Their Lucky Star Was Transmigrated! Chapter 228: Prevent it before it happens

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

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

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

"It was a severe drought that year, and it was such a weather that I couldn't keep up with the thunderstorms all day long!"

"Also, the days are hot but not stuffy, and the nights are cool. Isn't this what the old people often say 'the days are warm and the nights are cold, and the sea is dry'?"

Mr. Xu simply stated Ajing's own guess, "I'm thinking, our family has to prepare early."

Today's old Xu family is not short of money.

But in a disaster year, it's not that you have money in your hand, and you can live a better life.

Without food, even if there is gold and silver at home, it is hard to escape the end of starvation.

Of course, Lingshui Village relies on the Peach Blossom River, and there are old streams flowing from the mountains, 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 manually fetching water, even if you are exhausted, it is impossible to take care of all the fields.

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

The old Xu family is different now.

The family is full of people, and there are four little girls bought, all of whom have to eat.

"What are you going to do? Buying food?"

Old Mrs. Xu looked at Mr. Xu, "Besides, this drought is just your guess. Whether it is true or not, I don't know yet!"

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

Although Mr. Xu has no evidence that his guess will come true, years of experience tell him that there is a high probability of a severe drought this year.

"I'm thinking, it's one aspect of our family's grain storage, and it's another aspect to find a way to water the grain in the fields."

"I'm going to take the money and get a waterwheel by the Peach Blossom River."

"Then have people hit some more wooden pipes for water."

"How much will this cost?"

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

"I don't know!"

Master Xu sighed, "No one has done it before, so it's really hard to say how much it will cost."

"Let's do it, anyway, we should not be short on money now!"

Old Mrs. Xu will not disagree with Mr. Xu on this matter.

After all, money is money, you have to spend it. If you always keep it in your hands, then this thing actually has no effect.

"That's it! Take precautions before it happens!"

Old Master Xu turned around and walked out, "I'll go to Guan Laoqi, discuss with him, and see if anyone in the village is willing to contribute money together."

When the waterwheel is built, it is much more convenient to water the ground.

Because, relying on the waterwheel to draw water, and transporting it out through the official road, even if it can't be delivered to the ground, it saves a lot of time running the river to fetch water.

During the years of severe drought, when carrying water and irrigating the land, time and effort were mainly wasted on the way to carry water.

But with waterwheels and water pipes, this time and effort is saved, which buys time for more fields to be watered.

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 believe it.

Of course, he has to go to the county seat tomorrow to tell his fourth brother Zuoqiu about the news of the drought.