HLnovel Chapter 117 Water Diversion Irrigation Scheme
Chapter 117 Water Diversion Irrigation Scheme
Han Minghai and Zhang Deshui turned to look at the excited Li Lanzhen.
He quickly asked, "What solution have you thought of?"
Li Lanzhen held up the hollow straw in her hand.
"We can hollow out the middle of the tree and connect the sections together, so that we can divert water from here down the mountain.
Zhang Deshun slapped his thigh and said, "Oh, my dear, no wonder the old village chief said you are a lucky star, you really are a lucky star, you have a really good brain!"
Han Minghai also laughed, "Mom, you are really smart, so we can dig a canal about 100 meters long from the lake, and then connect it to this naturally formed waterway.
Then from this waterway, look for a place with a gentle slope towards the valley, and install a wooden trough made of wood. Wouldn't that connect to a water channel?"
Li Lianzhen was also very happy. She stood up and said, "Let's go down the mountain to find the village chief and discuss how to dig a canal."
When the village chief heard about their investigation, he immediately convened a village committee meeting.
More than an hour later, a mature and complete plan to dig canals to bring water into Forget-Your-Trouble Valley to irrigate farmland was put forward.
It also clearly specifies who is responsible for each section of the excavation work and who will be involved.
Zhang Deshui also proposed that after the canal was dug, there would be a main canal in Wangyou Valley, and then multiple branch canals to bring water into the farmland of every household.
Where will this canal flow to in the end? We need to investigate further.
Li Lanzhen added, "I suggest that we find a place to store water, maybe a water cellar or a small reservoir, where the water can flow to provide water for the villagers of Wangyou Valley.
When irrigation is needed, the water is diverted to the main canal.”
Everyone had thought about this question, but they didn't have such a mature idea. After Li Lanzhen raised it, everyone's minds suddenly became clear.
The old village chief slammed the table and said, "Lan Zhen's idea is good. We should build a water cellar or reservoir in Wangyou Valley, which can store water and be used for irrigation during droughts."
In this way, the old village chief took Zhang Deshui and the people from the village committee to look for a suitable place in Wangyou Valley to build a reservoir.
Li Lanzhen didn't want to go with them anymore.
The general direction had been given to them, and the plan to divert water was also very mature and feasible, so she strolled back home.
When he walked past his parents' cave, he saw Ye sitting outside pickling wild vegetables.
"Mom, are you going to pickle so many wild vegetables?"
When Ye looked up and saw her daughter, her face immediately broke into a smile.
He clapped his hands, rolled a wooden block over to her and called her.
"My daughter is here, sit here"
As he said this, he wiped his hands, took out three bright red wild fruits from his arms and handed them to her.
"Here you go, it's sweet and sour, and very delicious!"
Li Lanzhen took it and looked at it. This kind of wild fruit is all over the mountain, but few of them are red now.
It doesn't look like hawthorn, nor like apple. I don't know what kind of mountain fruit it is. It tastes similar to crabapple.
Ye said, "I heard you call this fruit crabapple fruit. Both adults and children love to eat it, especially the four pregnant daughters-in-law. You may not know that they carry a few crabapples in their pockets all day long."
Li Lanzhen took a bite of the fruit and chewed it with a crunching sound. Immediately, her mouth was filled with the sweet and sour juice and she laughed.
"Mom, does the name Begonia sound good?"
Ye narrowed her eyes and smiled with wrinkles all over her face. "It sounds good, how can it not sound good? My daughter is really knowledgeable!
The old and young in the village all praised me, saying that I was blessed to have given birth to a lucky girl, hahahaha!"
Li Lanzhen also smiled and pretended to take out three sesame cakes, a dozen pieces of malt sugar and ten eggs from the backpack, but actually from the space.
He wrapped it in a clean blue cloth and handed it to Ye.
"Mother, this is the white flour pancake I bought when I went to Youzhou City. There are sesame seeds on it. Take it home and fill your stomach when you are hungry at night.
These maltose, if you put a piece of it in your mouth, your life will be happier and happier. These ten eggs, do you want to soak them or boil them for your family to eat? "
Ye took it with both hands, her eyes slightly red.
"My daughter, if you hadn't gone to Yejiawan to find us, I'm afraid your father, I, and your brother would have all turned to ashes. Your sister-in-law is also a strong-willed person. Even if she was captured, she would not live alone.
You have been very tired in taking care of our whole family along the way!"
Li Lanzhen hugged Ye, patted her back, and rested her head on her shoulder, enjoying the warmth between mother and daughter at this moment.
He said softly, "Mom, I have confidence with you around. Look how good our life is now. You and Dad should take good care of yourself, eat more, and live to be 100 years old. By then, I will be in my seventies or eighties, and you and your parents will still be here. Just think about how happy I am."
