Chapter 77: Road Repair (Seeking Bookmarks)

  The villagers learned that bamboo can also be sold for money, and their enthusiasm increased a lot. Originally, the old village chief only found a few people to help, but unexpectedly, every household had someone participating. Calculated at two yuan per root, this batch of bamboo was worth over 30,000 yuan, and each household got several hundred yuan after dividing it up.

  Chu Jiaqiang also specifically checked the price of Phyllostachys nigra, and found that it was even more expensive. A diameter of one centimeter costs five yuan per plant, such a small bamboo, they might be for transplanting, to be pulled up with roots. The stem is five centimeters in diameter and costs ten yuan, ten centimeters cost 22-25 yuan, and twelve centimeters are calculated by ton, 950 yuan per ton.

  When the news was told to the old village chief, he was suddenly shocked and obviously did not expect that the ignored bamboo shoots were so expensive, while the bamboo he had always valued became cheap goods.

  "Jiaqiang, what's on your mind? Speak up!" said the old village chief.

  Chu's family, Qiang, sank into thought for a moment before saying: "I asked Uncle Yan about this price, and he said that in fact, there is indeed such a price. However, the number of bamboo shoots is too large now, and some are rotten on the market. If you want to sell well, it's best to choose high-quality ones, especially the kind we cut back for drainage. He can also buy them at 950 yuan per ton. I think we need to do three things."

  "What about those three?" the old village chief asked involuntarily.

  "First, let's mobilize everyone to repair the road as soon as possible, and then continue to cut down some bamboo. We must repair the road first, our village road can't accommodate large vehicles, it's very troublesome. The bamboo forest on our Bamboo Mountain is too dense, which is not conducive to the growth of bamboo. The older bamboo trees are getting more and more, affecting the growth of new bamboo shoots, causing the bamboo mountain to age, looking uneven. After that, we have to plant porcupine bamboo in that empty land." Chu Jiaqiang analyzed with reason and evidence.

  The old village chief immediately applauded and asked everyone to quickly count the number of bamboo shoots, and then discussed the issue on the spot. As soon as everyone heard this, they all became excited, thinking that their own bamboo would be more valuable. This time, everyone completely lost their opposition to repairing the road. The old village chief made a decisive decision to start the major repair work tomorrow.

  At night, Old Village Chief ran to Chu Jiaqiang's home again and made a plan. If Chu Jiaqiang came up with an idea, from now on, Zhushan would also be managed on a large scale.

  The next morning, a large crowd of people gathered at Shai Gu Ping with hoes and other tools. The old village chief didn't waste any words, he waved his hand and led everyone to start working. After deciding to repair the road yesterday afternoon, he had already instructed his son to unload truckloads of limestone powder onto the road.

  The old village chief divided the personnel into three teams. The first team was led by himself and was responsible for laying water channels and pipes.

  The second team was led by Old Man Li, who was in charge of repairing the road surface and edges. For example, they would use stones to reinforce areas prone to landslides. Old Man Li knew that the village was fixing the roads, and his face was too thick to pretend to be playing chess with Chu Jiaqiang.

  The third team originally wanted Chu Jiaqiang to lead, but Chu Jiaqiang was unwilling and pushed it to an old man. In charge of spreading the stone powder, evenly paving on the ground, waiting for the stone roller to compact.

  In order to avoid flooding on the road as much as possible, the old village chief prepared to set up a bamboo tube every 20 meters horizontally.

  "You two measure the length and make a mark. The six of you will then dig open the road surface at the marked place, making sure it's level with the bottom of the ditch. You two will be in charge of carrying the bamboo tubes and putting them down, while the rest will clear out the original ditch." The old village chief gave his orders in an orderly manner.

  Chu Jiaqiang said: "It's best if it's not flush with the bottom of the water ditch, it's better to be a little higher."

  Everyone looked back and asked what. Old Man Li answered on behalf of Chu Jiaqiang: "There is a lot of mud and sand at the bottom, which can easily block the bamboo tube."

  The old village chief patted his head: "Right, right! It should be 3 to 5 centimeters higher."

  After dividing the work, everyone started working enthusiastically, with a strong sense of the old days of mass production. Wan Lao and others also came to join in the fun, but nobody let him help, after all, he was not in good health, plus his age, he couldn't do such hard labor. Wan Lao and Yan Lao could only help by carrying tea water and distributing cigarettes.

  "Haha! It's been a long time since I've seen such a scene of collective labor, now revisiting it has a different flavor. Thinking back to the past, there was bitterness and joy!" Old Wan sighed.

  "Haha! Not at all, back then we worked together, ate together, what a scene, hehe!" Yan Lao also reminisced about the past.

  Everyone is very powerful, and soon the road was repaired to the largest bend of this section, which is actually a 90-degree bend. But the road is too small, it looks very curved, even tractors have to drive carefully.

  Li Lao Tou was in a bit of trouble and immediately went to consult with the old village chief: "What do you think we should do about this bend? The big truck definitely can't make it around, it won't turn."

  The old village chief took two puffs of smoke and said, "There's no way out, we can only discuss it with that kid Shengxiao. We'll exchange the land above him for this road surface, and then flatten it to make a new road. Originally, this road surface was changed to his name, there's no other solution."

  "This way, others may be at a disadvantage. After all, the road surface is not good and there's a big rock underneath with only a thin layer of soil, making it hard for things to grow." said Old Man Li.

  "It's okay, just give him some more compensation in the village." This was not difficult for Old Village Chief. As the head of the village, this task was still very easy. Anyway, he wouldn't let his own villagers suffer a loss.

  Chu Sheng Xiao readily agreed, but in fact the land was a barren yellow mud plot with little nutrients. Even if they planted sweet potatoes, the yield would be poor, and it wasn't worth selling out to the village chief.

  Chu's family leader looked at some places where the collapse was more serious and proposed to the old village chief that it would be better to use cement and square stones to build, without cement, just piling up stones is useless.

  The old village chief immediately ordered Chu Shengyi to pull back half a truck of cement and then divide it into three people to mix the mortar.

  Chu Shengyi pulled the cement back, then pulled a large stone roller back and forth behind it. The stone roller was one meter in diameter and must have weighed over a thousand catties, but I don't know where the old village chief found it. The stone powder that had been splashed onto the road surface was compressed several times, thoroughly compacting it. The greenish-blue road surface was very flat and looked very comfortable, just like an asphalt road.

  In the morning, they repaired more than 400 meters. At noon, a banquet was set up at the old village chief's house. Several women in the village had already cooked large pots of food. There were too many people, so most of them picked up dishes and sat down to eat under the big tree at the door. The scene was very lively.

  Because they still had work in the afternoon, no one drank. Chu Jiaqiang had chilled several large watermelons early on and cut them up after dinner to help everyone cool off.

  The three or four kilometers of road were completed in just four days, and the repairs extended to the border with Xiang Zhu Village. The people of Xiang Zhu Village were amazed, wondering when Chu Jia Village had become so prosperous that they could afford such a large investment.

  Xiang Zhu Village is a big village, divided into four teams. Zhang Team Leader from the fourth team at the intersection came over to inquire about the news. He first gave Old Village Chief a cigarette: "Chu Lao Shu, what great courage! Is there a way for the village to develop?"

  The old village chief smiled: "It doesn't matter whether it develops or not, repairing the road will make things more convenient. And this time, we have a kind donor, haha!"

  The old village chief was overjoyed. Previously, the villagers of Rongzhu Village didn't think much of them, these poor villages. Now they were surprised, and their mood suddenly improved greatly.

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