Chapter 128: Semi-public and Semi-private Suggestions, Lao Luo's Placement
"Is the team going to dig a canal in the next two days?" Li Long asked straight to the point.
"Yeah, don't you want to do it? If you don't want to do it, then don't go. You don't need the two work points." Xu Chengjun knew Li Long quite well. Besides, for the sake of that piece of meat, he would not make things difficult for Li Long.
"I'm talking about something else." Li Long said, "There is a dry ditch above our team's small lake. Every year, floods from the mountains rush down from here, and then a hole is washed out on the north bank of the small lake.
Now is the time for students to go to school. Once the flood hits, the road in the reed ditch is blocked and they have to go around the dam of Xiaohaizi. The team has to send people to escort them, which is not only troublesome but also dangerous. "
"Then what do you want to do?" Xu Chengjun felt that what Li Long said made sense, but he would never think that Li Long was such a noble person. He must have his own plans.
"I think when the team cleans the dry canal in the team, we should dig through the dry ditch beside the small lake and the main canal. When the flood comes, the water will flow directly from the dry ditch to the main canal. In this way, the northern side of the small lake will not be washed away, and the flood will not rush under the reed ditch. The way for the children to go to school will not be cut off, and the team will save trouble."
Later, Li Long knew that this was called a snowmelt flood, which occurred every year. In the past, when the flood was small, the water from the dry ditch above would flow along the gully on the west side of the small lake to the reed ditch below, and then flow all the way to the downstream large lake.
Normally, there was no water in the reed ditch, and even if there was water, it was very small. The road from the production team to the village passed through the reed ditch, and there was no bridge here. It was not until four or five years later that the village built a concrete bridge here that has been used until later generations.
The flood was particularly severe when Xiaohaizi was destroyed. The dry ditch above was full of water and overflowed, and the opening on the side of Xiaohaizi was also full of water.
The water in the entire small lake was level with the dam. The sluice gates were raised to the highest level but still could not release all the flood water. Finally, the flood water accumulated more and more, broke through the dam, and then rushed downstream along with the fish in the lake.
Although the team quickly organized personnel to repair the dam after the flood, the big fish that escaped could not grow back. Because the flood was not taken seriously enough, the silt brought by it accumulated too much in the small lake, causing the small lake to gradually become an above-ground reservoir. The water storage capacity gradually decreased, and finally it lost its reservoir function and was basically abandoned.
This year, a flood destroyed the small lake, causing the reed ditch to be filled with water and the road to be blocked, so students had to stop classes for a whole week.
If Li Long wants to change this situation, he must start from the very beginning of the flood.
As long as the dry ditch upstream can be connected to the main canal, the water can be released from the main canal at the beginning of the flood to prevent the flood from accumulating, and the small lake can be saved.
This main canal is more than two meters deep and three to five meters wide, not much different from a small river. It is not only responsible for irrigating nearly two thousand acres of land in the village, but also for the irrigation of several other villages downstream.
As long as the flood water is released from here from the very beginning, the flood will not be able to accumulate and will not cause such a big trouble.
The only trouble is digging from the dry ditch to the main canal outlet, which is a relatively large amount of work.
"That's true." Xu Chengjun nodded, then shook his head and said, "But not everyone will listen. After all, not every family has a baby. Plus, the land was only distributed this year, so everyone will definitely not be that enthusiastic about doing the team's work. They'll all be thinking about doing their own work..."
"That's easy." Li Long took out 40 yuan and put it on the table. "Eight cents per worker, these 40 yuan is 500 workers. The whole team can work for three to five days, right? Calculated at double the work, I think there should be a lot of people who want to do it."
"That's true, but...what's the point of doing this?" Xu Chengjun was a little confused. Does this kid from the Li family have too much money and is burning it?
"Director, I won't hide it from you." Li Long knew that Xu Chengjun was very shrewd, and he would not feel at ease if he didn't explain it clearly, so he patiently explained, "You also know that I made some money this winter by breaking ice holes and selling fish.
To be honest, all this money was earned from Xiaohaizi. I was afraid that one day, a big flood would directly wash away Xiaohaizi, and then I would not be able to earn this money in the future. So now we can divert the flood in advance, so that we can rest assured. "After hearing this, Xu Chengjun understood.
He could understand Li Long's thoughts and said with a smile:
"Okay, when the time comes to assign work, I'll add that section and dig through the dry ditch and the main channel. The main ditch is upstream anyway, and the terrain there is high, so there's no need to worry about where the water in the main channel will flow to."
Of the forty yuan, he could at least save twenty. But thinking that Li Long could take out forty yuan to do this job, he could earn at least a hundred yuan this winter - fish are really easy to sell!
It's a pity that most people can't do this job. But now that sideline jobs are allowed, when the farming season is over, should I let my cousins try it?
Li Long came out of Xu's house and went to the stable.
Now the stable has been owned by Li Long, but Lao Luo still lives in it. However, there are no horses in the stable now, so it is empty and quiet. The hay in the stable was also divided when the team was divided, and now it looks a bit run-down.
When Li Long came over, Lao Luo was squatting by the outer wall of the stable. He stood up when he saw Li Long coming.
"Xiaolong, are you here to collect the horses?" Lao Luo asked nervously.
Although he has a house and a yard, to be honest, he is used to living in the stable and still feels a little uncomfortable moving back.
"What are you collecting? I came to see you." Li Long said with a smile, "Lao Luo, you can live here. I want to discuss something with you. Will you farm in the future?"
"I don't want to farm anymore. I am a five-guarantee household in the team. The team leader said that I can let others farm the land for me and just give me the grain when the time comes." Lao Luo sighed, "I have raised livestock for more than ten years, and I can't do anything else."
"Then I want to get something from the mountains, for example, a little wild boar or something, can you help me raise it?" Li Long asked, "I'll pay you when the time comes, how about that?"
"Really? That would be great!" Lao Luo grinned. "If that's the case, don't worry, I will definitely take good care of the animals - just give me some money! You can also bring your No. 76 horse over to me when it's free. I'm used to it now, and now I can't fall asleep without hearing the horse's neighing every day."
Li Long also laughed. Isn’t this a win-win situation? Killing two birds with one stone!
"Okay, I'll bring it over when the work is done."
After returning home from Mahao, Li Long told Li Jianshe about Lao Luo.
"This will definitely work. Lao Luo...he fought in the war before, although he wasn't a combat soldier, he was in logistics, but he also made contributions. The township said a long time ago that they would send him to a nursing home, but he refused to stay there. He wanted to stay in the team, saying that he couldn't get used to the nursing home, so the township let him come back."
Li Long knew about this in his previous life. In his previous life, after the horse hut was demolished, Lao Luo eventually went to a nursing home. Because he could not go out often there, although food and accommodation were provided, there was nothing to do all day long. Lao Luo eventually died after staying there for less than ten years.
Maybe there will be changes in this life?
Thanks to my book friends Dongli Pavilion Master and Wukong Babujie for their rewards. I recommend a new book by Tentacle Monster, "The Era: From Divorce with a Female College Student". The author's typing speed is very fast and he is also a veteran. You can go and have a look.
(End of this chapter)
