"That is, I am a person who naturally inherited the fine traditions of our Zhao family."

Zhao's mother is happy. "Yes, yes, Miss Divine Power. I don't know, what kind of son-in-law will I find in the future. ”

When it comes to her son-in-law, the second girl is shy.

"Mother, don't talk about me. Our eldest sister didn't get married, and neither will I. ”

Hongling was stunned. "You monkey, you are pulling me for nothing." I've provoked you, but don't talk about me. ”

Seeing that the mother and daughter were poor, Li Hongmei was also happy.

Now, the whole family is trying to digest the fact that San'er was abducted.

Try to pretend to be okay when you're in front of people.

After all, the pain doesn't go away in a short time. So what you can do is to live as happily as possible, work harder, work harder, unite your family and friends, and find your lost relatives in the future!

Eventually, the place where the reservoir was stored was determined to be the place next to the canal in the barren mountains behind the mountains.

That piece of water is easy to store and divert water. It can also irrigate crops.

After the location is decided, it is time to dig the pond.

The people in the village are still very sensitive.

When the Zhao family began to dig the pond, many people thought about it.

I feel that the weather is hot and humid day by day. If there is a real drought, and the crops run out of water, then you will be blind.

People who have laborers at home are also pondering at this moment, and they are digging ponds with their brains hot.

The village chief looked at such a thing.

I also feel that this matter should be prevented in advance.

At that moment, a village assembly was held.

"On this day, no one can say clearly, digging a reservoir, like the Zhao family, in case the weather is bad one day, it is also good to use it. Anyway, it takes a little effort, people are diligent, and they will never starve to death. Dig a pond to prevent it from happening. ”

The words of the old village chief are still very useful.

As a result, many people began to think about digging ponds.

Of course, this pond has to be dug a little deeper.

Moreover, it has to be leak-proof.

Many people, the reason why they don't like to dig ponds, in fact, another point is that leakage prevention is a bit costly.

In this era without cement, if you want to be leak-proof, you are completely burning money.

Earlier, the houses built by Li Hongmei's family were mostly rammed earth structures.

As for the leak-proof category, I haven't done too much. Yes, in the event of heavy rain. For days, the house will still be a little leaky.

The house can barely make do.

However, this pond will not work.

If you don't prevent leakage, the pond you dug will be blind.

At this time, there are many leak-proof means.

Some people use glutinous rice mixed with water and stick together. But Li Hongmei has experimented, not to mention that this kind of thing burns money, and it can't be used under the pond, so it can only be used to glue bricks.

There are also people who use these methods of pouring blood.

"Loose gum, this thing is good, but the price is really expensive."

Pine gum, a casual point will cost nearly a tael of silver, to buy that toy leak-proof, this pond few people dug out.

Fortunately, Li Hongmei found a kind of yellow mud. This mud is particularly sticky.

The dug pond is smeared with this mud as a whole. Once dry, apply another coat. Apply ten layers so repeatedly. It's leak-proof.

The people in the village saw that her method was good, and they followed suit one by one.

For a while, this family was busy digging, and that family was busy digging.

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The whole village was busy.

Some families who don't have much labor at home are also driven by the village chief to let some laborers help each other.

And the Sisters Mutual Aid Association established by Li Hongmei also played a role at this time.

Pick up mud for the big guys, wipe the mud to prevent leakage.

After all the work was done, it didn't take much to get busy for nearly 20 days.

Even God doesn't want to see them suffer.

Shortly after the pond was dug on this day, thunder, boom and explosion.

Crazy torrential rain poured down.

The whole village looked at the sky and laughed happily.

Some people bring basins to catch the rain, and some people giggle in the water.

The rain only fell for a short time, but it also filled the pond of the villagers.

The next day, the sun began to rise again.

The whole village didn't take it too seriously, busy with the crops, busy with the corn to be tasseled.

However, one day, two days and ten days

Fifteen days later, many people couldn't sit still.

"Alas, on this day, it was dry when the corn was tasseled, which is not good. Fortunately, our village dug a pond in advance, otherwise we would not have found water. ”

"Alas, it turns out that you still have to follow the people of the Zhao family. Look, this time there are many villages outside, because of the corn tasseling, many people's crops have dried up. Although there is still some damage in our village, the extent involved is not too much. ”

Walking in the village, listening to the sound of this upside down, Li Hongmei deeply felt the harshness of God.

If God doesn't do beauty, these people are really poor.

