In the next few days, the construction progress of the farm slowed down a lot. After all, wooden buildings and bamboo buildings are not like brick and tile buildings, which can be done directly and boldly. Many places still need to be careful.

Chen Ling couldn't help with this. His job these days was to dig and plant trees with Wang Lixian and Qin Rongxian.

Because the orchard has to make room for the farm, and several tree-lined paths need to be built in the orchard, many fruit trees have to be plowed down.

But that's okay.

When Chen Ling first planted saplings, he left a relatively large distance between the fruit trees.

After plowing it down, just find open space for transplanting.

Trees transplanted in late autumn and early winter have a high survival rate, not to mention Chen Ling’s Cave Spiritual Water is not a decoration.

There is definitely no need to worry about fruit trees dying.

In the past few days, as they worked more and more, Qin Rongxian and Liang Yuemin gradually became more and more comfortable in their work.

The father and son helped Chen Ling plan the trees, and they did not forget to give Chen Ling some advice. They said that after the general framework of the farm was built, he should have time to plant two bamboo groves inside and outside the farm and build a small pavilion.

In summer, there is no need for fans or electric fans to cool you down. You can just hide in the bamboo forest and enjoy the coolness, play chess in the pavilion, and drink a few glasses of juice on ice. It is definitely a pleasure.

When Chen Ling heard this, he couldn't help but clapped his hands and praised it. It can be said that this suggestion is quite suitable for him.

Because he also wants to lead two streams from Liangmian Mountain to surround the farm, and then pour them into the lotus pond for use as running water. Under such circumstances, it is absolutely best to plant two bamboo forests to complement each other.

After he told the two of them this idea.

The father and son became more and more excited as they listened, as if they were already immersed in the scene.

Liang Yuemin even waved his arms and chanted with joy: "...here there are high mountains, lush forests and bamboos, and clear and turbulent streams, which are reflected on the left and right, making them look like flowing water, ranking second... This is a good idea, it can be said that

Live up to the beautiful scenery.”

Good guy, I've memorized "The Preface to the Lanting Collection".

Next to him, Wang Lixian was holding his cheek, his teeth aching for a while.

What's wrong with reciting poetry all the time?

Are all people in the capital so Western-style?

After spending many days together, he and Liang Yuemin got to know each other quite well. This man was approachable and didn't have the arrogance of a rich man. He would just say a few sour words that the peasants couldn't understand.

It gives me goosebumps.

Chen Ling had long been accustomed to his eldest brother's youthful illness, so he didn't feel any discomfort at all.

Instead, he chuckled and echoed a few words: "Wang Xizhi said that although there is no orchestral music with silk and bamboo, one drink and one chant is enough to express the secret love... They don't have much silk and bamboo, but there are many in our village. I will borrow some from the Yue people.

I want you to play the flute and pipa here, you will definitely have a good time."

These words touched Liang Yuemin's heart, and he immediately clapped his hands and shouted: "Okay, okay."

The two men were carrying shovels, wearing rubber shoes, and their trouser legs were covered with mud, but they were talking animatedly.

Wang Lixian's brows jumped immediately after hearing this.

I thought to myself, it's over, it's over, this kid Fugui has also learned bad things from the people in the capital, and started to set fire to the cotton shop - burning the bags.

Liang Yuemin didn't know why Wang Lizian was complaining about them in his heart.

On the contrary, the more I thought about it, the more excited I became and my energy became stronger.

In the next few days, I drove over early every morning and cut down a large area of ​​trees in the area originally designated outside the farm, leaving it to prepare for planting a bamboo forest here after the farm was built.

For the sake of the bamboo forest, he came here every day to dig trees.

In the past six months, the fruit saplings have been planted and have taken root steadily. Moreover, because Chen Ling sprayed the diluted spiritual water with a sprayer, the roots are very deep.

Plowing down a tree requires a lot of effort.

But Liang Yuemin did not take a break in the process. He dug the soil with his shovel and dug down the roots of the tree in one go before he stopped to take a rest.

This kind of motivation made Chen Ling couldn't help but sigh a few times.

I remember that when Liang Yuemin first came to the house, he was still polite and had difficulty carrying bags of rice, so he had to rely on his help. But now he is a capable man.

After hearing his compliment, Liang Yuemin smiled, bent his arms twice, and showed off the slightly stronger biceps on his arms to Chen Ling and Qin Rong, and said that he could definitely push at Chen Ling's house now.

When everyone heard this, they all laughed at his boasting. It took two strong men in the village to push such a big millstone.

Then they were joking and continuing to dig trees.

The work of plowing trees is not easy. No matter how energetic you are, you can plow down a dozen trees in a row, transplant them and water them, and you can fall down from exhaustion after doing it all in one go.

They came here at around seven in the morning and worked for nearly two hours. Liang Yuemin and his son were so tired that they were out of breath and didn't want to move.

