Chapter 28 Upgrade Again
Most of the more than one acre of land was filled with cabbage, with a small amount of green vegetables that she didn't recognize, which were probably unique to this era.
In the end, she sold 5,000 kilograms of cabbage and 600 kilograms of Chinese chrysanthemum to the automatic trading cabinet. The price of cabbage was 0.3 coins per kilogram and the price of Chinese chrysanthemum was 2 coins per kilogram. She earned a total of 2,700 coins. The balance of virtual currency suddenly became more than 3,300, which was enough to upgrade the water space-time to the next level.
This time she chose to spend two thousand virtual coins to upgrade without hesitation. It was not because she had too much money, but because the old people in the village said that the drought would not ease. Because in a year with good weather and good harvests, the winter here should be frozen and the village should be covered with snow. However, the few snows that fell this year were not even enough to cover her ankles, which was not a good sign.
After the upgrade, a small stream appeared in the water space. The water in the stream was gurgling and clear, and the water flow was far greater than that of the big spring.
Su Tai was very excited and quickly checked how to use the stream. It was the same as investing the usage rights, but this time it cost one thousand virtual coins each time. The good thing was that the stream was two meters wide and one hundred meters long, and water could be found by digging within this range.
Upgrading again requires five thousand virtual coins.
She didn't want to bother the villagers anymore, so she simply bought the right to drain the stream between the two wells.
In order not to attract the attention of the villagers, she secretly went out at dusk when it was almost dark to do the job.
As a result, the whole village was blown up the next day.
"Oh no, oh no, the water has flooded into my house!" The shouts that came one after another woke up the quiet village.
Su Changxi rushed out of the house vigilantly, followed the sound to a few houses near the well, and found that this place had become a swamp overnight.
"What's going on?" Su Changxi looked around in confusion, not knowing whether to be happy or worried.
The people who were flooded cried out in panic, "Village chief, please call for help!"
Su Changxi woke up as if from a dream, and quickly spread his feet and shouted at the top of his voice.
Su Tai also rushed over to help, but was more of a watcher.
In fact, the amount of water flooding is not that great. What everyone is worried about is the waste of water and the fact that they don't know where to direct the water.
Su Chunlin frowned and muttered to Su Changxi: "Village chief, do you think we have touched the underground water source? The amount of water coming out is too scary!"
Su Changxi laughed, "It's better to have water than no water! In my opinion, we should build a pond. Not only can we store water, but we won't be afraid of running out of water when the spring ploughing starts."
Su Chunlin nodded repeatedly to show his agreement.
The villagers were working enthusiastically when suddenly a group of people entered the village.
Su Changxi took a closer look and hurried over to greet him, "Mr. Town Official, why are you here?"
Liu Tiechui walked straight to the flooded houses and asked, "I heard there was water in your village. What's going on?"
He looked around, his eyes locked on the well, but his face was full of doubt, "How come all this water comes from the well?"
Su Changxi nodded, "That's right."
Liu Tiechui frowned, "How deep is your well?"
"About ten feet."
"There's so much water in just ten feet?" Liu Tiechui felt more and more unbelievable.
Su Changxi hurriedly explained, "In fact, there wasn't such a large amount of water at the beginning. It suddenly increased from the beginning of the first month of the lunar year, but not by much. At most, it was enough for our entire village to irrigate the land. Who knew it would suddenly become like this today."
Liu Tiechui looked at Su Changxi with a complicated expression, "Your village is quite lucky! Everyone is worried about spring farming right now, but you don't have to worry."
Su Changxi became more and more happy.
The village chiefs of Zhongmen Village Zeng Kuan and Ximen Village Gao Zhi, who rushed over after hearing the news, were deeply shocked by the scene before them.
Zeng Kuan was better off, as his village was not in such a hurry to get water.
Gao Zhi immediately bowed to Liu Tiechui and said with tears in his eyes: "Sir, our village doesn't even have a drop of water now. The villagers have no hope of harvesting in autumn and have to spend money to buy water. We can't live happily anymore!"
"This..." Liu Tiechui looked at Su Changxi.
Su Changxi said expressionlessly: "Sir, it was the head of Zhongmen Village who suggested that we dig a well. We all dug it and contributed money and effort, but they were lazy and didn't want to do it. Later, when they saw that we had dug out water, they still didn't want to dig. Who can we blame?
If we didn't see their difficulties, we wouldn't even want to sell them water. After all, Mr. Ma's family in town sells water for two cents a bucket, and we sell two buckets for one cent, so we didn't make any money from them at all. But we can't always take advantage of them and take it for granted, don't you think?"
Liu Tiechui's face darkened, and he glared at Gao Zhi sharply, "Village Chief Gao, is this true?"
Gao Zhi panicked for a moment, his eyes flickered and he didn't dare to look at him, hesitating, "My village. We asked a well digger to come and take a look, and the master said that there is no water in our village."
Su Chang laughed angrily, "You dug two holes, asked a well digger from nowhere to take a look, and then you let it go. You didn't even look at how Renzhongmen Village did it!"
Zeng Kuan spoke calmly at the right time, "Our village has been digging a lot of holes and has found nothing for a long time, but the villagers still insist on digging. People from Ximen Village even come to laugh at us. Has Village Chief Gao forgotten all this?"
Gao Zhi was speechless after being squeezed by the two of them. He felt angry and aggrieved.
Liu Tiechui probably knew what was going on. He looked down on Ximen Village's behavior, but after all, it was a village under his jurisdiction, so he couldn't just stand by and watch them die. So he pondered for a moment and said, "I'll find a well digger for you. Start digging now and don't stop until spring plowing. No one is allowed to stop!"
Gao Zhi was startled and nodded in agreement, not daring to object.
After the people from Ximen Village left, Zeng Kuancai discussed with Su Changxi: "Brother, can you divert some water to Zhongmen Village through a canal? Don't worry, I'm not greedy. You decide how big the canal should be. If you don't want water, just block it. How do you think?"
Su Changxi subconsciously turned his head and exchanged glances with the villagers. Someone nodded first, so he immediately turned his head and said with a chuckle, "Sure, sure! Our two villages have been related by marriage since ancient times! We are all family, so we will definitely help you with this."
Zeng Kuan immediately breathed a sigh of relief and went back immediately to call the villagers to come and work, so that Dongmen Village didn't even have to contribute any effort.
In order to express their gratitude for the generosity of Dongmen Village, some villagers from Zhongmen Village even helped to turn the soil.
The villagers of Dongmen Village saw it with their own eyes and kept it in mind.
At the same time, there was an uproar in Ximen Village. Before, everyone was unwilling to dig a well because they could not agree on the payment issue. Now that the town official had spoken, they had to pay, but there was no consensus on how to pay and how much to pay. The villagers argued for a whole day and almost got into a fight in the end, but the problem was still not solved.
The next day, the village head Su Changfu brought Shen Yi over.
(End of this chapter)
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