Back to 78: My Leisurely Country Life

In the afternoon, He Qiang took the money and went to the village.

After Wu Youhua received the money, he gave He Qiang a receipt, and the contract officially came into effect from today.

Wu Youhua said:"The village will issue a notice later, and Liu Qiang in your team will be responsible for the publicity! Considering our friendship for so many years, you must calculate the cost price for me when I buy fish in the future."

He Qiang grinned and said:"You still need these two fish? It's not good for you, a big farmer, to stare at poor people like us."

"What rich family? Don't slander me! Whose family is not a poor and lower-middle peasant? Aren't they poor and want to buy some cheap fish and meat to improve their lives?"

Wu Youhua would not admit that he was a rich family. Although the times are different now, he is a village official after all!

Even if he has no rank, he still has a dream.

He has worked hard over the years and plans to be transferred to the city.

He Qiang saw this and said,"Hey, otherwise you are a cadre, you are really good at pretending to be poor!"

Wu Youhua said nonsense seriously,"Nothing! Okay, I'm busy with things, what should you do, go and do what you should do." He Qiang did not leave, but asked,"The fish pond needs to be pumped. Now it is my private contract. I don't have a water pump. How should I use the village's?"

"Why charge for it? It doesn't burn oil or electricity, just don't break it down."

Wu Youhua waved his hand and decided to lend the village's manual water pump to He Qiang.

He Qiang nodded:"Okay, I'll take the pump away later."

That thing is actually an agricultural water pump. It's fine to borrow it, and no one will say anything.

When he returned home, He Qiang's heart had already flown to the mountains.

When the fish pond is pumped out, the water will be led in, and the problem of the fry will be solved.

He has no experience in breeding, so he will have to ask someone for advice.

That night, the three brothers He Yongjun had a meal together.

At the table, the two brothers He Aiguo and He Jianguo were stunned to hear that He Qiang had actually contracted the fish pond in the village.

Such a big thing, they didn't even hear a word.

He Aiguo couldn't help muttering:"Two hundred yuan a year, such a big investment, if it loses money, where can we get the money to contract the second year?"

He Jianguo's eyes widened and he said,"It's definitely not covered in the second year. You can't just compensate and still ask for money!"

He Yongjun's face darkened and he was unhappy, but he couldn't get angry with his two brothers.

Old Lady He didn't have such scruples and said unhappily,"If you two can't talk, just keep quiet!"

He Aiguo said embarrassedly,"I'm worried about the third brother!"

Old Lady He scolded,"I asked you two to come here to ask you to provide help! The third brother's family will provide meals, and then you two families can pick up some things from the fish pond to share. If you can't finish it, you can sell it. Are you still not happy? Have your consciences been eaten by dogs!"

The two brothers felt very aggrieved. Why didn't you tell me there would be such a good thing earlier!

""Mom, look at what you said. We are all family, so we will definitely help!"

The second son He Jianguo promised hurriedly.

He would not give up such a good thing.

In the past, the harvest of the fish pond was shared by the entire Gunziwan Production Team. There were dozens of households, so how much could each household get?

Now there are only three households sharing one pond, so the amount is not at the same level!

Even if the pond was opened early this year and the fish are not fat yet, the three families should have at least 10 or 20 yuan of income, right?

This is enough to cover the oil and salt expenses for several months!

"" Mom, when are you coming? I'll ask the eldest and second son to help."

He Aiguo also reacted at this time and busied himself to show his support.

Grandma He's expression improved, and she turned to He Qiang and asked,"Qiang boy, when are you going to get the water pump?"

He Qiang swallowed the food in his mouth and said,"Tomorrow! There is only one water pump, so it's just right for my cousins to take turns. I still have to go to the mountains to get things for the leaders to make wine, and they are urging me."

How can they be urged? They haven't urged me at all!

It's just that He Qiang doesn't want to work.

After all, operating the water pump to pump water is a very boring job.

He is interested in fishing in the pond and catching eels after the water is pumped out.

"You should be busy with your own things, otherwise why ask your uncle and second uncle to help you."

Old lady He thinks He Qiang should do the real work.

He Yongjun felt a little embarrassed when he saw this.

For so many years, He Qiang never helped with the housework.

He always felt that he couldn't hold his head up in front of his two brothers because of this.

After all, He Qiang's cousins are all helping with the housework.

Now that he has asked others to help with his own housework, it's fine, but he doesn't even work. What kind of talk is this!

He Yongjun said dissatisfiedly:"You don't care about a few hundred yuan a year. Why don't you quickly pump out the water and clear the pond, and then go up the mountain? Why do you have to go now?"

Old lady He immediately scolded after hearing this:"He is busy with real work, why do you care about him? Can't He Ming and other brothers do things like pumping water! You are so old, but you don't even know the importance of life? The leaders in the army will collect things from home in the future. What will they think if you keep them waiting for a long time? Will they say that Qiangwaer can't even do such a small thing, and won't buy things from home in the future?"

Physical work like pumping water is not as important as making money.

His good grandson is a capable man, so he can let other grandsons do this kind of work.

Although Mrs. He is a rural old lady, she is very smart at such an old age!

Even He Aiguo on the side felt that his mother was right.

The God of Wealth must not be offended. It is better for those who work hard than to neglect the God of Wealth.

He Jianguo said bluntly:"If the third son Qiang wants to be busy, let him go. At worst, I will go to help. I will pump more water every day. The pond is so big that it won’t take much effort to get it done." The corner of He Yongjun's mouth twitched, and he simply kept silent.

He Qiang was busy eating on the side, and he didn't want to attract the attention of his old father.

……

The next day, the raft was brought back, and the He family took action. They took turns working according to their age. After the raft was installed, He Ming controlled the raft to start pumping water.

The process was to repeatedly push the handle to make the raft rotate and draw water from the fish pond.

He Qiang was not interested at all, and he slipped away after he finished his work.

He planned to go to the mountains first to see how the little bees were doing.

He needed to verify the extent to which the effect of his supernatural power could be achieved.

If it met expectations, his plan to breed yellow catfish would be stable.