Strong wife likes farming

Chapter 36

"So that's how it is." Meng Laoliu nodded thoughtfully and said, "Don't worry about the Ah Sheng family, the main reason is that your mother-in-law speaks every door, making the whole village think that this child ..."

"Grandpa Meng, she is no longer my mother's mother-in-law. You can't believe her words." Yun Shu firmly stated her position.

Her neither humble nor overbearing expression attracted Meng Lao Liu's admiration, and Meng Xiangdong praised again and again: "Shu'er is right, Grandma Yun is no longer my aunt's mother-in-law. If such slanderous words come out again, I think she might as well send her to the The county government let her have a long memory."

Dongling is near the sea, and there are often water bandits, so there are often timid people who tell lies about the water bandits. Over time, the Tangling court issued a death order. Anyone who speaks false statements will be imprisoned. of.

Meng Xiangdong is a scholar and is very familiar with this law, so he naturally said this.

Seeing that they all believed in him so much, Luo Qingyi was moved and grateful, and thanked them repeatedly.

It happened that Meng Lao Liu came, so Yun Shu confirmed some things in the severance letter to him, and felt more at ease.

"Shu'er, is there something in your water? Why do I think it tastes different? It's so delicious."

Meng Xiangdong poured another glass of water and drank it all down. After confirming that there was nothing in the water, he couldn't help asking the question again.

Yun Shu burst into a smile, and couldn't help but drank his saliva and tasted it. It really had a slightly sweet and sour taste.It must be the aroma left by cooking jam in the pot!

But speaking of water, Yun Shu remembered a big event.

"Grandpa Meng, it just so happens that you are here. I have something I want to tell you."

Seeing Yun Shu's serious expression, Meng Laoliu and Meng Xiangdong also listened seriously.

"There is only one river in the south of the village in our village. It is inconvenient to go to the south of the village to fetch water for drinking and watering the fields, so I want to divert another water source to the north of the village. Do you think it will work?"

Meng Laoliu pondered: "Speaking of which, the water in the north of the village is indeed inconvenient, but the land in the north of the village is basically wasteland, and there are not many people farming. But it would be good if a water source can be brought over, at least the villagers don't have to I ran so far to fetch water to eat. But..."

"But diverting water is not so easy!" Meng Xiangdong continued his grandfather's words: "Our village is near the sea, and it is impossible to dig a well to drink water. The water produced is basically too salty to drink. Even the south of the village That river also flows from the upper reaches and enters the sea from us, you want to divert the water..."

In the middle of speaking, Meng Xiangdong glanced at Yun Shu inadvertently. Seeing a smile in her brows and eyes, he couldn't help but change his expression: "Shu'er, do you have an idea?"

Yun Shu pursed her lips into a smile, and nodded: "Sure enough, you can't hide anything from Brother Xiangdong. In this case, Brother Xiangdong, why don't you guess which water source I want to attract?"

Meng Xiangdong shook his head and smiled, and thought for a while and said, "Our village is relatively flat, so it is not easy to bring water from the south of the village. The source of water to be drawn is..."

With an idea, Meng Xiangdong slammed the table: "Could you be trying to lure it?!"

"It seems that Brother Xiangdong has guessed it!" Yun Shu raised his eyebrows and said with a smile, "That's right, it's the spring on the back mountain!"

Everyone knows that there is a spring on the back mountain. They also thought about drawing the water down before, but they didn't succeed.

Meng Laoliu shook his head: "No way, the water in that spring is good, but it doesn't flow very far before it seeps into the ground, and it can't wait to flow down the mountain at all. Alas, this spring is just a middle-of-the-road spring. It's useless!"

In the past, Meng Laoliu led the villagers to open ditches and dig ditches, but it didn't work.Not only failed to draw the water down, but also destroyed the grass and trees on the mountain, and it took two years of recuperation to grow slowly.

Yun Shu also discovered this problem when she went to the mountain to see it before, but she had other good ideas.

