In the morning, I woke up again to the loud voice of Liu Cuier criticizing Sang and Huai.
Su Ruyi yawned and didn't care, just treating it as an alarm clock.
As long as Liu Cui'er didn't name her, didn't say bad words, and didn't go on and on, Su Ruyi could turn a deaf ear.
By the time she came out of the house, everyone had already eaten. Liu Cuier had already finished eating, and only after she finished eating did she criticize Huai.
Zhuang'er held the bowl and spoke frankly again.
"This morning's dinner is not as delicious as yesterday's dinner..."
When Liu Cui'er heard this, she was furious. This bastard, didn't she openly despise her as an old woman because the food cooked by Su Ruyi was not as delicious?
He immediately said angrily: "If you don't eat, put down your job!"
How could the strong man put down the bowl? He raised his neck and finished the porridge in a few mouthfuls. He quickly jumped off the table and left.
Su Ruyi sat down at the table, picked up the rice bowl and took a bite. Sure enough, she felt that the taste this morning was different from last night.
Liu Cuier cooked the meal this morning, using water from the water tank.
So it is certain that the quality of the well water in the space is very good, and it tastes sweeter and smoother than the water outside.
Su Ruyi had an idea in her mind. What she had now was inexhaustible well water. How could she use the resources she had to start a business...
"We have to water the ground today."
The expressionless Zhang suddenly spoke, and then took a deep look at Su Ruyi.
Su Ruyi understood, and Mrs. Zhang wanted her to water it too.
Su Ruyi nodded, "Then I'll go too, one more person will give me more strength."
Watering the fields is a big deal, and the only ones who can do the work in the family are the four of them. One more person and one less person has a huge impact.
Mrs. Zhang couldn't help but look at her deeply. It was a bit unexpected that Su Ruyi could say this. The work of watering was much more tiring than weeding.
Today, Dalang was not allowed to follow him to the fields. No matter how mature he was, he was still a 10-year-old child. His body had not grown and he could not lift water. He should just go pull pig grass and collect firewood.
The four women each carried two buckets and walked into the fields.
Su Ruyi asked: "Mom, there are four of us carrying water. How many days will it take to water?"
Zhang said perfunctorily: "Water it for as many days as you need."
He and his eldest daughter-in-law walked to the front.
Su Ruyi quickly walked side by side with Li Baozhu, who also wanted to go to the front.
"Second sister-in-law, how many days do you think it will take us to finish watering?"
Li Baozhu couldn't leave, so he had to slow down and walk with Su Ruyi.
"My mother is not sure, and I am even less sure..."
How can we estimate this accurately? They watered the ground once last year, and Su Ruyi didn't even come with them. The watering lasted for almost 10 days.
Who knows how long Su Ruyi can last this time.
"What about last year? Did you water the ground manually last year? How long did it take?"
"Last year we also watered it once. It took three people eight or nine days."
Su Ruyi said oh, it takes so long to water the ground. If it is left to the delicate crops, a lot of them will die of thirst in these ten days, right?
The water source is a large well at the edge of the field, a few hundred meters away from the Lu family's fields.
Su Ruyi suddenly realized, no wonder it took so long. Most of the time was spent just walking back and forth.
This well was specially used for watering the ground. It was very big, and there was a windlass on it. When you looked into the well, you could see your own reflection, and then there was a bottomless black hole, which was very scary.
Zhang very skillfully put a rope on the bucket and threw it into the well, swayed it, and then turned the handle to lift the bucket out.
After taking out the two buckets of water, Zhang gave it to Su Ruyi first. She couldn't see her and wanted her to leave as soon as possible.
Su Ruyi didn't say much.
The half from modern times can't do these things, but the original owner's memory and muscle memory are not unfamiliar with this. She bent down and hooked two buckets of water on the front and rear hooks, then walked away, steadily, and she was indeed strong. It was huge and I didn’t feel tired at all.
The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law stared at her back from behind, still with disgusted expressions on their faces.
Mrs. Zhang murmured to herself: "It doesn't matter whether the sun comes out from the west or the east, I am grateful to God that she can finish watering the water for the past few days without stopping."
Liu Cuier threw the bucket down the well: "I really don't understand what she is going to do. I asked Tada last night and she didn't scold her. She even said she was troublesome. Do you think it's strange?"
Mrs. Zhang: "Pay attention to yourself, this Su Ruyi has always been thoughtful."
The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law didn't bother to talk anymore. They each picked up water and rushed to their own fields.
The ground was so dry that it would take many loads of water to water it thoroughly.
When farmers carry water one load at a time, they usually don't water it too thoroughly, just about enough.
Although it's almost enough, a big bucket of water can't be poured even a few steps away.
After each person picked three times, he was so exhausted that he had to sit down on the ground to take a rest.
Mrs. Zhang took a bowl and scooped out more than half a bowl of water from the bucket she brought and handed it to Su Ruyi.
To be honest, the old woman was a little surprised.
Su Ruyi, this evil daughter-in-law, was really obedient in fetching water and watering the ground today, without being lazy at all.
So in order to reward her for this behavior, she gave the first bowl of water to Su Ruyi.
Su Ruyi was not polite. She was so thirsty that her throat was filled with smoke. She drank the bowl in one go.
After drinking it, I sipped my mouth again and thought about it for a while. This water... tasted better than the water from the modern faucet, but it was far inferior to the well water in my own space.
Then others used the same bowl to scoop out water from the bucket and drank a large bowl each. The water they drank seemed to turn into sweat and flowed out from their faces.
Liu Cuier took off the straw hat on her head, slapped it on her face, and looked at the remaining large field with a sad expression.
What farmers like them fear most is carrying water to irrigate the fields, which is exhausting, especially now that there is not even a useful man in the family.
Su Ruyi was also tired. No matter how good the original owner was and how strong he was, it didn't mean he wouldn't be tired.
"Mom, does every household in the village water their fields like this?"
Mrs. Zhang glared at her sideways, she didn't know what a noble daughter-in-law and children knew.
"Then how are you going to water it? A god will send the water to your field?"
The old woman really loves to choke Su Ruyi.
Su Ruyi was not angry either. She nodded and said, "What's wrong? We can directly divert the well water to each household's land. How convenient would that be?"
Liu Cuier felt angry. What she said was such a joke. Did she think farming was so easy?
He also said out loud: "I don't do anything every day, and I just talk so much!"
Su Ruyi smiled. If she were in Liu Cuier's perspective, she would probably feel that she was talking nonsense.
Although she is not particularly clear about the history of ancient agricultural development, she is also aware of the existence of waterwheels.
If she could find a way to build a water tanker and divert the well water to various houses, not only would her own family not have to waste so many days of effort, but it would also benefit other people in the village.
