There is almost a month left before the autumn crops in the fields are ready to be harvested.

Now when the rain is needed, God doesn't mean it to rain at all.

The Loess Plateau has nine droughts in ten years, and this situation is normal.

In previous years, the laborers of the second team of Jarzi Village could only carry water for irrigation, trying to keep a few pieces of water along the Dongla River for irrigation. As for the rest of the world, the harvest is all in heaven.

It was said to be watering, but half a scoop of water fell down the roots of the crops, and there was no way to water it thoroughly. It's hard to say how much of a role it can do to the crops.

And this method of watering is extremely slow.

There are more than ten meters high on the cliff side on both sides of the Dongla River, and it is very difficult for ordinary people to carry two buckets of water up and down. Coupled with the ditches and bumps along the way, it is already remarkable that there is a bucket of water left on the ground.

Even if all the forty or fifty laborers of the second team are dispatched to carry water, they can only water two acres of land in half a day.

This year is different, seeing that he can't wait for the rain, Wang Lianshun immediately invited Liu Xiangyang and Wang Manyin to discuss. The three of them walked along the Dongla River for half a day, and finally chose to set up a pumping machine in a ditch near the river.

Then, the labor of the second team was all dispatched. In just one day, everyone dug a ditch two or three hundred meters long along the river road, which led directly to the ground.

In order to prevent excessive water seepage in the ditch, Wang Lianshun made a lot of money and deliberately asked Wang Manyin to go to the supply and marketing cooperatives to buy back dozens of plastic bags, cut them one by one and lay them at the bottom of the ditch.

Everything was ready, and as the black smoke from the walk-behind tractor spewed out, the water gushed out and went straight down the ditch to the sorghum fields not far away.

As for the laborers, they continued to dig irrigation ditches in the fields.

In just three days, 20 acres of watered land were thoroughly watered.

The irrigated crops immediately became different, and the leaves were green and pleasant to look at.

Originally, some people in the second team had opinions about Wang Lianshun spending a lot of money to buy a walk-behind tractor, but now they are silent. If you count the rice fields in Dongshan Pass, the second team has now irrigated nearly 40 acres of land.

Even if the thief continues to drought, they have some confidence in their hearts.

There are still dozens of catties of fertilizer left in the team, and before watering this time, Wang Manyin mentioned it to Wang Lianshun, and sprinkled it into two acres of land, planning to make a comparison during the autumn harvest.

Seeing the second team pouring the ground in full swing, the members of the first team naturally couldn't hold back.

However, they do not have a water pump and can only rely on their shoulders to carry water. Forty or fifty laborers are busy all day, tired and have a sore back, and it is not as good as a pumping machine to water more plots in half a day.

What's more, the fields that have been watered by the people are wet, and they are holding a handful of mud. When they went down with a scoop of water, the ground was not soaked, and the crops were still rolling their leaves.

This made many team members think about taking out a loan to buy a walk-behind tractor next year.

As for Wang Lianshun's side, he was still not satisfied after watering twenty acres of land.

Now that the second team has a walk-behind tractor, it is natural to use it to the extreme...... Anyway, the diesel was allocated by the commune, and the team didn't want to spend money to buy it.

So he planned to take this opportunity to water a few pieces of Sichuan land further away. However, there are several mountains in between, and there is no way to dig more ditches this time.

After some discussion, they had to adopt a stupid method: first pump water into the cofferdam of the earthen dam, and then everyone used donkey carts to carry the water for irrigation.

Two large water tanks are tied to the rack car, which can also hold seven or eight buckets of water at a time. The walk-behind tractor body is covered with plastic bags, and it can hold thirty or forty barrels at a time.

In this way, three rack trucks and a walk-behind tractor kept carrying water back and forth. The other laborers in the village were busy, but Wang Manyin was certainly not idle, and also joined the team carrying water.

In half a day, dozens of people only watered more than one acre, and the efficiency was not comparable to the previous few days at all.

When the drought was fighting in the village of Jar, other villages in the upper and lower reaches of the Dongla River were not idle.

However, in the past ten days, the water flow in the Dongla River has become smaller and smaller, and the river surface is only two meters wide.

Wang Lianshun saw that it was wrong, and hurriedly asked Liu Xiangyang to pump water into the cofferdam overnight to prevent the Dongla River from flowing at any time.

The adults are worried about the autumn crops, and the broken babies in the village are very excited.

The Dongla River has become shallower, and the fish are naturally much easier to catch than in the past.

One by one, they went down to the river naked and with nets in their hands. If you're lucky, you can catch a small half-bucket of fish and shrimp and even frogs in half a day.

Speaking of which, although the broken babies in Jar Village are still hungry this year, they are much happier than in previous years. At least there are fish and shrimp to catch in the rice fields in the river, and they can eat some fish and meat every once in a while.

