Everyone was happily eating melons. Only Su Qingyun heard her mother's whisper. She leaned over and whispered: "Grandma, they might eat more watermelons than us. It’s rich in watermelons.”
Because of the unique climate of New Zealand and the large temperature difference between day and night, the watermelons grown are very sweet and the yield is high. If there is any shortage of watermelons there, there will probably be no shortage of watermelons.
Qin Ying naturally didn't know this, but she definitely believed her daughter's words, so she became happy after hearing it, "That's good."
After eating the delicious watermelon, the family had enough sleep during the day and was not in a hurry to sleep at night. The family sat in the yard to enjoy the coolness. In the summer night, there was finally a slight cool breeze blowing over. Although it could not relieve the heat, it was better than nothing.
"There are so many stars in the sky." Someone looked at the sky and sighed.
The thick black sky is dotted with countless stars, like a pair of eyes, bright and twinkling, seeming to stay there forever, observing and watching everything in this world.
"Tomorrow will be a sunny day again." Wu Guixiang was still thinking about crops, and she was a little worried, "When will it rain?"
Su Aiguo said: "I met Fu Fu when I came back today. He said that he had to go to the Nanhe River to bring water over, otherwise the crops would really not be able to withstand the sun."
"With so many villages waiting, how can there be enough water in the Nanhe River?" Wu Guixiang is not optimistic at all.
Hearing this, everyone fell silent again.
"Don't think too much, go to sleep first, there will be a way to reach the mountain, there will always be a way." Su Aimin comforted everyone.
This is God's will and cannot be changed by manpower. There is nothing we can do if we are anxious. We can only go back to our rooms to rest in silence and look forward to tomorrow.
In the room, Su Aimin discussed with Qin Ying.
"The weather is uncertain now. If this year is really dry and the harvest is not good, should we prepare early? Take some money and go to the black market to buy some old grain from previous years, so that we won't be blinded by the lack of food at home." Qin Yingdao .
During the natural disasters in the past three years, everyone has experienced that feeling of hunger, as if the whole person was emptied, eating grass roots and bark. Later, even these were not available, and those legendary Yi Zi It’s not like I haven’t eaten before. People who have experienced those years are afraid, and even mentioning those days feels lingering fear.
If you don’t want to experience that kind of day again, you have to make plans in advance.
Su Aimin thought for a while and said: "Let's not panic for now. Wait a minute. Didn't eldest brother just say that Brother Fu is going to divert water for irrigation? Maybe the matter is not that bad?"
"Buying food is different from buying other things. It attracts too much attention. It is difficult for us to avoid the eyes of others, so we should not do it unless we have to."
He has actually thought about this matter, but he still feels that he should not take the risk of buying food on the black market for the time being. This is different from him doing business secretly. Other good things can be hidden. Food is difficult to hide from other people's eyes. Of course If hunger threatens the life and death of the whole family, then there is nothing else to worry about. The most important thing is to save one's life.
Qin Ying thought about it for a while. It wasn't to that point yet, and it wasn't too unreasonable to worry about it. "Okay, I'll listen to you."
"However, we can still pay attention to the price of food on the black market at any time."
"I know." Su Aimin nodded, "Okay, go to bed first, don't think about it."
Su Qingyun, who is separated by a wall from them, is also thinking about this. Although the gap between the rich and the poor is still huge in future generations, there are still very few people who can't afford to eat. The birth of various new types of rice and wheat, as well as excellent breeding and nurturing, have made the world The vast majority of people in China can have enough to eat. Although hybrid rice has been introduced, there is still a long way to go to ensure that the Chinese people have enough to eat.
She turned over and sighed inaudibly. Although she came from a later generation and had much more advanced knowledge and vision than she does now, she was still powerless to deal with such a national issue and people's livelihood issues. Su Qingyun was more interested than ever. I deeply and clearly realize that I am just an ordinary person.
Since you can't change those big things, just do what you should do.
After thinking about it, she also fell into a deep sleep. In her dream, the golden ears of rice grew taller than sorghum, and the grains were as big as peanuts. People could even enjoy the shade underneath.
The golden dream made her smile sweetly in her sleep.
The next day, it was another sunny day. Su Qingyun got up early and went to the experimental site. Now that she had summer vacation, she had more time to stay at the experimental site.
Experts and teachers at the experimental site have also been very worried recently. As the leader of the experimental group, Qi Chu is shouldering the heavy responsibility of the entire group. Every process of the experiment is crucial. The current drought and water shortage have also caused problems for their experiments. A lot of trouble.
But fortunately, the area of the test site is not large. They need to carry water from the river for irrigation, bucket after bucket, and they can barely cope with it. But if time goes by and there is still no rain, the river water will not be enough. Their experiment If something goes wrong then, if Mai Zhong dies, the hard work of so many people will be ruined, and they will have no place to cry, so the experimental team is also thinking of ways to solve this possible problem.
