Chapter 27: The Big Spring
After finishing all these tasks, Su Tai felt like she was almost exhausted and her body was full of sweat. Fortunately, she was only wearing a thin undershirt while working.
The water temperature is just right, neither too hot nor too cold, perfect for taking a bath.
The next day was the second day of the Lunar New Year, and Han was going to take them back to her parents' home.
Su Chunlin had already loaded up the prepared food. Su Tai took the opportunity to get out two cabbages, "Dad, take this with you too."
Su Chunlin and his wife were dumbfounded when they saw the things, "Why are there more?"
"No more, only these two are left." Su Tai said.
The couple then stopped asking questions.
When the family arrived at the Han family, Old Man Han and his wife Gao were already waiting in the main hall. When they heard Han's call, they immediately called all the younger generations in the family out.
Su Chunlin enjoyed the feeling of being valued and quickly handed the things he brought to Gao.
When Gao saw both grain and cabbage, she couldn't help but exclaimed, "Where did the cabbage come from in the middle of winter? It's so juicy!"
Han didn't want to say too much, so she said vaguely, "It was given by the Shen family that Xiaotai was engaged to. There are only two, and I brought them both here."
"Oh! You are talking about Shen Yi, right? I heard that this time the typhoid fever broke out thanks to your family and Shen Yi's help. The town officials have notified every village, and many families in our village are clamoring to go to Shenjiazhuang to thank Shen Yi in person!
I also heard that many families wanted to marry their daughters to Chen Yi, but later found out that Chen Yi was engaged to our Xiao Tai and they still felt sorry for it! "
When talking about this, Gao looked relieved.
Han also looked like she had found a treasure, smiling from ear to ear, "It's not that our Xiaotai got such a bargain! Ever since Xiaotai got engaged to Shen Yi, good things have happened to our family. Even if we encounter troubles, we can solve them. Moreover, Shen Yi is very good to Xiaotai, much better than that ungrateful person in the Xiong family!"
Gao took Su Tai's hand and walked into the house, saying as she walked: "You probably don't know yet, but the one from the Xiong family has already married. He married the girl from the Mo family in the same village, the one who was engaged to Chen Yi before. Isn't that a coincidence?"
Gao looked suspicious, obviously suspecting that the two men had been up to something, but she had no evidence and was not in a position to say it out loud.
Han was so shocked that she covered her mouth. "I really don't know what to say! If I had known this would happen, I should have let Xiaotai and Shen Yi get engaged and helped the Xiong and Mo families."
"You are just so honest! I don't think there are any more twists and turns in this matter!" Gao complained unhappily, and stopped Su Tai with heartache, "Anyway, those filthy people have nothing to do with us, so let's not talk about them!"
As they were talking, a group of people came in and Han Yan quickly closed the door.
When everyone gets together, they can't help but talk about spring ploughing.
Old Man Han looked at Su Chunlin and said, "The two wells in your village are still producing water, right?"
Su Chunlin nodded. "We were worried that such a small amount of water would not last long, but we didn't expect the water to keep decreasing. What about Zhongmen Village?"
Old Man Han sighed, "There is water as well, but the snow is not heavy this year. I'm afraid that if we rely on that well next year, we won't be able to start spring ploughing. I'm so worried!"
Su Chunlin wanted to go to the well to take a look, and Su Tai followed him.
In such a cold day, the villagers were afraid that the well would freeze, so they built a shed over the well and took turns to guard it.
When the other party saw that the person brought by Old Man Han was Su Chunlin, they immediately gave him a warm welcome.
While they were chatting, Su Tai sneaked into the water time and space, spent 100 virtual coins to buy the right to use the big spring, and put the big spring under the well. A small spring plus a big spring, the water output is...
She came out of the time-space gate and curiously went over to lift the manhole cover while everyone was chatting.
The villagers saw it all and knew that Su Tai, a little girl, couldn't cause any trouble, so no one tried to stop her.
Su Tai witnessed the well water rising at a speed visible to the naked eye. It was not until the water was about to bubble out that she acted in panic, "Dad, Grandpa, look, the water is coming out!"
"What the hell is coming out?" Old Man Han said as he walked towards Su Tai. When he saw the water about to bubble out of the well, he screamed in fear, "Oh my god! It's really coming out!"
Everyone came over curiously, and for a moment the straw hut seemed to be in an uproar.
The villagers who were on guard ran to find the village chief immediately, and soon all the men, women, and children in the village gathered together.
Seeing the water from the well gurgling out, everyone hurriedly brought all the wooden barrels in their homes and filled them with water from every household, for fear that even a drop of water would leak out.
Su Chunlin muttered quietly, "Why is there suddenly more water in the well? This is so strange!"
Su Tai shook her head repeatedly, "I don't know, Dad. No matter what the reason is, it's a good thing. Maybe the water in our village's well will bubble up in a few days."
"Hahaha, if that's the case, we won't have to worry about spring ploughing!" Su Chunlin was careless and didn't take Su Tai's words to heart at all.
When he got back, he told Han about this as if it were a rare event.
Because the well in Zhongmen Village was flooded with water on the second day of the Lunar New Year, all the married women who returned to their parents' homes knew about it, and the news spread quickly.
When the family returned to Dongmen Village, Su Chunlin immediately went to the village chief to tell him about the incident, while Su Tai found an excuse to go to the well, drained two large springs, and then quietly slipped back.
Han was busy packing up and didn't ask any further questions.
When she finished her work, Su Chunlin had not returned yet, but the village was already in a commotion. She went out for a while, then rushed home excitedly, "Xiao Tai, A Zhan, hurry up! Get the wooden bucket, let's go get some water!"
When the family rushed to the well, they found that many villagers had gathered there. Everyone tried their best to draw water, but they still couldn't keep up with the speed of the well. In just one hour, the water in the well had flowed out of the wellhead, which made Su Changxi heartbroken.
They had no choice but to gather the villagers to dig ditches and pits around the well, so that they could save some money.
The ground was frozen hard in the winter and was difficult to dig. We had to use hammers to knock it. Everyone was busy and never stopped.
The small pit originally planned to be dug became a big pit, the big pit became a small pond, the small pond became a big pond, and finally the water was simply diverted into the fields.
If we connect the fields of each household, the rain and dew can be equally distributed.
For this reason, the villagers no longer stay in their homes during the winter, but go to the fields every day, fearing that the water will not flow to their own fields.
By mid-February, every household's land was filled with well water.
People from Ximen Village who came to buy water were so jealous that they cried, but they could do nothing.
Gao Zhi also became anxious, so he went to Dongmen Village in person. After returning, he became withdrawn, lost his appetite, and even didn't want to live anymore.
The villagers brought up the old matter again and said in front of Xiong Kai and Mo Chunxiang that they were unlucky. One missed the chance to become the son-in-law of Dongmen Village, and the other missed the chance to be the husband praised by the town official.
The young couple was so angry that they simply stayed indoors, hoping out of sight, out of mind.
At the same time, the vegetables planted by Su Tai can be harvested.
(End of this chapter)
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