I didn't even want to eat the breakfast Wang Susu brought me. I sat on the tree stump outside the thatched shed, wiping sweat and breathing heavily.

Wang Lixian was fine, even though his waist was not in good condition, but the toughness and endurance of a farm man were beyond comparison with ordinary people. He just rested with the two of them and prepared to take his time before having breakfast.

By this time, people from the engineering team had come over to work.

Chen Ling greeted them and saw that Liang Yuemin and the others didn't want to eat yet, so he was not in a hurry to eat, so he walked to the stove, opened the stove door, added firewood, and prepared to prepare dog food first.

Cooking for dogs is simple, just boil a pot of corn lake as usual.

The firewood was very strong, and Chen Ling prepared the dog food in about ten minutes.

He took the pot off the stove and let it cool. Then, seeing that the wood in the iron stove had not burned out, he went to the thatched shed and took out a few sweet potatoes, opened the stove door and put them in.

There are two kinds of sweet potatoes here, one is white sweet potato, the flesh is white, the flesh is very big, one can weigh more than a pound, but the flesh has a lot of silk inside, which makes it not only sticky to the teeth but also dry when eaten.

It's not very sweet and often makes people choke. Most of them are now mainly used as potato starch.

The other type is sweet potato, which has red flesh and tastes fragrant, sweet and soft. It is easier to swallow than white sweet potato, so in most cases, they mainly eat this kind of sweet potato.

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After a while, the corn in the pot cooled down slightly, and Chen Ling went to feed the dog nearby.

After feeding the dog, the sweet potatoes in the stove were roasted. They pulled them all out, knocked off the charred ash on them, and then called Liang Yuemin and the others to come over and eat.

The three of them had been waiting for the sweet potatoes to be roasted for a long time. At this time, they got up in a hurry. They didn't even bother to wash their hands. They each picked up one and started to eat it. The golden, hot roasted sweet potatoes made people drool just by looking at them.

, it was even more sweet and sweet when eaten, and was quickly wiped out by the four people.

The roasted sweet potatoes made their stomachs feel warm. After working hard all morning, they finally felt relieved and took advantage of the situation to eat breakfast.

"Good guys, Fugui, what did you have for breakfast? It tastes so delicious."

While a few people were devouring their breakfast, several women from the village came over carrying dolls on their backs, laughing and joking.

"What can I eat? Millet porridge and pickles."

Chen Ling wiped his mouth, stood up and quickly put away the bowl.

"Isn't that right? They work for you, and you just feed them this?"

"What are you going to eat if you don't eat this? You can't just eat a lot of fish and meat so early in the morning. It's so boring."

"Ouch, you are the only rich person in our Chen Wangzhuang who dares to say this. If it's just for the sake of eating meat, who cares which meal it is..."

The ladies chatted for a while, but before they could finish talking, they were dragged by the dolls to look at the cars and the workers sawing the wood.

Not long after, the older children in the village, like Liu Nier and others, all came running over.

Since the construction of Chen Ling's farm started, these little kids in the village must come here every day. When they come, they will look here for most of the day. Whenever the various machines are turned on, they will be excited to compete with each other, especially when the foundation work has just started.

, tampers, mixers and other machines took turns to come on stage. When it was time to eat, I was reluctant to leave. My parents came over and grabbed my ears and went back.

"Uncle Fugui, someone over there asked you to come over."

Chen Ling quickly sent the food boxes and bowls home, and as soon as he brought the cattle and sheep over, Liu Nier ran up to him and said.

Chen Ling quickly followed and said, "What's wrong, Lao Gao, is there something wrong?"

Lao Gao was the foreman this time. When he saw him coming, he pointed to the wooden corridor that had a rough frame built: "Are you going to pave the open space outside this building and the floor of the corridor?"

"Pave it. At least the floor of the corridor must be paved. What's wrong?"

"Nothing, I just want to ask you, what should I use to pave the floor? Cement, gravel, or green bricks? If you use cement, it will be ready-made, but nothing else will be enough. Your wall is a bit long."

"Yes, I understand. Can this floor be paved now?"

"No, it's almost the end of the month, and we've stopped work here since the twelfth lunar month. I thought it would be easy if you use cement to pave the floor. If you use other paving, take advantage of this period to prepare in advance.

This way we can finish it in one go when we start work next year."

Lao Gao knows that this boss has different ideas from ordinary people. Who in the right mind is tinkering with these things in the mountains and valleys now? However, all he knows are capable people and it is easy to give money, so he can only ask and discuss in advance.

good.

Otherwise, if they are not satisfied when the time comes, they will have to rework it.

They are not afraid of not being paid, but they are afraid that if it doesn't work here or there, it will be too troublesome to rework it.

"Can it be paved with stones? Just cobblestones?"

Chen Ling thought for a while and asked.

"Pebbles? Just those river bottom stones? That's fine."

Lao Gao nodded, thinking that his thoughts were indeed different from others.
To be continued...