After the beginning of summer, this day has been sunny, occasionally a few drops of rain are the same as not falling, the soil in the fields are clumped, if it does not rain again, this year's harvest is gone, the people in the village are anxious to find water everywhere to find a way.

On the morning of the sixth day of the first month of April, the villagers who went into the city to carry the work on weekdays gathered at the door of the village house, "Village Zheng, if God doesn't open his eyes again, we will be busy again this year?" ”

"It's not like it, I have to go into the mountains and carry water every day, but the boss has a piece of land, I can't bear it even if I want to!"

"Uncle Zheng of his village, you are the most knowledgeable person in our village, hurry up and think of a rule, our whole family can only live in this place?"

The more the villagers talked, the more excited they became, on weekdays, women get together to get together, and if the men get together, the quarrel is more fierce than the women.

Mura Zheng can't help it, he is not God, his family's land is also dry, in fact, Mura Zheng these days in order to find a way, there is no less around, the whole village is almost dry, only Li Dalang planted the land, not only is not drought, even the soil in the field is damp, but also asked Dalang to find out that people dug three large pits to store water on the side of the ground, is to rely on the water in this pit to water the ground.

It's not that he didn't want to tell the villagers about it, but it's useless to say it now, and if it doesn't rain, he will pour water into the pit.

Mura Zheng waved his hand to calm down the noise of everyone first, "Look, this god he doesn't rain, I can't help it, I originally wanted to go to the Dragon King Temple today to ask for rain, if there is someone willing to go, I am ready to go with the sacrifices, as for other methods, wait for the sacrifice to go later, and then think about it, that's it, let's disperse first!" ”

Half an hour later, most of the villagers, except for those who had no land at home, prepared sacrifices to worship, and the village found Li Dalang again and asked him to drive with him, so Situ Yan was busy preparing some sacrifices for Li Dalang to worship with him. I told heaven and earth, worshiped the dragon king god, and invited the divine water from the dragon king temple to come back and pour it in the field, but the rain still did not fall.

Looking at the villagers who are getting more and more anxious, the village is also worried, if the people in this village have no harvest, I am afraid that his village will come to an end. In the end, it was Aunt Fu who woke him up with a word, "Why don't you go and ask the girl, she has a lot of ideas, maybe she can help?" ”

Although Mura Zheng felt that Situ Yan was a little clever, he didn't expect Situ Yan to help him with this big matter of begging for rain and farming, but this time he was sick and rushed to the doctor, and it was better to try than not to try, so he hurried to Situ Yan's house.

Situ Yan was having lunch with Li Dalang, and when she saw the village coming over, she hurriedly put people on the kang and brought new dishes and chopsticks, "Uncle Wangfu, you haven't had lunch yet, let's take a bite together, I don't cook anything delicious at home, don't be disgusted." ”

"Girl, uncle's heart is so blocked that I can't eat, don't be busy, uncle just wants to ask you, you dug three big puddles in the field, where did the water come from?"

Situ Yan had heard Li Dalang say it before, and the village already knew about it, so there was no need to hide it, "Uncle, some of that water is rainwater stored before, and some of it is water from mountain springs." ”

"How did you get that mountain spring water?"

"The eldest brother cut the bamboo in half, and then connected it with a cloth one by one, and led the water down directly from the mountain, but this mountain spring water is not easy to find, and the piece we were looking for before has now withered."

"Okay, good way, there is a way, if the village can solve the crisis this time, uncle must thank you." Muramasa only thought at this time that Situ Yan insisted on this piece of land on the side of the mountain, could it be that he had such a plan a long time ago, if this is the case, then this girl is really amazing, but this thought only flashed in his mind, and he did not leave doubts in his heart, after all, he has too many things to do at this time.

"Look at what my uncle said, I didn't help much. However, my family can send someone to help catch the bamboo, but I am afraid that it will be difficult to find a water source. ”

"What's this, I'll find someone to go into the mountain, there will always be a way."

After more than a day of work, the spring water was finally brought from the top of the mountain to the foot of the mountain, and only in this way a hundred bamboos were used. In the end, the money to buy bamboo had to be shared by each family, and each family had to pay 60 yuan, which caused many villagers to complain, but no one dared not give it, and they couldn't go to get water if they didn't give it. This place of water is the closest to Li Dalang's land.

Situ Yan stood on the edge of the field, looking at the villagers queuing up to receive water, and sighed with emotion, "Big brother, during the day, our family uses the water in the water cellar, and at night, no one receives the water, and then the water is led to the water cellar to store water, and we can save as much as we can." I don't know how long the drought will be on this day. I don't know how long this water source will last? ”

Li Dalang thinks this is fine. At this time, the villagers are very emotionally fluctuating and very sensitive, if Situ Yan and they directly lead the water to the fields, they are afraid that the villagers will make trouble, although everyone praises their family on weekdays, but when it comes to life and death, how can anyone remember your original goodness. In order to avoid trouble, Situ Yan decided so.

