Chapter 591: Praying for Rain

However, because of the situation where the elderly, the weak, women and children all joined in the battle, unexpected accidents became more frequent.

Today, the child from this family slipped and accidentally fell into the river. Fortunately, there were many people fetching water around, and some of them were familiar with swimming, so they rescued the child in time.

Tomorrow it will be the man from that family. He was dizzy and had been carrying water all day without stopping, and had not even had time to eat. When he was filling the water tank, his eyes went dark and he hit his head on a rock by the river. If someone who was also carrying water had not seen him and hurriedly called for help, he would have died.

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The heads of several villages were extremely anxious and worried because of this matter.

No matter how worried and upset they are, the drought is of no help. They can only get up early and go to bed late to fetch water from the river, pull water carts, and help irrigate the fields to ensure that the crops for autumn planting can be planted smoothly.

But even so, facing the scorching sun day after day, carrying things on shoulders and hands alone is still not enough to resist the drought.

For a moment, all the farmers were sighing.

No one knew who mentioned the drought in Lu, and many people started talking about how terrible the drought was in Lu, how many people died, and how many people had to leave their homes and go to other places to escape the famine.

It can be said that the sense of panic slowly spread among the farmers, from one village to two villages, from one town to two towns, almost like the wind, spreading to almost half of the county.

Most people were worried and panicked, but some people took the opportunity to hoard food and drive up food prices in an attempt to profit from it.

In a fit of rage, Xu Zhengping arrested several typical examples and paraded them through the streets of the county in the hope that they would serve as a warning to others.

And those people with bad intentions, seeing Xu Zhengping's methods, did not dare to do anything out of line for a while, and the county became much more peaceful as a result.

Although the country is peaceful, the panic among ordinary people remains high and even seems to be getting worse.

Just as the weather was becoming increasingly drier and the people were becoming more and more frightened, a huge structure was built next to Enji Village.

Such a tall and round object had never been seen before, and it was standing by the river. What's more important was that it was set up by the people from the county government personally. The people in Enji Village were all curious and came to the river to watch, pointing and guessing what it was.

"What on earth is this? I've never seen it before..."

"I don't know. This thing looks very strange. It looks like a wheel. I don't know if it can move."

"I guessed it would move. When I stood up just now, I saw it shaking."

"If this could move, wouldn't it be just like a wheel?"

"If it's a wheel, why put it in the water? You can't run a carriage in the water. What can run in the water is a boat. What's the point of a carriage?"

"Hey, you say... this thing, could it be used to pray for rain?"

"It's hard to say. Didn't Ning girl kill little ghosts in the past? I guess she has some skills. She can also pray for rain or something like that."

"That's right, Miss Ning is very capable. If she can pray for rain, that would be great."

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After some discussion, everyone agreed that this thing was definitely what Zhuang Qingning used to pray to God for rain. They even discussed whether they should go back and get some tribute so that God could see their sincerity.

However, many people did not quite understand the rituals and were afraid of breaking taboos and angering God, so they went to Zhuang Qingning to ask if they needed anything to take home.

"What do you want to get when you go back?" Zhuang Qingning was stunned when asked.

"Yes, what do you want to prepare? Do you want an incense burner or a table, or some cakes and snacks?" asked an old woman.

A young sister-in-law nearby also echoed, "They say that during the autumn rain, we need something big. If not, kill my pig and bring the pig's head as a tribute?"

"No..." Zhuang Qingning was even more confused, "What are you doing with these things?"

"Aren't you asking for rain? If you are asking for rain, you should at least prepare some offerings or something, Ning girl. We all know that you are a kind-hearted person and don't want to let others spend money. You always want to do everything by yourself, but this time you have to listen to your sister-in-law. You can't take on too much. You have to let everyone contribute a little. Only then can God see your sincerity and it will rain." The young sister-in-law advised.

At this point, Zhuang Qingning also understood their misunderstanding and laughed, "Actually, this thing is indeed used to pray for rain, but you can't pray to God for rain, you have to pray to yourself."

"Ask yourself?"

Those who had asked Zhuang Qingning what kind of tribute he should prepare were now staring at each other in shock, not understanding what was going on.

"You'll know when you see it." Zhuang Qingning said, and stepped onto the pedal connected to the waterwheel.

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Chu Jinnian naturally stepped on the other pedal.

“Ready… Go!”

Following Zhuang Qingning's order, she and Chu Jinnian held onto a horizontal bar in front of them, then stepped hard on the pedals, alternating left and right. As the two of them stepped on the pedals, the large round waterwheel began to turn. The inclined bucket on the waterwheel was filled with water from the river. As the waterwheel turned, the water poured down to the other side, along the bamboo pipe that had been built, and flowed to the ditch that had been dug nearby. Then, along the ditch, it slowly flowed to the ridges in the farmland nearby.

When a ridge has enough water, it will be blocked to allow the water to continue flowing forward to irrigate the next ridge...

The water volume is large, the speed is fast, and only two people are needed to pedal.

If several people take turns doing this, the water will flow continuously from the river to the ridges of the fields, and the crops that died of drought can be saved. It won't take long before the fields can be completely irrigated.

Everyone was stunned, then amazed and delighted.

"What on earth is this thing? It's so useful!"

"Yes, this is much better than carrying water bucket by bucket!"

"That's right. We don't need too many people. We only need to find a dozen young laborers to take turns working here. Even if every household in our village pays them wages, it will be worthwhile."

"No wonder Miss Ning just said that we have to pray for rain ourselves. So this is the way to pray. Hey, Miss Ning, can you tell me what this good thing is called?"

(End of this chapter)