Ye hugged Li Lanzhen, patted her back and said.
"Okay, your father and I will eat more and live well, so that my daughter can still act like a spoiled child when she is in her seventies or eighties, with her parents still around!"
The night Li Lanzhen came back from Youzhou City, she called Hai Minghai to the area behind their cave, which was used as a warehouse.
In front of him, Li Lanzhen took out cotton, quilts, cotton clothes and trousers, a lot of cotton shoes, farm tools, two baskets of eggs, duck eggs, goose eggs, various vegetable seeds, a bag of white flour, black flour, wheat bran, a sack of old rice, millet, coarse cloth and fine cotton cloth...
Han Minghai stood there petrified!
My heart keeps screaming!
Is this my mother?! Is this a deity?! My mother can actually take things from the air!
When he was young, he heard his father say that the storyteller said that there were people who could take things through the ring, and what kind of ring space could hold everything in the world!
Thinking of this, he asked, "Mom, do you have a ring space? Are you a god who came to save our family? Can you take things from a distance? Who gave you all these things? Are you a god in heaven?"
Li Lanzhen turned to look at him. He was indeed the boss. He watched her take out so many things so calmly before speaking.
And the first sentence hits the point directly?
"Mustard seed space? Boss, where did you hear about this?"
Han Minghai touched the back of his head and said, "I heard it from my father. He heard it from a storyteller."
Li Lan understood and complained in her heart, what a bullshit system? It turned out that at this time, someone knew that there was such a treasure as the Ring Space.
The system immediately jumped out and said, "Host! You swore again. Aren't we living in harmony? Why are you scolding me again? Who told you? People in this era don't know the existence of treasures like the Mustard Seed Space!!"
Li Lanzhen thought about it and it made sense. Since no one told her, she just ignored the system.
She raised her hand and touched half a bag of millet and said, "Look, Boss, this millet can be used to nourish your wife when she gives birth. As for these eggs, you can find a reason to take them out. We can eat them normally, or pickle some to add to the dishes for everyone.
I have calculated all the cotton quilts, clothes and pants. There are some for the three in-laws, your grandmother's family, our family, Goudan's grandparents and grandchildren. Everyone, big or small, will get some.
Oh, I forgot. "
As he spoke, he waved his hand, and the pig's head, offal, half a pig, and two large pieces of pork fat appeared on the wooden rack!
"Boss, what excuse do you have to take these out? We usually eat them at home."
Han Minghai said, "Mom, who else knows that you have this mustard seed space?"
Li Lanzhen was stunned, touched her nose and said guiltily, "Your second brother and your uncle know."
When she looked up, she met Han Minghai's eyes, which were full of resentment, as if he was blaming her: Humph, I'm the eldest brother, but you didn't tell me first and told the second brother first!
Li Lanzhen quickly explained, "Old Second and your Uncle Xue didn't know about the mustard seed space, and they just thought I could take things from a distance.
And you are the only one who knows about the Mustard Seed Space, I will not tell anyone else from now on!"
Han Minghai said seriously, "Mom, you have to promise not to let anyone know. People's hearts are hidden. You usually look friendly, but who knows if they know that you have a ring space, will they have evil intentions?
Mother, we no longer have a father, so we just want you to live a hundred years. Even if I am sixty or seventy years old, mother is still here, still taking care of me and scolding me. "
Looking at her eldest son who was already crying, Li Lanzhen felt a lump in her throat. All children are like this, they all want their parents to live a long life.
She opened her arms and hugged Han Minghai, patted his back, comforted him and hid her tears.
"Okay, my dear son, I won't tell anyone but you and me. You should exercise and eat more. I am still counting on you to support me. You also need to take good care of your wife and children."
Han Minghai panicked for a moment when Li Lanzhen suddenly hugged him.
His mother had not hugged him since he was five years old. Instead, his father often put him on his shoulders and carried him around. After a moment of hesitation, he opened his arms and hugged Li Lanzhen tightly.
"Mom, I promise you that I will exercise well, respect you well, and take good care of my wife and children so that they will be filial to you."
Seeing this shelf of things, Han Minghai became worried.
"Mom, what should I do with so many things?"
Li Lanzhen said, "I don't care about this, you and your brother figure out a solution!
These things belong to our family. Only your two in-laws and your grandmother’s family can use and eat them. Just don’t let the people in the village know.”
Han Minghai nodded and said, "Mom, you can't be too generous in the future. Even if you don't take things from outside now, the people in the village can survive until next spring. As long as the weather is warm next spring and we can grow food and vegetables, we can continue the journey."
Li Lanzhen nodded and agreed, "I know, I know, I'm going to leave now, you can figure out what to do with these things yourself!"
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