text/[French] Marcel Bagnère
translation/Su Yuan
Editor's note: "Jean de Floret" and "Quan Quan, Manon" are based on famous French writers A movie based on the novel of the same name by Marcel Bagnell.
Marcel Bagnère is a well-known French writer in the 20th century. Born in 1895 in the small town of Aubagne in the province of Provence in southern France. The romantic rural life in Provence provides him with a steady source of creation. Many of Marcel Bagnère’s works reflect the lives of farmers in Provence, and he is known as a Tianyin writer.
Bagnère is a prolific and well-known contemporary French writer. His poems, novels, memoirs, biographies, etc. are all excellent, especially drama and film scripts. His main works include "The Man with the Iron Mask", "First Love", "The Baker's Woman", "Childhood Memories" and so on. In 1947, Bagnaire was elected a member of the French Academy and died in 1974.
In order to reproduce the life of Provençal farmers fighting against nature, the famous French director Claude Berry spent nine months compiling the novels "Jean de Floret" and , Manon" was adapted into a movie.
The filming took three years, and the cost was the highest in France's production costs in recent years. The actor's degrading strength is also unprecedented. The famous French actors Yves Montand and Chanra de Batieu (the male protagonists of "The Last Subway") played important roles in the film.
Because of the great success of the film, it won the 1987 French Film Caesar Award for Best Picture; the leading actor Danielle Ordney won the Best Actor Award.
During the filming of the film, people in the French film industry made various predictions. Many people worried that in the current French film market, which is flooded with commercial films, such a nostalgic film with a strong literary and artistic atmosphere would be difficult for the public to accept. Surprisingly, after the film was released, it became an unprecedented grand occasion, setting a record for the box office of French literary films. The calm pastoral scenery and rich poetic color of the works draw people into a wonderful artistic realm. This film has been listed as the main film of the "French Film Week" held in China in 1988.
South of France. A small village surrounded by green trees.
In the early morning, the thick and misty morning mist shrouded the fields, hills, bushes, and farmhouses quietly appeared in the dawning light.
A black and old car was parked on the side of the road, and a disheveled young man got out of the car with simple luggage. The long journey made his face full of fatigue. He strode forward, climbed over a small hill, and came to a farmhouse.
He stood in front of the house and shouted with a little excitement: "Hey, Bobby, it's me, I'm back." Before the words
fell, an old man of about 60 years old poked his head out of the window and looked around. This is Barbie. Compare.
Bobby exclaimed happily: "Ah! You are back! Igoran, I will come down soon."
This young man named Eaglean is obviously very close to Bobby.
Eagleland: "No, you can just throw the key to me." The
old man came down and opened the door in person. The old man seemed very happy to see his long-lost relatives. He kept patting Eagleland on the shoulder and muttered. He said: "I didn't expect...you are back! Are you...retire and go home?"
Eaglen: "Yes."
Bobby: "Come in and eat something, let's have a good chat!"
Igoran declined Bobby's hospitality: "No need, my friends and I had a drink in Marseille most of the night, I still want to go back to tidy up."
Igoran's house.
This is a dilapidated old house. Because it has been unoccupied for a long time, a thick layer of soil has accumulated in every corner of the house, which looks cold and lifeless. The furnishings in the house are very simple, except for a bed, table and Apart from a few worn-out farm tools, there is nothing else.
However, Eaglen was very excited, he had returned to his home after all.
He opened his luggage with excitement and cautiously, took out a small bag that was tightly wrapped in waste newspapers and rags, and opened it layer by layer. There were a few green dianthus seedlings inside, and the room seemed to be filled all of a sudden. Vigorous and vigorous, Eaglen held the flower seedlings and stared for a long time, with boundless hope in his gleaming eyes... A
new life began, in the field.
Eagleland worked hard on the land that had been deserted for too long.
Eagleland planted dianthus seedlings on intensively cultivated land.
Eaglen waters the delicate seedlings.
Under Eaglen’s careful cultivation, the dianthus flowers were growing vigorously. He was happily observing the growth of the flower seedlings, gently stroking the young seedlings of the dianthus flowers, and a satisfied smile appeared on his face.
Bobby's house, night.
Under the dim light, Igoran and Bobby were having dinner together.
Bobby: "When I die, you will live here. This house of Su Bohan's family will belong to you. Of course, I still prefer you to live with yourself. You can rent this house out. Or, leave it to the children in the future."
Igoran was a little embarrassed: "There are no women, where are the children!"
Bobby: "We are not without girls here. There are as many as you want! These women The child is still eager to marry someone from Su Bongham’s family! I bet, if you want..."
Igoran didn’t seem to be very interested in what Bobby said. He absently said, "Women are useless to me. I don’t need to wear shoes if I raise chickens or cows. My shoes will hoops my feet. I want to borrow your mule for two days." The
old man was a little upset: "Don’t you need to vent. Are you feeling emotional?”
Eaglen: “I’m bored, and when I’m bored, I go to town to relax and chat with friends, but I, I have never thought of a woman.” The
old man became angry and raised his voice. "Listen, you can't stay married forever like me. Before I close my eyes, I must watch you become a family and have children!" In the
face of the old man’s grievances, Igoran felt a little inexplicable , He mumbled: "Then why don't you get married for the rest of your life? I think I'd better do something famous first, and it won't be too late to talk about it." Looking
at his inadequate nephew, Bobby was helpless.
Bobby: "It seems that you already have your own plans?"
Igoran nodded: "Yes."
Bobby: "I also have a plan. Of course, this is for your sake. I want to cultivate another orchard for our Suberham family, and plant two hundred fig trees and two hundred plum trees on that barren hillside. What do you think of planting more than a thousand other trees and building an irrigation ditch? If my plan is successful, what kind of scenery will it look like!"
But Eaglean planned for Bobby Lack of enthusiasm, he retorted: "Plums, apricots, and peaches are only harvested once a year."
Bobby asked unconvincedly: "Then what are you planning?"
Eaglen shrugged and smiled: "This It's a secret."
One morning a few days later, the sun was shining, and the whole village was immersed in the bright sunshine.
Eagleland's house. The room was messy, Eaglen was sleeping with his head covered, and Bobby pushed the door in. Seeing this, he couldn't help furious.
Bobby: "Karinal (Igoran’s nickname), you can’t live like this anymore. All winter, you are like a dead pig, always awake. Look at this room. just like a pigsty. half a month did not see you, I really do not know what you do all day? "
a bunch of strong sunlight from Bobby opened the door of the shot came, Yi Gelan are I couldn't open my eyes. When he found that it was Bobby who came in, he was surprised and happy. He was completely drowsy. He turned over and sat up and explained: "Bobby, don't be angry. I want to see something better than you. You must be surprised!"
Eaglen gave Bobby to the yard. A row of greenhouses made of foam plastic lined up neatly on one side of the courtyard, and Eaglen gently lifted a corner of the greenhouse, which was full of bright red dianthus flowers in full bloom.
