The bought lady will farm

Chapter 213

"That's right, I was born to inherit the fine traditions of our Zhao family."

Mother Zhao is happy. "That's right, girl of great power. I don't know, what kind of son-in-law will I find in the future?"

When it comes to her son-in-law, Er Ya'er becomes shy.

"Mother, you are not allowed to talk about me. Our eldest sister is not married, and neither will I."

Hong Ling was taken aback.Resenting, "You monkey, you are pulling me around without a name. I provoked you, so don't blame me."

Seeing the poor mother and daughter, Li Hongmei also became happy.

Now, the whole family is trying to digest the fact that San'er was abducted.

Try your best to pretend nothing happened when you are in front of people.

After all, pain cannot disappear in a short time.So what can be done is to live as happily as possible, work harder, work harder, unite the family with friends, and find the lost relatives in the future!

In the end, the location of the reservoir was determined to be the land next to the water canal on the back mountain and the barren hills.

That piece of water is convenient for water storage and diversion.It can also irrigate crops.

After the location is decided, it is to dig the pond.

Villagers are still very sensitive.

When the Zhao family started digging the pond, many people started thinking about it.

I feel that the weather is hot and stuffy every day.If there is a drought and the crops have no water, then they will be blind.

Those who have labor at home are also thinking about it at this moment, and digging ponds with enthusiasm.

The village chief looked at such a thing.

I also feel that this should be prevented in advance.

Immediately, a village meeting was held.

"Today, no one can tell. It is not bad to dig a reservoir like Zhao's. If the weather is bad one day, it will be used. Anyway, it takes a little effort and people are diligent. You will never die of hunger. Dig the pond, and take precautions."

The words of the old village chief are still very useful.

Ever since, many people began to think about digging ponds.

This pond, of course, has to be dug a little deeper.

Also, it has to be leak-proof.

The reason why many people don't like digging ponds is that leak prevention is a bit costly.

In this era without cement, if you want to be leak-proof, you will be burning money.

Earlier, most of the houses built by Li Hongmei's family were rammed earth structures.

As for leak prevention, I didn't do too many items.Yes, once it rains heavily.In the continuous days, the house will still leak a little.

The house can barely make do with.

However, this pond will not work.

If it is not leak-proof, the pond you dug will be in vain.

At this time, there are many ways to prevent leakage.

Some people use glutinous rice mixed with water to stick together.But Li Hongmei has experimented, not to mention that this kind of thing costs money, and it doesn't work under the pond, so it can only be barely used to glue bricks.

Some people also use these methods of splashing blood.

"Pine Gum, this thing is really good, but the price is really expensive."

Pine glue costs nearly a tael of silver casually. If you want to buy that stuff to prevent leaks, few people in this pond can dig it out.

Fortunately, Li Hongmei discovered a kind of yellow mud.The stickiness of this mud is particularly good.

Apply this kind of mud to the whole pond that has been dug.After it dries, apply another coat.Repeat this for ten layers.It's also leakproof anyway.

The villagers saw that her method was good, and they all followed suit.

For a while, this family was busy digging, and that family was busy digging.

The whole village is very busy.

Some families do not have much labor, and under the leadership of the village head, let some laborers help each other.

The Sisters Mutual Aid Association established by Li Hongmei also played a role at this time.

Pick mud from each other for the big guys, and wipe the mud to prevent leakage.

After all the work was done, I was busy for nearly 20 days.

Maybe God doesn't want to see them suffer.

Not long after the pond was dug, on this day, there was thunder and bang.

Crazy torrential downpours.

The people in the whole village looked at the sky cheerfully and laughed non-stop.

Some people took basins to catch the rain, while others drenched in the water and giggled.

This rain only lasted for a short while, but it also filled the ponds in the village.

The next day, the red fire sun began to rise again.

The whole village didn't take it too seriously, they were busy with the crops and the corn to be eared.

However, one day, two days... ten days...

After fifteen days, many people could not sit still.

"Hey, today, it dried up when the ears of corn were heading. It's not good. Fortunately, our village dug a pond in advance, otherwise, there would be no water."

"Well, it turns out that we still have to act together with the people of the Zhao family. Look, this time, in many villages outside, many people's crops have dried up because of the earing of corn. Our village, although there are still some damage, but the people involved The degree is not too much."

Walking in the village, listening to the overwhelming discussion, Li Hongmei deeply felt the cruelty of God.

If the sky is not beautiful, the common people are really poor.

"Some people outside are really poor, and those at home are already poor, and now they can't open the pot. Now it's easy to talk about daughter-in-law, as long as you give these people some food and rice, you can talk about marriage. The old man in our village The Yang family, isn’t it like this, when they heard about a bag of rice, they came back with a different girl. Old Yang Zi is so old, yet he even changed his girl.”

