Even old farmers can't keep up with the daily chore of carrying water. They can't keep up with the physical demands, and their shoulders will be chafed raw by the end of the day. After just a few trips back and forth, they'll be exhausted.

Cao Wang listened to her words and realized that, after all, she was a high school graduate, and her knowledge and foresight were indeed much higher. If she hadn't been demoted, the heights she would have reached in the future would have been much greater.

"Then how do we set up this water-saving irrigation and sprinkler system? The village is short of funds and may not have enough money to buy this." Cao Wang felt that what Lin Yuxi was talking about must be very expensive.

It was almost noon when Lin Yuxi stood up. "I'll go back first. I'll study this instrument myself and see if I can make it."

“Okay.” Cao Wang nodded. “If you need to make any purchases, just tell me how much it costs. If it’s too expensive, then forget it.”

Lin Yuxi waved and left.

After that incident in the morning, Aunt Gu and Wang Caixia took her parents to their home. Wang Xiulan had already given up, so she definitely wouldn't be able to finish dealing with it anytime soon.

"Gu Chen, have you gone to see if Xixi has come over yet?" Wang Caixia was cutting potato shreds. In the village, potatoes and sweet potatoes are the only vegetables that can be stored relatively well. They can be stored in the cellar for several months without easily spoiling.

Several pieces of cured meat were hanging on the kang (a heated brick bed) in the kitchen. Fresh meat couldn't be stored, so only cured meat could be hung up. It was wrapped in a net to prevent it from being stolen.

"Shufen, stop tending the fire. You can just blanch these shredded potatoes later."

afternoon.

After lunch, Lin Yuxi prepared to go to town, since the scrap metal recycling station was the place where opportunities could be created.

The supply and marketing cooperative has a wide variety of goods, but they are also expensive. I'll try my luck at the recycling station first.

There weren't many things in the apocalypse to begin with. She had just awakened her spatial ability ahead of time and stored some daily necessities. She hadn't thought about anything mechanical. All she had scavenged from Dong Wei's house were gold bars, which were of little use anyway.

The recycling station was extremely messy, with many things piled up together. There wasn't enough space, and they hadn't had time to tidy it up.

The old man was lying at the door, holding a book in his hand and wearing a pair of reading glasses.

"Grandpa, do you buy toothpaste tubes?" Lin Yuxi took out three cleaned toothpaste tubes from her pocket.

The old man took off his glasses. "Only three? These tin toothpaste tubes are worth at most five cents. You might as well save them and come back to sell them when you have more."

Lin Yuxi squatted down. "I'm missing something at home, and I was thinking of looking for it here. I'll pay you whatever it costs, and I'll try not to rummage through anything, okay?"

It was already piled up in a mess, and if she rummaged through it again, people definitely wouldn't be happy.

Then, Lin Yuxi took a small bag of portable tea and stuffed it into his hand, saying, "It's hot, take this tea and use it to make tea to quench your thirst."

The old man looked at the tea leaves in his hand and nodded. "What do you need? I'll get it for you. But don't mess it up later, those things inside are very precious."

"Okay, no problem."

Lin Yuxi was thinking that it would be too slow for her to search alone, so she followed behind him.

"I want some pipes and plastic bottles. Do you have any toy cars for kids? I have a younger brother at home, and I want to buy him a toy car."