Bobby was stunned by all this.
Bobby: "This is your secret!"
Igoran did not answer, looking at the bright red dianthus, nodded confidently, and then smiled happily.
The fair,
a street that is not spacious during the day , is crowded and lively because of the various stalls on both sides. People going to the fair are constantly in the stalls to buy their favorite products.
Igoran and Bobby came to a flower stand, took out a bunch of dianthus flowers they had cultivated and asked, "How much is this flower worth?" The
florist picked up the bunch of flowers, nodded appreciatively, and said, "Okay." Beautiful colors!"
Igoran hurriedly added: "I got this flower from Marman and I cultivated it in the greenhouse." The
florist: "It's not bad, and the flower tails are also very good!" "
Igoran was already very impatient and asked, "How much is it?" The
florist said unhurriedly, "The season is not good. If it is February, this flower can be sold for 50 sou. But now, I can only give you 20 su."
Eaglen said without hesitation: "Okay, I'll sell it." After the
flowers were sold, the two had no intention to go shopping, and hurriedly boarded the carriage and hurried home on the road. , They talked about planting flowers again.
Bobby: "You did it right, kid, you should plant flowers, but why didn't you tell me earlier?"
Igoran: "I want to do an experiment first to see if the soil quality of our place works, so I thought I'll show you when it blooms, so that you can understand everything I do."
Bobby: "It seems that what I want to understand is not the flower, but you, you gardener."
Bobby suddenly thought of it again. What asked: "How much does it cost to grow this dianthus flower in a large area?"
Igoran: " Fifteen thousand methods."
Bobby: "Okay, then I'll give it to you."
Igoran was very excited. The tone of his speech changed: "Bobby, you are so generous!"
Bobby smiled indifferently and said: "This is not just for you, but for our entire family of Su Bongham, for those who will be in the future. The people living here and the Suberham family who are about to leave this world."
Igoran: "However, there is only one thing that makes me feel uneasy."
Bobby hurriedly asked: "What?"
Igos replied solemnly: "Water."
Bobby asked puzzledly: "What do you mean?"
Eaglen: "A dianthus flower needs more water than a person can drink. In order to water these 50 dianthus flowers, the skin on my hand has been ground off several layers."
Bobby: "Then you
Build a reservoir and get a small water pump, won’t the problem be solved?” Igoran still said in a sorrowful voice, “If we plant 500 dianthus flowers, the water in the reservoir alone will be far away. Not enough, the water in the pool will dry up within three or four days.”
Bobby felt the seriousness of the problem and frowned, “This is a problem.”
“So, we must dig a big pool. , And repair some trenches to collect all the rain on the mountain." Eaglen said.
Bobby still felt that this was not a good solution to the problem. He looked up at the sky and said to himself: "But, if it doesn’t rain for a year, what should I do? I think the important thing is to find a piece. . land near water sources, "the old man thought, for a long time did not speak, he suddenly turned to Yi Gelan said:." I have a good idea, we spent together at high prices to buy a piece of land and BAK-Bu Feike spring "
in Iraq Golan was still very worried and said: "The spring of her house, listening to my father, has already done it."
Bobby raised his head and looked at the hillside of the Buffick house opposite, thoughtfully: "No, it's just that most of it is blocked."
"When I was a kid, I saw the spring, the clear water, and it was so beautiful. Later, Marius' father Camu planted a lot of vegetables on that field... …As long as you dig it well, the spring will still have water.”
Igoran said in disbelief, “Will Marius sell it?” But
Bobby was confident: “He certainly won’t sell the house, but He might know the land and springs.... Let's go and see first." On
the hillside of Marius's house.
Marius was lying in the shade of a big tree, leisurely and contented.
Bobby and Eaglean hurriedly climbed the hillside, and Marius looked very upset when they saw them.
Bobby didn't mind and said hello: "Hey, Marius, how are you?"
Marius is simple and honest, and it can be seen that this is a straightforward and stubborn farmer. He turned his head and said angrily: "I hate you in my heart."
Hearing what Marius said, Bobby was very uncomfortable, but he still patiently said, "I made you angry, didn't I? ? "
Mariusz some more impatient:." you did not offend me, I do not want you to get angry, but we are not friends, I look down on you, just as you look down on me, "
this seat unkind remark, Pakistan Bi couldn't help it anymore, he said angrily: "It seems that I do not look down on you, but you do not look down on me, you know, I made a special trip to visit you."
Marius looked at Bobby. The insincere expression made him even more angry: "You are a weasel giving New Year greetings to the chicken!"
Bobby's self-esteem was greatly frustrated, but he had no choice but to ask Marius to ask for it.
Barbino said straightforwardly: "Yes, I have something to ask for your help, but I will do it for you." Marius bluntly
refused: "I don't need anything, I am I hate you."
Bobby's face became very embarrassed, but he still said without giving up: "Marius, just listen to me, can you sell me the hillside of your house, Excluding the house, how much you want, how much I will give."
Marius laughed haha: "Don't sell, you want to occupy my land, you fool, I will never sell you the land. "
Bobby eagerly took out a wad of banknotes, shook in front of Marius' eyes, and said: "Look, this is a thousand francs. I won't want your land for nothing."
Marius was furious. "Get out of here, get out of here! You stinky pig, damn Suberham."
Bobby: "Marius, you yell so loudly and yell your throat badly . Why do n't you come down and let's face each other." Let’s talk about it. You will not end up insulting our family of Su Bohan like this.” Marius
said without showing any weakness: “Don’t think I’m afraid of you. You have to let you Su Bohan people see how good I am. No."
The two of them talked more and more anger, Bobby flushed with anger, and threw his cane in his hand and shouted: "You come down to me, I will teach you a good lesson."
Marius scolded and slid from the tree. After he came down, before Marius’ feet landed, Bobby hugged his feet and turned him around. One circle, two circles, three circles, he kept spinning, Marius But he has no ability to resist, and even Bobby throws himself around, cursing incessantly: "You bastard, executioner..."
Igoran was terrified when he saw this, and shouted beside him. : "Okay, stop it, or you will kill him." In the end, Bobby was tired and seemed to have hatred in his chest. Si's head fell on a stone, and Marius was thrown to death in one fell swoop.
Eagleland was so frightened that Liushen Wuzhu kept muttering: "He must not die, he must not die." However, Bobby was very calm at this time and said, "Why not let him die." , No one saw it anyway." He asked Eaglen to help him move the corpse to the tree that Marius had just stayed in, and said, "In this way, people would think that he accidentally got off the tree. I fell and died."
Igoran said nervously, "This is the end of the carnation flower." But
Bobby was very calm, still thinking about what to do next, and said calmly: "If he Dead, no one inherits his inheritance, the farmland will be auctioned, we can get the land without spending too much money." Thinking of this, Bobby was very proud, and suddenly said, "Let’s go back and take a look. Let him suffocate." Eagleland was frightened, and hurriedly came out to persuade him: "Forget it, don’t do this, it won’t be easy if someone sees things." Bobby obeyed Eaglean’s advice. Persuaded, he said plausibly: "This is God's arrangement. God will bring us good luck."
