Everyone was happily eating watermelon, but Su Qingyun was the only one who heard her mother's whisper. She leaned over and whispered, "Grandma and her family might eat even more watermelon than we do. Watermelon is grown in abundance there."
Because of the unique climate of New Brunswick and the large temperature difference between day and night, the watermelons grown there are very sweet and the yield is high. No matter what is lacking there, there will probably be no shortage of watermelons.
Qin Ying naturally didn't know this, but she definitely believed her daughter's words, so she became happy after hearing it, "That's good."
After eating the delicious watermelon, the family slept enough during the day and was not in a hurry to go to bed at night. The family sat in the yard to enjoy the cool air. In the summer night, there was finally a cool breeze blowing. Although it could not relieve the heat, it was better than nothing.
"There are so many stars in the sky." Someone looked at the sky and sighed.
The inky black sky is dotted with countless stars, like pairs of eyes, bright and twinkling, as if they stay there forever, observing and watching everything in this world.
"It's going to be sunny tomorrow." Wu Guixiang was still thinking about the crops, and she was a little worried. "When will it rain?"
Su Aiguo said, "I ran into Youfu when I came back today. He said we had to go to the South River to divert water, otherwise the crops really couldn't withstand the sun."
"So many villages are waiting, how can there be enough water from the Nanhe River?" Wu Guixiang was not optimistic at all.
Hearing this, everyone fell silent again.
"Don't think too much, just go to sleep first. There will always be a way out when you reach the mountain." Su Aimin comforted everyone.
This is God's will, and it cannot be changed by human power. Everyone is anxious but there is nothing they can do. They can only go back to their rooms to rest in silence and look forward to tomorrow.
In the room, Su Aimin discussed with Qin Ying.
"The weather is unpredictable now. If there is really a drought this year and the harvest is poor, shouldn't we make preparations early? Take some money to the black market to buy some old grain from previous years, so that we don't have no food at home when the time comes." Qin Ying said.
Everyone has experienced the three years of natural disasters. The feeling of hunger was as if the whole body was drained out. People had to eat grass roots and tree bark. Later, even these could not be found. The legendary cannibalism was not uncommon. People who experienced those years are afraid, and even feel a lingering fear when they mention those days.
If you don’t want to go through that kind of life again, you have to make plans early.
Su Aimin thought for a moment and said, "Let's not panic for now. Let's wait a little longer. Didn't Big Brother just say that Brother Youfu is planning to divert water for irrigation? Maybe things aren't that bad."
"Buying food is different from buying other things. It's too conspicuous and it's hard to avoid other people's eyes, so we shouldn't do it unless it's absolutely necessary."
He had actually thought about this, but he still felt that he should not take the risk of buying food on the black market for the time being. This was different from his secret business. Other good things could be hidden, but food was difficult to hide from other people's eyes. Of course, if the whole family was starving to the point of life and death, he would not care about anything else. Saving his life was the most important thing.
Qin Ying thought about it and realized that it wasn't that bad yet, so there was no need to worry too much. "Okay, I'll listen to you."
"However, we can still keep an eye on the price of food on the black market."
"I know." Su Aimin nodded. "Okay, let's go to sleep first and stop thinking about it."
Su Qingyun, who was separated from them by a wall, was also thinking about this. Although the gap between the rich and the poor was still huge in later generations, there were still very few people who could not afford to eat. The emergence of various new types of rice and wheat and their excellent breeding allowed most people in China to have enough food to eat. Although hybrid rice has now come out, the task of ensuring that the Chinese people have enough food to eat is still a long way to go.
She turned over and sighed inaudibly. Although she came from the future and her knowledge and vision were much more advanced than they are now, she was still powerless when it came to such a major national issue concerning people's livelihood. Su Qingyun realized more deeply and clearly than ever that she was just an ordinary person.
Since you can't change those big things, just do what you should do.
As she was thinking, she fell into a deep sleep. In her dream, the golden ears of rice grew taller than sorghum, and the grains were as big as peanuts. People could even enjoy the cool under them.
The golden dream made her smile sweetly even in her sleep.
The next day was another sunny day. Su Qingyun got up early and went to the test site. Now that it was summer vacation, she had more time to stay at the test site.
The experts and teachers at the test site have been very worried recently. Qi Chu, as the leader of the test group, shoulders the burden of the entire group. Every process of the test is crucial. The current drought and water shortage have caused great trouble to their experiments.
But fortunately, the area of the test site is not large, and they have to carry water from the river themselves for irrigation, bucket after bucket, which is barely enough. But if there is no rain for a long time, the river water will not be enough. If something goes wrong in their experiment, the wheat seeds will dry up and die, and the hard work of so many people will be ruined. They will have no place to cry, so the test team is also thinking of ways to solve this possible problem.
When Su Qingyun arrived, the experimental group was in a meeting, and they were discussing this matter.
Qi Chu's face was solemn. "Everyone needs to be mentally prepared. According to news from other places, it's not just our S Province that's experiencing a lack of rain this year. Many provinces are also facing the same water shortage problem. The crops that the people have worked so hard to grow, as well as our efforts for so long, cannot be wasted. We can't just sit there and wait for death."
The other experts also had serious expressions and were lost in thought.
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