"Grandma, Dad, look at this weather, there is really a big drought this year, do we have to store some water at home and save it for the future?" After the Huang family finished their dinner, they asked after enjoying the cool in the courtyard.

"Store up the water now, and when the time comes, will it be drinkable. Also, won't the water dry up? Huang Liu suddenly asked.

"You can't drink it, but we can water some fields, don't do it, who knows if the water will dry up when the drought comes, anyway, it's just a rainy day." Huang Yiyun replied.

"Big sister, water storage method, how to store water." Huang Li asked.

"Isn't there a piece of land on the right side of our backyard? Let's just circle a piece of land out there, dig a pond, and then pour water into it and store it.

If this pond is dug up, we can also sprinkle some lotus root seeds to see if we can grow lotus roots, and if possible, put some fish fry down to raise some fish. Huang Yiyun thought about it and said.

The backyard of the Huang family has been planned.

On the left side are the kitchen, then the utility room, a side door leading to the backyard, next to the side door is an empty shed for cattle pens and donkey carts, and behind is a chicken, duck and pigsty.

Only in front of the right side, in the middle, the Huang family made a grapevine shelf, in which the polished stone table and stone pier have been placed, on the grape shelf, Huang Yiyun also transplanted three wild grape vines, after two or three years of growth, you can produce grapes and eat them yourself.

When the wild grapes grow and spread all over the grape trellises, you can not only enjoy the coolness, but also sit under the grape vine trellis and watch the stars and admire the moon.

Originally, there was an empty space on the top right, and Huang Yiyun originally planned to plant some fruit trees for his own food, but after the drought this year, Huang Yiyun changed his plan.

Directly circle a piece of land and dig a pond directly, which can not only store water, but also plant lotuses.

Then plant some fruit trees such as peaches, persimmons, dates, and loquat around the corner on the right.

"I think the eldest sister's proposal is good, even if it is not to store water, our family digs a pond out, not only can plant lotuses, but also in winter, you can dig lotus roots to eat, you can also sell lotus roots, subsidize some households.

Moreover, raise some fish, when we want to eat, we can also catch fish at any time, not to mention, after winter, the fish can also be smoked, tied up to eat, winter table, isn't there a few more dishes? Huang Congjiang also agreed.

"Cheng, in that case, this pond will be dug up, let's dig it sooner or later, the sun is too big during the day, so as not to get heat stroke." Huang Li suddenly made a decision and said.

"Uncle, otherwise, you can make a few more big wooden barrels out, the barrels are strong and don't leak, let's put them under the eaves and store the water." Don't worry about it, when the time comes, if there is no water during the real drought, this water will be used to save people. "In previous years, when there was a great drought, the grain could not be harvested, which was not the most important thing, the most important thing was that there was no water to drink, and I was afraid of dying of thirst.

However, every family has some surplus grain at home, and if they save money and use it sparingly, they can survive more or less for a year, and when they sow seeds in the next year and wait for the new grain to come down, they can survive the next step.

I am afraid that when there is a great drought in the first year, the drought will continue in the second year, and the grain will be completely eaten up, and there will be no new grain to continue to be brought up.

The Huang family's hometown was hit by drought for two consecutive years, all the grain was eaten, and there was no way to buy food, and the fields could not be planted.

Early in the morning of the second day, the Huang family got up early, and after the land was circled in the morning, the Huang family began to dig the pond.

Huang Li's, Huang Liu's, Huang Jiang's, and Huang Yiyun's four people dug the ground, and the second sister, the third sister, Huang Pingcheng, the fifth and sixth sisters, and Zijun's girl, put all the soil dug up by Huang Li and the others into a dustpan, and let the two Huang Congjiang brothers carry it out and pour it out.

Wake up early in the morning, work for a little longer, and rest when the sun gradually rises and the heat rises.

In the evening, after the sun went down, the Huang family was busy again.

On this day, in the morning, the Huang family had just finished their work, preparing to stop working, after resting, Huang Yiyun beckoned to Zijun and said, "Zijun, now your family has not bought grain and stored it, if there is a drought this year, the price of this grain will rise day by day, and if you buy it again, will it be expensive?" ”

"Eldest sister, I don't know about this, now my family's food has been reduced." Xu Zijun shook his head and replied.

"Well, the eldest sister knows, in the future, you will come to my house for breakfast and dinner." Huang Yiyun nodded, signaling that she understood, and then ordered Xu Zijun to stay at home to eat.

"Eldest sister, what if this can't be done? My mother and grandma both said that they can't stay at your house for dinner. Do I have to go back to dinner? Xu Zijun shook his head and said.

"Zijun doesn't stay at his aunt's house to eat, if you come to his aunt's house again in the future, my aunt is embarrassed to let you do the work, so I have to let you watch from the sidelines?" Huang Liu also likes Zijun's tight girl.

This girl is capable of doing work, careful and shy, but also likable, no, everyone in the family likes this girl, even Shiro, this kid and Xu Zijun set up to kiss down, before a little embarrassed, after this period of familiarity, I played a piece not to say, I still learned the big characters from the school, came back to teach Xu Zijun this girl, and even said interesting things about the school to Xu Zijun, the girl.

Before, Huang Liu's blindly set the relationship between Shiro and Zijun, just thinking, they are still young, playing together, childhood sweethearts, don't they have feelings when they play?

It seems that feelings are to be cultivated slowly.

"It's ........"

"It's nothing, go to someone's house to do work, and eat and suddenly it's nothing?" After the second sister saw Zijun hesitating, she suddenly said.

"However, my mother said that I am the daughter-in-law of your family, and it is right to help with things."

"Do you want the cow to work and give it grass? That's it. After Huang Liu touched Zijun's head, he directly settled down.

As the time came to April and a half, it was already getting hotter and hotter.

The water in the canal next to the paddy field has dropped by two fingers, and even the water in the big river in front of Qingshan Village has dropped a lot, and there has not been a single rain so far, which is sad for many villagers.

As for the paddy fields, they have slowly dried up, and many villagers have to get up early in the morning and go to the canals to release water and irrigate the paddy fields to keep the water in the paddy fields for rice to grow.