Marius' home.
The big clock at Marius' house was still swinging slowly as usual. As soon as Bobby entered the room, he stopped the clock.
The people carried Marius home from the ground and put it on the bed. People seemed indifferent to his death.
Bobby and Eaglean also pretended to rush to Marius’ house to bid farewell to the dead, but they only stayed in the house for a while before hurried out and walked towards the hillside of Marius’ house.
A small house near Marius's house.
Martial: "Look, where are the two of them going?"
From a long binoculars, you can see Bobby and Igoran on the hillside of Marius' house.
Bobby and Igoran were turning around on this hillside looking for a source of water. Suddenly Bobby shouted: "Look, the water is here." I saw a piece of land that looked wetter and softer than the others. Bi continued: "This spring is under the fig tree. Marius' father dug a small trench under the ground and built it with tiles and bricks until it reached the field. The water is in our place. Do you understand? Although the waterway is a bit blocked now, it doesn't take much effort to get it through. It seems that Old Man Kamu left this property to us."
Martial looked at the telescope. Seeing Bobby and Igoran dangling on the hillside, I felt baffled.
The next day, people held the simplest funeral ceremony for Marilyn. More than a dozen villagers were wearing black mourning clothes and followed behind the hearse. Bobby and Igoran were also caught in the funeral crowd, looking like The two of them are so calm and at ease.
A small tavern named Felicia Rosanier.
This is the only place where people gather. The hotel is not big, but it makes people feel comfortable and convenient. A small rectangular table occupies most of the room, and there is an open space outside to play ball. The hotel owner is honest and hospitable, so it has become a "playground" for people.
After the funeral, everyone came here as usual, sitting around the table, drinking and chatting. Regarding the death of Marius, people didn't talk too much, but talked about his family property.
Bobby turned to Unclete next to him and said: "It seems that you inherited this inheritance."
Unclete immediately distinguished: "Oh, no, we are distant relatives."
Bobby then said: "Distant relatives also have inheritance. The power of inheritance."
Unclete said: "No, this inheritance should be inherited by her sister, Florett."
Hearing Florett's name, Bobby was startled , and hurriedly asked: "Is she still talking?"
Unclete replied: "Of course, she is younger than you. I only know that her husband is dead. As for her, I don't know much about her."
Igoran was listening to the conversation between Bobby and Unclete and asked. Said: "Who is Florett?"
Unclete said: "She's called Florett Camus, she is very beautiful, and Bobby
knows her very well." Igoran asked hurriedly: "Now, she Where?"
Bobby: "In
Casper, married a local blacksmith." Angklet: "Have you attended her wedding?"
Bobby: "No, I was not in France at that time. In a field hospital in Africa, I only returned to France a year later.”
Before Bobby’s words were over, the hotel owner Phil Rosanier couldn’t wait to say: “I’ll write her a letter today and tell her Brother’s misfortune, if she is still alive, she will definitely come back to inherit the inheritance.”
Another villager Martial also interrupted: “Yes, she should inherit the inheritance.”
At this time, Bobby’s attitude was completely different from everyone. On the contrary, he was not eager to talk about the issue of heirs, but changed the subject: "However, there is nothing valuable in their family."
Unclete retorted: "How can you say that! Despite Piccolo Bu Fick's hillside is still deserted, but his house is still good, and there are more than 50 olive trees."
"But most of those trees are dead." Eaglen said.
Unclete: "It would be good if you put a little effort into it."
Bobby: "Yes, but it will take a
lot of effort." Bonfeller said suddenly, "However, Marius The water in this land is not good. It is always dry and thunder does not rain. Seeing the clouds come over, but when they reach the top of Saint-Esbüll, the clouds split in two, and the rain always falls on the other slope. ."
Unclete: "That's not bad, but there is also a Koizumi eye on the hillside of Pic Buffick."
Bobby, a person who usually doesn't speak much, suddenly got serious this time: "It's true. , But the flow is very thin, just as thick as my little finger. I drank there 30 years ago."
"So, you think this spring is already dry now," Unclete said.
Bobby nodded and said, "I know the characteristics of these springs. They are just like beautiful little girls. Once people forget it, it will dry up."
Martial interrupted: "But last year, I learned from When I walked over the mountain, I saw a fig tree, which proves that there is still water there." The
boss also said immediately: "I saw that the tree still bears fruit." The
hotel boss's words have not yet fallen. Bobby's face has changed, and she suddenly got angry: "Don't talk about it here. If you talk about wine, I would really like to hear your opinions. But when it comes to spring water, you don't understand it. This spring water . not long ago, does not exist, the shortage of land, olive trees have died, "
Yi Gelan aside exaggeration to say:" this land, I do not give white. "
see Bobby for that matter flies into a rage , Everyone feels very disappointed.
Bobby's house.
At night, the light in the room was very dim. Bobby took out paper and pen to write a letter, and muttered to himself: "I haven't written a letter for several years."
Eagleland couldn't help asking. "Who do you want to write to?"
Bobby: "To Carver Belt, she has not been married in her life and is Floret's best friend. I think through her, I can learn about Floret. "
Bobby's vegetable garden.
Bobby was in the vegetable garden at home, and Eaglen hurriedly ran around and shouted: "Bobby, Bobby, I have a great idea. Tomorrow, I will go to Casper to see Florett."
Bobby hurriedly stopped and said, "That's not good. If you look at her rashly like this, you will be self-defeating. Everyone will think that you want that piece of land, and the price of this piece of land will be tripled. If Florett learned that we wanted this piece of land, so she wouldn't agree."
Eagleland asked puzzledly: "Why does Floret refuse to sell us the land?"
Bobby frowned. She said, "This is her temper. The best thing we can do right now is to keep quiet."
Although Bobby is over half a hundred years old , he still looks shrewd and capable. He usually doesn't talk and laugh, and always likes to hold it in his hands. With a walking stick, it gives people the feeling of scheming. Moreover, he is used to appearing in front of people wearing a top hat to show his distinctive gentleman style. Although he is not good at words, it makes people feel that he is very scheming. Because of his careful management, his family business is very developed, which makes him a local outstanding figure.
Bobby has always been full of confidence in himself, and his treatment of Florett’s inheritance is of course no exception. He said with certainty to Eaglen: "Florett will never come here to inherit the inheritance. She was young. She likes money, and she will love money even more when she is old. Therefore, she will definitely sell this land. The people in the village will not lack land and they will not buy her land. Then it is very likely that she will come to a foreign country. People. What can outsiders do here?
Plant vegetables? Plant flowers? Where can they find water?" Igoran hurriedly said, "There is spring water!"
Bobby said in a hurry, "If there is no spring water." , What should I do?"
"If you do n't have water, you can't do anything." Igoran looked inexplicable towards Bobby.
