Chapter 137 Using Drones for Artificial Rainfall
Ning Jinli chuckled inwardly.
Help his family?
That's impossible.
Since the Ning family has several good projects in their business, let the Lu family invest in them first. Anyway, all the assets will eventually return to my parents' hands, so why would they benefit the Ning family?
"No, no, no, I won't be so kind as to repay evil with good," Ning Jinli said seriously. "Just agree to Ning Yao's request. Besides, we can't let your family miss out on a money-making opportunity, can we?"
Seeing that she had already said that, Lu Jueming stopped asking questions and indicated that they would do as she wished.
After saying goodbye, Ning Jinli went to a restaurant to have dinner with her parents and Aunt Su, while Lu Jueming went to a nearby coffee shop to meet Ning Yao, who was already waiting for him.
When Ning Jinli arrived at the private room she had reserved in advance at the hotel, Ning Shan and Ye Zhi Qiu were already chatting with Su Qinglan, and the atmosphere was very harmonious.
Ye Zhi Qiu had already taken Su Qing Lan's hand and said that they were going to go on a trip and go shopping together.
"Dad, Mom, Aunt Su." Ning Jinli sat down in her seat with a smile.
"You're here, just in time." Ning Shan's expression suddenly turned serious. "I have something to tell you."
"What is it?" Ning Jinli sat up straight.
Ning Shan said, "Sister Qinglan raised you for ten years. If it weren't for her, your mother and I don't even know if you would be alive today. So we've discussed it privately and decided that you shouldn't call her Aunt Su anymore."
"Huh?" Ning Jinli was stunned.
Su Qinglan was also taken aback. She had been very nervous and apprehensive before meeting Ning Shan and Ye Zhi Qiu, but she quickly relaxed after meeting them and finding that they were very approachable and friendly to her. Now, upon hearing this, she instantly became so tense that her whole body stiffened.
Could it be that... this couple forbids Xiao Li from having any further contact with her from now on?
The thought of this possibility instantly caused Su Qinglan a pang of pain in her heart.
But she didn't say anything.
In her eyes, Xiao Li was someone else's biological daughter, while she was just an uneducated commoner from the bottom of society, and she was never in the same circle as the rich.
She knew what was going on...
“From now on,” Ning Shan said, enunciating each word clearly, “you have to call her godmother.”
Upon hearing this, Su Qinglan was completely taken aback.
Ning Jinli was stunned for a few seconds before her eyes lit up with joy.
Ye Zhi Qiu asked in bewilderment, "Actually, I've always found it strange. Sister Qing Lan raised you for ten years and gave you everything. How come you still call her 'Auntie'? My daughter shouldn't be so insensible, right?"
Su Qinglan's eyes instantly reddened, and she hurriedly said, "No, no, you've misunderstood. Xiao Li... she wanted to be my adopted daughter and establish an adoption relationship, but I didn't agree..."
"What?" Ye Zhi Qiu took Su Qing Lan's rough hands and asked softly, "Why won't you agree?"
Su Qinglan's expression turned embarrassed. "I...sigh, I just feel that Xiaoli comes from a wealthy family, and I'm someone who's neither educated nor from a good family. How could I be worthy of her calling me 'Mom'..."
Ning Shan and Ye Zhi Qiu were both stunned, and for a moment the couple felt a mix of emotions.
Tears welled up in Su Qinglan's eyes, and she forced a smile as she said, "Although I raised Xiao Li, she also gave me emotional support. To me, she was like a little angel who fell from the sky, giving me... and giving me the courage and motivation to live. Actually, there's a secret that I've never even told her."
"What secret is it?" Ye Zhi Qiu asked softly.
Tears welled up in Su Qinglan's eyes as she looked at Ning Jinli, choking back sobs as she said, "The day I met Xiaoli, I was actually planning to commit suicide..."
Upon hearing this, Ning Jinli, Ning Shan, and Ye Zhi Qiu were all stunned.
Two streams of tears welled up in Su Qinglan's eyes, and she said through her teary eyes:
"At that time, all my savings and my house were taken away by my son with sweet talk under the pretext of getting married, and then he kicked me out of the house..."
“That’s my own son, whom I raised with great difficulty all by myself… For over twenty years, I worked several jobs every day to support him, provide for his food, clothing, and education… Just when I thought he was finally settling down and getting married, I realized he was finally able to settle down and start a family. But I never imagined that he would swindle me out of my money and my house and then abandon me.”
"He dislikes me!"
“He said I embarrassed him! He said he didn’t want the woman’s family to have such a shabby in-law, and he didn’t want his future children to have such an unpresentable grandmother!”