"Grandpa Meng, brother Xiangdong, since the spring water always seeps into the soil, why don't we let the water pass through the soil?"

If the water is not allowed to pass through the land, is it possible to let the water fly over?This is simply a fantasy!
Meng Laoliu immediately laughed and asked Yun Shu if he was dreaming.

However, Meng Xiangdong is a young man after all, and his thinking is more general. After a little thought, he thinks that this method is feasible, but he doesn't know how to do it.

Yun Shu pursed her lips and remained silent, and finally spoke out her thoughts after repeated urging by the two of them: "When I walked up the mountain to the spring yesterday, I found a lot of bamboos growing on the mountain, and every tree has The mouth of the bowl is so thick!"

Meng Xiangdong nodded: "Indeed, the bamboo is not edible, and it is not strong to build a house. It will take days to dry as firewood, so almost no one in the village cuts them. Do you mean you want to use bamboo to divert water?"

"Exactly." Yun Shu regained his energy immediately, and dipped his hands in water to draw and pull on the table: "Bamboo is hollow, so let's split the bamboo, dig out the middle bamboo joints, and cut the bamboo joints one by one. Connect them together and form a waterway, leading the spring water all the way down the mountain, wouldn’t it be enough?”

Looking at the winding paths on the table, Meng Xiangdong was also very excited: "Yes! And we can lead many waterways, just cut more bamboo!"

It is for this reason that one waterway is not wide enough, but two are just right.

Luo Qingyi also came over to take a look and asked: "But what about after the water is brought down? There are many people using water during the day, so you can pick up buckets, but what about at night? Is it possible to block the water to prevent it from flowing? Or just let it flow?" Flowing in vain all the time? Isn’t that a waste?”

"No, mother." Yun Shu shook her head, and drew a circle at the end of the waterway: "We can dig a hole here to store water! I saw it in the north of the village, and there is a piece of grass that is very It is suitable for digging pits to store water, and when the time comes, we can fix the surroundings of the pits with bark or bamboo, so that the pits won’t collapse.”

"Yes, we can also put a fence around the puddle, so that pigs, cattle, sheep, chickens and ducks will not run over to pollute the water source, and it can also prevent children from falling in!" Meng Xiangdong clapped his hands again and again, the more he thought about it, the more excited he was, wishing he could Immediately went to dig a hole to cut bamboo to divert water.

Looking at the excited Yun Shu and Meng Xiangdong, Meng Lao Liu laughed loudly: "If this puddle can really be built, Shu girl will be a great contributor to our village!"

Isn't it?Water is the most indispensable thing for the common people in daily life. If everyone's drinking water problem can be solved, the whole village should come to thank her!

Embarrassed by what the old village head said, Yun Shu quickly waved his hands: "No, no, I just mentioned something casually, and Brother Xiangdong added it! I dare not say that I am a great hero. If I want to say a hero, Xiangdong Big Brother has to count as one too."

Meng Xiangdong didn't dare to take the credit: "You girl, you're a ghost, you obviously had a plan in your heart, and you deliberately led me to say it. I don't dare to claim credit, you are the first one!"

The two gave way, and finally Meng Laoliu said with a smile: "Who is the hero is not the point, now we have to find someone to work quickly!"

This is true, Yun Shu still wants to plant the rice by the end of July!Counting the days, they have to draw the spring water down within half a month.

Diversion of water is easier said than done. Cutting bamboo, digging holes, connecting, and diverting water cannot be completed in a day or two, and it takes a lot of people to complete it!
The main problem is the people who work. There is no work in the field at the moment, and the rice is basically planted. The men are either fishing at sea or working in the town. If they want to find idlers, they are left The old and weak women and children in the village are gone, they can't do such high-intensity work!
Meng Laoliu immediately made a decision: "Water diversion is a good thing for the benefit of the whole village. This matter cannot be delayed. I will have a meeting to talk about it with everyone in the afternoon. There should be at least one man in the family, and I will try to finish the job within ten days." !"

With the words of the old village chief, Yun Shu felt more at ease.

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(End of this chapter)