"Oh! Thank goodness, it's just a pinch on the skin, nothing serious, Xiuer! I'm not crippled!"
Wang Xiuer glared at him angrily and slapped Yang Dadan on the head again.
"Since there's nothing else wrong, hurry up and go help out up front!" Wang Xiuer scolded.
It's embarrassing for a grown man to be unable to handle a tiny crab, getting pinched and screaming!
Moreover, constantly having a foul mouth will only offend people.
Wang Xiuer found the sight of it increasingly unpleasant, and naturally gave it a cold shoulder.
Upon hearing that he had to help the villagers move the crabs, Yang Dadan immediately turned his face away, saying, "I'm not going! They won't share the crabs with us!"
Wang Xiuer slapped Yang Dadan on the head again.
“Lili has already forgiven us for her mistake and agreed to give us a share. You better leave now. Also, if you can’t control your mouth, write a letter of divorce and I’ll go back to my parents’ home!” After saying that, Wang Xiuer left without looking back.
Upon hearing Wang Xiuer's words, Yang Dadan disregarded the pain in his groin and hurriedly chased after her.
He was genuinely afraid that Wang Xiuer would go back to her parents' home, because then no one would want to talk to him anymore.
However, he never expected that Gu Lili would be willing to share crabs with them.
After this incident, Yang Dadan made a decision in his heart: he would speak less in the future.
Gu Lili watched as Yang Dadan and his wife came over to help, one after the other, without saying a word.
Instead, he looked at Magistrate Yang, who was busy on the other side.
“Magistrate, I think that in addition to releasing the crabs into the rice paddies, we should also notify the villagers to replant some rice,” Gu Lili said to Magistrate Yang, who was busy reminding the villagers to be careful.
The mud crabs are currently used to eliminate golden apple snails, but if those that have already been eaten are not replaced in time, it will definitely affect the autumn harvest.
Upon hearing this, Magistrate Yang realized that it made sense.
"The county magistrate is right. I will go and inform one of the village heads of each village right now!"
Magistrate Yang quickly walked to the side and told Yangjiagou, who was standing nearby, about the matter.
After speaking with the village head of Yangjiagou, Magistrate Yang instructed the yamen runners beside him to notify the village heads of the other villages who had not yet come to collect their crabs.
After informing Magistrate Yang, Gu Lili hurried home to inform the village head.
"Alright! I'll inform everyone right away!" After saying that, the village head grabbed the gong and rushed out again.
The Li family members were naturally busy with their rice paddies, so the task of planting rice seedlings was currently left to Gu Lili and Chang'an.
Fortunately, after the rice seedlings from the last greenhouse were all moved away, Grandma Li had nothing to do, so she loosened the soil.
Now, all Gu Lili and Chang'an Gu Chenxi need to do is sow the rice seeds and water them.
Sowing seeds is quite simple, but watering is not an easy task. It requires people to carry water bucket by bucket from the stream to irrigate the plants.
The land in front of Gu Lili's house was originally wasteland, so there was no time to build ditches.
Watering is indeed a physically demanding task.
After carrying several more buckets, Gu Lili's hands were covered in blisters.
"Girl, you should rest. Brother Chang'an and I will take care of it." Gu Chenxi looked at Gu Lili with a pained expression.
Gu Lili put the bucket down and carefully observed the distance between her greenhouse and the stream.
After mentally estimating the distance, Gu Lili headed home.
"Chenxi, let's go cut bamboo," Gu Lili called out to Gu Chenxi.
Gu Chenxi was a little puzzled. Why would she want to cut bamboo out of the blue?
Gu Chenxi asked doubtfully, "Miss, what should we do with all this rice?"
Relying on Chang'an alone, it's probably going to be a bit difficult.
"We're going to cut bamboo to irrigate the rice paddies. Chang'an, you come too!" Gu Lili explained.
Chang'an was also very curious: how could bamboo be used to irrigate rice?
Since Gu Lili said it, she must have her reasons.
They immediately put down the bucket and, along with Gu Lili and Gu Chenxi, took machetes and headed towards the bamboo forest.
The bamboo was cut down quickly.
"Chang'an, you split the bamboo in two. Chenxi, you and I will use knives to cut off the nodes of the bamboo. Let's split up," Gu Lili said with a smile.
Upon hearing Gu Lili's words, Chang'an immediately understood what Gu Lili wanted to do.
So Gu Lili wanted to build a ditch using bamboo.
Chang'an looked at the other side of the stream, where the terrain was higher than where they were now.
Once the bamboo is shaped and assembled, simply place one end into the stream, and the water will flow directly down the bamboo.
Then we won't need to carry water back and forth to irrigate the rice seedlings anymore.
Chang'an understood this point and couldn't help but cast an admiring glance at Gu Lili.
"Lili, how come you're so smart?" Chang'an praised without reservation.
Gu Lili replied with a smile, "You're not bad either!"
With just a few words from Gu Lili, Chang'an knew what he was doing. It's true that talking to smart people is effortless.
Gu Chenxi curled her lips to the side, thinking, "So I'm the only idiot here!"
Gu Lili assigned tasks, and the three of them got to work.
In less than half an hour, all the bamboo had been shaved.
Without Gu Lili even needing to say anything, Chang'an carried the bamboo and walked towards the other side of the stream.
Gu Lili and Gu Chenxi also carried a few bamboo stalks and followed.
The group first arranged the bamboo, with the head of one bamboo plant placed at the tail of another.
To prevent too much water from leaking out, Gu Lili specifically instructed that more space should be left between the intersecting sections.
Fortunately, the terrain was advantageous, so there was no need to build a platform to support the bamboo.
So the group quickly set up the long bamboo structure.
"Chang'an, this side is ready! Put the other end in the stream!" Gu Lili put her hands to her mouth and shouted loudly to Chang'an on the other side of the stream.
Upon hearing Gu Lili's shout, Chang'an placed the tip of the bamboo into the stream without hesitation.
The water flowed along the bamboo, gurgling as it headed towards the greenhouse.
"Wow! Girl, the water's here!" Gu Chenxi exclaimed excitedly.
It wasn't until she saw the water flowing over that Gu Chenxi truly understood why Gu Lili had asked them to cut the bamboo.
Gu Lili covered her mouth and laughed, "Of course, hahaha!"
Before long, the greenhouse was irrigated.
Upon seeing this, Chang'an took out the part that was closest to the stream, and the water flow stopped.
"Oh my, who came up with this brilliant idea!" Lord Lin's voice came from behind Gu Lili.
Gu Lili and the others turned around and saw Lord Lin and Lin Xiyao standing behind them.
Before Gu Lili could answer, Lin Xiyao stepped forward, took Gu Lili's hand, and said with a proud look, "Father, it must have been Lili who came up with it."
This made Gu Lili a little embarrassed.
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