The weather is getting hotter day by day, the locust tree in the courtyard knows that the sound is more urgent than the other, a few little girls are holding a long pole in their hands, and the big girl in a green dress comes out with a pot of watermelon, laughing and whispering to a few little girls: "Come and eat watermelon."

When the little girls saw the watermelon in the pot with green flower skin, red soil, black seeds, and still bubbling cold, they immediately happily dropped the long pole and came over to eat it one by one.

A little girl took the watermelon and asked while eating, "Sister Ruizhu, how is the young grandmother today?" ”

Ruizhu pursed her lips and smiled: "It's okay today, I ate more than half a bowl of noodles, and I asked the kitchen to get a sweet and sour tenderloin and ate a few bites, but I didn't vomit." ”

"That's fine." The girls laughed when they heard it: "We are looking forward to the young grandmother getting better as soon as possible, the young grandmother is good, our little master can grow stronger, and besides, the young grandmother always can't eat, the young master is getting more and more anxious day by day, and the whole of our house is also on fire, the young grandmother can get better as soon as possible, and all kinds of people in the house can also be happy, that is, we are happy to eat less and do more work." ”

"It's sweet in your mouth." Rui Zhu nodded at the girl who spoke: "After waiting for these two months, the young grandmother is afraid that it will be fine, and it is strange to say that this year, from the beginning of spring to now not a drop of rain has fallen, and the summer is hot and hot, and the young grandmother has eaten less, plus the sun is so big, and the body is even more lacking." ”

"Isn't it?" A girl finished eating the watermelon in her hand and took another piece: "My mother said that the weather was bad this year, and said that she had also seen a year of great drought when she was a child, and that it was like this." ”

"What are we afraid of?" The other girl is the son of the Yan family, she has never left the Yan family since she was born, so she naturally doesn't know the hardships of the civilian life outside, and said while eating watermelon: "After all, we can't be hungry, besides, the young master and young grandmother are so good to the subordinates, there will be no shortage of food for us after all." ”

Ruizhu shook his head with a smile and put the basin on the platform: "You guys eat, I'll go in and see if the young grandmother is awake." ”

"Sister Ruizhu, let's go, let's go to the sticky knowledge after we eat, the damn little thing is noisy, and the young grandmother can't even sleep well." The girl from before waved her hand, put down the watermelon rind, wiped her fingers with a handkerchief, and picked up the long pole again to prepare for work.

As soon as a few little girls saw her working again, they all continued to stick to her obediently.

Ruizhu entered the house, only to feel that the room was cool, she slowly walked to Li Luan'er's bed, but saw Li Luan'er lying on her side and had opened her eyes, Ruizhu hurriedly smiled: "You are awake, do you want to drink some water." ”

Li Luan'er stretched out her hand: "Get me some white water, don't put anything." ”

Rui Zhu agreed, turned around and poured a glass of warm boiled water and handed it to Li Luan'er, and waited for Li Luan'er to drink and put away the things before smiling: "How do you feel about your body, do you want to eat something?" ”

Li Luan'er waved her hand and sat up: "After a while, you bring today's milk over and I'll drink some of it, and you don't need it." ”

While sitting up, Li Luan'er turned her head to look at the bright roses blooming in the courtyard and twisted her brows: "Why is there no one to water the roses today?" ”

Ruizhu whispered: "Young grandma also knows that this year's drought has become like that, that is, the water level of the well in our yard has also dropped a lot, and Steward Zhou is afraid that it will be difficult for us to draught if the drought continues, so I don't call it watering flowers every day, I just say that it will be watered once every other day, and I can't die after all." ”

Li Luan'er listened to the strange words: "How can the drought become like this? Our family is like this, so how can the people outside live? ”

Rui Zhu thought for a while: "This is the capital, the capital of the first good at the feet of the Son of Heaven, the people are better, I'm afraid, I'm afraid that those people below won't be able to live, especially the farther away from the capital, the more difficult it is." ”

"I'm afraid there will be no harvest in Zhuangzi this year." Li Luan'er has been recuperating every day these days, and she almost doesn't even come out of the door, and how can she know the situation outside, but now when she hears Ruizhu say it, an ominous feeling arises in her heart for a while: "You go and bring our account books to me to see." ”

"Young grandma, ...... you" Ruizhu wanted to persuade, but it was seen that a trace of fierceness flashed in Li Luan'er's eyes, so she suppressed all the words, and obediently found the account book and hugged it.

