when she came up, almost tearing me off!"

Su Ye smiled and said, "It's really hard work."

He knew that this man used bamboo rafts to carry people, which was completely voluntary labor, no matter whether he was from his own village or not, he would not charge a penny.

The man scratched his head, feeling a little embarrassed, "Well, there's not much work in the field anyway, and idleness is idleness."

In the time of talking, we reached the other side.

The man stroked the pole, and the bamboo raft landed firmly on the shore.

During these days, the man has become very proficient at rowing the bamboo rafts, and there will never be a situation where passengers fall into the mud when they go ashore.

Su Qingzhu was the first to jump down, and turned around to pull Su Ye.

Su Ye raised her eyebrows, "I'm getting more and more sensible."

Su Qingzhu was annoyed, "If you talk nonsense again, you will be thrown into the water."

Su Ye smiled helplessly, and started digging with a shovel.

Su Qingzhu probably felt a little bit regretful when he was done with the murder, silently snatched the shovel from Su Ye's hand, and dug hard.

The soil layer was dug up bit by bit. Although there was no time to dig too deep, Su Ye could roughly see that the situation here was similar to that on the other side.

He breathed a long sigh of relief, and his tone was not without joy, "Qingzhu, make a mark."

Su Qingzhu paused, "This is it?"

"En!" Su Ye nodded heavily.

"Wait, I have to plant a tree here, I can't just ignore the holes we dug!" Su Qingzhu jumped up and down, and really went to dig the tree.

Su Ye shook her head and smiled, letting him go.

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On the day of digging the foundation, men from all over the country came, and no one raised money.

Village Chief Hou said with a smile: "Everyone has been entangled by this river all these years. Not only is it inconvenient to travel, but people die every year. When I say you want to build a bridge, everyone can only be happy and grateful."

Seeing the crowds of people by the river, everyone rolling up their sleeves and working hard, Su Ye was both surprised and moved.

Among the group of grown men, there was a special little figure, that child who was rescued from the water - Yu Qing.

After Yu Qing woke up, he acted very calmly. The young boy kowtowed to everyone one by one, and asked the man who played the bamboo raft to send him home.

It wasn't until seeing that Granny Yu was safe and sound that the child finally let go of his little adult appearance, hugged Granny Yu's body, and started crying.

At that time, Su Qingzhu and Hou An accompanied him back. Seeing this scene, the two young men took out all the copper coins on their bodies and threw them down, and then ran away as if to escape.

Granny Yu chased them out with tears in her eyes, and the two of them had long since disappeared.

A few days later, Su Ye saw a wet fish basket in front of the thatched shed, which contained five fat and big fish—some were still alive, some were dead. how long.

Seeing him on the construction site at this time, Su Ye couldn't bear it, "He hasn't recovered from his illness yet, can he do heavy work?"

Yu Feng comforted: "Don't worry, everyone is taking good care of him, and if he is asked to do something, he will feel at ease."

Which of the children in the village didn't come here like this?Especially this kind without parental protection.

Yu Feng could understand Yu Qing's thoughts best.

Su Ye looked at the thin but extremely hard-working figure, and said, "When this matter is over, arrange a job for him in the pickle shop!"

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In less than a day, the foundation was dug, and the next step was to lay the abutment.

In order to ensure the strength of the arch bridge, the abutment should be made of hard rocks. However, with the current technology, the rocks are not easy to mine, and a mistake will cause danger.

Su Ye was a little confused.

Yu Feng suggested, "Otherwise, use blue bricks instead, pay attention to it every year, and repair it several times, it will always be much stronger than wooden bridges."

At this moment, the third son of the village head Hou came back from the county, and he brought good news to everyone.

"My master heard that we are going to build a stone bridge here, so he asked me to come back and ask if we need stone slabs——Father, why didn't you tell me about such a big matter?"

Village Chief Hou stared at him, "The wings are hard, aren't they, you dare to pick on your father's thorns?"

Hou Laosan immediately shortened by half, hugged his paws and muttered: "How dare I? I just feel that I can't help you with the things in our village and let me know from outsiders...it's shameful."

Boss Hou rubbed his younger brother's hair, and said with a smile, "It's okay, there is me and your second brother at home, so you don't need to worry about it!"

"And me, brother, you can't leave me behind!" Hou An shouted unwillingly.

Everyone laughed.

After hearing Hou Laosan's words, everyone knew that his owner's surname was Wu, a wealthy family in Wannian County, and his hometown was in a village in the north of the county seat called Qingshi Village.

Qingshi Village is close to the mountain, and there is not much arable land. Every household in the village has a good craft of mining rocks.

However, mountain rocks are expensive and not widely used, and the villagers can at most get enough food and clothing by relying on them.

Wu Gong has studied, and his vision is quite different from that of ordinary people. He sold the rocks to the south through the canal, and led the villagers to live a good life.

Qingshi Village is a bit far from here, so it's not surprising that everyone has never heard of it. Even Hou Laosan didn't know that the owner still had this business.

As soon as he fell asleep, someone brought a pillow, even Su Ye couldn't help being surprised, this time things went so well.

After a brief discussion, Yu Feng took the money and went to buy rocks with Hou Laosan.

Unexpectedly, Mr. Wu turned his head and ordered three large boats of stone slabs to be brought in. He only said that he was doing a good deed and didn't want a penny.

Yu Feng said helplessly: "I originally insisted on giving it, but Mr. Wu actually asked someone to kick me out."

Hou Laosan was on the side with a bitter face, "My boss even scolded me."

Village Chief Hou patted the two of them on the shoulders and said with emotion: "This is meeting a good man."

Su Ye picked out the best bean paste, soy sauce, and spicy shredded cabbage marinated in soy sauce and sugar from her own pickle shop.

Surprisingly, Wu Gong tasted his family's pickles and was happier than getting money. He even came over in person and talked about cooperation with the pickles workshop.

Of course, this is something.

The men built bridges and wooden frames by the river, and the women discussed it, and made meals in Yujia Village, and delivered them when they arrived.

Those who have no strong labor force take out as much rice, noodles and vegetables as possible, and quietly send them outside the thatched shed.

For the past few days, Su Ye could see baskets of food every morning when he went out.

This situation made him more determined in his initial choice.

This is a place that cares about human feelings. It is worth paying for the villagers.