"Mother, the village chief and the others still haven't found another spring, but the water coming out of that spring is getting less and less. Will we even have a harvest this year?"
When Lin Chaodong handed Yue Jiuyue the second bowl of wild vegetable soup, he couldn't help but bring up this unpleasant topic.
"Well, that depends on whether God will leave us a way out."
What Yue Jiuyue said was what the original owner had often said since the drought last year. She felt that this abnormal weather was God's punishment for them, and whether they could live or die depended entirely on God's will.
Clearly, this idea wasn't unique to the original owner; it's probably something most people have.
"Yes, we're just hoping that the heavens will open their eyes and send down some rain!"
"I wonder who committed such a terrible mistake that angered God so much that we have to suffer along with them. Alas!"
"They say a day in heaven is a year on earth. But God doesn't have the time to watch over us every day. We're probably going to have a lot more to suffer!"
The last sentence was spoken by Lin Chaobei. As soon as he finished speaking, he was hit on the head by Lin Chaodong and Lin Chaonan.
"How dare you speak like that!"
Lin Chaobei realized he had said the wrong thing, covered his mouth and shook his head, shrinking his neck and blinking his eyes, pitifully begging for forgiveness in silence.
Yue Jiuyue poured half of the wild vegetable soup in her bowl into the bowl of Lin Chaonan, who was sitting to her left. Then, she drank the soup with a frown while watching the three brothers play around.
It's nice to have a brother to play with at home. Compared to her generation, where families typically only had one child, the family atmosphere was much more lively.
"After you finish eating, go back to your rooms and take a nap. You've all worked so hard these past few days, so take a break if you can. Digging for crickets isn't something you can just do whenever you want, so listen to me!"
Yue Jiuyue finished the wild vegetables in two bites, then gulped down the soup in one go. After saying that, she went back to her room.
It wasn't that she didn't want to wash the dishes, but she couldn't stand Liu's method of washing them. She was afraid she would be tempted to wash them with wood ash and then rinse them with water, but she knew that doing so would be a waste of water.
The result of being caught in a dilemma is to choose not to see it.
"Yes, Mother, we understand."
The three Lin brothers honestly agreed.
Whether or not they comply is up to the three brothers.
Yue Jiuyue returned to her room but didn't go straight to sleep. Instead, she searched for "water" in the 2023 Mall. After comparing prices, she still chose the bottled water she had been using before, regardless of whether it was river water, lake water, spring water, or mineral water.
Those are all spring water, slightly more expensive than river or lake water, but the water quality is guaranteed; they are much cheaper than mineral water, definitely a good deal.
Yue Jiuyue bought a hundred buckets at once and stored them in the mall's storage space, waiting for an opportunity to pour them into the spring or a suitable place.
While filling the water cooler with bottled water, Yue Jiuyue glanced at the almost untouched corn seeds and wondered if she should plant them directly in the mountains.
A few days ago, when she was planting millet, she casually threw some corn seeds into the hole, wanting to give the corn a legitimate purpose.
With so many households in the village, the hundred or so kilograms of corn she grew weren't even enough to make seeds. How could she let the whole village taste it and then plant it together?
Or, how about clearing another piece of wasteland?
Yue Jiuyue was conflicted; what should she do?
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