Bobby clapped his hands and exclaimed, "That's it," Bobby said again, "Ah, my poor Carlinar (Igoran's nickname), now, you listen to me, this spring has been mostly blocked. If you are not careful, it will all be blocked."
"Then how is it careless?" Eaglen asked.
"You walked by the spring with cement on your back, and accidentally slipped, so that the cement will naturally block the spring."
The hillside of Marius's house.
In the early morning, as the sky was getting light, Bobby and Eaglean hurriedly came to the spring eye on the hillside of Marius’s house. Because of the cold weather, the land was frozen, and Eaglen grabbed the pick and went dry. After a while, the mouth of Quanyan was found by Igoran. He happily cried out: "Quanyan found, hand me the plug and hammer."
Igoran was struggling to block the spring eye. Suddenly, he I found that most of the mouth of the spring was blocked by a tree root. So, he felt very relieved, and said to himself as he went: "This is great. It is not me who blocked the spring, but the root."
Everything went smoothly, and in a while, the work was finished. .
Bobby: "I seem to hear a voice."
Eaglen: "You are nervous, that's a mouse calling."
Everything that Bobby and Eaglen did was seen by a man who was hunting. inside.
Bobby's house.
In the evening, Bobby was sitting at the window, reading a letter he had just received under the dim light coming in from the outside. This is a reply from Carver Belt, a good friend of Florett.
"My dear, you always do incredible things. After Christmas, you wrote to me about Florett's situation, but Florett passed away on the very day I received your letter. I I just gave her a funeral, so I was too late to reply. I think she will not leave a lot of property because her husband has passed away for five or six years. She has not had a job, but her life is still very good. Yes, the inheritance you mentioned in your letter should of course be inherited by her son. His son is Jean Cardoe, who is about 35 years old, and is a tax officer. But I don’t know his specific address, and the notary will find it. His. He is married, and unfortunately, he is a hunchback.”
Bobby just finished reading the letter, and Igoran asked anxiously on the side: “If this hunchback really comes, and someone Tell his fountain again, what should I do?"
Bobby said confidently: "Anyone who knows this knows the rules here, and the locals never ask other people's troubles. When you set up this farm At the time, it was too late for them to cry."
After hearing Bobby’s words, Igoran was very happy and said, "If so, it would be great."
At night, Bobby lay on the bed, feeling heavy, and he held a woman’s hair tightly in his hand. Folder, murmured to himself: "He will sell... the water-dipping pen is much lighter than the pickaxe, and it is common for farmers to become humpbacks, but I have never seen a humpback acquisition become a real What about the farmer... But how can anyone believe that Florett has a humpbacked son!"
Shancun.
In the morning, the sun is shining, and everything in the mountain village, farmhouses, trees, flowers and plants are particularly bright and quiet under the sun. A carriage carrying heavy furniture and a humpbacked family of three, approached by Yun on the trail of the mountain village, came to a house, and stopped.
This hunchback is Floret's son Jean Cardoe. Jean Cardoe couldn't help calling the names of these flowers. Jean’s wife, Amy, also said in full praise: “It’s so beautiful!”
Jean yelled excitedly: “Look, I didn’t lie to you.”
Amy hurriedly added: “It’s more beautiful than heaven!”
Jean Ka Doe and his wife Amy ran under the house, opened the door, and came to the window, where they hugged tightly. Amy snuggled in her husband's arms and sang an episode of her favorite opera "Manon". This is a beautiful and moving love song, let her play the harmonica to accompany her, and the two are immersed in happiness.
After singing, Jean Cardoe hurried to the carriage and unloaded the carriage with the coachman.
All this can be seen clearly by Eaglean who is hiding in the bushes. Regarding the arrival of the humpback family, Eaglen has an indescribable feeling. He walked out from behind the tree and took the initiative to greet them and say hello. .
Igoran: "I'll help, probably you won't refuse!"
Jean Cardoe: "Ah, thank you so much, are you from Abney?"
Igoran: "No, I My hometown is in Bastia. I’m not there anymore. Now, I live in the last house you saw along the road.”
Jean Cardoe: “Ah, then, we are neighbors. Up."
After the noise, Eaglen was busy helping Jean Cardoe unload the truck and move the furniture. He was very enthusiastic after running. Suddenly, he found that besides furniture, there were many farm tools on the carriage. He was very surprised and asked, "What is the use of bringing so many farm tools!"
Jean Cardoe said mysteriously, "Don't be small. Look at them, I want to use these farm tools to turn this into a beautiful garden."
After hearing these words, Igoran was shocked, but on the surface he said indifferently: "Just now, I heard my wife sing, she sang so well. Great, I have never heard such a moving singing in church."
Jean Cardoe said proudly: "She used to be an opera actor."
Igoland: "I guess she must have performed on stage. "
Jean Cardoe: "Of course, back then, when she sang, the hall was full."
Listening to their conversation, Amy said embarrassingly: "Don't mention this, it's a lot. Years ago, my voice is not as good as half of the past."
Jean Cardoe looked at his wife intimately and said: "The opera "Manon", she sang the most successfully, so we I named my daughter "Manon"."
Little Manon didn't notice the conversations of the adults. She lay on the grass alone, watching the wild flowers on the hillside intently.
Coachman: "This is really a good place. Although it's a bit difficult to walk, it's worth it."
Jean Cardoe said with emotion, "This is a paradise on earth."
Igoran then said, "Yes. , It is for this that you rent this house!"
Jean Cardoe Haha laughed: "Not rent, not buy, to be precise, this is my own home."
Igoland listened. He was taken aback by what Jean Cardoe said, and hurriedly asked, "Then you must be Mr. Jean Floret!"
Jean Cardoe replied, "My name is Jean and my mother's Floret. , My full name is Jean Cardoe."
Igolan hurriedly said to please: "If you were born here, people will call you: Jean de Floret."
As soon as Eaglen’s voice fell, Amy clapped her hands happily and exclaimed: "This name is so nice, it's like the name of a song or an opera."
Jean Cardoe asked: "So, do you know my mother?"
Igolan: "No, I know your mother's brother, his name is
Marius , we are good friends." Jean Cardoe raised his glass happily and said "Cheers to this beautiful nature!"
Igoran also raised his glass: "Cheers to the happiness of your family!"
Igoran: "Mr. Jean, are you here for your holiday?"
Jean Card Doe smiled happily and said with a smile: "Yes, I am here for vacation, but my vacation will last until I die. I want to spend my wonderful life under the pine forest that God has given me. "
My life." Igoran followed along with his voice: "Your plan is really wonderful, but water is a big problem."
Jean Cardoe: "We have a reservoir."
Igoran: "Your cistern is too small. If there is not much rain in the summer, you will have no water to drink."
Jean Cardoe: "The land we inherited has spring water."
Igoran was a little sinking. I couldn't help but quickly asked: "Where is it? Where is the spring water?"