The problem of water here has just been solved, but the new problem is coming again, just after the night, Li Dalang and Li Erlang went to the field with torches to guard the field, but saw a lot of black insects flying out of the field, and lit the firewood, these insects flew towards the firewood one by one, which frightened the two of them, and when Li Dalang saw the insects clearly, he was so angry that he stomped his feet, "It's over, it's over, it's a ground cricket." "Big brother, don't worry, I'll go find Xiao Wu." Li Erlang had no choice, but he felt that Xiaomei must have a way, so he didn't wait for Li Dalang to object, and ran away with a torch. When Situ Yan, San Lang, and Shiro arrived, they saw Li Dalang hanging his head and crying.

"Big brother, don't be sad first, what are you afraid of if there are insects, if there are insects, we will think of a cure. Crying doesn't solve the problem. ”

"Xiao Wu, this is a ground cricket, with this, our village marriage is ruined." Situ Yan didn't understand what a ground cricket was, so she caught one of the insects and took a closer look at them in her hand.

"Mole cricket" Situ Yan is no stranger to this bug, and can't help but breathe a sigh of relief, if there is something unknown to the bug, it will be a headache.

"Big brother, this insect is nocturnal and only active at night, and it is also photogenic. Don't worry, there's a way to cure it. ”

Situ Yan no longer explained to Li Dalang, and directly called San Lang and Shilang, "Third brother, fourth brother, you go home and carry more firewood." ”

"Second brother, you put more piles of existing firewood, and I will have more firewood every day for the past few days, and I will go back to dispense medicine, and tomorrow I will dig holes in the soil to kill insect eggs, and then sprinkle the potion, and in less than three days, this insect will be gone."

"Little Five, can this be done?" Li Erlang saw that his eldest brother was still squatting on the side and was sad, and he was at the bottom of his heart.

"Second brother, believe me right, go to work!" Seeing Li Erlang lighting a fire on the side, Situ Yan walked to Li Dalang's side, "Big brother, you are the head of the family, if you lie first, then this family will also cross, you look at the second brother and the third brother, if you don't want to find a way, just sad and sad, then what do you let them do?" Situ Yan knows that this Li Dalang is just a child, but he has to let him take on the responsibility of a family and raise his younger siblings, he must have a lot of pressure, but if he can't turn the pressure into motivation, but sighs and sighs, then there is no hope for this family.

"Little Wu, I'm sorry, I'm really scared."

"Big brother, I'm also afraid, when I first heard this letter, I almost fell off the kang, is it useful to be scary? The more you are afraid, the more you have to face it, only in this way can you solve the problem, if you are afraid, you retreat, then we have no hope at all. ”

Li Dalang blushed and lowered his head, "Yes, he is afraid, he wants to escape, but where can he escape, can he leave his younger siblings behind?" Looking at the little sister with bright eyes, and then looking at the younger brothers who were busy, he regretted it, regretted his weakness, he always said that he had to take care of his younger siblings, but what did he do, he didn't do anything, he couldn't do anything, and in turn asked his younger siblings to comfort him.

"Little Wu, I know, I won't do this again in the future."

"This is our good big brother, if there is any problem, we will solve it together as a family, and there is no hurdle that we can't get over."

"Yes, big brother, what are you afraid of, if you want to die, we will die with you." Li Erlang was also very happy to see his eldest brother stand up.

"Nonsense, we have to live standing so we don't die. The second brother is about to spit, it's really childlike. ”

"Bah, I can't speak. That's what I was thinking. ”

"Alright, I know. The third brother and they came, and they all took a hand and lit the fire, the more the better. ”

When the fire was lit, this piece was illuminated, and even the village was summoned.

"What are you guys doing here? Why do you light so many fires? Don't burn yourself again. ”

"Uncle Murazheng, there are 'ground crickets' in our fields, and Xiao Wu said that igniting a fire can attract insects."

"What, take me to see it."

"Oh no, you have it in this field, I'm afraid it won't be better in other people's fields. I'll have to go and see, be careful. ”

"Uncle, go slowly, big brother, you go and have a look."

Early the next morning, the village is recruiting all the people in the village, the village from the head of the village to the end of the village have grown ground crickets, fortunately found in time, the seedlings have not been damaged, according to the method taught by Situ Yan, each family went back to be busy with the pest.

Situ Yan prepared the potion, handed it to the village Zheng, and asked him to distribute it to the villagers, and after turning the ground, he mixed the potioned with water and poured it together. After three days of attracting insects, I turned the ground and poured potion, and after three days, I really didn't see any ground crickets, and occasionally one or two of them were no longer a problem.

During these days, the four brothers of the Li family were busy with their feet not touching the ground, but Situ Yan was idle. In addition to taking care of the backyard land, San Lang and Shiro will also clean the pigsty, chicken coop, and collect firewood. I didn't even go home for a day, and I ate three meals in the field.

And Situ Yan just fed mules, chickens, pigs, and fish, and then cooked for the family, becoming a full fire girl. Looking at the four brothers who are busy every day, I can't help but feel a little emotional, it's not easy to be a farmer. It's not that she doesn't help, it's that the four of them don't let her help at all, especially Li Dalang, except for going home every day to read and practice calligraphy and staying at home for two hours, the rest are all guarded in the ground. This desperate effort made Situ Yan can't help but admire.