"That girl looks shabby too."

Just as they were talking, everyone saw Lao Yangzi walking towards here with a smile.

Behind him, followed by a girl.

Li Hongmei also looked over curiously.Looking at it, I have to say that the daughter-in-law that Lao Yangzi exchanged for a bag of rice is really not very good.

He is a little short in stature, about 1.4 meters five by visual inspection.

His skin is rough and dark, and there are many pockmarks on his face.However, Lao Yangzi is not young anymore.It is indeed profitable to be able to exchange for a big girl.

"Brother Yang, when will I have your wedding wine?"

Lao Yangzi is an honest person, and he doesn't like to come out to visit at all.I guess I have a daughter-in-law today, and now I like to go out and walk around.

When someone asked him, a smile appeared on his simple and honest face, "Well, we... our family is poor now, and we can't solve the problem, so we won't do it."

Everyone joked about it, and it was over.

After much difficulty, when the ears of the corn were almost exhausted, the water reservoirs of the villagers also began to bottom out.

"If this goes on like this, our village won't be able to do it anymore. God, you'd better let it rain."

By this time, many people were praying.

Even Li Hongmei also prayed.

The corn in the field, the sweet potatoes, and the side vegetables planted all need water.

With such a drought, people can barely have water, but crops are really dying.

"It can't go on like this. No one knows what will happen just waiting for the water to come from God. Therefore, the most important thing is to find the water source. But to find the water source, you have to go to the mountains."

"Sister-in-law, let me go with you. I have strength."

The second girl listened, and immediately raised her head to ask for credit and wanted to find the water source together.

"However, just because you have strength doesn't mean that we can avoid harm when we encounter animals."

Those beasts don't have eyes, so they don't care if you are a woman or not, as long as it suits you, they will eat it.

"Sister-in-law, let's be smart and cover our bodies with stink. And all kinds of animal excrement, don't you dare?"

Li Hongmei's eyes straightened.

"Smear animal droppings on your body!"

God, this sister-in-law dares to say anything.

"Sister-in-law, don't dislike our bad words. But if you want to go into the deep mountains without being bitten by wild animals, you have to find some ferocious animal feces to smear it on. Leave it to me. It's not that you have to smear your whole body. It's full. Let's just wipe some on, it's good to have this smell on your body. After all, do animals have a sense of territory?"

At this mention, Li Hongmei also fell silent.

To put it bluntly, animals do have territorial awareness.

Many beasts will urinate on their own territory and claim those places as their own.

Once the territory is violated, they will defend to the death.

The two of them definitely can't.

When the old village chief came to chat, Li Hongmei also told the story.

"Okay, I'll also look for a few strong men in the village and let them go into the mountain separately. Each of you will be inside. Look for more, if you can find a place with water. We will also avoid future troubles."

Today, it doesn't look like it's going to rain.Going further back, I'm afraid it will be difficult for people to drink water.

It is said that many people outside have begun to sell their wives and children.

Some strong men only need to provide a little food before they can take people away.

If it weren't for the reservoir in the village earlier, it would be in a panic now.But it won't work if it goes on like this, so the village chief thought about finding a way out.

The next day, Li Hongmei and Erya'er carried food on their backs, and under Zhao's mother's red eyes, they stepped into the deep mountain with a group of men.

Halfway down the road, Er Ya'er took out a bunch of black things.Instruct everyone to apply it on their bodies.

At first the smell was really overwhelming.

Fortunately, people's adaptation is still very good.

After walking for a while, I was covered by the heat in the woods. Although the smell was still unpleasant, it only turned into a motivation: to find the water source.

Everyone followed the dried up water source upwards.

Crossing mountains and ridges, the hard work involved is not worth mentioning.If it weren't for the strong girl Erya, Li Hongmei really wouldn't be able to persevere.

At night, a group of people rested in the cave.Another two days of walking like this.

On the third day, seeing the collapsed puddle in front of her, Li Hongmei burst into tears.

"Here...should be the water source we are looking for. However, the water is much smaller."

Feeling the coolness of the water, a group of people with dirty hair and face all burst into tears with excitement.

"Yes, here is the water source. We only need to divert the water out, and the water can flow to our village again. But, how to divert the water source?"

The water source is cut off.

It's not because of the dryness that caused the water loss.

It was the ground that collapsed, which prevented the water from flowing out.

That area is faulted as a whole, and if you want to divert water out, you must fill in the pit.

But filling the hole, what a labor-intensive effort!

(End of this chapter)