"What brings you here?"
Upon entering, Lian Jianpeng realized that he was much taller and more robust than he had imagined. He was completely different from Gao Dongxing, who looked like a weakling. No one would believe that they were brothers.
"I came here to talk to you about Aunt Zhen. If we have time, can we talk about it?" When Lian Jianpeng came over, he was planning to make all sorts of demands in a fierce manner, but now that he saw her in person, he actually chickened out.
"Dad, you go back and rest for a bit. I'll take him over there to talk," Si Cheng said to his father-in-law, indicating that he didn't want to bring him home.
Yun Zhiming nodded to indicate that he understood, put down his tools, and walked towards the shore.
"Then, Brother Cheng, I'll go up the mountain first." Yun Jianying quickly followed behind Yun Zhiming.
"Speak, what do you want from me?" Si Cheng led the man to a grassy area near the irrigation ditch and got straight to the point.
“You should know that our family has moved to Baijia Village. If it weren’t for your mother, we wouldn’t have any connection. But since the disaster, your mother has been causing trouble in our house every day, making our family’s life miserable. We know she thinks our family is no longer good for her, so she’s trying every means to move here. But our family isn’t so easily fooled. If you want to bring your mother here, then you’ll have to compensate our family for the losses we’ve incurred raising Gao Dongxing all these years.” Lian Jianpeng simply laid out all the plans his family had discussed in one go, otherwise he didn’t know if he would have the courage to speak up next time.
“You should know my relationship with her. There’s no intention of bringing her here. If you’re asking me for compensation, you’ve come to the wrong person. Apart from being my biological mother, she has absolutely nothing to do with me.” Upon hearing this, Si Cheng prepared to turn around and leave.
"Since she is your biological mother, it's only right that the child should pay for the mother's sins, isn't it?"
What does she owe you?
"We've been supporting them and their child all these years, and now they just want to leave? There's no such thing as a free lunch."
"Are they missing hands or feet? They've been relying on you to support them all this time. So why did your father marry her?" Si Cheng stared intently at Lian Jianpeng.
"It's not like they can just come and go as they please. If you're willing to pay a price, then we won't stop them."
"I said this a long time ago: she gave birth to me, and I will take responsibility for caring for her when she gets old, but I won't say anything more. As for what you're saying, that's your family matter, and it's not worth bringing it up with me. Besides, that person is you." After saying that, Si Cheng turned around and left.
"Why don't you listen to our demands? Actually, our demands aren't that high," Lian Jianpeng called out as he saw Si Cheng leave without hesitation.
But the other party didn't even pause for a moment, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
Lian Jianpeng gritted his teeth in anger at the other party's rudeness. In fact, based on his discussion with his wife and father, he thought the other party would agree. He didn't expect that the other party wouldn't even talk to him. It seemed that Gao Shuzhen and her son were not as important as they said, and the other party didn't want to care about them at all.
Lian Jianpeng felt he no longer needed to be polite to the mother and son when he got back. Lately, the Gao family, relying on their relatives in Baijia Village, had given him enough of their rudeness. Now that the other families in the village ignored them, and even her own son treated them this way, he wondered what they had to be so arrogant about.
Si Cheng didn't go straight home. Instead, he walked around the village and checked the water flow. He found that the water level had dropped again. If this continued, the water would dry up soon.
Just as he was about to turn back, he ran into several village officials who were also checking the water level along the river.
"Where is Ah Cheng going?" Yun Mingwu called out to Si Cheng as soon as he saw him from afar.
"I'll also take a look around here. The water level has dropped a lot today." Si Cheng didn't hide anything and told them everything he had discovered.
"That's right. If the water supply dries up, it will be troublesome for us to get water again." You see, the water source that Pinghe Village has always used is water flowing down from the deep mountains. No one knows the source of this water. Especially along this section of the road, there are many underground water outlets on the river that are constantly gushing water. All they know is that since they moved here, the water has never stopped flowing.
"While the water level isn't dropping too quickly yet, everyone should store as much water as possible."
"Sicheng, if you have any good ideas, remember to share them with everyone." Yun Hailang's habit of taking advantage of others started to show again, and Lü Jiafu, who was standing next to him, quickly tugged at his sleeve.
"I'm planning to widen and deepen the irrigation ditch next to our house to see if we can retain more water." Si Cheng didn't mind Yun Hailang's attitude and directly stated his plan. Anyway, even if he didn't say it now, everyone would find out sooner or later.
"That's really not easy to widen, after all, the water flow is still so strong." Yun Mingwu knew that digging a pit under such water conditions was no easy task.
"It's alright, we can just divert the upstream flow, it won't be a big problem."
"If you operate like this, how are the people below supposed to use water?" Yun Hailang started nitpicking again.
"I'll start work at night, so it won't disturb anyone." Si Cheng knew Yun Hailang's personality and didn't want to argue with him. But with him interrupting like that, it wasn't appropriate for them to continue the conversation.
"Then you all go ahead with your work, I'll head back now, there's still work to be done in the fields."
After watching Si Cheng walk away, Yun Mingwu pointed at Yun Hailang and said, "You always have such a big mouth. Can't you even think before you speak? You always manage to offend people."
"I didn't say anything. Is it wrong to just ask?" Yun Hailang still felt innocent. Wasn't he just thinking of everyone? How did he go wrong again?
Seeing his unrepentant attitude, everyone stopped talking and continued to investigate. However, along the way, they also discussed whether Sicheng's method was feasible, and even thought that when Sicheng started work, everyone should go and learn from it. If this matter was handled well, it would be a great thing for the village.
Actually, Si Cheng had thought about the water storage issue before. In their area, water supply was currently sufficient, but if every household dug a water storage tank, even if the upstream water supply stopped flowing down, the village's water supply would be easier with just a few underground water inlets and proper water storage preparations. Otherwise, every household would have to run to the village entrance to fetch water from the lake, wasting more energy and time every day.
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