"Some of them are really poor outside, and the family is already poor, but now they can't open the pot. Now it's easy to talk about daughters-in-law, as long as you give these people a little food and rice, you can talk about family affairs. Isn't that the old Yang family in our village like this, when I heard about a bag of rice, I replaced it with a girl. How old is Lao Yangzi, and he actually changed to a girl. ”

"That girl is also cold."

As he was talking, everyone saw Lao Yang walking here with a smile.

Behind him, a girl followed.

Li Hongmei also looked over curiously. At this glance, I have to say that Lao Yangzi's daughter-in-law in exchange for a bag of rice is really not much.

He is slightly shorter, and he looks like one meter four or five by eye.

The skin is rough and dark, and there are a lot of pockmarks on one face. However, Lao Yangzi is also a person who is not too old. Being able to change to a big girl is indeed earned.

"Brother Yang, when will you get your wine to drink?"

Lao Yangzi is an honest person, and he usually doesn't like to go out at all. I guess I have a daughter-in-law today, and now I love to go out and walk around.

As soon as he was asked, a smile appeared on his honest face, "This, our family is poor now, and we can't open the pot, so we can't do it." ”

Everyone made a joke, and it was over.

Finally, when the corn was almost pumped, the water reservoir of the villagers began to bottom out.

"If this continues, our village will not be able to do it. God, you'd better have to make it rain. ”

By this time, many people were praying.

Even Li Hongmei prayed.

The corn in the field, the sweet potatoes, and the vegetables you grow all need water.

If the drought continues, people can barely have water, but the crops are really not good.

"You can't go on like this, just waiting for God to come to the water, no one knows what will happen. So, the most important thing

, still have to find a water source. But if you want to find water, you have to go into the mountains. ”

"Sister-in-law, I'll go with you. I have strength. ”

Hearing this, the second girl immediately raised her head and asked Gong to go to find a water source together.

"However, if you have strength, it doesn't mean that we can avoid harm if we encounter animals."

Those beasts don't have eyes, so people don't care if you're a woman or not, as long as it's suitable, you'll be nibbled on it.

"Sister-in-law, let's be clever and smeared with a foul smell all over our bodies. And all kinds of animal manure, do you dare? ”

Li Hongmei's eyes straightened when she heard this.

"Smear animal feces on your body!"

God, this sister-in-law dares to say anything.

"Sister-in-law, don't dislike us, this is not good. But if you want to go deep into the mountains and not be bitten by wild beasts, you have to find some fierce beast feces to smear. Leave this to me. It's not that you have to cover your whole body. Let's just find some to wipe and have this smell on our bodies. After all, animals are territorial? ”

At this mention, Li Hongmei was also silent.

To put it mildly, animals do have a sense of territory.

Many wild beasts will urinate on their own territory and take those places to themselves.

Once the territory is violated, it will be defended to the death.

Surely neither of them can do it.

Over the mountains and mountains, the hardships are not worth mentioning. If it weren't for Erya's vigorous girl, Li Hongmei would really not be able to persevere.

Instead, the ground collapsed, which prevented the water from flowing.

"Yes, it's the water source. As long as we bring the water out, the water will flow to our village again. It's just, how to draw this water source? ”

On this day, it doesn't look like it's going to rain. If you go further, you are afraid that it will be difficult for people to drink water.

It is said that many people outside have begun to sell their wives and children.

At night, a group of people rested in the cave. And so it went on for two more days.

After walking for a while, I was covered by the heat in the woods, and the smell, although still unpleasant, turned into a motive force: to find a water source.

Some strong men only need to provide a little food to lead people away.

That piece, the whole is faulted, and if you want to divert water out again, you must either fill the pit.

Fortunately, people's adaptation is still very good.

"Okay, I'll also look for a few strong men in the village, let them go into the mountains, each of you is inside, look for more, if you can find a place for water." We also have fewer troubles. ”

The crowd followed the dried water up.

Feeling the coolness of the water, a group of people who were all excited burst into tears.

The next day, Li Hongmei and Er Ya'er carried the grain on their backs, and stepped into the mountains with a group of men in Zhao's mother's reluctant eyes.

At first, the smell really smoked the individual.

When the old village chief came to chat, Li Hongmei also told the matter.

Walking halfway down, Er Ya'er took out a black thing. Tell the big guys to put it on their bodies.

It's not because of the water loss caused by drying.

The water source is cut off.

"This should be the source of water we're looking for. It's just that the water is much smaller. ”

On the third day, looking at the collapsed puddle in front of her, Li Hongmei's tears flowed down.

But filling the pit, what a lot of labor!

If it weren't for the reservoir earlier, the village would have panicked at this time. But it can't go on like this, so the village chief is thinking about finding a way out.