Pastoral Daily Life - Chapter 115

    Yan Yue didn’t talk to Lu Lingxi for too long. Although the background on Xiaoxi’s side was lively like a vegetable market, Yan Yue could easily distinguish Wang Shuxiu’s voice calling him to go back to eat dumplings. Gently hung up the phone, Yan Yue stood alone in the yard for a long time, and all the images of him and Lu Lingxi from the time they met to the present flashed in his mind. Yan Yue unconsciously curved the corners of his lips, the coldness on his body faded, and his expression softened.

    After thinking about it, Yan Yue did not go back to the house but went to find An Jie. He was in a good mood now, thinking that leaving An Jie alone in the room would inevitably find out his conscience. Anyway, he had to eat when he went back, so he could just accompany An Jie to eat together.

    An Jie was a little happy to see Yan Yue at first, but he soon had a headache. I don’t know what kind of stimulation Yan Yue got, but he insisted on eating dumplings with money. An Jie looked strange, “Is there still money in the dumplings?”

    Yan Yue explained to him patiently: “This is a custom. Those who eat money represent good fortune.”

    An Jie felt that Yan Yue did not seem to believe this, he looked at Yan Yue thoughtfully, “Did Xiao Xi eat it?”

    Yan Yue gave An Jie a positive look, An Jie was speechless for a while, and could only accompany Yan Yue on a hungry stomach while waiting to eat dumplings with money.

    Lu Lingxi, who was far away in Fengcheng, didn’t know that Yan Yue was tossing the chef of Yan’s family, and was setting firecrackers in the open space of the community. He and Xiao Hong played for a long time in the morning. After dinner, the whole family went out and set off firecrackers together.

    Xiao Feng placed a gypsophila star on the ground, handed Lu Lingxi a cigarette, and instructed: “Be careful, just run away.”

    Lu Lingxi nodded, he already had the experience in the morning, but he was still a little nervous.

    There are children around to cheer him up, “Brother Xiaoxi, come on.”

    Da Hei also let out a cooperative cry, Xiao Wanhua ran around him excitedly, Lu Lingxi smiled shyly, and carefully lit the sky star while sticking out the cigarette. A “bang” sounded, the sky full of stars exploded in the sky, and countless light spots lit up in the starry sky, shining like stars.

    Lu Lingxi raised his head and looked at him when he heard a loud noise in his ear. He didn’t take it seriously at first, thinking that someone had set off the firecrackers. Who knew that the loud noises sounded one after another, and Xiao Hong said loudly: “It’s the spring thunder. This year, the spring thunder came early enough.”

    “Chunlei? Is it going to rain?” Lu Lingxi asked ignorantly.

    Xiao Hong laughed, “It won’t rain, it’s dry thunder. It’s just the beginning of spring, where did the rain come from?”

    While they were talking, the white panel suddenly floated out. Lu Lingxi was stunned for a moment, then looked down at the panel. A blue river appeared on the panel, as if something had cracked, and the river that had been fixed began to flow slowly, as if it really existed in front of Lu Lingxi.

    “The primary river purification is completed, and the reward is +100 for the Heart of Plants and +1 for the Force of Nature.”

    Primary rivers? Lu Lingxi immediately thought of Lingshui River. He looked at the blue water wave-like picture that was flowing all the time with a hint of curiosity, and poked it gently with his hand. The cold touch made Lu Lingxi shudder, his eyes widened suddenly, and he poked again curiously.

    It was not his illusion, he seemed to really feel the coldness of the river. Calm down, there is still the faint sound of the river flowing. Lu Lingxi’s interest was completely lifted, and he wanted to go to Lingshui River immediately to see what was going on.

    Lingshui Village

    Today is the annual New Year’s Eve. After eating dumplings, the village chief Li Dalei began to think about the fireworks at night. The village’s financial situation is good this year, and by the end of the year there is still a little money left. Li Dalei found a few village committees together, and the village simply paid someone to set off fireworks for half an hour on the evening of the New Year’s Eve. The villagers praised Li Dalei for doing a good job without having to pay for it and seeing the fireworks.

    Originally, Li Dalei wanted to finish the work early, but the villagers disagreed. Why do you have to wait until the dumplings are made and eaten before putting them out, otherwise everyone is busy making dumplings, and who will show the fireworks? Li Dalei had no choice but to set the time at nine o’clock. Anyway, the villagers sleep late on the night of the 30th year, and they are not afraid of affecting anyone.

    “Cough cough.” Li Dalei turned on the radio at home and spoke in a dialect.

    “Villagers, villagers, the fireworks will officially start at nine o’clock in the evening. The fireworks will be set off by the river. If you want to go, you can go and have a look. Be sure to pay attention to safety. Bring the dolls Parents take note, no one is allowed to let the dolls be near the river.”

    “Repeat, villagers…”

    As soon as the broadcast ended, there were children in the village clamoring to go to the river to watch it. Some parents are too lazy to go out, “You can see it from the yard. Going to the river to toss something.” The child refused to agree and rolled on the ground wearing new clothes. Parents feel distressed about the new clothes, and hurriedly grabbed the little boy. “Look at it, go and see it now.” There were quite a few children making a fuss like this, and after a while, the Kung Fu River was surrounded by adults and children running around.

    Uncle Li and Aunt Li were also wrapped up and stood by the river waiting to see. Uncle Li muttered in a low voice, “If you have to come here, you can watch it in the yard at home.”

