"Uncle Da Niu, are you home?" asked Guo Fengshou, the team leader's son.

"I'm here, how about a good harvest?"

"That's right, my dad told us to go to a meeting and asked me to go door to door to greet people."

“Okay, Fengshou, let’s go now, the whole family, young and old, shall head to the brigade.”

Once everyone had arrived, the team leader called out, "Fellow villagers, our task now is to build a reservoir, as we have been facing water shortages due to the persistent drought."

"We received orders to build a reservoir for agricultural irrigation. Every household had to get involved. We brought our own food and earned work points. This was for our future."

"If there are no objections, the meeting is adjourned. Everyone should go and make preparations. We will meet again in two days. People from other teams will also be there. We must not lose to them. Everyone, keep your spirits up."

The people below all lowered their heads, no one spoke, and walked home to prepare tools and food.

Back home, Tingting said to Jianjun, "It seems we both need to hurry up and prepare some things in our space."

The two told their parents and went up the mountain. As they walked in, there was hardly anyone around. They planned to have hot pot there, but before they could even sit down, they discovered a litter of rabbits. The poor rabbits were all killed in one fell swoop.

"Honey, we're so lucky! We can't take the things out of the space."

"We can take this rabbit home, which will be a good extra meal for our family. After all, we're going to build a reservoir soon, and it will also help everyone get some nutrition."

"Honey, let's do as you say and make hot pot quickly. We haven't had it in so long. The two of us can enjoy a delicious meal in the fresh air. After all, this is the simplest way to be romantic."

They started preparing food again, including a lot of goose eggs, biscuits, medicine, supplements, and various sugars to quickly replenish energy, all in preparation for building the reservoir.

I packed the wild vegetables I had picked recently into boxes and put them on the shelf. I also separated the robes, which we will take out when the two of us can live separately.

After doing all that, the two walked home. When they were almost at the door, they took out three rabbits from their spatial storage and went home.

"Mom, we found a rabbit burrow on the mountain and destroyed it. We'll cook one tonight to replenish our energy, otherwise we'll be too tired in a couple of days."

Aunt Guo knows she's tired, and it would be best if she could help everyone recover; they're all her own children, and she feels sorry for them.

"Tingting, you're the best cook. You cook, okay, Mom. Don't worry. Get some more cornmeal. I'll make a few more pancakes. I haven't had them in a long time. They're the best accompaniment to stewed meat."

The old lady nodded and went to the cabinet inside the house to take out cornmeal. She started cooking, closing all the windows and doors so that others wouldn't smell it.

When the men of the house returned, they smelled the aroma of meat in the yard and quickened their pace to go home. When they saw the stewed potatoes and meat with flatbread on the table, their mouths watered.

No one spoke much at the dinner table; everyone was busy eating meat. "This smells so good! Did Tingzi make it?" the second son asked.

"Yes, today the third brother and Tingting went up the mountain and caught a whole bunch of rabbits. We'll stew them to help us recover. We're going to build a reservoir soon, which is hard work. Tomorrow, steam the sweet potatoes and potato dumplings. Let's get ready."

They all nodded, and soon all the food was gone. The eldest son's wife washed the dishes, and the rest of them, tired from a long day, prepared to go home and rest.

Jianjun and his wife counted the money from selling the grain inside the house, and satisfied, put it into the safe in their spatial storage.