Meng Cheng and Song Wanyue also walked over, their eyes fell on Xu Ling'er, and their voices were imperceptibly soft, "Is there something wrong with the other cellars?" ”

Xu Ling'er lowered her head, "I've checked, and everything else is fine." ”

Meng Cheng nodded and looked at the subordinate who was carefully inspecting, "This is something that no one has thought of, no one will blame you." ”

Xu Ling'er still didn't look up, and bit her lip, "Thank you, Third Young Master." ”

Hearing her alienated words, Meng Cheng turned his head to look at her suddenly, with obvious surprise in his eyes, he opened his mouth to say something, but saw Xu Ling'er take a step back, as if he wanted to draw a line with him. Meng Cheng swallowed back the words that came to his lips with difficulty.

Since the last time he came to Zhuangzi, he felt that Xu Ling'er was wrong, he wanted to find a time to come over and ask her what was wrong, but then he was busy with soap, so he forgot about it.

Song Wanyue was behind, clearly seeing the interaction between the two, and as soon as her heart moved, she immediately concluded that there was something wrong with each other.

However, judging from the reaction, I am afraid that Meng Cheng was intentional, and Xu Linger was unintentional.

"Where have all the people in Zhuangzi gone, why are there only these few people?"

Meng Jiao asked.

There are a lot of people in the Zhuangzi, in addition to the workers and those who are in charge of the fields, it has just rained, and the feet can't get down in the fields at all, where are these people?

Hearing her ask, Xu Ling'er took the opportunity to move to her side, "They went to the field to drain the water, the canal has not been repaired, and there is a lot of rainwater stored in the field, and the head of the village said that if it is not discharged, it will affect this year's harvest." ”

"Does the drain have any effect?"

"I didn't hear my father, I shouldn't have it."

Seeing Xu Ling'er's movements, realizing that she was avoiding herself, Meng Cheng's hand at her side shook and answered, "I'll take a look." ”

"I'll go with my cousin."

Meng Jiao didn't stop her, "Be careful." ”

Meng Cheng nodded, turned around and walked towards Zhuangzi with Song Wanyue.

Seeing them walking away, Xu Ling'er breathed a sigh of relief almost invisibly.

There are nearly 100 acres of land in the Zhuangzi on the Meng family's side, most of which are in higher places, and more than 30 acres are low-lying and have a lot of water.

The people who did not work in the Zhuangzi came and dug openings in the fields to let the water that existed in the fields flow out, and those that could not flow out were scooped out with tools so as not to affect the harvest.

Li An was directing people to work, and when he raised his eyes, he saw Meng Chengye and Song Wanyue coming over, and hurriedly stepped forward, "Third Young Master, Miss Song." ”

The hem of his shirt was muddy, and the shoes on his feet were soaked.

"Uncle Lee."

Song Wanyue shouted.

Li An responded, looked at Meng Chengdao, "Third Young Master, don't worry, the water will be drained in half a day." ”

Meng Cheng nodded and asked, "When will the canal be completed?" ”

"Originally, it could be completed in half a month, but ......", Li An was a little worried, "I think there will be heavy rain next day, I don't know how many days it will be, if it is okay in three or five days, and if there are more, the canal will be more difficult to repair." ”

"Will you see the sky?"

Meng Cheng was surprised.

"Yes, but I don't know if it's accurate, but I hope it's not, so that the canal can be repaired quickly, and no matter how heavy the rain is, there will be no more water in the field."

Li An rubbed his hands uneasily, "Speaking of which, there hasn't been such a heavy rain for many years, I don't know if it's because of the rain in the south, or if the rain is abnormal this year, if it really doesn't rain like this again, I'm afraid there will be a catastrophe." ”

The word "catastrophe" came into her ears, and Song Wanyue thought of the rising water level of the big river outside the city, and her heart chuckled, and she immediately said, "Cousin, can you take me and Uncle Li to see the canals everywhere?" ”

Meng Cheng was puzzled, not knowing what she was looking at the canals everywhere, but he still nodded and took them to see it.

I saw many places in the morning, and most of them had canals, but because they had not been repaired for many years, many places were blocked, and once it rained heavily for many days, the water could not be drained out at all, so it could only be poured into the fields.

Li An was shocked, it stands to reason that there is a lot of water in the south, and the canals should be kept unblocked at all times, but he didn't expect most of them to be abandoned.

"It's not going to work, the water can't drain out, it's going to flood the farmland."

Song Wanyue also sensed the seriousness of the matter, and asked Li An to go back to the city to find Meng Yang and tell him about the canal.

After hearing this, Meng Yang said, "Repairing the canal is a matter for the government, if we dare to repair it privately, we will be punished." ”

Don't look at those canals blocked there, once anyone dares to do it privately, the government will definitely not spare it.

"Does my uncle and grandfather also think that the weather is abnormal this year?"

"There are some, for as long as I can remember, it's the first time this month that it has rained like this, which is really not a good sign to say, but we are businessmen, and we don't have a big friendship with the people in the government, so we can't speak, and even if we do, they won't listen to us, maybe they will think we are alarmist."

"But if it really floods, the consequences will be unimaginable."

"Even if this is the case, we can't control it, we can only manage ourselves, so I will send more people to Zhuangzi and strive to build the canal as soon as possible."

Meng Yang didn't know Song Wanyue's worries, but he was just an ordinary businessman, who had money but no power, and couldn't go to the commander's mansion.

"If everyone suffers a disaster, our fields will be fine, we will only be jealous, and maybe it will lead to disaster, uncle and grandfather, we can't stand idly by and watch this matter, you accompany me to find the prefect, our actual situation tells him, presumably he should be able to pay attention."

"This ......"

Meng Yang hesitated.

He is a businessman, so he naturally wants to have a relationship with the prefect, but this matter is not trivial, repairing the canal is a matter of labor and money, if it is repaired, but it does not come in handy, let alone the prefect, even those who work will have complaints about their Meng family.

Song Wanyue guessed his concerns and said, "Let's just go and talk, it's a matter for the prefect to listen or not, if he really follows our advice and repairs the canal to prevent people from flooding, it will also be a great achievement, and it will also be a good thing for the Meng family to become famous." ”

Meng Yang thought about it in his heart for a while, and finally nodded.

Prefect's Yamen.

It rained heavily for several days, but there was nothing going on in the city, and the prefect simply didn't go to the government, but stayed in the house to chat with the old mother and drink tea.

"Mother looks much better."

The prefect personally poured the tea and brought it to his mother, the old lady took it, took a sip, and said with a smile, "No, since I took the pill, I feel that my body is getting lighter day by day." ”

"No matter how easy it is, you can't sneak dessert."

was told by her own son, the old lady's face was embarrassed, she just couldn't hold back this morning and ate such a small piece.

The housekeeper came in from outside, "Master, Miss Song asks to see you." ”