The experimental team was having a meeting when Su Qingyun arrived, and they were talking about this matter.
Qi Chu's face was solemn, "Everyone must be mentally prepared. According to the news from other places, it is not just our S Province that has less rain this year. Many provinces are also facing the same water shortage problem. The people have worked hard for so long to plant the crops." The crops and our hard work for so long cannot be wasted, and we cannot sit idly by and wait for death."
The other experts also had serious faces and were deep in thought.
Li Wenjun was at the corner of the table, raising his hand weakly, "Team leader, if it's really a drought, can't we make artificial rainfall?"
Qi Chu glanced at him and said, "Artificial rainfall is easy to say. How can it rain without those conditions? This rain does not come out of thin air." If artificial rainfall could be achieved, they would not be so worried.
Li Wenjun silently shut up and stopped speaking.
"Team leader, let's see if it is possible to divert water for irrigation first, right?" Su Qingyun said, "Every village is short of water now, and the team leader is already preparing to go to Nanhe to divert water. I hope there will be good news, and at least the urgent need can be solved first. "
"That's all we can do now." Qi Chu sighed, "Let's get ready to carry water."
"yes."
As soon as he finished speaking, a group of people were about to get up when a knock on the door came from outside. Qi Chu was stunned, who is coming at this time?
"Please come in."
The person who came in was none other than the Qin Youfu they were just talking about. He walked in with a not-so-good look on his face.
"Captain, why are you here?" Qi Chu asked, he was a little puzzled, then suddenly thought of something, his face changed, "Captain, couldn't it be that something happened over there for water diversion and irrigation?"
"That's it!" Qin Youfu sat down, his expression becoming increasingly ugly.
Qi Chu quickly asked: "What's going on?"
"Zhaojia Village next to the Nanhe River, they don't let us dredge the river and bring water in." Qin Youfu said while holding his breath, "The young adults in their village guard the river and don't let anyone dig it. It's not just our side. They are not allowed to dig the other rivers."
In previous years, there was abundant rain and the water level of the Nanhe River was high, which would inevitably flood the farmland. The rivers leading to various villages were blocked, leaving only the rivers leading to the big rivers. Now there is a shortage of water. Water needs to be diverted for irrigation, and the blocked rivers need to be removed. The river channel was dredged again, from top to bottom, and the river water was diverted to the farmland.
But as soon as Qin Youfu left, they hit a wall. The river was not allowed to be dredged at all, and they were even forced to leave.
"What?" As soon as these words came out, everyone was shocked.
Su Qingyun's expression also changed. She thought about the location of Zhaojiacun and seemed to understand something.
"Why?" Qi Chu couldn't believe it. How long had it been since then, and they were still not allowed to dredge the river?
Qin Youfu looked unhappy, "It's not because Zhaojiacun is the closest village to Nanhe. Their village has always relied on Nanhe for food. Now that they are short of water, they want to use the farmland of several nearby villages first. People like us There is no way to go to the villages a little further away.”
"The people guarding the river said that if we really want to divert water, that's fine. We just need to give them 20% of this year's grain harvest to Zhaojiacun."
Qin Youfu's face was extremely gloomy. He originally wanted to go to the captain of Zhaojiacun to argue with him, but the people in their village used various excuses to prevent him from seeing their captain at all. Besides, does this mean that Zhaojiacun is a village? , is the common idea of several surrounding villages surrounding Nanhe.
"Impossible!" Qi Chu was shaking with anger. "The river is a national resource and everyone is entitled to use it. This is not a private property resource of their village. Who gave them the courage to do this? This is simply too much!"
Su Qingyun thought to herself: Sure enough, just now she had speculated whether this might be the case, but she didn't expect it to be true.
"They are not qualified to do this!" Qi Chu felt that this was not acceptable. "We must report this matter to the county or even the city. We cannot let the situation continue to develop like this. If we continue to let them do this, what will happen to Zhaojia Village? Taking over the river as king?"
He could understand that everyone was worried about the harvest in the fields and wanted water, but this approach was too selfish. Instead of relying on the river, the river was their accessory. This was a national resource, shared by everyone, and they were all tied to it. If it is used in one place, what about other places?
This cannot continue like this, it must be distributed reasonably.
"If we go to the county to report and wait for them to send people down to deal with it, I'm afraid it will be too late and we might even get into a stalemate with them." Qin Youfu suddenly gritted his teeth and said, "It really doesn't work. We will send people to the county while we Let the young adults dig it out by force."
"In addition to our Luoshui Village, we can also unite several neighboring villages."
Qi Chu frowned, and in the end he could only nod. This is the only way now. Several nearby villages are all suffering from the same problem. If they go together, maybe they can have a good talk and make things happen, instead of making things worse. The situation should be handled well if it can be handled well.