Jean Cardoe said calmly: "The notary gave me a copy of the land book. There is a small circle on it. This is the sign of the spring water." While
he said, letting go of his work, he invited Igoran into the house, took out a topographic map and showed it to Igoran, and explained to him every aspect of this map. A part.
The light in the room was dim, and Eaglen opened his eyes wide, staring at the picture in Jean Cardoe's hand intently.
Jean Cardoe said to Igorin: "You are a local, and you are familiar with everything here. I think you can help me."
Igoran looked at the map and asked, "The spring you said. Where is it?"
Let me show it to Eaglen: "It's at the end of this hill. This hill is called Bronteiu. The place where this hill is produced is also my home. The spring is about two miles away from here."
Listened to Jean Cadore. Eagle’s words, Eaglen breathed a deep sigh of relief: "Ah, it turned out to be like this. The Bronteyu Mountain you mentioned, I know, the spring is on the other side of the mountain, and you have to walk a long mountain road. ., but, also climbing, but this water good to drink, but the water is too thin, not thick as my little finger, "
Amy on one side and said:" I hope this is not too far from here spring. "
Igor Lan said on the side: "It takes about an hour to walk on the road."
Jean Cardoe said: "We take the donkey and go once a week, it is enough for us."
Amy said happily, "This For us, it's a kind of country walk."
Eaglen said enthusiastically: "Now, in the cave of that mountain, there is a pair of lumberjacks. The girl is Batistini. She knows a little bit. Child witchcraft can identify all the plants in the mountains. If they affect you, you can just
blast him away.” Jean Cardoe said quickly: “No way, we will visit them, because, this It’s about water.”
Jean Cardoe said, “Dear friend, you just asked me why I came here to settle! Now, I can tell you that over the years, I have come to a conclusion that when a farmer is The happiest. So, I decided to come here to do farm work. I want to eat fresh vegetables, fresh eggs, and wine that I brewed myself."
Igoran interrupted Jean: "Doing farm work is not the same. It’s easy, it takes a lot of time. It takes at least three years to build a vineyard, and your olive trees are all deserted. If you grow vegetables, you can’t have water."
Jean Cardoe very confidently said:. "we'll see, my mother this legacy, enough for us to maintain a three-year, three years later, I have bigger plans,"
see Jean Ka Duoai own With such confidence in the future, Igoran was very disappointed. He stood up and shook hands with Jean Cardoe to bid farewell, and said, "Go ahead and wish you success!"
Let's hold Eaglen's hand and say, "We will do it well."
Bobby's.
In the evening, Eaglen came to Bobby's house and had dinner together. Bobby asked impatiently, "Tell me, what kind of person he is!"
Igoran said listlessly, "He's a hunchback, from the city."
Bobby: "It's a real man." Are you from the city?"
Eaglen: "Yes."
Bobby felt a touch of comfort.
"Kalinat, we can't take it lightly. He may also be a fool in the city, but we still have to be careful, you know, those hunches are worse than normal people, what have you talked about?" Bobby asked.
Eaglen: "This man, it seems, is quite capable. He has brought a lot of farm tools. He also said that he wants to modernize here. In less than three years, he can build his own home into a beautiful Garden."
Bobby: "Don't believe his nonsense. I'm worried that Cassimi and Unclete might have some relatives with them... From now on, you are not allowed to talk to him about springtime!"
Igoran: "He asked me not to let me tell others that he is from Casper."
Bobby said happily: "We just want to tell everyone that he is from Casper. It is Casper. The people in Perth bought this farm, but don’t say his name. And you, approach him consciously. For example, you can lend him a mule, etc. Especially for his wife. Some small favors, usually, give her more figs, almonds and other small things, so that when they move away, they will sell the farm to you."
Eaglean: "What you said , I didn't expect it, but I let them go to my well to fetch water."
Bobby looked at Igoran's honest and honest face, and said with a smile: "You are really like your poor mother."
Eaglen: "I want to discourage them and tell him that the land is not well-formed, there are locusts, and that his land has never received rain."
Bobby hurriedly stopped and said: "You must not talk to them about this. On the contrary, you should tell him that it is better to grow vegetables in this land, and he should start his farming plan immediately. In many people's minds, Farming is very simple, we should push him into the pit of failure as soon as possible."
Eagleland's family.
In the morning, the bright sunshine covered everything in the country with golden light.
Early in the morning, Jean Cardoe brought two big buckets to the door of Eaglen's house. He admired the scenery of the countryside, played the harmonica, and waited for Eaglen to get up in a leisurely manner.
A beautiful and moving harmonica awakened Eaglen from his sleep. He turned to sit up and looked out the window, only to see Jean Cardoe was already waiting at the door of his house. Igoran hurriedly opened the door to greet him.
When I saw Igoran came out, I asked him to greet him first, and said, "Hello, you see I came here to fetch the water unceremoniously. I'm bothering you."
Igoran said quickly: "You are welcome, yourself. Hit it, don’t wait for me."
Let’s hit the water and chat with Igoran: “The scenery here is so fascinating. You will never see such a beautiful scenery in the city.” Igoran said: “I Why doesn’t it feel like this, but the sun is good today, so I should go to the fields to see.”
Jean Cardoe is a layman for fetching water, he put the rope around, but the water just doesn’t go into the bucket. Entering, Eaglen took the rope in Jean's hand and gave him a demonstration. After a while, the two buckets of water were ready.
Jean Cardoe said very gratefully: "Thank you so much, I forgot to tell you that the coachman who helped me pull the furniture that day will send me some tiles, these tiles are all new styles, appearance look good. "
Yi Gelan:" tiles on the roof and then pay attention to, and no one can see it! "
Jean Kaduo Ai:." it is also "
the water fight, so carrying a bucket back, also Constantly thanking Eaglen.
In front of Jean Cardoe's house.
Jean Cadoet is climbing on the roof to repair the house. Little Manon is working for his father. The father and daughter are sweating in the hot sun. Igoran walked over with the mule from a distance, and Jean Cardoe shouted loudly from the roof: "Where are you going?"
Igoran: "I made a special trip to see you. I brought you some tiles. This thing has been thrown in my backyard for several years. Today, I can put it in handy." I was
so grateful that I quickly said, "You are so kind to us ." It’s too generous.”
Eaglen waved his hand quickly and said, “What the hell, since we are neighbors, we should help each other. I thought about it carefully again. I think it’s better to grow vegetables in your land. most likely, you can be rain-fed, it is best to get some cement pipes, so you can take advantage of the rain. when it rains, you can use cement pipes lead to rainwater cisterns go. "
let · Cardoe quickly clapped his hands and praised: "You are a great idea. I happen to have some cement pipes here."
Igoran found that some new barbed wire fences were piled up in Jean’s yard and asked, "You plan to use these. What does the barbed wire do?"
Jean Cardoe said mysteriously deliberately: "This is a secret."
Igoran: "I guess, you want to build a fence."
