"Brother Xiaoqiang, how much did you sell it?"

Before he could run to him, Niu Huahua couldn't help but ask about today's earnings.

Niu Xiaoqiang saw that there was no one around, so he didn't hide, and said the number with a smile.

Niu Huahua was originally so tired that she was panting, but after listening to the figures reported by Niu Xiaoqiang, her exhaustion was immediately swept away, and she jumped and jumped.

After a while, Niu Huahua stopped as if she remembered something, reached out and took out a piece of paper from her schoolbag and handed it to Niu Xiaoqiang, "Brother Xiaoqiang, this is a special award from Teacher Li, and she also asked me to tell you a word, saying that she hopes you can continue to study hard during the summer vacation and strive for greater progress." ”

Niu Xiaoqiang was originally laughing, but the smile on his face immediately froze when he heard this, and he was stunned for a while before reaching out to accept the award.

The award certificate was rolled, and after opening it, Niu Xiaoqiang saw that there were four big words written on it, "Obvious progress", and the reason for the award below, as well as the payment.

At the bottom, there is a line of Juanxiu handwriting written with a fountain pen, which is the words of encouragement to Niu Xiaoqiang specially written by Mr. Li, to the effect that Niu Huahua just said, all of which are hoped that Niu Xiaoqiang can make persistent efforts and make greater progress in the future.

This is the first time Niu Xiaoqiang has won the certificate in his life, although compared with the "three good students" and other certificates, the quality of this certificate is much inferior, but it still makes Niu Xiaoqiang excited, he held the award certificate of the hand couldn't help but tremble slightly, the speed of his heartbeat increased sharply, and the blood kept surging.

Niu Xiaodong on the side looked at the award certificate with some envy: "Brother Qiang, you are so good, you actually won the award, unlike me, I haven't touched the edge of the award certificate like this." ”

Niu Xiaoqiang came back to his senses at this time, he pretended to be indifferent and handed the award certificate to Niu Huahua: "It's okay, it's okay, there's nothing to be proud of, Xiaohua, Dayong went to buy popsicles, let's go back to the farm to work after eating popsicles." ”

"Good!"

An hour later, the four of them returned to Yetang with the building materials they had bought. Niu Xiaoqiang assigned the work: "Xiaohua and I are responsible for cutting cow felt and wire, Xiaoyong will cut the stakes, Xiaodong will cut some thatch, and after the raw materials are ready, we will work together to build the pigsty." ”

The roofs of the houses in the mountains are basically built with cow felt mixed with thatch, and the too poor people even use only thatch, not even a piece of cow felt, and only a very small number of rich families can afford to use tiles.

Due to the humid and rainy environment in the mountains, the thatched and cow felt roofs are more perishable and must be repaired every few years, otherwise they will not be inhabitable. Niu Xiaoqiang and others have basically participated in the repair of their own houses, and they all know some techniques for building houses, so it is not difficult for them to build a pigsty.

When the three of them heard the order, they immediately nodded in agreement, and they got busy.

In less than an hour, the raw materials were ready, and the four men first tied the thatch together with wire and branches to make a rectangular piece of rain protection material, and then dug a pit and buried a wooden stake next to the outer wall of the pigsty that had been built.

After the wooden stakes were fixed, Niu Xiaoqiang asked everyone to build the roof ridge with wires and small wooden sticks. The four men did not rest and worked until two o'clock in the afternoon, when the pigsty was built. There are four pigstys in total, which can raise four pigs, which is the result of Niu Xiaoqiang's planning according to the actual situation.

The reason why only four pigs are raised is mainly because the price of piglets is too expensive, a little piglet costs more than 20 yuan, and four is more than 100, and the rest of the farm still has to spend money, so for the time being, you can only raise a few fewer pigs, and wait until you make money in the future to expand the scale of breeding.

Niu Xiaoqiang saw that everyone was tired and sweating, waved his hand and said, "The pigsty is finally completed, let's rest for a while." ”

The four friends sat in the shade under the corner of the pigsty and gasped, although they were very tired, but they all showed satisfied expressions. There's nothing more wonderful for them than building a whole new little world with their own hands, and everyone is hopeful about the future.

After a short rest, Niu Xiaoyong proposed: "Brother Qiang, do you think it would be better to plant a few trees next to the pigsty?"

Niu Xiaoqiang snorted: "It's really good to plant a few trees to shelter from the wind and rain, and when the saplings grow up, there is shade to shelter from the heat." ”

As soon as Niu Xiaoyong saw that Niu Xiaoqiang had approved his proposal, he immediately got up, picked up the shovel and walked to the mountain: "In this case, I will dig a few small saplings and come back, and plant the trees as soon as possible, which can also produce results as soon as possible." ”

Seeing that he was so positive, Niu Xiaoqiang couldn't help but smile and said: "Xiaoyong is really diligent and worthy of praise." ”

Niu Xiaodong seemed to be stimulated, he also got up and chased after him: "Brother Qiang, I'll help." ”

Niu Huahua also wanted to get up, and Niu Xiaoqiang grabbed her: "It's enough to have the two of them, don't go to join in the fun, let's dig a tree pit here with me." ”

Niu Huahua sighed, and followed Niu Xiaoqiang to dig several tree pits in front of the pigsty. When Niu Xiaoyong and Niu Xiaodong came back with the dug saplings, they immediately began to plant.

It didn't take much effort for a few camphor saplings nearly a man tall to stand around the pigsty. Niu Xiaoqiang beckoned everyone to apply hydroponic soil to confirm that the saplings were planted, and then stopped to rest.

Niu Xiaodong looked up at the bright sun in the sky, wiped his sweat and said, "There is still time, Brother Qiang, what are we going to do next?"

Niu Xiaoqiang looked at the remaining cow felt and wire, "Next, we need to build a shack for raising poultry." ”

Niu Xiaoyong, who was the most energetic, couldn't take a break when he heard this, and waved his hand and said, "While there is still time, let's hurry up and start work, and strive to build the shack before dark." ”

Niu Xiaoqiang was so happy that he nodded immediately: "Xiaoyong is right, we rarely have time, so we should take this opportunity to do more work." ”

The other two all agreed, and soon, the four of them were engaged in a new round of busyness.

Since poultry sheds do not need to be as strong as pigsty, they can be built faster than pigsty. Even so, the four of them hurried to set up the shack before the sun went down.

A total of three shacks were built, according to Niu Xiaoqiang's planning, chickens, ducks and geese should be raised a little, these three kinds of poultry are of different sizes, they are prone to stampede accidents in a shack, or it is better to raise them separately.

"Whew, I was almost not tired, ouch, my back hurts......"

Niu Xiaodong's physique was the weakest among the three boys, and after building the shack, he couldn't hold on anymore, so he sat on the ground and screamed continuously.