On the ninth day of the Lunar New Year, while the weather is warm.

Under the organization of the team leader, the villagers of Shenjia Village also started to work.

The villagers were divided into two groups, one group was responsible for weeding the fields, and the other group was responsible for transporting water to the reservoir for emergency use.

Although there are two rivers next to Shenjia Village, there are several production teams around it. During the spring ploughing season, the teams use the water from the two rivers to irrigate the farmland. Therefore, even though there are rivers next to the village, people still dare not be optimistic.

The people depend on the weather for their livelihood. If God favors them and the weather is favorable, ensuring a good harvest, then the people don't have to worry about going hungry.

But if there is a disaster or drought and the water in the river dries up, the water in the reservoir can play a crucial role.

From this we can see that Shen Hongyuan is really a capable person. The reservoir in the village was dug by him and everyone else. It is precisely because of this reservoir that the village has survived several severe droughts in the past few decades.

Shen Yao looked at everyone's busy figures. She really admired Shen Hongyuan. He was well-read, far-sighted, and would not just consider the present. He was a man of great wisdom.

If he had not suggested that everyone dig a reservoir decades ago, the situation of Shenjia Village today would probably be very different.

The main crops in An County are corn, wheat, sweet potatoes, rice, cotton, rapeseed, potatoes, and peanuts.

At this time, winter wheat and rapeseed are planted in the fields, but the growth is not very good. If the growth continues at this rate, the yield will be very low when the harvest comes this year.

Shen Yao saw that the women were busy weeding in the fields. As it hadn't rained for a long time, a lot of weeds had sprouted in the fields. Everyone was very careful when weeding, for fear that they would accidentally weed up the wheat seedlings and rapeseed in the fields.

Some of the rapeseed in the field has already grown buds, and it won’t be long before they bloom. When the time comes, the golden field of rapeseed flowers will emit a fresh fragrance, and the scenery will be truly beautiful.

"Yaoyao, why are you here?" After Shen Guoqing arranged the water storage work, he wanted to come over to see the weeding in the field. Unexpectedly, he saw the girl staring at the rapeseed in a daze.

When Shen Yao heard Uncle Shen's voice, she put away her thoughts, turned her head and looked at him, smiling slightly, "Uncle, you are done, I have nothing to do at home, so I came here to take a look and learn how to do farm work."

She rubbed her nose, wondering how she got caught daydreaming again. She felt a little unlucky lately.

Shen Guoqing shook his head when he heard this. What a child she is. What's so good about the crops in the fields? She is bored staying at home. I really don't know what is going on in this girl's head.

"Girl, if you feel bored staying alone, just go home and play with your sister Xiaoqiu. What's so fun about coming here?"

My daughter, like Yao Yatou, has never done farm work. There are countless people in the village who are jealous of them. All the girls of the same age as them are jealous of them.

In addition, there are quite a few lazy people in the village, and those old-fashioned ones are even more difficult to manage. Not only are they not active in work, they also always avoid labor. When it comes to distributing grain, their work points are pitifully few. Last year, there were quite a few households in the village that were left with nothing.

Shen Yao also understood what this meant. She probably attracted a lot of hatred by standing here, but it was not her fault. She really didn't know how to do farm work. Even the original owner had never been to the fields once.

"Uncle, I think the wheat seedlings and rapeseed are not growing very well. Will the harvest be very low if this continues?"

This is only the first year. If there is not much harvest, what will happen in the next two years? How will the people survive then?

What's more, next year will be the most serious year. The whole country will face eight months of drought. During the autumn harvest, there will be severe frost, typhoons and heavy rains one after another. The affected areas are countless and there will be almost no harvest.

There was a great disaster, and not a single crop was harvested. At that time, people's lives were difficult. In order to survive, many people had to chew on tree bark and eat Guanyin soil. The scene was extremely horrible.

"Alas, there is nothing we can do. It has not rained for a long time. Although we asked everyone to irrigate the fields, it seems that it is not having much effect now."

Shen Guoqing sighed. He was also worried about this. What would happen if things continued like this? Their village had fertile soil but the crops grew like this, not to mention other remote places.

Now it seems that Brother Hongyuan was the one with foresight. He had the two granaries stocked with food in advance.

The granary was used by the Shen family to secretly store grain in the past. Only a few reliable people in the village knew about it, so that if a disaster happened one day, everyone would have food to save their lives.

"Uncle, I recently heard from an old man that this situation will last for three to four years. So it is better to make plans early. You can plant more sweet potatoes, potatoes and pumpkins in your own plots. These are more resistant to hunger."

Shen Yao felt that during these difficult times, it would be better to plant more life-saving vegetables in her private plot. It would be enough to have something to eat, after all, vegetables are not at all hunger-reducing.

Shen Guoqing was very surprised and asked quickly, "Girl, is what you said true?"

He was frightened by the girl's words. If this situation really continued for a few years, even if there were spare food, it would not last that long. After all, there were several thousand people in the village.

Shen Yao nodded. Although she was not familiar with the people in the village, she still wanted to remind them and do her best to help.

"It's true. That old man can predict the weather. So, uncle, you have to let the villagers grow more food to resist hunger. This will save their lives when the time comes."

"Okay, I understand. I'll call a meeting later and let everyone know about this."

Although Shen Guoqing was a little panicked in his heart, he remained calm on the surface. If this matter is true, then we must make plans early. Shen Yao told the other party everything and prepared to go back, "Uncle, you go ahead and do your work, I will go back.

"Anyway, I have done everything I can. If the villagers don't believe me and still insist on growing vegetables in their own plots and are unwilling to grow more hunger-fighting food, then they will have to suffer from hunger at some point in time.

Shen Guoqing nodded and said, "Okay, go back soon. If you are bored, go home to find your sister Xiaoqiu." Okay, I got it.

"After saying that, she turned and left. Shen Guoqing saw the girl leaving, and he didn't stay where he was. He had to go find a few other people to discuss countermeasures and make preparations early so that there would be no chaos.

Shen Yao walked slowly on the way back. Thinking that school would start in a few days, she began to look forward to it!