"Daughter-in-law, there may be a severe drought this year!"
Mr. Xu looked at Mrs. Xu nervously, "These days, there has been thunder but no rain. Moreover, every time the clouds disperse, the sky becomes bluer and the sunshine becomes more poisonous!"
"Do you still remember the year when your third child was born?"
"There was a severe drought that year. The weather was like this. It was dry and thunderous all day long!"
"Also, it's hot but not stuffy during the day, and cool at night. Isn't this what the old people often say, 'the sun is warm and the night is cold, and the sea is dry'?"
Mr. Xu simply told A Jing her own guess, "I was thinking that our family should make preparations early."
Today's old Xu family is not short of money.
But in a calamity year, life will be easy just because you have money.
Without food, even if the family has gold and silver, it is hard to escape the end of starvation.
Of course, Lingshui Village is close to the Taohua River, and there are some old streams flowing out of the mountains, so there is no shortage of water. But the problem is that there is no shortage of water. If you want to rely on manual water transfer to irrigate those fields, even if you are exhausted, it is impossible to take care of all the fields.
As long as it is a drought year, the village's food production will be reduced on a large scale.
But the old Xu family is different now than before.
The family is prosperous, and there are four little girls we bought, all of whom need to eat.
"What preparations are you making? Are you buying food?"
Mrs. Xu looked at Mr. Xu, "Besides, this drought is just your guess. I don't know whether it is true or not!"
"I have a feeling that there is really going to be a drought!"
Although Mr. Xu has no evidence that his guess will come true, years of experience tell him that the possibility of a severe drought this year is very high.
"I was thinking about it. Storing food is one aspect of our family. Finding ways to water the food in the fields is another aspect."
"I'm going to take the money and build a waterwheel by the Peach Blossom River."
"Then, let people build more wooden pipes for water delivery."
"How much money does this cost?"
Mrs. Xu glanced at Mr. Xu. Although she didn't know the specific price of these things, if it was just a small amount of money, Mr. Xu would not come to discuss it with her.
"have no idea!"
Mr. Xu sighed, "No one has done it before, so it's hard to say how much it will cost."
"It's up to you. Anyway, we should not be short of money now!"
Mrs. Xu will not go against Mr. Xu on this matter.
After all, money is money if you spend it. If you keep it in your hand all the time, then this thing actually has no effect.
"Then it's settled! Take preventive measures before they happen!"
Mr. Xu turned around and walked out, "I'll go find Guan Laoqi and discuss it with him to see if anyone in the village is willing to contribute money together."
Once the water tanker is built, it will be much easier to water the ground.
Because water was drawn by waterwheels and transported through official roads, even if it could not be delivered to the fields, it saved a lot of time in running to the river to fetch water.
In years of severe drought, time and effort are mainly wasted on carrying water to irrigate the fields.
But with water trucks and water pipelines, this time and effort are saved, thus buying time to water more fields.
Although there is no actual evidence to prove that there will definitely be a severe drought, at this time, Mr. Xu would rather believe it than not.
Of course, he had to go to the county seat tomorrow to tell his fourth brother Zuoqiu about the news of the drought. (End of chapter)