The foundation is dug deep and solid, and the house and yard are raised high. The foundation alone is more than one meter. After the entire house is completed, it will be twice as high as the previous house. The materials used were not used before.

It can be built into a two-story building.

But it's not an exaggeration at all.

why?

Because I listened to Wang Lixian's suggestion and feared that it would be flooded again, I even built a courtyard dam this time.

Although we still need to build more walls and build steps at the entrance of the courtyard, at least we can live in a secure place.

As soon as this idea came out, the villagers followed suit one after another.

Anyway, the government is assisting the construction this time, so more materials and other materials are used, and you don’t have to pay for it yourself. It just takes a little effort, but are the farmers still afraid of working hard?

Everyone was working enthusiastically.

"Brother Fugui, I've heard for a long time that you are going to build a new house. Why hasn't there been any movement yet?"

That morning, Chen Ling and Wang Susu were having dinner at home, when several men from the city's engineering team entered the yard each carrying two buckets.

When Chen Ling heard this, he just said not to rush, and to finish helping Wang Jusheng first.

Then he got up and helped tidy up the things next to the pressurized water well so that they could fetch water.

After the flood, it was not just the houses that collapsed in the village.

Many people's wells were also damaged.

The originally clear and refreshing well water became extremely turbid, and some even turned into yellow muddy water. Not to mention humans, animals refused to drink it.

Not to mention the water in the reservoir and Laohe Bend.

Not long after the flood receded, there were all sorts of dirty things in the water. Even if people from the county and village didn't come to warn them, no one dared to drink the water from such a place. Our ancestors have learned a lesson. Drinking this kind of water can sometimes kill people.

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Only Chen Ling's well in the village was not affected.

In the past, the villagers had no access to clean water, so they basically had to go all the way to the mountains to fetch water, which was very tiring. Later, after Wang Susu was relieved, they all ran to Chen Ling's house these days, knowing that Chen Ling was at Wang Jusheng's house.

They help each other, so there are the most people in the morning and evening, and sometimes there are even queues at night.

The people on these engineering teams are no exception.

"Then when you start construction, remember to tell me and take care of the materials used."

"Haha, you're right. If we weren't busy, we would come to help you."

"..."

The men were all smiling and very enthusiastic.

Chen Ling had seen a lot of this kind of situation in the past few days, so he took a few steamed buns and stuffed them with them.

"Oh, how funny is this."

"It's not easy to eat home-cooked meals when you're away from home. You guys, please don't be polite."

"Brother, you..."

"Take it."

Chen Ling shook his head, smiled, and sent them out the door.

Before he could return to the dining table and sit down, many women and daughters-in-law from the village came to fetch water. He was used to it these days, sitting down to eat by himself, but during this period he would inevitably have to chat about homely things.

As the sun rose, fewer and fewer people came to carry water, so they locked the door and rushed to Wang Jusheng's house.

It took more than ten days to build the house and repair the courtyard dam.

In fact, it is said that it has been built, but the complete building only has three main rooms.

The others are just for the purpose of repairing the courtyard dam, and they are not in a hurry to complete it.

Wang Jusheng's requirements are not high, as long as two or three rooms can be occupied by people, the couple can slowly build the rest, or after a while, they can specially invite people.

After all, no one is free now, and he is too embarrassed to bother Chen Ling and his family too much.

After the three rooms were completed, the two families were invited to sit down together and have a feast to express their gratitude.

Chen Ling said that when Chen Ling was going to build a new house, he must remember to call him. Chen Ling said yes, but in his heart he was not as anxious about building a new house as before.

Not to mention Wang Lixian and Wang Jusheng's family, Chen Ze, Chen Jiang and other members of the family, as well as the younger generation in the village, also said that they would help him build a new house, and they didn't just talk about it, they all went to the house to look for him.

If they come to the door, they must be called when they want to start construction.

In fact, speaking of it, these young people didn't have a good relationship with him in the past. They were similar to Chen Ze. They had been at loggerheads in the past few years.

People also looked down upon him.

Idiots and idiots can't accomplish anything, mud can't support the wall, and they're just annoying.

That is to say, in the past six months, he has become more or less like a human being, willing to be down-to-earth, and settle down to live a serious life, so everyone's view of him has changed a lot.

