After drinking the nutrient solution, Xu Xingchen recovered a lot of his strength.

She walked out of the room and said, "A few days ago you said it would be sunny, but who has seen the sun now?"

Those who were arguing turned their heads.

The village leader who said he would not dig a drainage ditch said stubbornly, "Just wait a few more days, the sun will definitely come out!"

Xu Xingchen scoffed, "If we wait a few more days, the roots of the crops will rot into mud. What's the point of the sun? By then, we'll all be sitting in the mud and waiting to starve to death."

Perhaps the words "starve to death" touched people's nerves, and most people's faces changed slightly.

"You're not well yet and need to recuperate. It's best for you to stay in your room and rest."

Jun Haoyue frowned and walked forward.

Xu Xingchen could sense his concern for him, and said in a voice that only the two of them could hear, "I'm fine. Menduner just brought me some nutrient solution."

Jun Haoyue understood as soon as he heard it and said nothing more.

The two waited for the villagers to come up with a conclusion.

"Let's fix the canal!" a young man said. "It's not a big deal. We just need to work hard for two days."

"It's easy for you to say that. But how can anyone stay outside in this heavy rain? What if they get sick from getting wet?"

"Yeah, will you pay for the medicine then?"

Xu Xingchen glanced around and found that although there were loud voices in favor of not repairing the canal, there were not many people who supported it, and the silent majority were in support.

She rolled her eyes and said, "Most people are in favor of building the drainage ditch, but there are a few who are against it. How about this, everyone? Write down those who are against it, and when we build it, we can just bypass their fields."

Those who agreed agreed one after another.

Just as the matter was about to be settled, Aunt Wu became anxious. She was the one who took the lead in opposing it!

Who doesn’t know that repairing drainage ditches is good?

She was just lazy and didn't want to work. Seeing that others were about to bypass her family's fields, she couldn't bear it any longer. She gritted her teeth and said, "Repair it. My family also agrees to repair it."

Once the biggest troublemaker changed his words, everyone else followed suit.

In a short while, the matter went from controversial to undisputed.

Village Chief Wu frowned and said, "Since everyone agrees, let's discuss how to repair the canal."

Everyone present looked at Xu Xingchen.

Xu Xingchen is usually the most capable person, and she was the one who strongly recommended repairing the canal, so she should know how to do it.

Xu Xingchen subconsciously stepped back: "Don't look at me, I don't understand this either. Cousin, do you know how to do this?" She looked at Jun Haoyue expectantly, but saw the latter shaking his head.

Well, just when I overcome one difficult problem, a more difficult one pops up. What a trouble!

When Xu Xingchen was sighing in his heart, a figure suddenly popped up in his mind.

Maybe Zhao Gan will!

She immediately told Jun Haoyue what she was thinking. Unexpectedly, Jun Haoyue didn't even think about it and said directly, "There's no need to trouble him."

Xu Xingchen blinked: "Then we don't know how to do that either."

Jun Haoyue said with a frown, "It's not like I can't try."

"But you can't."

"I will." Seeing Jun Haoyue's attitude, Xu Xingchen realized something was wrong. He couldn't help laughing and patted his shoulder again.

"Cousin, you are usually quite good enough. There are one or two things you are not and will not be looked down upon. In my eyes, you will always be the brother who can do everything."

Jun Haoyue lowered his head in silence, his emotions complex and indescribable.

"Good afternoon, everyone."

As he spoke, Lu Heng walked into the room.

Most people in the village didn't recognize him, only Jun Haoyue and Xu Xingchen found him familiar. Isn't this the 'poor scholar'?

Someone opened the door and asked, "Who are you? Why haven't I seen you before?"

"This is Doctor Lu!" An old lady walked in. "He passed by here a few days ago, but couldn't continue his journey due to the rain, so he stayed at my house. Today, he heard that our village was going to repair the canal, so he wanted to come and help."

Lu Heng bowed and said, "I am Lu Heng, a humble man. I have read books on flood control by ancient people and know a thing or two."

Everyone looked at each other, and it was obvious that they still had some distrust towards this doctor of unknown origin.

At the critical moment, Xu Xingchen took out a pen and paper and said, "Since you understand, just draw two simple canals. It's raining so hard now that we can't survey the terrain, but everyone can give you some advice."

Lu Heng was not stage-frightened. He took the paper and pen and drew a canal in front of everyone.

Xu Xingchen and others took it and looked at it again and again, but couldn't find any problems, so the matter was settled.

In the field, only Jun Haoyue had doubts.

Village chief Wu then began to arrange manpower.

He divided the people into two groups. The first group would start work early tomorrow morning, led by Chen Pi.

Chen Pi is as his name suggests. He has a bad reputation in the village because of his way of doing things. He has long wanted to do something big to change others' views of him. Now that he has been assigned to be the leader, he is so happy that he immediately takes on the task and promises to do it well.

Seeing this situation, Xu Xingchen's heart finally settled down: I hope nothing unexpected happens.

The next day.

Xu Xingchen dragged Jun Haoyue out early in the morning, under the pretext of supervising the work, but when he arrived at the fields, everything was still the same.

There was only water in the fields that was about to flood the crops. Not to mention human figures, there was not even a ghost. Neither of them could see it.

The two went directly to Zhang Xiaochun's house.

"Bang, bang, bang!" Xu Xingchen knocked hard on the door. When it opened, he rushed in directly: "Chen Pi, why didn't you go dig the canal today?"

A trembling figure walked out of the house: "It's not that I don't want to go, it's that I can't go... Ouch, ouch, my stomach hurts so much."

Xu Xingchen looked closely and saw that the figure was Chen Pi.

His face was as pale as paper, and his hands were tightly covering his stomach.

After only a few words, he hurried to the toilet, leaving his mother with an awkward explanation: "He had a stomachache in the middle of the night yesterday, and it hasn't healed yet."

Strange, is it just a coincidence? Why did I get sick today, not earlier or later?

Xu Xingchen looked confused.

Jun Haoyue said, "I don't think he was pretending just now. Maybe he really is not feeling well. We can go to another place to have a look."

The two went somewhere else.

What confuses them is that other people have the same symptoms.

They all said they had stomachaches, their faces turned pale, and they even trembled when they walked.

Now even the blind man could see that something was wrong.

"Could it be that they don't want to dig the canal, so they banded together to pretend to be sick?" Xu Xingchen pondered.

Based on her understanding of the villagers, they were definitely capable of doing such a terrible thing.

Jun Haoyue shook his head: "Probably not. The hospital the doctor just visited didn't have any assignments today."

"Then it's not feigning illness."

Xu Xingchen frowned: "No matter what, this matter must be settled quickly, otherwise we can't wait, and the crops will be soaked in water." If they continue to soak in water, they will really rot.

The two men split up into two groups, each asking the sick person what food he had eaten yesterday, and then reunited.