From the beginning of spring to the present, Wang Manyin has released more than ten fish, totaling more than 1,000 catties.

But that's all he can do.

After all, Wang Manyin is still a mortal. In addition to having a space, he doesn't have other magical spells, and his IQ is not higher than that of others around him.

In the torrent of the world, there is not much he can do, just do his part. For more than ten days, a layer of skin was worn off on my shoulders.

In half a month, the second team almost watered 100 acres of riverland. As for those plots on the plateau and the mountains, they can really only be harvested by heaven.

Fortunately, God did not disappoint completely.

At the end of July, there was a sparse rain, although there were only three fingers of moisture, but it also made people breathe a sigh of relief.

At least, this year's crop is half-harvested.

***

After breakfast, taking advantage of the cool weather, Wang Manyin sent the local products he had recently purchased to the supply and marketing cooperatives early, and then rushed home with a flat shoulder.

It had rained a few days ago, and the crops on the roadside terraces had changed their appearance again.

In the alfalfa field, there are still a lot of sparse purple flowers blooming.

In the middle of the Sichuan Road, the corn is cob, the sorghum is red, and the millet is drooping with green ears...... Good or bad, in more than half a month, the suffering people should harvest the autumn crops.

The next step is to plant wheat.

Calculating the time, Wang Manyin has been in this world for nearly a year.

So much has happened in this year. got married and had an aunt...... In a few months, there is still a small life about to fall to the ground.

He could clearly feel that he had become more and more integrated into the world. Many things in later generations have become blurry, if it weren't for the bits and pieces recorded in the small book, Wang Manyin wouldn't even be able to remember some of them.

The autumn harvest is about to usher in the village, but the space has been full of harvest.

Now there are more than 1,000 catties of grain reserves, and there are 40 or 50 poultry, in addition to the pheasants and local chickens raised before, more than 10 new duck seedlings have been added.

These were hatched with mallard eggs at the previous time, temporarily pecked by a hen.

For more than a dozen wild ducks, Wang Manyin already had a plan in his heart.

When they grow up, they can open up a special pond to feed, and they will not have to worry about eating duck eggs at home in the future.

In addition, there are many rock pigeons, more than a dozen hares, plus one or two thousand catties of various fish in the pond.

To put it bluntly, even if he and Orchid don't do anything now, with space alone, the two of them can live a very chic life.

Other families can't get enough to eat, but Wang Manyin has been worried about how to take things out reasonably.

Just as he was thinking about it, he suddenly heard someone shouting behind him.

Turning his head, he saw a person riding a bicycle swaying slowly, like the village party secretary Wang Manho. Behind the car was a man trotting, and because his body was mostly obscured, he couldn't see who it was.

After more than half a month of practice, Wang Manchu finally learned to ride a bicycle.

Speaking of which, this car is also considered to be a lot of disasters, after being dropped by Wang Licheng once, it has now completely become a second-hand product.

When the car got closer and saw the person behind him clearly, Wang Manyin couldn't help but exclaim: "Xie Liansheng, didn't you go to the coal mine to work as a worker, why did you come back again?" ”

"Brother Wang, don't mention it," Xie Liansheng said with some embarrassment, "I can see that the bowl of rice that goes to the coal mine as a worker is really not something that ordinary people can eat, it's too scary......

"You're just cowardly, nothing. Knowing this, I might as well give the quota to Xu Kongxian," Wang Manchu shook his head again and again, looking like he hated iron but not steel.

For this quota, he also had a lot of disputes with Director Zhao. In the end, I chose an instigator, which was really a shame.

"Branch secretary, you haven't been in, it's really dangerous in the mine, and if you don't get it, you won't even lose your life......"

After listening to this guy's narration, Wang Manyin knew what was going on.

When Xie Liansheng and several other intellectuals arrived at the mine, they were first dragged to participate in a few days of safety training, and then they were taken underground to work.

He was doing well when he was training in the mine, and as soon as he entered the mine, his legs began to tremble. And the more you face down, the darker it gets, and when you get to the work surface, suddenly a large rock falls from the top and almost hits your head.

In addition, this coal kiln belongs to an old mine, and the equipment is extremely simple, only a small horsepower diesel engine is lifted. When digging coal, people need to work half-lying under the surface of the palm, and one trip is several hours, and four arms can be bruised.

After staying under the coal mine for a long time, Xie Liansheng was so frightened that his pants were wet.

finally survived until the end of the work, and he asked the captain to resign. Later, after the persuasion of others, he barely stayed for a few days, and every time he went to the mine, he was scared.

As a result, two days ago, I heard that there was an accident at a nearby coal kiln.

