The weather is a bit evil recently, June and July in Henan Province is the rainy season, at this time in previous years, it often rains a day, maybe it comes and goes quickly, but there is no shortage of rain in the end, but the situation is not very good recently, and it has only rained once since Chen Qiaoshan finished the college entrance examination.

The weather is getting hotter and hotter, Chen Qiaoshan can't sleep in the morning, the young man is angry, and he is really panicked when he encounters this ghost weather again, so he simply gets up.

I don't like to use crutches recently, when I just got it back, I was annoyed after two days, and the armpit pestle was uncomfortable for a long time, and I stayed at home, and it was okay to walk a few steps with my feet.

In Chen's house, Tao Xiuying always wakes up early, and there are already puffs of cooking smoke floating on the roof, but there is no one in the kitchen.

Chen Qiaoshan was a little strange, where did Chen's mother go so early? He shouted outside the hospital: "Mom?"

No one answered, Chen Qiaoshan was a little worried, hurriedly tiptoed back to the house and walked out on crutches, walked around the courtyard, didn't see a figure, and ran to the pigsty behind to look, but there was still no.

The pigs in the pen heard the noise, and they chirped and arched the iron fence gate, and the movement was not small, and they were eating in the morning.

Chen Qiaoshan took a closer look, the pigs in the pen were one big and one small, and the big one was quite fat, and he couldn't see a catty or two, but I heard Chen's mother talk about it a few days ago, and the big one had to be two hundred catties.

The fat pig was raised by Chen's mother last year, and it was prepared for Chen Qiaoshan. It won't live for a few days, and when Chen Qiaoshan receives the university notice, it's time to put it on the table.

It is a big deal for a rural family to provide for a college student, and it is certainly an indispensable process to set up a banquet, on the one hand, to celebrate, and on the other hand, to raise the cost of the university.

Chen Qiaoshan remembers a paragraph he read, which is about their generation of post-80s, when they went to elementary school, college was free, and when they went to college, primary school was free, and when they first went to school, the state allocated it, and it was difficult to find a job after they graduated, in short, they couldn't catch up with anything.

Since the education reform in 1994, the high university tuition fees are no longer affordable for ordinary rural families.

This is not the kind of later generations who take the opportunity to collect money, no one who goes to the banquet will compare the size of the red envelope, everyone is doing what they can, those who are close may have more support, and the relationship is average.

Of course, setting up a banquet also costs money, Chen's mother is a careful budgeter, she can't wait for a big son to break flowers, and her own family will try not to spend money, chickens, ducks, meat and eggs are prepared by the family themselves, which can save a lot of money.

"What are you doing running the pigsty in the morning?"

Chen Qiaoshan was stunned, and was awakened by Chen's mother's shout, "Mom, I got up to see that there was no one in the kitchen, and I was looking for you everywhere!"

Chen's mother said angrily: "Why are you looking for me? Why are you looking for me to stand in the pigsty?

The pigsty is quite far away from home, and the surrounding smell is really not good, Chen Qiaoshan asked curtly, "Where did you go just now?"

"Where else can I go, fetch water!"

Chen Qiaoshan asked curiously, "Mom, can't press water in the well?"

"It was gone last night, and it doesn't rain anymore, so it's hard to get water like this!"

Chen Qiaoshan suddenly felt that there was no rain recently, the temperature was high and the evaporation was large, and if it continued like this, it would become a drought.

Henan Province has been short of water since ancient times, and major droughts have also occurred from time to time.

Chen Qiaoshan did not study history, but he also knew some history, especially after reading Xiao Gangcang's "1942", he also went to check the relevant situation in Henan Province.

The movie is not a historical fact, but the disaster of that year was not made up, and the cause of the disaster was drought.

Chen Qiaoshan still clearly remembers that in 2014, there was another major drought in Henan Province, affecting nearly 15 million people, causing direct economic losses of billions of yuan.

Chen Qiaoshan grew up in a water town in his previous life and had no intuitive impression of drought, but now that he is in it, he also feels a heavy pressure.

