Defeat natural disasters with farming

But there is no time for him to follow the child

After Taohua and Hehua got married, Ye Yu was not used to being at home, and always felt that something was missing.

However, there was no time for him to continue to be melancholy, because the villagers began to build various public buildings just after the new year. The first place was the meeting place. It is a triangle, the sharp corner on the top is the assembly hall, the left side is the Washe, which is the place for playing in the village, and the right side is the school.

In order to ensure the quality of the building, Ye Yu built a round kiln next to the cement workshop, also known as the steamed bun kiln, named for its shape like steamed buns, and the temperature after firing can reach [-] degrees.

Coal is used as the furnace charge. After ignition, the flame falls from the top of the kiln to the bottom of the kiln, and the smoke is discharged from the chimney.

After the kiln is built, you can start to make green bricks. Green bricks are made of clay mixed with water, extruded into wooden brick embryos, and then fired in a steamed bun kiln. The fired bricks are naturally cooled. It is a red brick, and after cooling with water, it becomes a blue brick.

Compared with red bricks, green bricks are harder, not easily deformed, resistant to frost, oxygen, and wear, but they are more troublesome, but the people in Yejia Village are afraid of everything, but they are not afraid of trouble, so they quickly fired a batch of green bricks. Brick comes.

Ye Zhouyuan's eyes were red from being boiled in the steamed bun kiln. After the kiln opened, he held the blue bricks and said hello excitedly.

He said with emotion: "I really didn't expect that our village could fire green bricks."

Ye Yu threw a blue brick to the ground, and nodded slightly when he saw that there were no cracks. It should be that the production was successful. Speaking of it, for some reason, everything he wanted to do turned out to be a success.

"This steamed bun kiln can also be used for firing porcelain and pottery in the future, and there are many uses."

Ye Zhouyuan's eyes lit up when he heard the words, "That's really a good thing."

After burning the green bricks, the cement workshop on the slope began to operate day and night, and the smoke from the pipes looked like a fog in the afterglow of the setting sun.

Ye Yu was worried about the pollution problem, but he has no good solution for the time being. He can only tell the villagers who make cement to collect the waste materials, and use these waste materials as raw materials when making cement next time, so as to form a cycle.

Speaking of it, he sometimes regrets making cement. This process will cause serious environmental pollution, but when he thinks about it carefully, the cement they make now is actually not strictly speaking real cement. It is simple clay with the name of cement, so the pollution caused is far less serious than modern times, and the metabolism of the environment itself is enough to alleviate it.

The blue bricks are built into the walls and the joints are jointed by cement. The amount of work is huge, so it has been two months since the buildings were built. It was barely finished.

Ye Yu and Chu Xufeng went to visit the three buildings that had been built. The meeting hall occupied the largest area, enough to accommodate the whole village to sit in it. The chairs were made according to Ye Yu's drawings. It took a long time for the young and middle-aged people to make it. It is a very simple bench. A bench can seat five people. There is a square table in front of each bench. These things occupy half of the assembly hall.

There is a step directly in front of it, which is a bit similar to a modern podium, except that it is the same as the bottom, with a few chairs and wooden tables, which are prepared for Father Ye and the others.

The surrounding decorations are very simple, only a few pieces of leather hanging on the wall show a bit of fierceness. Speaking of these leathers, there is an interesting thing. Originally, Father Ye didn't want to make any decorations, but Ye Zhong and the others protested later. Then hang a few complete leather up.

The tile house and the school are similar in shape, the former has a huge space, just like a modern auditorium, where the village children can usually play in it, Ye Yu specially made two footballs out of sheepskin for them to play with The rules of football taught them that playing football is more convenient and quicker than cuju, so both boys and girls like this sport very much. They often go to Washeli to play football after feeding the livestock, which consumes a lot of energy. A lot of energy.

Sometimes when the young and middle-aged people in the village have nothing to do, they will borrow the venue to play a game. At this time, there will be many villagers watching and cheering for them.

Later, football matches gradually became a tradition in their village, usually held every two weeks, and the winners would be rewarded with points.

As for the school, only two classrooms are open for the time being, one is for the ages six to ten, and the other is for the ages ten to 14. Those over the age of 14 are no longer children, they are adults and can get married.

