"Wow! What a beautiful candy, sister, is this really for me? ”

"Yes, take it."

"Thank you, sister, but, my grandma said that you can't just take other people's things, then sister, I'll be your guide."

Also know the word guide, it seems that this place is often visited by people.

After getting acquainted with it, Jiang Mingyue learned that because of the special geology here and the national scientific research and experimental base deep in the desert, this small village can often receive experts and professors from all over the world.

"Thank you then."

"Didn't my sister give me candy? We call it reciprocity. ”

Yo! This is a very advanced thinking.

After understanding, I learned that the child and his grandmother depended on each other, and his grandmother couldn't see, the child was sensible, in order to reduce the burden of his grandmother, he was always active in the village, and when he saw a stranger like her, he warmly stepped forward to greet him, and if the other party needed a guide, he took this task, and he could get some benefits from the other party when he turned back.

If he had known that he had only one blind grandmother, the guest would have given the boy a few dollars out of compassion, and the grandmother and grandson would not have had too much trouble.

Knowing the child's situation and thinking of Xiao Ran at home, Jiang Mingyue was a little closer to the child in front of her.

"By the way, sister, my name is auspicious." He didn't have a name, but the patriarch gave him it, and the patriarch has always taken good care of their grandchildren.

"Good name! Jixiang, you can take me to see the whole village first. ”

There are more than ten households, but the two of them wandered around for a morning before finishing the transfer.

Jiang Mingyue also has a few books about this village.

Because it is close to the desert, it is named Bian Shazhuang, it is the only oasis within a radius of 100 miles, but this oasis can not be planted, it is all steep mountain bags, the mountains and rocks are rugged, the grass is born in the cracks, and it is also luxuriant, but in this season, the green grass has become dead grass.

These 17 families live on cattle and sheep, but because they are not large areas of water and grassland, the number of cattle and sheep they raise is limited, which is why they are not wealthy in general.

Over the years, they have all benefited from the state's preferential policies/policies for them, and they don't need to hand over any livestock and livestock, not to mention that they often send people to give them free pest and disease prevention for cattle and sheep, and life is getting better day by day.

Jiang Mingyue also learned that it was not that there were few people in Bianshazhuang, but that their ancestors had not been separated from each other for generations, and they all lived together as a family, and among the family members who went in to beg for water and drink, there were a total of forty-eight people, not even the four granddaughters-in-law who were already holding their stomachs. Like the Jixiang family, there are only two grandchildren and grandchildren.

But these people live far away, separated by a few hills, fortunately it is not a big mountain, and you can see it in front of the door, but it is not easy to walk.

And it is not convenient for them to drink water, it is all rainwater, and there are not fruit trees in front of and behind the houses of every house, but several huge water storage tanks, which are built with bricks and stones, and therefore, if it rains here, it is like a festival, and all the personnel of every household are dispatched to fill several water reservoirs, which is the living water of their whole family in the future.

The low-lying pond with aquatic weeds is to drain rainwater everywhere, and if there is a heavy rainstorm in summer, it can also make the reservoir overflow, which is the water for livestock and livestock, which is why there are only so many households, but they are scattered and live so sparsely, and the resource of water alone can be robbed.

Jiang Mingyue thought of the experimental base in the desert, and their water was probably also difficult.

Thinking of Yan Jinzhi's newly bought courtyard, Jiang Mingyue's head suddenly hurt, no wonder the courtyard is smooth, not green at all, this is probably also a place to wait for the rain to catch the rootless water to live.

Just ask who lives in that kind of place?

"Sister, you go to my house for dinner, my grandma likes to have guests talk to her the most."

Jiang Mingyue said in her heart: Your grandmother is lonely, but it doesn't mean that you have to give up the rations.

Although this morning she had already seen the hospitality of the people of this land.

"No, you go back and eat by yourself, and if you're okay after eating, come to me." I'll pay you, the little guy has worked hard all morning, and he can't just give people two pieces of candy to finish the job.

"Okay, goodbye, sister!" The little guy ran faster than a rabbit, probably because he was anxious about the grandmother at home.

Jiang Mingyue sighed a little, there are many children who are spoiled by their grandmothers, but some don't know gratitude at all, and they are splashing and rolling on their grandmothers, although Jixiang and his grandma are not in good material conditions, but Jixiang's filial piety is rarely compared, which is the most valuable wealth.

Jiang Mingyue opened the courtyard door and entered, and as soon as she latched the door, she heard footsteps behind her.

"Coming back?"

Jiang Mingyue's tense nerves relaxed at this time, "I thought you didn't come back like this!" ”

Yan Jinzhi grabbed the person, "You just thought there was a thief coming in?" ”

"Isn't it?"

"Don't worry, no one dares to come in."

"Guarded by guards?" If that's the case, she'd better come less.

"No, the guards are with me, where I am, they're there."

Jiang Mingyue understood, this meant that she could only leave when he was away, otherwise it would be easy to leak.

"Not really, I let them be outside the courtyard, they can't spy on everything in the courtyard, you can just feel free." He didn't want to restrain her, and the hard-won reunion couldn't be ruined.

"That's good! Have you eaten? ”

Yan Jinzhi gently pinched her fingers, "What do you think?" Naturally, I'm coming back to eat with you. I brought a food box with me. Give you a taste of the food here. ”

Jiang Mingyue is a qualified sister, and she still doesn't forget her younger brother at this time, "Xiao Ran has no food to eat." ”

"I knew you'd say that, let's go, let's go in and eat."

