More than forty educated youths were sent to the countryside in Qinghe Village, including more than a dozen female educated youths.
But to everyone's surprise, Gu Chen actually took a liking to Lin Yuxi, which means the two of them are destined to be together.
“Xixi is a good girl, and she has a good character. If you two really get together, then pick a date, get engaged first, and then get your marriage certificate after your transfer application is approved.”
"Marriage is a matter for two people; it requires mutual affection. You're willing, but is Xixi willing?"
Gu Zhixiang shook the palm-leaf fan and gave some instructions.
Gu Chen nodded. "Yes, she's willing. I said I'll propose marriage as soon as her transfer application is approved."
“How can that be? You silly child, if we’re really going to settle down, we can’t be careless. We need to find a matchmaker to come and propose marriage, get engaged first, and then get married.” Wang Caixia glared at him with exasperation. “We can’t skip any of the proper etiquette, and we can’t mistreat them.”
In the blink of an eye.
More than a week has passed.
Some of the corn seedlings on the loess slopes withered and died as soon as they sprouted. A large area of land was dried up by nearly one-eighth. Even the corn seedlings that were not withered had their leaves curled up.
"They were fine when they were planted, and I've been checking on them these past few days. How come so many have died?" Cao Wang, wearing a straw hat, walked for more than an hour, his back bent, on the loess slope. All the corn seedlings had withered leaves.
Lin Yuxi sat under the tree, her arms crossed over her chest, seemingly accepting the outcome.
The two small plots of land behind her adobe house were thriving, showing no signs of drought.
"Because it has been exposed to the sun for a long time, the soil and environment have changed, and coupled with insufficient humidity, the chances of it drying out and dying are high." Lin Yuxi stood up, found a wooden stick, and stuck it hard into the soil.
After pulling it out again, at least 20 centimeters of the stick were dry, with only a little bit of damp soil clinging to it.
“It will keep losing moisture, and eventually nothing can be grown on this land,” Lin Yuxi said slowly, then tossed the stick aside.
Cao Wang squatted on the ground and dug at the soil with his hands. Indeed, at least twenty centimeters of soil were completely dry. His face immediately showed worry. "Then what should we do? Where can I buy the water-saving irrigation you mentioned?"
"Don't rush that. We can plant trees and afforest the area. We can transplant some smaller trees from the back hill and plant them more densely. This will help reduce soil erosion and air quality, and improve climate regulation. When planting, we can spray the plants with water and then cover them with mulch."
Moreover, planting trees requires specific methods and techniques; otherwise, they will not survive.
"Okay, let's take care of the seedlings in the field first. After that, I'll discuss it with them." Cao Wang nodded. Some of the trees on the back mountain were planted by them, and he couldn't make a decision about this on his own.
The work this morning was simple: pulling out the withered corn seedlings from the soil. The work points were relatively few.
Lin Yuxi bent over in the field to look at the withered corn seedlings and quickly pulled them out.
Just then.
A commotion arose in the crowd.
"Ah... Help! There's a snake!" Zhu Fengru, wearing her liberation shoes, scurried around in the ditch, and a snake was slithering across the back of her foot.
The field was uneven, and in her panic, she fell to the ground.
Today, we just came to pull out the withered corn seedlings, but who would have thought that a snake would crawl out of the soil? Many women were terrified.
"Oh my goodness, help me up!"
"Quickly throw mud at it and drive it away."
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