Chapter 1497: Severe Water Shortage
"I had something to do this morning, so I came late." Lu Xiaoxiao replied to Liu Ermei while taking the backpack off her back.
After hearing what Lu Xiaoxiao said, Liu Ermei nodded. Then she looked at the sparse pig grass at the foot of the mountain and said to Lu Xiaoxiao, "Xiaoxiao, let's go to another place to cut pig grass tomorrow. We have almost cut all the pig grass at the foot of the mountain. We need to save the remaining grass for seeds, otherwise I'm afraid there won't be any pig grass at the foot of the mountain next year."
After hearing what Liu Ermei said, Lu Xiaoxiao looked around the foot of the mountain. When she saw that there was indeed only a little pig grass at the foot of the mountain, she said, "Okay."
"Oh, I really don't know when it will rain. The water level of the well near my house has dropped by one level. If it doesn't rain, I think the well will dry up." Liu Ermei said worriedly.
"Is it so serious?" Lu Xiaoxiao said after hearing Liu Ermei's words.
"Yes, I heard that several wells in the village have dried up. My mother said that the water brought from the mountains to the fields is getting less and less. The captain is so worried that his hair has turned white."
Lu Xiaoxiao hasn't paid attention to the water shortage problem in the village since she helped the village buy soft water pipes last time. She didn't expect that the water shortage in the village would be so serious in such a short period of time.
"Second sister, after we finish cutting grass for the pigs, let's go take a look at the fields." Lu Xiaoxiao said to Liu Ermei.
"good."
After Lu Xiaoxiao and Liu Ermei delivered the pig grass to the pig farm, they walked towards the fields. Along the way, they saw many villagers carrying water from the river and pouring it into the fields. However, because the weather was too hot and the water vapor evaporated rapidly, even though the villagers worked so hard to carry water, they could only make the soil moist.
"Xiaoxiao, the water shortage in the fields is much more serious than my mother said." Liu Ermei said to Lu Xiaoxiao after squatting in a field and taking a look.
"Um."
"I wonder if the captain has come up with any solution. Otherwise, if this continues, our village will starve next year."
After hearing what Liu Ermei said, Lu Xiaoxiao didn't know how to answer, because when she saw the villagers fetching water, she knew that the captain must not have thought of a way to solve the water shortage problem, otherwise the captain would not have let the villagers fetch water to irrigate the fields.
"Xiaoxiao, let's go." Liu Ermei stood up and said to Lu Xiaoxiao.
The reason why Liu Ermei wanted to leave so quickly was that she felt uncomfortable seeing the fields lack of water, so she didn't want to stay here any longer.
"good."
"Xiaoxiao, come here. I have something to talk to you about." When the captain saw Lu Xiaoxiao standing on the ridge of the field, he shouted to Lu Xiaoxiao.
After hearing what the captain said, Lu Xiaoxiao said to Liu Ermei: "Ermei, you go home first."
"Okay, I'll go back first, and you should go home early too."
"Um."
After Liu Ermei left, Lu Xiaoxiao walked towards the captain. She roughly guessed why the captain called her.
"Xiaoxiao, did you see the situation in the fields?" the captain asked Lu Xiaoxiao when she walked up to him.
"I see, the water shortage is very serious. If it continues like this, there will be basically no hope for this autumn harvest."
After hearing what Lu Xiaoxiao said, the captain sighed deeply, and then he said to Lu Xiaoxiao as if he had made a decision: "Xiaoxiao, if you can find a way to help the village get through this difficult time, you can take leave whenever you want and for as long as you want. I will cover for you if anything goes wrong."
(End of this chapter)
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