Zhao Wei is not sure whether the drought will continue this year.
But signs have already appeared, and they are not a good sign.
So, he mentioned the pool of water he had discovered.
"If the water supply is really cut off, we will have to make a hard trip to dig a canal there to divert water."
"But this canal benefits not only our village, but also those downstream. It is not right for our people to work hard while others sit back and reap the benefits."
"This is a difficult matter. If the drought is over and there is a flood, and this canal is diverted, causing the crops to be flooded and the downstream to suffer as well, our village will be the first to be affected, and it will have a big impact."
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When everyone heard Zhao Wei's plan, they were stunned for a moment.
This is something that needs to be thought about carefully and planned well, with efforts made to benefit people and avoid side effects as much as possible.
Zhao Wei was not in a hurry. It was only April and the drought had not yet begun.
If he waits another month, the villagers will naturally come to him and ask him to do it quickly.
While everyone was talking and joking, those who had completed their tasks had already left one after another, and there were not many people left in the fields.
As a member of the militia, Huangmao naturally did not leave at this time. While helping Zhao Wei with his work, he also whispered to him about the little thief.
They are now keeping a close eye on the stone and Cai Ergou.
Although Cai Ergou suffered great humiliation after returning to their village, he remembered Zhao Wei's instructions and was very kind to his wife Shuiqin.
Look, Shuiqin has run back to her parents' home again.
Not only was she hanging out with her lover Shitou in the haystack, she was also secretly plotting to help Cai Ergou make a bigger buck.
That is to directly steal the granary where Yushu stored the grain.
There is also some emergency food in this granary.
That was used to deal with years of famine. Last year, the granaries were opened and half of the grain was taken out.
There is still half of the relief food left, estimated to be several thousand kilograms.
Shuiqin only needed to remind Cai Ergou that she was pregnant.
At that time, he would use the famine as an excuse to indirectly encourage the other party to steal a cart of food, which would be enough for the whole family to have food and drink for three years.
Otherwise, the child would have no food to eat after being born, so it would be better to abort it.
Cai Ergou has been married for almost a year and is desperate to have a child. How could he bear to let Shuiqin have an abortion? Naturally, he has to find a way to get food.
Stealing is the easiest shortcut.
If he was caught, Cai Ergou could not blame anyone, after all, no one forced him to steal, he did it willingly.
If he escaped, Shitou would use this incident as a bystander to blackmail Cai Ergou. If Cai Ergou didn't want to go to jail or be shot, he could only do as Shitou said.
One is to divorce Shuiqin, and the other is to hand over all the food.
And from time to time in the future, Shi Tou and Shui Qin, this unscrupulous man and woman, would go and give each other a beating.
They could humiliate, beat and scold Cai Ergou at will, and force him to be their slave. Just thinking about it made them happy.
If this thing really succeeded, Cai Ergou would definitely die miserably.
So, when Huangmao handed the information he had heard to Cai Ergou, this guy was so angry that he crushed a bowl into pieces.
This time he would steal as the bitch said.
However, he already had a plan on how to steal.
At this time, Huangmao ran to Zhao Wei and talked about this matter.
Zhao Wei nodded and asked him to cooperate according to Cai Ergou's suggestion.
On the surface, in this incident, Zhao Wei just wanted to teach Shi Tou a lesson.
After all, what he did was quite shameless, and everyone who heard about it wanted to kill him.
But in fact, this stone is not as simple as it seems. He is also in contact with people from several villages.
Unfortunately, they were the ones who had made a bet with Zhao Wei on production competition.
If this guy stays in the village, he might become a serious threat. He might find a way to cause problems for the crops in their fields.
The correct way to deal with this kind of shameless and unscrupulous villain is to use Cai Ergou to kill this guy first.
As for planning to recruit people in the village to act as accomplices later, it won't be that easy.
The militia in the village has been set up, and he gives intensive training to Erxiao and his friends every day.
It is different from training a few apprentices. It is not a fighting skill, but a reconnaissance skill.
They need a pair of sharp eyes to be able to see problems in the crowd at a glance and have enough ability to control things.
This was Zhao Wei's forte, and he was not reluctant to teach it to them.
If one day they can shine in the militia positions, their future may not be limited to a small village.
In short, if they follow him and work hard, as long as it is gold, there will always be a bright future waiting for them.
After finishing the work in the fields, Zhao Wei took Yunxiu to see the progress of Kaihuang.
Then, he expressed his disappointment with the result. Zhao Nan's family is now full and does not know the hunger of hungry people. They have no sense of crisis at all.
It’s still his fault. He gave too much.
If I had known that they were so hopeless, I would have asked them to write IOUs for the things I gave them.
Even brothers have to settle accounts clearly. It is impossible for anyone to support each other all the time.
With a gloomy mood, he walked towards his home.
At the door of the former house in Tujing, Liu Qian was seen sitting comfortably in the shade of a tree to enjoy the cool air.
He was humming a tune, as if he had returned to the time when he was a young master.
"Cousin, aren't you going back to school? Aren't you about to take the high school entrance exam?"
Liu Qian curled his lips: "Tsk tsk... You're just talking about something else. I can't even go to that crappy school for a day. I'm not going!"
Zhao Wei tried to reason with him: "You are still so young, what do you want to do if you don't go to school?"
"I advise you to calm down and study hard so that you can make a name for yourself in the future..."
"Tsk! Forget it, why live so hard? It's fine now. Don't give me so many things to do. I don't want to hear it!"
This guy...after a few years, the environment has changed and it will be difficult for him to go to school.
There is still room for me to persuade him now, and I also want him to learn more.
But it seems that he is just a piece of rotten wood, with no interest in anything other than eating, drinking and having fun.
In the past, he had tried to save his cousin, but now it seems that it is not easy for this guy to learn good things, but it only takes a few minutes to learn bad things. It is really disgusting to watch him.
"It's up to you. Your life is your own anyway. You can live it the way you want. It has nothing to do with me."
Zhao Wei had only taken a few steps when he heard Zhao Nan calling Liu Qian to eat.
This guy... is spoiled like a piece of trash by Zhao Nan, oh... what a pity...
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