Cuili is not very old, and the childishness on her face has not faded, and she has learned from other maids, but she is very scolding.

"Isn't hot water boiling in the kitchen? I'm not responsible. ”

"Huh? You're not responsible? Cuili raised her voice, "Your mouth is really hard, what grandma said this morning, in the future, the hot water that the whole yard will use will be you, who is responsible if you are not responsible?" ”

Yan Lingxi glanced at Zheng Yu in surprise, it is said that these things should be ordered to Zheng Yu, and Zheng Yu will pick and choose someone to issue it. This kind of naming is rare.

Zheng Yu was also suspicious: "Miss Cuili, have you listened well, did you hear it right?" ”

Cui Li and Zheng Yu retracted their temper, glanced at them and said, "That's right, that's what grandma said, I'll take care of the problem!" ”

Hearing Cui Li say this, Yan Lingxi believed it.

This Cuili, in fact, Yan Lingxi's impression of her is okay, although she is usually high-spirited and domineering to the small ones below, but she is a straight intestine and will not use that kind of shady mind.

Yan Lingxi said happily: "Cheng, I'll boil the water, and when it's ready, I'll send it to the eldest girl's room." ”

"Hmph," Cui Li snorted, "That's pretty much it! Also, the grandmother said that the sprinkling and sweeping of this yard, the watering of the vegetable garden, and the chickens are all your work. ”

Yan Lingxi was almost so angry that he laughed, although the three rooms were not as good as his brothers, but he was considered a rich family in this village, the yard was not old, three main houses, six side rooms with two warehouses and a toilet, when would it have to be cleaned? Normally, it would be the work of four or five people.

It seems that this grandmother is determined to use her own work to offset the food expenses, Yan Lingxi is not very relieved, the grandmother is used to slamming the door, but rarely to this extent. Earlier, Zheng Yu said that the Xiao family still has money, which is not very similar from the behavior of the grandmother.

Yan Lingxi pondered as she walked, she didn't go to the kitchen, she went to find Li Ping. Li Ping is now in charge of the three rooms in the westernmost half of the land.

When he arrived at the ground, Yan Lingxi saw Li Ping catching insects under the sun, and he hadn't seen him for a long time, and it seemed to be dark for a while.

"I said, such a large piece of land, do you have to catch insects like this?"

Li Ping turned around, saw that it was her, wiped a handful of sweat, everyone was a little wilted, and sighed: "Alas, what can be done then, it is still comfortable in the city before." ”

He lightly pulled a handful of bud leaves: "Look at it, I heard the old man say that there are many insects on dry days, and it's true, this arrow worm is piled up in piles." ”

Yan Lingxi looked at it, these insects had not grown up yet, and they were hidden in the cracks of the leaves one by one, and there were a lot of them. It seems that even if there is no drought this year, the farmers will lose a lot of money because of insect pests.

"Okay, let's not talk about this, the top has arranged a bunch of yard work for me, I don't like to do it, why don't we change it?"

Li Ping was puzzled: "Lingxi, I not only catch insects and weeds, but also have to water the ground every two days, did you do this job?" It's easier to work in the yard, don't be stupid. ”

That's the kind of work I want.

Yan Lingxi estimated the ability of his body now, and nodded: "It's okay to do it once every two days, tired is tired, but you can do it." ”

Li Ping knew that she often played cards out of common sense, and when she said this, she didn't care, but was quite helpless: "Okay, if you can't do it, we can change it back." ”

Yan Lingxi smiled, didn't say anything, told him what he was doing in the yard, and finally explained:

"There is a lot of work in the yard, I heard that Ouyang San and Chen Feng went to carry water, they don't have much to do in the afternoon, you let them join you." In a few days, when I finish my work here, I will help them carry water. I told Uncle Yu about changing jobs, no problem. ”

"Well," Li Ping smiled, "Wait a few days for their little brother period to expire, right?" ”

"Isn't it?" Yan Lingxi is straight.

After Li Ping left, Yan Lingxi stood on the vast ground, first moved the joints, and then made a horse step to play a set of boxing, and did a warm-up exercise.

She didn't do these jobs blindly.

Since she came through, she has been uncomfortable with this body, she is not thin, malnourished and has no muscles, and it is difficult to carry buckets of pig food.

If she makes good use of the mall, finds opportunities to hunt from time to time, and can meet her needs in terms of food, then this body can slowly become stronger.

Watered the ground first, Yan Lingxi picked what he liked to do first.

This piece of land is quite far from the river where everyone is getting water, and you have to pull a cart to go there. When Yan Lingxi arrived at the place, his heart sank when he saw the river.

From the point of view of the river channel, it was originally a very wide river, several meters deep, but now there is only a small trickle, barely reaching people's calves.

What a catastrophic year. No wonder the woman who was crying on the road was so desperate.

I heard that the wells in the village are almost dry, but they are not completely dry, but they have no effect. This shallow water flow is the only water source that can be counted in Lianxinzhuang, and I don't know how many days it can be watered when it is watered, and it is difficult to say whether it can be enough for people and animals to eat.

On the way back after loading water, a woman accosted her, and both of them pulled the cart with water and walked back slowly.

The woman had a hearty temperament, saying that her husband's surname was Chen, and asked Yan Lingxi to call her Aunt Chen. Yan Lingxi told Aunt Chen her name in detail, the spirit of the living soul, and the Xi of Xingxi.

I don't know if the woman remembers, it's not Ling Xi'er anyway.

The two chatted for a while about the drought in the past few years, and she asked what she was thinking just now: "Aunt Chen, how long do you think our river can last?" What if the water is consumed by watering the ground, and there is not enough food for people in the end? ”

Aunt Chen sighed, but she didn't look too depressed, she still had a little smile on her face: "Why don't we Zhuang people know this truth?" But no, saving the crops is our only hope. When the crops live, we live, and when the crops are gone, we have to starve to death even if we have water. ”

"The only hope", Yan Lingxi repeatedly smacked this sentence. Seeing Aunt Chen smiling heartily, I couldn't help but have respect for this Zhuang woman.

When the two of them went back, Yan Lingxi had never done any work in the field, so she didn't quite understand, and Aunt Chen instructed her a few more times, and it wasn't until near noon that she finished watering these two or three acres of land today. Aunt Chen gave her a thumbs up.

"Such a little child, I have never seen such a capable person, I said Ling girl, how old are you this year? Is there an eight-year-old? ”

Yan Lingxi was malnourished and thin since she was a child, and Aunt Chen thought she was only eight years old.

She smiled, and said in her heart that these arms were already sore, and they all relied on our fairy breath to hang them.

She shook her hands and stretched as she walked on the road, and after resting, she felt comfortable, she couldn't stop, and continued to walk west, to the barren meadow to the west of the village.

It was a wasteland that Lianxinzhuang and the neighboring villages didn't want, and they didn't want it for nothing, saline-alkali land. Originally, the two villages were not rich, and they could not free up manpower to raise saline-alkali land, which is not good for crops, and such land must be planted for at least two or three years before grain can be harvested. So they were left there for many years, and the grass grew more than half a man's height.