To go in is to enter the space.

In addition to the food box, there was also a pot of butter tea, Jiang Mingyue poured out three cups, and took out the barley cake, clear soup mutton and dipping sauce from the food box, just these three, but the portion was sufficient, except for the initial unaccustomed, it tasted very delicious, Jiang Mingyue took out Xiao Ran's share.

The little guy was also hungry at this time, and he couldn't see his sister come back when he looked left and right, regretting that he didn't cook, but it was too late to do it now.

"What do you think? Coming to eat? The person carrying the food box came out of the stone arch of No. 43, and Xiao Ran jumped out all of a sudden, pleasantly surprised.

"Sister, are you back?"

"Well, hungry, aren't you? Come and eat. Jiang Mingyue didn't explain much, anyway, she told them about her leave, so it wasn't strange to play around, and if she reached a tacit agreement not to come back for dinner, she mentioned it.

"Not hungry! Don't be hungry! ”

Jiang Mingyue didn't expose him, and handed him the barley cake, "Try it, I exchanged it with an uncle in private, see if you are used to eating?" ”

Xiao Ran's stomach was full, but when he saw a different cake and butter tea that he had never seen before, all his attention was attracted, he couldn't wait to take a bite of the barley cake, his eyes lit up, and he couldn't wait to drink a big sip of butter tea, which was also well accepted.

Jiang Mingyue is not worried that he will not be used to eating them, if he can eat both, the clear soup mutton will definitely be fine.

"You can eat it, my sister has eaten it. Arrange your own time after eating. ”

"Sister, where are you going?"

"I'm not going, I'm going to sleep, you eat quickly, it's all yours."

Xiao Ran was relieved now, buried himself in eating fragrant mutton, and drank a sip of soup sprinkled with green onions from time to time.

"He's used to eating, isn't he?"

"Well, the little ones are gluttonous and adapt well."

"That's good. Let's eat it too. ”

"It tastes so good."

"Yes yes! A colleague in the cooking class did it. There is no supply of fresh vegetables there, and often these are also very tired. ”

"Then don't eat it. Leave it for us to eat. I'll get you another one. ”

"Is it convenient?"

"There are ready-made ones."

"That's fine!" Yan Jinzhi can't help it, there is no way over there, and now that she can change the taste, she still makes it, so she is naturally happy.

In the afternoon, Yan Jinzhi returned to the test base, and Jiang Mingyue and the others came to auspiciousness.

"Sister, where else do you want to go? I'll take you. ”

"Jixiang, can I go to your house and have a look?"

The little guy smiled brightly happily, "Of course, let's go, I'll take you there now, you don't know, my grandma wants you to go too." ”

Jiang Mingyue put the basket on her back and locked the door.

"Sister, that's our patriarch."

At the end of a row of prayer wheels, an old man dressed in local costume ties prayer flags to a tree branch and prays to the gods for a quick rain.

"How long has it been since it rained here?"

For this question, Ji Xiang remembers it very clearly, "Ninety-one days." Sister, several reservoirs in the village have dried up, and the livestock have rushed to the reservoir of the patriarch's house to drink water. If the gods don't rain any more, the reservoir of the patriarch's house will dry up. ”

Even the livestock reservoir has dried up, so what about the drinking water for the villagers? Also, after 91 days of storage, there must be a large number of microorganisms, is it safe to take water?

Jiang Mingyue was worried about the villagers.

"Didn't your patriarch think about organizing people to dig wells?"

"What is a well?" Jixiang tilted his head and asked puzzled.

Jiang Mingyue sighed, after all, he was a child, and no matter how smart he was, it was impossible to say what he hadn't seen.

"Digging a well is digging a hole in the ground, and there may be a dark river passing under the land under our feet, and if it hits it, the water from the underground river will rush up to the ground, and then there will be endless water in the village."

"Really? So magical! I'll go tell the patriarch grandpa. ”

Without waiting for Jiang Mingyue to stop it, Jixiang had already run far away like the wind.

The child doesn't know, the patriarch can't not know, so what's the reason not to dig a well? Or is there no one who can do this? Jiang Mingyue's intuition is not, with the back of the test base, the state is taking care of it, and it will not be able to let the public grain be paid, and it is not difficult for the country to dig a well for it.

Jiang Mingyue was puzzled.

And the clan elder, Jiang Mingyue greeted him, but the language of the two was different, and the communication barrier required auspiciousness to be passed in the middle.

"What did your patriarch grandfather say?"

Jixiang was also a little confused, "The old man of the clan said that he couldn't dig a well, which would anger the mountain god." ”

Jiang Mingyue opened her mouth, but in the end she didn't say anything, she knew that some places were like this, their beliefs were like this, she thought that she didn't have such a big face, and what the country couldn't do, she couldn't do it.

Yes, after the clan elder said that, Jiang Mingyue understood that the state must have helped them solve the water problem a long time ago, but they were afraid of alarming the mountain gods, so they delayed until now.

This...... Let her say what is good?

Say goodbye to the clan elder and go to Jixiang's house.

The house of the grandmother and grandson is the same as she imagined, small and old, but fortunately it is not broken, so there is no need to worry about the wind and rain.

"Solved, this is the uncles of the Liberation/Army who repaired it for my family, and they are fine."

"Hmmm! They are the loveliest people! ”

(End of chapter)