"Daughter-in-law, there may be a big drought this year!"

Old Man Xu looked at Mrs. Xu nervously, "These days, it has always been dry and thunder does not rain, and every time this cloud disperses, the sky is bluer, and the sun is more poisonous!" ”

"Do you remember when you gave birth to the third child?"

"There was a big drought that year, and it was such a weather, and I couldn't go down with dry thunder all day long!"

"Also, the day is hot but not stuffy, and the night is cool, isn't this exactly what the old people often say, 'the day is warm and the night is cold, and the sea is dry'?"

Old Man Xu simply told Ah Jing's own guess, "I'm thinking, our family has to prepare early." ”

Today's old Xu family is not bad for silver.

But in a year of disaster, it is not that if you have money in your hand, you will be able to live well.

If you don't have anything to eat, even if you have gold and silver at home, you can't escape the end of starvation.

Of course, Lingshui Village is close to the Peach Blossom River, and there are still some old streams flowing out of the mountains, so there is no shortage of water. But the problem is that there is no shortage of water, and if you want to irrigate those fields by hand, even if you are exhausted, it is impossible to take care of all the land.

As long as it is a drought year, the grain production in the village will be reduced on a large scale.

And the old Xu family is different now than before.

The family is prosperous, and the four little girls who bought it all want to eat.

"What are you going to do? Do you buy food? ”

Old Mrs. Xu looked at Old Man Xu, "Besides, this drought is just your guess, whether it's true or not, I don't know yet!" ”

"I have a feeling that there is really going to be a drought!"

Although Mr. Xu has no evidence that his speculation will come true, years of experience tell him that the possibility of a major drought this year is very high.

"I thought that storing grain in our family is one aspect, and finding a way to water the grain in the field is another."

"I'm going to take the silver and get a waterwheel out by the Peach Blossom River."

"Then, have someone make more wooden pipes to carry water."

"How much silver does this cost?"

Mrs. Xu glanced at Old Man Xu, although she didn't know the specific price of these things, but if it was just a small amount of money, Old Man Xu would not come to discuss with her.

"I don't know!"

Old Man Xu sighed, "No one has done it before, so it's really hard to say how much it costs." ”

"Whatever you want, anyway, we shouldn't be short of silver now!"

Mrs. Xu will not disagree with Mr. Xu on this matter.

After all, silver is a thing that you have to spend, and it is money. If you keep it in your hands, then it doesn't really do anything.

"Then it's decided! Check in the bud! ”

Old Man Xu turned around and walked out, "I'll go to Guan Laoqi and discuss with him to see if anyone in the village is willing to contribute money together." ”

When the waterwheel is built, it is much more convenient to water the ground.

Because, relying on the waterwheel to draw water, in the official road to transport out, even if it cannot be sent to the ground, but it saves a lot of time to go to the river to carry water.

In the year of the great drought, the main thing is to carry water and water the ground, mainly time and energy are wasted on the way to carry water.

But with waterwheels and pipes, this time and effort is saved, which buys time for watering more fields.

Although there is no actual evidence to prove that there will be a major drought, at this time, Old Man Xu would rather believe it than believe it.

Of course, about the news of the drought, he still has to go to the county seat to talk to his fourth brother Zuoqiu.