Tan Dingguo frowned when he heard Wu Tieniu say that.
He knew, of course, that the water in the river was only a temporary solution and not a permanent cure.
But it's much better than doing nothing, right?
Moreover, he also had the same suspicions as Wu Tieniu.
"Changjiu, go upstream and see what's going on."
About thirty miles upstream from their Xishan Village is a place called Dongxi Village, which shares the same river with them.
However, they are on this side of the river, and they are on the other side.
The river splits into two branches near their village.
One stream flows towards Dongxi Village, and the other flows towards Xishan Village.
The river flowing towards Xishan Village is clearly a branch that splits off from the river in Dongxi Village.
Although Dongxi Village is also located on the mountainside, it is relatively much closer to the town.
Because of the abundance of land and fewer mountains, Dongxi Village is much richer than Xishan Village in terms of both material wealth and living standards.
Tan Dingguo's eldest daughter, Tan Dahuan, married Ge Dazhuang, a villager from Dongxi Village.
However, Tan Dingguo disliked the couple very much.
Therefore, he directly delegated the task of going upstream to Xu Changjiu.
Xu Changjiu had followed Tan Dingguo for quite some time, so he naturally knew some things about his family.
Hearing his instructions, she quickly nodded in agreement.
Seeing the village chief's response, Wu Tieniu said nothing more.
First, organize the manpower and get the water that needs to be irrigated in the fields for the next few days.
Because there was a well in the yard, Ning Jing's family was initially unaware of the receding river level.
It was only when Sister Guihua came over for a visit that we learned the water level had dropped and the village was sending people to find strong laborers to fetch water.
Almost everyone in her family went to fetch water except for her third son, Zhao Genshu, and her daughter, Zhao Gendi. Even her second son, Zhao Genmu, who was only 13 years old, went to fetch water.
Zhao Genmu couldn't carry a full load of water, so he tried to carry only half a bucket each time.
They would carry the load to the edge of the field, pour it into a bucket, and then carry it twice more, earning them work points for each trip.
At the end of the day, those who picked up more work would get full work points, and even those who picked up less would get five or six points.
Zhao Genmu, on the other hand, could score at least five or six points.
The work points you earn are money.
So Wang Guihua came to ask Ning Jing if she wanted to go. Ning Jing thought about it and didn't say no, but just told her to wait for Fu Hongxing to come back and ask him what he thought.
Wang Guihua nodded in agreement, saying, "That's how a husband and wife should be; they should discuss things together."
Ning Jing gave an awkward but polite smile, which was actually just an excuse for her to decline.
Their family was different from Guihua's family. Fu Hongxing went to work in the coal mine, and his salary was enough to support his family. There was no need for him to make things difficult for himself by carrying water to earn work points.
The work points she earned for the short time spent fetching water were less valuable than the gold coins she could earn by doing more needlework.
However, Wang Guihua had clearly misunderstood. If she knew that she and Fu Hongxing were still sleeping on separate beds, she might be shocked.
However, Ning Jing didn't expect that Xiu Hua would secretly sign up even though she hadn't planned to go.
However, due to the inherent physical differences between men and women, even if she worked hard, carrying a full bucket of water was still quite strenuous, and the team could only give her a maximum of 7 work points a day.
After hearing about this, Ning Jing thought for a moment and said to her, "Why don't we cooperate with Zhao Genmu? The two of us carrying full buckets of water will definitely be much faster than the two of them working separately like this."
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