At this time, Village Chief Wang and several other village chiefs hurriedly greeted Li Mengyue and pushed Village Chief Li aside.
"Alright, alright, look at your fawning faces, you don't look like village leaders anymore."
"Oh, Lao Li, don't be so ungrateful. Miss Li is from your Xinghua Village. Any benefits will go to you first. Don't you think you don't have to be like us?"
"That's right. If you ask me, Miss Li should be from my Stone Village. If this happened in our village, we would never let Miss Li suffer any grievances."
When Village Chief Li heard this, he immediately became unwilling.
"Village Chief Ji, please just say what you want to say. Why are you attacking me personally? What injustice has Miss Li suffered in our village? Tell me. I won't accept this unless we make it clear today."
"You need me to explain it clearly, but you know it in your heart. Whatever you ask me to say, I won't say it. Humph!" Village chief Ji crossed his arms, turned his head to the side, and his stubborn temper came up.
Several village heads who were chatting with Li Mengyue immediately noticed that something was wrong in the atmosphere and stopped talking. They looked at each other with confused expressions.
For a moment, the village chief's yard was so quiet that you could hear the sound of needles.
Faced with this situation, Li Mengyue was also very confused. She had no idea that just sitting there without saying anything would lead to the argument between Village Chief Li and Village Chief Ji because of her.
She came to see the village chief and called the other six village chiefs over, not because she wanted to see them sulking and arguing like women, but because she had something important to do.
“Ahem!”
"Yue girl, what's wrong?"
"Grandpa Village Head, we've all been through the locust plague together. I believe a deep revolutionary friendship has been established among the seven villages. No matter what happens, we'll all stand together, not bicker like we are now. Of course, occasional arguments can actually strengthen our relationship."
Village Chief Ji laughed and said, "Tsk, who wants to get closer to him?"
However, the tense situation was broken up and the atmosphere became lively again.
Although Village Chief Li didn't know why Village Chief Ji said those words, from his understanding of Village Chief Ji, he knew that something must have happened, otherwise he would not be so disrespectful to him as to say such words.
But he also knew that since Village Chief Ji was unwilling to say anything, he must have a reason. The most important thing right now was to see what Miss Yue had in mind.
Li Mengyue saw that the seven village heads were sitting upright, as if they were in an elementary school class, and thought that there was no need to be so serious.
But the serious expressions of the seven village chiefs made her subconsciously cautious.
So Li Mengyue again raised the issue of building a reservoir to the seven village heads.
"Ah, we really need to build a reservoir!" said Village Chief Ma.
Then Village Chief Wang added, "We have water brought down from the mountains now. Even if it doesn't rain for a few months, there's no need to build a reservoir."
Village Chief Sun of Guihua Village echoed this sentiment: "It takes time to build a reservoir. How can we possibly build one?"
"I say, Miss Li just said something and you guys denied it one after another. What does that mean?" Village Chief Ji said bluntly to the three skeptical village chiefs.
"Okay, what's the point of arguing here? Let's listen to what Miss Li says first. I believe that since Miss Li has brought it up, there must be rules. Those of us who don't understand it just need to be obedient and obey." Village chief Zheng stood up and said.
"Yes, yes, everyone knows the importance of reservoirs. I'm saying this because I don't know what to do. Let's see what Miss Li has to say first."
So the seven village chiefs all turned their attention to Li Mengyue.
Li Mengyue had seen countless big scenes, but at this moment, just seven village chiefs were looking at her and she didn't think it was a big deal at all.
In fact, the seven village heads had just bought a lot of food from Li Mengyue at a low price two days ago, and everyone was grateful to Li Mengyue.
They agreed with Li Mengyue's suggestion to build a reservoir.
After all, they also know the importance of reservoirs. As long as there are reservoirs, even if there is a drought in the future, they can ensure a good harvest of grain in the fields.
There is no need to worry about floods. With a reservoir, there is no need to dig ditches. The excess water in the fields can be drained out through the ditches, so that there will not be too much water in the fields and the crops will not be drowned.
However, they had no experience in building reservoirs, so even if they wanted to, they wouldn't know where to start.
"Miss Li, it's not that we don't want to build the reservoir, we just don't know how to do it."
"Yeah, we've never even seen a big reservoir before, so we have no experience at all!"
"Repairing the reservoir requires manpower and food. How are we going to do that?"
"There are also questions about where to build the reservoir and how to connect the seven villages."
When Li Mengyue saw that she proposed to build a reservoir, the seven village heads did have doubts at first, but they were also quite clear-headed and knew they couldn't handle it, so they would ask Li Mengyue for advice.
Li Mengyue originally thought that it would take a lot of effort to convince the seven village heads, but she didn't expect the situation to go more smoothly than she imagined.
The most important issue at the moment is not to get the seven village heads to agree to build a reservoir, but to solve the problems raised by the village heads.
"Village heads, building a reservoir isn't a one-day job. It does require a tremendous amount of manpower and resources to succeed. But once it's completed, we won't have to worry about harvests for decades, even decades, and it will definitely benefit future generations."
Even if Li Mengyue didn't say these things, the seven village heads would still be confused.
Ever since Li Mengyue mentioned the idea of building a reservoir, they have been keeping it in mind.
However, due to the locust plague, the people who had to deal with the locust plague had to postpone the construction of the reservoir.
It is autumn harvest now, and before spring plowing, there is not much rice in the fields.
In the past, able-bodied laborers would go to towns or counties to find work, earning some money to supplement their family income.
Things are different today. Refugees have come to the county, and it is already difficult to find work, and now it is even harder with the addition of refugees.
After all, most of them are willing to work for food, and the competition is fierce. Their village is not short of food for the time being, so there is no need to compete with the refugees.
This is a good time to build a reservoir.
Li Mengyue's original plan was to combine the strength of seven villages to build a large reservoir and divert water from the deep mountain water source into the reservoir.
But the arrival of the refugees made her change her mind.
The reservoir needs to be built, but more river channel excavation is needed. It would be best if the entire Qingshui River could run through Wuning County.
In this way, Wuning County will definitely see a big change within three to five years. Not to mention that all the people will achieve a well-off life, at least every household will be able to have enough food and warm clothing.
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