Rebirth 84, starting from fish farming

Chapter 326
Drought and insect infestations have severely reduced crop yields in the reclamation areas of Heilongjiang Province.

Although duck farming was successful, the food loss was too great.

As soon as August entered, as if God was joking, it started to rain again.

This day seems to have been missed, and it has been going on and on.

Rivers and reservoirs, large and small, are beginning to fill up. The drought has just ended and floods are coming again.

Lu Changhua sat on the edge of the kang, holding Xiao Nuomi and playing with her.

Wang Yao hugged Sheng Yu and coaxed him to sleep.

Lao Lu stood by the window, looking at the rainwater flowing down the eaves, and sighed helplessly.

It’s not easy being a farmer. You have to rely on the weather for your livelihood, but how many years do you have good weather?
Like this year, there was a drought first, then a flood, and an insect plague was added in between. The people's work this year was in vain.

Mother Lu sat on the edge of the kang, brushing the glutinous rice on the kang table with a brush.

After painting a layer, I used pieces of cloth cut from old clothes at home and glued them to the table.

Glue the cloth flat, brush it with a layer of glutinous rice, and spread another layer of old cloth.

After seven or eight layers have been laid, the kang table is turned over, with the tabletop facing down, and spread on the heated kang.

Then she went to the kitchen, added water to the pot, and started a fire.

Soon, the hot bed started to get hot.

Bugabaer on the kang table began to steam.

Lu Changhua came to the east room with Nuomi in his arms, and the little naughty girl was dancing and getting on the kang.

Her eyes were sharp, and when she saw the kang table turned over, she was about to go over to play.

"Oh, my little ancestor, don't touch my table, I'm sleeping on the bed with Gaba."

Mother Lu stopped her with a smile and took the child.

"Come, go to the kitchen with grandma to light the fire."

"Mom, be careful not to let your child get angry."

"It's okay, I'm watching."

“There will still be waterlogging this year!”

Lao Lu said while looking out the window.

"Dad, you have more to worry about than the Prime Minister."

"Uh, haha~ Yes."

Only then did Lao Lu come back to his senses.

He turned around and looked at his son and asked, "Is the factory almost ready?"

"It will take a while. It's raining at the wrong time."

The rain was too heavy, and the factory building could not be constructed.

After the locusts were exterminated some time ago, the workers came back to excavate the foundation and started the construction work.

The warehouse in Lunan has been completed.

Lubei also followed the plan and the foundation has been laid. Who knew it would rain continuously.

The construction site has been suspended for two days.

"I'm going to the reservoir to have a look."

Lu Changhua said goodbye to his parents and came to the living room.

Seeing that he was about to go out, Wang Yao asked, "Why are you going out in such heavy rain?"

"I'm a little worried about going to the reservoir to have a look."

"Then be careful."

"Well, don't worry."

He put on his raincoat and rain boots and went out.

Heavy raindrops hit him hard, and his mind was a little dazed.

In the rain curtain, the courtyard gate not far away was very erratic.

Several bright silver snakes suddenly flashed across the sky, and a crack of thunder came from the distant sky.

He took a few steps and his feet slipped. He quickly stretched out his hand to balance his body.

He shook his head to calm himself down, then opened the courtyard door and walked out.

Outside the yard, the Changhe-100 tractor parked quietly in the rain.

The rain washed away the mud on it.

He drove back from Beishan yesterday.

After shaking off the mud, today's rain washed it clean.

In such weather, the dirt road to the reservoir was already muddy.

Now that he has Changhe-100, how can he still be willing to walk in the rain? !
He climbed on the running board, opened the door, and got in.

The sound of wind and rain outside the car door echoed throughout the world.

The cab is much smaller.

He reached back and closed the car door.

Everything is clean.

Water drops were dripping from the raincoat, and the floor of the cab soon became damp.

He took off his raincoat and put it on the railing behind the driver's seat.

I started the car, put it into gear and started, and the huge tires of the tractor started to rotate.

The car turned sideways on the muddy dirt road.

He stopped quickly and shifted into slow gear, which was four-wheel drive mode.

The tractor's front and rear wheels rotated simultaneously.

In the pouring rain, the tractor easily turned the tires, squeezing the mud to both sides of the wheels. The huge patterns on the tires turned up the wet soil on the ground and threw it backwards, pushing the tractor forward.

Rain was flowing on the windshield in front of Lu Changhua, and the scenery ahead was like a mosaic in an oil painting.

Hazy.

He reached over and turned on the wipers.

creak, creak~
The wipers pushed the rainwater on the window to both sides.

The world in front of him instantly became clear.

Then it turned into an oil painting.

Even in the moment of clarity, Lu Changhua could only see things within ten meters.

Further away, it is misty and rainy, and it is dark.

The car came to the vegetable garden.

The construction site stood there quietly.

No one was seen.

Only the swishing sound between heaven and earth can be heard.

Occasionally, a bolt of lightning flashed across the sky, as if tearing apart a piece of black cloth, revealing a bit of pale light.

