Chapter 228: Take precautions

"Daughter-in-law, there may be a severe drought this year!"

Mr. Xu looked at Mrs. Xu nervously, “These days, it has always been dry

thunder and no rain, and every time the cloud clears, the sky is bluer and the

sun is more poisonous!”

"Do you remember when the third child was born?"

"It was a severe drought that year, it was such a weather, and it was dry and

thunderous all day long!"

"Also, it's hot during the day and not stuffy, and cool at night. Isn't this

exactly what the old people often say, "The day is warm and the night is cold,

and the sea is dry"?"

Elder Xu simply told Ajing's own guess, "I thought about it, our family has to

make preparations early."

Today's old Xu family is not bad for money.

But in a disaster year, it's not that you have money in your hands, and you

will be able to live better this time.

If there is no food, even if there is a gold mountain and a silver mountain at

home, it is hard to escape starvation.

Of course, Lingshui Village is leaning on the Taohua River, and there are some

old streams flowing out of the mountains, and there is no shortage of water.

But the problem is that there is no shortage of water. If you want to irrigate

those fields with artificial water, even if you are exhausted, it is

impossible to take care of all the land.

As long as it is a drought year, the grain production in the village will be

reduced on a large scale.

The old Xu's house is now different from before.

The family is prosperous, and the four little girls I bought are all for

dinner.

"How do you prepare? Buy food?"

Mrs. Xu looked at Mr. Xu, "Furthermore, this drought is just your guess, is it

true? I don't know yet!"

"I feel that there is really a drought!"

Although Mr. Xu has no evidence that his guess will come true, years of

experience tell him that the possibility of a severe drought this year is very

high.

"I wondered, our family's grain storage is one aspect, and trying to pour the

grain in the ground with water is another aspect."

"I am going to take the silver and get out a waterwheel by the Peach Blossom

River."

"Then let someone hit more wooden pipes for water delivery."

"How much money does it cost?"

Mrs. Xu glanced at Mr. Xu. Although she didn't know the specific quotations of

these things, if it was just a small amount of money, Mr. Xu would not come to

discuss with her.

"do not know!"

Father Xu sighed, "No one has done it before, so it's really hard to say how

much it will cost."

"It's up to you, anyway, we should be fine now!"

Mrs. Xu would not antagonize Mrs. Xu on this matter.

After all, you have to spend money on this thing, and it is money. If you stay

in your hands all the time, then this thing actually has no effect.

"That's it! Take precautions before they happen!"

Mr. Xu turned and walked out, "I'll go to Guan Laoqi, discuss with him, and

see if anyone in the village is willing to pay together."

The waterwheel is built to make it easier to water the ground.

Because, relying on the waterwheel to draw the water and transport it through

the official road, even if it cannot be delivered to the ground, it saves a

lot of time running to the river to fetch water.

In a severe drought year, carrying water to irrigate the land, mainly because

time and effort were wasted on the road carrying water.

But with waterwheels and water pipelines, these time and effort are also

saved, thus gaining time for watering more fields.

Although there is no actual evidence to prove that there will be a severe

drought, at this time, Mr. Xu would rather believe in the existence of it than

in the absence of it.

Of course, he has to go to the county town tomorrow to talk to his fourth

brother Zuoqiu about the news of the drought.