This time, Xie Liansheng was no longer willing to go to the mine, and it was useless to persuade him.

After a few days of stalemate, the coal mining company had no choice but to let the people back.

Wang Manchu went to the commune for a meeting today, and by the way, he brought Xie Liansheng back.

"It's good to come back, safety first," Wang Manyin smiled and comforted. He didn't think Xie Liansheng was really cowardly...... Sometimes it's better to admit cowardice than to lose your life.

Hearing this, Xie Liansheng felt much better.

Now that the person has returned, Wang Manchu did not continue to entangle.

He moved his mouth, and said with a serious face: "Man Yin, I'm going to a meeting today to tell you something, and I'll be mentally prepared earlier...... Our commune plans to carry out a dog beating plan in the near future."

"Dog beating?" Hearing this unfamiliar and familiar word, Wang Manyin felt a little bad when he boarded up. Although he didn't experience such a thing when he was a child, he also heard it from the older generation.

"That's right, it's said that dogs bite people, and they often destroy crops in the fields, which will cause food production to be reduced......"

Wang Manchu's statement can't be wrong. Now it's not just people who are hungry, but so are dogs. These guys weren't born to feed on feces.

When they are hungry, they will run into the fields and steal their crops. Wang Manyin once saw with his own eyes how the local dogs in the village ate corn. These guys will pounce on the corn stalks with their paws and then come up to them and nibble on the corn. In addition, they dig up the soil and pick peanuts from the ground to eat.

"According to the regulations, within ten days of our Shibi Festival, the dogs in each village must be cleaned up by themselves. Ten days later, two educated youths will be selected from each village to form a dog-fighting team! Your rhubarb is a good dog, so it's best to give it out early. We'll see how it goes after a while. ”

Of course, Wang Manchu knew Rhubarb's ability, and felt that it was a pity that such a good dog was killed.

But this is the rule, and no dog can be an exception.

"I see," Wang Manyin nodded helplessly.

The general trend is the same, and I have nothing to do.

But for him, it's not a problem. There is space to store this, nothing more than putting rhubarb in it and raising it for a while.

As for the dogs of the other families in the village, I'm afraid they weren't so lucky.

"Well, it's good that you are prepared, and you have to have a meeting to talk about this in the evening......" Following Xie Liansheng next to him, Wang Manchu didn't dare to say something in detail.

In the evening, a general meeting of all members was held in Jar Village. As expected, after hearing Zhao Jianhai talk about the commune's plan to beat dogs, the villagers were in an uproar.

"The dogs have been killed, what will happen to the wolves in the village in the future?"

"The son is not ugly for the mother, and the dog is not for the poor...... How difficult it is for a suffering person to raise a dog, how can he be killed? ”

"Officer Zhao, can we tie up the dog?"

In the eyes of the people of the Loess Plateau, dogs are different from other animals and are more like part of a family.

Therefore, they have a deep affection for their own dogs. Even if they can't fill their stomachs, few people kill dogs and eat dog meat.

However, no matter how loud the members shouted, it didn't have any effect.

Zhao Jianhai directly raised the dog beating to a high level and associated it with various things. And he made it very clear that if you kill a dog now, you can still break the dog skin and eat dog meat.

If you don't want to kill the dog, someone will do it for you when the time comes.

"Manyin, what should we do with our rhubarb?" Back home, Orchid spoke worriedly.

After going through so many things, she naturally knows that rhubarb is very important to her family.

"It's okay, don't worry! I've thought about it, I'll take half a day off tomorrow and send the rhubarb to the mountains early, and the dog team will definitely not go there. Wang Manyin comforted.

Listening to her husband's arrangement, Orchid was relieved.

Immediately, there was a little more doubt on his face. She has read a lot since she became literate. I also have independent thinking about what I see with my own eyes, and I no longer follow the crowd.

However, Orchid kept her husband's advice in mind, and she never told outsiders about it except for talking about it between husband and wife in private. Even if someone brings up the conversation, they remain silent.

Wang Manyin estimates that this dog-fighting storm should not last too long. As with the previous new things, a gust of wind blows over and it's over.

The most obvious is that some time ago, the saccharified feed that was vigorously promoted to feed pigs was vigorously carried out at the beginning, and the villages continued to mobilize.

After Xu Kong was encouraged, he deliberately paid for the two piglets himself.

Then, through Secretary Zhao, he got bran feed from the grain station and made saccharified feed in the village with great fanfare, which attracted many villagers to visit.

At the beginning, the koji seeds were provided by the county, and the effect of fermented feed feeding pigs was really good. But when Xu Kongxian made his own koji, problems frequently appeared. The feed is either hairy or moldy, and in the end, the pigs don't eat it.

Now, the matter is no longer resolved in the village.