HLnovel Chapter 51 We must not harvest all the crops in the fields too quickly.
Chapter 51 We must not harvest all the crops in the fields too quickly.
Shen Xiaotang immediately explained to him patiently, "Dad, the West-to-East Water Diversion Project means diverting water from the river next to the dry fields at the west end of the village to the fertile and medium-sized fields at the east end of the village."
"However, there are no major rivers in Liangtian and Zhongzhongtian. We need a lot of manpower to dig one out as soon as possible, and then connect the two major rivers so that we can achieve the diversion of water from west to east."
Shen Qingchuan and Liu were stunned for a moment before they finally understood.
"Wow, I didn't know you could do that!"
In the past, small ditches were dug along the edges of the fields in the village to drain water when it rained frequently, but no one had ever suggested using water diversion from west to east to solve the drought!
My daughter is so smart! She has so many ideas, and they're always the best!
"Tang'er, you're smarter than your father, I admire you."
Liu also said, "Yes, our Tang'er is smart, she's been clever since she was little."
After praising his daughter, Shen Qingchuan asked, "Tang'er, when the village head was here just now, you told me not to tell him. So when is the right time for us to tell him?"
Shen Xiaotang thought for a moment and said, "Tomorrow at noon, I will go and tell the village head to be anxious. The West-to-East Water Diversion Project is a huge undertaking. Moreover, after it is completed, we will need to build two more waterwheels to bring the water into the fields. If the villagers find it too tiring and are unwilling to do it, they will blame us for not coming up with a better idea."
"When the time comes, we can give the blueprints to the village head and let him find skilled craftsmen to build it. If there are any parts that he doesn't understand, we can then provide guidance. We can't just foolishly try to help without getting any benefit from it. In fact, people might think that we're trying to profit from it."
Some people are honest and kind, but others are petty and narrow-minded, and may think the worst of others.
Today is a perfect example. Mingming's father couldn't come up with a solution, and when Li Liangtian's threats failed, he even threatened to destroy the overturned cart, causing the villagers in the dry fields to suffer a complete crop failure as well.
They've lost all conscience, they're utterly wicked!
"Okay, Father understands. We'll go to the village head's house to tell him tomorrow afternoon."
This time, with Youli in charge, he can definitely rally the villagers to work together.
The next day, after lunch, the father and daughter went to the village head's house together.
Li was pacing back and forth in the courtyard, glancing towards the gate every now and then, looking on with longing.
Seeing the eldest son and daughter of the Shen family enter the door, they immediately felt as if they had seen saviors.
There was no other way. He was not only responsible for leading everyone to solve the drought problem as the village head, but he also had eight acres of fertile land and six acres of medium-quality land. He didn't want to have a complete crop failure!
"Qingchuan, you've finally arrived! If you hadn't come, I would have gone to your house to wait for you."
Shen Qingchuan said somewhat embarrassedly, "Uncle Village Head, I just came up with a solution today and came right away. I'm sorry to have kept you waiting."
"It's alright, it's alright, as long as we can think of a solution!"
The village headman thought to himself, "He's always been good at judging people. If the eldest son of the Shen family can come up with a way to cause a car to overturn, he might also be able to come up with a way to save the good and medium-sized fields."
Surprisingly, he was right!
He excitedly pulled Shen Qingchuan to sit on a bench in the yard, saying, "What's the solution? Tell me in detail."
So Shen Qingchuan relayed exactly what his daughter had told him to the village head.
The village head was a sensible man. After listening, he immediately slapped his thigh and said, "That's right! How come I didn't think of that? If we divert the water from the big river in the west, we can build a new tippler and it will work!"
Like many other villagers, he had previously only thought of asking Shen Qingchuan to come up with a solution to build another kind of car.
The problem isn't with the car, it's with the water source!
The village head was enlightened and strongly supported Shen Qingchuan's plan to divert water from the west to the east.
“Okay, that’s a good idea. Although digging ditches and opening up canals is a bit tiring, we won’t just use it once. We can use it every year, and our descendants will benefit!”
This is truly a great solution that solves the problem once and for all!
He immediately praised, "Qingchuan, you've been a great help to us. You need to change your temperament. You're so smart, but you're like a saw-off gourd. That won't do."
Shen Qingchuan smiled awkwardly. It wasn't that he was smart; it was that his daughter was smart. He was just benefiting from his daughter's intelligence.
The village head wanted to lead Shen Qingchuan to gather the villagers, but he politely declined and took his daughter home instead.
Finally, the village head found several respected elders in the village, discussed the matter together, and went to gather the villagers.
Although some villagers felt the project was too big and too difficult, everyone was eager to solve the problem. The minority yielded to the majority, and they got to work immediately!
After five days of hard work, the river channel was finally dredged. The small river that held the water was located between the fertile and medium-sized fields. The skilled craftsmen hired by the village headman also made two waterwheels on time and put them into the river, so that both fields were filled with water.
The villagers cheered excitedly all day long!
The village head specifically told everyone that the solution was Shen Qingchuan's idea, and everyone should be grateful to Shen Qingchuan.
Surprisingly, some villagers even came to our door with eggs and grain to express their gratitude.
They were all refused by Shen Qingchuan and the Liu couple, who politely sent them back.
When other village chiefs heard that Guihua Village had solved the drought problem, village leaders from all around came to Guihua Village to ask for advice and follow suit.
Guihua Village is now famous!
After a long drought, a sudden downpour came and lasted for three days and three nights. The villagers secured the tipper pedals to stop the irrigation.
Fortunately, a deep river was dug over the fertile and medium-sized fields; otherwise, the crops in the fields would have either died from drought or from flooding.
A month later, the crops were ripe.
Because the dryland crops received water earlier, and the geological disadvantages of the dryland were completely resolved, the crops in the good and medium-quality fields received water a few days later, and the crops did not grow very well.
Fortunately, the harvest didn't fail!
With the arrival of the harvest season, the villagers went to the fields to harvest their crops. Shen Qingchuan and his wife, Liu, worked from dawn till dusk, quick and efficient.
Shen Xiaotang carried the food and led her younger sister to the fields to deliver it to their parents.
Mother!
In just one day, half of the four acres of dry land will be harvested!
How can that be done?
So she immediately ran over, put down the food, and stopped her parents from cooking.
"Dad, Mom, you should stop working now. Take a break these few days. Don't harvest all the crops too quickly."
The couple looked puzzled and asked in unison, "Why?"
Shen Xiaotang looked at her mentally challenged parents with a helpless expression. Her parents were honest and simple farmers with no ulterior motives.
They're all so silly!
“Think about it, we only have four mu of dry land, and you can harvest it in two days. But Grandpa and Grandma have sixteen mu. Their four sons are like nuggets of gold, never working in the fields. Grandpa has to go to school to teach, and Stepmother is too lazy to even have maggots. Second Aunt and Third Aunt have jobs to do and need to earn money. Who will harvest the crops in the fields?”
"They might be watching you two right now. The faster you work, the happier they'll be. Just wait and see, once we finish here, Grandpa and Grandma will definitely ask you two to help them."
She knew her grandparents' personalities all too well.
After the family splits up, there's no way you'll expect your parents to work for them for free anymore!
Shen Qingchuan and Liu Shi exchanged a glance, then stupidly put down their sickles.