    “What do you know?” Aunt Li was dissatisfied, “Is it for watching fireworks? For the fun.”

    The old couple was bickering, and the salute standing by the river had sprayed colorful flames, which transformed into the shape of flowers in the air. Peonies, chrysanthemums, phoenixes, and gypsophila, the people in the village are dizzy and unblinking. Just when everyone was attracted by the fireworks, suddenly a loud explosion sounded in the sky.

    “Chunlei?” Uncle Li was surprised. Just as he was about to say that this year’s spring thunder came early enough, there was a faint sound of clicking behind him. He turned back quickly, and saw that the ice layer on the Lingshui River seemed to be slowly cracking, and a small piece of ice layer fell into the water, splashing a few silver splashes.

    The surrounding villagers heard it and turned around subconsciously. On the Lingshui River, the swarthy ice layers cracked open one by one and fell into the river one after another. The sound of water roared, and the ice layer was quickly washed away, revealing the sparkling silver water surface. Under the moonlight, the Lingshui River shone with starlight as if it would glow. The occasional splashes were transparent and clear, and there was no pollution at all.

    Uncle Li walked a few steps to the river, and was pleasantly surprised to see that the river water had recovered from the previous pollution, and was even cleaner than before. The silver water splashes stirred, the green water plants swayed as the water flow stretched, and a fresh water vapor surrounded him.

    Uncle Li took a deep breath, and couldn’t help but stretch out his hand and sway it twice in the river. The cold river water made him shiver, but Uncle Li laughed happily. He had long heard Xiaoxi Doll say that they had taken over the purification project of the Lingshui River. Although I don’t know when Xiaoxi made it, Uncle Li firmly believes that the clear water of the river is the credit of Xiaoxi’s doll.

    “What’s going on?” Someone asked blankly.

    “What else can happen.” Uncle Li explained: “The pollution is gone, and the government has paid for it.”

    “When was it governed?”

    “You care when.” The other person next to him answered impatiently, “It’s okay if you manage it.”

    “Look at the clear water, there should be fish in summer?”

    “Almost, the waterfowl should fly back this year.”

    The attention of the villagers of Lingshui Village was quickly attracted by the purified Lingshui River. They had not seen such clear water in several years. When the plastic factory in Songjiazhuang was not polluted before, although the river water was not as stinky as it was polluted, people didn’t pay much attention to protection, and it was common to throw a plastic bag and a drink bottle at random. It was only after the plastic factory polluted the Lingshui River that they realized the importance of the Lingshui River to them. Especially when the people in Songjiazhuang were poisoned last time, the villagers of Lingshui Village were terrified, they were afraid that they would also be poisoned at some point.

    “Let me tell you something.” Li Dalei squeezed in front of everyone and said loudly, “Everyone has seen it, the government has paid us to manage the Lingshui River. Let’s not talk about the past. In the future, we can no longer take environmental protection seriously as before. From tomorrow, no one is allowed to throw plastic bags and drink bottles in the river, and the dirty water from the house is not allowed to be poured into the river. Those who violate the rules will be fined, 50 per time, and then I will use this money to invite people to set off fireworks at the end of the year.”

    At first, some people were dissatisfied when they heard about the fine, and they were about to make trouble when Li Dalei said that he would use the money to invite people to set off fireworks. This time, the mouths that wanted to coax people were blocked, and the villagers laughed.

    “The village chief’s idea is good. The old man will walk by the river every day when I have nothing to do. I will watch the old man who dares to litter.” Uncle Xu shouted angrily.

    Uncle Xu is of high rank in the village, he said so, it must be true. No one is going to spend 50 yuan to try Uncle Xu’s temper, and they all follow the statement that this idea is good, and everyone will love Lingshui River in the future.

    Li Dalei breathed a sigh of relief and began to emphasize safety. Especially those who have little dolls at home should pay attention, don’t let the little dolls run to the river by themselves, it will be too late to regret if something happens.

    The villagers were chatting, and the fireworkers couldn’t wait. “It’s almost ten o’clock, I’ll go back if I don’t let go.”

    What happened in Lingshui Village, Lu Lingxi knew about it the next day. He called Uncle Li to say New Year’s greetings on the morning of the first day of the new year. Uncle Li excitedly talked about the changes in Lingshui River. Last night, Mr. Li felt that he couldn’t see clearly, so he went to the river to take a look. After a night of scouring, the black layers of ice were no longer visible. The crystal clear water flowed down from the upper reaches, splashing a few small waves from time to time.

    Uncle Li was very happy, “Xiao Xi, you have done a good thing, a good thing.”

    Lu Lingxi was a little embarrassed by Uncle Li’s praise, and felt that he didn’t actually do anything, which was all due to the panel. In his and Yan Yue’s plan, the Lingshui River was only the first step. He wanted to see if he could purify the several rivers polluted in Fengcheng by this method.

    But… Lu Lingxi thought of Yan Yue’s words, the purification of the river is only a part, the more important thing is the management of corporate sewage, and even the adjustment of the industrial structure. If enterprises do not pay attention to sewage treatment, their subsequent purification is only to reduce losses rather than avoid losses. What’s more, maybe the company sees the good purification effect of the river, but it pollutes the environment more unscrupulously.

    Lu Lingxi only hopes that what Yan Yue said is not true, it would be great if everyone could recognize the importance of water sources like Lingshui Village.