Lu Ran didn't say anything, just looked ahead, not knowing what he was thinking. After a while, he said, "You really like to brag!"
But he never expected that Zhang Xingrong would be willing to go to such a difficult place as Lugou Village. This was unlike her character...
the next day.
Zhang Xingrong woke up early in the morning and went to check on the stone. She found that the medicine in the space was really powerful. The stone's wound was almost healed. This was an effect that ordinary medicine could not achieve.
After making sure that Shitou was fine, she cooked porridge with rice bran and red beans. After eating, the two siblings went to the village committee together.
They arrived at a good time, and Luo Darong was very happy to see them. Hardworking people are always liked.
"Girl, find a place to sit for a while, we'll go to the mountain to repair the canal soon!"
The brother and sister found a place to sit down. Not long after, everyone in the village arrived, including a dozen or so educated youth. As for those who had been sent down to the countryside, she didn't see them.
Luo Darong raised his hand and said, "Okay, everyone is here today, we still have to go repair the canal!"
"Captain!" At this moment, Zhang Xingrong raised his hand, "I have a suggestion."
Everyone turned around and saw that the person who made the suggestion was Zhang Xingrong. They were confused. What was going on? What suggestion did the new girl make?
Luo Darong didn't expect Zhang Xingrong to raise any objections, but he still asked patiently, "What do you think?"
Zhang Xingrong asked seriously, "Captain, are there two mountains in our village with springs?"
"Yes." Luo Darong nodded.
"Oh girl," Zhao Xiaomei said, "We still have a lot of work to do today, why don't we talk about it when we get back!"
Zhang Xingrong said, "Aunt Mei, don't worry. Today I want to talk to you about solving the farming problem on those two mountains. There are a lot of springs on those two mountains, and especially when it rains a lot, water keeps pouring down from the mountains. Isn't it soaking the corn? Your corn harvest on those two mountains is very poor, right?"
Corn, unlike rice, cannot be grown in areas with high water content. Corn is relatively drought-resistant and can be grown in dry land. However, it is difficult to grow it in areas that are frequently flooded.
"That's right," Aunt Mei nodded. "There are two mountains next to each other, and there's a lot of spring water. Especially during the rainy season, the corn is often washed away and soaked by the water, and a lot of it goes bad!"
Lugou Village had little fertile farmland, but it had many mountains. But who could have imagined that the two best mountain springs would be so abundant that corn wouldn't grow well during the rainy season! And rice couldn't be grown on those mountains because they couldn't store water. It was a real dilemma.
Zhang Xingrong smiled and said, "I was just thinking about this today. There's plenty of spring water in that area, so growing corn is difficult. We can grow rice instead!"
As soon as these words came out, there was an uproar at the scene——
"Growing rice? You must be kidding, girl! Not only can we not store water, we can't even plant the rice seedlings!"
"Yeah, what nonsense are you talking about? If rice can be grown on the mountain, then why are there still barren mountains around?"
If rice could be grown on the mountain, the mountain would have been full of grain long ago.
Luo Darong said helplessly: "Girl, stop messing around. Work hard with everyone and wait for the harvest next month so that you can still get your share of the grain!"
Although the brother and sister just moved in, they didn’t bring much food, so we must share some with them, otherwise we will let them starve to death?
Everyone is packing up to leave.
"Wait, listen to me first," Zhang Xingrong said seriously. "Captain, we can build terraces! Terraces are fertile fields carved out of mountains with abundant spring water, like ladders. This way, they can store water, and with that water, we can grow rice!"
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