As she spoke, Su Qinglan broke down emotionally and burst into tears.
Ning Jinli knew about Su Qinglan's son, but she never expected that Su Qinglan was preparing to commit suicide on the day she met him...
Ning Jinli's mind went completely blank.
Ning Shan's face was tense, his eyes reddened, and he turned his head away, cursing, "That guy is a beast!"
Ye Zhi Qiu was already in tears. While wiping away Su Qing Lan's tears, he said, "Sister Qing Lan, from now on we are all your family, and Xiao Li is your daughter too. You will never suffer again."
"Daughter, come here." Ye Zhi Qiu beckoned.
Ning Jinli quickly got up and walked to the two of them.
Ye Zhi Qiu said, "I kowtow to my godmother and offer her tea."
“Okay!” Ning Jinli wiped away her tears and immediately knelt down.
"Ah...no, no," Su Qinglan suddenly stood up, her eyes brimming with tears, her hands trembling with panic. "I raised my son to be such a bad person, and I was so afraid of spoiling Xiaoli. Thankfully, she's always been kind and sensible. I'm already content to see her grow up well. And as I said, the day I met her...I was planning to commit suicide. It was this child who saved my life. How...how can I accept this..."
"Just sit down," Ye Zhi Qiu forcefully pressed her back into her seat. "If even you can't handle this, then what about me, this neglectful mother who's been missing for ten years? I might as well just kill myself."
"This..." Su Qinglan didn't know what to say for a moment.
Ning Shan poured a cup of tea, got up and walked to Ning Jinli's side, handing the tea to his daughter.
Ning Jinli held the teacup with both hands, raising it above her head, and said, "Daughter Ning Jinli, please have some tea, godmother!"
Seeing the expectant looks in Ning Shan and Ye Zhi Qiu's eyes, Su Qinglan could no longer refuse and slowly accepted the tea with trembling hands.
Then, Ning Jinli added, "Daughter kowtows to godmother, wishing godmother a long, healthy, and happy life!"
"Oh...daughter..." Su Qinglan murmured in response, tears of emotion dripping into the teacup in her hand.
After she finished her cup of tea, Ning Shan and Ye Zhi Qiu each poured a cup, raised it above their heads, and knelt before Su Qinglan.
This startled Su Qinglan. "What are you doing? Get up, quick!"
“Sister Qinglan,” Ning Shan said with utmost sincerity, “without your meticulous care, Xiao Li would not have been able to grow up properly, and my husband and I would not have been able to reunite with her. You are also our benefactor.”
“That’s right,” Ye Zhi Qiu continued, “From now on, you are not only Xiao Li’s godmother, but also like an older sister to us. Please have some tea, sister.”
"This...I,I..." Su Qinglan had never seen such a scene before, and she was completely flustered.
The couple had just made Ning Jinli recognize her as their godmother, which was an unexpected joy that she never dared to dream of. She never expected that even the two of them would kneel down and serve her tea.
"Sister Qinglan, you're not looking down on us, are you?" Ning Shan said with a smile. "Don't think that just because we just got back and have nothing, you won't even accept our tea."
Su Qinglan became anxious, "How could I dare to look down on you? What are you saying..."
Ye Zhi Qiu cooperated, saying, "Sister Qing Lan, if you don't accept, we won't get up."
Su Qinglan was at her wit's end with the couple, so she quickly took the two cups of tea and drank them down.
"I drank it, get up, get up quickly."
As she spoke, she pulled Ning Shan and Ye Zhi Qiu up.
Ye Zhi Qiu held her hand and said, "You must never treat us like strangers again, okay? We're family now."
Su Qinglan's eyes were red from crying, and she nodded vigorously, "Okay, we're family..."
The four of them then enjoyed a pleasant and harmonious lunch together.
After lunch, Ye Zhi Qiu suggested that they go shopping together in the afternoon.
Ning Jinli suddenly received a call from Xiao Qidi.
Xiao Qidi said on the phone that the sky was overcast in Linxian City, and there were more clouds than usual. She had said before that as long as the cloud cover reached a certain level, she could artificially bring rain even if God couldn't send rain.
Upon hearing this news, Ning Jinli had no choice but to rush back to the factory immediately.
"I have to go now, you three can shop and browse at your leisure," she said, handing a card to Ye Zhi Qiu. "Don't worry about saving money for me."
"Oh, then we won't be polite!" Ye Zhi Qiu smiled as she took the card and linked arms with Su Qing Lan. "Come on, Sister Qing Lan, let's max out Xiao Li's card!"
