Chapter 120： 121 Hujia Village

Chapter 120 121 Hujia Village

Erya looked at the old man Hu, "My family was also hit by a drought, so my grandfather took me to Tongzhou. I ran out of money and food along the way, and they thought I was too good to eat when I was looking for a job. would like to use us,"

Erya said in a low voice, "I was hungry for a few days, and I couldn't bear it. Grandpa took me to Yapo's to sell myself. We lived at Yapo's for a few months and no one wanted me. I bought it with my grandfather, gave us a full meal, and even gave my grandfather a medical treatment. My grandfather said that people should be grateful and not lose their conscience. If you did something wrong, my girl didn't send you to the yamen, but went Help you, if you don't help you can't blame my girl."

Old man Hu was very ashamed after hearing this, and he blushed and said repeatedly: "Are we still human if we do that? We just want to ask your girl to help us to see. If not, we also plan to go to other places to open up wasteland to make a living."

"It's hard for you too." Erya said a word and silently looked at the river and the hills in front of her.

The mule cart turned a corner along the river and entered a mountain road. The mountain road was just enough for a mule cart to pass through. It descended from the mountain road to a flat place.

The old man Hu pointed to the water depression in front of him with a nostalgic look, "Miss Li, you see this is the field of our village, and it looks like this now."

After hearing this, Li Yu stopped the car and got out of the car, and found that it was a piece of flat land in a mountain col, about two or three hundred mu, and it was full of stones and shrubs. Li Yu turned around and saw a row of low grass. The house was built on a mountain beam behind him.

Li Yu glanced at the old man Hu, "Let's go! Let's go see your hillside first."

Several people walked up the mountain ridge. Li Yu saw that the roadside was full of sorghum, taro, and soybeans. When they reached the mountain ridge, children and villagers gathered around and looked at Li Yu and Erya curiously.

Li Yu saw that those people were wearing patched clothes, Li Yu glanced at the old man Hu, and thought: It seems that stealing did not make the villagers of Hujia Village live a good life, but ruined their reputation.

The old man Hu politely said to Li Yu: "Miss Li is tired! Please go in and sit for a while before you go."

Li Yu shook his head, "I'm not tired, let's go and see the land first after sitting all the way!"

"Hu Gui, feed the mules some fodder." The old man Hu told Hu Gui that he would take Li Yu and Erya through the village and up the mountain ridge.

Li Yufang found that there were only about 30 families in the village, and after walking for a while, a long line of villagers followed.

The old man Hu took Li Yu up a hill and pointed to the sorghum planted on the hill, "This hill has more than 100 mu, which is considered a good harvest, and there is another one that is far worse. ."

Li Yu stood on the top and looked at it. He visually estimated that the flat land on the hill was only 30 to 40 acres at most. Looking down, he saw that some sorghum was sparsely planted on the slope.

Li Yu bent down to pick up a piece of soil, rubbed it, and felt it was soft. Standing on the hill and looking down from the top, the whole hill was about five or six stories high. Li Yu thought that if there was a water source, it would be possible to open a terraced field, but he had only seen that the terraced field had never been built.

Li Yu raised his head and looked around, and saw that this piece of land in front of him was mostly such continuous hills. Some were planted with sorghum, and some were just abandoned there. A dozen hills passed by, one after another. Mountain.

Old man Hu saw Li Yu looking at the sloping land in silence, his heart seemed to be hanging in the air without a clue, and the villagers behind also looked at Li Yu eagerly, expecting her to say something.

Li Yu looked around, turned his head and asked old man Hu, "Old man, where did the water you pour on the ground come from?"

The old man Hu gave a wry smile and pointed to a large mountain to the east, "There is a ditch in the middle of the mountain, and we will bring water from there to irrigate the ground."

Li Yu's eyes lit up after hearing this, it would be much easier if there was a source of water, "Take me there to see."

Old man Hu saw that Li Yu wanted to see the water source, and felt a glimmer of hope. He was excited to see Li Yu, "Okay, you come with me."

The old man Hu took Li Yu to the east of the hill, down to an artificially excavated ladder path.

"That cave was still after the flash flood that year. There was yellow muddy water everywhere. Everyone couldn't find water to drink. They looked for water everywhere. A child found it only after seeing water flowing down from it." Hu said to Li Yu.

Looking at the mountain and running dead horses, looking at the mountain road not far away, it took half an hour to walk up and down.

Halfway up the opposite side of the mountain, Old Man Hu pointed to the cave in front of him, "Miss Li, there is a dark ditch there, and the surface of the ditch is three feet wide. The water flow looks very slow. As long as it rains for a few days, the water will overflow out of the cave. Even if the water in the sky is not too small, I don’t know where it came from.”

Li Yu nodded, climbed to the entrance of the cave and saw a cave as big as the cave entrance. Old man Hu took the lead and entered the cave and lit the torches inserted in the entrance of the cave. Carrying water, I put a torch and flint here for everyone to use more conveniently."

"Oh!" Li Yu smiled. Looking inside the cave, he found that the hole was about ten square meters in size. After entering the cave, after walking a dozen steps, he saw the dark ditch that the old man Hu said. The dark ditch was leaning against the cliff. The wall is in the cave, as wide as a wooden table, and the entrance of the cave cannot be seen at both ends. The water looks very deep, and it is dark and dark, and there is no sign of water flowing.

Li Yu took a look and walked back to the entrance of the cave, looking at the hill opposite, thinking: The problem of irrigation will be solved by directing the water. After Li Yu's visual inspection, he felt that the distance to go straight is at most 100 meters.

Li Yu was silent all the time, and the old man Hu looked at Li Yu uneasily.

Li Yu looked back at the old man Hu: "I thought of a way, let's go back first and I'll talk to you."

Old Man Hu's hands shook with excitement after hearing this. He only knew that he kept nodding his head and saying yes, but he wouldn't say anything else.

The three walked outside the cave and saw dozens of villagers following them. After bowing to Li Yu, they looked at the old man Hu, and the old man Hu waved to them, "Go back first, Miss Li said she has one Tell us if you can go back."

A group of people excitedly returned to the hill and were about to go down. Li Yu stopped old man Hu, "Have you heard of terraced fields?"

"Terraces? Never heard of them, what are they like?" Hu asked, shaking his head.

Li Yu organized the language and explained, "The terraced fields are excavated and transformed according to the topography of the hillside, just like the mountain road you built, going down one layer at a time, after repairing, it is called terraced fields like stairs. ."

The old man Hu and the other villagers all widened their eyes and looked at Li Yu with a look of surprise.

The old man Hu asked hesitantly, "Have you seen the girl before?"

Li Yu looked at the old man Hu and said sincerely: "I have only seen it in the book and know the general method, but I have not actually created it, so I am not fully confident that it will succeed. If you are not afraid of failure, I will Tell you the general situation and try it out."