It is said that spring rain is as expensive as oil, but not a drop of rain has fallen in the past few months.

After the little floaters were exterminated, it didn't rain for more than a month.

Nine separate small courtyards were built on the back mountain, and the old men each chose one, and they were all very satisfied.

Everyone in the village looked at the wheat that was a little yellowed in the field, and they were all worried.

For more than a month, people were able to carry water from the river to irrigate wheat, but with the month or so that everyone was carrying water from the river to irrigate the land, the water level of the river dropped a lot.

Recently, there is not even a stream of water passing by, and I can only watch as the river becomes less and less.

Li Zheng took people outside for a walk, and when he came back, his face was blue.

For their own selfishness, the people upstream actually diverted the river and dug a pond, so that all the water that could still flow could be gathered in their villages.

The villages behind them were running out of water to eat, let alone water the wheat, and now it was time for the wheat to be flocculated.

After the old Taoist priest heard about it, on the second day, as soon as Helan Yue entered the courtyard, the old Taoist priest asked her to arrange two people to accompany Zhong Boxian to the mountains to find a water source.

Zhong Boxian will look at feng shui, Helan Yue decided to accompany him, if she goes up the mountain, presumably the big white wolf will definitely go around to protect her, and the fierce beasts in the mountain will not approach them.

When Luo Chen heard this, he took two people to accompany them up the mountain.

There has been no rain in the past few months, and the stream is much smaller than before, and now many people in the village come to the stream to fetch water to cook and eat, but it takes at least half an hour to fill a whole bucket of water.

One can imagine how small the flow of this stream is.

There are waterfalls and pools in the deep mountains, and who dares to come here to fetch water until their lives are at stake.

Helan Yue and the others dared to walk into the edge of the deep mountain, and found that the water flow of the waterfall was gone, and the pool was much shallow.

No wonder the stream under the mountain has become scarce and pitiful.

Zhong Boxian observed carefully all the way, and he also heard Helan Yue and them say that it was very dangerous in this deep mountain.

At noon, they ate some dry food on the mountain, and in the afternoon, they continued to follow Zhong Boxian.

Finally, when it was almost dusk, Zhong Boxian pointed to a pile of rubble on a hillside.

"Tomorrow bring ten strong men here to dig, and the rest of the people will cut bamboo, and they can bring groundwater from here to the ground for irrigation."

Helan Yue carefully observed the surroundings, except that this place was a little wet, and she couldn't see anything famous.

There are two mountains from here to the village, and if you cut bamboo to divert water for irrigation, you will become a great hero.

If it's a wasted effort, it's really hard work.

With a hint of concern, she asked, "Can you really dig up groundwater here?" ”

"The little girl actually dares not to believe the old man, then I will bet with you, if the groundwater can be dug up here, and all the land in your village can be irrigated, you will cook for me for two months."

As soon as she heard about cooking, He Lanyue's whole little face collapsed.

"If you don't change the bet, I'm afraid that I will lose when the time comes, you eat the food I cooked, if I give you a good meal, then my master will have to skin me."

Seeing the pitiful appearance of the little girl, Zhong Boxian touched the mustache at the corner of his mouth.

"Then bet on cold cakes Pu'er, I know you have good tea there."

He Lanyue immediately put on a smiling face, "This is no problem." ”

In fact, when Old Man Zhong spoke, she knew that she was definitely going to lose, and it was worth it to be happy with two cakes of tea.

After going down the mountain and having dinner, Helan Yue came to Lizheng's house and asked him to arrange for the villagers to start digging underground water tomorrow, as well as cutting bamboo and grafting to make water canals.

In the evening, he asked his two sons to summon a meeting on the threshing floor to make arrangements.

Looking at the yellowed wheat in the field, many people in the village were so anxious that their mouths were foaming.

When they learned that they could dig up groundwater, they were happy to participate.

The long-tongued women who had been taught a lesson before, when they heard that it was the idea of the He family, couldn't help but come out and say cool things.

"I said that if this is in vain and we don't dig out the water, will the He family have to pay us for our wages?"

"That's right, if you go to the town to do a day's work, you can also pay eight to ten yuan, but you can't let us do it for nothing."

Li Zheng's face sank, "You two talkers, as many people work according to the highest wage, when the time comes, you will use water, a bucket of water and a penny will not be a problem now!" ”

Hearing this, the two women immediately put out the fire, and were glared at fiercely by their own men, and they didn't dare to speak again.

Li Zheng looked at the whole village with a serious face.

"The He family has helped the people of our entire village so much, you are still talking nonsense, and you are not satisfied, if there is another such person, get out of the village immediately, our village does not need such rat."

Those who had some ideas before immediately became honest and thought about which of the surrounding villages could compare to theirs.

If the irrigation problem is solved, the wheat will be harvested in May, even if it is not possible to plant high-yield corn this year, and everyone has hoarded ice, they will at least be able to hold on to it until next year.

In other surrounding villages, they were also told that they were digging cellars to stock up on ice.

The people in the villages are not united, and there are not many people who dig cellars and stock up on ice.

At least not like in their village, every household. They were required to dig it all, and they also dug a large communal ice cellar.

Everyone has a scale in their hearts, and their village relies on the help of everyone in the He family, and if they want to make trouble at this time and be driven out of the village, it will really be too much to lose.

You're calling out all the strong laborers of each house and telling everyone else to go back first.

Ten people were selected to dig up the groundwater, and the rest were all told to bring machetes and go up the mountain tomorrow to cut bamboo.

The He family was sitting in the courtyard drinking tea, and the scholar from the courtyard next to him came over.

"Miss Xing'er, my family asks you to go over and help him sort out the information."

"Oh, okay, here we go."

Helan Yue's eyes widened, her sister, the little white rabbit, was taken by Su Qinyan's big bad wolf?

No, she has to be a little more careful, and she must not let her little white rabbit's sister be taken away like this.

"Sister, I'll go with you."

"It's okay, it's so close, I'll help Master Su tidy it up, just let the scholar send me back, you have been walking in the mountains for a day, and you're tired, soak your feet at night and rest early."

Her silly and sweet sister didn't realize the danger.

Why didn't she want to think about it, Su Qinyan didn't return to Beijing for a few months, and she didn't go outside to inspect where the case came from.

This is clearly looking for her sister to go over, looking for a chance for the two of them to be alone.