After the New Year, everyone started spring sowing again. According to historical records, the area affected by drought in the whole country this year was 37.846 million hectares by June, and the disaster-affected area was 18.654 million hectares, of which the wheat output in the three major grain-producing areas of Hebei, Shandong, and Henan was reduced by 50 percent compared with the lowest level last year. However, from April to June, the Pearl River, Xiangjiang River, Ganjiang River, and Minjiang River in the south of the Yangtze River rained twice, and the flood broke and flooded, flooding 10 counties, cities, and towns. From August to October, another typhoon struck, causing serious damage to coastal cities. Therefore, according to these, Liu Yimiao thought that it would be too late to repair the reservoir after spring sowing, so he had to widen and deepen the ditch, so that the flood would not occur after the flood was channeled.

Liu Yimiao said: "Mom, there will be heavy rain after the drought, what do you say if there is a flood here." Mrs. Liu thinks that her daughter is the daughter of the old lady, didn't she see her luck so good, now she thinks of the heavy rain, it is really possible to be like this year, thinking of this, Mrs. Liu can't sit still.

"Big root, what if it rains heavily this year." Mrs. Liu hurriedly went to ask the village chief.

"It's good if it's raining heavily, and the dealer will be able to drink enough water." Liu Gen didn't understand what his aunt was doing with this.

"Why don't you fool understand, I know it's good to rain, but in case of a flood, what to do with the food in the field, people can run to the mountains, but the food can't run," said Mrs. Liu.

Liu Gen also became serious when he heard this, and he hurriedly discussed it with the village party secretary.

"The river here is connected to the sea outside, that is, the river channel is relatively narrow, and the river will be easily blocked in case of a flash flood, and now we have to widen the mouth of the river, and the ditches in the fields must be widened and deepened.

After everyone had summed it up, the village chief told the villagers about it. Liu Gen, the village chief, has always been very considerate of everyone, doing practical things for the villagers, and has not exaggerated the output like other villages. He was criticized by the higher authorities for reporting his output under pressure, and then the drought was severe, so the higher authorities did not punish him, and everyone in these villages knew it. So although some people think that he thinks too much, everyone strictly follows his words, knowing that he is definitely not tossing people.

The people of Dahe Village went to dig ditches and open the river, and the village chief went to the surrounding villages to talk about it. Because they didn't follow the construction of the reservoir in Dahe Village last year, many people died of thirst last year, and this year it is better to spend a lot of effort than not to die in the future, so many village chiefs also agreed, and the villagers also wanted to keep pace with Dahe Village, and hurriedly combed the river.

After the river opened, it didn't rain at first, but it didn't rain for a month, and when everyone thought it was like last year, the torrential rain came suddenly. The heavy rain slanted out like water poured out of a basin, and the village chief was afraid that the house would be soaked and collapsed, so he hurriedly organized everyone to transport the family's food to the mountain cave first. Because it has only been raining for two days, the road has not yet accumulated water, and it is not very difficult for everyone to walk. Cover the grain to prevent it from getting wet by the rain, and people can only go forward in the rain. When reminding the villagers to dig ditches, Liu Yimiao also went to the pharmacy in the city to buy some medicinal materials that were not available on the mountain at this time, and took Liu Mei and them to collect a lot of medicinal materials. The villagers went to the cave after the rain, and Liu Yimiao boiled a pot of potion to prevent people from getting sick. At this time, illness can quickly infect other people, so prevention is very important.

When the rain stopped, they didn't bring all the food home. It's not easy to put the dampness at home, and another is afraid of rain again, it's only May now, and summer is the rainy season.

When everyone got home, they hurriedly washed and scrubbed and cleaned up the house, and then cleaned up the garbage and sprinkled lime. Some of the grain in the field was soaked, but some of it was still alive. The village chief organized everyone to clean up the silt at the bottom of the river, and the ditch silt was also cleaned, and after a few days of sunshine, it began to rain again. The villagers had no choice but to go to the mountains to hide from the rain. It rained intermittently until July, when it became lighter and stopped completely.

They began to harvest the grain from the fields again and sow the seeds. By the time everything was done, it was already August.

Liu Yimiao said to Mrs. Liu: "Mom, I want to go to high school this year, and I won't study for three years, I bought textbooks from the acquisition station and have finished learning high school textbooks, I want to apply for a name to take a test to get a high school diploma, and I can find a job in the future." As soon as Mrs. Liu heard it, she believed Liu Yimiao's words, and in her heart, Liu Yimiao was extremely smart and would definitely pass the exam. In September, she went to Liu Gen to get a letter of introduction, and went to the county high school to find the principal. Now many people don't have enough to eat and don't come to school, and there are few people in the classroom. Liu Yimiao's registration went very smoothly, but at the end of the semester, he took the exam and got his graduation certificate, and the principal didn't believe it. Mrs. Liu said, "My family's Xiaomiao has finished studying at home, you don't believe that you can test her with the test papers, she doesn't need to go to the first year of high school now, she goes directly to the third year of high school." "Now there are many people who have not finished their studies and got their graduation certificates, and the principal took out the final exam papers of last year's senior high school, and took the Chinese and mathematics exams. The principal believed that Liu Yimiao had studied hard at home, and said to Mrs. Liu: "Your child is very good, and you will definitely be able to be admitted to university if you take the college entrance examination." Mrs. Liu said: "That's for sure, my Xiaomiao didn't come to school last year because his family was poor. She works and studies at home, and my little seedling is too sensible. The principal was also very moved when he heard it, and brought Liu Yimiao to the third grade of high school. Liu Yimiao told the principal that it was difficult at home, and she still had to work and come back when she had to take the exam. The principal saw that she was so good at homeschool, so he agreed. So Liu Yimiao successfully entered the school in high school and went home with Mrs. Liu. On the way, Mrs. Liu was happy and sighed: "It's all my family that is poor, which has dragged me Xiaomiao, and I have no money to send you to college."

Liu Yimiao knew that she would not need money to study for the college entrance examination in the future, and she would not be very old at that time, so she could go to college again, but her family did not have this condition now. Although the years were good, it was still very difficult to come up with the cost of going to university.

Liu Yimiao said: "I'm so smart, I'll be admitted if I want to take the exam in the future, and I'll talk about it when I have money in the future." Mrs. Liu felt that this was very reasonable, and she was not uncomfortable.