Early in the morning, a team of Lao Ding had already gone upstream to intercept the river water, and had to dig ditches to divert some of it out. Now the river water is slowly decreasing, but the flow cannot be completely stopped, but people can stand in the middle of the river.
They had to clear the river of loose rocks and unwashed soil before building the embankment.
The county government estimated that it would take about twenty days.
Zhou Zhoulang looked at the shore, but he had to move stones bigger than people with others, and put aside the garbage and mud cleaned up from the river embankment. In just one day, there were blood marks on his shoulders, but he did so Also easier than the people in the river.
People standing in the river not only have to clear the rocks, but also have to be careful of slippery feet. Today, ten people have fallen, and one fell so hard that they sat on the ground and couldn't get up for a long time.
So Zhou Zhou Lang didn't dare to complain about the pain, and Zhou Zhou Lang took the time to scare him, "See, it's fortunate that you changed it, otherwise if you continue to gamble and get kicked out by your family, you can only do this outside hard work."
Zhou Zhoulang shuddered and asked tearfully, "Second brother, why are you scaring me?"
"I'm not scaring you, think about it, how many brothers in our family can be like Da Chong's family? If you lose a bet, you sell your daughter and son, and you want to sell your wife. Do you have a son or daughter to sell?" Before going out, Qian said , When I go back, I will propose a kiss to the fourth child, so I have to scare the fourth child completely, so as not to harm the family in the future, so Zhou Zhoulang said in a frightening way, "It is impossible to sell your nephew and niece, except you, Father and mother still have five sons, there is no shortage of sons."
Tuesday Lang stuffed a steamed bun into his hand, and motioned him to look at those people squatting by the river eating dry biscuits, who were reluctant to buy a bowl of ginger soup, "If you are kicked out, you can't even compare to them, After all, they still have a home to return to, and then you will have to work hard outside, and you will not be able to go home if you are sick or tired."
Zhou Zhoulang really cried, "Second brother, I really don't want to gamble anymore, I only gamble once, if you don't believe me, ask the fifth brother, I didn't even enter the entrance of the casino when I went to the county town during this time."
Zhou Dalang said: "Okay, don't scare him."
I have to work in a while, who is scared to serve
Zhou Zhoulang gnawed the steamed buns aggrievedly, and drank the broth mixed with it. There was a lot of ginger in the broth, which had a faint spicy taste, and the hot stomach made people break out in a fine sweat.
Most of the people who went into the water bought a bowl, and they also noticed the goodness of this thing. Some people envied Zhou Zhoulang, "Your brother really loves you, and even came here to do business."
Some people couldn't see it, and sneered: "If you really feel sorry, then you shouldn't let him serve in the military. Wouldn't it be more distressing to come for him? I said on Thursday, you haven't married yet and have children? How old are you this year?"
Zhou Zhoulang said sullenly: "My family is fair, serving in the army comes in rotation, and I'm eighteen."
Some people wondered, "Your boy is eighteen? It's not a false age, is it?"
Zhou Zhoulang was depressed, "Where are the six brothers in my family, do they seem to need to falsely report their age?"
In order to get the Dingtian faster, some families will falsely report the age of the child after birth, adding two years of age, so that the Dingtian can be assigned at the age of 16, but they forget that Cheng Ding not only has to serve in the military, but may also be conscripted Military service, so few people actually do this.
The Zhou family has no shortage of men or Ding Tian, so there is no need to falsely report their age.
Hearing that Zhou Zhoulang was going to be a young adult this year, someone moved in his heart and asked, "Then are you married?"
Zhou Zhoulang blushed and said, "No."
Some people laughed, "Now that we are adults, we should get married. Has your family told you that we are married?"
Someone said bitterly: "There are so many brothers in the family, it's not easy to talk about marriage. Now that you are married, you need four or five taels of money to thank the matchmaker, right?"
"Didn't you see my brother doing business? How can the family have less money?" Seeing Zhou Dalang and his business getting better these two days, even the food came out today. Everyone bought and ate.
Although they didn't know how much it cost, the cabbage and radishes were all grown at home, so the meat cost a little, so it shouldn't cost much.
Many people didn't say anything, but their hearts were on fire, especially the people in Jiangding Village, they couldn't wait to go home and tell their family members immediately.
But under the supervision of the yamen servants, unless he takes a half-day rest once every ten days, he cannot leave without authorization. Once he leaves the camp, he will be judged as a deserter, and that will be fatal.
Zhou Zhoulang lowered his head and did not speak.
Everyone will know that this is not about kissing. The person who brought up this topic squatted next to him, patted his shoulder and said with a smile: "I'm not young, so I should say kiss. I have a girl who is fifteen this year. Looks good, I'll let you meet later?"
Zhou Zhoulang said sullenly: "My mother is in charge of my marriage, brother, it's useless for you to ask me."
"Why is it useless? You are the one who got married. What kind of woman do you like? You have to ask your mother, right?"
Zhou Zhoulang kept silent, originally he was asking, but in the spring of last year, when he was only sixteen years old, his mother asked him what kind of food he likes.
Of course he likes pretty ones.
Then his mother asked him to work hard, and he behaved better during the spring planting and autumn harvest. She asked someone to promise him a kiss. Last year, he was indeed very hardworking, and he was parted with the third brother during the autumn harvest.
In the end, he took a gamble, and the matter of talking about marriage fell through.
Originally, he should have talked about getting married last year, and they should have gotten married years ago. The brothers in their family were all married at the age of seventeen.
Alas, the family still has to build a house, and I don't know how many years it will take to save enough money for him to marry a wife. At this moment, Zhou Zhoulang is really sad. He feels that he has the tendency to become an old leftover man.
In the countryside, women are also very picky about men. For example, if they are over twenty years old, they are old bachelors, and they are generally not very popular.
Zhou Zhoulang, who often hangs out with his friends, thinks of them privately calling those young and old bachelors in the village who can't afford a wife, and he feels a sense of crisis.
This sense of crisis persisted for several days, because almost every day someone asked him, what kind of girl do you like on Thursday
On Thursday, will you listen to your daughter-in-law or your mother
No wonder everyone always made fun of him, because he was the only unmarried among a group of laborers, and some people even directly discussed marriage with Zhou Dalang and Zhou Yilang, or recommended their own sisters, or recommended their own daughters.
Zhou Zhoulang suddenly became a favorite, but he was not happy at all.
After Man Bao came to see him, this depression reached its peak.
Because Man Bao brought him a candy and emphatically declared, "Fourth Brother, this is the wedding candy that Da Liang's nephew asked me to bring to you. joy."
Thursday Lang: ...
Daliang is Zhou Lang's little friend, commonly known as a friend of a fox. Of course, his seniority is low. He is the one who grew up with Zhou Lang in the village this year. This year his uncle came to serve in the army, and he stayed at home to prepare for marriage.