Farmer's eldest sister becomes rich

Chapter 224: Making a Bamboo Fence

Qin stood up and said loudly, "Everyone, form a group of ten households near your home. Each group should decide how many households will work to dig a well every day."

"Try to take turns to work so that no one suffers any loss."

"Of course, you will have to discuss and share the expenses of digging the well."

"The men were responsible for digging the well, while the women stayed behind to cook and serve tea.

Ten families took turns digging a well, and within five days, they could dig a deep well.

The village chief took over Qin's words and said, "That's right. I hope everyone can bring some food to support the collective well digging."

"This is the most important thing right now. If a drought really strikes, it will be a matter of life and death for the villagers in our village."

"I hope everyone can work together to dig a deep well as soon as possible. Do you agree to group ten households together?"

Everyone nodded in agreement.

"Okay, since everyone agrees to dig a well together, each group should quickly discuss a preferred location for digging a well."

"After the discussion, the team representative will report to me. Then, I will find a few experienced people to go to the well digging site to explore it thoroughly."

"The discussion time is still set at one stick of incense." After saying this, the village chief walked towards the crowd.

The final decision was to adopt the strategy of "collective well digging", which was the lowest cost, most worry-free and labor-saving option for the villagers.

Soon, a stick of incense passed.

Each group sent a representative to report one by one, and the village chief took notes.

After the report was made, the village chief said to everyone: "Everyone go back and wait, we will come to explore the site for digging a well as soon as possible!"

After the discussion, the villagers walked together, discussing their way home.

It was almost noon.

The village chief and several experienced villagers stood on the high slope, analyzing the village's terrain and exploration plan.

Seeing that they were busy digging a well, An Yue had nothing to do, so she said a few words to Qin and headed home.

When she got home, she changed her clothes, put on an apron, and went to the kitchen to cook lunch.

A quarter of an hour later, lunch was ready.

Chunzhi walked into the kitchen carrying two buckets of water and said with a smile, "Miss, I'm back!"

"I was just about to go to the fields to call you for lunch! You just happened to be back." An Yue walked towards the main hall with the food.

Chunzhi fetched a basin of water to wash her hands, then went to the main hall with her bowl and chopsticks.

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After they had lunch, An Yue went to feed the silkworms while Chunzhi washed the dishes and the pots.

Afterwards, after they finished their work, they went back to the house to take a nap.

——Half an hour passed.

They got up and refreshed themselves.

"Chunzhi, come with me to the back mountain to cut some bamboos. I want to make a bamboo fence in the yard."

Chunzhi rubbed her eyes, which had just woken up, and responded, "Okay, Miss."

An Yue and Chun Zhi started taking machetes and walked towards the back mountain together.

Arriving at the bamboo forest at the back of the mountain, the two men selected a few bamboos that were neither too old nor too young, and with a few "crackling" sounds, eight bamboos fell to the ground.

Chunzhi picked the bamboo branches one by one, and Anyue tied up the picked bamboos beside her.

Finally, after everything was tied up, each person pulled two bamboos and walked back home.

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After they returned home, they went to the bamboo forest again. They ran back and forth twice and finally pulled eight bamboos back to the yard.

After returning home, Chunzhi gulped down half a bowl of water.

Turning to An Yue, he said, "Miss, Chunzhi, please carry two more buckets of water to the slope at the back to water the young green pepper saplings we planted the other day."

An Yue smiled and nodded: "Well, our Chunzhi is still careful. Go! Come back and take a rest after watering, and then help me make the bamboo fence."

"Okay! Chunzhi will go right away." Chunzhi said with a smile, and walked towards the kitchen to get the bucket.

Chunzhi carried the bucket from the kitchen and walked towards the well, while Anyue started to separate the bamboo strips in the yard.

An Yue worked very skillfully. There were bursts of crackling sounds of bamboo breaking in the yard, and she quickly split the bamboo into half.

There were only a few green pepper saplings in total, and Chunzhi finished watering them quickly.

She walked into the yard carrying the wooden barrel and saw that An Yue still had a lot left to distribute.

So, after Chunzhi put the wooden barrel back into the kitchen, she came over to help divide the bamboo strips.

After a while, the two of them had divided all the bamboos into the shape An Yue had expected.

An Yue pointed to the bamboo strips on the ground and explained to Chunzhi, "Chunzhi, let's take the long bamboo strips that have been split in half and place two horizontally at the bottom."

"Then place the short bamboo strips vertically one by one on the long bamboo strips, arranging them neatly."

Chunzhi is very smart and understands everything immediately.

After Haruji understood, the two of them cooperated even better.

After arranging everything as An Yue said, An Yue placed two long bamboo pieces split in half on the vertical short bamboo piece.

Because the two long bamboo strips placed horizontally at the bottom layer are split in half.

After An Yue and Chun Zhi laid out the short bamboo strips vertically in the middle, they took two long bamboo strips that were split in half and placed them on the top.

Then put the long bamboo strips together to sandwich the neat row of short bamboo strips standing upright in the middle.

With Chunzhi's help, An Yue used the thin bamboo threads prepared in advance to match the long bamboo strips with the short bamboo strips and tied them tightly.

After An Yue's repeated tying, a simple and beautiful bamboo fence was completed.

Then, the two continued with their previous practices and steps.

In just a few cups of tea, several bamboo fences were completed.

An Yue and Chun Zhi gently moved the finished bamboo fences to the vegetable garden in the yard, and then erected them one by one.

Then use a hoe to hammer the bamboo strips into the soil one by one, and soon a bamboo fence is fixed.

The two men continued to move the other bamboo fences over one by one, and just like before, they propped them up one by one and hammered the bamboo strips into the soil.

In a moment, a long bamboo fence stood out in the yard, perfectly enclosing the vegetable garden.

After finishing the bamboo fence, An Yue and Chun Zhi stood up and carefully admired the fruits of their labor.

Chunzhi looked at the newly built bamboo fence and said happily, "Miss, this bamboo fence in our yard really adds a bit of our farmer's atmosphere!"

An Yue nodded with satisfaction and responded, "Well, now that you put it like that, it does feel more down-to-earth."

After admiring it for a while, the two of them bent down and began to clean up the messy discarded bamboo threads on the ground.

An Yue said as she packed up, "This way, Ba Shi and the chicks won't have a good time. The beehive is placed in that corner. It's hidden and under the rose branches, so no one will bother them. They can collect honey with peace of mind."

"Miss, you are very thoughtful. What is the use of this honey?" Chunzhi asked as she picked up the knife.