"Then let's count out all the money together and see how much there is in total," Fang Nuo said.
"good"
So the two of them first divided the money according to the denomination, then counted the amount and added one piece to the calculation.
Finally, I got an objective number, one hundred and seventy-three yuan and fifty-three cents, and some bills.
"I didn't expect that you made so much in these two times. Brother Qi, you are so awesome," Fang Nuo praised.
"Hey, what's mine belongs to my wife, so you are also very powerful," Shen Gongqi said with a silly smile.
"Is fifteen yuan enough to dig a well?" Fang Nuo asked.
"I have already asked the captain, and he said that if he has an acquaintance, fifteen is enough," Shen Gongqi said.
"Okay, I'll give you five more yuan. Then you go buy some cigarettes and alcohol, and then give some gifts to the master and the captain. After all, this is a troublesome thing," Fang Nuo said.
"Okay, let me listen to you, wife," Shen Gongqi said.
Fang Nuo counted out a twenty-dollar bill from the money and gave it to Shen Gongqi, then picked out some bills and gave them to him, asking him to bring them back together when he went to town.
After counting the money, Fang Nuo took it and packed it up. The family took a lunch break, and Shen Gongqi went out first to continue working.
Fang Nuo waited for her and Yaya to wake up from their nap, pack up, and then go to work in the fields with a bottle of Liangbai.
After work in the evening, the two went to the team leader and asked him to go with Shen Gongqi to hire someone to dig a well for their home.
The next day, Shen Gongqi followed the team leader to hire someone. According to their construction schedule, he didn't have time until five days later.
At that time, their family would have to provide for two meals a day, and they would also have to prepare the stones for building the well walls.
So in the next five days, after Shen Gong's work, he used a pallet truck to go out and get a lot of stones. For the safety of the children at home, Fang Nuo proposed to make a pressure pipe.
Shen Gongqi went to ask and found out that the master could do it, which meant preparing water pipes and pressurized water faucets.
Shen Gongqi had everything ready before the master came to start work.
This morning, the well-drilling master came to the door. Shen Gongqi and Fang Nuo were both helping at home, and they asked for leave one day in advance with the team leader.
Fang Nuo prepared breakfast and she and her children ate it in the house. Shen Gongqi and the well digger ate at the dining table in the yard.
After breakfast, the two began to dig the well. The master started digging, and Shen Gongqi helped to carry away the dug soil and dump it.
All the soil was dumped to the edge of the vegetable plot in the backyard, and the vegetable plot can be covered with a layer of soil next year.
It took two days to dig the well, then lay the walls of the well, and then install the water pipe and cover the well head with a reinforced cement board with holes.
Pass the water pipe through the hole, install a pressurized water faucet, connect it and fix the faucet on the ground, then add some cement mortar to smooth the well mouth.
Finally, just wait until it is completely dry before you can use it.
From the time a well was dug to the time it was completed, it took almost the entire Western World.
After all the wells were finished, the two invited the team leader to their home and had a meal with the well-digger. After thanking the guests, the two resumed work the next day.
The water well was left to dry for a day and night before being used.
Fang Nuo tried it out and found that it was quite convenient for the water to come out after just a few presses.
When it freezes in winter, they can boil some water and pour it in to melt the ice cubes, and then they can continue to use them.
"This well is really good. From now on, we can wash our clothes at home, and we can also boil hot water for washing," Fang Nuo said to Shen Gongqi.
"Well, I will wash the winter clothes from now on," Shen Gongqi said.
"Then you said it yourself, but I remembered it," Fang Nuo said
"Yeah, I said that"
Yaya watched her parents tinkering with new things in the yard. She also stepped forward curiously, imitating her mother's example, and pressed down a few times.
But because I was still young and weak, I couldn't push the pole down, so no water came out.
"Mom, why can't water come out when Yaya presses hard?" Little Yaya asked
"That's because Yaya, you are still too young. When you grow up, you will be able to move," Fang Nuo said.
"That's it, then Yaya will grow up tomorrow" Yaya said
"Okay, then our eldest Yaya, how about we go to the kitchen to cook and eat?" Fang Nuo said with a smile.
"Hmm, what are we going to eat tonight, mom?" Yaya put down the water pressure rod as soon as she heard that she was going to cook dinner.
Fang Nuo took care of his snack food very well.
Shen Gongqi smiled fondly behind the two of them, then followed them into the kitchen and started burning the stove for Fang Nuo.
After the family had dinner, they strolled in the yard to eat.
Fang Nuo saw that the tomatoes in the field were ripe again and asked Shen Gongqi, "Brother Qi, when are you going to go to the black market again?"
"We don't plan to go there recently. We were targeted last time, so we are staying at home recently," Shen Gongqi said.
"What, then why didn't you tell me when you came back?" Fang Nuo turned to look at him and asked
"Nothing happened in the end. We all came back safely. If I said it, it would make you worried, so I didn't say it," Shen Gongqi explained.
"You can't do this again"
"good"
"Then you'd better not go out these days. Safety is the most important thing," Fang Nuo said.
"Yeah, well, it was all thanks to the thing you wiped on us last time. Otherwise, if someone saw our true face, we might not be safe now," Shen Gongqi said.
"Well, so if you go there in the future, don't forget to apply it. If you don't have it anymore, just tell me and I can make it," Fang Nuo said.
"okay"
"Then let's come back from work tomorrow, pick all the persimmons at home, make some cans and preserve them, otherwise it will be a pity to rot in the ground," Fang Nuo said
"Okay, wife, do you want to eat mushrooms? It's going to rain recently, and mushrooms should be coming out in the mountains," Shen Gongqi asked.
"Think about it, I'm still thinking about going to the mountains to look for it myself," Fang Nuo said.
"You're pregnant now, so don't go out. It's not safe in the mountains. I'll ask you to stay at home this year and go back next year, okay?" Shen Gongqi said.
"Okay, then you go pick some when the time comes, and I'll tell you where I picked them in previous years." Fang Nuo looked at his big belly and could only nod in agreement.
Now that she is pregnant, she is also afraid that she will encounter any accidents when she goes to the mountains. The child in her belly is the most important thing now.
"Well, I will go to the mountains to take a look when the time comes, and I will definitely fill the gap for you this year," Shen Gongqi said.
The next day, Fang Nuo spent the afternoon at home picking all the ripe red peppers, kidney beans, loofahs, eggplants, and persimmons in the yard.
The peppers are dried, the kidney beans are shredded and dried, the loofah is peeled and dried, and the eggplants are steamed and torn into strips before being dried.
Persimmons are made into tomato sauce and peeled cans.
It took her an afternoon to pack up all the things and hang them in the sun. She waited until Shen Gongqi came back from work in the evening before she started packing the persimmons.