Li Luan'er took it over, asked Ruizhu and her to put a small kang table and sat down to check the grain and oil account book, and checked it for a while before sighing: "Fortunately, Xianggong has the foresight, and he has been collecting grain since last year, and our family's grain is never finished, so Ruizhu, you ask Steward Zhou to go to Zhuangzi to check it out, if the farmers are really sad, this year's rent will not be wanted, after all, people can't starve to death." ”

Rui Zhu laughed when she heard this: "The young grandmother is so kind-hearted, I'm afraid that the farmers will be grateful if they know it, and some people will have to set up an immortal tablet for you." ”

Li Luan'er laughed, lowered her head and stroked her already bulging lower abdomen: "Where am I kind-hearted, if I don't have these small ones, where can I care about the floods outside, but if I am pregnant, I have to accumulate some blessings for a few small ones." ”

Li Luan'er is telling the truth, after the last days such as a long time, and in ancient times and struggling on the poverty line for a long time, she has no conscience for a long time, and she doesn't know what kindness is, but she thinks that since she can pass through, she can't say that there are gods in this world, even if there are gods, it is not wrong to do more good deeds for her children and grandchildren, so she can ensure that her quality of life is not affected and give the villagers rent-free.

After explaining the matter of rent-free, Li Luan'er got out of bed, Ruizhu hurriedly put on soft-soled embroidered shoes for her, Li Luan'er took Ruizhu's hand and turned around the house twice, and walked outside, saying as he walked: "You go to the well with me to have a look, to see if the water level has dropped a lot, if there is really a shortage of water, we have to think about it earlier, otherwise we will really have to suffer, and if we don't eat for a day or two, we won't starve to death, but if we don't drink water for a day or two, we can really boil people to death." ”

Ruizhu was a little worried, but she didn't dare to disobey Li Luan'er's words, so she had to help her carefully, and when she went out, she called two little girls to follow, and slowly walked to the nearest well to the main house.

This well is next to a utility room in the East Courtyard, the wellhead is very small, about the time when the house was built, Mr. Feng Shui was specially invited to see, the place at the wellhead was built with a gossip-shaped guardrail, Li Luan'er looked at it a few times, and saw that the water level in the well was indeed much lower, she helped Ruizhu's hand to let go of the spiritual power, and slowly touched the spiritual power into the well water, and went down along the well water, this exploration, it was indeed taken aback.

Others can't see the well water, only when the water level drops, if you save food, the well water is enough, but Li Luan'er really looks, there is not much water in this well, and then there is sediment down, the water is mixed tightly, if it is down and down, but it is the bottom of the well, she probed on both sides for a while, and found that the groundwater has also decreased a lot, Li Luaner stood and calculated for a long time, and always felt that there was no drought in the capital this year, at least the living water of the people in Beijing was a problem.

However, Li Luan'er is not in the mood to care about others, the first thing she has to do is to take care of her own family.

"Young grandma?" Ruizhu was a little anxious when she saw that Li Luan'er had stood for a long time without moving, and couldn't help but scream.

Li Luan'er looked back and smiled: "It's okay, it's just a little surprised to see that the well water has dropped so much." ”

As she spoke, Li Luan'er took Ruizhu's hand and turned around and walked back, saying as she walked: "You go and ask Steward Zhou to find a time to ask how the well water is in the old house, and also, you ask Ma Mao to go back to Li's house and ask to see how the situation is at home." ”

Ruizhu answered one by one, Li Luaner was a little tired after tossing for so long, so she took Ruizhu back to the room to rest, and before she entered the house, a little girl came in with milk, Li Luaner took it and drank it in one go, and then fell down to rest with a plum.

Not long after lying down, she heard the sound of a wheelchair, and Li Luan'er wanted to get up, but she only felt soreness and weakness, so she could only lie down.