Jean: "Yes, but it's not ordinary walls. " "
Why? " "
because the fence is designed to use the rabbit around. I have a huge project, first of all, I would like to kind of a little home cooking, such as onions, potatoes, tomatoes and so on. but this too It's simple. Every day, one hour is enough. Therefore, besides the vegetable garden, I have more important things to do, which is raising rabbits."
"Raising rabbits?" Igoran asked puzzledly.
Jean’s wife, Amy, explained: “We can raise hundreds of rabbits every month.”
Jean Cardoe: “Amy, don’t be too exaggerated.”
Let Igoran be invited into the house and find a book for Igoran to read. Yi Gelan opened wide his eyes, stared at the hands of the book to make: "I have low levels of literacy, most can not read what is written on top of this, there are so many symbols, even I do not understand the."
Let · Cardoe happily explained the principle of raising rabbits to Eaglen. He said that as long as there is a pair of rabbits, using modern breeding methods, the monthly output can reach 500 after three years. This kind of livestock technology will eventually immerse the breeders in the rabbits.
Hearing what Jean Cardoe said, Eaglen was stunned. He asked half-believingly: "Is that really the case?"
Amy said to the side, "Of course, Australia is like this."
Jean Cardoe He went on to say: "The kangaroos in Australia have been flooded, and this kind of disaster is still going on. Farmland and lawns are all eaten by them. In order to save this country, a power grid of more than 2,000 kilometers must be built."
Listen At this point, Igoran couldn't help interrupting Jean Cardoe's words: "Could it be that you just want to bring this kind of rabbit here?"
Jean immediately replied, "No."
Igoran immediately followed. Question: "Then you plan to raise 500 rabbits every month?"
Jean Cardoe said unhurriedly, "No, what I said just now is that we should be modernized here, but I am I'm not sure yet. I plan to raise 125 to 150 rabbits every month."
Igoran was deeply relieved: "That's good enough. So many rabbits will be cleaned one by one, one by one. It takes a lot of time."
Jean Cardoe: "I want to see my rabbits can jump and run. I want to raise these rabbits in nature, first dig artificial rabbit holes underground,
Go to the ground and use cement pipes for the exit. Finally, use barbed wire to tie up the surrounding area." Eaglen: "What you think is really wonderful, what do rabbits eat?"
"I was about to tell you," Jean Cardoe said. "Rabbit eats a very small plant. Last time, I talked to you about growing this plant. This is a species passed down from Asia. Especially in the rainy season and the tropics, this plant grows very well. It grows fast. Of course, we are not here in a tropical climate."
Igoran sighed and said, "Fortunately it is."
Jean Cardoe became more and more excited when he spoke. He turned to the bookshelf and found a book to read. Said: "According to the table prepared by experts, there are 6 rainy days in April, 5 days in May, 4 days in June, 2 days in July, 8 days in August, and 6 days in September. Of course These are all general statistics."
Igoran said on the side: "The book is pretty straightforward."
Jean continued: "Of course, the distribution of rain is not very regular. But this kind of plant is here. It’s not a problem to grow 15 centimeters a month.”
Igoran: “Thanks for that, otherwise, if you grow 50 centimeters a day like you said, then after 10 months, the stuff will grow to the head of the village. "Now."
Jean Cardoe took out four full pumpkin seeds from a small carton and said, "Although we only have 4 today, I will succeed in 6 months. If I fail, I will only Can go back to the city again."
Town.
Bobby and Eaglen were sitting at a small round table, talking quietly.
Bobby: "How about it, is there any good news?"
Eaglen: "It is both good news and bad news. He wants to raise rabbits, and he also has a book full of numbers. He also talks about it. So, as long as you have two rabbits, you can have 1,000 rabbits after 6 months. If you continue to raise them, they will become flooded and swallow the whole of Australia."
Bobby said: "We are not in Australia, and , Everything is easy to say but difficult to do."
Bobby and Eaglen went to the Batistini Tavern together after they had spoken. Several people were standing there chatting at the counter.
Filirosani said: "It looks like that guy has brought down the ancestor of the farmhouse."
Igoran: "No, he told me that he bought it."
Feri Rossani said half-heartedly: "Then, he is a farmer!"
Pofil said, "No, don't forget him. But he's a hunchback."
Martial: "Where does he buy bread? How come I have never seen him?"
Igoran: "He always goes to Sardar to buy bread and some daily necessities."
Martial: "Then Why? Is he afraid that the bread here is poisonous?"
Eaglen: "That's not it. Because he doesn't want to come to town, he is from
Kasper ." As soon as Eagleland's voice fell, he was in the crowd. Caused a small commotion.
Cassmir said quickly: "It turns out that he is from Casper, so we have to be careful with him!"
Pofil retorted, " Casper people are not all bad guys."
Igoran was there.
Adding enthusiasm to the side, he said, "Most of the people in Kasper are bad." Filirosani asked, "What does he do there?"
"He's a tax officer, who sits in the office." Igoran said.
Cassmill: "Oh, it seems that he is going to increase taxes for us. Haha..."
Filirosani: "Will he stay here?"
Igoran said, "Then I don't know. . But he is really capable, he can still repair the house!"
Martial's eyes showed a surprised look: "He is the only one who repairs the house?"
Filirosani: "That's pretty good.
Ang . Crete smiled disapprovingly and said: "I look down on this hunchback. He came here from Casper and hid in the mountains. It must be a bad thing. "
Bobby stood by and said nothing. At this time, he said slowly: "I see this hunchback, it will take less than six months to leave. "
Igoran: "But he told me that in three years, he will be successful." "
Bobby: "It's also possible. If he can say that, he can do it. "
Eaglen: "Isn't it because he has money?!"
Bobby: "Money from inheritance is nothing, and it won't last long. After six months, his money will be exhausted.
Yes . But it's really interesting to see the Chinese pumpkins he grows and the fat rabbits he raises here." On the hillside of Jean Cardoe's house.
It was just getting light, and everything was silent in the mountain village, only wisps of cooking smoke came out of the chimney of Jean Cardoe's house.
The sky was getting bright gradually. Jean Cardoe was chopping wood on the hillside. He showed his sturdy physique and developed muscles with the up and down movement of the machete. He was sweating on his back, and after a while, two large bundles of dry wood It was tied up under his hands. Bobby has been hiding behind the tree and watching.
With a heavy plow in his hand, Igoran walked over from a distance, and said kindly: "I think it’s too difficult for you to turn the ground. It will take at least three months to turn it with a pick, if you use a plow to turn it over. It can be done in three days, I just sent you a plow specially."
Cardoe was really moved. Eaglean said again: "I'll help you plow the land." In this way, Eaglen helped the plow at the back and let the donkey drive in the front. Eagleland walked and walked, and there was a scene of dianthus flowers in front of him, and the dianthus flowers were blooming red all over the hillside.
Bobby's house.
In the evening, Igoran came to Bobby's house again. Under the light, Igoran took out a handful of soil from his pocket and showed it to Bobby: "I caught this from his house."