"Mom, our house is out of water, where are you going to pick up water?"

"I went to Changwang's house to pick it up, and his house is a deep well. ”

Chen Qiaoshan was a little helpless, he had to carry the water home for at least two miles, which took a lot of effort, and he couldn't help much now, so he could only watch.

It was hot during the day, and he had to stay home when he was injured, and he turned on the TV to watch the news when he was bored, only to find that there was a power outage, which was unlucky enough to think about.

The family is accustomed to power outages, but the lack of power supply in rural areas, and the drought and the large amount of electricity used by drainage and irrigation stations, power outages have become commonplace.

Chen Qiaoshan was worried about the drought in his heart, and couldn't help asking, "Dad, do we need to water our land?"

"It's not our turn these days!" Chen Weiguo was also a little helpless, the corn stalks in the field were wilted, but he couldn't get water in a hurry.

There is no water in Qianwang Village, there is no dry canal nearby, all of them are machine wells, and they are generally not deep, the amount of water is insufficient, and irrigation needs to be carried by one family in turn, just this ghost weather, as long as it does not rain, the harvest in the field will be enough for a long time.

The Chen family was worried about the drought, and the Zhou family was not idle.

"The surname is Zhou, you have to go by yourself, don't drag your son to embarrass with you!" Yu Min's voice is very loud, and he has a lot of momentum, and he has a big posture of starting a fight if he doesn't agree with him.

Zhou Guangcai's lungs were about to explode, he had never regretted it so much today, how could he marry such a shrew as Yu Min.

He couldn't help but teach the loser a lesson when he went home yesterday, but before he could do it, the mother-in-law protected it first, beat and scolded, and his face was scratched with a few blood marks, making him embarrassed.

The family finally calmed down, and after listening to Wang Degui's persuasion, Zhou Guangcai wanted to take his son to Chen's house this morning, but the little rabbit cub was unwilling to go, and the loser was also helping on the side, and it has been delayed until now, how can it be done like this.

Zhou Guangcai couldn't help it, and said directly: "Today, even if he doesn't go, he has to go, it's not a good thing for you two to do, the Zhou family's face is about to be lost by you!"

As soon as Yu Min heard this, he immediately became unwilling, and scolded: "Zhou Guangcai, you are embarrassed to nominate with the old lady, your whole family was so poor that you had to go to ask for food!"

"If it weren't for my father, would the Zhou family be where they are today? Now that they have two bad money, they will tremble? I tell you, there is no door!"

……

Yu Min scolded endlessly, and Zhou Guangcai was so angry that his brain hurt.

Back then, the Zhou family had a really hard time, and finally got married to the old man of the Yu family who worked in the food department, and started by killing pigs in the town, but if you really want to say how much help you have, it doesn't count, everything in the Zhou family now is earned by him by getting up early and being greedy, and it has nothing to do with the Yu family.

Besides, over the years, he has also helped his family. A few uncles and old men came to the door from time to time to fight the autumn breeze, and he didn't say anything, but even so, he had to be squeezed by his family during the New Year's holidays, as if his Zhou family should be his family, especially the mother-in-law at home, who took it out at every turn to talk about things.

He couldn't help it at this time, and blurted out and scolded: "What good goods can you have in the Yu family, just your younger brothers, they know how to eat, drink, prostitute and gamble all day long, and if you want me to say that it is not as good as asking for food!"

Yu Min is the eldest sister of the Yu family, and she is the most protective of her shortcomings at home, how can she hear this, and she broke out in an instant: "Zhou Guangcai, my mother fought with you today, you ungrateful bastard!"

Okay, the war of the Zhou family broke out again, and the fight was so lively.

"Oh, smashing the TV, what's the deal with smashing empty wine bottles?"

"That's it!"

"Ouch, this Yu Min's hand is too dark, Zhou Guangcai's face can't be seen, tsk!"

……

The young and old who gathered outside the gate of the Zhou family courtyard to watch the jokes, one by one spit flying, whispering to discuss the battle situation inside, today is a worthwhile trip, and I have to blow it when I go back.