Changping Village.

In desperation, old Yangtou and young old Yangtou moved into Yang Huazhong's house.

Yang Huazhong was relieved of his internal calculations. Next, he could concentrate on contacting Li Zheng from several neighboring villages to discuss strengthening the river embankment.

Among the eight surrounding villages, Changping Village and Lijia Village have the largest territory and the largest population.

In other words, Changping Village and Lijiacun are the eldest and second brothers, and the other small villages are the younger brothers who follow them.

So basically as long as Yang Huazhong and Li Jia meet and reach a consensus, it will be more than half done.

Who is Li Jia?

Li Zheng from Lijia Village, Li Wei's uncle.

Li Wei was the prospective grandson-in-law of the old Yang family, so the old Yang family and the Li family were related by marriage. Yang Huazhong and Li Jia often drank together.

In addition, it was Luo Fengtang who first proposed the idea of ​​strengthening the river embankments, so when brothers Yang Huazhong and Li Jia and Li Yi discussed it, they naturally approved it unanimously.

Things went very smoothly. Several surrounding villages acted together, and each household mobilized manpower.

When they met some villagers who were unwilling to go, several Li Zheng first tried to reason with them.

What? It doesn’t make sense?

Okay, it’s hard to say what the corvee and exorbitant taxes will be in the coming year.

If the government here distributes relief food after a disaster, your family will not be so easy to talk to!

Don't underestimate Li Zheng, a small official who is not even a ninth-grade sesame official. In the village, even if the emperor doesn't have a good job, do you think the evil sect is not evil?

As a result, building river embankments has become the hottest topic in villages across ten miles and eight villages.

So much so that when the women were bathing by the pond at the entrance of the village, they no longer talked about the old Wang's mother-in-law abusing her daughter-in-law, but instead talked about building the river embankment.

But there are various opinions.

"...Some people say that the river embankment does not need to be repaired. The water level is still a long way from filling the river. They say that we are wasting people and wasting money. But I am so angry that I have been arguing with them for a long time!"

After breakfast, Yang Ruoqing came to visit her parents' house next door as usual, and Mrs. Liu happened to be here too.

I was telling Sun and Bao Suyun about the argument at the pond in the morning.

Yang Ruoqing squinted her eyes and listened for a while, smiling and saying nothing.

Ms. Liu became more and more annoyed as she spoke, her face turning red.

"What a bunch of stupid women with long hair and short knowledge. Have you forgotten about the floods that year? They really forgot about food and not fights! Don't just scream when the water reaches the door of your house. It will be too late!"

Sun and Bao Suyun also shook their heads when they heard this, especially when they thought about the flooding that year, their faces were filled with sadness.

"Flooding is no joke, we'd better be more prepared," Bao Suyun said.

Sun said: "That's what we think. We don't have much farm work at home, but some people have a lot of farm work at home, so they don't think so. They just take a chance and want to free up more time to do some work in the fields.

, and I don’t want to spend my time and strength on this.”

"What's the matter with this? The people who go to strengthen the river embankment are responsible for three meals a day in the village. They have enough white flour steamed buns and corn flour steamed buns in the morning, meat and vegetables at noon, and a supper in the evening," Mrs. Liu pointed her fingers there.

He said while calculating.

"After all, how much rations have been saved, and we still eat well. Those people are so stupid!"

It was the off-season at the Taoist Temple. Neither Yang Huaming nor Yang Yongzhi worked at the Taoist Temple. They were all transferred to pick up river embankments.

If Yang Huaming hadn't taken up a quota, Mrs. Liu would have been eager to go, and the big pot of rice would be delicious!

The Lius talked to each other for a long time, and suddenly I realized that Yang Ruoqing had been listening quietly the whole time, and she hadn't made a single comment yet!

"Qing'er, why don't you say a few words?" Liu stopped talking and asked Yang Ruoqing.

Yang Ruoqing was leaning on the stool, stroking her belly, looking lazy.

"It's more interesting to hear you say it!"

"Oh, that's not possible, you have to say a few words." Mrs. Liu said.

She moved her butt and butt together with the stool near Yang Ruoqing, "Qing'er, aren't you angry at all about this? Those people's words are very unpleasant!"

Yang Ruoqing smiled, "One person has one mouth, what's there to be angry about?"

"No matter what they complain behind, as long as there is someone in the family, we don't care about the rest!"

"But those words are really ugly..." Mrs. Liu said again.

"If it sounds unpleasant, don't listen to it!" Yang Ruoqing said lightly.

"But I have ears, so I can hear it even if I don't want to hear it," Mrs. Liu said again.

"Then go in the left ear and out the right ear!"

Yang Ruoqing then laughed and said that gossiping behind their backs was the last sign of the village women's stubbornness, and it was also their happiness.

"Qing'er, you have such a good attitude. If I were you, I wouldn't be able to sit still. I would definitely catch the gossip and teach him a lesson." Mrs. Liu added unwillingly.

Yang Ruoqing gently rubbed her belly, massaging the two little things inside.

Hearing this, he smiled softly, "So, Fourth Aunt, you are not me."

Ms. Liu was stunned.

Mrs. Sun came out to smooth things over and said: "There are those who complain behind the scenes, and there are also those who are warm-hearted. Before, Qing'er's father came back and said that he wanted to take care of Zhang Youfu, but Zhang Youfu said that he was a member of Changping Village and was building the river embankment.

He must contribute."

"Zhang Youfu?"

Yang Ruoqing squinted her eyes and tried to search for relevant information about this name in her mind...

Then, Mrs. Liu spoke up again: "Zhang Youfu? But that old bachelor in our village? The one who has a paralyzed mother in bed at home?"

Mrs. Sun frowned: "Fourth brother and sister, don't always call me an old bachelor. This is not a nice name."

Mrs. Liu was delighted, "What's so good about this? He's still in his mid-thirties and hasn't married yet, so what is he if he's not an old bachelor?"

Mrs. Sun was speechless for a moment, so she had to change her words and said, "Just say their names. There is only one Zhang Youfu in our village."

At this time, Yang Ruoqing also remembered who Zhang Youfu was.

There is a person with a weak sense of existence in the village, and the mother and son depend on each other for life.

Originally there was no connection with the old Yang family, but last year Yang Huamei had a fight with Jiawang's wife and fell into the water. It was Zhang Youfu who rescued Yang Huamei.

So after that, Yang Huazhong and the others became grateful to Zhang Youfu. During the last Chinese New Year, they sent some things to Zhang Youfu's family, saying they were visiting Zhang Youfu's wife.

"This Zhang Youfu is a filial son." Bao Suyun also spoke softly.

"His mother was paralyzed in bed, and it was really not easy for him to take care of her and clean her." Bao Suyun added.

"A filial son is indeed a filial son, but after all, there are differences between men and women. It would be perfect if he had a wife," said Sun.
Chapter completed!