The sound of thunder woke up Lu Changhua who was in chaos.

Only now could he hear the sonorous roar of the engine.The car stopped next to the duty room. He put on his raincoat again and slowly climbed out of the car.

Walking into the courtyard of the duty room, I saw a figure moving in the duty room.

He pushed open the door and walked in.

"Old, old..."

Erhong was sitting on the edge of the kang smoking a cigarette, and there were several workers sitting around him, also puffing away smoke.

When these people saw that the boss was coming, they quickly got up and got out of the way.

"Sit down."

He beckoned the men to sit down.

Then he asked: "How is the field now?"

A worker pointed to the wet clothes hanging not far away and said, "We just came back not long ago, and there is no one left in the ground."

"It's not that bad. It's better if no one goes in. The beans are all standing. If you step in, the bean ridges won't be formed."

"This year's waterlogging disaster is finalized."

Everyone was talking about their opinions.

"Then what can we do?"

Lu Changhua looked at Er Hong.

Erhong scratched his head and sighed.

"You can only die, a dead horse..."

Seeing that he hadn't said anything for a long time, Lu Changhua waved his hands and said, "You have to try whether it works or not. Bring four wheels and a water pump, and pump water if you can.

"it is good."

Seeing that Lu Changhua had made arrangements, Erhong called for workers to go to the warehouse to carry water pumps and pipes.

The four-wheeler was parked in the yard, and everyone loaded up their belongings and got on the back of the four-wheeler.

The four-wheeler spewed black smoke and roared.

The car drove onto the reservoir dam.

Go to the sixth land to the east.

Lu Changhua climbed onto the Changhe-100 tractor and followed behind.

Just after crossing the dam, the four wheels spun.

Going further east here is uphill, and a small four-wheeler has no ability to climb up it.

Lu Changhua honked the horn twice from behind and drove the car to the front.

He dropped a wire rope from the cab.

He gestured to Er Hong behind him.

Then he drove the tractor and adjusted its direction, aiming its butt towards the small four-wheel behind it.

They were all veterans, and when they saw Lu Changhua acting like this, they understood what was going on.

Everyone jumped out of the car and first inserted the rope end pin of the wire rope into the front of the small four-wheeler.

Then he waved his hand to Changhe-100 in front, letting Lu Changhua continue to fall back.

Everyone finally used wire ropes to hang up the two cars, and then waved to Lu Changhua.

Lu Changhua honked the horn twice and put into gear and started.

Erhong sat on the small four-wheeler, holding the steering wheel and starting the car.

A small four-wheeler is just a small toy in front of a large tractor like the Changhe-100.

As soon as it started, the little four-wheeler was pulled away and started running.

When the others saw the car moving, they climbed onto the back of the four-wheeler.

Lu Changhua didn't stop and just pulled them forward.

After climbing the slope, we stopped.

Everyone took off the wire rope again, rolled it several times, and sent it to Lu Changhua's cab.

He parked the car on the side of the road, and Erhong led everyone forward.

There is a depression there.

If the water here is not pumped out, I may not be able to dry it for a month.By then, the soybeans will have root rot.

Lu Changhua came to the place where Erhong and the others were draining water, and walked in to take a look.

There is more than an acre of water surface, and the soybean seedlings inside are already soaked in the water.

With little effort, the small four-wheel drive drove the water pump, and the water pipe as thick as the mouth of a bowl was connected and drained outward along the dirt road.

The water flows westward along the road to the reservoir.

There is no way, there is no room unless we drain it into the reservoir.

Fortunately, the reservoir has been releasing water.

It doesn’t matter if this little water drains in!
This open water is fine, as long as it can be drained away.

And those without open water are more difficult to deal with.

In these places, soil moisture saturation is extremely high.

If you walk in, your feet will get stuck, and if you pinch a handful of soil, it will be filled with water.

You talk about draining it, but there is no open water, so there is no way to drain it.

If you don't drain it, water will come out of it.

Such a place depends on the sun.

Only through the evaporation of the sun.

Looking at the water as thin as the mouth of a bowl, rushing towards the reservoir, Lu Changhua breathed a long sigh of relief.

Hope to keep these seedlings.

This is the time when we have just emerged from the tiger's mouth and entered the wolf's den.

What a troubled year!

Lu Changhua left the tractor with Erhong. He wore a raincoat and went home in the rain.

This time he walked back.

Wang Yao was startled as soon as she entered the door.

He walked in covered in mud and water.

Seeing this, Mother Lu quickly took off his raincoat and put it outside the door.

"Change your clothes quickly, don't catch a cold."

Wang Yao continued to work, but Lu Changhua stopped her.

"Don't come here, I'm very cold, take your child and stay away from me."

Lu Changhua took off his rain boots and walked into the west room barefoot.

Mother Lu kept mumbling.

“It’s a rainy day, what are you doing out there?”

She went to boil water for her son's feet. On such a cold day, soaking his feet in hot water was very comfortable.

(End of this chapter)