Leaning less, Yan Chengyue pushed a wheelchair in, and when she saw Li Luan'er, she smiled and said: "The lady's face is much better today, and I can't say that I will be able to eat more in a few days." ”

Li Luan'er smiled: "I also think it's okay, I'm still walking around the courtyard today." ”

Yan Chengyue was overjoyed when she heard this, and went over to grab Li Luan'er's hand and looked at it for a long time: "When you get better, I'll find more food, and I have to ask you to make up for the meat that fell." ”

Li Luan'er glared at him: "Everyone else thinks that the Fa wants to lose weight, but you are not happy if I lose weight." ”

"I think it's better for you to be fatter." Yan Chengyue smiled: "You lose weight and make me worry tightly, I always feel that a gust of wind can blow you away, if you are blown away by the wind, where will I go to find a lovely lady." ”

The two of them talked and laughed one by one, Li Luan'er was in a better mood, Yan Chengyue helped her up, and took a pillow to lean behind her, telling her to lean more comfortably, and then talked to her about home.

After saying something for a while, Li Luan'er proposed that the water level of the well would drop, Yan Chengyue reached out and stroked her broken hair and smiled: "Don't worry, I'm looking at it, I'm surveying the underground water veins these days, if I can find the water veins, I will dig another well, and there will be no shortage of water." ”

"How is our Zhuangzi?" Li Luan'er asked again.

Yan Chengyue knocked on the armrest of the wheelchair: "It's okay on the Zhuangzi, but there are some problems in the Taoyuan Village of your mother's house, and you also know that the villagers on the Zhuangzi rely on the small river for drinking water, and now that the drought is like this, the small river is about to run out of water, and the villagers are fighting for water, and several strong men have been injured." ”

Li Luan'er was surprised: "My brother is not at home, my sister-in-law has three children, my wife is old, we have to help more, anyway, you have to survey the water vein, and go to Taoyuan Village to help take a look, if you can find the water vein, you will dig a well, if not, let's think of a way." ”

"Don't worry." Yan Chengyue helped Li Luan'er stuff the pillow again: "I have already discussed with Mrs. Jin, and asked the chief steward of the Li family to go to Taoyuan Village with me to take a look, and besides, I have to look at the old mansion there, my wife sold a lot of grain last year, I'm afraid it will be ...... this year."

Speaking of Lin's selling grain, Li Luan'er was also a little sad: "Mrs. is becoming more and more bold now, grandpa has trained her several times, she always does not change, if it is really sold out of the family's grain stock, how can it be good, since ancient times, there has been a great drought and a catastrophe, I look at the weather this year, I must not have a locust plague, and then it will be the real harvest." ”

"Let's do our best." Yan Chengyue smiled and comforted Li Luan'er: "I have saved a lot of food, but I can't take it out now, so that my wife will become more and more rampant, and wait, I can't live anymore in the old house." ”

"Hmm." Li Luan'er nodded: "You only have to talk to grandpa and the master, lest they be in a hurry, don't say anything about it, grandpa's kindness to us is always unforgettable, and the master is also facing us now, we also have to have a conscience." ”

"Yes." Yan Chengyue smiled and leaned her head on Li Luan'er's stomach: "Or is my lady thoughtful, but the children are tossing again?" I couldn't hear or see any movement. ”

The angry Li Luan'er slapped him hard: "It's only been a few months, where can I move, just wait." ”

Although Yan Chengyue only said that he didn't worry Li Luan'er, how many things did the Li family's Yan family have, and Yan Chengyue couldn't always be busy alone, besides, Yan Chengyue's body and bones were not very good, how could Li Luan'er rest assured.

In the afternoon, Yan Chengyue went to work on the Li family Zhuangzi, Li Luan'er took Ruizhu out again, and asked a few rough mothers-in-law to carry a soft sedan chair around Yan's mansion up and down for a circle, she was not in vain, Li Luan'er let go of her mental power to perceive the water veins while turning, she thought that she had surveyed the water veins at home, and Yan Chengyue was busy with the province, so she always had the mental strength to help save a lot of trouble than others.

After such a big circle, Sensei said, Li Luan'er really found a groundwater vein rich in water storage, she chose a node, and looked at it again, and found that there is no rock formation underground in this place, and there is no hard soil, if it is a well, it is very labor-saving, so I got off the sedan chair and asked someone to make a mark there, and looked around, and found that this place is located next to a path between the west cross courtyard and the back garden, and the direction is also hidden, although it is a little inconvenient to draw water, but it is better than no water, so I decided to wait for Yan Chengyue to come back and discuss it with him, Dig a deep well in this place. R1152