"Daughter, we're off then," Ning Shan said, waving his hand.
"Go ahead, go ahead." Ning Jinli waved with a smile, watching them get into the car Su Qinglan had come in.
Then, Ning Jinli drove back to the factory alone.
After making that phone call to her, Xiao Qidi waited in the factory's small warehouse. As soon as he saw her, he immediately took out his phone to show her the video. "This is what I filmed before I came here. Take a look. Can we use the method you mentioned to make it rain in this situation?"
Since plants and crops were planted in Linxian City, the overall environment has been improving.
But to this day, it still relies on groundwater and has never experienced a single rain.
With the development and construction of Linxian City, water consumption is increasing, and the output of groundwater is quickly becoming insufficient.
Ultimately, it still depends on whether it rains.
Even a light rain can accelerate the water cycle of the local natural environment, making Linxian City a truly prosperous and peaceful place.
Xiao Qidi and the soldiers and civilians of Linxian City were looking forward to it every day.
Several times, thin clouds appeared, which hadn't appeared for more than half a year in the past, but unfortunately, they were far from enough to make it rain, and the conditions for artificial rainmaking were not even met.
Until this time, a dark cloud was visible to the naked eye, slowly drifting towards Linxian City.
Xiao Qidi didn't want to miss this opportunity.
“It should work, let’s give it a try!” Ning Jinli said decisively. “Go and gather the drone team, I’ll send the catalyst over.”
"good!"
Xiao Qidi immediately ran into the time tunnel.
The two then began their separate actions.
Today, a group of people in Linxian City have been trained to skillfully operate drones.
Ning Jinli equipped them with agricultural drones and taught them how to use them for sowing, fertilizing, and irrigating.
This is also why large tracts of barren mountain land in Linxian City can grow a layer of seedlings in just two or three months.
Ning Jinli had already been preparing for artificial rainmaking, having prepared the necessary catalysts a month ago.
In less than half an hour, nearly a thousand agricultural drones were in place, neatly arranged on a high open ground.
This type of drone is larger than the drones used by soldiers for reconnaissance, and it has a cargo box underneath, which can carry 50 to 60 kilograms of weight each time.
The rain catalysts that Ning Jinli had teleported to outside the Fairy Temple were also moved to the side of the drone.
"Fellow villagers!" Ning Jinli shouted through a megaphone, "Now, just like when you used drones for seeding and fertilizing before, we'll load the catalyst onto it, fly it into the clouds, and spray it out!"
"Yes! Fairy!"
The people shouted loudly and quickly began to take action.
The three of them worked together to quickly load the catalyst into the drone's cargo compartment.
At this moment, thin clouds covered the sky above Linxian City, while the thick cloud that had drifted in from afar had entered the city's territory.
One drone after another took off and soared into the sky.
In the blink of an eye, they turned into countless tiny black dots, disappearing one after another into that large, thick cloud.
Xiao Qidi looked up at the scene and couldn't help but feel a little nervous.
He had only heard Ning Jinli mention this method of artificial rainmaking, but he had never seen it with his own eyes. Moreover, Ning Jinli said that this method was not 100% successful.
"Fairy, all the drones have flown in." Someone reported to Ning Jinli.
"Alright!" Ning Jinli commanded, "Release all catalysts!"
The civilians responsible for controlling the drones simultaneously opened the drone's storage compartment using remote controls.
Thousands of drones had already released the catalyst and returned to the ground, but the cloud seemed unchanged.
Everyone present stared wide-eyed at the sky.
Xiao Qidi asked in a low voice, "Jinli, did this... fail?"
“I can’t say for sure,” Ning Jinli said, gazing into the distance and clenching her hands nervously. “It will take a little more time.”
Hsiao Chi-ti then asked, "What is the so-called catalyst that the drone sends into the clouds? Why can it induce rain?"
Ning Jinli withdrew her gaze. "Well, that requires explaining the principle of rainfall. Clouds are essentially water vapor, and for water vapor to turn into water droplets, two conditions are needed: a sufficiently low temperature and condensation nuclei. The catalyst contains three substances that can rapidly cool the water vapor in a short time, causing it to condense into tiny ice crystals. Another substance can directly produce ice nuclei, and the third substance has a strong adsorption effect, further promoting the absorption of surrounding water vapor by the condensation nuclei. Once enough water has accumulated on the condensation nuclei, water droplets will form, and then—"
Before she could finish speaking, Xiao Qidi suddenly reached out and gently touched his cheek, then quickly opened his eyes wide and looked up at the sky. "It looks like...it's raining? It worked?!"
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