However, the change is a change. In fact, when we walked in and met each other, it was just like saying hello and joking, and it was not much better than before.

What really eased their relationship with Chen Ling was actually the fact that the well water was contaminated after the flood.

Every household has no access to clean water, so these days people often go to Chen Ling's house to fetch water.

If you accept someone's love, you have to admit it.

Besides, after going back and forth, I found that Chen Ling is really quite good now.

Especially looking at Chen Ling's recent performance, he really deserves to be called a good young man.

Not to mention how much I care about my family now. If I have strength and strength, I can work very quickly.

It's not a small amount of help to help Wang Lixian and Wang Jusheng's family. You help me and I help you. The good relationship between the three families is eye-catching.

It would definitely not be wrong to make friends with such a person.

Therefore, there has been a group of people in the village recently. Every time they see Chen Ling, they yell and urge him to build a new house quickly. They say that they will help him when the time comes and they will give him a few meals.

Otherwise, you would smell the aroma wafting from his house all day long and not be able to eat it, which would make you very greedy.

Chen Ling only said that he was not in a hurry. He would not be too late to build the project after everyone had finished their household chores. When the time came, the work would go faster if there were more people.

But there were so many people asking questions that it gave him a headache.

The man who had been quiet before suddenly became enthusiastic, and that guy made him really hard to resist.

I say hello to people every day and say more common things than I used to say in a whole year.

But, it's not a bad thing to have someone help when building a house. He can only deal with it.

As you slowly get used to it, you realize that this is actually not bad.

At least because of the enthusiasm of the villagers, he and Wang Susu smiled more unconsciously than before. They were happy, lively and cheerful every day, and their mental outlook was completely new.

After a long time, Chen Ling suddenly realized that he had unknowingly integrated into this era and was deeply rooted in this small mountain village.

…

In the blink of an eye, more than half of the seventh month of the lunar calendar has passed.

In the hot summer, the weather is maddeningly hot.

More than a month has passed, and the scars caused by the flood are recovering bit by bit.

The mountains and fields became more beautiful after the flood.

The small ravines that dried up in previous years are like sponges that have absorbed enough water. If you look around, there are small puddles of all sizes, embedded in the fields, showing a pool of green.

Not to mention this, even the river channel of Laohewan has gained weight and is now more than ten meters wide. It has now become clear and clear. Under the scorching sunshine, the slowly flowing water surface sparkles with golden light.

Very dazzling.

When Chen Ling was wandering around, he went to test the water and found that it was almost as deep as a person's waist. After swimming for a while at the foot of the southern mountain, he suddenly realized that it turned out that the exhausted mountain spring on the southern mountain had regained its vitality and poured into Laohe Bay.

, making it clear quickly.

The mountain spring was cool and sweet. Chen Ling swam nearby, drank a handful of mountain spring water, washed his face, and roughly washed off the mud on his body. After thoroughly feeling the refreshing feeling of the mountain spring, he returned to the shore and put his clothes on his shoulders.

, and walked shirtless to his own field.

Now new crops have been sown on the farmland. Corn, soybeans, peanuts, cotton, sorghum, sweet potatoes, etc. have all sprouted. Several vegetable gardens have been reopened. At a glance, it is a large green area.

The fields are full of flowers and grass, with grasshoppers and crickets jumping around. From time to time, various birds soar into the sky, causing the two dogs to chase them everywhere. They are now flexible and have quick reactions. When they are lucky,

I was able to catch a few birds and brought them to Chen Ling.

However, there were not many wild birds to feed, and Chen Ling was not interested in these things, so he let them eat them all.

Only those who caught pheasants, rabbits, etc. were allowed to stay.

Along the way, Chen Ling looked around at the changes after the flood. When he reached his own field, Chen Ling found that it was different from what he expected.

The saplings were not affected at all but grew a lot.

In comparison, the vegetables were not so good, being tangled together with dense weeds and wild vines, making them a mess.

Perhaps in order to compete with weeds for territory, they are growing everywhere. Luffa and beans have begun to climb up the trees. Although eggplants and tomatoes are piled in piles and bunches covered with branches, they mature slowly without Chen Ling's water.
To be continued...