One day, one night, and half a day later, the working people arrived from the top of the mountain to the foot of the mountain.
A half-meter-wide ditch runs from the mountains to the fields, extending vertically and horizontally to the rice fields of every household.
Li Zheng led people up the mountain. The beginning of the ditch was still a slap away from the water source. The most critical hoe was naturally handed over to Li Zheng of Dahe Village. There was a solemn and solemn sense of ceremony.
Li Zheng raised his hoe and dug hard under the spotlight.
The soil here is very soft, and without much effort, the gap was opened, and rapids surged out of the ground and flowed rapidly down the mountain along the ditch.
The children cheered and followed the water rushing down the mountain. No one could outrun the water. After a while, the water flowed to the foot of the mountain.
Countless farmers are looking forward to it.
The spring water emits sparkling and dazzling waves under the scorching sun.
Like a silver dragon.
Like hope gushing out and rolling in.
The ditch, which was obviously only half a meter wide, was inexplicably enlarged and looked like a rolling sea with huge waves coming.
The eyes of the old man in the village were red, and tears fell tremblingly.
“There’s really water!”
"The water is coming!"
"The rice can be saved!"
"No one will starve to death!"
The water flows into the rice fields beside the ditch. The cracked yellow earth opens its mouth and swallows all the water. The dry fields absorb the water source crazily. The water flows into the rice fields, instantly sinking into the cracked opening, and then there is a steady stream. Water comes.
The withered rice ears seemed to be infused with hope, swaying under the scorching sun and the summer wind.
The farmers standing on the field ridge cried with joy.
When no one was paying attention, Zhang Laihe dug a gap in his rice field, and water instantly flowed into his rice field.
Some people saw this scene, but in this exciting moment, no one wanted to be the first to argue with Zhang Lai Lai, a scoundrel. Moreover, Zhang Dagang from the Zhang family also contributed, although not as hard as the young laborers from other families. But the child also tried his best... In the same village, everyone didn't want to make things too ugly.
Just when everyone was rejoicing, a discordant voice sounded.
"Fuck! There is really water flowing down!"
When the villagers turned around, they saw several people from Osmanthus Village blending into the crowd at some point, and a man spat into the ditch.
This time, it can be regarded as causing public outrage.
Mrs. Zhu was sixty or seventy years old. She usually walked unsteadily, but now she jumped up, slapped the spitting man on the back of the head, and angrily shouted: "How dare you spit out a mouthful of water again?"
The man was furious: "You bad old woman, you dare to hit me. I'll see if I don't beat you to death..."
Before he finished speaking, he felt countless cold gazes stabbing him. When the man looked up, he saw countless people surrounding him.
These people are all prime-age laborers digging ditches. They are all covered in tendon meat. Dozens of them are piled together, looking like a majestic mountain.
The man swallowed back his unfinished words, turned around and ran away. The people from Osmanthus Village also ran after him and disappeared at the entrance of the village after a while.
At this moment, Li Zheng walked down with his hands behind his back, and said with a serious face: "We must guard against these idiots in Osmanthus Village. They will definitely do such a thing as poisoning!"
Cheng Wanwan said: "I think the patrol must continue to protect the water in the mountains, the rice in the fields, and the food of every household."
Some people thought that setting up a patrol team was just looking for trouble, but today people from Guihua Village openly broke into Dahe Village and spat into the ditch. This made many people angry. The establishment of a patrol team again got everyone's support. Agree.
At this time, almost everyone in the village was there, including the prime-age labor force. It didn't take much effort to select the people who would patrol every day.
And the water in the rice fields is gradually increasing.
A shallow layer of water reflects the green-yellow rice ears, the blue sky and the blazing sun, and the people standing on the ridge of the fields. This water is like a wisp of wind that has blown away the hearts of thousands of people in Dahe Village for two months. In the haze, the atmosphere was extremely good for a while.
Old Mrs. Zhu took Cheng Wanwan's hand and said, "Dashan Niang, it's all thanks to you. Without you, this bad old woman like me would have starved to death this year!"
Li Zheng's wife wiped her red eyes: "Dashan Niang, I misunderstood you before, but now I know that you are a good person... I will tell everyone about the jade bamboo shoots. You won't hide the water when you find it. You are so How come a good person is left a widow..."
Aunt Wang then spoke: "Ms. Dashan, my mother-in-law has a brother who passed away. She is thirty-four this year and is a good farmer. If you have time tomorrow, I..."
Mrs. Zhao standing in the crowd had a complicated expression.
The eldest brother died last year, and this year someone has been acting as a matchmaker for his wife. Although the eldest daughter-in-law is not very good, she is still from the old Zhao family. If she really remarries, she will have nothing to do with the old Zhao family...
"Your mother-in-law is a reasonable person and will definitely not stop you from remarrying. Your four sons will definitely not dare to say anything." The enthusiastic woman patted her chest, "Without Sister-in-law Zhao, there would be no jade bamboo shoots and ditches in our Dahe Village. , leave it to me to find a man for Sister-in-law Zhao."
Cheng Wanwan: "..."
It's okay to thank her, but please don't pimp, okay?
She had a fake smile on her face: "I'm fine by myself... Well, isn't there water for irrigation? The land in front of and behind the house can be neatened up so that you can grow some vegetables. Which one of you? Do you have any vegetables you can lend to our family?"
Aunt Wang answered, "I have some cabbage seeds at home. I'll share some with you later."
Li Zheng's wife said: "Do you like celery? If you like it, come to our house and get some."
The topic was successfully changed, and Cheng Wanwan breathed a sigh of relief.
She also successfully borrowed cabbage seeds, celery seeds, water spinach seeds, winter melon seeds, leek seeds, bean seeds... They are all vegetables suitable for sowing in high temperatures in summer. Because of the drought and water shortage this year, not many people in the village are growing vegetables. As soon as Cheng Wanwan mentioned it, everyone planned to go back and plant seeds quickly so that they could have fresh food in autumn and winter.
She smiled and thanked everyone, but she was thinking in her heart that there seemed to be no peppers, tomatoes, cauliflower, onions, potatoes... It was a pity that there were so many delicacies missing from the dinner table.
While she was thinking, a shadow suddenly enveloped her.
She looked up and saw Zhao Fugui from the village walking up to her at some point, licking his face and looking at her: "Sister-in-law Zhao, I have all kinds of seeds at home. Do you want to go to my house and see what you like?" Take them all away..."
He said, leaning forward.
There were people everywhere on the field ridge here, and they were crowded. He squeezed in and didn't attract anyone's attention.
Cheng Wanwan took a cautious step back, but missed her footing and almost fell into the rice field that had just filled with water... Zhao Fugui was close and hurriedly came to help her...
