Chapter 131
Jiang Dapao looks like an honest and decent man.
He was wearing a straw hat and his whole body was tanned.
"It hasn't rained for two months, and now the water supply downstream has been cut off."
"The rice we worked so hard to grow has just reached the ear stage."
"Cutting off our water supply at this time will wipe out our harvest this season."
Aunt Cuihua jumped out on the spot when she heard the other party's emotional speech.
"Su Zhiqing, don't listen to their nonsense."
"If it doesn't rain, it's not because we stop it from raining."
"If they don't have water, we won't have water either."
"We didn't steal their water."
"You all know that this is the heading season, and lack of water will affect the harvest. So why didn't you build the reservoir yourself this morning?"
Luo Zhishan also looked unhappy, "Exactly, they are just trying to change the concept."
"No matter how much we pretend to be pitiful, it won't change their behavior of stealing our private water."
Jiang Dapao knew that he was indeed wrong.
But I thought that the hard work of the production team members would be wasted.
For a moment, I was so anxious that I couldn't stand still.
"God won't give me a way to survive."
"Comrades from the Gaotang Brigade, consider it as our Wunitang begging you."
"There are more than 300 people in our brigade, young and old, all waiting to eat."
As Jiang Dapao pleaded in grief and anger, the entire Wunitang was filled with mournful cries.
"It's such hot weather, and we're all plowing the fields, raising seedlings, and transplanting rice. It's like we're all serving our ancestors."
"Take good care of it, and don't dare to slack off even a little bit."
"Some time ago, I even stayed by the water all night long."
"The harvest was just around the corner, and now our livelihood is being cut off."
Luo Weiping and Liu Dazhu looked at each other, their expressions as ugly as they could be.
It is obvious that the Gaotang Brigade is the most innocent, but now it seems as if they are bullying others.
"Captain Jiang, what's the point of you telling us this?"
"Don't even mention you. We who built the reservoir don't even know if we can harvest anything."
"If the drought continues like this, we, ah..."
The rest of the words were not spoken, but both sides knew it.
In fact, if we really want to solve this problem, we can only deal with the upstream Xie family.
But the village of Wunitang is not big, with only about thirty households.
They knew that it was not the Gaotang Brigade that blocked the water, but they did not dare to confront the Xie family.
The Xie family has always been notorious. There are more than 3,000 people in the village, all of whom are surnamed Xie. Not only are they united and cohesive, but the number of strong male adults is more than ten times that of their village.
Ten years ago, there was a fight with another village over a hilltop, and the hunting rifle team was directly involved.
In another large village, one person was killed, one was disabled, three were seriously injured, and a dozen were slightly injured.
It is common for them to bully the surrounding small villages. Most small villages will avoid them, let alone take the initiative to approach them.
Seeing that there was something hidden in the conversation between the two parties, Su Qingci pulled Liu Siqing aside to ask about the situation.
Liu Siqing did not hide anything and told Su Qingci every detail of the incident.
"Since this matter can be resolved by contacting the Xie family, what are you fighting for here?"
"Let's go find the Xie family together!"
"Let them open the blocked sluice gates."
"It doesn't take long for the rice fields to produce ears and seeds. Once they reach the yellow stage, they no longer need water."
"The whole process took less than 20 days."
"The drought isn't that severe right now, so releasing the water won't have much of an impact on them."
After Su Qingci said this, no one at the scene responded.
Xiao Yuehua tugged at the corner of Su Qingci's clothes and spoke in a low voice.
"Qingci, you don't know that the Xie family is one of the best manors in Feng County, not to mention Taohua Town."
"Our Gaotang Brigade and Wunitang Brigade combined are not as big as their thigh!"
"There was such a serious robot brawl more than a decade ago, but they didn't receive any substantial punishment, just a little compensation!"
"To put it bluntly, it's just that, a local tyrant."
"As long as they don't commit any crime, even the government can't do anything to them."
"Besides, even if a fight breaks out and something happens, it won't be their fault. It's like the law that doesn't hold everyone responsible."
Su Qingci was stunned. In this special era, how could there still be local tyrants?
Does she think that in this day and age, anyone who dares to be high-profile or to show off will be paraded through the streets with a flag held high?
Aren’t they afraid?
"That's right, Captain Su. We in Wunitang have less than a hundred able-bodied men, but the Xie family has over a thousand."
"They are not reasonable people."
"At this time, taking away their water is like taking away their lives."
"They won't agree to that."
"What about the commune? You can go directly to the commune."
"Hey~ We've already gone there twice, and it's completely useless."
Jiang Dapao's old face was swelling. He was admitting in public that they in Wunitang were afraid of the Xie family and did not dare to go up to drive water. They only dared to steal water from Gaotang Brigade.
Under the scorching sun, the security team followed Jiang Dapao and walked through the fields of the Wunitang team.
The green rice fields look listless due to lack of water.
Jiang Dapao is also an old hand at farming. As he walked, he introduced the situation in the fields with a worried look on his face.
"During the entire rice growth period, the most vulnerable to drought are the heading and flowering stages."
"Drought during the booting stage can reduce yields by up to 47 percent, and during the heading stage it can reduce yields by 15 to 35 percent."
"Drought during the irrigation period will also reduce production by about 20%."
Jiang Dapao sighed and pointed worriedly at the mud that was about to be exposed in the field.
"When the water holding capacity drops below 60, fertility will be affected and yield will decrease."
"When the water holding capacity drops below 40, the water pores in the leaves stop releasing water, and the yield drops dramatically."
"When the temperature drops below 30, the leaves will begin to wilt. When it drops to 20, the entire rice leaf will begin to curl inward and become needle-shaped."
“Hey~”
"Our water holding capacity has now dropped to 40. If we don't find a way to get water for irrigation, even if it rains later, this year's yield will be greatly reduced, and it may even affect the plumpness of the seeds."
"By then, most of the grain we harvest will be empty rice husks with no grains inside."
Luo Weiping and Liu Dazhu looked at each other's rice fields and sighed.
"Alas, our Gaotang Brigade isn't much better."
"We took good care of it during the booting stage, and now it has finally reached the heading and flowering stage."
"The rice fields are full of newly sprouted rice ears. The harvest is almost here, but there's no water supply."
When the old masters thought of this, their hearts bleed.
"That's just how it is for farmers. They work hard all year long, but whether they can have enough to eat in the end depends on whether God has mercy on them."
"If the weather is good, we can have enough food and clothing all year round."
Jiang Dapao looked at Su Qingci and the others with a pleading look on his face.
"Comrades from the security team, could you please ask the mayor or the commune leaders to come forward and coordinate and get the Xie family to open the sluice gate?"
"If it really doesn't work, we can discuss how to divide the water and set a time period for releasing water."
"At least don't let all our rice crops die this season. Leave some hope for survival."
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