Chapter 228

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

Mr. Xu nervously looked at Mrs. Xu, "these days, it's always dry thunder and no rain. Moreover, every time the clouds disperse, the sky is bluer and the sun is more poisonous!"

"Do you remember the year when you were the third child?"

"It was such a drought that year. I couldn't go on thunder all day long!"

"What's more, it's hot during the day but not stuffy, and cool at night. Isn't that what the old people often say:" warm days and cold nights make the sea dry? "

Master Xu simply told ah Jing his guess, "I'm thinking, we have to prepare early."

Today's Lao Xu family is not short of silver.

But in a bad year, it's not easy to live with silver in your hand.

No food, even if there is gold and silver in the family, it is hard to escape the end of starvation.

Of course, Lingshui village is close to Taohua River, and there are some old streams flowing out of the mountain, so there is no shortage of water. But the problem is that there is no shortage of water. If you want to irrigate those fields by carrying water manually, even if you are exhausted, it is impossible to give consideration to all the land.

As long as it is a year of drought, grain production in the village will be reduced on a large scale.

But Lao Xu's family is different now.

The family is full of people and the four little girls they bought all want to eat.

"What preparation? Do you want to buy food? "

Mrs. Xu looked at Mr. Xu and said, "besides, this drought is just your guess. I don't know if it's true."

"I have a feeling that there is going to be a drought!"

Although Mr. Xu has no evidence to show that his guess will come true, years of experience tells him that the possibility of a severe drought this year is very high.

"I think, our grain storage is one aspect, trying to water the grain in the field is another."

"I'm going to get some silver and get a water cart out by the Peach Blossom River."

"Then, let's have more wooden pipes for water supply."

"How much will it cost?"

Mrs. Xu looked at Mr. Xu. Although she didn't know the specific price of these things, if it was just a small sum of money, Mr. Xu would not come to discuss with her.

"I don't know!"

Mr. Xu sighed, "no one has done it before, so it's hard to say how much it costs."

"It's up to you. Anyway, we should not be short of money now!"

Mrs. Xu will not be against Mr. Xu in this matter.

After all, silver is money if you want to spend it. If you always stay in your hands, then, this thing actually has no effect.

"That's settled! Take precautions

Xu turned and walked out. "I'll go to Guan Laoqi and discuss with him to see if anyone in the village is willing to pay together."

When the waterwheel is built, it will be much more convenient to water the land.

Because, relying on the water truck to draw water, it is transported out through the official road. Even if it can't be delivered to the land, it saves a lot of time to run to the river to carry water.

In the year of drought, the main reason for carrying water and watering is that time and energy are wasted on the road.

But with water trucks and water pipes, the time and effort will be saved, which will buy 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 it than not.

Of course, he has to go to the county to talk to his fourth brother Zuo Qiu about the coming drought.