Bobby He held the soil and looked at it carefully. Then, he put the soil in a saucer, poured a little water, licked the soaked soil and said, "This is the best piece of land in this area. It's more precious than gold."
Jean Cardoe's family and
Jean Cardoe's family sat around the table for dinner. They eat very simple, each with a bowl of clear soup and a piece of bread. Let me keep saying that Eaglen is good and treats people warmly.
Amy has a different view of Eaglen. Because of this, he was very upset and said: "I know, you hate him because he is ugly, right?"
Amy shook her head and said, "It's not exactly the case. His overly attentive appearance is annoying, and his expression scares Little Manon."
Manon sat at the table without saying a word, a pair of spirited waters. Big eyes blinked.
He turned to his daughter Manon and said, "Igoran is very enthusiastic and brave. Do you like him?"
Manon shook his head and said, "Igoran is very bad, like a toad."
Jean hurriedly said, "Oh. , Manon, your idea is wrong. In some culturally backward places, people’s hearts are very pure."
Jean Cardoe’s vegetable garden is
the season for planting, let’s hold four pumpkin seeds. , Squatting in the field, feeling very excited. Little Manon stood by his father's side, watching his father plant the four seeds.
Let me look at Manon affectionately and say to her: "From now on, I will give you a very important and arduous job. Every night, you have to water these four seeds once." Manon Nodded happily.
Bobby hid behind a big tree far away, watching everything in Jean. He looked and laughed, seemingly proud.
Bobby's house.
When Bobby returned home, he couldn't wait to find Igoran, and carefully described everything he had seen to Igoran. "Ah, today, I have a feast for my eyes. I have never seen a man who grows the land like him. He grows tomatoes in the north, and although they will bear fruit, they will never mature; he planted shallots in olive trees. Around, the green bowl of beans and potatoes were deeply buried in the ground... His sowing method was wrong, he scattered the seeds casually in the ground. You can wait and see their land, wait These vegetables grow up like they are suffering from alopecia areata, one by one. This idiot is really unbelievable. Is this how he raises his family? I feel really happy to see how he does it. But it is also very uncomfortable. I really want to teach him well."
Eaglen said disapprovingly: "Let him do it his way. Although he can't do it, it's good for us. "
The mountain road leading to Bronteiu Hill.
In the early morning, Jean Cardoe's family of three led the donkey and brought all the water containers to Bique Buffy Spring to fetch water.
Manon was picking wild flowers on the side of the road while Amy snuggled and sang her favorite opera. At this moment, Igoran came to face him and said, "Are your family going for a picnic?"
Jean Cardoe: "No, we are going to Bronte Yu to get water. My reservoir is already running out of water. You can't always use yours."
"Yes, if it doesn't rain again, my well will dry soon," said Eaglen.
Jean Cardoe looked up at the sky and said, "Maybe it will rain tonight."
Igoran: "How did you know? You have rheumatism?"
Jean smiled and said, "Ah, thank goodness, I haven't This disease. I calculated it according to the laws of nature. It is reasonable. This place should rain 6 times in May, but it only rained three times. It should rain twice in early June. Therefore, in this way, in the last two days, we will There are 5 rainy days. I'm sure there will be a downpour in 48 hours." Jean asked immediately afterwards, "Which way is the closest to
Browntyu ?" Igoran: "I will tell you the best one. It’s a good way to go. You follow this road all the way to the end, go up again, turn right, there is a small road on the right, the end of the road is where you want to go.” The
Jean Cardoe family quickened their pace. Standing on a rock and looking down, I saw a large cave with doors and windows installed at the entrance of the cave. At the top right of the cave, there is a spring with very fine water flowing directly by a couple who are over 50 years old. Humming songs while doing housework, men are chopping wood and women are cooking. The arrival of the Jean Cardoe family made them feel very sudden. The man hurriedly stepped forward to give a salute. He knelt in front of Ren and stammered in introducing his origins: "The cave we live in, if you need it, we can move out immediately."
Jean helped the old man up. Said: "We won't drive you away. We came here just to get some water. There is no water in the cistern at home."
They filled the containers they had brought with them and went back satisfied.
In the evening, Little Manon sat at the table writing and drawing.
Amy carefully took off her most beloved necklace, put it in the jewelry box, and said: "If we can also be like Eagleland's, there is a well."
Jean comforted his wife and said: "As long as we believe in science and work hard, we will succeed." The
next morning, he got up before dawn. He was afraid to wake his wife, put on his shoes, and walked out gently. Home. He put two big baskets on the back of the donkey and brought some necessary things into the city to buy rabbits.
At the market, the streets were filled with all kinds of goods, so that he was not interested in all of them. He went straight to a stall selling rabbits. He picked two rabbits and bought them.
Jean Cardoe's house.
In the evening, the Jean Cardoe family was carefully looking at the rabbit that had just been bought, and Igoran also came. Let the excitement that can't be suppressed, tell Little Manon to close the door, as if lest the rabbit run away.
Eagleland’s eyes were wide open. He looked at the two immunities in his hands over and over again, and suddenly asked: “How come I’ve never seen this kind of rabbit before? Its hair grows very long. The ears are also very special. This rabbit must be very expensive!"
Jean: "Of course, this rabbit is very expensive. Although it is not young anymore, it is a kind of rabbit, so I bought it."
Jean put these two rabbits in the wooden box, and kept talking to the rabbits: "Now, you are going to raise the next generation for me, and I want to let Romar's breeding rabbits pass on here."
Jean He Amy returned to her bedroom, under the light, letting her concentrate on accounting, while Amy sat on the side embroidering, and the two of them discussed their future plans together.
"The legacy of 13,862 francs is not much left now, but I firmly believe that I will not fail. We have spent all the money that should be spent. Now, we still have more than 1,100 francs. , This is enough for us for a year. I hope that in three months, we can make some money on rabbits." Amy continued: "When necessary, I can sell this necklace, at least. It's worth more than ten thousand francs."
Hearing what Amy said, he kissed his wife lovingly and said: "This is not good. I would rather not wear shoes or barefoot than let you sell necklaces."
Town.
Several people, including Cassmill and Pofil, were sitting around the table playing poker, talking and laughing.
Pascal, Filirosani and other people were outside, playing a rock baseball.
Bobby neither played cards nor ball. He sat alone, watching everything around him.
Jean Cardoe's family of three dressed very cleanly and came to town to buy bread. Their arrival made the atmosphere here suddenly become very uncoordinated. Regardless of whether it was playing cards or playing balls, they focused their eyes on these three strangers. No one came out to greet them, and Eaglen stayed away.
Let the family suffer the cold reception of everyone in the town, he paid the money, picked up the bread, and hurriedly left the bakery.
As they left the bakery and headed home, Pascal deliberately threw a solid ball at the feet of Jean Cardoe. The sewage on the ground splashed little Manon and asked him to pick up what they had thrown angrily. The ball was lifted up high. He wanted to retaliate severely, but he hesitated and threw the ball on the ground and hurriedly left here.
market.