Although Ye Yu is only 13 years old, his knowledge has been affirmed by Ye Tongsheng, and he is regarded as a graduate. He can even occasionally help Ye Tongsheng teach students how to read.

In addition to these two classrooms, there is also a reading room full of various books in the school. The books that are cherished in it are hand-copied. Contributors include Ye Tongsheng, Ye Yu, Chu Xufeng, Master Wu and Master Yue. Inside.

Ye Yu and Chu Xufeng turned around, and both of them were very satisfied with these buildings. There was a heated kang in each room, which was as large as a conference hall, and even built a heated kang at the four corners, which could ensure that the buildings could be warmed up after the cold weather. temperature.

Ye Yu felt that their village actually had the prototype of a city now, but the area was still too small.

After he went out, he stepped on the path connecting these three buildings. It was paved with blue bricks and cement. Even after it rained, the ground would not be muddy. much better.

Chu Xufeng said: "I remember you said that you will paint the whole floor of the village with a layer of cement."

Ye Yu thought for a while and said, "I thought so before, but now I have changed my mind, as long as the commonly used trails are paved with green bricks."

After speaking, he sighed again, "This is a big project, and I don't know when it will be completed."

Chu Xufeng patted him on the shoulder when he heard the words, "Don't worry, things are endless."

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After the collective building was built, the villagers began to strengthen or expand their own houses, especially the Taohua couple. The original house was a bit crude, so the two asked their relatives, friends, and brothers to help. Their house is relatively remote in the village. The place is very close to the fence, and it took a group of people half a month to repair it.

This house is a typical house facing south, with three houses arranged from east to west. There is a small connected house between the east house and the west house. It is divided into two parts. One side is for entertaining guests and the other side is the stove. The fire stove is just right. It can heat the kang in the east room and the west room.

Taohua and his wife live in the east room, and the west room is temporarily used as a storage room. When they have a child in the future, the child can live in the west room.

The courtyard is surrounded by a low wall and contains a vegetable patch and sheds for livestock.

In fact, the shape of Ye Yu's house is quite weird, and it is different from the mainstream style in the village. The house like Peach Blossom is considered the mainstream, but they have a large family, so it is enough to live comfortably.

After all these things are done, the Ye family can finally take a good rest.

But before he rested for a long time, old man Ye called the whole family together again, this time it was about the separation of the family.

The family basically disagreed, and Ye Lao and Ye Er, adhering to the idea that "parents are not different", were the two people who opposed it the most.

"What kind of family is it? Aren't we doing well now?" Boss Ye said with a frown.

"That's right, the house at home is enough to live in, and there is no friction with Hemeimei." Ye Laoer also said.

Ye Yu saw Ye Er's sister-in-law showing a hesitant expression when Ye Lao Er said this.

Sure enough, the man is still careless, Ye Yu secretly thought, there have been several frictions at home, most of them were Pandi and Xinghua, Pandi has been very nervous since she became pregnant, and she is not very willing to work, so Hehua and Xinghua helped her do it. If you do a lot of work, it's not a big deal to help out, but if you help a lot without a word of thanks, it's worth muttering.

Ye Yu can probably understand Pandi's psychology, and she is probably influenced by her original family subtly, but if she can understand it, she can understand it. The second sister-in-law Ye and the others will still get sulky when they should.

Mrs. Ye took everyone's expressions into her eyes, couldn't help but sighed in her heart, and then said, "Let's divide our family while our two old bones are still there." It's so troublesome that we can't communicate with each other forever.

Old man Ye smoked a pipe and said, "We have already made up our minds, you don't need to persuade us anymore."

If the old lady Ye's decision can be persuaded, then no one can change the old man Ye's decision.

Therefore, the Ye family could only accept it, and they began to discuss the details of the division of the family. First of all, the land property. They had agreed before that half of the [-] acres of land they bought later belonged to Father Ye, and the remaining [-] acres would be settled later. Half-divided, distributed to Ye Boss and Ye Lao Er, no one has an opinion on this point, everyone agrees.

