In the end, the two people did not gather many people, only Lei Chunze, Huang Shumin, Wu Chenggong and less than 10 others.
Diao Ruxiao looked at the situation of the visitors and found that except for his apprentice, the other people were either thin or old. Naturally, they could not play any role in carrying water, but their enthusiasm was always worthy of recognition. , then said: "Now that the drought is coming, the villagers are waiting for water. We must be determined to overcome this difficulty and let the villagers see hope!"
Diao Ruxiao made a simple opening statement, trying to mobilize everyone's enthusiasm.
So with Diao Ruxiao and his apprentices as the main ones, and a few other people as supplements, a vigorous water-carrying movement started. Seeing that Diao Ruxiao had already mobilized himself, the villagers were too embarrassed to sit at home, so they all took the water. They started to carry water with their own buckets, and some elderly people who were in poor health also took the initiative to carry a bucket of water. A few people carried a bucket of water together, and the whole street of Daoxiang Village was filled with water. In this way, everyone carried water for a day under the sun. Many people even suffered from heatstroke. , the rice in Daoxiang Village gradually shows some color under the nourishment of water. After the sun went down, the sky darkened faster, so the water-carrying movement was disbanded and everyone returned home.
When Yuyi returned to his residence, he was already covered in sweat. Since it was a drought season and water was scarce, he simply wiped the sweat away with a towel.
In the following days, everyone's enthusiasm decreased significantly, and there were more and more injured people. The water that could be provided to the rice every day was getting less and less. On about the third day, the land returned to the original cracked state. As it continued, the rice fell again. He would die, so the villagers surrounded Diao Ruxiao's mansion and asked him to come forward and think of a solution.
The method of organizing the young adults in the village to carry water was the best way that Diao Ruxiao could think of, but now it ended in failure. What else can be done from now on? There is scorching sunshine every day, and even the lake in the west of the village can be felt to the naked eye to have dropped slightly.
"Master Diao, please think of a way. If this continues, our family will starve to death!"
Seeing that Diao Ruxiao remained silent, an old man suddenly ran to kneel down in front of Diao Ruxiao. Yu Yi saw clearly from the sidelines. If he hadn't encountered great difficulties, the old man probably wouldn't be like this.
"Please get up quickly, we will find a way!"
Diao Ruxiao stepped forward and helped the old man up, comforting him kindly, but in fact he had no clue at all.
Seeing that her father's brows were furrowed, Diao Xue was so anxious that she couldn't do anything to help him.
Seeing this, Yu Yi hurriedly stepped forward to comfort him. During this period, he also felt the embarrassment of not having water. He hadn't taken a shower for a long time, and his body smelled bad. In addition, he was forced to drink water less frequently, and his lips were always dry.
"Go to the Dragon King Temple in the county. I want to ask for help. I believe I will be able to impress the Dragon King and ask him to send rain to solve the urgent needs of Daoxiang Village."
Or she thought of something, and Diao Xue stopped crying. She planned to go to the Dragon King Temple to worship and solve her father's problem.
"Don't be stupid, the Dragon King does not exist. Whether it rains or not has something to do with the climate."
Yu Yi knew that Diao Xue was urgently ill and sought medical treatment. Dragon King and other things were feudal superstitions, so he thought it was necessary to persuade him.
"Hmph, what do you think we should do? If this continues, Daoxiang Village and we will all starve to death!"
Diao Xue's mood fluctuated greatly, and she was immediately unhappy when she saw Yu Yi being disrespectful to the Dragon King.
Yu Yi sighed deeply. He knew that it was useless to say anything now. If he did not come up with a solution for one day, the grain reserves in Daoxiang Village would be reduced, and the rice in Daoxiang Village would die.
"Baby, put down the shovel and spread the dirt everywhere, or I'll spank you!"
At this time, Yu Yi noticed a child shoveling dirt with a small shovel on the ground not far away. After he shoveled the dirt, he threw it into the air, making the dust everywhere. His mother took it away angrily. He hit the child with a shovel, making the child cry non-stop.
Yuyi remembered some content about water conservancy in "Huainanzi" and finally came up with a solution.
"Everyone calm down, I have an idea!"
Just when everyone was talking, and some villagers were even excited and about to riot, they heard a voice.
So everyone quickly withdrew from Diao Ruxiao and surrounded Yuyi.
"Hmph, even Diao Ruxiao can't do anything. What can this young man do? Is he more capable than Lord Diao?"
"Yes, I think he just wants to tease us, so go up and teach him a lesson."
"Don't be impulsive. I think you can listen to what he has to say first. If it doesn't work, it's not too late to teach him a lesson."
For a while, the villagers kept talking. Some thought Yu Yi was teasing everyone, while others thought Yu Yi really had a solution. The two parties were so quarreling that they almost started fighting.
"Everyone, please be quiet first. If you keep making noise like this, I won't be able to tell you a solution!"
Yu Yi poured some of his inner energy into his voice, and finally drowned out all the sounds at the scene, successfully attracting everyone's attention.
"Kid, can you lend me your shovel? I'll return it to you right away after you use it, okay?"
Amid everyone's surprised looks, Yu Yi walked straight to the child and asked to borrow the shovel.
"Didn't you tell us how to solve the water problem? Why did you go over and borrow a shovel?"
Everyone was confused about Yu Yi's behavior.
"sure."
The child seemed very friendly and quickly handed the shovel into Yu Yi's hands.
"What kind of mystery are you kidding? What does the shovel have to do with the source of water?"
Lei Chunze finally couldn't bear it anymore and stood out from the crowd.
"Brother Lei, you don't know this. In our country, many places have water shortage problems to varying degrees, especially in the northwest, where there is no water all year round, and many places have degraded into deserts, so I thought of a The method we call South-to-North Water Diversion."
Yu Yi held a shovel and talked.
"What is the South-to-North Water Diversion Project?"
Diao Ruxiao, who had been silent all this time, suddenly asked.
"Master, the South-to-North Water Diversion is to transfer water from the south to the north!"
Yuyi explained.
"I know what you mean. Someone went to the Dragon King Temple to burn incense. The Dragon King was moved, so he used magic to transfer the water from the south to the north."
After walking around for a long time, Diao Xue seemed to turn pale, indicating that the Dragon King had appeared.
"There is no such thing as the Dragon King. The South-to-North Water Diversion Project is a huge project that requires a lot of manpower and material resources. You don't have to guess what it is exactly. I will just talk about the inspiration this incident has for us to solve the water problem."
Regarding Diao Xue's answer, Yu Yi felt a little helpless and had to go straight to the topic.