Three months later, the rabbit raised by Jean Cardoe was fat and big, jumping about in the yard, allowing the whole family to watch the fruits of their labor.
Let him bring the rabbits he raised to the market to sell them. The rabbits were sold out in a while. Let me take the money I got from selling the rabbits and immediately go to the store to carefully choose a gift for his wife and woman. This is them. I got the first income after coming here to inherit the inheritance, so I was very excited.
Jean Cardoe's house.
At night, Jean and Amy lay in bed. They were happy for their success. Suddenly there was thunder outside and heavy rain fell from the sky. Jean Cardoe turned over and sat up, before he had time to put on his clothes, he rushed out the door and went to work in his vegetable garden. Amy and Little Manon also came afterwards, and the three of them worked desperately in the heavy rain to clear the waterways for the vegetables.
At this time, Bobby was looking at the newspaper under the light, chatting leisurely with Igolan, talking about this year's harvest and future plans, and predicting when the Jean Cardoe family would move out of here.
In a flash, more than ten days passed, and the vegetables in Jean Cardoe's family were mature and lingering. Potatoes and green wild plants grow bigger than fists. Let happily picked two baskets of vegetables and sent them to Igoran and Bobby.
Eagleland looked at the vegetables in surprise, so he hurriedly came to Bobby.
But Bobby looked at these vegetables, feeling very uncomfortable, and reluctantly accepted the basket of vegetables.
Igoran said to Bobby: "The situation is now reversed. He taught us how to grow the land. This is terrible. Just now, I went to his vegetable garden to take a look.
But okay , I'm really worried..." Bobby couldn't help interrupting Eaglen's words and said, "What's so great about this, our food is only two days later than theirs."
Jean Cardo Aijia.
In the evening, the family was very happy. Amy was knitting a sweater, and Little Manon read to his father: "One seed, a melon, you can get 400 to 450 seeds. Sometimes you can get two, according to this According to theoretical calculations, one seed can get 400 seeds."
"Thank you, dear." Jean took the book and happily patted the shoulder of Little Manon.
He went on to say: "We will harvest 20 tons of pumpkins. If we can harvest half of them, I will be satisfied. At the same time, we can still get 8 catties of fodder." When he
put down his book, came to the table and started to settle the accounts, he suddenly agreed with him. Amy said: "We only have 720 francs left."
Amy asked, "What about your money for selling rabbits?"
Jean replied, "I have counted it. Now, the important thing is that God can help us. One hand."
Jean Cardoe’s vegetable garden.
In summer, the hot sun seemed to scorch the earth. It hadn't rained for several days. Manon was helping father water the vegetable field with a hose. Suddenly, she yelled: "Dad, there is no water." She
hurried to the cistern to take a look, and the water was dry.
"I had expected it to be like this a long time ago. I guess this little water will be enough for one or two days. If it doesn't rain again tonight, we must think of a good way." The
next day. Early in the morning, let a family of three take all the containers that can hold water and go to Bronteyu to fetch water.
Eagleland watched from a distance as their family hurried back and forth on the mountain road to Brondieu. He couldn't help but said: "You are carrying water like this every day, and it will be exhausted, and even the donkey will be overwhelmed."
Jean said: "We transport 100 liters of water each time, so in eight days, we can have 3,200 liters of water in our reservoir. However, there should be a rain in these 10 days."
Igoran: "In this season, we have never rained here."
Sweat caught him, and the heavy manual labor made him exhausted. He said to Igoran: "If God continues to be right with me, I will have to borrow your mule for two days."
Igoran nodded and said, " I'll talk about it then."
After thanking him , he again Following Egypt transports water. Igoran hurried to Bobby's house and told him everything he had seen. Bobby is a person who is not good at expressing feelings. After listening to Igoran's words, he clapped his hands excitedly and said, "I hope this hot weather will continue for two more days. Two or three buckets of water will not save the corn and the vegetable garden. "The
next day, there was a clear sky without a trace of clouds, and the hot sun was blazing, and the vegetable leaves in Jean Cardoe's vegetable garden had begun to turn yellow. Eaglean secretly grabbed two handfuls of vegetable leaves, and ran to report to Bobby.
Another day later, Igolan had just got up and was drawing water by the well, when suddenly he saw Jean Cardoe approaching his house, and he hurriedly hid in the house.
Bobby’s servant, dumb, was cleaning the house for Igoran. Igoran and the dumb muttered, “Tell the humpback, I’m not here.” After a
while, Jean Cardoe came to Igoran’s house and was outside. Shouted Eaglen. The mute just immersed himself in sweeping the floor, and swept the dirt on Ran's body unceremoniously. Regardless of this, Jean Cardoe said to the dumb: "If you see Igoran, ask him if he can lend me the mule for 2 days." The dumb showed a sense of boredom, so he had to go back in disappointment. Up.
Batistini Tavern.
Pascal, Filirosani and others all gathered in the tavern to talk about this year's harvest. Everyone said that this year's year was not good. Bobby and Igoland sat aside and whispered: "We are unfortunate, then the Jean Cardoe family will be even more unfortunate. He should carry at least 1,000 liters of water every day. Think about it, a donkey, a half Woman, plus a hunchback. This is a joke, and if there are 8 more big eyes, they will be over."
Igoran immediately told Bobby that he wanted to borrow a mule from him, and said, "He wants to borrow a mule from me, but I am embarrassed not to borrow it."
Bobby was obviously angry, and even improved his tone of voice. "If you lend him a mule now, you will save him. The mule can transport at least 500 liters of water a day."
Igoran said, "You let me get close to him as consciously as possible, and through communication, slowly we It seems to have really become a good friend."
Bobby said angrily, "You fool, do you want to grow dianthus or make friends with him, you are really like your poor mother. Listen to me, be When people have decided to kill a kitten, they must do it cleanly and thoroughly. Believe me, if he can get a little bit of success this year, then next year, he will continue to do it here. This is for him That is very unfortunate. On the contrary, if he fails, we can give him enough money to let him go back to the city. Now, we don’t lend him a mule, we actually saved him.
Igoran At the door of the house.
Igoran came back from the tavern and saw Jean Cardoe waiting at his door from a distance.
Jean Cardoe took the initiative to greet Eaglen: "Ah, you are finally back, I have I've been waiting for you here for a long time. "
Igoland knows Jean's intentions, but he deliberately avoided saying: "This year's year is not good. Everyone is suffering, and the grapes in the vineyard are also dry." Did you know that harvesting grapes is the most tiring job of the year? How are you, how are you? "
Let's answer: "My cistern is running out of water. I want to borrow your mule for two days." "
Igoran immediately appeared embarrassed: "Ah, this is Bobby's mule. Right now, I may not be able to lend it to you, because at the moment, everyone is busy harvesting grapes. "
Jean Cardoe tentatively asked again: "What about two or three days from now?" "
Igoland said: "From now on, this mule will be used in turns, first at the Bobby's family, and then at the Casmere family. They will be used in this way every year
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