After allocating these lands, old man Ye said: "The two of us will keep five acres of the 35 acres of land for ourselves, and out of the remaining thirty acres, eighteen acres will be given to the eldest child, and the second child and the third child will each share six acres."

"These five acres of land are used to grow our food rations, and you can give us a few dozen catties of food every year."

Boss Ye disagreed and said: "No, you should enjoy your blessings, how can you continue to work hard."

Old man Ye knocked the tobacco stick on the edge of the kang, "We both have hands and feet now, we won't be able to do it anymore, and you won't be able to support us if you don't want to."

He continued: "Although the money in the family is useless now, the boss also takes [-]%, and the rest is divided equally between you two. The storage of grain and inventory in the cellar is also distributed in this way. There is no need to divide the points. It’s all personal.”

"There are also livestock at home, a total of six sheep, twelve chickens, and ten ducks. Do you have any suggestions?"

Hearing this question, Ye Yu thought for a while and said, "There are three males and three females for sheep, so it happens to be a pair in a family. For chickens and ducks, let's also divide a male and female into a family. The remaining grandparents will continue to be raised."

In this way, grandma has food and meat on hand, and she can decide what to eat in the future. Although Ye Yu is sure that his mother will ask him to send a portion to grandma when she cooks, but just in case.

Everyone else had no objections, only Pandi wanted to speak, but Auntie Ye pinched her arm, so she could only shut her mouth reluctantly.

Old man Ye then continued: "As for the house at home, do you want to build a wall to separate them from each other, or leave it to the big house and let them exchange it with grain."

Ye's father and Ye's mother looked at each other and then at Ye Yu. The three of them quickly confirmed that they had the same idea. They both wanted to change the house they lived in and rebuild a house in the village that suits them. .

So Father Ye took the lead and said, "We want to live outside."

On the contrary, Ye Laoer and his wife heard what they said, discussed in a low voice, and finally made the opposite decision, "We stay at home."

After listening to their words, Old Man Ye responded, and then asked: "Do you want to change the house of the third family?"

Before Boss Ye could speak, Second Ye said repeatedly: "We need to change one." Brother Jing of their family is going to get married soon, and since there is a next generation, they have to prepare another room. The houses of the third family are all very good and comfortable to live in.

"We want to too." Pandi said impatiently.

Hearing her words, Mrs. Ye sighed, then nodded and said, "I want a room."

At this time, Mother Ye said: "Let's talk about it first, we have to live here for a while before we build the house."

"It's okay, don't worry, we are not in a hurry."

In the end, they agreed to exchange the food for the house, and when Father Ye and the others moved out, they would give the food again.

After dividing up these valuable things, it will be the turn of the family's odds and ends. Naturally, the things in each house belong to each family, but some common things are difficult to divide, such as an iron pot with only one, scattered bottles and cans, etc. tableware.

Ye Yu has heard a saying that a broken house is worth tens of thousands, and those needles and brains are inconspicuous, but repurchasing is very troublesome.

But no matter how difficult it is, there will always be a good time to divide the family. After all the family property is divided, everyone will leave a fingerprinted agreement with Ye Tongsheng, and the division will be considered complete.

Mother Ye carefully put away the agreement and asked Father Ye, "Where shall we build the house?"

Father Ye asked Ye Yu, "Brother Bao, what do you think?"

Ye Yu thought carefully for a while before answering: "The yard needs to be wider, and a well must be able to be dug. Well water is more suitable for entrance than river water."

"Okay, just search according to this requirement. There are still a lot of vacant places in the village." Father Ye said, as the village head, he still has a little privilege.

Ye Yu nodded yes.

Before moving out, the Ye family still ate and worked together, but Xinghua no longer helped Pandi with work. In fact, what Pandi had to do was light work, like washing the couple's own. Clothes, and Ye Hai would help if he was at home, but the village is really busy recently, he is usually very tired after returning home, sometimes he doesn’t even eat, and falls asleep on the kang.

After the separation, when Strictly came, it was the sister-in-law and sister-in-law from the next room, and it was normal for Xinghua not to help.

Sister-in-law Ye once told Mother Ye that when Pandi gave birth to the child, she had to teach her well, otherwise after Brother He's daughter-in-law got married, if she remained like this, the family might be in trouble.