Chapter 184 There is water in the river
However, Xia Chan's busy work was not without reward. None of the things she planted were affected by the drought, and instead they all grew well.
Because of her frequent watering, there are always wild vegetables and mushrooms on the mountain, as well as summer bamboo shoots. Xia Chan often breaks bamboo shoots, and she often eats fresh bamboo shoots at home.
The grapes she planted near the cave have also matured a lot. She picked all the ripe grapes and kept them in the space for eating slowly. She planted two grapevines in total and took good care of them. I had only made more than twenty skewers, so naturally I didn’t want to eat them all at once.
After picking the grapes home, Xia Chan gave Xiao Fengfeng and the three of them a bunch each.
There are also many wild fruits in the mountains in summer. As long as Xia Chan goes to the mountains, she will never go home with an empty basket.
This year's Yong'an production team planted a lot of crops at the beginning of spring. Some crops have a short maturity time, such as potatoes, which can be dug in three months. Because of the heavy rain last year, this year's production team learned from experience and planted a lot of crops. of potatoes.
Although it has not rained this year, everyone in dry land has been carrying water for watering, so this year's potato yield should not have a big impact.
In August, the Yongan production team began to harvest potatoes.
On the day when everyone started to harvest potatoes, Xia Chan quietly walked upstream along the river behind the production team, carrying a basket on her back and leaning on a bamboo pole. The river bed had been cracked by the sun, and the grass inside had long since Sun-dried fish can often be seen on the mud, maybe they were missed by everyone.
Xia Chan chose a secluded place, then ordered 8,000 cubic meters of "muddy water" from the "Crossing Mall" and poured the water into the river.
Eight thousand cubic meters of water, equivalent to the storage capacity of a reservoir, cost her 2,400 yuan. This is a deposit in the 21st century and is not as valuable as the money in the 1970s, so it is nothing.
She didn't want to add water to the rice fields again and again at night, so she chose to release the water all at once, leaving the rest to the villagers. She couldn't contribute both money and effort, right? There is nothing so good in the world.
Since she contributed the money, everyone has to contribute.
Moreover, doing so can also alleviate the damage caused to the production teams downstream of the river.
If the Yongan Production Team has no impact at all, then the Yongan Production Team will not even think about living a peaceful life in the second half of this year. Just borrowing food will make everyone extremely annoyed.
People in the village were digging potatoes in the dry land. The dry land was relatively high. As soon as you looked up, you could see the water rushing down the river. The news spread immediately. Then everyone knew about it, and the team leader immediately arranged it. People went over to intercept the water, and then left a path in the middle of the dam to release part of the water to the production team downstream.
This time, water was added directly to the river. There was no need to worry about destroying the crops or the water spreading out, so Xia Chan did not put the water into the bucket first and then pour it out. Instead, she directly stretched her hand into the river, and then a steady stream of water came out of her hand. She didn't feel anything yet, and it was really magical.
Everyone diverted water to the ditches beside the fields, and many people brought barrels and tubs from home to fill them with water. Although this water cannot be used, it can be used to water the crops on their own plots, so that when the time comes Collect more food and take it home.
Xia Chan drained all the 8,000 cubic meters of water from morning until night. She didn't eat or drink anything for a whole day, and she was very tired.
Water has been stored in the fields and ditches of the production team, and even a section of the river has been intercepted. It should be sustained until the autumn harvest. After the autumn harvest, it will be winter. Even if it doesn't rain, it doesn't matter. Anyway, the food is gone. When you receive it at home, you won’t be hungry anymore.
Xia Chan went home with a basket on her back, which was also filled with bamboo shoots. She didn't come home for a day. Her brothers must have been worried. She had to think of a better reason, otherwise she wouldn't be able to convince them at all.
On the way home, I met some people who asked Xia Chan where she was, saying that her brothers had been looking for her. Xia Chan smiled and said that she was in the woods across the river, and suddenly there was a flood in the river. She didn't dare to cross the river, so she had to wait.
When she got home, her brothers were not at home. She quickly lit a fire to cook. After the firewood burned, she took out a piece of firewood. She went to the courtyard wall and raised the firewood high. Seeing that there was a fire in the house, her brothers should be able to Guessing that she has come back, after all, no one else has the key to their house!
Xia Chan directly cooked a pot of sweet potato porridge, put five washed eggs in it, took a pot of bamboo shoots that had been blanched before, stir-fried a bamboo shoot stir-fried bacon, took a cold cucumber, and served There is a snowtop tomato.
Even if you eat porridge, you must have side dishes, otherwise the porridge will be inedible.
As soon as she took out the hard-boiled eggs from the porridge and put them into cold water, she heard the sound of the door opening outside. Xia Chan's hands shook. It was her brothers who were back, and she didn't know if they would scold her.
Xia Chan decided to take a preemptive strike, and then came out with the eggs and said with a smile, "Brother, are you back? Hurry up and wash your hands and eat. It's too late to cook, so I just cooked the porridge. I went to the forest across the river today to break bamboo shoots. , unexpectedly However, there was water in the river, so I kept walking upstream, trying to find a place to cross the river, but I couldn't find it. Then I played there and lost track of time while playing. Sorry, It won’t happen again.”
After explaining the reason and sincerely apologizing, I believe they will not have the heart to say this again.
Xia Qi reached out and rubbed Xia Chan's hair, then took the eggs in her hand and walked to the kitchen. The brothers washed their hands, faces and hair, and then went to sit down to eat.
Xia Chan felt relieved when she saw that her brothers didn't have an attack. She didn't know that it would last for a day if she put the water in it. She probably controlled the amount and flow rate of the water through the mall. If the speed was too fast, it would be different from a flash flood. Woolen cloth?
Xiao Tiantian and the others probably also learned from the villagers the reason why she disappeared for a day, so they did not come to find her, but went to work as usual. After all, it was the harvest season and they could not delay.
Fortunately, only potatoes and corn can be harvested now, and the corn harvested at this time is summer corn. The village has planted half of the summer corn and autumn corn, so there is not so much corn to harvest now, and everyone can relax.
After more than a week of busy work, the potatoes and summer corn were harvested and put into the warehouse. Those who had no food to eat could go to the brigade headquarters to advance food, otherwise they would have to wait until the autumn harvest to distribute the food.